Of course some celebs do not really exist at all, like Mickey Mouse so if
you get a licence and an official costume you can be Mickey Mouse. Its like
old Saint Nick. The fact that he originally dressed in Green and was a spin
off from a Pagan got has nothing to do with sugary drinks at all.
Brian

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"The Nomad" <nomad@the.desert.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 4 Dec 2023 11:51:58 +0000, nev young
> <newsforpasiphae1953@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 03/12/2023 11:38, Brian Gaff wrote:
>>
>> what on earth is an influencer?
>> A person who distributes respiratory viruses.
>
> Oh, Well done Sir!
>
> Avpx
>
> p.s. I fear that might be what I've just started recovering from - not
> CoV2 (-ve tests) but more than a cold!
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On 03/12/2023 11:38, Brian Gaff wrote:
> When I look up on line famous birthdays for any day, I used to recognise the
> people by name if nothing else. However, at what point did somebody become
> famous or a celebrity if one made a series of Youtube videos, and what on
> earth is an influencer?

Celebrity has become a completely meaningless term. An example is Jade
Goody - you may well not remember her name, she was a racist imbecile
who participated in "Big Brother" and then died of cancer, as a
consequence of which her mother became a celebrity. As I say, utterly
meaningless.

On Fri, 29 Dec 2023 01:59:41 +0000
Mike Fleming <mike@tauzero.co.uk> wrote:

> On 03/12/2023 11:38, Brian Gaff wrote:
> > When I look up on line famous birthdays for any day, I used to
> > recognise the people by name if nothing else. However, at what point
> > did somebody become famous or a celebrity if one made a series of
> > Youtube videos, and what on earth is an influencer?
>
> Celebrity has become a completely meaningless term. An example is Jade

As best as I can tell there are people who are celebrities because
they are famous ...

... for being celebrities.

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On 29/12/2023 in message
<20231229061247.7abef711926e5db8575e27ac@eircom.net> Ahem A Rivet's Shot
wrote:

>On Fri, 29 Dec 2023 01:59:41 +0000
>Mike Fleming <mike@tauzero.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>On 03/12/2023 11:38, Brian Gaff wrote:
>>>When I look up on line famous birthdays for any day, I used to
>>>recognise the people by name if nothing else. However, at what point
>>>did somebody become famous or a celebrity if one made a series of
>>>Youtube videos, and what on earth is an influencer?
>>
>>Celebrity has become a completely meaningless term. An example is Jade
>
> As best as I can tell there are people who are celebrities because
>they are famous ...
>
> ... for being celebrities.

Or for walking around half naked.

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On 29 Dec 2023 08:18:46 GMT
"Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> wrote:

> On 29/12/2023 in message
> <20231229061247.7abef711926e5db8575e27ac@eircom.net> Ahem A Rivet's Shot
> wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 29 Dec 2023 01:59:41 +0000
> >Mike Fleming <mike@tauzero.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >>On 03/12/2023 11:38, Brian Gaff wrote:
> >>>When I look up on line famous birthdays for any day, I used to
> >>>recognise the people by name if nothing else. However, at what point
> >>>did somebody become famous or a celebrity if one made a series of
> >>>Youtube videos, and what on earth is an influencer?
> >>
> >>Celebrity has become a completely meaningless term. An example is Jade
> >
> > As best as I can tell there are people who are celebrities
> > because
> >they are famous ...
> >
> > ... for being celebrities.
>
> Or for walking around half naked.

Many people do that - you have to get photographs published of it
TAAAW.

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On 29/12/2023 01:59, Mike Fleming wrote:

> An example is Jade Goody

What did she initially do, I do know her name but I can't think what
she did initially?

I remember Frankie Boyle telling a 'joke' about Jack (someone or
other, Goodies husband) being lucky as he married her late on . FB said
he was lucky as her kids weren't his so he didn't have to look after
them, he wouldn't have to put up with her in her dotage, and as she had
some form of ovarian cancer her <E.D.> would get tighter as time went on.

On 05/01/2024 21:41, soup wrote:
> On 29/12/2023 01:59, Mike Fleming wrote:
>
>> An example is Jade Goody
>
>  What did she initially do, I do know her name but I can't think what
> she did initially?

"Famous" for going on Big Brother [1] and describing her lady's front
bottom as looking like a badly packed kebab. She was also remarkably
stupid, even in comparison with the low bar set by most of the rest of
the entrants. This apparently made her a celebrity, as she was brought
back for Celebrity Big Brother [2] along with her boyfriend Jack Tweed
and her mother, where she was somewhat racist, referring to another
contestant, one Shilpa Shetty, as "Shilpa Poppadom".

>    I remember Frankie Boyle telling a 'joke' about Jack (someone or
> other, Goodies husband) being lucky as he married her late on .  FB said
> he was lucky as her kids weren't his so he didn't have to look after
> them, he wouldn't have to put up with her in her dotage, and as she had
> some form of ovarian cancer her <E.D.> would get tighter as time went on.

I mostly love FB but occasionally he both goes wide of the mark and
oversteps the line - this and the one about Katie Price's (aka Jordan's)
son, along with another few, seemed more nasty than funny.

[1] A reality-based gameshow, m'lud
[2] Similar to 1, but featuring people that could, by an enormous
stretch of the imagination, be described as famous, or at least related
to somebody who might be described as famous, or at least know somebody
who might be described as famous.

The media. HTH.

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