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A matter of taste - they look gorgeous to me Kim Kardasian on the other hand - MUNTER!

White supremacist John William King has been executed for the murder of James Byrd Jr. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/john-william-king-dead-white-14577609

LUCKY LOSER STUFF SHOULD WE NEED IT* So last time I tried to give someone a lucky loser spot but never heard back from him till well after the fact - although I did get the funniest excuse ever for it. Hence random draw and frantic searching for last minute teams. So, this time, to avoid more fucking stress, with 5 days left, here are the three names chosen at random using Random.org who will be the Lucky Losers should someone not put in a team again. Lucky Loser draw 1. Bibliogryphon - I shit you not. 2. Pedro 3. Book or The Quim Reaper Now hopefully this WONT be needed this time, but fucking hell, its a random drawing website! Beginning to think Biblio has hacked either my laptop or Random.org tbh... This means the losers of any penalties between Kid/Bou and Chorizo/Torva will exit the competition - tense, eh, he says trying to drum up needless suspense... *You can take as read we might need it, hence provisions, but it would require a series of remarkably unfortunate events to befall several of us.

The Endgame (no spoilers) now has 31 Avengers Bruno Arcari (ti) Valdas Adamkus (sp) Jack Angel (di) Edouard Balladur (sp) Wilfred Benitez (ti) Nino Benvenuti (bg) Ugo Mifsud Bonnici (sp) Frank Bruno (ti) K Callen (yb) Tisa Chang (yb) Johnny Famechon (ti) Arnaldo Forlani (sp) Irma P Hall (yb) Fighting Harada (ti) Larry Holmes (bg) Roy Jones Jr (bg) John Kander (yb) Herbert Kretzmer (di) Ismael Laguna (yb) Jose Luis Lopez (sp) Tina Louise (yb) Jim Lovell (di) Charles Maina (yb) Josip Manolic (sp) Armando Mazanero (yb) Bruce McGill (sp) Peter Schickele (yb) Leon Spinks (bg) April Stevens (di) Leslie Stewart (bg) Buck Taylor (sp) Now I am in the mix to win I can start preparing my categories for SHBD III

Burgers contain rat and human DNA, study finds https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/burgers-contain-rat-and-human-dna-study-finds-a7023661.html

Right, so, back in 2016, folk were moaning about DL droughts and stuff (ignore for a moment so many people died in 2016 I think we all died three times that year). So I put all the DL names who had more than 5 appearances on the list in a poll, and asked folk who would be the last standing of the current crop of Deathlist legends. And some of the great brains on site... all looked very foolish claiming Fidel Castro would do it, only for him to snuff it weeks later. So, three years on, more moaning about droughts, and 5/8 on the first go are no more. So in the interest of time capsuled opinions which swiftly prove wrong, and a good sense of sods law, have at it. Of the eleven (!) people on the 2019 DL to appear on 6 or more lists (and thus we can safely assume are there till they die), who will be the last one alive? Vera Lynn and Olivia de H still top trumps, or are new blood in Henry Kissinger and Clive James the in thing? (Results from 2016) 1. Vera Lynn (Still alive) 21 votes 2. Olivia de Havilland (still alive) 19 votes 3. Fats Domino (died in 2017) 16 votes 4. Jake LaMotta (died in 2017) 7 votes 5. Zsa Zsa Gabor (died 2 months later) 5 votes 6. Fidel Castro (died 1 month later) 5 votes 7. Kirk Douglas (still alive) 4 votes 8. Rev Billy Graham (died in 2018) 1 vote 2019 contenders 1. Kirk Douglas (17) - b. 1916 2. Herman Wouk (8) - b. 1915 3. Olivia de Havilland (12) b. 1916 4. Prince Phillip (7) b. 1921 5. Vera Lynn (11) b . 1917 6. Bob Dole (7) b. 1923 7. Henry Kissinger (7) b. 1923 8. Robert Mugabe (6) b. 1924 9. Javier Perez De Cuellar (6) b. 1920 10. Hosni Mubarak (6) b. 1928 11. Clive James (6) b. 1939 And mind the words of wisdom from LFN: "I'm getting a bit fucked off with these inane threads from people who cannot contribute anything more to the forum because they are utter twats." Oh, wait a minute... PS Oh yeah, I've gone for Kissinger.

Bea Arthur left the stage on this day 10 years ago, aged 86.

Looks like she's trying to wipe some shit off her shoe. But there he is, standing next to her....

Good news everyone! Sanity has been restored. Lord buckethead to stand for election: https://www.gofundme.com/lord-buckethead-vs-farage-in-the-eu-mep-elections?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fb_dn_cpgnstaticsmall_r&fbclid=IwAR1zUwXJ4xEoidaZtzV2ZUxLaD-D-5cw1xLWI0xONu3gb3pxp9_9bmcbvjk

If you got your boxer next it would be a supremely efficient way to win!

I voted for Vera Lynn the first time. Now I'll switch to Mubarak, hoping I'm very wrong.

The Old Crem and I scored a duet with Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. I for one thank the Deathlist. My 2019 alt.obituaries list is not at all competitive this year -- I don't care, as long as I get more hits than my friend in an on-running bet -- but Deathlist.net's regulars have signifcantly contributed to my top ten performances in another dead pool.

Hitlist Shane Rimmer (YW) Sandy Ratcliffe (msc, FB, HJ) Edward Kelsey (Se) Sandy Ratcliffe Basic Points 5 points Young and Restless 5 points As the World Tunes in 10 points Survival 10 points Total = 30 points Edward Kelsey Basic Points 10 points Young and Restless 1 point Survival Bonus 10 points Total = 21 points Leaderbroad msc, FixedBusiness, Handrejka = 30 points Sean = 21 points YoungWillz = 20 points Everyone Else = 0 points

I predict that we will take every single seat that we contest in Brussels and every council seat in the locals bar one (Finchley), because they used to vote for the evil old witch Thatcher as their MP

Well, it added to the whole weirdness of late...

I think Edward Kelsey is a hit for Sean here: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8931109/the-archers-dangermouse-star-edward-kelsey-dies-aged-88/

I click on his Wikipedia page, and my god does he have such a striking resemblance to Johnny Cash...

Anne Buydens 100 today! Is that the first noteworthy centenarian couple where both were concurrently living past 100? IE Dolores Hope didn't turn 100 until after Bob's death.

So you're thinking, 'you are pretty much perfect' then they mention they are covered in diesel. OMG. It does not get better than that.

Pol was burnt and put in a Pot on this day 21 years ago, aged 72.

She has since died. #NancySykes https://twitter.com/TheOnlyEdAsner/status/1120160956930125825

Those of you in the cup may have had dDub lead singer Derek Browne on your radar, but he won’t be making the starting line.