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Condolences Clorox! Looks like you had a great relationship with your grandparents, they both sound lovely. Times when we lose loved ones are always hard, especially when you had a special connection to them. Growing up and reaching adulthood you often realise how your elderly family members won't be around forever, but it's always a sad day when the inevitable happens. The double loss in a short time must be hard for you, but it is nice they did not have to be seperated for long after 63 years of marriage. Since grieving is a very personal thing I won't make assumptions, but it sounds like you and your loved ones have lots of wonderful and funny memories of your grandparents which you can prosper and keep with you, share with each other, sometimes laugh, sometimes cry about. It must've also been a comfort to see how beloved your gran was and how much of an impact she made on others during her life. Best wishes for you and your family in the coming days, during the funeral and the time thereafter.

Haven't kept count but about 200 yellow cards during Netherlands - Argentina so far

Just looked the 2010s no. 1s up to see how many I could remember without listening to them. Most I know is 2013 with 16/30 songs, least I can recall is 2016 with 4/11 songs.

1. Jimmy Carter 2. Henry Kissinger 3. June Spencer 4. Rolf Harris 5. Bob Barker 6. Glynis Johns 7. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI 8. Nigel Starmer-Smith 9. Alan Greenspan 10. Dick van Dyke 11. Tony Bennett 12. Harry Belafonte 13. Eva Marie Saint 14. William Russell 15. Mel Brooks 16. David Graham 17. Rob Burrow 18. Joanne Woodward 19. Jacques Delors 20. Cleo Laine 21. David Attenborough 22. Rosalynn Carter 23. Gudrun Ure 24. Jean-Marie Le Pen 25. George Alagiah 26. Pelé 27. Stanley Baxter 28. Noam Chomsky 29. Sandy Gall 30. Bobby Charlton 31. James Whale 32. Barbara Walters 33. Andy Taylor 34. Norman Tebbit 35. Winnie Ewing 36. Milan Kundera 37. Bob Newhart 38. Dennis Skinner 39. Burt Bacharach 40. Linda Nolan 41. Tom Lehrer 42. James Earl Jones 43. Ted Kaczynski 44. Shannen Doherty 45. Thelma Barlow 46. Nigel Lawson 47. Yoko Ono 48. Douglas Hurd 49. Rex Williams 50. Vladimir Putin Subs: 1. Zhu Rongji 2. Roberta Flack 3. John Farnham 4. Jean Marsh 5. Willie Nelson

Duchess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg (1918-2019)'s son, Heinrich Reuss (1951), stylized as Prince Heinrich XIII, has been arrested yesterday for his involvement in the coup d'état plot to overthrow the German government. According to reports, he was the intended monarch for the revolutionary government. While not an imminent suicide risk or the likes, it's a clear sign he has completely lost all sense of reality. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/07/key-figures-behind-alleged-far-right-plot-to-overthrow-german-government

And the FAQ's at the end of the article took a very grim turn:

30 Althea & Donna – Up Town Top Ranking 28 Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights 24 The Buggles – Video killed the radio star 24 Police – Walking on the moon 24 Tubeway Army – Are “friends” electric 23 Blondie – Sunday Girl 22 Art Garfunkel – Bright eyes 22 ABBA – Take a chance on me +2 22 Police – Message in a bottle +2 21 Blondie – Heart of glass 21 The Boomtown Rats – Rat Trap 21 The Boomtown Rats – I don´t like Mondays 20 Brotherhood of Man – Figaro 20 Bee Gees – Night Fever 20 Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta – You´re the one that I want 20 10CC – Dreadlock Holiday 20 Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta – Summer Nights 20 Rod Stewart – Da ya think I´m sexy 20 Boney M. – Mary´s boy child / Oh my Lord 20 Ian Dury & the Blockheads – Hit me with your rhythm stick 20 Bee Gees – Tragedy 20 Gloria Gaynor – I will survive 20 Anita Ward – Ring my bell 20 Cliff Richard – We don´t talk anymore 20 Gary Numan – Cars 14 Pink Floyd – Another brick in the wall 14 The Commodores – Three times a lady 14 Brian & Michael – Matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs 14 Village People – Y.M.C.A. 10 Lena Martell – One day at a time -4 6 Boney M. – Rivers of Babylon / Brown girl in the ring 0 Dr. Hook – When you´re in love with a beautiful woman -2

Pink Floyds most overrated song being their most succesful in the charts is and will always be a disgrace. It's not an outright bad song, but I won't stick my neck out for it like I would've for Time, Shine On You Crazy Diamond Pts. 1-5, Wish You Were Here etc.

The last part about eating chocolate reminded me of the late Gabrielle des Robert. The French secret for longevity is chocolate!

Who did they cremate at the ceremony the day before? Oh dear, starting to worry for Zhu Rongji

Thought me entering the top 10 would be a very shortlived adventure as I had Doddie at no. 19, but a short look at the stats shows more than half the field selected him. Think I might even stay in 10th place for now!

Ah, the "Jimmy and Rosalynn look like munchkins compared to the Bidens from this angle" perspective strikes again!

Congrats Drol!

And I'm out. Had a Sinterklaas-party with my in-laws (could you call it that? Girlfriends family) yesterday evening, and the consensus happened to be "since there are virtually no Sinterklaas-songs tolerable for sane adults, let's play a christmas-playlist instead". About halfway through dinner, not a cloud in sight. Well, I'd probably heard up to five Bublé versions of classics at that point, which must be four too many at least, but not a single sound of our infamous English pop duo. Then it all went down suddenly. As I went for a second round of meat with some salad and baguette, I heard the vaguest beginnings of a song, which I suddenly realised turned out to be the all too well known song by George and Andrew. I silently accepted my defeat. Oh well. Had a fun evening anyway! And for whom the above seemed way too over the top and dramatic, just wait till you hear Wham! once released a christmas song

Was caught off guard in a bookstore this evening by some sudden christmas tunes, luckily it turned out to be Chris Rea.

That's actually quite great! Works much better than I expected.

Really shocked about her death. As others before me have written, she had such an enormous influence over the succes of Fleetwood Mac, both in songwriting and her vocals. Had you asked me to predict who would be the last one standing of the main line up, I'd have said Christine without a second thought only this afternoon. Really the end of an era, could see Buckingham and another one of the classic line up go in the next couple of years. But for now, I'll just honour this wonderful musician, songwriter and human being. RIP Christine

Fucks sake... Never would've guessed Christine would be the first of my list to go. Not a great start to the game for me. But I'll keep my Dreams of winning this pool alive, her death isn't The Chain by which I'll plummet to the depths of the ranking. Now I'll stop with the puns, I'm just sad about her being gone so sudden.

James Whale

Guillermo Rodriguez Lara please

85 Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody 77 David Bowie – Space Oddity +4 67 ABBA – Waterloo 46 10CC – I’m Not in Love 36 Suzi Quatro – Devil Gate Drive 36 Bay City Rollers – Bye bye baby 32 Barry White – You`re the first, the last, my everything 27 Ken Boothe – Everything I own 17 The Three Degrees – When will I see you again 16 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel – Make me smile (Come up and see me) -6

76 Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody 67 David Bowie – Space Oddity +4 63 ABBA – Waterloo 54 10CC – I’m Not in Love 39 Barry White – You`re the first, the last, my everything 35 Ken Boothe – Everything I own 27 Bay City Rollers – Bye bye baby 26 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel – Make me smile (Come up and see me) -6 25 Suzi Quatro – Devil Gate Drive 24 The Three Degrees – When will I see you again 21 George McCrae – Rock your baby 15 Tammy Wynette – Stand by your man 6 Typically Tropical – Barbados

Not too late for that...