The Happy Reaper

Hmmm...

There were concerns about his health about a year ago. For some reason that reminds me of the old Not the Nine o'Clock News joke: "The comedian Bernard Manning, who was told by his doctor to lose ten stones or die, has tragically lost ten stones."

Done. Thanks for that. Sorry to the original Happy Reaper for inadvertently impersonating you ! No problem, mate!

I missed the first ten minutes but watched the rest of it. I loved the clip at the very end (during the credits) where Ali said, "My only fault is that I don't realise how great I really am!"

Emu?

I think it depends who you ask. IOW who is/are celebs? Brits may include names Yanks ne'er heard of and vice versa.SC True....but still, is there a specific date that counts a lot of famous deaths, internationally famous? Now I got myself a new hobby On the main page of Wikipedia there's a section 'On This Day' which includes a link to births, deaths and other events for the current or any other day of the year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Told ya it wasn't me! CoffinLodger, you picking the same name just shows that great minds think alike. I'd like to think that for a short time I had my own tribute act!

I have zero interest in boxing but Ali was bigger than the sport. Everybody knew his name - Michael Parkinson has just described him as a rock star. Also he was voted Sports Personality of the Twentieth Century. And who else could have done this?

Well, I'm here. Don't know about the other guy.I think you do.It's definitely not me.who said that you were socking we just thought it was a coincidence. When I first joined I picked the name TheHappyReaper because I didn't think you were allowed spaces. Paul Bearer changed it for me but this new TheHappyReaper is nothing to do with me.

Well, I'm here. Don't know about the other guy.I think you do. It's definitely not me.

Just found out that Rand Brooks Jr., the grandson of the fabulous Stan Laurel, was killed in a traffic accident on 7 May. No obituary in the general media but here's the item from a Laurel & Hardy newsletter I subscribe to.

Well, I'm here. Don't know about the other guy.

Even one of these Minions? I'm going to steal that for my new avatar!

How about the science fiction writer Lester del Rey? He claimed that his full name was Ramon Felipe San Juan Mario Silvio Enrico Smith Heartcourt-Brace Sierra y Alvarez del Rey y de los Uerdes. After he died his sister revealed that his real name was... ... Leonard Knapp.

A Glasgow man phoned his local takeaway. "Do you deliver?" he asked. The girl replied, "Naw, just fish or chicken!"

It's rumoured that Bruce Forsyth will be asked to perform at Hibs' cup-winning party. Apparently he did it the last time...

And if he doesn't make it, the obituary headline writes itself...

The teams don't all play each other four times - that would be 44 games which the poor overworked players would complain about. What happens is that the teams play each other three times (12 teams, 33 games) then the league splits in half. The top six play each other once more for a total of 38 games, while the same happens in the bottom six. This can and does lead to abnormalities where the team in seventh place at the end of the season has more points than the one in sixth place, but they don't adjust the placings to take care of this. It's unlikely but not impossible that the team in sixth place might have fewer points than all six of the teams below them, which would raise an interesting question on who gets relegated...

As a former supporter of a team which was uprooted from its traditional home (well, twenty years) and moved to a new town, I share your pain. I followed Meadowbank Thistle until they were moved to West Lothian and renamed 'Livingston'. I stopped watching football completely but a lot of my friends started supporting a new team - Edinburgh City! With their promotion to League Two it's not impossible that they will come up against the franchise mob in the not-too-distant future. Incidentally back in the early sixties another club was taken over by new owners and forcibly relocated. However in this case the supporters were able to show in court that the takeover was illegal and after a year they returned home. That club? East Stirlingshire!

Sean Connery was technically the fourth person to appear as Bond - he wasn't even the first on the cinema screen! It went 1) Barry Nelson in a TV version of Casino Royale, as Scraggy says (as a US agent called Jimmy Bond!) 2) Bob Holness in a South African radio adaptation of Moonraker 3) Bob Simmons, a stuntman, is the person who walks out, spins round and shoots at the camera in the opening of Dr. No (I told you it was technical) 4) Sean Connery in the film itself And of course nobody has bettered Connery since... Didn't David Niven play him in the original 'Casino Royale,? (OK, I know it's a spoof film) Yes, but not until 1967.

I told my boss I couldn't work as I had Repetitive Strain Injury, and he said there was no such thing. Until I reminded him that Princess Diana died from car-pole-tunnel syndrome. Went on holiday last week and found that there was a big chess tournament taking place in the hotel. When I arrived I couldn't get near the reception desk for all the competitors standing in the hall talking about games they had won in the past. I hate chess nuts boasting in an open foyer.

Didn't watch last night, but seen some of the photos still think the Duke of Edinburgh will go first he looks like death warmed up to be honest. I'm no Royalist and think they are pampered beyond belief but i agree it is cruel at times that the Queen and the Duke who are now both in there 90's have to spend hours at events that they have no interest in, in the freezing cold can't do there health any good, i certainly wouldn't want my 88 year old Grandma having to do some of the things the Queen has to do despite the fact she is in pretty good nick for her age. That leads to a good question: do the Queen's doctors ever advise her to give certain events on cold nights a miss? If so, she must be defying them. If not, are they sycophants? Do they genuinely believe she is still robust enough to handle her workload and the aforementioned cold nights? They obviously do, and she may be. I mean, it's not like the job involves much heavy lifting is it? I don't know, those ceremonial scissors for cutting ribbons must weigh a bit...

And will "The Shire" ever recover? Hard to say. If they turn out to be a big fish in a small pond and are winning games every week then their crowds might increase. However if they don't manage to bounce straight back up (finish second in the league or lose in the playoff against the Highland champions, even before they get to the playoff against the basement side in League Two) then crowds the season after next might start to shrink again. There is a parachute payment for being relegated which can help them build their squad. Their crowds were never exactly big to start with. Bit of a soft spot for them after reading "Pointless" the book about them trying to avoid finishing bottom of the whole league about a decade ago. Yes, I read that too. I loved the line about Alex Ferguson not achieving as much in his career if he'd stayed at Firs Park!

And will "The Shire" ever recover? Hard to say. If they turn out to be a big fish in a small pond and are winning games every week then their crowds might increase. However if they don't manage to bounce straight back up (finish second in the league or lose in the playoff against the Highland champions, even before they get to the playoff against the basement side in League Two) then crowds the season after next might start to shrink again. There is a parachute payment for being relegated which can help them build their squad.

Sean Connery was technically the fourth person to appear as Bond - he wasn't even the first on the cinema screen! It went 1) Barry Nelson in a TV version of Casino Royale, as Scraggy says (as a US agent called Jimmy Bond!) 2) Bob Holness in a South African radio adaptation of Moonraker 3) Bob Simmons, a stuntman, is the person who walks out, spins round and shoots at the camera in the opening of Dr. No (I told you it was technical) 4) Sean Connery in the film itself And of course nobody has bettered Connery since...