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Congrats to RadGuy for submitting a really outstanding list! (all lists are posted at the beginning of the thread) He ran away with it this year. I like this format, but it does result in a LOT of names to patrol so thanks to everyone for policing their own lists. I hope no scoring got missed, but that is part of the responsibility of deadpooling - - know your lists! Thanks to everyone for making it a high scoring year and to Sir Creep for picking it up for year 3. I would have done it otherwise, but since the offer was there, I am going to step down and let him run it. I will focus on my other pools for now. But I will certainly be watching for the call for entries from Sir Creep and plan to submit my best list yet for year 3!

Stop making limp old jokes about Heather's leg. It's prosthetic.

This standings list is updated with all scores I am aware of through the end of the game: (Thanks for all your help with the obits) FINAL STANDINGS FOR YEAR 2 place pts 1 53 RadGuy 2 44 Death Impends 3 41 Capn Chorizo 4 33 Sir Creep 5 31 Joey Russ 6 28 Clorox Bleachman 7T 26 Torva Messor 7T 26 Fixed Business 9 24 gc reptile 10 22 YoungWillz 11 21 Bibliogryphon 12 19 Sean 13T 18 Unknown Man 13T 18 Toast 15 15 Wouk This Way 16 12 Wormfarmer 17 6 Yorkshire Banker 18 3 theoldlady

For her birthday the wife wanted "something that went from 0-160 in four seconds" I bought her weighing scales

Why doesn't a mod just merge all posts concerning her into a thread? I mean, she's been on Drop Forty for 2 years now.

Yesterday was Jimmy and Rosalynn's 73rd anniversary. As long as nothing happens to either of them in the next 111 days, or by October 27th of this year, they will surpass George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush as the longest married U.S. presidential couple. https://people.com/politics/jimmy-rosalynn-carter-celebrate-73-years-of-marriage/

I feel the best way to beat out Donald Trump is someone on the populist left, because then they would be able to counter Trump’s phony populism without much issue. If a more centrist candidate is selected as the nominee, Trump could easily try to (and potentially succeed too) put them as an establishment politician, and Trump wouldn’t be wrong there. Granted, it’ll still be difficult for him to hold the three rust belt states regardless (he isn’t that well liked there), but putting a centrist as the nominee will definitely improve his chances of winning in 2020 and potentially cause more damage to the country...

Congratulations Rad! Well deserved, quite the gap. I guess I have to raise my game next time. That was quite the failure.

Her legs remind me a bit of that one picture of Sri Sri near the end of his life where his feet were super bloated. Granted, she doesn't look nearly as poorly as Sri Sri did in his final few years, but very very few people look that bad.

We have one.

We really ought to have a dedicated thread for annoying new idioms and general modern misuse of language. Take this report on the BBC website (my bold): "An Asian couple who tried to conceive through IVF has claimed that a mix-up at a California fertility clinic left them pregnant with the wrong children. A lawsuit filed by the couple in New York states that the couple was shocked to give birth to two boys who were not of Asian descent, US media reported. The lawsuit says DNA tests confirmed the children were not related to the couple and they relinquished custody. The fertility clinic has not commented on the allegations. The couple - identified in the lawsuit only as AP and YZ to minimise the "embarrassment and humiliation" - say they tried for years to get pregnant before spending more than $100,000 (£80,000) on the IVF, or in vitro fertilisation, including medication, laboratory fees, travel and other costs."

11 days later... 1)Andrea Camilleri: condition unchanged. Nothing has been released about him. 2)Gigi Simoni: condition unchanged. Nothing has been released about him. 3)Balbir Singh: still at Chandigarh PGI, but recovering and expected to be discharged very soon, according to his daughter. 3)Ershad: now breathing on his own and "well" according to his brother. Full recovery expected. 5)Beji Caid Essebsi: discharged from hospital and resumed his duties. Really had nothing to worry about. 6)Sir Everton Weekes: was never in critical conditions and only suffered a "minor" heart attack and fully recovered. 7)Zaheen Tahira: Taken off life support and shifted to a regular ward from ICU, now expected to make a full recovery. Fuck you, medical science.

Well deserved - she must have been hopping mad.

Christ, that period of time when she was public enemy #1 was bizarre. People really don't like anyone who fucks a Beatle, do they?

Another Hall of Fame entry for you @RadGuy, well done!

Yes, she looks awful and will be a miracle if she makes it to 2020. She is 102 so it won't be a sad day.

This is disgusting. Just let the family grieve in peace.

Well done @RadGuy, one of my favourite people here. Quick FYI — I am driving 14 hours to a rig in west Texas. Give me a couple days to settle in, and I shall devote my focus to this DP then. I’ve not abandoned the post lol. SirC edit - first line of business is my slapping a team together and sending to someone for safe keeping. Then a consultation from 2018 DungeonMaster as best way to organise entries. Yay!

I'm fairly sure they played Wash your Face in my Sink at Ed Gein's funeral

My phone’s autocorrect is such a bastard. To my embarrassment, I’ve just texted my mate asking if he wanted to go for a wank by the river. I meant the canal.

Final table En passant 16 Redrumours  8 Sir Creep 8 Grim up North 4  Paul Bearer 4   Everybody else 0. Well done to En Passant. Bragging rights are all yours.

Okay, Excel file is updated.... John McCririck is a hit for about 2/3rds of the players here - Yorkshire Banker cashes in the joker points. 1 GCReptile 906 2 Death Impends 883 3 Cpt Chorizo 871 4 Clorox Bleachman 807 5 Devon Death Trip 779 6 Phantom of the Midway 778 7 Banana 728 8 msc 690 9 Joey Russ 687 10 drol 678 11 Grim Up North 627 12 Skinny Kiltrunner 578 12 Sir Creep 578 14 Yorkshire Banker 310 15 YoungWillz 297 16 Prophet 249 17 Book 245 18 The mad hatter 217 19 John Key 215 20 Fixed Business 191 21 Grave Danger 185 22 theoldlady 174 23 markb4 172 24 Gooseberry Crumble 157 25 The Unknown Man 155 26 Deathray 150 27 Pedro 67 140 28 The old crem 133 29 The Quim Reaper 73 30 Bibliogryphon 41 I'm considering a rule change next year - to connect my Death By Numbers spreadsheet with my longlist, I want you to submit the teams in the best way for my tables: Alphabetically by their first name. No numbers and no birthdates. So it's probably easier for you. And if you do that, there'll be some easy bonus points right away. More details in a few months. Also, it seems like there's a common consensus about some of the suitable names for replacement. Kind of everyone has Tom Long, Ivan Milat and Lee Noble. (Plus many have Michael Sleggs) So I think I might allow myself 2-3 subs in the next year. It's not like I could steal these picks if everyone knows them anyway..... Here also, more details in a few months.

Some Marieke Vervoort News from July 1, 2019: Marieke Vervoort shares heartbreaking video: "I can't do it anymore" https://nl.metrotime.be/2019/07/01/must-read/marieke-vervoort-deelt-hartverscheurende-video-ik-kan-niet-meer/ Google translation: The former wheelchair athlete Marieke Vervoort has shared a gripping video in which she is in despair. Vervoort has been fighting for years against terrible pains caused by progressive tetraplegia, a paralyzing disease. Marieke "Wielemie" Vervoort is going through hell. The 40-year-old former wheelchair athlete, who won a gold and silver medal at the Paralympic Games, suffers from progressive tetraplegia, a disease in which her arms and legs are paralyzed. As a result, she often lives in hellish pain, just like last weekend. Vervoort shared a video in which she moans with pain and indicates that she cannot continue like this. “My pain is not fair. They can't do this to anyone. Since Saturday afternoon I have started to give up enormously. I can not handle it any longer. I can't even get a drink. I can't do anything. It doesn't work anymore. It must stop. When is everything finally okay? When will it finally stop? All promises, all beautiful words, until you ask the real truth, but then you get no answer, "it sounds. Wielemie recently filmed a documentary about her life. It will premiere in New York in December. "I am really looking forward to that, but I just don't know if I will last that long," she said earlier in Dag Allemaal.

Sometime 20/20 pick for @Sir Creep Noah Keen has died: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=noah-keen&pid=192061088 Credits apt for this thread include The Twilight Zone and The Six Million Dollar Man, but he's been in loads of stuff, including the 1973 Battle For The Planet Of The Apes. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0444607/