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RULES  Pick a film with at least three (or four) remaining cast members and submit the name of the film and the three selected cast members on this forum  The first player to have all three of their cast members die wins the round. No two players can pick the same film but are allowed to duplicate cast members  If two players end up with their single remaining pick being the same performer then they are obliged to add a tie breaker to their team this can be any member of their film's cast or crew.   At the end of the round entries are wiped and everyone picks again. All films in the previous rounds are out of bounds (though could be reintroduced in the subsequent round). Winning films will go into the Hall of Fame and are out of bounds for the whole game.  The Game will start on Sunday 22nd November 2020 but late entries will be permitted. However late entries may not duplicate actors. Those that have already sent me teams via PM will be included on the masterlist other wise post below but check the first game as no duplicates films are allowed.

Today the world lost a nasty brutal man who spread nothing but fear and misery and whom everyone despised.But enough a bout Dominic Cummings departure. Peter Sutcliffe also died !

I'll say.

https://m.lenta.ru/news/2020/11/14/djgarhanyan/amp/. Legendary Armenian-Russian actor Armen Dzhigarkhanyan has died at age of 85. He was my pick in Doug Stanhope Deadpool, AO DP and a few other pools.

Peter Sutcliffe the infamous Yorkshire Ripper has died. West Yorkshire Police are looking to bury a man with a Geordie Accent.

Not my business OoO, (or toast) but for the avoidance of bad feeling amongst people I respect I rather think Toasty was referring to the (mis)use of the word 'decimates' than any demeaning of the position you sadly seem to have been put in.

As formerly seen in the Stats thread, but it's a bit lost in the shuffle here. So here is a thread for quick reference on who won all the various Deathlist forum (and related) deadpools. The Deathlist Forum Deadpool Hall of Fame Hartlepool Deadlypool 2006 – Football Fan 2007 – Football Fan 2008 - Football Fan 2009 – Why Not? (whoever they were) 2010 – MaryportFuncity 2011 – MaryportFunCity 2012 – The Unknown Man 2013 – Bert Trautman 2014 - Estuarian Float 2015 – Captain Chorizo 2016 - Maryportfuncity 2017 – Death Impends 2018 - Dead Cow 2019 - The Old Lady 2020 - Maryportfuncity 2021 - Funeralopolis 2022 - Banana I once led the Hartlepool Deadlypool for 5 whole days – 9th Jan to 14th Jan 2012 – between the deaths of Malam Bacai Sanha and Dame Lesley Strathie. DDP (since forum opened) 2004 – The Deathlist Committee (Grim Reaper/Statto/Welshman/others) 2005 – (Fallen Sparrow) 2006 – Football Fan 2007 – Football Fan 2008 - DDT 2009 – (Tonight Matthew, I’m Going to be Badly-torn Boy) 2010 – Octopus of Odstock 2011 – DDT 2012 – DDT 2013 – Spade Cooley 2014 – Spade Cooley 2015 – Spade Cooley 2016 – Spade Cooley 2017 - Bert 2018 - Dr T 2019 - Death Impends (at long last) 2020 - Reptile 2021 - Salmon Mousse 2022 - Spade Cooley Scavenger Hunt Deadpool I(2016/17) – Rotten Ali II (2018-20) - Roverandout III (2020-1) Banana IV (2021-2) - Roverandout V (2023-) Windy City Deadpool 2016/17 – Death Impends 2017/18 - Death Impends 2018/19 - Death Impends 2019/20 - Clorox 2020/21 - Death Impends 2021/22 - Joey Russ 2022/23 - tbc Hare’s Death Pool 2014 – Rotten Ali 2015 – Toast 2016 – Gcreptile 2017 - Grim Up North 2018 - Death Impends 2019 - John Key 2020 - JiromeonKimura 2021 - An Fear Beag 2022 - Death Impends Deathrace 2009 – Raskolnikov 2010 – N/A due to lack of death 2011 – DDT 2012 – Spade Cooley 2013 – DDT 2014 – Death Impends 2015 – msc 2016 – DDT 2017 – Death Impends 2018 - msc 2019 - Rad 2020 - Rad 2021 - An Fear Beag 2022 - Banana 2023 - Banana Shaun’s Death by Numbers 2015 – Sir Creep 2016 – DDT 2017 - Gcreptile 2018 - Death Impends 2019 - Death Impends 2020 - Death Impends 2021 - Captain Chorizo 2022 - Banana By Election Bingo 2015-2020 Parliament –Rockhopperpenguin, The Engineer, Voice of Young Maryport, Time 2017-2019 Parliament - Boris Johnson Advent Avalanche 2016: Death Impends 2017: Sean 2018: Banana 2019: Reptile 2020: Spade Cooley 2021: Bibliogryphon 2022: Drol The Midsummer Dead Pool 2016: Spade Cooley 2017: Captain Chorizo 2018: The Dead Cow 2019: Clorox 2020: Toast 2021: Perhaps/Chorizo TIE 2022: Drol Inverse Dead Pool 2011 – Garn2 2012 – Estuarian Float 2013 – N/A (didn’t happen due to change of host) 2014 – Bibliogryphon 2015 – Death Impends 2016 – Pedro67 2017 – Drol 2018 - machotrouts 2019 - drol 2020 - TQR 2021 - BabyBlue 2022 - Yorkshire Banker Soapstar 2021 - Toast WTF deadpool 2017 – Imnothades, rockhopperpenguin Half Year Deadpool 2010 – Windsor Kentucky Derby Dead Pool 2014 – Dr Zorders Predict the Paper 2012 – Paul Bearer Easter Deadpool 2017 - Book 2018 - Joey Russ The Deathlist Cup 2017 – deadsox 2018 - DDT 2019 - Spade 2020 - An Fear Beag 2021 - Reptile 2022 - Joey Russ Alt Obits 2017 – Jiroemon Kimura 2018 - AO Guy 2019 - AO Guy 2020 - Joey Russ 2021 - Banana 2022 - Banana Poker Tournament 2017 – Death Impends 2018 - Death Impends 2019 - Captain Chorizo 2020 - Perhaps 2021 - Captain Chorizo Six People Six Months 2021 - Reptile Jokers 2017 – Death Impends 2018 - Torva Messor 2019 - An Fear Beag 2020 - Book DL Prediction Game 2016 – Book 2017 – Book 2018 - John Key 2019 - Vaagheid 2020 - TomTomTelekom 2021 - Vaagheid 2022 - msc 2023 - The Daredevil Doug Stanhope 2021 - JiromeonKimura ABC Deadpool I (2018) - Gcreptile II (2019) - Rad III (2020) - Captain Chorizo IV (2021) - Banana V (2022) - Reptile 5-4-3-2-1 2018 - Gcreptile 2019 - Gcreptile Inverse Death Pools 2018-20 - The Old Lady Deaths of the Silver Screen I (2018-20) - Reptile II (2020-22) - En Passant Twisted DL 2022 - Book End of Days Deadpool 2020 - Joey Russ Electoral Deadpool 2022 - Drol 20/20 2020 - Book 2021 - Annami 2022 - MariNisia Deathlist COrrection Game 2019 - Willz 2020 - Etushi Centenarians Pool 2020 - Drol, Chorizo 2021 - Drol 2022 - Great Uncle Bulgaria Nobel Prize Pool 2021 - WEP Arghtons Deadpool 2020-21 - msc Number of Combined Deadpool Wins 18 - Death Impends 11 - Reptile 9 - Spade Cooley, Banana 8 – DDT, Captain Chorizo 7- drol 6 - Book 5 – Football Fan, Joey Russ, 4 - Maryport, An Fear Beag, msc 3 –, Rad, Toast, Jiroemon Kimura 2- Bert, Rotten Ali, Esturian Float, rockhopperpenguin, John Key, The Dead Cow, The Old Lady, Clorox, Vaagheid, Perhaps, Bibliogryphon, Roverandout 1 – Why Not?, The Unknown Man, Deathlist Cmme, OoO, Raskolnikov, Sir Creep, The Engineer, Voice of Young Maryport, Time, Sean, Garn, Pedro67, ImnotHades, Windsor, Dr Zorders, Paul Bearer, deadsox, Grim Up North, Dr T, machotrouts, Torva Messor, AO Guy,TomTomTelekom, TQR, Etushi, Willz, Funeralopolis, Salmon Mousse, Baby Blue, WEP, Annami, En Passant, Yorkshire Banker, The Daredevil, Great Uncle Bulgaria, MariNisia Will be added to as more deadpools are won (and/or brought to my attention). UPDATED 16th January 2023

The Hall of Fame Time Bandits as played by @gcreptile

Nancy Pelosi and several other prominent Democrats have been eaten by a giant sea-monster (it says here).

What's with the last 10 days or so? Trump going, Cummings gone, vaccine on its way, Sutcliffe dead. Has 2020 decided to be nice for a change or is it saving up for something truly horrific?

Because no one could be bothered....

50th Anniversary of the television report by Paul Linnman, who stood on a beach in Florence, Oregon, reporting on the dead 45-foot 8-ton sperm whale that had washed up on shore. The Oregon Highway Division had decided the best way to remove the dead 8-ton sperm whale that had washed ashore was to stuff it with 24 cases of dynamite and blow it up. The idea was that the rotting whale would be nearly disintegrated by the blast, and that any smaller pieces left over would be taken care of by seagulls or other scavengers. But it didn’t go as planned. Enjoy the video. SC

Death Notice for Captain John Vivian Ritchie, Guy Ritchie's father, aged 92: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/245619/ritchie Edit: Actually see his death was referenced in the Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8938325/Guy-Ritchie-pays-moving-tribute-late-father-grandfather-Remembrance-Day.html

DYING ON THESE LONG SUMNER NIGHTS 15/50 13th August 2020 Media magnate and well known lover of steaks Sumner Redstone has died at 97 to give the Crowdsourced list another hit. He began his career as a special assistant to US attorney general Tom C Clark. Afterwards he joined his father's theatre chain National Amusements, and in 1967 he became the CEO of that company. After suffering and recovering severe burns at a fire at the Copley Plaza, he set his eyes at Viacom, which he ended up getting after a four month hostile takeover in 1987. He next went to purchase Paramount Communications in 1994, and won after a bidding war with Barry Diller and John Malone. His biggest acquisition was that of CBS, however, which was the company that used to own Viacom before Redstone got it. He was executive chairman of both CBS and Viacom before he resigned in 2016. In recent years, he was more known for being one of the immortals that would never seemingly die, and was also known for his profound love of the tasty steak. He finally died at 97 to the surprise of everyone, who all thought he would live on forever, but just like Clive Dunn, Zsa Zsa Gabor, and Le Duc Anh, it is proven once again that immortals don't exist. He scores after two years of being off the list, in what I believe is the first successful boomerang pick (ie returning after being dropped off the previous year).

I've always said @BuffaloPhil was a man of impeccable decision making qualities. Ok, I understand his recent court case hasn't cast him in the greatest of lights, perhaps with damn good reason. But he doesn't strike me as the suicidal type because of it. Yet no less than 2 of our more esteemed colleagues pick him? What am I missing here? Long story short, Huh?

The economy? Fucked. Business? Fucked. Our standing in the world? Fucked. EU citizens in the UK? Fucked. UK citizens in the EU? Fucked. Rights and freedoms? Fucked. Democracy? Fucked. Response to Covid? Fucked. Honesty? Fucked. People’s confidence in government? Fucked. The whole country is fucked. And it’s largely thanks to this ball bag, who today gets to fuck off without facing the music. Completely unelected, he’s been the most powerful man in the country and has orchestrated its transition into a satire playing on a fuzzy old telly that’s burning away in a skip fire. Cummings is a horrendous little worm and I hope an overwhelming feeling of misery and dread gnaws incessantly at his brain for the rest of his life.

True, although his total share of the vote was less than Sutcliffe

Did he get hit with a Rhythm Stick?

My order (that I fucking preordered) from Brewdog has arrived! A slightly cloudy, nicely hopped New England IPA that carries its 6% lightly, a nicely tropical nose and a refreshing finish. Would happily get absolutely Cummingsed on this if it weren’t for work tomorrow.

OK , I lied. I don't have some sort of a life Alex Trebek was a hit for 26 out of the 43 players. That seems to be a record, beating Leah Bracknells record of 22 set last year. First up, he was a hit for the leader Grim Up North. This brings Grim up to 17 hits, which breaks the record for most hits in this game, set by MSC in 2018. It also brings Grim up to 2888 points - another record, beating John Keys 2805 set last year. He was also a hit for the next 5 players on the scoreboard, keeping them all in contention as the game hots up. Remarkably, the 10 players in positions 7-16 on the last scoreboard all had Trebek as their wildcard, instantly bringing them all closer to the leaders, and causing a major bottleneck in the fight for the minor places. Only 275 points, or 1 hit, separates Etush in 2nd from Banana in 16th. Ans as Grim continues to streak ahead, it is worth noting that there are now 5 players within 2 hits of the leader, with more likely to join that list as the days tick by. Spare a thought also for CaptainChorizo. With Alex Trebeks demise, he equalled the old record of 16 hits in the game.... and dropped from 3rd place to 9th in the process . Here is the scoreboard: Grim Up North (2888 points) 17 hits [Alex Trebek, Chris Doleman, David Hagen, Dennis Goldberg, Frankie Benali, Genesis P-Orridge, Howard Finkel, John Andretti, Judy Dyble, Kirk Douglas, Lee Kerslake ,Liz Clarke-Saul, Nobby Stiles, Pat Smullen, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stirling Moss, Vera Lynn] Etushispushingupdaises (2375 points) 14 hits [Alex Trebek, Bob Gibson Cullan Brown, Daniel Arap Moi, Frankie Benali, Genesis P-Orridge, Jay Allen, John Andretti, Lee Kerslake Kirk Douglas, Pat Smullen, Roger Scruton, Terry Jones, Vasily Kulkov] An Fear Beag (2307 points) 13 hits [Alex Trebek, Bob Gibson, Bob Weighton, Chris Doleman, Daniel Arap Moi, David Hagen, Frankie Benali, Genesis P-Orridge, John Lewis, Kirk Douglas, Pat Smullen, Roberta MCCain, Terry Jones] drol (2293 points) 14 hits [Alex Trebek, Bob Gibson, Daniel Arap Moi, David Hagen, Dennis Goldberg, Genesis P-Orridge, John Andretti, Lee Kerslake, Majek Fashek, Qaboos of Oman, Pat Smullen, Roger Scruton, Shin-Kyuk-ho, Sumner Redstone] John Key (2279 points) 13 hits [Alex Trebek, Bob Gibson, Chris Doleman, Frankie Benali, Genesis P-Orridge, Henry Gray, John Andretti, Kirk Douglas, Lee Kerslake, Qaboos of Oman, Roberta McCain, Ruth Bader Ginsburg , Sam Lloyd] Prophet (2272 points) 12 hits [Alex Trebek, Bob Gibson, Daniel Arap Moi, Frankie Benali, John Andretti, Kirk Douglas, Lee Kerslake, Nobby Stiles, Olivi De Haviland. Roger Scruton, Vera Lynn, William Frankland] the_engineer (2257 points) 12 hits [Alex Trebek, Arnold Spielberg, Chris Doleman, Dennis Goldberg, Jill Gascoigne, John Andretti, Kirk Douglas, Lee Kerslake, Nobby Stiles, Olivia De Havviland, Roberta McCain, Roger Scuton] The Unknown Man (2210 points) 14 hits [Alex Trebek, Chris Doleman, Daniel Arap Moi, Everton Weekes, Frankie Benali, Genesis P-Orridge, Javier Perez de Cuellar, John Andretti, Kirk Douglas, Lee Kerslake, Nobby Stiles, Olivia de Haviland, Sam Lloyd, Terry Jones] CaptainChorizo (2205 points) 16 Hits [Alex Trebek, Bernard Ebbers, Bernhard Pinera, Bob Weighton, Chitetsu Wantabe , Dennis Goldberg, Frankie Benali, Genesis P-Orridge, Hugh Downs, John Lewis, Johnny Harris, Lee Kerslake, Raymond Allen, Roger Scruton, Terry Jones, Tom Belso] Death Impends (2189 points) 12 hits [Alex Trebek, Diana Sera Carey, Earl Cameron, Javier Perez de Cuellar, John Hume, Lyon G Tyler Jr, Mad Mike Hoare, Pearl Carr, Roberta McCain, Stirling Moss, Sumner Redstone, William Frankland] Nantonian2013 (2184 points) 9 hits [Alex Trebek, Everton Weekes, John Hume, Kamala, Little Richard, Nobby Stiles, Roberta McCain, Roger Scruton, Sumner Redstone] Joey Russ (2181 points) 15 hits [Alex Trebek, Chitetsu Wantabe, Daniel Arap Moi, Genesis P-Orridge, Jill Gascoigne, Kirk Douglas, Lee Kerslake, Little Richard, Nobby Stiles, Roberta McCain, Roger Scruton, Stirling Moss, Terry Jones, Tommy DeVito, Vera Lynn) JiromeonKiruma (2139 points) 11 hits [Alex Trebek, Bob Gibson, Chitetsu Wantabe, Frankie Benali, Genesis P-Orridge, Joseph Hanneschlager, Judy Dyble, Michael Gauthier, John Lewis, Lone Dybkjaer Steve Blackmore] The Old Crem (2116 points) 11 hits [Alex Trebek, Jill Gascoigne, John Hume, John Lewis, Kirk Douglas, Nicholas Parsons, Nobby Stiles, Olivia de Haviland, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stirling Moss, Vera Lynn] Torva Messor (2108 points) 10 hits Alex Trebek, [Diana Sera Carey, Frankie Benali, Genesis P-Orridge, Hugh Downs, Nobby Stiles, Olivia de Haviland Kirk Douglas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Vera Lynn] Banana (2100 points) 13 hits [Alex Trebek, Bob Gibson, Chris Doleman, Frankie Benali, Greg Lewis, Henri Richard, John Lewis, Joseph Hanneschlager, Lee Kerslake Ruth Morrissey, Steve Blackmore, Terry Jones, Tom Belso] LizLemon (1651 points) 8 hits [Alex Trebek, Jerry Stiller, Kirk Douglas, John Lewis, Olivia de Haviland, Roberta McCain, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sumner Redstone] gcreptile (1643 points) 11 hits [Alex Trebek, Bob Gibson, Bob Joers, Danny Oosthuizen, Frankie Benali, John Jhairo Valezquez, Karen Simpson, Lee Kerslake, Pat Smullen, Peter Bonetti, Todd Portune] RadGuy (1548 points) 10 hits [Alex Trebek, Frankie Benali, John Andretti, Lee Kerslake, Michael Robinson, Nanci Ryder, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sam Lloyd, Terry Jones, Tom Long] Sean (1427 points) 10 hits [Alex Trebek, Everton Weekes, Javier Perez de Cuellar, John Hume, John Lewis, Kirk Douglas, Nicholas Parsons, Olivia de Haviland, Terry Jones, Vera Lynn] The Quim Reaper (1379 points) 10 hits [Javier Perez de Cuellar, Kirk Douglas, Lee Kerslake, Little Richard, Nicholas Parsons, Nobby Stiles, Olivia de Haviland, Stirling Moss, Terry Jones, Vera Lynn] msc (1362 points) 9 hits [Earl Cameron, Freeman Dyson, Kirk Douglas, Nicholas Parsons, Olivia de Haviland, Peregrine Worsthorne, Sumner Redstone, Vera Lynn, William Frankland] Fixed Business (1323 points) 7 hits [Alex Trebek, Daniel Arap Moi, Genesis P-Orridge, Kirk Douglas, Lee Kerslake, Nobby Stiles, Sean Connery] theoldlady (1303 points) 9 hits [Alex Trebek, Daniel Arap Moi, Ennio Morricone, Henry Gray, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Kirk Douglas, Nobby Stiles, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stirling Moss] Great Uncle Bulgaria (1198 points) 7 hits [Alex Trebek, Daniel Arap Moi, Kirk Douglas, Roberta Mc Cain, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stirling Moss, Vera Lynn] Wormfarmer (1173 points) 9 hits [Daniel Arap Moi, David Stern, Frankie Benali, Genesis P-Orridge, James Randi, Kirk Douglas, Lee Kerslake, Majek Fashek, William Frankland] markb4 (1167 points) 8 hits [Alex Trebek, Christopher Tolkein, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Kirk Douglas, Nicholas Parsons, Roberta McCain, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Vera Lynn] YorkshireBanker (1161 points) 9 hits [Alex Trebek, Bobby Brown (rangers), Daniel Arap Moi, Freeman Dyson, Henry Gray, Johnny Beattie, Katherine Johnson, Vasily Kulkov, Vera Lynn] Sir Creep (1040 points) 11 hits [Balbir Singh Sr, Daniel Arap Moi, Deanne Sutherland, Frankie Benali, Henry Gray, Ignatio Trelles, Jay Allen, John Andretti, Kirk Douglas, Henri Richard, Ruth Bader Ginsburg] Toast (1000 points) 7 hits [Ian Holm, Judy Dyble, Michael Lonsdale, Michael Medwin, Pearl Carr, Stirling Moss, Vera Lynn] The Mad Hatter (969 points) 11 hits [Daniel Arap Moi, Genesis P-Orridge, Ian Holm, Jimmy Heath, John Andretti, John Hume, Kirk Douglas, Little Richard, Olivia de Haviland, Roger Scruton, Terry Jones] JoeMoneyPenny (894 points) 6 hits [Everton Weekes, Genesis P-Orridge, Hau Pie-tsen, Manolis Glezos, Stanley Ho, Vera Lynn] GraveDanger (862 points) 6 hits [Chris Doleman, Genesis P-Orridge, Lee Kerslake, Jill Gascoigne, John Andretti, Nobby Stiles] Clorox Bleachman (843 points) 6 hits [Chitetsu Wantabe, David Hagen, Irene Sinclair, Lee Kerslake, John Andretti Thuy Thuanh Trong] Whoaml (813 points) 8 hits [Jean Kennedy Smith, John Andretti, John Lysak, Katherine Johnson, Kirk Douglas, Marge Champion, Olivia de Haviland, Kirk Douglas] Skinny Kiltrunner (777 points) 7 hits [Bernard Ebbers, Bob Watson, Chris Doleman, Frankie Benali, John Andretti, Nobuhiko Obayashi, Sumner Redstone] Etib80 (722 points) 4 hits [Alex Trebek, Kirk Douglas, Olivia de Haviland Vera Lynn] YoungWillz (691 points) 4 hits [Earl Cameron, Geoffrey Palmer, Nicholas Parsons, Philip Latham] Pedro67 (481 points) 4 hits [Jackie Stallone Kirk Douglas, Nanci Ryder, Terry Jones] Predictor (437 points) 4 hits [Ben Cooper, Francisco Jose Cox, Joey Image, Kevin Thompson] Bibliogryphon (287 points ) 1 hit [Herbert Kretzmer] Book (259 points) 3 hits [Hannelore Minkus, Michel Picolli, Sonja Ziemann] Deathray 0 points

Okay - some major activity in the Hares pool: John Lysak is apparently dead. Who was he? A pick so obscure that he died on January 8th, but no-one even noticed until September. And Whoam! who picked him didn't notice until last week. His reward is a whopping 7 points. Geoffrey Palmer was a unique pick for YoungWillz to nab him 309 points and a rise from 4th last to 6th last. You will have to wait for Trebek - I do have some sort of a life you know.

Always been the case. It's all to do with things like the Electoral College (that again). The USA is exactly what it says a group of United States, each one operating independently of the others (with a Governor, State Legislature, etc.) The Electoral College is designed to ensure all states matter equally and get their own say, so they don't get swallowed up in one big mass (which was a big concern back in the founding of the Republic). So basically, there's an election, then they need to actually count all the votes (including absentee, provisional [things like people who asked for a mail in but may have voted in person too], many states have something called 'cured' ballots, which is where you may have made a mistake on your ballot [e.g. missed a signature on a mail in or the voting machine has punched a hole between candidates rather than for a specific person] and you get the opportunity to correct it so it counts) according to each state's rules (every US state has it's own version of our Electoral Commission to decide how the election is held - for instance all the states give their whole Electoral Votes to the winner of the state, apart from Maine and Nebraska which award 2 to the state winner and the rest to the winner in each Congressional district). Once that's all done, the state has to officially ratify the vote (presumably through the state legislature but I don't honestly know), then they have to appoint their 'Electors' who will attend the Electoral College and officially cast the state's votes, then the Electoral College cast their votes in early December (on a specific day about a month after the election). These are then ratified by the Congress (House and Senate) but only after the new session begins in early January. Once that's happened, there's about a fortnight before Inauguration Day on January 20th. So, in answer to your question, basically: paperwork. It used to make more sense because states obviously cover a big area. If you held a Presidential election in California in the 1880s, they'd be so far from Washington that they'd operate completely independently, hold their election and then send their representatives to formally announce the vote in Washington which would take time to get there. Now it still takes time, but possibly not as much. Inauguration Day did get moved - it used to be in early March but Franklin Roosevelt moved it back to January 20th and it's stayed there ever since. Another reason for waiting is Transition. The President-elect uses the 10 weeks or so to decide on his team: Department Secretaries, key White House staff, they'd usually like to make a start on Department Staff too (Trump didn't, he left loads of roles empty for most, if not all, of his presidency). There's no Civil Service in the US, although many people may survive from administration to administration depending on their role. I guess that's the biggest difference to the UK - the reason a new government can waltz in the day after an election is because the Civil Service are still keeping the ship afloat anyway. Hope that helps.

Saw this on Twitter, it’s a list of 23 words for things people feel but have difficulty explaining. I only knew a couple of these, and most of the rest I’ve been searching for for years.

Yes, "myself and" really boils my piss too. If you're going to be ungrammatical, why not keep it traditional with the old-school "me and". I suppose they all think "myself" is correct.