I love a bit of celeb spotting!

Posted by Pauliec on Wednesday 19 Dec 2007

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One of my favourite things is celebrity spotting. There is a certain code to a good spot. It involves a look and slight smile in the celeb’s direction, which hopefully will be acknowledged by a similar smile back, which says “thanks for spotting, yet not approaching me.”

Last week, while on the tube, James Dean Bradfield of the Manic Street Preachers got on my carriage. I went for the “look”, but received nothing back. I looked for other spotters, but nobody had noticed until I recognised the beat from someone’s iPod. It was Motorcycle Loneliness by the Manics!

Impressed by the way the iPod man had displayed his “spot”, I thought I’d give him the look, but the fan had no idea that Bradfield was there. I tried everything without speaking. Looks to the man, looks to Bradfield, looks to the man and Bradfield, but neither of them realised. Well, at least I knew.