all via instant messenger…
October 23rd, 2007me: omg, i’m in the coffee shop sat next to someone famous
her: who is it?
me: i have no idea, i can’t put a name to the face
her: what does he look like?
me: plump, greying with a goatie
her: i wish that i was in bath so that i could see him. it’s not richard branson is it?
me: no… now he’s talking to me, he’s gross… completely letchy - just made a comment about my stringy cheese sandwich!
me: to make matters worse he’s just showed me his iphone as if it’s a key to the magic kingdom and is talking to me about third party apps
her: what?
me: he asked with me being a girl how i knew stuff about technology
her: the cheek!
me: ew, now he’s discussing sex addictions with the guy next to him… that’s it, i think i need to leave and have a shower
later that night, have scoured several celebrity sites in the hope of seeing a face i recognised, i twittered that i was going to bed - only to see a twitter by someone else mentioning steph3n fry. that was it. that was who it was.
not very exciting i know - but that was enough to entertain me for the day! what still puzzles me is why he came across as letchy though because i thought he was gay :/
*yes know it should be an e and not a 3, but he’s tech savvy so probably has rss searches for his name and whilst i’ve been rude about him, i didn’t want to be rude directly 
October 23rd, 2007 at 3:48 pm
That’s hilarious, I love the way you don’t want him to find your post! Do you think he his tech savvy enough to have searches for his name in leet speak?!
October 23rd, 2007 at 5:21 pm
omg - you don’t think do you???? i know he creeped me out, but he’s probably a really nice fellow :/ ok, maybe not really nice, but definitely very intelligent… oh, i’m not making this any better am i?
October 23rd, 2007 at 10:53 pm
He’s an awesome guy! Can’t say I’ve met him, but from what I’ve seen he’s extremely intelligent and rather amusing (just check out QI or Blackadder!) He’s also a huge Apple fan. A very interesting person…
October 23rd, 2007 at 11:05 pm
greg - not doubting intelligence or amusement factor - but i’d rather prevent you from sitting next to him whilst he’s talking about his addiction to all things sexual
October 23rd, 2007 at 11:29 pm
That’s fair enough
I can imagine it not being the ideal conversation to overhear whilst trying to enjoy your coffee.
October 24th, 2007 at 5:51 am
haha - trying to eat more like! i almost choked on my stringy cheese sandwich and i can’t imagine what my face must have looked like when he told me not to get it on my sweater because it looked precious!
October 24th, 2007 at 8:34 am
The only question remaining is whether Richard Branson is as letchy as Stephen Fry.
October 24th, 2007 at 5:05 pm
I’m thinking that he probably isn’t after his recent fiasco - i think he’s probably more concerned with his sore bottom! http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/21785/Branson-s-in-a-pickle
October 24th, 2007 at 5:18 pm
St3ph3n Fry is brilliant - modern day hero (talks sense!). Maybe he doesn’t come across well in person. Wish I’d been there!
October 24th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
omg - most concerning - anthony - you spelt his name in full - now his rss feeder is going to pick this up and he might die of a broken heart?!? de’d probably just think I was a total fruit loop in fact (not far from the truth, but we don’t want everyone to be of the same opinion)…
October 25th, 2007 at 1:33 pm
Oops. Didn’t entirely mean to do that so you can edit the comment if needs be.
Apparently he has his own blog, the first of which was a rant about smart phones.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
… and I thought you were such a nice girl!
October 25th, 2007 at 4:08 pm
Yup, after some research it seems Stephen Fry has really complicated regular expressions set up on millions of RSS feeds and if someone even dreams of him, he knows about it.
He’s gonna get ya with his overt sexualness. Bing bong!
October 25th, 2007 at 4:19 pm
ouch my sides are hurting, please don’t make me laugh like that - i’m not sure it’s good for my health!