Josh hiding from the ebil media--part 15

[allthegoodnamesrgone]

So Joshy got blown off by the sibs on Sibling Appreciation day. Have they all been told by Boob to make him persona non grata, or is it just for the media?  I wonder (when I read about him anyway) where they are living? No job, no money, no home, 4 kids and a wife with even less brains than himself, they are all kind of at the mercy of his rotten parents. Boob might want to be careful not to push him too far, I have a feeling Joshy is just smart enough to sell the family out to make some bank. But dumb enough to blow it on hookers. 

[EmCatlyn]

5 hours ago, Lillymuffin said:

I kicked myself for describing him that way after I posted, but couldn't think of a better way to put it. I didn't mean historical in terms of age, so much as he was the son of a president, the nephew of an attorney general and a senator, and the grandson of an ambassador. He witnessed first hand or second hand a lot of history being made.

 I'll purpose to do better next time 

That's okay.  We are all a part of history.  I was not offended, and I doubt any of the others here in their late 50s or older did more than giggle about it as I did.  I just had to point out that if he weren't dead, he would probably be very much part of current events. 

[Howl]

On 4/7/2016 at 2:50 PM, Funwithfundies said:

I hope he's being given a good quality vitamin D supplement wherever they're hiding him - nothing worse than a dough boy with rickets.

I was wondering if the TTH has a basement.....

Josh would be great spokesperson for a porn blocking app. Just sayin'.

[Kjaerringa]

My encounters with the famous....in terms of actual conversations.....are limited to ballet, symphony, and opera luminaries, with a couple of authors and folk singers on the side. I am not good at being a pop culture fan. But spending half an hour with Madeleine L'Engle talking about kids and books,  and stretching out on a beach having a picnic lunch with composer Alice Parker remain two of the highlights of my life. Oh....and having ballet great Angel Corella recognize me as DD's chauffeur... ( she was 10, was cast in Le Corsaire, and they got along like a house afire....and  she was completely clueless about his fame, she just thought it was a hoot that he'd teach her the lifts from some of the choreography with the principal ballerinas.  He was just Angel. Now she looks back and marvels. SUCH a kind and gracious man.)

[Sundaymorning]

4 hours ago, allthegoodnamesrgone said:

So Joshy got blown off by the sibs on Sibling Appreciation day. Have they all been told by Boob to make him persona non grata, or is it just for the media?  I wonder (when I read about him anyway) where they are living? No job, no money, no home, 4 kids and a wife with even less brains than himself, they are all kind of at the mercy of his rotten parents. Boob might want to be careful not to push him too far, I have a feeling Joshy is just smart enough to sell the family out to make some bank. But dumb enough to blow it on hookers. 

Well, the Duggars really are between a rock and a hard place when it comes to their options regarding Joshley. If they don't mention him publicly, there will be articles that they snub him and that there is still big trouble in the family. If they do include him, outrage is guaranteed. Imo, ignoring him is the safer choice right now.

[ksgranola1]

I'm sure he's not hanging around TTH all day. Just the sight of him would irk JB no end. And the idea is for them to work on their marriage; can't do that w/umpteen kids around. I'm sure they have been re-gifted the house they had before and are living there. Why else would they need a couch? Maybe they are in the house next door.

Where are all the FJ spies we had that lived around there; any hint?

[Sweet Fellowship]

Being a new mum now limits my time on FJ, but I always check in on this thread to see whether there's been a Smugs spotting. I think I'm obsessed. Help!

[nastyhobbitses]

I was computer-less for three days (coffee and FJ in bed are a really bad combination...good night, sweet laptop), and I came back to see if there was any update on Joshley. The joy of getting a nice new laptop that better suits my needs than my last one is tempered by the lack of any signs of our favorite scumbag Duggar.

[Becket70]

Though I think Josh is a scumbag, it doesn't seem healthy for him to be in hiding after his rehab.  I am not particularly familiar with rehab but isn't one of the goals to integrate a person back into society?  If they are keeping him out of sight only because he could potentially harm their brand, then they are worse than he is.

[JenniferJuniper]

I watched Paul Newman film part of The Verdict and had a very brief exchange with him.  Two thoughts that ran through my head - my, God, those eyes really are the bluest ever and wow, he's kinda short.   Once saw Douglas Fairbanks Jr. out for a walk with his nurse on Park Avenue one spring afternoon.

The strangest sighting was of Whitney Houston in a the ladies room at Brockton High School in Massachusetts some years back.   Bobby Brown's daughter and my niece were in the same dance program and it was in the middle of a very long recital.  It was a bit startling to be washing my hands next to Whitney Houston but I pretended to not recognize her and carried on.  Later that evening at a local restaurant, it appears my father also encountered her as he was leaving the men's room and she was leaving the ladies room.  He came back to the table and told my mother he'd just seen the most beautiful woman in the world.  His further description confirmed to my mother that it was Whitney

[Elegant Mess]

I had a chance encounter with Ann Coulter one January evening a number of years ago.  I was in DC and went to the Four Seasons Hotel in Georgetown to ask for directions to a nearby restaurant.  Ann was standing out front in a full-length white fur coat (pretty sure it was real) waiting for her ride.

[MyMilkshake]

I think Josh will remain in hiding for awhile, and whenever he does venture out, he won't be by himself. Can you imagine somebody asking him a question and him with nobody around to speak for him?

The fact he never grows a pair and answers for himself continues to irritate and annoy me.

[Elegant Mess]

19 minutes ago, MyMilkshake said:

The fact he never grows a pair and answers for himself continues to irritate and annoy me.

Seriously!  Unless he somehow acquires that skill, what will he do, for himself and his own immediate family, once JB and DQ are gone?

Edited to add:  Woohoo!!  I'm now a Degreed Law Professional!  

[sawasdee]

I worked as a temp for a major record company in the 70s, and the big boss from NY came for a visit. He was all big cigar, and his wife dripping in jewellery and fur. Behind was a very plainly dressed lady, no make up, wool coat - I thought she was mrs's maid, so when they were being shown round, I mouthed at her 'Want a coffee?'. She nodded, and we adjourned to the staff coffee room, and chatted  - how did she like London, etc.

When they all left, my colleagues informed me I had been chatting with Dionne Warwick.

Many years later, in 1999 and flying to Ireland for the Millennium I was SEVERELY delayed  at Luton Airport. A youngish guy asked if he could share my table - said yes. Bitched together about flight delays and Ryan Air, went back to reading our books.

Barmaid told me later it was Noel Gallagher from Oasis.

I am not good at recognising famous people out of context.

[bashfulpixie]

I don't have many experiences seeing celebrities outside of official functions except for a few athletes.

Oh, and I saw Kelly Preston at Target and Barnes & Noble a few times.

[Mercer]

Not sure if this counts as a famous person but...

When I was in college, I attended a political event where the keynote speaker was Karenna Gore, Al Gore's daughter. As I mentioned in my previous post, I'm exceptionally bad with faces. It's hard for me to recognize people out of context or when I don't expect to see them.

This was at a smaller venue with not a lot of invites given out (I got one because they had reserved a few tickets for college student club officers,) so there was only one set of restrooms, a men's and a women's. The light in the women's was burned out, the bulbs were an odd-sized fluorescent which the staff couldn't find a replacement for, and it was completely pitch dark without the light, so the only usable restroom was the men's. I had to use the restroom at the same time as another woman, so I watched the door for her, then she watched it for me while we did our respective business. In passing we exchanged some conversation about the situation.

A little while later the speeches started, and I noticed that the woman I had talked to about the restroom was up at the front. (I still didn't recognize her face, but her dress was a really distinctive color.) When it was her turn to speak, I realized it was Karenna Gore, the person we had come to hear... and I had wasted my opportunity to talk one-on-one with her on a conversation about men's restrooms. 

[Coy Koi]

I skipped school to meet Tyson Beckford many years ago at a thing where he was promoting Polo Sport fragrance at Nordstrom. You had to buy it to meet him, so I did, then later my mom returned it for me. They tried to give her trouble about it but she insisted she was returning it for her 70-year-old neighbor who definitely did not meet Tyson Beckford, or know who he was. Thanks, Mom!

I was like 16 at the time and I got my picture with him and kissed him on the cheek and he told me my hair was silky. It was pretty exciting. My friend went with me but she didn't care to meet him, she's never found him attractive which is insane because that man is fine.

ETA: Is it weird that I'm in my 30s now and still have some of the same celebrity crushes I did at 16?

[nst]

38 minutes ago, Mercer said:

Not sure if this counts as a famous person but...

When I was in college, I attended a political event where the keynote speaker was Karenna Gore,. 

I have a picture on my webshots of her wedding dress - I am shallow that way

It was really pretty 

[MzMcLean]

If I went into my boyband encounters, you'd all be bored to tears. But one of them led to my most unexpected. 

 

We were hanging out outside of the elevator at Mandalay in Vegas in hopes of catching Nick Carter (everyone else was out gambling, except injured AJ AND Nick). The elevator opened and was full of brunettes, so we knew it wasn't Nick

 

The brunettes parted and out walked PRINCE!! 12-15 of us, all standing there agag... finally someone managed to utter "Prince!!!" He turned and waved, "Good evening ladies" we all died. And NO ONE got a photo, we were too in shock. An hour or so later head of BSB security was heading upstairs "Go to bed, Im going to bed. No point in staying out"

"We just saw Prince"

"Carry on ladies, I approve!"

 

My only other really fun one was in childhood. My grandma helped run one of Sonny Bono's campaigns. So we're at a victory party and Grandma had us having our own party under a long clothed table. At some point the cloth lifted and it was Sonny, bringing us a plate of cookies and fruit for our "tea party." Sweet guy :-)

 

I also filmed 5 days over the years with the Mythbusters, Adam and Jamie were great, but I REALLY loved the trio. They were so ridiculous when we shuffled around all day as zombies in the blazing sun on the Alameda tarmac. Great silly memories :-)

[Lillybee]

Maybe Ma and Pa Duggar put a bed in the prayer closet Josh and Anna and the M kids are still sleeping in the girl's and boy's dorms.

[paulypepper]

8 hours ago, Sweet Fellowship said:

Being a new mum now limits my time on FJ, but I always check in on this thread to see whether there's been a Smugs spotting. I think I'm obsessed. Help!

Congrats on the lil one! Pretty sure we are all waiting, but so far we are all without the Smugger ...

[CreationMuseumSeasonPass]

My dad's two stories are from the 1970s. When he was in Washington, D.C., he accidentally bumped into this guy on the steps of the U.S. Capital. It was only later that he realized it was Ted Kennedy. The other story is when he saw a Doobie Brothers concert. Later that night, they were staying at a hotel and pressed the button on the elevator to go upstairs. When the doors opened, out walked Michael McDonald — with a blonde under one arm and a brunette under the other.

[Becket70]

I have met a lot of celebrities through my employment but the biggest one (and nicest) I ever met was not one who came through my lab.  It was long, long ago....around 1970.  I met George Harrison of the Beatles. A photo of me with him is on the wall right above my computer. He asked where I was from and I told him Chicago....he then proceeded to talk about the political unrest that was going on there at the Democratic Convention.  He knew more about it than I did because I had been living in London (SW7) for a while (in a bedsitter with no heat and no TV) and was not following the news very much. He was very kind.

[Whipple]

I'm not really into celebrity--used to be but since I have C and E list celebrities in my family, the glow is off. I have a couple of extremely attractive people in my family and one (my cousin) is an actor. He was in the original Melrose Place, was in a lot of Lifetime movies--playing Prince Dreamboat types, and is currently on a show called Devious Maids. His wife has a popular show on as well called Satisfaction. They are both lovely people who dote on their baby daughter. I really love this wife, smarter and sweeter than the first one and so kind, beautiful, and talented I half think my cousin doesn't deserve her. The other attractive person in the family is my niece who has attained E list celebrity by being recent episodes of the Bachelor. (I think her 15 minutes will be up soon.)  She was the gorgeous single mom with two littles.

When the subject comes up, people act as if we are distant relatives and some are so star-struck. It's as if people think celebrities spring up from the ether and aren't even human and have no relations. When I see Cousin at holiday dinners, he has to help along with everyone else and sometimes he plants himself at the kids table to play Apples to Apples. Go figure.

I used to watch Cousin's shows but soon tired of MP and of DM and couldn't get through a single Prince Charming movie. I watched the Bachelor because she was my niece but stopped as soon as my inside-and-out beautiful, wonderful niece was booted. I was almost pissed she was even on such a show parading her self around for a man but I got over that soon.

[Bethella]

16 minutes ago, Whipple said:

I'm not really into celebrity--used to be but since I have C and E list celebrities in my family, the glow is off. I have a couple of extremely attractive people in my family and one (my cousin) is an actor. He was in the original Melrose Place, was in a lot of Lifetime movies--playing Prince Dreamboat types, and is currently on a show called Devious Maids. His wife has a popular show on as well called Satisfaction. They are both lovely people who dote on their baby daughter. I really love this wife, smarter and sweeter than the first one and so kind, beautiful, and talented I half think my cousin doesn't deserve her. The other attractive person in the family is my niece who has attained E list celebrity by being recent episodes of the Bachelor. (I think her 15 minutes will be up soon.)  She was the gorgeous single mom with two littles.

When the subject comes up, people act as if we are distant relatives and some are so star-struck. It's as if people think celebrities spring up from the ether and aren't even human and have no relations. When I see Cousin at holiday dinners, he has to help along with everyone else and sometimes he plants himself at the kids table to play Apples to Apples. Go figure.

I used to watch Cousin's shows but soon tired of MP and of DM and couldn't get through a single Prince Charming movie. I watched the Bachelor because she was my niece but stopped as soon as my inside-and-out beautiful, wonderful niece was booted. I was almost pissed she was even on such a show parading her self around for a man but I got over that soon.

Small world- one of my second cousins is on Devious Maids too. I've only met her twice at family reunions but she's nice and normal. She does tend to figure fairly prominently in my "six degrees of Kevin Bacon"