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Harry walked across a minefield once crossed for publicity purposes by his mum. Fair enough - but...wouldn't he make a bigger point if the took a ride around Paris in the backseat of a Merc with a drunk guy at the wheel and got out of that alive? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49849848

Would I be correct then in assuming that Edward did not get involved in naming the trucks? I don't think I have ever seen any named 'Ccccccarollllinnne Rrrrrrose' or the like.

9 deaths from 9 months is pretty respectable, certainly.

To be fair - the Stobarts only half did that Everyone knew Eddie (the founder of the company who basically serviced agricultural machinery and had trucks as part of the business) as Father Eddie and since this is Cumbria we're talking about it being pronounced as "fah-thur" Eddie His son was always known as Edward and it was Edward who started hiring out the family trucks when they weren't in use and ended up running the biggest independent haulier in the UK. Both sons - Edward and William - were conspicious under-achievers at school and Edward's success is further to be respected because when he started he was obliged to take most of his business bookings by phone and that was a challenge because he had a stammer. Owt else yiz wannur knur?

I remember the fake news calling the French cowards and taking the piss out of Chirac at that time. History will speak fondly of him, same won't be said about the evil twats Blair and Bush.

Don't worry, when Jeremy gets a 160 seat majority in the November election, there wont be another election till 2024! (Notes for any passing Seans - not a serious prediction. )

A discussion kicked off on the Ginger Baker thread about recent music being shite (not all of us agree). Just a suggestion, like, but sometime around Christmas we should hijack this thread for album of the year suggestions I happen to know that a fashionably cultish radio show (okay one with not many listeners) has a long-list including 2019 albums by Bat for Lashes, Baba Maal, Black Belt Eagle Scout and The Seven Oracles of Gog Magog but also suspects the next Richard Dawson will leap towards the top of the list once they hear it.

I was just a young one back then, but I could never understand how Steve Shutt could play for the Habs. For the longest time I thought you had to be French Canadian to be on the team, and to me he was some kind of interloper. How times have changed. Now, in the infamous words of the Tragically Hip, I don't give a fuck about hockey.

Danny Gallivan and Dick Irvin on television. More than just a few times describing Lafleur flying down the right wing. You knew it was Saturday night.

2 of 4 bobs. 2 of 7 sports. 1 of 3 football. 1 of 4 centenarians. 2 of 2 Johns (There's an off-colour joke in there somewhere). No set is now clear of a hit. One is completed. Is this of the slightest interest to anyone? No. Of course not. But I'm not last, am in fact joint top on direct hits, didn't go out in a stupid fashion by entering a team too late and have some chance of improving in the last 3 months of the year. It's a non-crash and burn and I'm shocked, shocked I tell you.

Agreed about Skinner. And Corbyn. And McDonnell. But 42 MPs have already announced they won't be seeking re-election next time around, and the oldest 20 of those have an average age of nearly 71. So plenty of oldies on their way and there'll be more to follow I'd imagine. Only 32 deaths in the past 22 years, compared to 62 in the previous 18. Plus it's hard to build up a head of steam in this game when there's an election every 3 years.

New pic from the Oz PM dinner on Sunday.

So that's three deaths in less than a month.Perhaps some of us wrote of this year way too prematurely?

This wooden spoon battle is going really well so far.

Twelve games played. The only high scorer today was en passant with 40 points ( 38 (+\- 3) for the score and 2 for picking the winners). Well done to Redrumours for breaking your duck. En Passant 47 Paul Bearer 35 MSC 28 Pedro 27 Biblioggryphon 11 Quim Reaper 10 The Engineer 10 Charlottes Controller 3 Redrumours 2 As always, spot a mistake, let me know. Time me for a quick break, no game tomorrow. Three games on Saturday, I'll add them tomorrow.

Lucky 13th hit for me here. Merci Chirac!

Sounds great! I’ll check it out.

Joan Bakewell has tweeted that Radio 4 have cancelled her show We Need To Talk About Death Well we could invite her on here we do nothing but....

Wrong again Corbyn.

I concede my prediction on Page 3 might have been just a tad over optimistic. But in general, recent years tend to level out to circa 12, so I think we'll get there. What the thread needs is Sean's list of teetering folk from 2017, but as he's busy 1. Larry King - severe heart issues, allegedly on road out. Nearly died due to major HA earlier this year. 2. Little Richard - frail with health issues, no longer able to read fan mail. 3. Clive James - Written his "last article", allegedly. Also possibly twinned with Valerie Harper. 4. Tony Britton - Really old and in a care home. 5. Gorbachev - Spent vast chunks of 2019 in hospital, ill and frail. 6. Jimmy Greaves - Been on bored time since 2015. 7. Honor Blackman - Rumblings on here about her health few weeks ago? 8. Leah Bracknell - tbh she has Stage IV lung cancer, and could go downhill overnight. 9. Vera Lynn - Increasingly frail and really, really old. 10. Robert Mugabe - Hospitalised in Singapore several times for health problems 11. Bob Dole - Old and looks like fucking shite in increasingly rarer public appearances. 12. Akihito - So frail, the Japanese let him abdicate. 13. Stirling Moss - Major health problems, backed up by his public retirement and the word of our man in the know. 14. Jacques Chirac - Frail and end stages of dementia, no longer recognises anyone. 15. Nobby Stiles - Seemingly on his last legs since 2014. It wouldn't really surprise if any of them die between now and December 31st. Plus I think we're due one of the old timers going, just on law of averages.