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It's kind of hard to define who is and isn't worthy of a Deathlist place...I try to make my shadow picks very well known figures, ie. people who a borderline ignorant person (such as myself) wouldn't ask who the fuck they are if their name was mentioned. Maybe some people will get better hit rates than me, but I just think what the hell's the point if I'm picking people I've scarcely heard of. Small-time football managers, ISIS captives, Moroccan politicians, it's not really what I consider Deathlisty. But then maybe it's a display of ignorance on my part? It's difficult to define. As msc said though, it's purely about what the committee reckons at the time.

Air hairlair, Bend. Welcome!

Not a bad shout...sadly, my shadow list is fully booked for the coming year, so if she could be a darling and hang on until 2019 that'd be smashing

It's quite a fucking sorry indictment if the only reason for you not being a viable pick is a trivial regulation

She's shitting out facts and warnings now. She's almost there. Remember when Bob Monkhouse appeared in a prostate cancer advert a couple of years after he died? I imagine Bracknell doing the same. In 2020, we'll see her animated self spitting out some cancer trivia next to a pointy tent in the woods during an ad break on Channel 4.

TV’s Keith has Chegged out at the age of 60. BBC Obit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42313706

Got my shadow list completed too, I’ll overhaul my signature later on this month. I’m fairly confident it’s better than my maiden one this year

Why is it that the drivers who elect to go out in the snow are the shit ones? One in particular I saw today was a Merc going sideways past me and straight into the back of a van in the next lane. It's a good job traffic was stopped in my lane, else I'd have crashed during my laughing fit.

Excellent, my reserve bench is needed after just 11 hours. They're too eager, these sick little lemmings of mine.

Arses, Thatcher just beat me to it

Sod it, let's give this a go. Quim's Reaping Rally of 2018 1) Leah Bracknell () 2) Kirk Douglas 3) Prince Philip, DoE 4) George H W Bush 5) Sir Billy Connolly 6) Murray Walker 7) Clive James 8) Sir Stirling Moss 9) Max Clifford Steve-O, from the reserve benches 10) Oscar Pistorius 11) Lord Peter Carrington 12) Chris Rea 13) Billy Graham 14) Sinead O'Connor 15) Salvador Sobral 16) Stefan Karl Stefansson 17) Olivia Newton-John 18) John Travolta 19) The almighty Javier Perez de Cuéllar 20) Rofl Harris RESERVE 1) Val Kilmer RESERVE 2) Queen Elizabeth II

Oh come off it, even she probably isn't.

I reckon said plot and Leah haven't exactly been on cordial terms for quite a while, judging by the fucking rest of the blog. Shame. Must be some horrendous shamanist herbal narcotics monging her out. "Cancer is healing my life. Am I cured? Well, I still have Stage 4 cancer." It's a no then, darling. Sorry.

That's a pisser, really sorry drol. And don't fret, it's good to be in touch with your emotions and how to deal with them. Cry away, and take it easy.

A portion from her recent website update. She says "...despite what they thought, I am STILL here." Is she referring to us?

Is Pissflaps still on the table then?

I've only done karaoke once, apparently. Fucked if I can remember, but I'm told I smashed Lithium by Nirvana out of the park.

Congratulations to Ice, and to all the candidates who aren't ex-royalty or French rock stars for surviving thus far.

Hey, come on, go easy. Montella is in mourning for his King. As is the rest of the, erm, Republic of Romania.

I'm on 13...and now my bloody 2018 Shadow list is on 49 spaces filled out of 50

Bracknell currently tied with NOTA at the moment. Interesting given the small number of days left of the year, and Leah's albeit slightly ambitious plans to host a how-to-live-while-manifestly-dying show next month...

3 out of the 4 cancer certs gone now, only Leah remains. I'm sure if King Mihai had written some poems and occasionally dressed up in a 1950s blanket and banged on some shamanic bongos in a hippyesque tipi in a muddy field, he'd still be here today.

Nicely done Sean! I would say "Wow, you jammy bastard, how did you manage to guess that one" but, given who it was, that'd be complete tripe

I'm a man of principle. And, bless her, she's going to be my prediction until I'm fucking well right. BRACKNELL.