Pedro67

I remember channel hoping onto Somali Pirate v Columbian Cartel one day and thinking it was a bit surreal, but well done.

Pedro's catacomb caskets 1, Steve Hewlett (Journalist/Broadcaster) 2, Helen Clare (singer) 3, Nobby stiles 4, John Hamilton Nicholls (Spitfire pilot) 5, Nanci Ryder (Publicist) 6, Ian Brady 7, Alfred Worden (Astronaut) 8, Ian St John 9, Tony Booth 10, Peter Skellern 11, Sara Coward 12, Leah Bracknell **Joker** 13, Fred Sutherland (dam buster veteran) 14, Daisy Berkowitz 15, Liam Cosgrave 16, Clive James 17, Joost van der Westhuizen 18, Rick Davies (Supertramp) 19, Jon Ashbery (poet) 20, Valerie Harper Delighted with =26th last year. Maybe a couple of uniques, you never know. Hoping that if Fred Sutherland doesn't directly obit, that a good news source might do an article on 'Johnny' Johnson being the last survivor. ...and there you go Joeyruss, no unique on someone who ain't gonna go anywhere anyway !

Impressive Spade, real impressive.

Thanks Dead Cow. Much appreciation for running it, and glad to hear you will continue. Cue dreadful acceptance speech: I'd like to thank my Mum and Dad/Milkman, publicist, neurologist.......... Roll on 2017 comp, and good luck all

Good solid list in my opinion. Like that shock moment when you look through the list and think, really ?, and didn't get that this year. Closest To real surprise was Sandy Gall getting another year on it.

Hopefully I'm in. Pm'd team to Rotten Ali (thanks for running this), but guess I should just post it anyway.... 1, Mario Soares 2, Ian Brady 3, Leah Bracknell 4 Frank Bough 5 Peter Skellern 6 Olivia de Havilland 7 Errol Christie 8 Diane sera Carey 9 Anne Douglas 10 Helmut Kohl Reserve. Sara Coward Reserve. The Queen

Go on then, I'll have a go. Good to support peoples efforts in running these games. pm'd to you Willz

For someone who seemed to be all over tv and film in the 70's and 80's,Bryan Marshall seems to have dropped off the Radar completely. Surprisingly short wiki entry as well.

Seen very little updates on Rick Davies health since Supertramp cancelled 2015/2016 tour due to his Myeloma. Outsider for the list ?

That's my theme teams fired off....now for the real team

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Cant believe I'm still leading. Got a feeling Brucie will still go. 'We have to start this Christmas Strictly special with some really sad news........'

Andrew Lloyd Webber looked rather Anorexic on the Graham Norton show.

Nice surprise to come back to from a week away, to find my unique pick Mr Bonnefoy has bagged me some more points. Was going to drop him this year as well, and only kept him because I was unique hunting to compete my team. Sure he was a good egg.

Same here. Result only having him at 23 me thinks.

Nice one Spade.

It is anyones game.Every candidate is bloody brilliant in terms of extreme old age serious illness or both.Would not at all be surprised if 10 go before the 21st.Maybe the one who finishes last should get given something horrible like a kick up the arse by Maryport.Would drag the competition out a little longer I'd be fucking amazed` if ten go in 21 days, though since some of the topplers are on my various dead pools it'd be awesome. Re the other sentiments expressed - are you voting Brexit? Well so many of the candidates are so very ill at the moment it could easily happen.We are due a few key deaths now surely? Dont know how I gave it away but yes I am voting to leave on the 23rd.Am also on TV discussing Brexit in a few days.I will have to make sure I hide my crutches so that you all dont figure out who I am Give away? Maybe the joking about physical violence Ah, but there are some that might have picked an 18yo Fitty McFitness if they'd have know the booby prize was some Maryport sadism.

Pilot officer Shelby Westbrook. (Tuskegee pilot and book editor) Thank you

Then you will be condemned to give your house to the burglar if he's wounded or to his relatives if he's dead, at least in Italy, where everyone is concerned about the rights of poor robbers but no one cares about hones people (Not populism, only truth).http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2015/11/05/ermes-mattielli-morto-il-commerciante-condannato-per-aver-sparato-ai-ladri/2192908/ abolishing the death penalty is a slippery slope. Shooting people is a slippery slope.. Jehovah's Witnesses, trick or treaters all become fair game. <snip> You say that as if it's a bad thing . More seriously, I have ranted about gun control on a few occasions around here. However even I have a problem with this one. I fully understand Toasts viewpoint and anyone else who sees it that way. "If you don't want to get shot, don't break into my house, particularly at night whilst I'm in it and add a huge amount of fear to the intrusion and loss I would already feel if you did it whilst i was out at work". If you do this in a country where the gun ownership is as high as it is in the US, and the right to defend ones property with firearms is enshrined in law, you have to at least consider that this may be the consequence. This is in fact one of the key arguments that the NRA propound for gun ownership "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun". Now I don't agree with that principle, we don't have it in this country, and I believe the NRA to be disingenuous about it in any case (they use this but actually they care about flogging guns), however, this is exactly the type of case that lends weight to their argument not detracts from it. What concerns me more is the case where the gun that was held in the property ostensibly for the reason this one was used but is then found by little Jemima and used on little Johnny or Ralph comes home from the bar shitfaced and argues with Marge and one shoots the other etc etc. So whilst any death is sad (I don't know why this guy was so badly off he felt he had to break into somebody elses house and scare the bejesus out of them whilst trying to steal their property, I should imagine that your circumstances have to be pretty dire to set out on this course, but even in America there must be better ways...) this one is unlikely to be used in any argument for gun control. Tazer's instead of guns in the house for self defence against burglars ? Effective, cut down on the clean up, end up with someone to have your day in court with and a chance little Johnny or Jemima might survive the play time accident. Just a thought.

Ooh yeah. Get in there with a 12 point unique !! Race in Peace, Neil Cunningham. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would get 75pts by now. Aint gonna win it, but its sure fun for a usual also-ran, to be doing alright.

Hmmm, I like this. The plastic bimbo's replaced by the drop 40, and the brain dead Adonis replaced by Mr G Reaper himself. "Let the Scythe...meet the has been "

Crowe--Feek--?????. A lot of people sitting in a potential 3 day hat trick today.

Four hits already! 28 pts ! Only having to hit scroll down twice to see my team in the league ! Found use for '!' button on keyboard again......! OK, ain't gonna win DDP, but Hell's Bell's it more fun up the right end of the league.

Saw Lissie Monday night at o2 Forum. Excellent live performer, gives it everything. The travelling band as support were pretty good, and also acted as her backing band on the night. She should keep them, worked really well.

I'm with Toast on this one. Happy for the DDP points, but as MP's go, he was a pretty good egg.