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I'm just starting some leave from work - the first time I've had more than one day off - including weekends - since April 20th! So I've got out of bed early to make sure I get my money's worth, otherwise I am so tired that I could just doze through the next week. Am going to look into my 2021 DDP entry later. For a while I genuinely thought I might have to give it a miss due to other life stresses getting in the way. I don't need to win, but I do want to be there. Thanks to my admin colleagues in Paul Bearer and Death Impends for picking up the slack while I ignored PMs, reported posts, thread crimes, etc. I'd like to wish everyone a belated happy Christmas and a prosperous 2021. Better days are coming!

Wouldn’t it be marvellous if another hit happened and we could coronate King Deathers the Banned.

If anyone else feels this way I'd have no objection to opening it to start July 2021 and run for a year. Bit late to start for Jan 1. Of course, I'll need to crowdfund for staff, business rates etc etc.

You can just say you want to pick Grace Victory.

1987: Ozzy Osbourne (1/31)  1989: Frank Bruno, Mike Ditka, Ozzy Osbourne, Brian Wilson, David Jenkins (5/32) 1990: Queen Elizabeth II, Mike Ditka, Rex Williams, Oprah Winfrey, Terry Waite (5/42)  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 (1/50)  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 (1/50) 2006: Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1/50)  2007: Tim Johnson, Louis Farrakhan (2/50)  2008: Russell Watson, Hamed Karzai, Charles Taylor (3/50)  2009: Pierre Cardin (0/50)  2010: Angela Lansbury (1/50)  2011: Ali Khamenei, Bob Dole, Dick Cheney, Pierre Cardin, Michael Douglas (4/50)  2012: Nigel Lawson, Henry Kissinger, Dick Van Dyke, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (4/50) 2013: Prince Philip, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger (3/50)  2014: Wilko Johnson, Prince Philip, Dick Van Dyke, Tony Bennett, Ed Asner (5/50)  2015: Prince Philip, Leslie Phillips, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger, Jake Roberts (5/50)  2016: Prince Phillip, Bob Dole, Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, Tommy Chong, Leslie Phillips, Sandy Gall, Desmond Tutu, Lester Piggott, Murray Walker, Jimmy Greaves, Paul Gascoigne (13/50)  2017: Prince Phillip, Pierre Cardin, Bob Dole, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Betty White, Queen Elizabeth ll, Bob Barker, Ian St. John, Sandy Gall, Pope Benedict XVI, Desmond Tutu, Emperor Akihito (12/50)  2018: Prince Philip, Betty White, Linda Nolan, Pierre Cardin, Bob Dole, Bob Barker, Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Henry Kissinger, Dick Van Dyke, Stanley Baxter, Mel Brooks, Pope Benedict XVI, June Brown, Louis Farrakhan, Ian St. John, Jimmy Greaves, Ronnie Wood, Olivia Newton-John, Joni Mitchell, Paul Gascoigne (21/50)  2019: Prince Philip, Jimmy Carter, Pierre Cardin, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger, Bob Barker, Murray Walker, Emperor Akihito, Betty White, June Brown, Alan Greenspan, Dick Van Dyke, Barbara Walters, Harry Belafonte, Desmond Tutu, Ed Asner, Vanessa Redgrave, Jimmy Greaves, Sidney Poitier, Cleo Laine, Loretta Lynn, Mikhail Gorbachev, Prunella Scales, Larry King, Tina Turner, Shane MacGowan (25/50) Updated for Pierre Cardin. The 2009 list is now extinct.

The first time a DL I experienced as it happened (2009) is down to zero survivors. How the time flies!

Sorry guys, the next hit is mine: Pierre Cardin! https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55476062 New round, maybe the last one? 1920: George P. Shultz + Eileen Bennett 1921: Prince Philip + Ágnes Keleti 1922: Luis Echeverria + Janis Paige 1923: Larry Storch + Baroness Pamela Sharples 1924: Budge Patty + Eva Marie Saint 1925: Robert Fyfe + Arlene Dahl 1926: Mel Brooks + Rowena Jackson 1927: Peter Mark Richman + Cleo Laine 1928: Bernard Cribbins + Ethel Kennedy 1929: Ed Asner + Imelda Marcos

DId you, or any of us, ever think when we sat through that 5 month snooze in 2011 that one day there'd be a 20/50 year DL? Not me!

The legendary Bernard Cribbins turns 92 today.

Update for Pierre Cardin. Hits for Deathray (11th Hit); Zefph (8th Hit); Etushispushingupdaisies (10th Hit); Buffalo Phil (8th Hit); chileanway (9th Hit); nantonian2013 (8th Hit); Newjack (6th Hit).  Bloody hell, who is next? Buffalo Phil +09 8 +2 Grim Up North +09 9 Deathray +08 11 +2 ThereWillBeDeaths +08 12 Etushispushingupdaisies  +07 10 +2 gcreptile +07 10 Great Uncle Bulgaria +06 10 nantonian2013 +06 8 +2 The Quim Reaper +06 11 Banana +05  10 Clorox Bleachman +05 9 Skinny Kiltrunner +05 7 Annami +03 8 Book +03 9 chilean way +03 9 +3 dean1991 +03 6 DeathClock +03 8 RadGuy +03 8 Sir Creep +03 6 Zefph +03 8 +2 The Old Crem +02 10 Bibliogryphon +01 7 Captain Chorizo +01 8 msc +00 9 theoldlady +00 10 Torva Messor +00 9 Newjack -01 6 +3 Joey Russ -02 6 LizLemon -03 6 paddyfool -04 5

No sour grapes from me, congratulations to the committee for the amazing 20 hit record achievement this year but I did really think I was going to win this. At least a Donald has something to cheer about even if not winning a US Presidential second term.

20 freakin' hits. Amazing (apart from Gates Sr. being on it)

Well done to Thatcher. Thread closed.

Ah well. RIP Pierre. At least George at Asda is still alive.

Still 2,5 days to go... it's 2020, anything is possible

This - by far - is the best topic of 2020!!!

Pierre Cardin for us both. I've never had 17 hits in any pool before. And still beaten! YW - 17; DL - 20

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-55476062

Dead

I’m coming down in favour of no.

DDP - Content with a top 10 finish given I'm a lot more chill about it post victory. Two best decisions were keeping Shurer and risking Tom Smith seeing 2021. DBN - Possibly ends up my only victory this year. 2 point lead... If it holds, it will be a nice last hurrah for my days of extensive research. Another case where Shurer was huge, especially since he died before the transfer period. Cup - Was secretly hoping for an earlier exit so I could fully begin taking it easy wrt deadpooling, but kept cobbling wins against tough opponents. My wish of an exit was finally granted by An Fear Beag in, erm, the final round... Can't be bothered to do rest. After winning the DDP, I feel I graduated from the Deadpooling University!

Name duly changed from Marenghi to Lynchian.

Oh Toastie!! That was genius, you old curmudgeon, you!

I don't want a television but I have finally given in and I'm watching The Mandalorian. (via someone else's Disney+ account obviously) It's okay really, and not a steaming pile of shite like every other new thing from the Star Wars franchise. People I know are whining about the CGI being rubbish, but I'm not watching on a big screen so I don't care, and also it looks more like the original trilogy this way. I'm still at the spaghetti western stage but it's supposed to get better. Grown men admitting to crying at the end of season two on Twitter swung it for me. That and it's The Baby Yoda Show I'm pretty tearful after paying £2.49 to show SC "The Snowman" but I forgot that the ending isn't exactly feelgood and now I'm having to explain how dark U.K TV can be again.