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I can't quite remember the whole story, but 20+ years ago someone ran a competition to write a limerick containing the names Kaczynski and Lewinski. I think these were two of the winners. Monica Lewinsky has shown, What Kaczynski must surely have known. That a head job is better Than a bomb in a letter, If there's something that needs to be blown. Said Bill Clinton to Monica Lewinsky: You don't want to leave clues like Kaczynski. So since you look such a mess, Take the hem of your dress, And wipe that stuff off of your chinski. There was a third as well which had the lines: She played "Hail to the Chief", on that flute made of beef....but I don't remember the rest.

Anything else happen to be delivered with the letter?

BBC Radio 1’s Newsbeat has just done a feature on her. I only really knew that she was a big name in a sphere almost completely unknown to me, but I had no idea until now just how much she was sampled. Bombay Bicycle Club, Britney Spears, producers whose work I listen to a lot. Very interesting.

They are calling it a great success that he's lived longer than the first human heart recipient. It's already a month. Sounds like they expect him to die any day though.

Of the 268 possible picks, 203 names were picked by at least 1 team, leaving 65 unselected. For anyone interested, here are the unloved names: Alan Bennett Alfredo Astiz Andras Biro Art Garfunkel Assem Allam Betsy Rawls Bonnie Bramlett Boris Johnson Brian Blessed Bruce Grobbelaar Bruce Robinson Bruce Springsteen Christiane F Colin Baker Demi Lovato Donnie Dunagan Elvis Costello Eric Burdon Eugenia Cooney Frankie Miller Ghislaine Maxwell Ian Black Jack Burke Jr. James Anderton James K. Irving Jennifer Aniston Jerry MacDonald Jim Otto Jim Parks Jr. John Connolly John Lydon Judi Dench Julio Foolio K T Tunstall Kate Adie Keith Baxter Ken McNaught Kurt Hamrin Lalo Schifrin Lil' Wayne Louis Walsh Ludwig Scotty M. Emmet Walsh Martha Wash Martin Bashir Marty Pavelich Matt Stevenson Mike Edmonds Mike Hodges Paul Anka Paul Gascoigne Pete Davidson Peter Tatchell Prunella Gee Richard O'Sullivan Richard Shepherd Ronnie Dawson Seth Green Simon Cowell Stanley Johnson Stephen Fry Steve Harwell Terry Moore Tomasz Schafernaker Ursula Andress

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They skipped the gunfight this time and went straight to the musical...choir and all.

Was it a duel?

‘Are you going to survive Boris?’ The important question is, is our country going to survive Boris?

One from our longlist: German opera and theatre director Hans Neuenfels has died yesterday at age 80. https://kurier.at/kultur/theater-und-opernregisseur-hans-neuenfels-gestorben/401897675

My last minute call for more teams has come to naught, so the field has been assembled with 24 participants - not too shabby for a resurrected pool with only vague rules, most of which are hidden, . The rules have now been received from Clorox, and having looked through them, I can see why the 2020 tallies were never completed - fuck me, they are complicated! I will post up the master list of picks on the front page. As most teams were submitted in public and are on the first two pages of the pool, I don't see a need to list them out again. Three teams were submitted by PM. They are as follows: BIBLIOGRYPHON 1. Al Jaffee 2. Anna Karen 3. Barbara Walters 4. Bill Treacher 5. Bob Barker 6. Boris Pahor 7. C W McCall 8. Doddie Weir 9. Eva Marie Saint 10. Frank Field 11. Glynis Johns 12. Harry Belafonte 13. Hazel McCallion WILDCARD 14. Henry Kissinger 15. James Lovelock WILDCARD 16. James Whale 17. Jean-Louis Trintignant 18. Jimmy Carter 19. Joanne Woodward 20. John Savident 21. June Brown 22. Kane Tanaka 23. Ken Bates 24. King Juan Carlos of Spain 25. Larry Storch 26. Lata Mangeshkar 27. Leslie Caron 28. Leslie Phillips WILDCARD 29. Lynne Reid Banks 30. Marsha Hunt 31. Milos Zeman 32. Nehemiah Persoff 33. Nichelle Nichols 34. Nigel Starmer-Smith 35. Noam Chomsky 36. Pele WILDCARD 37. Penelope Lively 38. Petula Clark 39. Pope Benedict XVI 40. Richard Franklin 41. Rob Burrow 42. Rosalynn Carter 43. Sacheen Littlefeather 44. Stanley Baxter 45. Ted Kaczynski 46. Tom Osmond 47. Tom Smith 48. Violetta Chamorro 49. Ysannne Churchman 50. Susie Steiner WILDCARD Subs 1. Tom Weiskopf 2. Val Kilmer 3. Tony Bennett 4. Rose West Msc 1. Ady Barkan 2. Antonio Inoki 3. Barbara Walters 4. Bob Barker 5. Boris Pahor 6. César Luis Menotti 7. Christos Sartzetakis 8. Clare Marx 9. David Attenborough 10. Deborah James 11. Diana Armfield 12. Eva Marie Saint 13. Francisco Morales Bermúdez 14. Frank Field WILDCARD 15. Fritz Pleitgen 16. George Alagiah 17. George Perez WILDCARD 18. Glynis Johns 19. Henry Kissinger 20. James Lovelock 21. James Whale 22. Jean-Louis Trintignant 23. Jimmy Carter 24. Joanne Woodward 25. Kane Tanaka 26. Khaleda Zia 27. Larry Pressler 28. Lata Mangeshkar 29. Leslie Phillips 30. Linda Nolan 31. Marsha Hunt 32. Milos Zeman 33. Mohammed Al-Fayed 34. Natty Wailer 35. Nehemiah Persoff 36. Nigel Starmer-Smith 37. Nightbirde 38. Pelé 39. Pope Benedict XVI 40. Ray Anthony 41. Richard Franklin 42. Rob Burrow 43. Rosalynn Carter 44. Shannen Doherty 45. Soeur Andre 46. Susie Steiner WILDCARD 47. Tom Weiskopf WILDCARD 48. Vic Seixas 49. Vicky Phelan WILDCARD 50. Violeta Chamorro Subs 1. Eddie Stobart 2. Tom Smith 3. Jerry Lee Lewis 4. Francoise Hardy YOUNGWILLZ 01. Deborah James 02. Jet Black 03. Tony Bennett 04. Bernard Cribbins 05. Cliff Richard 06. James Bolam 07. Ozzy Osbourne 08. Bill Treacher 09. Frankie Valli 10. Doddie Weir 11. Lech Walesa 12. Khaleda Zia 13. Milos Zeman 14. Vicky Phelan WILDCARD 15. George Perez 16. Clint Eastwood 17. Ray Reardon 18. Gordon McQueen 19. Dick Van Dyke 20. Linda Nolan 21. Bob Barker 22. Rob Burrow 23. Tom Weiskopf 24. Buzz Aldrin 25. Pele 26. Derek Draper 27. James Lovelock 28. David Attenborough 29. Eileen Derbyshire 30. Pope Benedict XVI 31. John Ashton WILDCARD 32. James Whale 33. Harry Belafonte 34. Barry Humphries WILDCARD 35. Gladys Knight 36. Richard Franklin 37. Larry Pressler 38. Leslie Phillips 39. Stanley Baxter 40. Shannen Doherty 41. Frank Field 42. Julian Assange 43. Jerry Lee Lewis WILDCARD 44. Billy Connolly 45. Phil Collins 46. Anna Karen 47. Petula Clark 48. Alan Alda 49. June Brown 50. Nigel Starmer-Smith WILDCARD Subs: A. Vivian Campbell B. Tom Osmond C. Teri Garr D. Ted Kaczynski E. Rupert Murdoch

Ted has terminal cancer with at most 2 years to live, according to a letter from the man himself.

In case confirmation is required: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/06/obituaries/george-crumb-dead.html

Update ahead. Mustafa Kayirici, I stick to my word and not award the Crimes Against Humanity points. Rationale in the previous post. But he's no points total to scoff at either, with 45 points for Book and 35 for Salmon Mousse. Norma Waterson and Monica Vitti were both only picked as subs. Waterson a DDT perennial, Vitti, picked by Perhaps, was one of a few this year (along with Van Dyke and Lansbury) who surprised me in not being in my HPDP database before! Both teams get 25 points. Lata Mangeshkar is the first main team hit for John Key but unluckily for him was placed dead last. 5 base points and 2 extra gives him 7 following her swan song. Lastly Ronnie Hellstrom, who had an awesome name, is waiting on a DDP-friendly QO but fortunately for us at the HPDP the German press serves as an express lane of sorts. Thus msc scores 30 base points plus 12 more for 42 total. And with that is the latest scoreboard, with Kayirici the most pivotal of the update allowing Book to extend his lead and Salmon Mousse to sneak past Reptile into second. 1. Book 290 2. Salmon Mousse 176 3. gcreptile 172.81 4. msc 160 5. Banana 124.81 6. CaptainChorizo 117 7. Pedro67 113 8. maryportfuncity 112 9. Kenny 99 10. DevonDeathTrip 95 11. Annami 94 12. markb4 80.99 13. drol 75 14. Perhaps 65 15. Torva Messor 64 16. MariNisia 58 17. theoldlady 50.82 18. An Fear Beag 45.81 19. Great Uncle Bulgaria 45 20. Toast 41 21. John Key 32.99 =22. Hell 0.99 =22. The Old Crem 0.99 =24. Everyone else 0

French playwright Jean-Pierre Gredy died at 101. RIP

Jean Pierre Gredy dead at 101 : + 1 for my french list

Zhang Jie, female writer who won Mao Dun Prize twice, dead at 84.

He's got bed-blocker written all over him. Would be stunned if he's dead by 2025.

George Crumb gives @YoungWillz his second hit both in separate categories and @Spade_Cooley a fourth hit across three categories

Wayne Hankey, a longtime professor at the University of King's College and former Anglican minister accused of multiple historical sex offenses, has died a month before his first trial was set to begin. He was 77. Yep, a man accused of that with the name Mr. Hankey. Make up your own South Park jokes. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/former-halifax-professor-accused-of-historical-sex-abuse-dies-1.6341836

Egan Bernal discharged from hospital Tough cookie.

Ahem. George Crumb picked by me in the Pulitzer category, thank you. (goddammit that's two hits in such a short space of time since this started, ha ha ) Edit: And for @Spade_Cooley I believe.

Syl Johnson, a noted American blues and soul singer who had a series of minor hits on the Billboard Hot 100 from the late 1960s to the early 1970s, has died. He was 85. Johnson was the younger brother of Jimmy Johnson, who died just days ago and whose Deathlist entry is just above. https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2022/02/06/chicago-blues-soul-legend-syl-johnson-dies-at-85/

I've moaned about this before. Acting is a profession where the sex of the individual is relevant. If you are a casting director looking to cast a female role, you will (with very few exceptions) be looking for a female actor. Or a male actor for a male role. It is useful to have words which distinguish between the two, and it seems foolish in the extreme to discard them for the sake of "inclusivity" (if that's the word).

Here is the masterlist for the 2022 Jokers Deadpool. 203 names were selected from a total pool of 268 possible picks, leaving 65 unloved and unpicked names. Frank Field was selected by 23 out of the teams, with 19 selecting him as a wildcard pick. The only dissenting voice was (unsurprisingly) Gooseberry Crumble, whose more eclectic team selection prevented Frank achieving the rare clean sweep. George Perez and Pele were both picked by 22 out of 24 teams, with 11 wildcard selections each. Gooseberry Crumble or course didn't pick either! There were 40 unique picks in total, with 16 teams having at least 1 unique. One team stood out with 13 uniques - no prizes for guessing who that was 6ix9ine OL Ady Barkan AFB DO LL BP MA MS Al Jaffee UM HE WA PE BK MA BB Alain Delon CC GUB GR Alan Alda OL HE TO YW Alan Brownjohn DO GUB TO Alice Munro AN MA Alix Princess Napoleon SM BK BP Amy Pieters GUB OC Angela Lansbury UM LL Anna Karen PO YW BB Anne Parsons BK GR Antonio Inoki JR CC GC MS Avalon Young UM SM GC BP MA Ayman Al-Zawahiri AFB BP Bam Margera GUB Barbara Walters JR OL LL PE SM GC GUB OC AN GR BB MS Barry Humphries MA YW* Benjamin B. Ferencz JR GC GUB BK BP MA Bernard Cribbins GUB OC YW Bernie Ecclestone TO Bill Treacher UM PE PO OC YW BB Bill Turnbull AFB UM HE WA LL SM GUB BK PO OC BP AN GR MA Billy Connolly YW Billy Currie GC* Bob Barker AFB UM WA LL PE CC SM BK TO BP AN GR MA YW BB MS Bobby Caldwell JR OL PE CC GR MA Bobby Charlton OL UM HE WA LL GR MA Boris Pahor JR AFB OL HE WA PE* GUB* BK PO BP AN MA BB MS Brigitte Bardot TO AN Buzz Aldrin JR HE WA LL GUB AN MA YW C. W. McCall TO GR BB Carlos the Jackal GC César Luis Menotti PO MS Charles Taylor AFB OL HE Christina Applegate GUB Christos Sartzetakis JR AFB DO CC GR MS Clare Marx JR DO LL CC SM BK TO OC BP AN GR MS Cliff Richard YW Clint Eastwood UM YW Colin Jeavons GC TO Criscilla Anderson AFB Daniella Westbrook UM OC Dave Chappelle GC David Attenborough YW MS David Crosby JR UM David McCallum GUB Deborah James JR AFB* DO PE CC SM BK* OC* BP GR* YW MS Dennis hastert GC Derek Draper WA GUB YW Diana Armfield SM GC TO BP MS Dick Cheney JR PO BP AN Dick Van Dyke UM HE YW Doddie Weir JR WA OC YW BB Donald Trump OL Eddie Pears Stobart AFB BP GR Eileen Derbyshire UM PE YW Eva Marie Saint HE WA LL GUB BP BB MS Francisco Morales Bermúdez AFB HE WA PE CC BK BP GR MS Francoise Hardy JR DO UM HE WA LL CC GUB BK BP AN MA Frank Borman AFB TO Frank Field JR* AFB* OL* DO* UM* HE* WA* LL* PE* CC* SM* GUB* BK TO PO* OC* BP* AN* GR* MA* YW BB MS* Frankie Valli JR WA PE CC GC PO OC GR MA YW Fritz Pleitgen BK MS Gary Brooker JR TO PO Gene Hackman TO MA George Alagiah JR AFB* DO UM WA LL PE CC SM BK* PO* OC BP AN GR MA MS George Perez JR* AFB OL* DO* UM* HE WA LL* PE CC* SM* GUB BK TO PO* OC BP* AN* GR* MA YW MS* Gerard Way GC Gladys Knight YW Glynis Johns AFB OL DO UM HE WA LL PE GUB BK TO PO OC BB MS Gordon McQueen AFB SM GC* GUB TO OC GR YW Guido Gorgatti SM BP Gunther von Hagens WA Harry Belafonte JR HE LL PE CC GC GUB BK TO OC AN MA YW BB Harry Billinge GR Hazel McCallion LL BK AN BB* Hazel P. Chinery DO GR Henry Kissinger JR AFB UM HE* WA LL PE GUB BK PO BP AN BB MS Henry Thomas GC Jack Nicholson DO Jacqueline White SM BK Jake "The Snake" Roberts JR OL DO WA LL James Bolam PO YW James Earl Jones OL DO HE WA PE GUB AN James Galway OL GC James Lovelock JR OL HE WA PE CC GC BK PO BP YW BB* MS James Whale JR* AFB OL UM WA LL PE CC SM GUB BK PO OC BP AN YW BB MS Jan Svankmajer GUB Janey Godley WA SM OC MA Janis Paige UM HE PE GC Jeanette Lee AFB OL DO GC* TO* BP GR Jean-Louis Trintignant JR AFB OL DO UM WA LL PE SM GUB BK TO PO BP AN* GR MA* BB MS Jerry Lee Lewis JR* OL* DO UM HE WA* LL PE CC SM GC GUB BK OC AN GR MA YW* Jesse Jackson OL HE WA Jet Black JR GC TO YW Jim Hagedorn LL PE Jimmy Carter JR OL DO UM HE WA LL PE CC SM GUB BK TO* PO OC AN MA BB MS Jimmy Tarbuck GC TO Joanne Woodward JR OL UM HE LL GC BK TO PO OC AN BB MS Joe Biden OL HE Joe Exotic DO UM HE* GC PO BP MA Joe Kinnear PE SM BK OC GR John Ashton JR HE YW* John Savident TO PO BB John Williams OL PE GUB Johnny Ruffo DO OC BP AN GR MA Joyce Randolph UM HE PE GC PO GR Judy Parfitt PO Julian Assange OL YW Julie Goodyear PO OC June Brown OL DO UM HE LL CC GC GUB TO PO OC YW BB Kane Tanaka JR AFB OL HE* WA LL PE CC SM GUB BK TO PO OC* BP AN* GR BB MS Ken Bates GUB BB Khaleda Zia JR DO WA SM OC AN MA YW MS Kim Jong-Un GC King Juan Carlos Of Spain OL HE TO BB Kris Kristofferson JR LL PO Larry Pressler JR AFB OL HE LL PE CC SM GC BK AN GR MA YW MS Larry Storch HE PE AN GR BB Lata Mangeshkar JR AFB HE* WA PE* CC SM GUB PO OC BP GR BB MS Lech Walesa OL WA CC GUB TO YW Leslie Caron UM LL BB Leslie Phillips AFB DO HE WA LL PE CC GUB BK TO PO OC BP AN MA YW BB* MS Lester Piggott DO PE GC Linda Nolan AFB OL WA LL CC SM GC GUB BK PO OC AN YW MS Louise Tobin AFB BP Luke Halpin JR TO Lynne Reid Banks SM TO AN GR MA BB Macaulay Culkin OL Marsha Hunt AFB OL DO UM HE WA LL PE CC SM GC GUB BK PO BP AN MA BB MS Michael Jayston TO Micky Dolenz HE Milos Zeman JR AFB UM WA GUB PO OC AN YW BB MS Mohammed Al-Fayed HE PE TO GR MA MS Nathan Fillion GC Natty Wailer JR CC SM* AN GR MS Nehemiah Persoff AFB OL DO HE PE SM GUB BK OC BP BB MS Nichelle Nichols AFB DO WA LL CC TO PO MA BB Nigel Starmer-Smith JR AFB* OL DO HE WA LL PE CC GUB* BK TO PO OC BP* AN GR YW* BB MS Nightbirde JR AFB UM LL PE CC SM GC BK TO BP GR MA* MS Noam Chomsky JR OL LL CC TO PO AN GR MA BB Olivia Newton-John AFB OL UM WA LL GC BK PO OC BP GR Ozzy Osbourne JR PO YW Pelé JR* AFB OL* DO UM* HE* WA* LL* PE CC* SM BK* TO PO OC* BP AN GR MA* YW BB* MS Penelope Lively GC TO BB Peter Angelos AFB CC SM BP GR Peter Marshall DO Peter Max JR SM TO GR Petula Clark YW BB Phil Collins OL DO WA PO OC YW Phyllis Dalton UM SM MA Pope Benedict XVI AFB OL HE WA* LL PE CC SM GUB BK PO OC BP AN YW BB MS Princess Felicitas of Salm-Horstmar SM BK Queen Elizabeth II OL DO HE SM BK OC Ralph Nader DO UM GC* Ray Anthony JR HE PE CC BK BP AN MS Ray Reardon AFB PE CC TO PO GR YW Rene Clemencic GUB GR Richard Franklin PE YW BB MS Rob Burrow AFB DO UM WA PE CC GUB PO OC AN YW BB MS Rolf Harris DO LL GC* OC Rolf Schimpf BK Ron Baynham SM Ro-Ro GC Rosalynn Carter JR DO UM HE WA LL CC SM BK TO OC AN BB MS Rose West OL CC PO Rosie Gaines GC Roy Clarke GC Rupert Murdoch DO GC Russell M. Nelson HE Sacheen Littlefeather OL DO LL PE SM* BP AN GR MA BB Shannen Doherty AFB OL* UM* HE WA LL CC BK PO OC BP AN MA YW MS Shintaro Tsuji JR CC GUB Shirley Bassey UM Sidney Cooke AFB PE SM GC TO AN Soeur Andre AFB DO* TO BP GR MS Stanley Baxter DO UM HE GC GUB YW BB Stephen Pearcy AFB AN Steve Gleason AFB CC BP MA Susie Steiner AFB OL DO* UM LL PE* CC* SM GUB* BK* TO* PO* OC* BP AN* GR* MA BB* MS* Ted Kaczynski JR AFB OL UM HE WA LL SM BK TO OC AN MA BB Teri Garr LL MA Thelma Houston GC* Tim Bilton AFB OL DO CC SM GC PO OC MA Tom Baker UM Tom Osmond BB Tom Parker OL DO UM* WA PE CC PO OC BP AN MA Tom Smith AFB OL DO UM HE WA CC SM BK TO PO OC BP AN MA BB Tom Weiskopf JR AFB OL DO UM WA LL PE CC* SM TO PO OC AN GR MA YW MS* Tommy Steele GC TO Tony Bennett UM HE WA LL SM BK OC AN GR YW Tori Black UM Val Kilmer OL GC MA Vic Seixas JR DO CC BK BP GR MA MS Vicky Phelan JR AFB OL DO UM LL PE* CC SM GUB* BK* TO PO* OC BP GR* MA* YW* MS* Violeta Chamorro DO WA CC GUB BP MA BB MS Vivian Campbell GC* William Daniels HE Willy T. Ribbs GC GUB Woody Allen UM GC Ysanne Churchman SM GUB GR BB Zhu Rongji SM GUB