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Me having a quiet word with Rover:

This is the same asshole that decided the 2010 earthquake that struck Haiti was a direct result of them practising voodoo!! Hhe doesn't have Alzheimer's, he's just a cunt

The sod's law with jailbirds - namely, they die after all, but only after the top poolers lose the faith - strikes again. The Black Widow bites hard, perhaps fatally, for 10 teams, who are all feeling penniless from Nevin. =1. Bibliogryphon 0 =1. CastAway 0 =1. CharonsCrew 0 =1. deadsox 0 =1. Dr_T 0 =1. drol 0 =1. FixedBusiness 0 =1. Garn2 0 =1. gcreptile 0 =1. Grim Up North 0 =1. John Key 0 =1. machotrouts 0 =1. Mercarte 0 =1. msc 0 =1. Pedro67 0 =1. Spade_Cooley 0 =1. The Unknown Man 0 =1. theoldlady 0 =1. time 0 =1. Torva Messor 0 =1. Wormfarmer 0 =1. YoungWillz 0 23. paddyfool 1 24. Toast 2 25. CaptainChorizo 4 26. Death Impends 10 27. Deathray 11 28. Bentrovato 12 29. Sean 13 30. GraveDanger 14 31. Book 15 32. Joey Russ 18 33. The Dead Cow 19 34. Phantom of the Midway 20 35. Dead Wait 22 36. Sir Creep 29

Fate worse than death. He's turned into Sting!

Today marks 50 years since the first episode of Columbo was broadcast:

Oh HELL no. I'll be happy to get a couple hits lol. We know who has time to ferret out quality names, and it ain't YT. SC

I'm probably the most vocal about it, and I'm playing to win. So I guess just ignore my point of view. Re-stating what Spade said doesn't make either you or Spade correct. The fact is I and everyone trying to win has loaded up far more with D40 pix this year (and I guess last but I was slow to arrive at this). As I said earlier the best way to go is just pick all D40, which takes the research out of the equation, and whoever pix the best D40 crew wins. If that is the policy of the DDP that is fine. But to couch it as 'just an added bonus' is absurd. It changes the entire game and detracts from research. I'm mathematically correct, period. SC

One damn letter away from Judy Blume, who I'm sure is on a number of lists. Reaper closing in?

Really, Spade nailed it a year ago, when he said (and I paraphrase here): the Drop 40 bonus isn't going to change the top of the table, it'll just be an added bonus for your casual player. As they'd change 1 (arguably) from 7 DDP winners, I'd agree. In fact, I'd say the same of all the bonuses. They're just a nice extra to have, but they're not going to change anything that matters, really. Now all this waffling on about unique bonuses, it is coming from your average DDPer, or the folk on here who try to play to win things? Because it looks so far like it's coming from the latter, and thus can be safely ignored? (Apart from bringing back the local BBC obits of course, but that's a different thing entirely...)

I agree. I think a unique bonus should still count more than a Drop 40 bonus, maybe 2-3, or even better 2-4?

Small update for Liam Miller, Morgan Tsvangirai and some minor hits (WPC Davies), also José José now down to 7 base points. Bill Crider down to 5% obitability. 1. Dead Ends (177,265) --- 2. Bucket of Blood (176,455) --- 3. Day in the Death (171,925) +3 4. Deceased Hose (171,9) -1 5. Dead Wait (171,255) -1 6. The Love Boat (170,675) -1 7. Still Life (170,195) +1 8. Wormer, he's a dead man!... (169,0725) +1 9. Drollercoaster (167,5125) -2 10. Ethnic Cleansing (165,46) --- 11. To Kill a Gabor Sister (164,8225) --- 12. Shaun of the Dead 69 (164,153) +1 13. Poochie Died on the Way Back to his Home Planet (162,4025) -1 14. Thomas Jefferson Survives (160,195) +4 15. GUN (Ami Brown) (160,2425) -1 16. GUN (Gabriele Grunewald) (160,1025) -1 17. The Living End (158,955) -1 18. People who I think might die in 2019 United (158,243) -1 19. DDP Tofoa (157,09) +1 20. The Blight House (157,4425) new (21. Pan Breed (156,43)) I calculated scores for the Blight House and it enters the Top 20. I didn't calculate scores for A Good Innings yet, but I'll do it if one of their more unusual picks score. If I had to guess, Emma Hannigan and José José will be the next hits. This will put Bucket of Blood at the top (above The Love Boat). Dead Ends is a slower team and will drop a little in the next months unless one of the possible second-half-of-the-year hits suddenly dies.

A bottle of ginger where I grew up.

Ray Vitte stopped acting on this day 35 years ago, aged 33.

Dare say I spent way too much time on this. Probably 7-8 hours on gdamn Kevin Bacon alone. 20 hours total at least. I only looked at half the Grammy years, I mean I was worn out. Fun exercise though! I was amazed that a huge chunk of actors working with Phily-born Bacon were themselves from Phily, PA, or very nearby. I had NO idea Hollywood cast people like this. Kinda blows up the whole ‘audition’ thingy. Why would they do this, to have people from same part of the country with similar dialects as not to distract or summat? Anyways it was amazing and enlightening. SC

The first comment after yours was a slightly veiled reference to their song Da Doo Ron Ron Ron. Not entirely sure what the the next comments were though... EDIT: Oh yeah. It's been two years since I last saw Goodfellas though...

Bit embarrassing if none of you picked him in anything.

OK Entry has been sent. Best of luck to all of you participants, to our celebs not quite as much do I offer. SC

No more Hee-en or Haw-en for Grandpa Jones 20 years ago (84)

Welcoming Fay to the 100 Club today. Now the wait is on to see if she can live to see the centennial of her film debut.

Sorry to disappoint.

I actually agree with the article, you cant be responsible for 1 million deaths overseas and still act like you have some moral high ground because you are a war hero. He is no better than Bin Laden and deserves to die as much as he did.

He`s back! Those Italians are a whacky bunch!

Maybe not. The Ideas thread is supposed to be ideas for the Committee to consider for actual addition to the DL. Not any flippant old or sickly person. If SOUZA would have a look-see at the 2018 DL, he would see no one of such un-notoriety as 'Rosita Quintana' is part of it, or ever will be. So no, please don't post it in Ideas. Post it in 'Foreign...Actors' where it belongs. SC

And why the hell do African American mothers name their children at least with an Apostrophe!! Doesn't make any sense! Edit: Look at this shit.... Key & Peele lampooned the hell out of it.

Pat Robertson believes that the shooting in Florida was because of Obama, lesbians, and witches.