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remember when these same people wouldnt wear masks because they werent "sheep"? what happened to all of that?

I didn’t forget this pool (nor the obits to come for Raphael Geminiani and Roland Dumas in the French deathlist and the Last sweepstake) but I’m having a rough time mentally these past few weeks and I just couldn’t find the time to post on here recently. That said, I’ll update the scoresheet and others in the week end ! Sorry for the delay… Please, if you can, check your master list on front page and report any hit that I would have missed, it would be easier that way for me

Tremendous stuff

wannamaker strikes back with a unique hit of his own just around half-time. Simon Boas was the executive director of the Jersey Overseas Aid. Admittedly not the biggest claim to fame, but I had accepted him in the previous round already because a look at their website (https://joa.je/) convinced me that this was an official enough position to count. You can see, Jersey even has their own web domain, so it's like a ministry of foreign aid, only for tiny, semi-independent Jersey. Now, Simon Boas had already worked in humanitarian aid before although these earlier positions alone would not have qualified him. Plus, he wrote the obligatory cancer blog that will be turned into a book later in the year. Through some strange momentum, his illness was covered quite extensively in the past weeks. After all, he had friends in high places. He died shortly before meeting King Charles, and received all the obligatory obits, from BBC to Daily Mail. wannamaker takes the lead because Simon Boas died at 47, while Jane McAlevey died at 59. wannamaker 4-4 max_bossetti

If she was any thicker, she'd set.

Pat Williams dead at 84.

The Dictionary Deadpool Returns Welcome back to the Dictionary Deadpool (The Squeakquel), a few things have been tweaked since last time so make sure to read the rules. Each participant must pick a 10 letter word reasonably valid in the Oxford English Dictionary and then for each letter of the word choose a ‘celebrity’ who’s first or last name matches with the corresponding letter (similar to the ABC deadpool). If your chosen word includes the same letter more than once, please choose different ‘celebrities' for each. Example - Strawberry Simon Cowell Terry Gilliam Ryan Reynolds Alan Alda William Shatner Barlow, Thelma Ewards, Huw Roberts, Eric Roberts, Julia Yuri Oganessian Scoring - Each death will be scored based on the value of the letter in the English language Scrabble so in the example above Thelma Barlow would be worth 3 points as B is worth 3 in Scrabble. There's no difference in points whether first or last name is used, however Alliterative Names, such as Alan Alda, will score double points. Unique picks are worth an extra point. Unique & Alliterative picks are worth triple points. General Rules - Entries close at midday (BST) August 4th and must be sent by private message. Usual deadpooling rules apply (have to be reasonably famous, no death row picks etc…). Make sure to clarify who you’ve chosen if necessary or else the first google result for that name will be used. No need to pick subs, if one of your picks dies in the next week I'll PM you to ask for a replacement. I’m not particularly fussed about obituaries just as long as there’s enough proof to say they’re dead, so feel free to pick as many famous Mongolian sheep farmers as you want. Posting in the thread that your chosen celebrity has died is greatly encouraged, however at the end of the game I will check to ensure no-one has been missed from the scoreboard. In the case of a tie, the team with the most unique picks wins, if it’s still a tie after that the winners can either choose to share the victory or agree to meet in real life and fight it out. Duplicate words are not allowed so if 2 players submit teams with the same word, it’ll be first come first serve and the second player will have to change their entry. A bonus point will be awarded at the start of the game to the player who, in my opinion, has chosen the most interesting word. The game will end one year after starting (August 4th 2025). Thank you for playing.

You have no need to apologise, take all the time you need to recover from your tough time. That's the priority.

Fresia Saavedra dead at 90.

Cults. The lot of them.

He's the one person who makes Biden look young.

Maybe they should replace him with Jimmy Carter. He seems to be in good health.

Trump has reportedly phoned Biden to suggest a bleach injection will do the trick.

No worries, take as much time as you need and I hope that things get or are getting better got you.

Hey, that could be Mike Lindell's next gig.

I think your predictive text is playing up.

'Republicans wear bandages in solidarity with Trump' One can only presume that if the assassination succeeded these guys would have all had themselves shot in 'solidarity'.

It's been confirmed over the last couple of days that Boogie was lying about having cancer.

Dion DiMucci is 85.

Ideal DL candidate to drop in 2025 and bring back in 2026

Has tested positive for Covid-19.

She's very much the Nadine Dorries of the US, isn't she?

Ordered that pillow from Temu, did he?

Hard to believe this topic started January 8th!!! Some very tough candidates this year.