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I voted Olivia de Haviland 'cos I think she was waiting for Kirk to go first.

So tonight I told myself at 10 pm: I will finally watch a Kirk Douglas while he's still with us. I have been telling myself this for years now . However, I was too tired and not in the mood for something very long, so I chose Paths of Glory (88 mins). As soon as I finished the film, I check back my phone, only to receive the news of his passing. A very sad coincidence. RIP.

Right I thought this was going to be easy with months between hits! Jeez Louise, whoever she is! Subject to correction I'll provisionally update here for Kirk Douglas: Hits for Skinny Kiltrunner, msc (3rd hit); Banana (3rd hit); theoldlady (3rd hit); Deathray; ThereWillBeDeaths (3rd hit); gcreptile (3rd Hit); Zefph (3rd hit); Book (3rd Hit); Etishispushingupdaisies (3rd hit); RadGuy (3rd hit); Buffalo Phil (3rd hit); Torva Messor (3rd hit); chilean way (Joker); Annami; paddyfool; Grim Up North (Joker); Great Uncle Bulgaria. So if I have this correct, +2 for the hit, if you have a 3rd hit extra +1. Both Jokers only have 2 hits so your hit total is doubled to +4. Cue paddyfool's entrance.... Buffalo Phil -02 3 +3 dean1991 -07 2 Sir Creep -07 2 +2 Grim Up North -08 2 +4 Zefph -09 3 +3 RadGuy -10 3 +3 Skinny Kiltrunner -10 2 +2 Banana -11 3 +3 Book -11 3 +3 gcreptile -11 3 +3 paddyfool -11 2 +2 Etushispushingupdaisies  -12 3 +3 nantonian2013 -12 1 Annami -13 2 +2 Bibliogryphon -13 2 Captain Chorizo -13 2 DeathClock -13 1 Great Uncle Bulgaria -13 2 +2 LizLemon -13 2 Newjack -13 1 ThereWillBeDeaths -13 3 +3 Torva Messor -13 3 +3 chilean way -14 2 +4 The Old Crem -14 3 +3 Clorox Bleachman -14 2 msc -14 3 +3 Deathray -15 2 +2 Joey Russ -15 2 The Quim Reaper -15 2 theoldlady -16 3 +3

*please let Round 1 be over, please let Round 1 be over"......

This thread.

The enema of my enema is my friend...

Kirk Douglas was Out of the Past agewise, but eight poolers hoped his Lust for Life would pull him through another year. Spartacus has departacus, plunging the teams who went for him 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea while Paths of Glory open up for those who went long. Who will emerge as Champion? =1. An Fear Bag 0 =1. Annami 0 =1. Bibliogryphon 0 =1. CaptainChorizo 0 =1. Death Impends 0 =1. drol 0 =1. gcreptile 0 =1. Grim Up North 0 =1. Joey Russ 0 =1. LizLemon 0 =1. Newjack 0 =1. The Dead Cow 0 =1. The Old Crem 0 =1. Torva Messor 0 =1. YoungWillz 0 16. Spade_Cooley 3 =17. Mercarte 4 =17. The Quim Reaper 4 19. Pedro67 5 20. machotrouts 6 21. deadsox 7 22. Toast 8 23. Philip 9 =24. Book 10 =24. paddyfool 10 26. Clorox Bleachman 11 27. BuffaloPhil 12 28. Sir Creep 13 29. The Unknown Man 15 =30. Skinny kiltrunner 16 =30. theoldlady 16 32. Great Uncle Bulgaria 17 33. grobler 18 34. Etushispushingupdaisies 21 35. msc 41 36. Neobrakeon 54

RIP. Gone too soon.

1 less potential Trump voter in the pivotal swing state of Florida if he dies before Nov

Names that will be updated Kirk Douglas Chris Doleman Julie Gibson Tom Long Clive James Terry Jones Gershon Kingsley John Andretti ?? Not sure if that is all

Carked Douglas. This feels so strange. Kirk was like the old piece of furniture that stayed in the room year after year, while most of the others were broken and replaced. And now it's gone too....

The teams: An Fear Beag Annami Banana Bibliogryphon Book Clorox Bleachman CaptainChorizo chilean way DeathByArsenic Death Impends Etushispushingupdaisies Great Uncle Bulgaria gcreptile Joey Russ msc The Old Crem theoldlady Pedro67 RadGuy Sir Creep Skinny kiltrunner Torva Messor Toast The Unknown Man YoungWillz

Finally a fucking hit.

1987: Ozzy Osbourne (1/31) 1989: Frank Bruno, Mike Ditka, Ozzy Osbourne, Brian Wilson, David Jenkins (5/32) 1990: Queen Elizabeth II, Peter Alliss, Mike Ditka, Rex Williams, Oprah Winfrey, Terry Waite (6/42)  1991: Leo Beenhakker (1/40)  1992: Shaun Ryder (1/37)  1993: Tony Bennett, Henry Kissinger, Ray Kennedy, George Lineker, Jerry Lee Lewis (5/56) 1994: Edmund White, Holly Johnson, Peter Shilton (3/50) 1995: Holly Johnson, Sean Connery (2/50)  1996: Mr T (1/50) 1997: (0/50)  1998: (0/50)  1999: Nick Leeson, Carly Simon (2/50) 2000: Louis Farrakhan (1/50) 2001: Desmond Tutu, Liza Minnelli (2/50)  2002: (0/50)  2003: (0/50)  2004: Pervez Musharraf (1/50)  2005: Hamed Karzai, Diego Maradona, Olivia de Havilland (3/50) 2006: Vera Lynn, Abdelaziz Bouteflika (2/50)  2007: Tim Johnson, Olivia de Havilland, Vera Lynn, Louis Farrakhan (4/50) 2008: Vera Lynn, Russell Watson, Hamed Karzai, Charles Taylor (4/50)  2009: Pierre Cardin (1/50)  2010: Olivia de Havilland, John Edrich, Frank Bough, Angela Lansbury (4/50)  2011: Olivia de Havilland, John Edrich, Ali Khamenei, Bob Dole, Dick Cheney, Pierre Cardin, Vera Lynn, Michael Douglas (8/50) 2012: Olivia de Havilland, Hosni Mubarak, Nigel Lawson, Henry Kissinger, Dick Van Dyke, James Randi, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (7/ 50) 2013: Prince Philip, Hosni Mubarak, Olivia de Havilland, Vera Lynn, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger (6/50)  2014: Wilko Johnson, Olivia de Havilland, Prince Philip, Lynn, Javier Perez de Cuellar, James Randi, Dick Van Dyke, Tony Bennett, Ed Asner (9/50) 2015: Olivia de Havilland, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Prince Philip, Leslie Phillips, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger, Hosni Mubarak, Jake Roberts, Vera Lynn, Eddie Large (10/50) 2016: Olivia de Havilland, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Prince Phillip, James Randi, Bob Dole, Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, Tommy Chong, Leslie Phillips, Vera Lynn, Sandy Gall, Desmond Tutu, Lester Piggott, Murray Walker, Jimmy Greaves, Paul Gascoigne (17/50)  2017: Vera Lynn, Prince Phillip, Pierre Cardin, Olivia de Haviland, Bob Dole, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Betty White, Nobby Stiles, Queen Elizabeth ll, Jill Gascoine, Bob Barker, Honor Blackman, Ian St. John, David Prowse, Sandy Gall, Pope Benedict XVI, Hosni Mubarak, Desmond Tutu, Emperor Akihito (21/50)  2018: Olivia de Havilland, Prince Philip, Betty White, Linda Nolan, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Pierre Cardin, Stirling Moss, Bob Dole, Bob Barker, Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Jill Gascoine, Vera Lynn, Henry Kissinger, Honor Blackman, Dick Van Dyke, Stanley Baxter, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, Mel Brooks, Pope Benedict XVI, June Brown, Hosni Mubarak, Sean Connery, Louis Farrakhan, Ian St. John, Jimmy Greaves, Ronnie Wood, Olivia Newton-John, Joni Mitchell, Paul Gascoigne (31/50) 2019: Olivia de Havilland, Prince Philip, Vera Lynn, Jimmy Carter, Pierre Cardin, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger, Jerry Stiller, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Bob Barker, Murray Walker, Emperor Akihito, Betty White, Hosni Mubarak, June Brown, Stirling Moss, Alan Greenspan, Dick Van Dyke, Nobby Stiles, Barbara Walters, Honor Blackman, Harry Belafonte, Desmond Tutu, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, Ed Asner, Vanessa Redgrave, Jimmy Greaves, Sidney Poitier, Cleo Laine, Loretta Lynn, Mikhail Gorbachev, Prunella Scales, Little Richard, Larry King, Tina Turner, Shane MacGowan (36/50) Updated for Kirk Douglas. The 1997 and 2002 lists are now extinct, while 2004 and 2009 are down to their last survivor.

I disagree, Stan Lee kept himself in the spotlight through cameos in Marvel movies and shows like the Big Bang Theory. He was a known name in pop culture by almost all of millennials and Gen Z, you can't say the same for Douglas. He was massive in his day but knowledge of his work among younger audiences is lacking.

Kirk Douglas is far, far more famous than Stan Lee. One of the last of Hollywood's Golden Era, plus father of Michael Douglas versus someone involved in the relatively fringe interest of Comic Books. Not even a contest.

As long as those last months are as painful as possible

American actress Estelle Harris turns 92 this year. Despite being the voice of Mrs. Potato Head in Toy Story, in the most recent film the character hardly had any lines, and the things she did say sounded familiar, so perhaps archived material from the previous films was used? Besides TS4, her last acting credit was in 2015. Maybe one to keep on the radar.

Rush on nicotine: Rush on the genocide of American Indians: Rush on Michael J Fox having parkinsons disease: Rush on African Americans voting: Rush on the NFL: Rush on global warming: Rush on global warming 2: Rush on global warming 3: Rush on feeding poor children in public school: Rush on a 13 year old girl: Rush on exercise: Rush on feminism: Rush on LGBT: Rush on people in the military who didn't support the Iraq War: Rush on women: Rush on women protesting sexual harassment: Rush on the homeless population: Rush on the heterosexuality: Rush on legalizing gay marriage: Rush on what criminals look like: Rush on Sandra Fluke who testified that women should have access to affordable contraceptives: Also very pro-torture. Hard to pick just one torture quote from him. Rush on consent: Rush on lung cancer and smoking:

Well with Kirk dead...

So Spartacus has fallen. That’s right, the absolute legend Kirk Douglas has died. Three people will try to claim themselves as Champion now, although there’s still 24 days to go. Etush has a bit of a decisive advantage over LizLemon as we see if he makes it on to round 2. FixedBusiness also had him, and nows has a decisive 6 point lead over Unknown Man. Markb4 also had him, showing that he might be an underdog after all... JiroemonKimura vs Old Crem 0 - 3 LizLemon vs Ethushishispushingupdaisies 3 - 6 FixedBusiness vs The Unknown Man 9 - 3 Annami vs Grobler 3 - 3 HDS vs Great Uncle Bulgaria 7 - 3 An Fear Beag vs Markb4 6 - 3 DeathByArsenic vs Sean 3 - 0 Wormfarmer vs Joemoneypenny 3 - 0 Djemba Djemba vs Yorkshire Banker 3 - 6 Skinny Kiltrunner vs Sir Creep 7 - 11

Good luck again

Right, those loopholes @Ulitzer95 brought up. A very swift DDP Cmme was called and has come to quick decisions: On the matter of the Scottish Sun counting as a QO. This was a complete split decision. As a matter of fact it hasn't been accepted as a Qualifying Obit in the past, and so accepting it now in February would be a rule change during the game. So for the rest of 2020, the Scottish Sun isn't counted, sorry. On the matter of ITV, the rule said the regional ITVs counted. Ergo, it suggests STV and UTV which ARE ITV regions ala the BBC Scotland which we already accept. So, they are allowed and yes, some of you have picked team members based on that assumption. The QOs will be much, much clearer in 2021.

Literally nothing in my post was my opinion, only quotes from Limbaugh, and just answering the question 'hey why does everyone hate the dick?' That said, I have no doubt that we're on completely opposite sides of the 'what is PC' debate, given I think that those mentioned quotes are reprehensible and Rush is way worse than 'not a desirable person' and more on the lines of I'm counting down the days and hoping he doesn't last long enough to make next year's list. But probably not the right place to have this debate