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You care so little of this forum that you actually spent a good few minutes typing all that out (even though none of us will read beyond the first 2 lines cos it's boring AF). I've said it before and I'll say it again – if you don't like it here then bugger off somewhere else.

Well they're just reposting a Daily Beast article. It's by the same guy who wrote in August 2022 he had sources telling him the Queen had bone cancer, so, you can probably draw your own conclusions.

Like buses, you wait 70 years for one then 2 come along at once.

At his age he really wasn't going to set any length of reign records, but at least his reign was longer than that of Edward VIII. ... also longer than Liz and the lettuce I guess...

and the audience... every single face, extremely relatable

There are exactly 10 murderers from the original Columbo still alive: Lee Grant (born 1925) Dick Van Dyke (born 1925) Vera Miles (born 1929) Clive Revill (born 1930) William Shatner (born 1931) Joyce Van Patten (born 1934) Héctor Elizondo (born 1936) George Hamilton (born 1939) Trish Van Devere (born 1941) Susan Clark (born 1943)

26/Apr/2024 32 Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Murder On The Dancefloor 30 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse — Valerie 27 Wheatus — Teenage Dirtbag 27 Gorillaz — Feel Good Inc. 26 Daft Punk — One More Time +2 25 Kylie Minogue — Love At First Sight 24 Coldplay — In My Place +2 24 Manic Street Preachers — Your Love Alone Is Not Enough 24 Adele — Chasing Pavements 23 Oasis — Stop Crying Your Heart Out 22 Busted — Year 3000 20 Coldplay — Speed Of Sound 20 Plain White T’s — Hey There Delilah 20 Pink — Get The Party Started 20 Razorlight — Somewhere Else 18 Manic Street Preachers — The Love Of Richard Nixon 17 Justin Timberlake — Cry Me A River 16 Kylie Minogue — On A Night Like This 14 Kelis — Trick Me 10 Corinne Bailey Rae — Put Your Records On 02 Taylor Swift — Love Story 01 Dido — White Flag -6

When King Charles is about to die in record time but you have -1 points on the "outlive King Charles" pool because some guy who can't drive thought it would be fun to kill Treat Williams

I got a birthday card last week from my great uncle (99 years young) that had Charlie's head on the stamp, first one I've seen, but then again I don't send or receive many letters.

The grapevine is awash with rumours like this. I believe them. It's not looking good. King Peggy before the end of next year, unfortunately.

Look at what's below 20: the better of the two Kylie songs, an absolute banger by Kelis, the dulcet tones of CBR and cor blimey guvnah Kate Nash. I love this game and all the players but you're a bunch of perverts.

Doctor Who actor Tom Baker delights staff by posing with Dalek at Sid’s Emporium in Tenterden https://www.kentonline.co.uk/tenterden/news/doctor-who-star-poses-with-dalek-at-kent-shop-305739/

26. April 2024 32 Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Murder On The Dancefloor 30 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse — Valerie 27 Wheatus — Teenage Dirtbag 27 Gorillaz — Feel Good Inc. 25 Kylie Minogue — Love At First Sight 24 Manic Street Preachers — Your Love Alone Is Not Enough 24 Daft Punk — One More Time 24 Adele — Chasing Pavements 23 Oasis — Stop Crying Your Heart Out 22 Coldplay — In My Place 22 Busted — Year 3000 20 Coldplay — Speed Of Sound 20 Plain White T’s — Hey There Delilah 20 Pink — Get The Party Started 20 Razorlight — Somewhere Else 18 Manic Street Preachers — The Love Of Richard Nixon 17 Justin Timberlake — Cry Me A River +4 16 Kylie Minogue — On A Night Like This 14 Kelis — Trick Me 10 Corinne Bailey Rae — Put Your Records On 07 Dido — White Flag 02 Taylor Swift — Love Story 00 Kate Nash — Foundations -6

Count Basie died on this day 40 years ago, aged 79. - Basie's actual first name was William, and he began using his stage name sometime around 1928. His parents were instrument players, and they taught him how to play the piano- albeit he preferred drums. - Basie would get his start in Harlem (during its eponymous 'Renaissance' in the 1920s), before moving to Kansas City in 1929. He would play for the Bennie Moten Band, and he would soon take over the band when they kicked Moten out. He would rename it 'Count Basie and His Cherry Blossoms', before later renaming it to 'Count Basie and His Barons of Rhythm'. Among his biggest hits included "One O'Clock Jump" and "Boogie Woogie": - Basie's band would break up once the big band era ended following World War II, but he would make a new orchestral band in 1952, called "The New Testament Band", moving from swing and blues to jazz at this time. - Basie would make a few cameos in movies in his later years, most notably in Blazing Saddles: - Basie was one of the musicians mentioned in Stevie Wonder's "Sir Duke", and one of two alive at the time of the song's release in 1977 (the other being Ella Fitzgerald). Basie was specifically the first one mentioned in the second verse's lyrics. - Basie died from pancreatic cancer.

26/04/24 30 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse — Valerie +4 28 Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Murder On The Dancefloor 27 Wheatus — Teenage Dirtbag 27 Gorillaz — Feel Good Inc. 25 Kylie Minogue — Love At First Sight 24 Manic Street Preachers — Your Love Alone Is Not Enough 24 Daft Punk — One More Time 24 Adele — Chasing Pavements 22 Coldplay — In My Place 22 Busted — Year 3000 20 Coldplay — Speed Of Sound 20 Plain White T’s — Hey There Delilah 20 Oasis — Stop Crying Your Heart Out 20 Manic Street Preachers — The Love Of Richard Nixon 20 Pink — Get The Party Started 20 Razorlight — Somewhere Else 18 Kylie Minogue — On A Night Like This 14 Kelis — Trick Me 13 Justin Timberlake — Cry Me A River 12 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 10 Corinne Bailey Rae — Put Your Records On 06 Kate Nash — Foundations 06 Dido — White Flag 02 Taylor Swift — Love Story -6

The gift that keeps on giving. Private Eye again.

Debbie Harry has really let herself go.

Silverio Perez Rosado was born on 20 June 1914 in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico and died in the same place, he was the oldest man in Puerto Rico, now he is Andres Irizarry Troche, born on 14 February 1915 in Hormigueros, Puerto Rico https://wapa.tv/noticias/entretenimiento/fallece-silverio-p-rez-rosado-padre-del-m-sico-y-comediante-silverio-p-rez/article_cf286682-02f9-11ef-8c54-e7032ecf0f53.html

25/Apr/2024 30 Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Murder On The Dancefloor 26 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse — Valerie +2 25 Kylie Minogue — Love At First Sight 24 Kylie Minogue — On A Night Like This 24 Manic Street Preachers — The Love Of Richard Nixon 23 Wheatus — Teenage Dirtbag 22 Coldplay — In My Place +2 21 Busted — Year 3000 20 Coldplay — Speed Of Sound 20 Plain White T’s — Hey There Delilah 20 Kelis — Trick Me 20 Oasis — Stop Crying Your Heart Out 20 Pink — Get The Party Started 20 Razorlight — Somewhere Else 20 Adele — Chasing Pavements 20 Manic Street Preachers — Your Love Alone Is Not Enough 20 Gorillaz — Feel Good Inc. 18 Daft Punk — One More Time 14 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 14 Taylor Swift — Love Story 14 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings 14 Corinne Bailey Rae — Put Your Records On 13 Justin Timberlake — Cry Me A River 10 Kate Nash — Foundations 06 Dido — White Flag -6

Anders Celsius died on this day 280 years ago, aged 42. - Celsius' family was full of scientists- his uncle Olof was a botanist, his paternal grandfather Magnus was a mathematician, and his maternal grandfather Anders Spole was an astronomer. His father Nils was also a professor of astronomy at Uppsala University, which he would attend- and also became an astronomy professor there in 1730. - Celsius had several feats in the realm of astronomy: he was the first person to link auroras with changes in the Earth's magnetic field (based on observations within a compass), and he participated in an expedition that proved the world was an ellipsoid and not a perfect sphere. - Celsius was most famous for his temperature scale, centigrade, which he proposed in 1742. It is now the dominant temperature scale in the world (three countries use Fahrenheit instead), and Celsius' name has been used interchangeably with 'centigrade'. - Celsius' young death was caused by a bout of tuberculosis.

More likely simply it doesn't really feel like the time to make fun of a family while two of its principal members (and key characters in your show) are suffering from cancer. Not much humour to be found there.

Now. (For a week at least).

Wife of Sir Nigel Southward, Annette Southward, death notice: https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/southward-notices_56104 Sir Nigel is eminently obitable, having formerly been Apothecary to HM The Queen, the Royal Household and various members of the extended Royal Family.

Jimmy Carter please.