Yesterday I read a rather fantastic story about this poor woman who'd been banned from Facebook because she shared the same name as Prince William's fiancee, Kate Middleton. For some ridiculous reason Facebook assumed she was an impostor, hell-bent on bringing KWill down - and so they blocked her account. The report was made even more ludicrous by the fact that this Kate Middleton's boyfriend is called - wait for it - JONATHAN ROSS, and he hadn't had his account terminated, despite sharing his name with @wossy. The full story is here: sorry it's on the Daily Mail.
Now, while such lunacy is bad enough, I came into work this morning to hear the news that my boss' grandmother is actually called Bette Davis - which means listening to this song just got incredibly cooler:
Or perverse. Depending on which Bette Davis I now think about when I hear Kim Carnes and her 80s electro fantasticness.
It got me thinking though: I also used to go to school with both a Robert Palmer *and* an Andy Williams (@HickPandy), and my Dad is friends with both a Sydney and a Pearl Harbour (not quite the same thing, but you see the point)...
Just how many people must be out there who share their name with a famous singer, celebrity, actor, presenter, TV character, whatever. These days my name is *nearly* Darcey Bussell, but only 'cause we've fudged it. *Lol, "fudge".*
Then I tweeted about this amazing famousness name-sharing and got this back:
From @mattbramf: I went to school with a Lisa Stansfield and a Katie Boyle, and my friend's mum's name is Janet Jackson. Mmmkay?
From @aroberts77: My b/f knows a Mike Baldwin.
From @lucylu2507: I have an uncle called Michael Douglas.
From @gaianriva: I know a Ricky Martin & a Neil Young
*** UPDATE ***
From @HRWright: I went to school with a Delia Smith!
From @1mgoldstars: I went to school with a James Bond!
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It just gets better & better... Updates to come as and when I get more.
So Tweet me up: @DarceyButtell.
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