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On the other hand, the ten most fecked according to the views of our collective: 1. John McCain 6 2. Leah Bracknell 13 3. Nobby Stiles 21 =4. Charlotte Rae 23 =4. Stefan Karl Stefansson 23 6. Marieke Vervoort 24 7. Tessa Jowell 28 8. Fernando Ricksen 30 9. Greg Gilbert 39 10. Rev Billy Graham 43 Add one more decrepit name and its not a bad DL Cup team.

I actually had a weird dream last night. On the news there was an article about a boat belonging to Mick Jagger being blown up whilst participating in the race. Then it cut to pages of the Deathlist where @charon has boasted on the forum that 'something' was going to happen to Mick Jagger's boat.

I feel euthanasia shouldn't count for unnatural points in the same way executions don't (although someone has to be sentenced and executed in the same year to get points to begin with!), with that sense of being a "legal" death even if the means are technically unnatural. I'll admit the unnatural bonus wasn't even on my mind when I jokered Vervoort; I just figured she'd make the Drop 40 and be more certain to go than any other 13 pointer!

Robert Parry at 68, famous for fucking Olly North in his big fat Nazi arse. Did the CIA assassination manual leek, and the contra/CIA drugs to america stories. http://www.startribune.com/investigative-journalist-robert-parry-dies-at-68/471569844/

Pm LFN, he posts on there.

Always impressive to see you drift backwards and forwards from Mr Nice Guy to Mr Cunt them back again.

No, the deadline for this game has always been end of the month before a round. So you're in the February games, you've got till midnight on the 31st January.

His dementia diagnosis was confirmed by the Danish Royal Palace spokesperson last year so no longer rumour.

Ah the conversation I was looking for on 2nd January has finally happened It's lucky dead pooling is just for fun so we can all just accept whatever Spade decides with good grace because otherwise this could be going through the law courts for years!

And now, the very first leaderboard. I did say that the bonuses are hidden, but if the participants remember from last year, there were some bonuses. First things first, almost everyone will receive 1 point for their public team reveal. The only two teams that PM'd their team to me, msc and Phantom of the Midway, will receive zilch. Next, if you didn't completely fill up the subs bench, you'll gain a point for each emptied spot. Subs that already have been in used or subs that are repeats of main team members do not count. Only The Dead Cow started with a completely empty subs bench, but since Kamprad went before the start, he lost one of his points. Still, he is currently in the lead. As for other people, leaving two subs open seems to be a popular choice to some, and because of that, Book, Gooseberry Crumble, Pedro67, Toast, and Torva Messor will receive two points. On the other hand, if you read the team list, you'll notice that msc still had eight subs remaining, and he started with ten. Because he went over the five subs, which is clearly in the rules, I will be docking him 1 point for each extra sub. However, instead of him losing five points, I'll only take the three that is currently shown in the team masterlist because I feel kind. I won't necessarily be so nice to the next person who does this (hopefully no one else does this again). Finally, a new bonus that I'm trying out, I'm going to give a point to the person who posted their team first and last. I have excluded my self for this so I'm at a disadvantage, so the winners of the first and last bonus point is FixedBusiness and CastAway. Here are the scores! 1st - The Dead Cow - 5 points 2nd= - Book - 3 points 2nd= - Gooseberry Crumble - 3 points 2nd= - Pedro67 - 3 points 2nd= - Toast - 3 points 2nd= - Torva Messor - 3 points 7th= - CastAway - 2 points 7th= - FixedBusiness - 2 points 9th= - Bibliogryphon - 1 point 9th= - CaptainChorizo - 1 point 9th= - Death Impends - 1 point 9th= - drol - 1 point 9th= - Heef - 1 point 9th= - Joey Russ - 1 point 9th= - Unknown Man - 1 point 9th= - YoungWilz - 1 point 17th - Phantom of the Midway 0 points 18th - Msc - negative 3 points

Saw him on a talk show not long ago. He’s still doing pretty good it seems. He’s performing live in Vegas in April. I mean at his age anything can happen but not one I would really bank on. http://www.wynnlasvegas.com/Entertainment/MelBrooks

During Jimmy Carter's Sunday School on January 7th, he mentions his son getting him a motorized scooter for Christmas. Supposedly he suffered a fall and showed up to church with a cast on one of his hands.

Someone might have got a sneaky unique joker on that TV personality who did the shoplifting and did for herself. Isobel Barnett?

Goran Nicklassen deid at 75, played for Sweden in 70 WC. Links only in Swedish.

Diane Bishop is another LotLer for the above round up.

I've submitted to get it out of the way - it was starting to ruin my life!!

Another hit was Graeme Langlands on January 20th. He got Guardian and Mail obits.

Yeah - I'm finding it much harder to press send on my team this year. Last year I struggled to cobble together 11 names - this year I've got a squad of 32 and that's making it more difficult - a lot of the ones who haven't made my selection I know will be in other teams and could easily die - so much agonising over 'just a bit of fun'.

Euthanasia is an unnatural death.

But, they know we love them, right?

STATS AND FACTS Not only is every name picked by at least one participant, but no one has been unanimously picked - just like how paddyfool's randomly generated team was the only one to have Bracknell and Vervoort, it was also the only one to exclude Queen Elizabeth II. Every death will thus cause help and harm for teams, although there's certainly a chasm between the potential impacts of Leah Bracknell and Paul Gascoigne! Using the cumulative point totals of each pick, the people's choice to survive the Inverse Dead Pool is as follows. The Donald tops the list, unsurprising considering among the 50 names he's the youngest teetotaler with no terminal diseases (unless you count narcissism as one). Who knew Dick Van Dyke was Satan? 1. Donald Trump 747 2. Queen Elizabeth II 713 3. Paul Gascoigne 707 4. Dick Van Dyke 666 5. Angela Lansbury 581 6. Betty White 549 7. Jimmy Carter 466 8. Terry Jones 432 9. Henry Kissinger 416 10. Doris Day 404 11. Aretha Franklin 386 12. Little Richard 365 13. Olivia Newton-John 363 14. Val Kilmer 344 15. Stan Lee 333 16. Stephen Hawking 323 17. Bob Barker 292 18. Prunella Scales 271 19. Prince Philip 267 20. Robert Mugabe 266 21. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI 241 22. Olivia de Havilland 215 23. Vera Lynn 214 24. Valerie Harper 196 25. Linda Nolan 191 In the grand tradition of Seve, Aherne, and Chuck Berry, which of the above will turn out to be landmines? On the other hand, the ten most fecked according to the views of our collective: 1. John McCain 6 2. Leah Bracknell 13 3. Nobby Stiles 21 =4. Charlotte Rae 23 =4. Stefan Karl Stefansson 23 6. Marieke Vervoort 24 7. Tessa Jowell 28 8. Fernando Ricksen 30 9. Greg Gilbert 39 10. Rev Billy Graham 43

You are correct. My observational powers ARE shit. One time when I was a teenager, a friend of my dad’s pulled over in a car and leant across her passenger to call through the open window ‘do you want a lift home?’. ‘No thanks’ I said and went to carry on my merry way when her passenger said ‘get in you tit’ - the passenger was MY DAD and the car was MY DAD’S and I had not noticed

It's my turn to piss Sir Creep, I think: Kirk Douglas: at 102, having suffered a heart attack 20 years ago and being a legend of DL, death can not be far away. He has a good chance to die, I say 63% Leah Bracknell: She cheated Death last year. Can't do the same again. 98% Herman Wouk: Wheelchair bound, 103, nasal cannula. Whiìy is he still here? 85% Olivia de Havilland: perfect health. Sharp and active. Forget her for 2018, bad pick. 15% Prince Philip: He's had some health issues, infections, heart problems but seems to be OK nowadays. Not more than 35% Billy Graham: Unbelievable he is still here. He's had Parkinson's for 26 years! 89% Betty White: No, forget her. Bad pick. 15% John McCain: He seems a dead cert, not like Bracknell, but near. 90% Linda Nolan: Yes, she has metastatic cancer and all, but she is not in immediate danger. I'd say 65% Lord Carrington: Perfect health. Bad pick. 26% Javier Perez de Cuellar: Frail and wheelchair bound. Almost surely his year. 79% Pierre Cardin: Good health and still active. Bad pick. 30% Stan Lee: No danger for him, forget him again. Bad Pick. 24% Stirling Moss. Has spent months in hospital with infection. Great pick. 88% Tessa Jowell: Glioblastoma. Almost no chances of seeing 2019. 96% Doris Day: Sharp as a tick and healthy. Bad pick. 32% Bob Dole: Pressure problems and heart disease make him a good candidate. 63% Bob Barker: Great shape and The National Enquirer just gave him another 10 years to live. Bad pick. 31% Prunella Scales: How the hell? She is still in early stages of Alzheimer's and relatively young. No Wayyyyyyy. Bad bad pick. 20% Jimmy Carter: He has beat cancer. Seems to be ok. 38% Leslie Phillips: Multiple strokes and seizures, wheelchair bound, prone to pneumonia. It's your year, Leslie. 86% Jill Gascoine: Late stages of Alzheimer's. Has good possibilities indeed. 76% Vera Lynn: Forget her. 21% Robert Mugabe: No No No. Bad pick.15% George Bush Snr.: pneumonia and Parkinson's. He's hard, but it could be his year, finally. 82% Charles Aznavour: AAARGH! Still performing reguarly, great health physical and mental. BAD BAD BAD PICK. 12% Henry Kissinger: No health issues, only old. 31% Honor Blackman: AGAAAAAIIIN! BAD BAD Pick. 15% Barbara Bush: She does not look so terrible. I think she still has some years to live. 41% Dick van Dyke: Performing everywhere at 92! BAAAAD Pick. 12% Stanley Baxter: No news of him for a long time. Seems ominous. 68% Valery Giscard d'Estaing: Active, healthy, sharp. Why the hell did you pick him? Bad pick. 21% Mel Brooks: Still out and about, death is very far. Bad bad pick. 14% Benedict XVI: Bla bla. Too early. 28% Neil Simon: Advanced Alzheimer's will make it. Great pick. 72% June Brown: Old and random. 37% Hosni Mubarak: Sorry, but this fraudster will go on for year. Wasted spot. 12% Sean Connery: He looks great and has no health issues. Forget him. Bad pick. 22% Louis Farrakhan: We all want to see him dead, but he appears to be in great shape. Bad pick. 23% Denis Norden: Blind and retired. The end is near. 88% Ian St. John: Picked over Nobby Stiles! Bad pick. 23% Jimmy Greaves: Yes, strokes, cancer, bla bla. 58% Valerie Harper: Cancer will get her, but not a cert for 2018. 55% Clive James: Finally his year, certainly. 89% Stephen Hawking: He is a robot ad robot do not die. 33% Ronnie Wood: Worst. Pick. Ever. 5% Olivia Newton-John: Metastatic cancer, but I do not think she will die. Let's say 65% Joni Mitchell: Stroke and frail, but the decline seems to be more mental (Morgellons) than physical. 44% Paul Gascoigne: Oh, guys, why? Bad bad bad bad pick. 6% Mark E. Smith: he has some problems. What we do not know, but that's enough. 61% Overall normal list. 13 Hits seems legit.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/13/you-are-the-light-philippines-duterte-sings-love-song-for-trump In case anyone missed it, that was a love song from Duterte to Trump

Apparently for 1 out of 8 of you Brits, going out to see a COW for the first time in your life. What the hell is wrong with you people? SC