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It was Avada Kedavra for legendary actor Alan Rickman on this day 2 years ago, aged 69.

A tad out there, but bear with me, I quite like history. The Carolingian Emperor and King of, as it were, France, died on this day 1,130 years ago. The great-grandson of the renown Frankish King and everybody's daddy, Charlemagne, he was rather a maladroit regal figure; he was always, always ill, so was seen as rather a weak representative by surrounding regions. He tried to keep the peace with the same bunch of pillaging Vikings that acquired much loot from the large city of Paris just before he succeeded to the throne, which went so well he subsequently oversaw the Siege of Paris, essentially a 9th century version of a thermonuclear takeover. This is about 4 years after he failed his own poxy attempt at a siege on a Provencale nobleman. He only had one 'heir', who ultimately wasn't actually accepted as such thanks to his unfortunate illegitimacy. Soon after he gave up on his mission to get his bastard son to the throne, his marriage failed, his support in the Kingdom of the East Franks flatlined, his nephew formed a Germanic-stemmed rebellion against this sorry excuse of a ruler and the poor old incumbent was too ill and inept to do anything about it. He died at his German retreat aged 48, six weeks after his reign of East & West Francia, Aquitaine, Alemannia, Italy and the Romans all collapsed in November 887. Subsequently, all regions he once reigned split into five less truculent successor kingdoms, so his deposition was very much a vast turning point in the Frankish empire, and a step towards the France we know and hate today. His name? Charles the Fat.

BRACKNELL! Oh no, wait, it's not the main DL poll. Let's break a habit, then. Nobby.

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That tends to happen as people age.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5260569/Betty-White-95-credits-hot-dogs-vodka-old-age.html She likes hot dogs and vodka. She's my kind of girl. She's going to make the ton, no question.

Lots of people claiming fake news and only one pretty dubious American source. Maybe wait a couple of hours and see... By Christ, though, the Wiki editors are having a diatribe.

Puzzling scenes on Wikipedia at the moment

Loretta Lynn, off of country, has had a fall and a stroke within the last few months.

She's looking peaky...think my wallet and my arris may be safe.

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Wahey, that's 3 points to me too! Though obviously it's a very sad occasion and R.I.P. and all. But still, wahey!

That's Coleen. She doesn't have cancer, but she gives me it every time she opens her fucking trap.

You could perhaps just not use it?

Oops. Sorry @Dis Pater, forgot about him Just for reference, about a year ago when I introduced myself, this is one of the greetings I got from a (dearly dispensed with) poster:

Welcome! Don't fret about errors, I'd like to think the new folk here are exempt from having an irate, faceless twunt coming down on them like a tonne of pricks. Enjoy!

Righto. Is it wrong to be disappointed at that?

That's an intriguing name...I've seen it bandied around on here a couple of times, what's wrong with him? (other than being in Keane who were a pile of cunt)

Would it have been easier to compile a survivor list instead?

'Tis the season of good will; 3-0

Excellent. They've paid cock all attention to this thread. Close it now?

All those who'll survive the month, please step forward! Leah Bracknell, where are you going?

It's looking like a pretty strong list! Amazed to see Bush in P1, but I reckon we'll get a decent 50% this year!

Well then, that .04 years really stands out