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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.

State funeral?

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

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/

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.

Totally now in favour of Yahoo obits. Laurence Broderick QO: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/sculptor-gave-birmingham-bullring-bull-114448850.html 10 points for me as a quick follow on from Frank Field.

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

Is Philp too young to remember? Um Bongo, Um Bongo, they drink it in The Congo...not fucking Rwanda!

Fri 26 Apr 28 Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Murder On The Dancefloor 27 Wheatus — Teenage Dirtbag 27 Gorillaz — Feel Good Inc. 26 Manic Street Preachers — The Love Of Richard Nixon 26 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse — Valerie 25 Kylie Minogue — Love At First Sight 24 Daft Punk — One More Time +4 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 Pink — Get The Party Started 20 Razorlight — Somewhere Else 20 Manic Street Preachers — Your Love Alone Is Not Enough 18 Kylie Minogue — On A Night Like This 14 Taylor Swift — Love Story 14 Kelis — Trick Me 13 Justin Timberlake — Cry Me A River 12 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 10 Corinne Bailey Rae — Put Your Records On 6 Kate Nash — Foundations 4 Dido — White Flag -6

Bob Appleby (Hugmans) goalkeeper for Middlesbrough in the early 1960s, reportedly dead aged 84: https://www.mfc.co.uk/news/2024/april/25/rest-in-peace--bob-appleby/ Dunno why some of these folk have no Wiki page.

The look on Wes Streeting's face.

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)

Few rumours floating about that Yousaf might be stepping down. This guy in the comments isn’t convinced though so don’t quote me on this.

On this day 1 year ago, American singer known for "The Banana Boat Song", actor known for "Carmen Jones", and activist Harry Belafonte passed away at the age of 96 from congestive heart failure.

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.

Not a death anniversary as such, but I missed my own anniversary on death list. Twenty years ago on the 20th April 2004, I joined the death list. (Actually it was a bit earlier as I lurked for a couple of months before joining).

Apologies for being three days late but I only look at this thread occasionally. Can scarcely believe it’s been that long! Definitely one of the headline ‘2016 was cruel’ deaths. An absolute musical marvel obviously and his legacy will outlive all of us but he also sparked one of the funniest Twitter (RIP) moments of all time:

Now. (For a week at least).

I'm going to be very careful as to what I write on here so as not to get anyone in trouble but I spoke to a senior journo over breakfast this morning – his source is impeccable. Really not good news about the king. May have a year left, 2 if he's lucky.

My intel is rarely wrong. Not the biggest fan of Charles but certainly don't wish him ill or dead... though I can't wait for the epic apology I'm going to get from mango boy for him being a twat.

As usual, interesting conversation occurs on my home Deadpool rather than anything here… —‘Wow, all five original members of the Moody Blues are gone. Pinder was the last of the group's original five members.’ —‘That leaves how many people who have ever seen a mellotron? Fripp is about it.’ —-a song offered to the group by Paul McCartney, but in the end decided the tune wasn’t right for the Moodys. Instead, Mary Hopkin recorded the song, “Those Were the Days,” and scored a worldwide smash hit.’ —“That’s amazing trivia. Can you imagine the path they would have taken if they sang Those Were the Days?” —‘Check this out... "On Christmas 1969, the President of Equatorial Guinea, Francisco Macías Nguema, had 150 alleged coup plotters executed in the national stadium while the amplifier system played the Mary Hopkin recording of "Those Were the Days"." —‘Never mind the fact that the litany of hits written by Sir Paul now includes this song. Who knew?’ —‘Death was imperative when he sang his version of Go Now.’ —‘Needless to say they’ll likely be on tour next summer.’ Deathlist used to have actual conversations like this but those days are long gone. RIP to Deathlist. SC

TMZ reporting the same thing. Must be a lock for next year if he's not so gravely ill that he won't make it to 2025.

https://nypost.com/2024/04/25/world-news/king-charles-funeral-plans-updated-amid-cancer-battle-report/ Said to be "very unwell". Not a good sign, if this article's sources are accurate.

I call BS. They caught it early and he's responding well to treatment. His staff are upbeat.