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SCAVENGER HUNT BINGO DEADPOOL RULES Each player picks five selections in each of five categories (for categories see below). There are three ways to win 1. You get at least one hit in each of the five categories 2. You get all five hits in one category 3. You get three unique hits across the whole game. There is no fixed duration you play until there is a winner. In the event of a tie number of uniques will be the next determiner followed by total number of hits across all categories. Obits will not be stringent (more akin to Deathrace requirements). However the Game Controller will be checking that picks meet the category criteria at the start of the game. A unique pick is considered unique in category. For example if two categories were Conservative MPs and Contestants on Strictly Come Dancing/Dancing with the Stars and three players picked Edwina Curry in the first category and the fourth player picked her in the second category. If she eggspired then Player 4 would get a unique bonus. When a winner is declared the selection of the next categories passes to the victor and they get to select the new categories. The winner may opt to pass or play on the organisation of the game. If they pass I will run the game based on their selections or they can take the whole thing. The Categories for the third game are: 1. Any actor (gender neutral term) who has appeared in an official EON James Bond film between Dr No & No Time To Die ( 2. Any player who was part of a FIFA Men's World Cup Finals squad (don't have to have played in the tournament) 3. Anyone who has won a Nobel Prize in any category 4. Any human deemed to have achieved spaceflight (according to this wiki list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_astronauts_by_first_flight ) 5. Any on-stage performer for a country in a Eurovision Grand Final. Teams must be PM’d to avoid revealing those unique picks. There will be a two week period at the beginning of September after the lists are published for disputes to be settled people whose picks are removed at this point will be allowed replacements but will not be allowed to pick another person's unique pick. Starting Date is 01 September 2020

In the family of the famous, Dennis Rodman's dad Philander has died aged 79. He admitted to being the father of 29 kids with 16 women. Nominative determinism.

Indeed, one would expect them to have all been murdered by now.

95 today

Is @Gooseberry Crumble Deathlist's version of the antichrist?

Indeed, we have a batch of new hits, all of whom have been picked quite a few times: Judy Dyble, John Lewis, and Ruth Morrissey. Kieran O'Connor was actually subbed out, but Death Impends still continues his lead with a healthy distance. JoeyRuss however has the trifecta of these three hits and advances to nr 2. Fi Munro seems, somewhat surprisingly, to become a non-obit. I think she would more likely have obited one or two years ago. Both Morrissey and Munro were, in my opinion, more than just "cancer mums" - one was a legal case with influence on a whole country, one was an author/fundraiser/activist for years. But here we now see, these cases can still be risky. Rank Team Score 1 Death Impends 889 2 Joey Russ 777 3 gcreptile 742 4 Banana 729 5 msc 723 6 Cpt. Chorizo 677 7 RadGuy 626 8 Book 619 9 DevonDeathTrip 585 10 Deadsox 573 11 JiroemonKimura 558 12 Clorox Bleachman 545 13 The Quim Reaper 535 14 The Unknown Man 491 15 John Key 475 16 Skinny Kiltrunner 465 17 The Mad Hatter 449 18 Torva Messor 433 19 Sean 422 20 Grave Danger 420 21 theoldlady 403 22 drol 398 23 Toast 360 24 The Old Crem 351 25 Sir Creep 342 26 YoungWillz 297 27 Kenny 288 28 Etushispushingupdaisies 285 29 Chilean Way 279 30 Great Uncle Bulgaria 214 31 ThePrematureBurial 203 32 Gooseberry Crumble 200 33 markb4 192 33 Bibliogryphon 192 35 Pedro67 92

No worse than no treatment I'd imagine. If it gives him a couple of extra months why not try it......

So he is putting Camilla in front of the rifles About time too

He’s unwell.

Looks like Carter and Ginsburg are in a dead heat race over who will get to not invite Tump to their funeral first.

The Coronavirus pandemic has forced African despots to stay in their countries. They were prevented from seeking medical treatment abroad and were forced to face their countries' precarious health system Many African dictators routinely traveled abroad to seek expensive medical treatment, such as Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe, who died in Singapore last year at the age of 95. José Eduardo dos Santos, former president of Angola, also used to travel to Barcelona, Spain Perhaps this is why these men are over 80 and 90 years old, in stark contrast to the common populations of their countries whose life expectancy in some countries like Sierra Leone reaches only 37 years.

Pearson's contract wasn't renewed after another famous relegation escape. He managed Carlisle United on St Jimmy's Day (8 May 1999), when our on loan keeper scored a 96th minute goal to save our league status. The following season, statistically speaking, we went even closer to the Conference (as it then was).

Good old Dilip Kumar! We have not seen him being driven around for a bit!

Flintlock. John Summerton's Companies House Entry born 1961: https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/9d32iQoBRxVGrYZWrsurD2uIcOI/appointments Interview with the band here which confirms Mike and John were ages with each other, although sadly nothing on the ages of the other band members, other than a reference to them taking their A Levels, which indicate they are a year older than Mike and John?: https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/70s/76/Record-Mirror-1976-06-12.pdf Also out of Dagenham, but hey....

5000 Volts Here is some information on Mike Nelson, born in Australia in 1949: http://www.figjammedia.com.au/mike_nelson/ewExternalFiles/7 Mike Nelson Bio.pdf Kevin Wells is a nightmare. Seems to be some doubt as to whether he is the same Kevin Wells who played drums with Huey Lewis in Clover. If it is the same one he was 56 in 2010 according to a news article but I can't for the life of me tie him in definitely to a period in London.

Took OSP JR out last night to look for Comet NEOWISE as it was the first clear night in ages. We managed to see it after 11.30 at about 5 o'clock from the big dipper/plough half way between it and the horizon. Around midnight I could see it out of the corner of my eye as a bright smudgy line. We got a great view of Juipter and it's Galilean moons, Saturns rings and a very bright pass of the ISS! Try getting a 7 yearold to sleep after all that!!!

James Lovelock says that he (and life on Earth) is in the final 1% of his life: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/18/james-lovelock-the-biosphere-and-i-are-both-in-the-last-1-per-cent-of-our-lives So, a 101-year old man in his final 1%. Can we take it literally?

He has an inflamed gallbladder. It's a very simple operation to take it out (speaking as someone who had that operation last year). There's no need to use a bone saw.

In my hands one bag of Frazzles lasts approximately 53 seconds.

10 bags of Frazzles is a hell of a tempting offer for anyone to receive, let's be honest.

https://www.babygaga.com/chicago-med-star-patti-murin-welcomes-her-first-child/ - Patti Murran

Re Tauranac - there's always the fallback that BBC Sport tend to list motorsport deaths at the end of the year - that was the way points were snagged for Jim Russell not too long ago Found this photo of Ron and Black Jack Brabham - do they look like Laurel and Hardy, or what?

Better quality picture from the Guardian. Doesn't look so bad to be honest.

Robert Fyfe, Bernard Cribbins, Stuart Hall, Rolf Harris, Geoffrey Palmer, Brian Murphy, Kenneth Cope and Trevor Peacock. 2021 could be the year of the whitewash

So we're agreed that Heaven can Kuwait?