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First off, RIP Mr Nugroho. Sticking at his job to try and save lives even as dying from Stage IV cancer marks him as one of the better folk on the DDP this year. Secondly, @Boudicca said yesterday "I think you'll get a DDP hit on your birthday!" and it turns out she were an hour off, but just goes to show - stay in Scotland long enough, and you, too, can get the Second Sight! Lastly I have spent vast chunks of my DDP history being fucking shite, so I'll just bask in this hitherto unheard of 2nd place for the short time it no doubt lasts:

Oh shit, if a QO comes quickly I'll go 2nd in the DDP!!!!

Cameron Boyce, 20, American actor, died from a seizure, scrabble score 23.

QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-7220945/Face-Indonesia-disaster-relief-efforts-dies-49.html

As far as I can see this is not a game killer but it may make it a close thing. There will be afull update on Tuesday when I have access to my database. @Sir Creep as for Dave Bartholomew at the moment he would not be part of a winning team so I am going to let this one go. In Cricket is considered bad form to argue with the umpire. No one objected when the lists were published.

Titchmarsh what a do gooder creep. You just know he was that pupil running off to tell the teachers when something was going down. Whether you agree with John or not at least he were honest and didn't hide his views. Him and Jim bowen are two of a small list of long term presenters who haven't been linked to abuse or groping or abuse of power etc and he had a long lasting marriage which actually says alot about him. You do also have to ask if there is a place for the man hating feminists (you can't deny they aren't all over TV spreading male patriarchy conspiracy theories) why is there no place for male chauvinism? In true egalitarian society there is a place for people like John Mcririck.

Update coming soon.

Yes.

Away from the DDP excitement (parochial), Sutopo Purwo Nugroho was unique for Spade. Bou 0-8 Spade The Kraken wakes?

We count it, because before I put my team in, I asked Biblio (paraphrased after a decade or whatever its been...) "Can we count Lifetime Achievement Grammys?" And Biblio said "Sure, I'll allow it!" Bartholomew was on the website as an official award winner, and thus allowed in February 2018.

Might be reputable, mind The National Enquirer haven't mentioned his sad final days!

King Perfect Passing dies peacefully in his sleep, after a truly amazing day of royal hedonistic debauchery. Long live King FixedBusiness!

Right, so welcome to new entrants to the leaderboard Clorox Bleachman, RadGuy and defending Champ Death Impends. Captain Chorizo hits a Joker and extends his lead. Amazingly, out of 4 hits, he's had 3 of them. Bonuses: gcreptile makes a Pair of 9s - 10 Additional Points Joey Russ makes a pair of 8s - 10 Additional Points. Knowing when to convert your Joker if you have one, now becomes part of the game if you have more than one card, in order to perhaps make a bonus hand. Remember, conversion must take place during the game.

Deaths So Far: Christopher Booker - 3 July Jared Lorenzen - 3 July John McCririck - 5 July Sutopo Purwo Nugroho - 7 July Michael Sleggs - 9 July Freddie Jones - 9 July Denise Nickerson - 10 July Hussain Muhammad Ershad - 14 July Johnny Clegg - 16 July John Paul Stevens - 16 July Andrea Camilleri - 17 July David Hedison - 18 July Beji Caid Essebsi - 25 July Kevin Roster - 26 July - No Obit Mad Marty Wilson - 26 July. Captain Chorizo: 550 Points (Lorenzen; McCririck; Nugroho; J. Clegg; Camilleri) Cards Played: gcreptile: 535 Points (Booker; Nugroho; J. Clegg; Essebsi; Wilson) Cards Played: Joey Russ: 515 Points (Booker; Nugroho; Sleggs; J. Clegg; Essebsi) Cards Played: Death Impends: 510 Points (Nugroho; Sleggs; J. Clegg; Camilleri; Essebsi) Cards Played: Clorox Bleachman: 500 Points (Nugroho; Sleggs; J. Clegg; Camilleri; Essebsi) Cards Played: Grim Up North: 450 Points (McCririck; Nugroho; Sleggs; J. Clegg) Cards Played: msc: 450 Points (Booker; Sleggs; F. Jones; J. Clegg) Cards Played: The Old Crem: 400 Points (McCririck; Sleggs; Ershad; J. Clegg) Cards Played: Banana: 316 Points (Booker; J. Clegg; Camilleri) (Sub: Essebsi [6 Diamonds]) Cards Played: Sir Creep: 314 Points (Lorenzen; Sleggs; Camilleri) (Sub: J. Clegg [A Diamonds]) Cards Played: Toast: 310 Points (McCririck; Sleggs; J. Clegg) Cards Played: Sean: 300 Points (McCririck; Nickerson; J. Clegg) Cards Played: YoungWillz: 263 Points (Booker; Sleggs) (Sub: Hedison [K Hearts]) Cards Played: Fixed Business: 205 Points (J. Clegg; Stevens) Cards Played: RadGuy: 200 Points (Nugroho; J. Clegg) Cards Played: Skinny Kiltrunner: 200 Points (Sleggs; Essebsi) Cards Played: theoldlady: 200 Points (McCririck; J. Clegg) Cards Played: Torva Messor: 200 Points (McCririck; J. Clegg) Cards Played: Great Uncle Bulgaria: 105 Points (J. Clegg) Cards Played: Everyone Else: 0 Points.

Shame to see him go. It’s a job that not very many people have the courage to actually do, and the fact that he had the ability to continue reporting on these dangerous natural disasters even while he had his stage 4 cancer diagnosis definitely gave him a lot of respectability.

His kidneys are packing in; he's down for a transplant in September.

Out of those two would imagine Lester is the most likely to snuff it first. I might be wrong but haven’t heard anything bad concerning Willie Carson’s health.

Same Wikipedia account killed off Peter Cetera two days ago, so I think we can go with hoax on this one.

And he will also resume his position of opposition leader and run for the president on next elections.

McCririck for me, mwahahahahaha.

I'm considering reaching out to whoever wrote that piece .... and strangling them.

Oh, I have no doubt that he made unwanted sexual advances towards young males, however, 99.99% of the accusations are unfounded shite . The probability is that most of the accusations amounted to no more than sexual talk and '' suggestions" about what he wanted to do. It is no longer enough to say " piss off or i'll break your neck" oh no, you have to be offended, violated and emotionally damaged for life which can only be alleviated by lots and lots of financial compensation.

Why should he? He has already been accused by people, without any evidence, and convicted by the masses based on said accusations published in the press and discussed in the media and he hasn't even been to trial yet! This is the modern justice systems ' guilty till proven innocent' bollocks. He may well be a lecherous old perv but a jury should decide that, not the tabloids and speculators.

I'd agree it but make sure he goes nowhere near B&Q