The house we grew up in: “Who do you think you are?”

Driving: Stirling Moss
Fighting: Joe Bugner
Gardening: Percy Thrower
Kicking up: Pepe Le Pew
Splashing the cash - Viv Nicholson
Shirt unbuttoned: Jason King
Asking for non supermarket branded shampoo : Queen of Sheba.
Any type of Punk attire - Sid Snot.
New false teeth - Red Rum.
Sat in a rocking chair - Val Doonican
Wearing a raincoat - Columbo.
Wear a dressing gown: Noel Coward (see also Hugh Hefner)
Cleaning windows: Robin Askwith
Acting mysteriously - Arthur C Clarke
Dribbling a football - George Best
Drinking - George Best, again.
Playing the piano - Bobby Crush.
Sporting a moustache - Dickie Davies
Expressing a forceful political opinion: Arthur Scargill.
Unfortunate gait: Hopalong Cassidy.
Putting a fire out: Red Adair.
Falling on your arse on ice: Torvill and Dean.
Outside with no shoes: Zola Budd.
Having an opinion on soft furnishings: Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen.

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