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And a few weeks later, Anthony Payne has died aged 84. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-56943640

I don't see the point of it. Everyone dies of something. Are people who died of Covid more important than those who have died of cancer or heart failure or strokes, etc? Those who have lost loved ones to Covid can put up headstones or memorial plaques or whatever, just the same as anyone else who wants to commemorate someone.

There are too many bloody Memorials these days! Has anyone considered that some of the folk who died of Covid were paedophiles, rapists and murderers? You wouldn’t want to memorialise that now, would you?

War memorials are different. In a similar vein I wouldn't object to a memorial for health workers who have died of Covid because they likewise put themselves at risk in the service of others.

You either memorialise everyone, or no-one. We may not agree that all those that are memorialised should be, but that's the risk you take once you go down the path of memorialising any group, rather than individuals. Owing to sheer weight of numbers, statistically some of those that died in WWI & WWII were paedophiles, rapists and murderers. Should we now remove all war memorials because of that? Good luck getting that one through.

Oh aye and... This mob carry Maryport's hopes into May May 1. Abdulaziz Bouteflika - jkr 2. Kat Bjelland 3. Walter Smith 4. John Hemingway 5. Jason Becker 6. Jack Arends 7. David Gulpilil 8. Kane Tanaka 9. Jyrki Kasvi 10. Vic Elford 11. Tom Smith Bench Eileen Ash Sarah Lilian Priest

Aye cheers, prior to this year if memory serves me correctly I'd only ever won one round of this competition properly (i.e.: other progress was by byes). I'll keep giving it a go but Spade is class on current form.

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01. Kat Bjelland 02. Bob Dole 03. Sarah Harding 04. Carlos Timoteo Griguol 06.05.2021 05. Litsa Menounos 02.05.2021 06. Abdelaziz Bouteflika 07. David Gulpilil 08. Yoo Sang-Chul 09. Bill Turnbull 10. Benedict XVI 11. Jyrki Kasvi 12. Rob Bolland 13. Fritz Pleitgen 14. Rainer Langhans 15. Balakrishna Pillai 03.05.2021 16. Jim Molan 17. Shannen Doherty 18. Jeanette Lee 19. Steve McMichael 20. Tom Smith 21. Tom Parker Subs: Raúl Castro, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Linda Nolan 

Obituary for George Crosby, who has died aged 88. Obscure child actor who appeared in several Our Gang shorts. IMDb.

My team for this year which was sent by private message earlier in the week. Francis Graham Smith ( retired astronomer) Bob Dole Michel Aoun Phyliss Coates Mohammed Al Fayed Pope Benedict Kenneth Kaunda Dick Hyman Jimmy Greaves Duggie Brown Terry Medwin Raquel Welch Sheila Lerwill (former British Olympian) Joyce Fairbairn Deborah James (uk journalist) James McDivitt (US astronaut) Connie Stevens Jim Guy Tucker (former governor of Arkansas) Freddie Viggers (retired black rod) Tina Turner Wilbur Smith Subs Michael Parkinson, Winnie Ewing

I consciously decided against picking Litsa Menounos and Terry Lubbock here. After 3 QO misses in the last year, this is more conventional. 1. David Gulpilil 500 2. Bob Dole 450 3. Susie Steiner 4. Peter Tobin 5. Larry Pressler 6. Ally McLaws 275 7. Kat Bjelland 8. Francoise Hardy 9. Philipp Mickenbecker 10. Suzy Friton 180 11. Rick Laird 160 12. Albert Raboteau 140 13. Frederik De Klerk 120 14. Antonio Inoki 15. Stephen Lewis (Canada) 16. Raul Castro 17. Mick Bates 55 18. John "Zip" Connolly 19. Phil Read 20. Jake The Snake Roberts 21. Ady Barkan Subs: John Gwynne Jerry Grey (or is it Gray?) - the wrestler Archie Roach

Thanks Perhaps, that was a nerve-wretching round. An impressive performance on your side, I think.

1. Terry Lubbock 2. Vic Elford 3.. Kat Bjelland 4. Rick Laird 5. Bob Dole 6. David Gulpilil 7. Rob Bolland 8. Ally McLaws 9. James Whale 10. James Harman 11. Annabelle Gurwitch 12. Sarah Harding 13. Susie Steiner 14. Mick Bates (Leeds player) 15. Jimmy Carter 16. John "Zip" Connolly 17. Jeanette Lee (Black Widow) 18. Greg Gilbert 19. Carlos Griguol 20. Rabbi Reuven Bulka 21. Litsa Menounos (due to the obit risk) subs 22. Albert Raboteau 23. Jack Arends 24. FW de Klerk 25. Tom Weiskopf

PM'd my entry earlier, good luck all. Bob Dole +500 Kat Bjelland David Gulpilil +400 Yoo Sang-chul +350 Vic Elford +300 Maria Farmer Jim Molan Sarah Harding +225 Greg Gilbert +200 Billy Bingham Jeanette Lee Gary Burgess +140 Tom Parker +120 Princess Mikasa Ally McLaws +85 Mustafa Ben Halim +70 Jack Hanna Tim Bilton Jesse Kinch Mwai Kibaki +40 Lee Elder +21 Subs: Marsha Hunt Tom Weiskopf Bernard Tapie

Right, here’s the quarterfinals Masterlist: K R Gouri Amma - Banana, Spade Jack Arends - maryport Jason Becker - maryport Jana Bennett - deadsox Kat Bjelland - maryport, CalebH, Reptile, Chorizo, msc*, Banana, Spade, deadsox Elisabeta Bostan - CalebH Abdelaziz Bouteflika - maryport* Lawrence Brooks - deadsox Reuven Bulka - Chorizo Jerry Cain - deadsox* Cassiano - Reptile Hemen Das - Banana Leo De Lyon - Chorizo Bob Dole - Chorizo, msc, deadsox Vic Elford - maryport Rodolfo Garcia - Banana Ed Grant - Banana, Spade Carlos Griguol - msc, Banana David Gulpilil - maryport, Reptile, Chorizo, deadsox Sabbam Hari - Banana, Spade John Hemingway - maryport Ion Illiescu - CalebH Antonio Inoki - Chorizo Jyrki Kasvi - maryport, Chorizo, msc, deadsox Tim Keller - deadsox Mildred Kornman - CalebH Rick Laird - Reptile, Chorizo, msc, deadsox Rainer Langhans - CalebH Angela Lansbury - CalebH Terry Lubbock - Reptile*, Chorizo, msc, Spade Bunny Matthews - Banana*, Spade* Yehuda Meshi-Zahav - msc Litsa Menounos - Reptile, Chorizo*, msc, Spade Maire Mhac an tSaoi - CalebH Philipp Mickenbecker - Reptile Princess Mikasa - CalebH Isidore Mvouba - msc Leonor Oyarzun - CalebH Som Parkash - Banana P Balakrishna Pillai - Reptile, Banana, Spade Albert Raboteau - Reptile, msc, deadsox Lucille Radon - deadsox Mela Raghu - Reptile Anamika Saha - Banana Gary Shiebler - Spade Tom Smith - maryport Walter Smith - maryport Dave Sophia - Spade Mihai Sora - CalebH* Susie Steiner - Reptile, Chorizo, msc Kane Tanaka - maryport Horacio Verbitsky - Spade Rembert Weakland - CalebH

Hes fine. He has tweeted a lot today including Keir Starmer and wallpaper, Noel Clarke and describing the Israeli crush as the worst thing in Israeli history. I can think of a few other things instead...

Well done, that game lasted all of 13 minutes...

I've taken a break as of recent, getting my life in order etc. I've reverted back to noob status. Good news is that I've gone from 246 pounds to 185 pounds in 4 months (despite also making gains in the gym)

Fuck sake, Tinder's offers are truly toxic tonight - I'll down a couple of whiskies instead!

Kirk's widow, Anne Douglas, has died at 102 years old. https://www.wagmtv.com/2021/04/30/anne-douglas-widow-of-late-actor-kirk-douglas-dies-at-102/

Anyone at a loose end on Tuesday evening? https://brightonfestival.org/whats-on/death-cafe-1432/ This year's Brighton Festival seems to have a bit of a deathy theme this year (appropriate during a global pandemic). https://brightonfestival.org/whats-on/redefining-grief-1433/ https://brightonfestival.org/whats-on/arrivals-departures-1167/ and there's the odd birthy bit (Though maybe only of interest to Gooseberry Crumble) https://brightonfestival.org/whats-on/birth-cafe-arrivals-and-departures-1431/

Yesterday I received the pre-ordered new album from Marianne Faithfull (with Warren Ellis): "She walks in beauty". First of all I had to break away from believing that I can listen to a typical MF-music album. The new album is spoken poetry underlaid with music. That's not a bad thing at first. But let's have a look on these 3 components (speech, poetry, music): speech/spoken: The marvellous Marianne Faithfull! As a big fan, I really like her special voice, wether she is singing or speaking. As a example I absolutely adore „After the ceasefire“ from her 1999 masterpiece „Vagabond Ways“. Very atmospheric, very nice story. MF really had a powerful and expressive voice, absolutely suitable for demanding literature and poetry, but also for rock, pop and chanson. So nothing to complain about at first. However, the new album consists only of spoken parts, probably because MF just can't sing anymore (because of several health reasons). Her voice almost consistently sounds powerless and breathless, and the lyrics are sometimes spoken very droning und read down. As a great stage interpreter, e.g. also of Brecht's texts, she would certainly have spoken the poems far more expressively at other times. poetry: Setting old texts and poems to music is a tradition. But I find it difficult to get access to these old English texts and I cannot say whether it would be easier for me in German. I know "The Lady of Shalott" in the version of the gifted Loreena McKennitt, who merges with this text in a very inimitable way with singing, interpretation and music. Unfortunately, MF can't do that here, I'm so sorry. Music: OMG, I can't stand this banter and jingling! This is worse than elevator music! This music is... absolutely nothing! Very uninspired soundscapes, which for me do not convey anything at all and sound the same in every track. Boring. Unworthy. Disappointing. But: I ordered the deluxe edition which comes in a beautiful booklet with poems and paintings. Since I haven't bought a CD for so long, I held the album very reverently in my hands and was reminded of the old days when CDs were also art. A nice moment. I'm going to add this album to my MF collection now - and it will just stay there. I would have wished for a good album (her last album from 2018 was great for example!), but unfortunately it didn't turn out to be for me. Marianne - I love you anyway!

Personally I keep hoping @Cat O'Falk will show up soon, before the prognosis stats for his illness become a bit more ominous than his silence already was....

Coffinlodger told me that he had terminal pancreatic cancer a few months back (the whole reason he was why he was). Can anyone who knows him/have any of his details check up on him? (Edit: Yeah you facepalm that shiz you bunch of stuck up wets)