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Hospitalized after hitting his head after a fall, third hospitalization this year: https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/jesse-jackson-hospitalized-fall-howard-university-80916754

It's fast, it's furious it's f***in' good fun. Teams of 20 topplers posted on this thread or PM'd to MPFC will be collected into a masterlist to provide a carnival of carnage, the counting of which goes live in the first second of 2022*. Points aplenty pour into the scoreboard until someone snags the stupendous total of 2022, at which point the event that used to be the fastest deadpool in common useage (until MPFC started something faster!) slams on the brakes and the lucky winner is duly given metaphorical back-slaps and allowed to claim a prize worth about a tenner (though tradition thus far dictates this turns into a charitable donation)**. Closing date for entries is midnight on 30 December 2021. She's mastered everyone else's ceremony, 'bout time she did the duties for us, then! In it to win it this year are... An Fear Beag - af BabyBlue - bb Banana - ba Bibliogryphon - bg Book - bk TheDeathofBrian - db CalebH - ch Captain Chorizo - cc The Daredevil - td DeathByArsenic - da Death Impends - di Doulton - dl Drol - dr Dying Probably - dp Famous6WEva - f6 gcreptile - gr Great Uncle Bulgaria - gb Gooseberry Crumble - gc GuyFromFuture - gf JoeMoneypenny - jm Joey Russ - jr John Key - jk MariNisia - mn Maryportfuncity - mp msc - ms theoldlady - ol The Old Crem - oc Pedro 67 - p6 Predictor - pr Redrumours - rr Salmon Mousse - sm Sideik - sk TheSpinosaurus - ts Toast - to Torva Messor - tm The Unknown Man - tu Wannamaker - wa WEP - we YorkshireBanker - yb Top talent aplenty in our list of previous champions: 2009 - Raskolnikov 2010 - Nobody, I mean f***in' nobody, reached the winning points total 2011 - DDT 2012 - Spade Cooley 2013 - DDT 2014 - Death Impends 2015 - MSC 2016 - DDT 2017 - Death Impends 2018 - MSC 2019 - Phantom of the Midway 2020 - RadGuy 2021 - An Fear Beag 2022 - Banana * There may be a slight delay getting the whole thing up live at the start of the year due to domestic commitments - but it'll still be up there very close to the first second of the year (and that's when the competition goes live) ** To be precise, every winner bar one has opted for a charitable donation and it's now tradition that MPFC provides evidence of said donation once victory is declared. Feel free - should you win - to opt for consumer goods, mind!

Let me give this a shot. Brian Johnson (Joker) Yoko Ono Ozzy Osbourne Sir Bobby Charlton Nichelle Nichols Dick Van Dyke Willie Nelson Bob Dylan Queen Elizabeth II Sir Frank Williams. Replacement: Edwin Meese Barbara Walters Brian May Bob Dole. Replacement: Tina Turner Roger Donlon Linda Nolan Betty White. Replacement: Mikhail Gorbachev James Earl Jones Harry Belafonte Dwayne Hickman Olivia Newton-John Subs Edwin Meese: MOVED TO MAIN LIST Tina Turner: MOVED TO MAIN LIST Mikhail Gorbachev: MOVED TO MAIN LIST

Oh aye, and...

Video from October. Looks dreadful.

Sir Keith Skinner, 4th Baronet, aged 93 Death Notice: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/253165/skinner They are all called Thomas (after the first baronet) but they don't seem to use the name, even the heir is James rather than Thomas. Instructional in the ways of the aristos, the baronetcy relates to a fucking street in Chelsea. Yes, m'lord, until he's 3 blocks away.

Guardian Obit for Peter Watson-Wood, TV documentary cameraman turned film producer, aged 92: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/nov/01/peter-watson-wood-obituary Mad Dogs And Englishmen and The Wicker Tree among his credits. Interestingly, the obit refers to his friendship with Anthony Newley. Leslie Bricusse just died, now this (though when exactly, I'm not going on a search). Maybe Tony Newley's Mates should be a theme team? Things come in threes, who's next?

Hawkwind at the Palladium last Thursday. 80 year old Dave Brock handled half the vocals and half the guitar solos. Was genuinely weird to look down on them from the Royal Circle rather than standing and allowing their lightshow to overwhelm me. True to form they played stuff from their new (37th) album, threw in greatest hits in the middle and gave set space to randomly chosen album tracks seldom played on recent tours.

Sturgeon was on the telly this morning claiming that 97% of electricity in Scotland is directly sourced from renewables?! Honestly, if I had a quid for every time a lie dropped out her mouth…

Scotsman reporting the death of Brian Adair, aged 86. Former President and Chair of Cricket Scotland.

I mean there's 5 unique hits in the top 50 teams spread among 3 teams.

So many elderly aristocrats dying. Surely it can't be long before either nongenarian David Ogilvy the Earl of Airlie or 101 year old The Dowager Duchess of Grafton brings me some success...

Maybe I'll pick the old Snickers snacker out of spite for next year!

DJ Stud Doogie, the DJ for the rap act Brand Nubian, has died. The act charted four minor U.S. Hot 100 hits between 1993 and 1998. https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.65554/title.lord-jamar-reveals-brand-nubian-grand-puba-dj-stud-doogie-has-died#

Hm, so this is where our promised enema went.

David T Flanagan passed away in mid-Octobre: https://www.pressherald.com/2021/10/14/david-flanagan-maine-business-icon-dead-at-74/

Twitter is reporting that Pat Martino is dead. Awaiting more info of course… Well, there’s also this

Just the enigma that is David Gulpilil left for Reptile…

German Journalist Bettina Gaus died at 64 years after short illness: https://www.n-tv.de/panorama/Journalistin-Bettina-Gaus-ist-tot-article22901129.html

I am curious to see if we will finaly have a 114th male birthday again. There are now many 112+ men and they look strong.

Gay McIntyre, Irish jazz musician, passed away this morning. Londonderry jazz musician Gay McIntyre has died aged 88 - BBC News

German-American impresario and rock concert promoter, Bill Graham, died on this day 30 years ago, aged 60.

James Michael Tyler is a second hit for Wormfarmer and a first hit for theoldlady.

Or this fellow.

They likely confused him with Tub-a-shite Jerry Falwell or Oral Roberts. Oh how we don't miss them.