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For fuck sake @WEP - he died on October 26 1993 - pushing on 29 years ago . That must be a record for this pool. In your defence, I googled the name at the start of the year and didn't pick up that he was dead. It looks like his Wiki page, which links to the article you posted, may only have been created this January, so there are some mitigating factors. Even so, that is a pretty spectacular level of incompetent picking. I had an idea last year that I was going to introduce a penalty for picks that died before the start of the competition: -1 for every day before the deadline they died. In the end I decided against it, as I felt it would encourage players to submit their team at the very last minute. Just as well for you that I didn't introduce the rule- Nguyen Dich Dung would have earned you minus 10,298 points . I will definitely give strong consideration to bringing the rule in next year. As these is no statute of limitations on subs in this game, Johnny Ruffo joins your team.

He’s even done a Q&A! Erm, for his 2 other members. Aww, that last one is really sad. Really thought they could make a go of things. Shame. Be sure to check out the Heartache Club thread, Zorders.

Everyone's favourite reverend, Richard Coles, is 60 today

Writer Alex comfort died 22 years ago today, aged 80. He's most famously remembered for his 1972 book, The Joy of Sex.

Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, who proposed the idea for the guillotine, died on this day 208 years ago, aged 75. Contrary to popular belief, he was not executed by the invention he inspired (nor did he actually invent the guillotine)- he died of a bacterial infection.

American cult leader Marshall Applewhite died on this day 25 years ago, aged 65.

Nnnnno actually, you called me a socialist. It’s all well and good you have your opinions on Covid, but there’s demonstrably no support for it here, which tells me the only reason why you persist and share this drivel is because you want to wind people up/seek attention. Prick.

And my fav. actress Keira Knightley is 37 today

Jennifer Grey is 62 today

Martin Short is 72 today

Diana Ross is 78 today

Vicki Lawrence is 73 today

Alan Arkin is 88 today

American lawyer and Jurist Sandra Day O’Connor is 92 today American lawyer and politician, 60th speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi is 82 today American computer scientist and businessman, co-founder of Google Larry Page is 49 today

Was on tour, wonder if he OD'd. I'm not too keen on FF but he did a nice job completing Dennis Wilson's Holy Man. Dennis died an untimely death too, of course.

Taylor Hawkins of the Foo Fighters dead:

Italian film director and screenwriter Tinto Brass celebrates his 89th birthday today.

I expect I would have facepalmed too if I didn't have him on ignore.

We absolutely do. Now cunt off.

Attacks Western “cancel culture”, uses JK R*wling as an example. He’s attempting to cancel Ukrainian independence by invading them, but yeah, it’s the West who have problems because we’re calling a transphobic cunt a transphobic cunt. More evidence of genuine insanity.

Tony Nash, British bobsledder who won Gold at the 1964 Innsbruck Olympics in the two-man bobsleigh, has died aged 86.

Alejandro Quiroz, Mexico's oldest living Olympian, passed away on January 10, 2022 at the age of 101 due to Covid. https://www.facebook.com/145364012824690/posts/922600798434337/

Who knows how many more he'll outlive before someone finds that portrait in the attic?

Foo fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins has died

Holy shit, business just picked up!