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Like me he probably enjoyed the process of getting fat. A life well lived.

An unfinished poem on the Tory parliamentary trajectory (by sillytees on Twitter, shared on Threads). His bit only goes to 71 and the Tory majority is now down to 55 so feel free to add your own verses One Tory Majority Of 80, more than fine One got his willy out Which left them 79 A 79 majority Is really jolly great One was caught groping men And now it’s 78 78 more seats than you We’re in political heaven Then one blew a 15-year-old The maj. is 77 77 Tories Up to their usual tricks Taking cash for questions It’s down to 76 76 old Tories Some barely still alive 1 watched porn in the chamber They’re left with 75 75 Right Wingers One can take it no more Quit before he’s suspended There’s only 74 A 74 majority As safe as one could be 3 women make the same complaint It drops to 73 73 Elected Tories All decent through and through An intern gets sent filthy texts There’s only 72 72 Blue MPS It should be 71 Cos one of ‘em’s accused of rape, But we’ve not been told which one

Ewen MacIntosh, who appeared in the Office has died aged 50. The Sun

Denial.

Abdul Taib Mahmud dead at 87.

Dave Libert of The Happenings reportedly dead: https://bestclassicbands.com/david-libert-obituary-happenings-alice-cooper-2-20-24/

Harald V, the King of Norway since 1991, is 87 today.

Under "weaknesses" you've put "dead" RIP big man

Anfinn Kallsberg, former Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (1998-2004) has died aged 76.

Historians will remember this day as the turning point in Gaza vs Israel

I’m 27.

My first shadow list was in 2017. Pru was on that. Never dropped her.

Latest update "Despite being impeccably dressed in heels and with manicured nails, Pru is noticeably frail and needs help to walk. Her fading hearing, even with a couple of aids in – she describes them as her ‘ears’ – means she struggles to follow conversation. But she now also has the detached, unfocused air of someone who has progressed to the more advanced stages of vascular dementia."

He should be freed immediately, the public has the right to know everything and anything our elected politicians get up to in their working lives, Julian Assange is a hero, a true beacon for the free press we deserve

21/2/24 06:40 hrs 33 Electric Six — Danger! High Voltage -6 33 Rachel Stevens — Sweet Dreams My L.A. Ex 32 Coldplay — In My Place 31 Busted — Year 3000 30 Benny Benassi PTS The Biz — Satisfaction 30 Mis-Teeq — Scandalous 30 Justin Timberlake — Cry Me A River 29 X-Press 2 ft. David Byrne — Lazy 28 S Club 7 — You 28 Dido — WhiteFlag +4 28 Lumidee — Never Leave You 27 Kylie Minogue — Love At First Sight 27 The Black Eyed Peas — Shut Up 26 Oasis — Stop Crying Your Heart Out 26 Justin Timberlake — Rock Your Body 26 The Darkness — I Believe In A Thing Called Love 25 Blazin’ Squad — Flip Reverse 24 S Club — Say Goodbye / Love Ain’t Gonna Wait For You 23 Girls Aloud — Jump 23 Puretone — Addicted To Bass 23 Liberty X — Got To Have Your Love 22 Dannii Minogue — I Begin To Wonder 21 Scooter — The Logical Song 21 Kevin Lyttle — Turn Me On 21 Pink — Get The Party Started 21 A1 — Caught In The Middle 21 Ultrabeat — Pretty Green Eyes 21 Oasis — Little By Little / She Is Love 20 Holly Valance — Down Boy 20 Atomic Kitten — The Last Goodbye / Be With You 20 Kelly Rowland — Stole 20 Jennifer Lopez ft. LL Cool J — All I Have 20 Lisa Maffia — All Over 19 Girls Aloud — No Good Advice 19 The Darkness — Don’t Let The Bells End 18 DJ Sammy — The Boys Of Summer 18 Appleton — Fantasy 17 Will Young — Don’t Let Me Down / You And I 17 Madonna — Hollywood 17 Sinéad Quinn — I Can’t Break Down 16 Shakira — Whenever, Wherever 14 Red Hot Chili Peppers — By The Way 14 No Doubt — Hey Baby 14 Big Brovaz — Favourite Things 13 Justin Timberlake — Like I Love You 12 Lemar — Dance (With U) 10 Britney Spears ft. Madonna — Me Against The Music

Your mate has a 13 inch cock? (joke, obvs)

THE CURSE OF THE SLOPPILY MADE 2009 MUSIC VIDEO FOR CHRIS REA'S "DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS" Kristian Digby - died aged 32 Lionel Blair - died aged 92 David Coleman - died aged 87 Jimmy Greaves - died aged 81 Ewan MacIntosh - died aged 50 Ian St John - died aged 82

Rest in cum LOL

Piggybacking on this comment because german magazine Der Spiegel writes about him: https://www.spiegel.de/gesundheit/diagnose/progerie-krankheit-hutchinson-gilford-syndrom-sammy-basso-ist-der-aelteste-junge-mann-der-welt-a-a61447ac-b786-46b0-b946-7df1d3cff68f I think I'd allow him in my pools, too. In Death By Numbers at least because of his status as "Oldest Person" of something, and the Cup because of his activism. He hasnt got a Wikipedia page yet, but I think he will, like a few others with that disease. But then his age with this disease is extremely high, like Stephen Hawking's 30+ years with ALS. So maybe death within the next 12 months isn't necessarily to be expected.

Here we go... Political git, Kate Garraway squeeze, and COVID hanger-on Derek Draper was the token name to be super ill at the last minute and then make an early exit. As it was due to a massive heart attack rather than end stage cancer, he was more of a gamble than Gary Burgess or Gianluca Vialli, but most of his pickers went high with some variance. Also, extra .19 points as his death was COVID complications, even for his sub picker, because why not. BabyBlue, Banana, Perhaps, Sean, Torva Messor, YorkshireBanker 50.19 points. drol and theoldlady 45.19. Book and Imelda 40.19. ladyfiona and Pedro67 35.19. Captain Hemlock and Thatcher 30.19. Funeralopolis 25.19. Prophet 20.19. Hell 10.19 The Unknown Man 5.19. John Key sub 25.19. Five votes for Glynis Johns! The beloved Mary Poppins mum also had panto on her CV. chilean way and diego get 49 points (35 base + 14 bonus), Grimgrass and livingbygrace 42 (30 + 12), and markb4 35 (25 + 10). And the DeathList hit trio was rounded off with football legend Franz Beckenbauer. Der Kaiser ushers in a reign for Imelda of 21 points (15 base + 6 bonus), alongside Grimgrass hitting the first sub for 25 points. Another name who was circling the drain around New Year's was director/Kate Beckinsdale stepdad Roy Battersby. Like Beckenbauer, he was unique by virtue of being only on one main team, despite being another team's sub. RadGuy is the big winner with 56 points (40 base + 16 bonus) while Thatcher also moves onward with 25 sub points. As the last surviving cast member of the earliest non-Lucy US sitcom to still have a pop cultural footprint, Honeymooner Joyce Randolph had been a great WTF still alive deadpooling pick for ages. She went bang, zoom, straight to two subs benches - MariNisia and markb4 pow 25 points. We go from a 50s sitcom star to a YouTube star. Deadpooling really gets around sometimes. Snake-hassler Brian Barczyk slithers four teams up the scoreboard - Perhaps by 35, DevonDeathTrip 30, Banana and gcreptile 25. Venerated film director Norman Jewison wasn't terribly popular in deadpooling for a 97-year old of his stature, perhaps in part due to many assessing him a likely centenarian. I mean, he was a Norman - Lear made 101, Lloyd made 106, Tebbit is currently 666. One team that defied the norms was markb4, who accrues 21 points (15 base + 6 bonus). Sometimes, the celebrity death who defines the year happens very early on. Take Bowie, for instance. Indeed, even if tomorrow we lost Jimmy Carter, Pope Francis, and King Charles, we'd still remember 2024 as the year where legendary councillor Jason Smith died. Curiously, all he got was local BBC press, but it was all that was needed for HPDP pointery. Banana gains 45 points, Book, maryportfuncity, and Perhaps 35, and An Fear Beag and gcreptile 30. Footballer Stuart Gray was another of the DDP canon to leave early. The cholangiocarcinoma-afflicted full-back found himself on 6 HPDP teams, gaining Etushispushingupdaisies 50 points, wannamaker 40, Banana and justonecornetto 30, Perhaps 20, and msc 10. The last of this jam-packed January was popular Broadway actress Chita Rivera. She was on the subs bench of MalePoster, who dances to the tune of 25 points. And phew, the January scoreboard. Everpresent Banana takes an early lead with Perhaps nipping at his heels, but it's still very early days. 1. Banana 150 2. Perhaps 140.19 3. markb4 81 4. Book 75.19 5. Grimgrass 67 6. Imelda 61.19 7. RadGuy 56 8. gcreptile 55.47 9. Thatcher 55.19 =10. BabyBlue 50.19 =10. Sean 50.19 =10. Torva Messor 50.19 =10. YorkshireBanker 50.19 14. Etushispushingupdaisies 50 =15. chilean way 49 =15. diego 49 =17. drol 45.19 =17. theoldlady 45.19 19. livingbygrace 42 20. wannamaker 40 =21. ladyfiona 35.19 =21. Pedro67 35.19 23. maryportfuncity 35 24. Captain Hemlock 30.19 =25. An Fear Beag 30 =25. DevonDeathTrip 30 =25. justonecornetto 30 =28. Funeralopolis 25.19 =28. John Key 25.19 =30. MalePoster 25 =30. MariNisia 25 32. Prophet 20.19 33. Hell 10.19 34. msc 10 35. The Unknown Man 5.19 36. DeathByArsenic 0.98 37. CaptainChorizo 0.84 =38. Everyone else 0

My gut told me to pick him but looking up his condition suggested he could well have lasted several years longer. He did worse than all the statistics for his condition would have suggested.

SUCH a good pick, you just give it away two weeks before DDP teams are due. Yeah right.

FIFA (maybe intentionally) painted themselves into a corner by having the 2026 tournament hosted in North America, and the 2030 tournament jointly held in South America, Africa and Europe, meaning all those continents were disqualified from the 2034 edition. That left only Asia and Oceania, and when Australia withdrew their bid (I wonder why ) the Saudis, who were backed by the AFC, had no competition.

Another QI panellist bites the dust.