An Fear Beag

Now that I've picked myself up off the floor after the shock of seeing @Great Uncle Bulgariaposting a proper picture, I think a wee update is in order. GORDON MCQUEEN +2 Base Point +2 (Hidden Bonus No. 6: "+2 if the picks Wikipedia page has a “Personal Life” section (it has to be those exact two words" ) +4 TOTAL POINTS Hits for: Gcreptile (Bonus +1 Position 22 on list) Great Uncle Bulgaria (Bonus +1 Picture posted) Perhaps (Bonus +1 Position 12 on list) (Bonus +1 Picture posted) The Old Crem Wannamaker (Bonus +1 Position 27 on list)(Bonus +1 Picture posted) (Bonus +3 hits in order) And so @gcreptileextends the lead again. GUB keeps pace and is now within striking distance of 2nd place. The big winner though is @wannamakerwho moves up into 4th place, nicely poised for a run at the top in the second half of the year. GCREPTILE +65 5 Hits BOOK +53 4 Hits GREAT UNCLE BULGARIA +49 6 Hits WANNAMAKER +43 4 Hits THE OLD LADY +43 3 Hits THEREWILLBEDEATHS7 +38 5 Hits AN FEAR BEAG +36 3 Hits BIBLIOGRYPHON +34 4 Hits PERHAPS +33 5 Hits BUFFALO PHIL +31 4 Hits CAPTAIN CHORIZO +26 4 Hits MARINISIA +24 2 Hits TOAST +23 3Hits TORVA MESSOR +22 3 Hits LIZ LEMON +22 2 Hits FUNERALOPOLIS +21 3 Hits THE UNKNOWN MAN +21 3 Hits THE OLD CREM +17 3 Hits PEDRO67 +16 2 Hits MSC +15 3 Hits CAPTAIN HEMLOCK +15 3 Hits TQR +11 2 Hits TRACY +6 2 Hits MRS PEDRO +6 1 Hit GOOSEBERRY CRUMBLE +4 1 Hit

What the actual fuck? An acceptable picture! At the first time of asking!! Wonders will never cease

Thanks for that. A hit for three players in total, including me! He will qualify for a few bonuses I reckon, and as far as I can see will not attract a penalty for an autobiography or for re-marrying, although I am open to correction on that. I hope you have more success than I did finding a picture of him winning "Commie of the Year".

But will it obit?

That one is absolutely fine - a bonus point is coming your way

I don't think I can accept that one, I'm afraid. The point is for a player "who posts a picture of their hit receiving a prize." Judging by the fact that the stadium is completely empty, I am going to go out on a limb and suggest that he is merely posing with the FA Cup rather than receiving it. Can't allow it. To be clear, I have no issue with the FA Cup as a prize, and he doesn't even need to be the captain receiving it. But it would have to be a picture of him with the cup on the day they had won it.

First up with the Gordon McQueen picture - 2 bonus points to you. I see a picture of Harris with an MBE and another of him receiving the CBE, but that seems to be the first OBE picture. No time limit on pictures in this game so help yourself to an extra bonus point.

Mea culpa - oversight on my part. Thanks for letting me now. You sneak into the top 10 on 381 points, and with as good a chance as anyone of mounting a challenge in the second half. Only 3 down and a joker still to play admittedly it's the seemingly immortal Frank Field, but he has to go eventually!)

Let's tidy up a loose end by scoring the death of John Morris, a unique hit for @Bibliogryphon. Just as well he was unique, as he qualified for no other bonuses other than a penalty for having written an autobiography. As a result Biblio only moves marginally up the table. JOHN MORRIS, LORD ABERAVON +2 Base Point +5 Unique pick in this game. -2 (Hidden Bonus No. 10: "-2 if the pick has written an autobiography.) +5 TOTAL POINTS Hits for: Bibliogryphon (Bonus +1 Position 23 on list) GCREPTILE +60 4 Hits BOOK +53 4 Hits GREAT UNCLE BULGARIA +44 5 Hits THE OLD LADY +43 3 Hits THEREWILLBEDEATHS7 +38 5 Hits AN FEAR BEAG +36 3 Hits BIBLIOGRYPHON +34 4 Hits WANNAMAKER +34 3 Hits BUFFALO PHIL +31 4 Hits CAPTAIN CHORIZO +26 4 Hits MARINISIA +24 2 Hits TOAST +23 3Hits TORVA MESSOR +22 3 Hits LIZ LEMON +22 2 Hits FUNERALOPOLIS +21 3 Hits THE UNKNOWN MAN +21 3 Hits PERHAPS +18 4 Hits PEDRO67 +16 2 Hits MSC +15 3 Hits CAPTAIN HEMLOCK +15 3 Hits THE OLD CREM +13 2 Hits TQR +11 2 Hits TRACY +6 2 Hits MRS PEDRO +6 1 Hit GOOSEBERRY CRUMBLE +4 1 Hit

There seems to have been a little flurry of activity over the past week which has shaken up the leaderboard, so let's have an update. Firstly we have the two backdated deaths to note: 1st April: Albert Ndele 11th April: Emlain Kabua And three more in the past week: 6th June: Francoise Gilot 6th June: Noreen Nash 11th June: Ted Kacsynski And with that, @theoldladyascends from 3rd place to 1st. She currently leads by 2 hits,, but that will of course drop down to 1 in a few days time. She is 7 picks down to get to that score, but still has a Joker to play. @Torva Messorand @Wormfarmermake up the rest of the top-3, with 6 and 5 hits respectively, but both have played their Joker. Meanwhile, current champion, and twice winner @Death Impendslurks ominously in 4th place with 5 down, and with the Joker still to play. I think we have all seen this show before! Here is the top-10. Full Scoreboard on Page 1. Let me know if I've missed anyone. You all know the drill by now! The Old Lady (751 points) 7 hits [Betty Boothroyd, Francoise Gilot, Gianluca Vialli, Mary Quant, Rolf Harris, Ted Kaczynski, Tina Turner] Torva Messor (586 points) 6 hits [Bernard Kalb, Bert I. Gordon*, Carole Cook, Francoise Gilot, Menahem Pressler, Noreen Nash] Wormfarmer (553 points) 5 hits [AL Jaffee*, Ben Ferencs, Bill Butler, Gianluca Vialli, Ted Kaczynski] Death Impends (514 points) 5 hits [Bert I Gordon, Billy Graham, Ed Ames, Francoise Gilot, Lucille Randon] Buffalo Phil (507 points) 7 hits [Ben Ferencs, Bill Butler, Gianluca Vialli, Guido Gorgatti, Hazel McCallion, Lucille Randon, Tim Keller] Hell (446 points) 5 hits [Chaim Topol, Gianluca Vialli, Rolf Harris, Ryiuchi Sakamoto, Ted Kaczynski] An Fear Beag (439 points) 6 hits [Gianluca Vialli, Lucille Randon, Mary Quant, Nigel Lawson, Ryiuchi Sakamoto, Tim Keller] Thatcher (438 points) 4 hits [Gianluca Vialli, Gina Lollobrigida, Rolf Harris*, Ted Kaczynski] Wannamaker (419 points) 6 hits [Frank McGarvey, King Constantine, Pervez Musharraf, Rolf Harris, Ryiuchi Sakamoto, Ted Kaczynski] The Old Crem (322 points) 5 hits [Frank McGarvey, Gianluca Vialli, Mary Quant, Rolf Harris, Ryiuchi Sakamoto]

Indeed he is - and a unique hit at that!

Many thanks MPFC. As a small thanks for running the pool, I have matched your donation to Buttercups - we can at least make a slightly better world for goats!

Now this is interesting! I think this might be a good time to invoke Rule 2.1: " "The Hare’s Pool has always been extremely lenient when it comes to accepting “obits” and that will be continued. Unlike other pools, a QO is not used as a barometer of fame – the weeding out process is carried out before the game begins. Basically, anything that convinces the host that the person is actually dead will be accepted" On her Wikipedia page, the 3rd reference is a link to a YouTube video, OF HER ACTUAL FUNERAL SERVICE, made by the Marshall IslandsTelecommunications Authority. I think that's fairly convincing evidence that the woman is actually dead! (Either that or you have really gone out of your way to make a convincing fake video in the hope of bagging the hundred-odd points on offer, in which case you frankly deserve the points!) I will award you the points in the next update.

Far too early in the year to consider it disappointing in this pool - this pool only starts getting going in September. Last year, The Old Crem was in last place on 7th August, yet finished in 4th by the years end. At this time of year, disappointing is when you have racked up 6 or 7 hits for a mere 400-500 points!

It all seems to have gone very quiet around here. Unless of course a whole heap of obscure picks have carked it, but you scamps have not informed me! I will be doing my quarterly google search of all the names at the end of the month, but in the meantime please be a dear and check you own teams. These are the only names I have since the last update: 10th May: Rolf Harris 21st May: Ed Ames 24th May: Tina Turner Rolf Harris was, of course, the big hit with 17 teams selecting the antipodean nonce. However, his death has actually bugger all effect on the top of the scoreboard, as the highest ranked player to have chosen him was @The Old Cremin 20th place. Crem moves up to 6th as a result. Of more significance, is the fact the @theoldladyalso selected Tina Turner to go with her Harris hit, to ascend into 3rd place. Somewhat fittingly, Rolf Harris's demise also sees @Toastand @Hellenter the top 10. @John Keygets a first hit of the game with Harris, to finally enter the race properly, leaving only 8 players hiding in the showers, hoping the sports teacher won't notice. The top 10 is as follows - full scoreboard as always is on Page 1. Buffalo Phil (507 points) 7 hits [Ben Ferencs, Bill Butler, Gianluca Vialli, Guido Gorgatti, Hazel McCallion, Lucille Randon, Tim Keller] An Fear Beag (439 points) 6 hits [Gianluca Vialli, Lucille Randon, Mary Quant, Nigel Lawson, Ryiuchi Sakamoto, Tim Keller] The Old Lady (435 points) 5 hits [Betty Boothroyd, Gianluca Vialli, Mary Quant, Rolf Harris, Tina Turner] Wormfarmer (393 points) 4 hits [AL Jaffee*, Ben Ferencs, Bill Butler, Gianluca Vialli] Death Impends (358 points) 4 hits [Bert I Gordon, Billy Graham, Ed Ames, Lucille Randon] The Old Crem (322 points) 5 hits [Frank McGarvey, Gianluca Vialli, Mary Quant, Rolf Harris, Ryiuchi Sakamoto] Dying Probably (318 points) 4 hits [Betty Boothroyd, Harry Belafonte, Hazel McCallion*, Nigel Lawson] Salmon Mousse (300 points) 6 hits [Frank McGarvey, Gianluca Vialli, Denny Crum, Michael Lehrer, Natalie Fornasier, Tim Keller] Toast (291 points) 6 hits [Fay Weldon, Gianluca Vialli, Just Fontaine, King Constantine, Rolf Harris, Ryiuchi Sakamoto] Hell (286 points) 4 hits [Chaim Topol, Gianluca Vialli, Rolf Harris, Ryiuchi Sakamoto]

More lucky than good - I wanted to pick Munawwar Rana, but @gcreptilebeat me to it by about 30 seconds!

Here's a nudge! Women’s wrestling great Beverly Shade dies | Slam Wrestling

Is there any other type?

Congratulations @DevonDeathTripon an excellent and well-deserved victory - a proper squonking! Best of luck in the semi-final I just couldn't seem to get my mojo going in this years cup - 4 hits over 3 matches is a poor return and only the luck of the draw got me as far as I did.

Yes, that's her.

Beverly Shade for me please.

While we are all here, lets bring this pool fully up to date by awarding points for the more eclectic pick of Dr. Evadne Hinge. Only three players selected the most obscure of this year's drag queen deaths, and all three shall be handsomely rewarded. Like Rolf Harris, Hinge did not have a "Personal Life" section of a Wikipedia page - however in this case it was because she did not have a Wikipedia page at all, a fact which has reaped a fine 5 point bonus. DR. EVADNE HINGE +2 Base Point +3 Unique DDP pick +1 Picked by 3 teams +5 (Hidden Bonus No. 7: "+5 if they don’t have an English Wikipedia page at the time of their death") +4 (Hidden Bonus No. 12: "+4 if 2023 is first year as a DDP pick") +15 TOTAL POINTS Hits for: Bibliogryphon (Bonus +1 Position 16 on list) Great Uncle Bulgaria (Bonus +1 Position 4 on list) Pedro67 (Bonus +1 Position 4 on list) @Great Uncle Bulgariais the big winner in this update hurtling up the leaderboard and into 3rd place, showing that a complete lack of comprehension of the picture rule is no barrier to success in this game. @Bibliogryphonmakes it up into the top 10. At the bottom, Mrs. Pedro's bragging rights did not last for long, as @Pedro67 strikes it big, while @Gooseberry Crumble is back in the familiar surroundings of the bottom. GCREPTILE +60 4 Hits BOOK +53 4 Hits GREAT UNCLE BULGARIA +44 5 Hits THE OLD LADY +43 3 Hits THEREWILLBEDEATHS7 +38 5 Hits AN FEAR BEAG +36 3 Hits WANNAMAKER +34 3 Hits BUFFALO PHIL +31 4 Hits BIBLIOGRYPHON +28 3 Hits CAPTAIN CHORIZO +26 4 Hits MARINISIA +24 2 Hits TOAST +23 3Hits TORVA MESSOR +22 3 Hits LIZ LEMON +22 2 Hits FUNERALOPOLIS +21 3 Hits THE UNKNOWN MAN +21 3 Hits PERHAPS +18 4 Hits PEDRO67 +16 2 Hits MSC +15 3 Hits CAPTAIN HEMLOCK +15 3 Hits THE OLD CREM +13 2 Hits TQR +11 2 Hits TRACY +6 2 Hits MRS PEDRO +6 1 Hit GOOSEBERRY CRUMBLE +4 1 Hit