Torva Messor

My Daily Double's double dose of substitutes, following Ian Smith who is now #1 substitute: former "Breaking Amish" television reality star Mary Schmucker retired professional wrestler Richard "Black Bart" Harris

Awaiting Epiphany, but if it's the same as today I claim 2024 Hartlepool Deadlypool.

In the card text the word game is 'aris', as in 'R S' because it takes two goes to get to the bottom of it. Irving probably follows 'make yourself scarce'. Although my nation counts English as an official language, we pronounce some words differently, even regional differences, and I don't know if 'scarce' rhymes with 'arse' in the GMT area. Geez, I just saw what I did there: 'R S', two, bottom' 'arse'...

not all of them, as some single words begin cards, and I'd need the preceding card for context, and if I could match the cards I'd have the context and a good chance of solving them. The cards unhelpfully do not begin and end with complete sentences. Here are two sentences I can give: "my gender was perhaps anomalous, but is often misidentified; and surely everything else fitted, from the colour of my skin to the sides of my make yourself scarce" "one evening [the victim and his missus] had both been [at home] some time when, finally... their old water, their old morris...[the rhymes with finer series of four] got out."

[ 'einer' rhymes removed, think I got this] morris "make yourself scarce" irving water [TM - thinking this could be 'daughter', 'fisherman's daughter' translates to water, but no verification the converse is true]

Happy New Year! I'm working through John Finnemore's The Researcher's First Murder, because I cannot get enough death. I welcome help from those familiar with Cockney Rhyming Slang, terms I can't find online translation for are perplexing me.

I DMed gcreptile my list, and present it here: Ágnes Keleti 02.01.2025 Alan Greenspan Alan Oppenheimer Alexander Butterfield Alfred Brendel Cindy Birdsong David Irving Dick Button Douglas Hurd Elias James Corey Georg Koch George Schlatter Gilles Vigneault Gloria Steinem Hans Blix Harvey Weinstein Ida Lewis "Queen Ida" Guillory Imelda Marcos Ion Iliescu J. William Middendorf Jane Gardam Jane Morgan Jim Lovell John Astin José Mujica Judith Viorst Linda Nolan Mark Rydell Martin Cooper (inventor) Michael Tilson Thomas Nigel McCrery Paul Dooley Peter Yarrow Petula Clark Quentin Blake Richard 'Black Bart' Harris Richard Lester Robert Wagner Roberta Flack Ruth Buzzi Sandy Gall Sonny Rollins Steve McMichael Ted Turner Theo Burrell Tom Brokaw Violeta Chamorro William Smithers Yayoi Kusama Yoko Ono Substitutes Clint Eastwood Gene Hackman Lalo Schifrin Rupert Murdoch William H. Webster

My three teams are in, and none required last-minute substitutions.

2025 Shadow DeathList Competition 0/50 Alan Greenspan Alex Katz (American figurative artist) Barbara Bain Barbara Barrie Berry Gordy, Jr Buzz Aldrin Carmen Dell'Orefice Clint Eastwood Costa-Gavras (film director) David Irving Douglas Hurd Esther Rantzen Gene Hackman Gyorgy Kurtag (composer) Hans Blix Harvey Weinstein Herbert Blomstedt (Swedish conductor) Isabel Peron James Whale Jiro Ono John Astin John Barbour (former co-host of TV show “Real People”) John Williams (composer) Judith Magre (French actress) Lalo Schifrin (composer) Lee Adams Leslie Caron Linda Nolan Linda Ronstadt Mahathir Mohamad Marita Camacho Quiros Martha Firestone Ford (former principal owner and chairperson of NFL team Detroit Lions) Michael Tilson Thomas Mirtha Legrand (Argentine actress and television presenter) Morton Subotnick (composer) Nigel Starmer-Smith Noam Chomsky Peter Yarrow Rachel Robinson Richard 'Black Bart' Harris Ray Anthony Robert Duvall Roberta Flack Ruth Buzzi Sidney Cooke Sonny Rollins Tom Brokaw Warren Buffett Willie Nelson Zhu Rongji Substitutes Hal Linden Emily Willis Eugenia Cooney

Appropriately the past week has me pulling out spades for digging graves: Carter and Walker

With Jimmy Carter's expiry, Woody Woodbury replaces him, and Peter Yarrow is summoned to third spot on substitute bench.

I haven't received one, and I checked my spam folder and searched for '2025' - alt.obituaries yes, DDP no. I don't believe all previous participants received reminder/invitation email for DDP 2025 with entry template.

Echoing my November 8 update, two of my three substitutes, Arnold Yarrow and Jody Gormley, have left the bench. Joining Woody Woodbury on the wood bench are Ian Smith and Jean-Marie Le Pen. I do not know who died earlier, nor whose obit made public attention earlier, so until informed otherwise my order is as above.

my turtles tricked me this year by having rocket engines under their shells but I will try again, thanks for reprising. ABDOULAYE WADE ALAN GREENSPAN ALEX KATZ ARMIN MUELLER-STAHL ARTHUR COHN BRENDA MILNER **JOKER** CINDY BIRDSONG DAVID H. MURDOCK ESTHER RANTZEN GEORG KOCH HARVEY WEINSTEIN IAN SMITH JOANNE WOODWARD LINDA NOLAN MARILYN MAYE MONTE LANDIS NIGEL McCRERY NIGEL STARMER-SMITH NORMAN TEBBIT PRUNELLA SCALES RICHARD ROHMER STEVE McMICHAEL TOM BROKAW VALDUS ADAMKUS VANESSA REDGRAVE

Parking Space For 2025 List Claimed

Helen Gallagher is my 18th hit for this pool.

Warren Buffett James Dewey Watson

Extra Extra! Extra so does a 101-year-old Japanese royal. One extra for me: 14 for year-to-date.

I wondered why I, a Canadian widow, received no marriage proposals or even greetings. Maybe people are busy at the shooting range.

I had just finished my binge of series 1 of "Upstart Crow" (2016) on my library streaming service Kanopy when I learned about "Ludwig" (2024), so I binge that online.

10 Nov update double: 8 November - June Spencer 9 November - Ella Jenkins

I am off the starting line with the ending of my MACCHIATOS, June Spencer

Today I see two strikes on my list. Esther Rantzen, currently my top substitute, may replace Trevor Sorbie, and Steve Gleason may step in for the stepped out June Spencer. Two new substitutes to follow the standing Jody Gormley are Arnold Yarrow and Woody Woodbury

This Jody Gormley typ seems to be popular. I have no imagination today so I request Gormley for my third substitute.

Bernard Marcus is a hit for me in this competition.