Gooseberry Crumble

Oh I thought I'd succeeded in converting you when you posted about Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix having a baby boy and naming him after his late brother River Phoenix! I thought you'd realised the joys and importance of all this!

https://news.sky.com/story/game-of-thrones-stars-rose-leslie-and-kit-harington-expecting-first-child-12083056 Husband and wife british actors Rose Leslie and Kit Harrington who starred together in hit tv show Game of thrones have revealed they are expecting their first child together.

Stella Stevens would be an excellent choice both for the committee and anybody deadpooling.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/12603601/chelsea-jorginho-son-jude-law-ex-the-voice-catherine-harding/ The Vice Captain of Chelsea FC Jorginho has become a father to a son with former contestant of The Voice and ex partner of Jude Law Catherine Harding .

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8683839/Usher-expecting-child-celebrates-pregnancy-girlfriend-Jenn-Goicoechea.html Multi grammy award winning singer songwriter Usher is to be a dad for the third time.

https://pagesix.com/2020/09/24/former-gossip-girl-star-jessica-szohr-is-pregnant/ American actress Jessica Szohr, best known for her role in hit US tv show Gossip Girl has revealed that she is pregnant.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8773931/Melissa-Benoist-reveals-welcomed-firstborn-son-Huxley-Robert-Wood-weeks-ago.html Supergirl or rather the actress who plays her Melissa Benoist and her husband and costar Chris Wood ( He is previously of The Vampire Diaries fame) have announced the birth of a baby boy.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/sep/25/princess-eugenie-is-pregnant-buckingham-palace-announces The Queens granddaughter Princess Eugenie is pregnant , Buckingham Palace has announced.

Alas on the points made in your final paragraph we will have to agree to disagree. I view noteworthiness beyond just talent. I take in a broader view of anything or rather anyone that stands out in large ways or small as part of the mix and sometimes fascinating of all that goes on good or bad in the human zoo. Peter Sutcliffe, Rose West, Edgar Pearce are infamous and notorious rather than taken on any metric of talent. Many people in showbiz are part of the zeitgeist of popular culture whether we like them or not ,find them naff or not.Even if they are barely minimally talented they can be noteworthy in the arena of popular culture. Talent is just one aspect of it. You also should not refer to yourself as a talentless but well meaning prick! Don't be so down on yourself. Anyway must go as sleep needed. All the best. Gooseberry

No worries its totally understandable and frankly yes things can seem so much more serious and intense online than what they are in reality . We are living through very stressful, straining and unusual times. I think we all fray in these circumstances even just a little bit and even the best of us. Strange as it may sound I have found this forum on the whole good escapism and also cathartic especially this year.Hard to explain but it's not delight more a sort of release and strangely grounding.

I blank threads all of the time!I scroll past many without it getting under my skin! If something doesn't interest me I don't click on it so it is possible You posted a light hearted but definitely pointed and aimed ribbing post at me ,I replied with a brief light hearted comment that I think you took way too seriously. I am certainly not trying to stop you posting on this thread but I am just baffled why you torment yourself by venturing onto this thread since the general subject matter irks you so. There will be some good meditation or psychological techniques and tips online somewhere that tells you how to ignore what you don't like and just chilling and enjoying things more. The key isn't for me to stop posting on this thread but for you to learn how to ignore it and me if you wish! I find the subjects of birth and death both interesting and engaging particularly celebrity ones as they serve as a good frame of reference. But the vast majority of my posts are about death or deadpooling. In terms of the forum this thread is just an enjoyable side salad or side hustle! I don't think anything fruitful will be achieved by continuing to argue over what is essentially a question of different preferences. I mean I certainly don't hijack threads about death etc with baby news. Anyway best wishes and take care no ill will felt or meant from my side. I think we just baffle each other on this minor issue and thats just the way it is. Gooseberry

Yes the coronavirus lockdown babyboom theory or prediction was always a bit of a weak argument in my opinion. A babyboom after the ordeal is largely over? Yes very possibly to some extent. But in an environment of high uncertainty and economic anxiety and high unemployment a babyboom always seemed an unlikely outcome to me. I think a divorce boom or couples splitting up boom after spending much more time together than usual is a much more likely phenomenon. I believe there were reports of divorce proceedings increasing in China post lockdown if memory serves me right?

You are rather inconsistent though aren't you? It's ok for some deaths to be more worthy than others isn't it?You don't adhere to all deaths matter .Apparently because you find celebrity deaths interesting and give a crap about them it's ok and not something that morally is questionable. Yet you get pissed off at celebrity births being highlighted because all births matter and all children matter. The exact same principles apply to deaths. If this thread was way off point as you put it it would have been closed by moderators ages ago. Oh and don't kid yourself you most certainly do care what my reaction is or you wouldn't have replied to my comment in the way you have and certainly not at such length. If you don't like this thread you don't have to click on it?It ain't compulsory. Its nor like the thread title is ambiguous! Why you were initially drawn to this site and what your preferences are underlying that is not really my responsibility. As far as I can make out only a handful of people like yourself are choosing to spend their time clicking on , posting and reacting to threads and posts they think are totally irrelevant and crap. Why do that if it pisses you off? Is it really that big a deal that somebody pursues an interest on a forum in a topic you are not keen on? That's really not healthy. Live and let live. I can't see the problem.

That's exactly my reaction when I see your posts on this thread.....

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8770031/Paloma-Faith-reveals-shes-PREGNANT-second-child-six-rounds-IVF.html British singer Paloma Faith has announced she is pregnant with her second child after 6 rounds of IVF treatment.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8769961/Mandy-Moore-pregnant-Star-expecting-baby-boy-early-year-husband-Taylor-Goldsmith.html American singer and actress Mandy Moore has revealed she is pregnant with her first child with musician husband Taylor Goldsmith.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-54279112 Senior welsh civil servant and the first chief of the Welsh language board John Walter Jones has died aged 74 it has been announced.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54275237 One Direction singer and supermodel Gigi Hadrid have become parents to a baby girl.

That's certainly a lot more uniques than I was anticipating.

Out of curiosity how many different names were entered by deadpoolers in 2020 in total in the DDP and secondly how many of them are unique and is the proportion of uniques rising year on year ? Thanks @msc

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/sep/24/sir-harold-evans-trail-blazing-newspaper-editor-dies-aged-92 British newspaper editor Harold Evans a hit for me in my Gooseberry Crumble team.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/12751534/jodie-marsh-mum-died-cancer/ The mother of British model and reality TV star Jodie Marsh has died of cancer she has revealed.

@Joey Russ @msc https://mississippitoday.org/2020/09/21/new-poll-democrat-mike-espy-within-1-of-gop-sen-cindy-hyde-smith/ Have you seen this about the senate election race in Mississippi? Very very close if this information is accurate for a state that is deemed solid Republican . Within 1%!

https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/2020091597153/footballer-fabrice-muamba-confirms-wife-pregnancy-fourth-child-exclusive/ Former Premiership footballer (Arsenal, Bolton Wanderers, Birmingham City) Fabrice Muamba , has announced that he and his wife are expecting a baby girl. He famously almost died of a cardiac arrest in 2012.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/12737134/emmerdale-leah-bracknell-widower-jez/ A year after Leahs death her widower Jez has given an interview to Loose Women and revealed he watches old episodes of Emmerdale in order to feel he can 'connect ' with her.