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    Chances of yanks banning guns - zero. Obama has nothing to lose and even he can't come out and say it ('this doesn't happen in other developed countries').

     

    It does happen in other developed countries, just not on the frequency that it happens in the U.S. a few years will pass between these things. I can only think of 3 that happened in the U.K in the past 30 years.

     

    They happen in proportion to the number of armed homicidal maniacs in each county. If you can't spot the homicidal maniac the next best thing is make sure they aren't armed = gun control (simps).

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    I thought John deserved his own thread. Can anyone think of a witty subtitle?

    ....but not for long

    ..... packing his trunk soon

    ...soon be Aragorn for good (I cringed when I wrote that)

    ..Big Brother will soon stop watching

    .. Caligulate

     

    You're regretting asking now aren't you.

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    19 years ago eila Fitzgerald and 23 years ago James hunt

    Mr new Morbidkid You'll note in general it's increments of 5. At least that's the way it was. Otherwise you'd post the same obits every year.

     

    You're such a traditionalist. What's wrong with noting the prime number anniversary - much more interesting than the boring old quinquennial.

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    Ironic that it was Bibliogryphon who's most upset about a guy who was born in Belgravia and died in Chelsea.

     

    (Actually, on his civil service wages he's probably got three immaculately-kept flats in each district, but, y'know just saying "on paper" he's left-wing.)

    Lee was also a Tory y'know.

    So you have to be poor to be 'left-wing'?

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    Fidel Castro to continue the big summer of famous deaths.

    The big summer of famous deaths?

    B.B.King, John Nash, Christopher Lee and other people who were very good at what they did, and many people consider them to be famous, but aren't REALLY famous because 90% of today's uneducated society has never heard of them.

    More people are likely to have heard of Lee, as he did feature prominently in the Star Wars and LOTR franchises

    I guess many people must've heard about Nash as well, as he was the protagonist of a blockbuster (The Beautiful Mind, grossing over $300M worldwide).

    Okay, okay, I get it. I was exaggerating. Either way, I'm still pretty sure many people forgot who Nash was and needed to be reminded that he was that schizo from the movie who was pretty good at math, and I also reckon that many young people have never heard of B.B. But whatever.

     

    But BB was at Glasto in 2011.

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    I was quite surprised to found out that Winston churchill's grandson is an MP never knew any of his descendants were involved in politics.

    What about the grandson Winston Churchill (very imaginative these nobs), MP for Davyhulme and Stretford, died in 2010

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    That happened to me once when I was on Larry hagmans Wikipedia page and I was shocked

    Shame I can't look you up on Wikipedia.

     

     

    A Wikipedia page can easily be created ....

     

    And there goes the obvious line. Tee up, knock in...

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