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Cheryl Cole - a case of mistaken identity
I like to think of myself of a chap who stays in touch with modern culture but this has shaken me to the core.
I can't say I have followed the career of Girls Aloud with any great interest but I always perk up when the young ladies are on the videos on TV at my gym and can recognise their songs when I hear them on the radio.
And up until two days thought I knew who Cheryl Cole was.
So imagine my surprise on reading the latest issue of Word to find that the one I thought was Cheryl Cole was captioned as Nadine somethingorother. No I thought - those old codgers at Word Towers have got their names mixed up.
But I realised today looking at pictures of the X-factor coverage that the old codger is me - they are right and I have been labouring under a misapprehension for at least 2 years.
In my defence can I say that I've never watched The X-factor or followed the comings and goings of the football Wags with any great interest. Nonethless I feel as if I have must have been living in some celebrity culture hole in the ground - not a bad thing some may say.
Any other cases of mistaken identity out there?
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It's easy
Cheryl Cole's the one with the conviction for assault on a toilet attendant.
And now she's a...
... "national treasure".
Bless!
Hold on a minute...
...is this a post saying that 'The Word' is NOT wrong? Does this really belong here?
Sorry, irrelevant post. As you were.
Rich
It is ok to admit
I can only be 100% certain of identifying Nicola and Sarah in any given picture of GA, and the other three often look interchangable?
Attractive - don't get me wrong - but they're very similar.
errr....
Cheryl because she's a celeb outside of the group
The ginger one because she's ginger
errr.. that's it
Does anyone here know all the names of GA (and doesn't mix em up with the Sugababes and Pussycat Dolls)?
I know the Irish one
because I remember she was the one that lied about her age in a previous talent show (with the full backing of her parents). Apart from the ginger one the others are all interchangeable to me. Personality free.
I think the only people that really know which is which are avid tabloid gossip readers, and Guardian journalists of course which goes without saying.
old codgers out of touch....
This happened to a business banker mate recently (I swear it wasn't me).
Youthful co-worker: "I'm going to see Rihanna tonight".
He: "Rihanna? Which one of our clients is that?".
He knows it's over.
Cheryl once called me a
Cheryl once called me a "fookin' nutter" in GQ Magazine so I have to smile whenever she goes into her faux-tearful "yir a little STAAAR!" routine on X Factor.
And the current Girls Aloud album is lousy. Did Xenomania leave all their decent songs in a briefcase on the train?
You can't leave it there...
... why do you think she call you a "fookin' nutter"?
REM
I got the bass player and the guitarists mixed up.
Yes, but isn't it the way these days...
all these faceless bands - if the bass player in Coldplay, the drummer with Keane, the keyboard player with Elbow were all walking towards you would you recognize them?
Gone are the days when you could proudly display your individual band member button badges with John, Paul, George and Ringo on...now it would be you know, the ginger one from Girls Aloud, yes you do know her...or Kevin from that Indie band, yes, the slightly balding one who doesn't do alot on stage or really say much in interviews...
A few years back...
...I had to point out to a work colleague that the entity "Anton Deck" was actually two people. Even today I'm unsure as to which is which, though I understand that they always keep on the same side of each other, presumably to facilitate recognition, or perhaps in case they need to "get ready to rumble".