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Nanjing Massacre - 34 left as Gao Ruqin reportedly dead aged 90: https://x.com/NanjingMemorial/status/1793600308733706554

23/5/24 25 The Wombles - Remember You’re a Womble +4 24 R Dean Taylor - There’s A Ghost in My House 24 The Drifters - There Goes My First Love 24 Bay City Rollers - Summerlove Sensation 24 Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony - The Hustle 24 Lulu - The Man Who Sold the World 21 Kenny - The Bump 20 Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run 20 Cozy Powell - Dance With the Devil 20 Hot Chocolate - Emma 20 Slade - Everyday 20 Paper Lace - The Night Chicago Died 20 Slade - Bangin’ Man 20 Johnny Bristol - Hang On In There Baby 20 The Rubettes - Juke Box Jive 20 Mud - The Secrets That You Keep 20 Fox - Only You Can 20 The Moments and Whatnauts - Girls 20 Peter Shelley - Love Me Love My Dog 20 The Stylistics - Sing Baby Sing 20 Smokie - If You Think You Know How to Love Me 14 Bay City Rollers - Money Honey 14 Peters and Lee - Don’t Stay Away Too Long -6 10 Mac and Katie Kissoon - Sugar Candy Kisses Stop the clock! That looks about right...

If the Tories had a policy in their manifesto to kill the first male-born child in every household, the Telegraph would still back them.

So I'll just sum up my first impressions. Sunak - your dorky cousin who thinks he is cool at public speaking and thinks his opinions are your opinions. Starmer - your aunt who misses your birthday every year because the price of everything is going up and she can't afford even a card. Davey - your dad who keeps banging on about the death of your granny from cancer and who would be quite happy to settle for a quiet life if everything wasn't so rigged against him. Swinney - a distant uncle who tells you what is totally wrong with your family and how hard he works to stop his family from being like yours. Tice - your old racist great-grandfather who keeps going down to the beach with his telescope and still believes we are at war with the French.

Johnny Rep was mentioned on Dutch TV yesterday. A TV presenter made a song about Rep and then a former football commentator (known for the commentary of this Bergkamp goal) mentioned Rep is "currently not in the best phase in his life and hasn't been for a while". All the money the song makes will go to Rep, too. And a yearly local cycling event that bears his name has announced there won't be a 2024 edition, instead focusing their attention on the 2025 edition.

He even misspelled it as the link clearly shows his name as "Bastiaan Poortenaar". On a completely unrelated note, as a Dutchman I never heard of him either before I opened this thread.

@Toast's favourite with an absolute belter

IIRC the middle group of the 70's No.1s was a struggle. This is why punk had to happen

Vain over Silver Machine is unfathomable to me but 4/5 good'uns there so can't be too pissed off.

23 May 52 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes +4 49 America - A Horse With No Name 41 David Bowie — Life on Mars? 37 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash 23 Carly Simon - You’re So Vain -1 00 David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday -5

May 23rd 49 America - A Horse With No Name 48 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 44 David Bowie — Life on Mars? 33 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash 24 Carly Simon - You’re So Vain +4 08 David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday -1 00 Hawkwind — Silver Machine -5

Once finally convinced that "The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent full of doubt" (Bertrand Russell, not me sadly) is actually bloody true and you'll be fine. Took me a while to believe it and I'm not completely daft, though no longer anywhere near school age.

Not even 24 hours and caught out already

Think of a number... 86. Johnny Ball is 86 today.

I missed this perfectly timed Dent daily etymology yesterday:

Ken Jennings is 50.

24 The Drifters - There Goes My First Love 24 Bay City Rollers - Summerlove Sensation 24 Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony - The Hustle +1 24 Lulu - The Man Who Sold the World +3 21 The Wombles - Remember You’re a Womble 21 Kenny - The Bump 20 Cozy Powell - Dance With the Devil 20 Hot Chocolate - Emma 20 Slade - Everyday 20 Peters and Lee - Don’t Stay Away Too Long 20 Paper Lace - The Night Chicago Died 20 R. Dean Taylor - There’s a Ghost in My House 20 Slade - Bangin’ Man 20 Johnny Bristol - Hang On In There Baby 20 The Rubettes - Juke Box Jive 20 Mud - The Secrets That You Keep 20 Fox - Only You Can 20 The Moments and Whatnauts - Girls 20 Peter Shelley - Love Me Love My Dog 20 The Stylistics - Sing Baby Sing 20 Smokie - If You Think You Know How to Love Me 20 Bay City Rollers - Money Honey 16 Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run 16 Mac and Katie Kissoon - Sugar Candy Kisses -4 00 Gary Glitter - I'd rather not remember you at all -2

May 23rd 49 America - A Horse With No Name +4 48 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 44 David Bowie — Life on Mars? 33 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash 20 Carly Simon - You’re So Vain 09 David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday 05 Hawkwind — Silver Machine -6

Shocked shitless he never got an obituary from any media site since they were a big deal over here in the US in the 80s. Sort of like when Colton Coffie singer of Cops theme song “Bad Boys” was never reported.

Already up to No.9 on iTunes!

Gosh, what is she thinking? At 88 she should be zooming around. Lazy old bat.