Skinny kiltrunner

There is no such thing as a bad pick, just a pick ahead of it's time. Every pick will eventually be proven correct.

I'd like to hear your pseudonym's story. I can't possibly imagine where it may have originated.

Cheers. I was just poking fun. I actually like it for its simplicity, but hearing your explanation adds a couple of layers for sure. Me, I'm just a skinny guy that wears a kilt when I race. And no, I don't go regimental, before someone cracks wise.

Says Toast.

I was just a young one back then, but I could never understand how Steve Shutt could play for the Habs. For the longest time I thought you had to be French Canadian to be on the team, and to me he was some kind of interloper. How times have changed. Now, in the infamous words of the Tragically Hip, I don't give a fuck about hockey.

Interesting tweet. She refers to her facility. Hospice?

.....to Lafleur, he shoots, he scooooooooooores! https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/nhl-guy-lafleur-heart-surgery-montreal-1.5298593

Oh man, my boyhood hero as well. Used to get home from school and rush to the paper to check the boxscores from the previous night's game. He hardly ever disappointed me.

Would have been a gooder for the ABC pool.

Politicians packing at Parliament. Just imagine if the GOP follows suit. "Here's your fucking impeachment, Pelosi"

I guess she had nothing to apologize for, then. Her fears were well founded.

Hindsight is 50:50.

You have some gold there.

It's been 24 hours since Death Impends posted the link about Suzanne Whang's death. Nothing else seems to be mentioned anywhere else. The link seemed pretty convincing to me, but sure is flying under the radar. Wikipedia has the 'was' reference to her bio, but no other mention and no DOD.

Ah man. I figured it had to be close, but there's always some mixed feelings. Happy to take the points (daily double with Fernando), but I always try to learn some things about my picks, and she seemed pretty sweet. RIP.

This pool is so competitive! I had a hit with Fernando, and dropped one place in the standings. Jokered.

I think you're having me on Sir Creep, but OK, I'll bite anyway. As you and many denizens of this site know, the devil is in the details. "Cancer of the neck" is so vague as to be useless, and no one would accept it as a diagnosis. Is it cancer of the esophagus, larynx or pharynx? One of the sarcomas perhaps (osteosarcoma, liposarcoma, fibrosarcoma, myosarcoma?) Maybe lymphoma, Hodgkins or non? Salivary glands? Adenoid carcinoma? Perchance melanoma, basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma? The survivorship varies from near certain recovery to near certain death, so no one would accept "neck cancer" from their doctor in this day and age, especially in London where he apparently is. So this adds to the fishiness of his manager's statements. I'm not disagreeing that the guy looks like shit on a stick, but we really don't know why. Apparently I'm not the only suspicious one- his funding page still sits at 0.

Yeah, but WTF is neck cancer. Esophageal, sarcoma , what?

And here it is.... https://fundclock.com/campaign/104/donate-to-majek-fashek

Just going to drop this here. No particular reason.

There has been a follow up to this, but the whole thing seems a bit off to me. The only thing missing that would set off the 'scam alert' klaxon is the go-fund-me account. But maybe I'm being overly suspicious. I have to go now- there's a Nigerian prince on the phone that wants to send me some money! https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/09/majek-fasheks-manager-cries-out-we-need-emergency-support-we-are-stranded/

Update for Sid Haig. Sounds like he is through the worst and on the way to recovery. https://movieweb.com/amp/3-from-hell-sid-haig-accident-health-update/ And his wife apologizes for being overly dramatic.

They won't cremate him. That would be like burning money.

Felicite Tomlinson, sister of Louis Tomlinson. Death by misadventure, AKA accidental drug overdose. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/sep/11/felicite-tomlinson-sister-of-one-direction-louis-died-of-accidental-overdose