Tagged – Eight Random Facts

Got tagged by dear old Spicy, so here goes… Eight random facts about myself.

1.  I only have four toes on each foot.  My little toes were deformed when I was born, and bent under the rest of my toes.  It got worse as I got older, and got painful, so I first had an operation to try and straighten them, which involved breaking them and putting metal pins in to keep them straight whilst healing.  But my body rejected one pin, so it was pushed out and that toe healed even worse than before, and the other toe got an infection in the bone that caused uncomfortable nerve damage.  So the only other option was amputation, and it was done when I was 18.  Apart from phantom itching very occasional its been fine, didn’t affect my balance or anything.
2. I went to school with the daughter of the author Bill Bryson, before he and his family moved back to the USA.
3. I also went to school with an actor who is now in the soap opera Emmerdale.  Tom Lister (not his real name!) who plays Carl King was a few years older than me, and my best friend had a massive, stalker like crush on him.  He still goes and plays golf at Bentham Golf Club, where people take the piss out of him endlessly over his characters antics in the show
4. I snogged Mr Bronson from Grange Hill. In the year 2000 I went to the Dr Who convention Battlefield 4, where I worked as a steward.  On the staurday night I got rip roaring drunk (as you do) and partied like there was no tomorrow.   The next morning, still pretty tipsy, I sat in on the celebrity auction, where Caroline John boosted bidding on her items by offering to kiss the buyer.  Next up was Michael Sheard (Mr Bronson from Grange Hill), now sadly dead, and I bought a signed packet of sweets off him as it was for a good cause.  Going to retrieve my item,  I remarked that for paying £10 for a packet of sweets I should get a damn good kiss.  He obliged.  All I can say is that guys breath was 100% proof.  There was a massive cheer, lots of photo’s taken, and I have never quite lived it down.  I never have found pictures of it yet, I’d love to have a copy   Funniest thing was, I walked out of the room after it, and my friends looked up and the first thing they said was “Ok, what did you do”.   They automatically assumed the cheer was something to do with me.
5. I have a phobia of dolls.  The more realistic the coll, the worse it is.  If I am in a room with a porcelain doll, I cannot relax, and there is no way in hell I will be in a room alone with them.  Especially if its dark!  I also hate ventriloquists dummies.  And clowns, so if its a clown doll, its really bad!
6. I once wrote a Dr Who novel involving the 8th Doctor, set in Morecambe, but  never got passed the rough version.  its still sat in my bedroom.
7. I like my cats more than most people   (excluding the people who read my blog )
8. I have always wanted to go to Disneyworld in Florida.  I guess I have never ever grown up.  I will go one day!

Well, there you have it!  I dont have 8 people on my blog roll, so I tag Beaut1ful, Khlari and Nes, then anyone else who wants to do it can do so!