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And I believe we now have our first 2019 team who has to compete in round 1. Sorry @markb4

So the competition starts next month? Count me in, if Im not too late Do I have to mail in my entry yet?

Thanks for notifying me, Willz. Ah, so I lucked out then. May he rest in peace.

Thank you so much for giving me that visual image that i'm sure everyone else wanted.

I've already got someone in mind to submit my list to. As it stands, the only people to play in round 1 are those who did not participate in the cup in 2019. That'd be JiroemonKimura, grobler, HDS, Annami, An Fear Bag, LizLemon, and Sean. Additionally, if nothing else changes, one of those names will get a randomly drawn bye into round 2. However, if more names enter into the cup in 2020 (and by all means, please do), then some of last years folk will have to play again. Most likely to play again in round 1 are markb4, Great Uncle Bulgaria, and The Old Crem. For reference, here is the entire bye list barring a few folk who probably won't return in 2020: 1. Spade_Cooley 2. Boudicca 3. Banana 4. Clorox 5. TQR 6. Death Impends 7. Chorizo 8. Reptile 9. Mad hatter (have yet to confirm entry) 10. Torva (have yet to confirm entry) 11. Book 12. Pedro (have yet to confirm entry) 13. Deadsox 14. Bibliogryphon 15. John key (have yet to confirm entry) 16. DDT 17. Dead cow (have yet to confirm entry) 18. Old lady 19. Heef (have yet to confirm entry) 20. Grim 21. Alt obit guys 22. Deathray 23. Engineer 24. Maryport 25. Young willz 26. Joey russ 27. Msc 28. Sir creep 29. Yorkshire banker 30. Skinny kiltrunner 31. Master tech (have yet to confirm entry) 32. Joemoneypennny (have yet to confirm entry) 33. Wormfarmer 34. Buffalophil (have yet to confirm entry) 35. Nantonian (have yet to confirm entry) 36. Unknown man (have yet to confirm entry) 37. Old crem 38. Exu (have yet to comfirm entry) 39. Great uncle Bulgaria 40. Markb4 41. Fixed Business (have yet to confirm entry) 42. Time (have yet to confirm entry) 43. Squonk (have yet to confirm entry) If you notice a "have yet to confirm entry" thing by your name and intend to play again, this is a warning to you. Also, if you are able to force the host into round 1, well, that might be an achievement on your end. As you can see, it's not that difficult to do at all...

Come on, it's a unique hit for theoldlady

Seems a week early this year, however, the Oscar Nominations are out, or are they in, so let's have a closer look at those Best Picture Nominees: 4 sisters are determined to live life on their own terms, only to find themselves in the end consigned to the kitchen in Vittle Women. Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson get stuck in a lift, but all is resolved when they get off at the Marriage Storey. One for the astronomers, the latter stages of the First World War are interrupted when a star goes supernova in the Fireworks Galaxy in 1917A. Allen? Busfield? Curry? Roth? Dalton? Hutton? There's serious competition in movieland for the latest role in Once Upon A Tim In Hollywood. The South Koreans take an unusual interest in the excrement of long dead American Forces from the Korean War in Para Shite. A dyslexic wrestler arrives in Gotham City to discover his superpower is turning up regularly to get beaten up in Jober. One superpowered car. One relay team of below average golfers. Who wins? in Fore v Ferrari. The mob move into the florist business in The Iris Man. The tale of a British Prime Minister and how he turns on the ladies in Bojo Rabbit.

Online memorial for Michael Karkoc. Died in December aged 100. Hopefully nobody picked him in the DDP!

Clara Cedeno Tello, a validated supercentenarian and the oldest person in Panama, has died. She was 113. https://www.tvn-2.com/variedad/obituario/Muere-Clara-Cedeno-Saavedra-Panama_0_5486451308.html (Spanish language obit) https://gerontology.wikia.org/wiki/Clara_Cedeno_Tello

Ouch

Harry looks much more like Charles than William does. I'm happy for them. Harry was always the most relatable one of the bunch.

Very much the Carrie Symonds of her day.

An obvious one: Qaboos bin Said Al Said,the prime min of Oman since 1970. I hear he hardly gets out onto the water to enjoy the use of any of his five Superyachts anymore.Shame On a lighter note,I'm also going to have a punt on Roger Scruton,the famous fox hunting philosopher and Tory party yes man

You need to see a doctor...get some valium or something...

"State funerals are reserved for monarchs but may, by order of the reigning monarch, be granted to other national heroes". Since when was this witch a national hero??? They don't have to be national 'heroes'. The fact that she was a) Britain's first Prime Minister, was Prime Minister for over 10 years, c) reclaimed the Falklands, would probably do it. Not to mention the fact that the Tories are back. ahem! I thought that was generally held to be Walpole. Yes - I meant female Prime Minister... I think it's more likely that Thatcher will get a Ceremonial Funeral, which isn't quite a State Funeral. The Queen Mother had a Ceremonial Funeral. If she didn't get a State Funeral, I think it's unlikely that Thatcher will get one. In practice, there is virtually no difference between the two types of funeral.

She was probably invited because: 1. She is a Baroness. 2. She is a Lady of the Garter. 3. She has been awarded the Order of Merit. Not political in the slightest...

Hmmm, I think you need to be little circumspect when looking back to the Thatcher years. Yes, she did rip apart many Industries, the primary one was the Coal Industry. It could be argued, however, that Arthur Scargill was the actual architect of the Coal Industries downfall, infact you could widen that to whole Industries that were held to ransom and fucked up the arse by Militant Union leaders who were more instrumental in bringing this country to its knees in the 1970s than any Political leader could ever do. Anybody who was an adult in the 1970s or a boy ( me ) will remember the three day week, power cuts, Grunwick, the almost daily and farcical British Leyland Strikes and, of course dear old Arthur Scargil who had us all by the bollocks as he had the key to all our energy needs. It was fucking bleak and we had a labour Government who was completely in the pockets of the Trade Union Movement. By the time the 79 Election came about, people had had enough, it was time for a big change. What Thatcher did right was rid us of the shackles of Union power gone barmy. She introduced secret industrial balloting allowing people to vote without fear of reprisals, she banned "Flying" Pickets ( Secondary picketing) and began to try and make this country, at the very least, competitive in a World that had moved on and left us behind. To do all of the above meant taking on the Unions head on, unfortunately wankers like Arthur Scargill used loyal, hard working and decent people as his "troops" and what followed was terrible. HE, not Thatcher was pivotal in destroying communities. I suppose it will all depend on what side of the fence you sit as to whether Thatcher was good for Britain or bad. I grew up in a working class family, lived in a council house and remember times when my parents were dead poor, not destitute but poor. I think that makes me reasonably objective but, then again, I didnt live in areas destroyed by unemployment, I lived in the "affluent" South East of the Country. Love her or hate her, she was a statesman that pricks like Gordon Brown could only dream of being.

Pop the corks....30 years ago today Maggie the Great assumed her rightful office.... I cannot contemplate what life would have been without her....Union rule...3 day weeks....hard earned tax payers money wasted on inefficient coal and steel industries...Labour Misgovernments....IT MAKES ME PROUD TO BE BRITISH !

I, of course, can't say much about Hitler... after all, he was dead before I was born, and some people did think he was a good dictator, some bad... The woman was a war criminal. I refer you to the sinking of the Manuel Belgrano. I wouldn't go as far as to call her a war criminal. I don't care what direction the ship was going in, or who ordered its sinking - there was a war going, these were not civillians, and they were not prisoners of war. In my book, that makes them fair game (although I'm not too good on international law ).

I agree, I don't understand why she's on the list. She was a great politician and leader and there aren't many since WW2 you can say that about. Certainly not Tony Benn Plus she doesn't seem to be that ill.

just seen her on the tele leaving hospital....GREAT NEWS...she looks fine ! LONG LIVE THE MOST WONDEROUS WOMAN TO EVER WALK THE EARTH.......

There are people who claim that Mrs Thatcher is single-handedly responsible for the current state of decline in the UK, an equally silly position. No single person has such power, you need a nation for that. regards, Hein But a strong leader can change the entire direction of a country (for both good and bad). Let's say for the sake of argument Gandhi and Thatcher (mainly good), Hitler and Stalin (bad). Whether smashing the unions was good or bad can be argued, but the fact that it was her force of personality that did it is not a particularly controversial point of view.

Considering she single-handedly rescued the country from terminal decline, describing her as evil is rather inappropriate, unless you are one of those people who enjoyed going on strike all the time.

Julie Strain dead

Baroness Thatcher's London offices at the House of Lords have been closed. An aide has said it's unlikely she'll be seen in public again.