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HARE’S DEATH POOL 2024 – 11th Edition As the 10th edition of this long-standing pool bubbles up nicely to the boil, its time to turn our attention for a few minutes to the 2024 edition. This pool has had a welcome surge of entries in recent years, culminating in a whopping 57 players last year. Thanks to you all for playing, and hopefully you will take some time out of your busy December to throw together a team for next year. I am aiming for 60 teams – don’t let me down! I know a few deadpool regulars have said that they are taking a step back from most pools next year. Hopefully you can all make an exception for this one. It takes minimal effort to enter. No research needed - the first 25 names that come into your head will do the trick. New participants are especially welcome, and I promise not to be (too) rude to you this year! It’s dead simple to enter - just gather together 25 names and send them in. Add a few names to your DDP team, and you are there. If you are worried about a QO in other pools, no need to panic - this is (usually) the place for them. Your picks just have to die, and they have to take their bloody time about doing it. The rules are published below -they are exactly the same as last year. So the ban on local criminal types is still in place, with my good wife being the arbiter of how famous the criminal is – if she has not heard of them, they are out. The requirement for a proper obit stays the same, although as is traditional it will be the lowest of low bars on QOs. I will ask very nicely, pretty please with a cherry on top, for players to take heed of the following request for formatting your team before entry. Although it is dwarfed by the gargantuan effort of running the DDP pool ( ), it still takes a good bit of work to set up any pool, and you can make my January a lot easier if I don’t have to spent ages re-writing lists and deleting numbers. SEND YOUR TEAM TO ME BY PM, OR POST IT UP ON THIS THREAD. NO OTHER METHODS OF ENTRY ARE ACCEPTED. · List picks in alphabetical order of FIRST name. · Put names in Capital letters. · Do not put numbers in front of the name. This is the worst of all as I cannot get a spreadsheet to remove them automatically. But please do count them to make sure that there are actually 25 of them – it’s not that difficult. · Put description in brackets after name, only if they are really obscure or likely to be easily confused with another celebrity. Trust me- I know who Jimmy Carter is. · Mark one pick as a Joker (or wildcard- I’m not getting into that discussion again!) I will accept entries that are not in this format. But I won’t be happy about it. And I am not a happy person at the best of times. Best of luck to you all.

I'd say that anyone who gets capped by their country could reasonably be described as "notable".

It's all heating up around here now, with the Update Enema striking again! It has managed to flush out another significant pick in the from of the seemingly immortal Yuriko, Princess Mikasa. November 8th: Rachid Mekhloufi November 15th: Eileen Kramer November 15th: Yuriko, Princess Mikasa And with that hit, @diegohas struck for home, taking the lead and becoming the first player to cross the 2000 point threshold. He has also taken @gcreptileout of the equation for a 1-hit lead, taken back control of a potential Steve McMichael hit from @tracy and taken Jimmy Carter and Marita Quiros off @Wormfarmer's list of potential winners. All in all, a nice days work. So does @arghtonhave anything left in the tank, after leading for so long? Can @Wormfarmerland a blow with one of their remaining centenarians? Or could @MariNisiamake a sneaky move for the top with their Elaine May Joker? Stay tuned! Diego (2067 points) 10 hits [Alberto Fujimori*, Alexandre do Nascimento, Alice Munro, Glynis Johns, Janis Paige, Iris Apfel, Josip Manolic, June Spencer, Vic Seixas, Yuriko Princess Mikasa] Arghton (1921 points) 13 hits [Abdul Taib Mahmud, Alfredo Karam, Beverly Lahaye, Chalong Pakdeevijit, Clio Maria Bittoni, Jaako Valtanen, Ma Shitu, Paul Vachon, Salem Al-Ali Al Sabah*, Solihin GP, Swami Smaranananda, Tin Oo, Zhang Lixiong] Wormfarmer (1830 points) 10 hits [Ella Jenkins, Frank Field, Iris Apfel, Josip Manolic, June Spencer, Kris Kristofferson, Phillipe De Gaulle, Ruth Johnson Colvin, Shannen Doherty, Simon Cowell] Tracey (1529 points) 8 hits [Alvin Rakoff, Bob Newhart, Dabney Coleman, Dub Jones, Glynis Johns, James Earl Jones, Shannen Doherty, William Russell] John Key (1473 points) 10 hits [Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, Derek Draper, Frank Field, Joe Shannon, Jonnie Irwin, Josip Manolic, June Spencer, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty*, William Russell] Buffalo Phil (1461 points) 9 hits [Dario G*, Francoise Hardy, Frank Field, Iris Apfel, Jonnie Irwin, Juan Vincent Perez, June Spencer, Shannen Doherty, Simon Cowell] MariNisia (1442 points) 10 hits [Alice Munro, David Graham, Glynis Johns, Gudrun Ure, Jack Burke Jr., June Spencer, Thomas Stafford, Tony Lo Bianco, Vic Seixas, William Russell] Death By Arsenic (1343 points) 7 hits [Glynis Johns, Luis Ayala, Maryse Conde, Mirta Diaz Balart, Toby Keith, Parnelli Jones, Rachid Mekhloufi*] Gcreptile (1325 points) 12 hits [Corey Williams, Dikembe Mutombo, Frank Field, Franz Beckenbauer, Jason Smith, Jonnie Irwin, Josip Manolic, Manel The Island Man, Paul Vachon, Simon Cowell, Thomas Stafford, Zhang Lixiong]

For me, Christmas officially begins when @Spade_Cooleyposts about some Venezualan regional tiddlywinks champion who is terminally ill and is absolutely 100% guaranteed to get a QO, in the hope that some gullible DDP player will take the bait.

Diamonds are code for vaginas? I never knew that - everyday is a learning day I guess. Games of gin rummy with my old Mum will never be quite the same again

I think you are being a touch generous to Bono there with "singing".

That's Life host is toast Using the principle that it's a whole year since it was used, and if it was shit enough to use then, it's shit enough to re-use now.

Thanks for that. I obviously has Marinisia's potential winner in my head when I was writing it. Changed now. I've just looked at my post on my phone, and see that the list of names does not format properly on the phone (looks ok on my laptop). Anyone know how I can change it so that it looks right when viewed on a phone?

In case any of you were awake and eagle-eyed and spotted that I had made a mistake in the update above , it has now been changed to acknowledge that @tracywould take the lead with a Steve McMichael Joker hit.

A weekend is a long time in dead-pooling, and things have certainly shaken up a bit in the past few days. Only two hits that I am aware of, but both of significance in this game November 8th: June Spencer November 9th: Ella Jenkins First up was the popular pick of June Spencer. 14 picks in total and a place on the ZZZ team of most popular picks. The biggest beneficiary was @diego who overtook @tracyin 2nd place, and moved within a hit of the long time leader @arghton. With 14 potential picks to overtake the leader, they were in great position to make a late run for the title. Two other players moved within a hit of the lead: @Wormfarmerneeding a Joker hit with Arnold Yarrow, and @MariNisianeeding a Joker hit with Elaine May. However, there was another twist 24 hours later with the death of Ella Jenkins, a pick for 2 players. Most importantly it was a hit for Wormfarmer, lifting them into second place. It also took away 2 more of Diego's potential winners (Carter and Quiros). Wormfarmer now has 14 potential names that could give them the lead, 11 of whom are centenarians, with Jimmy Carter the youngster of the bunch! It's fair to say that we have a proper game on our hands! Points on the board are better than potential picks in hand, so Arghton still remains favourite. However, you would have to think that they will need at least 1 more hit to take the title with so many names lining up behind them. The top 10 is down below, and the full scoreboard is on page 1. For those who follow the ebb and flow of the game, here are the potential game-changers - Arghton's remaining picks and the challengers' potential winners. ARGHTON WORMFARMER DIEGO MARINISIA GCREPTILE TRACY Ahmed Taleb Ibrahimi Agnes Kelati Denis Law Elaine May* Alan Greenspan* Steve McMichael* Ben Cayetano Arnold Yarrow* Edward, Duke of Kent Colin Jeavons Iris Cummings Esther Rantzen James Woolsey James Clayton-Flowers Eve Marie Saint Jim Lovell James Whale Jean Marie Le Pen Kwong Siu-Hing Jimmy Carter Mel Brooks Moses Ali John Cruickshank Nigel Starmer-Smith Moshe Sternbuch Khaleda Zia Pope Francis Sen Soshitsu XV Linda Nolan Sandy Gall V.S. Achutanandan Lloyd Geering Yuriko, Princess Mikasa Violetta Chamorro Marita Camach Quiros Wang Xiji Paul Ignatius Virginia Halas McCaskey Whang Od Oggay Arghton (1921 points) 13 hits [Abdul Taib Mahmud, Alfredo Karam, Beverly Lahaye, Chalong Pakdeevijit, Clio Maria Bittoni, Jaako Valtanen, Ma Shitu, Paul Vachon, Salem Al-Ali Al Sabah*, Solihin GP, Swami Smaranananda, Tin Oo, Zhang Lixiong] Wormfarmer (1830 points) 10 hits [Ella Jenkins, Frank Field, Iris Apfel, Josip Manolic, June Spencer, Kris Kristofferson, Phillipe De Gaulle, Ruth Johnson Colvin, Shannen Doherty, Simon Cowell] Diego (1748 points) 9 hits [Alberto Fujimori*, Alexandre do Nascimento, Alice Munro, Glynis Johns, Janis Paige, Iris Apfel, Josip Manolic, June Spencer, Vic Seixas] Tracey (1529 points) 8 hits [Alvin Rakoff, Bob Newhart, Dabney Coleman, Dub Jones, Glynis Johns, James Earl Jones, Shannen Doherty, William Russell] John Key (1473 points) 10 hits [Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, Derek Draper, Frank Field, Joe Shannon, Jonnie Irwin, Josip Manolic, June Spencer, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty*, William Russell] Buffalo Phil (1461 points) 9 hits [Dario G*, Francoise Hardy, Frank Field, Iris Apfel, Jonnie Irwin, Juan Vincent Perez, June Spencer, Shannen Doherty, Simon Cowell] MariNisia (1442 points) 10 hits [Alice Munro, David Graham, Glynis Johns, Gudrun Ure, Jack Burke Jr., June Spencer, Thomas Stafford, Tony Lo Bianco, Vic Seixas, William Russell] Gcreptile (1325 points) 12 hits [Corey Williams, Dikembe Mutombo, Frank Field, Franz Beckenbauer, Jason Smith, Jonnie Irwin, Josip Manolic, Manel The Island Man, Paul Vachon, Simon Cowell, Thomas Stafford, Zhang Lixiong] RadGuy (1274 points) 11 hits [Brian Barczyk, Charlie Bird, Christoph Daum, Francoise Hardy, Franz Beckenbauer, Joe Shannon, Jonnie Irwin*, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty, Toby Keith] Etushispushingupdaisies (1216 points) 9 hits [Derek Draper*, Francoise Hardy, Frank Field, Franz Beckenbauer, Janey Godley, Jonnie Irwin, Rob Burrow, Simon Cowell, Toby Keith]

The good old Update Enema. Not quite as powerful as the @Gooseberry Crumbleenema, but still capable of flushing out a hit or two. That definitely shakes up the top of the leaderboard - update to follow shortly ....

STOP THE PRESS! We have had some action! Some actual, proper, real-life action! Not a "change of leader" action, but we have something. My ennui has now passed, and I'm ready for a proper update. These are the folks who have left us since the last update. October 10th: Sammy Basso October 7th: Cissy Houston October 10th: Ethel Kennedy October 12th: Alvin Rakoff October 29th: Terri Garr November 2nd: Dub Jones November 2nd: Janey Godley November 3rd: Quincy Jones A whopping total of 8 hits in 5 weeks, with Ethel Kennedy and Janey Godley being the only ones who were not solo hits (3 picks each). And none of them picked by anyone in the top 10. So what is the cause of my excitement. Well 15th-placed @tracyhas managed to bag a double with the hits of Alvin Rakoff and Dub Jones. At this time of the year, a quick-fire double can make a huge difference, and so it proves with Tracy becoming @arghton's closest challenger in 2nd place. They are now within 2 hits of our long-term leader, or of course a Joker hit. Their Joker is Deathlist favourite Steve McMichael, who has been on first-name terms with the Reaper for years now, so it is definitely game on at this stage. The other player who is one potential death away from the top is @gcreptilein 4th, who needs Alan Greenspan to oblige. Other than that, @diegowould need 2 hits to catch the leader. The rest of the top 7 below could get there with 2 hits (or an Arnold Yarrow Joker hit for @Wormfarmer), provided they wait a bit longer to get them. Maybe, just maybe, we could actually have a race on our hands! Arghton (1921 points) 13 hits [Abdul Taib Mahmud, Alfredo Karam, Beverly Lahaye, Chalong Pakdeevijit, Clio Maria Bittoni, Jaako Valtanen, Ma Shitu, Paul Vachon, Salem Al-Ali Al Sabah*, Solihin GP, Swami Smaranananda, Tin Oo, Zhang Lixiong] Tracey (1529 points) 8 hits [Alvin Rakoff, Bob Newhart, Dabney Coleman, Dub Jones, Glynis Johns, James Earl Jones, Shannen Doherty, William Russell] Diego (1436 points) 8 hits [Alberto Fujimori*, Alexandre do Nascimento, Alice Munro, Glynis Johns, Janis Paige, Iris Apfel, Josip Manolic, Vic Seixas] Gcreptile (1325 points) 12 hits [Corey Williams, Dikembe Mutombo, Frank Field, Franz Beckenbauer, Jason Smith, Jonnie Irwin, Josip Manolic, Manel The Island Man, Paul Vachon, Simon Cowell, Thomas Stafford, Zhang Lixiong] RadGuy (1274 points) 11 hits [Brian Barczyk, Charlie Bird, Christoph Daum, Francoise Hardy, Franz Beckenbauer, Joe Shannon, Jonnie Irwin*, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty, Toby Keith] Etushispushingupdaisies (1216 points) 9hits [Derek Draper*, Francoise Hardy, Frank Field, Franz Beckenbauer, Janey Godley, Jonnie Irwin, Rob Burrow, Simon Cowell, Toby Keith] Wormfarmer (1205 points) 8 hits [Frank Field, Iris Apfel, Josip Manolic, Kris Kristofferson, Phillipe De Gaulle, Ruth Johnson Colvin, Shannen Doherty, Simon Cowell]

Sad news from the world of Irish sport with the death of one of the greats of Irish show-jumping, Captain Con Power. Three-time Aga Khan winner Capt Con Power dies aged 71 (rte.ie) Appropriately for the title of this thread, he was also the father of jockey Robbie Power who won the Grand National on Silver Birch, and the Gold Cup on Sizing John. I met Con once when my car slid off a snowy road into a ditch opposite his farm a good few years ago. Nice man, shit tractor. He wasn't able to pull the car out, so I had to pay a small fortune for a recovery vehicle to come out and extract the car from the ditch. RIP

Wishing you all the best with the surgery. Hopefully your neurologist is just being precautionary and trying to deal with it early rather than wait until it has done some serious damage. Out of curiosity, when you say "on the head", is it on the brain itself? I'm guessing so, given that its a neurologist involved. Have they diagnosed what type of a tumour it is?

A word of advice - you might want to play it just a little bit cooler than mango does on the Jimmy Carter thread. Otherwise he might think you are a psychotic lunatic and run a mile in the opposite direction! (But best of luck with the date- hope it works out)

I had intended to do an update as we are approaching the end of the month, but what's the bloody point. Nothing much has happened since the last one. So here's your update: A few people died None of them had a material effect on the top of the leaderboard @arghtonis still leading. Come back to me next month when hopefully we might actually have a bit of action.

You are also disagreeing with The Old Crem Index - the more strongly he makes a political prediction, the more likely there is to be a landslide in the opposite direction. Based purely on this, I confidently predict that Harris will win all 50 states, along with Congress, the Senate, the Irish General election, the Superbowl, the Nevada state Lottery, and the raffle down at her local pub.

No worries msc. Looking back on my post, it doesn't come across as humorously curmudgeonly as I intended. Hopefully your year picks up a bit, and thanks for your sympathies.

We are now entering the witching hour- where wins become losses, and losses become wins. A wise man (well, Deathray) once said that this pool only gets interesting when September is done, and that's where we are up to. The shadow boxing is over - its time for the real competition to begin. A few deaths had been missed in the last update: 4th July: Ysanne Churchman - Widely reported at the time, but I was off radar due to a family bereavement. That's my excuse - what is @msc's for not mentioning it? 18th August: Ruth Johnson Colvin 27th August: Rena Rolska Since then, the following have all been hits: September 11th: Kenneth Cope September 12th: Manel the Island Man September 16th: Barbara Leigh Hunt September 19th: Chalong Pakdeevijit September 20th: Barbara Horawianka September 20th: Daniel J Evans September 20th: David Graham September 25th: Joyce Clague September 27th: Maggie Smith September 28th Alexandre Do Nascimento September 28th: Kris Kristofferson September 30th: Dikembe Mutombo So where does that leave us, as the days get colder, and the action here heats up? At the last update I questioned whether @arghtonhad enough picks left to maintain the lead to the finishing line. He promptly put me in my place by registering another hit with Chalong Pakdeevijit to stretch the lead a little further. It is still far from unsurmountable, as the chasing pack have plenty of outs to catch him. @diego moves up into second place with the Joker hit of Do Nascimeno, and within 2 hits of the top. With only 8 picks down, he is right in the mix. He will like that! A double hit lifts @gcreptileinto 3rd position. They are more than 2 hits behind, but with a Joker still to play, and plenty of time for the value of hits to rise, they have every chance of making it. @RadGuyand @Wormfarmermake up a new look top 5, and both will be looking for a couple of quick hits to chase down the runaway leader. History has shown us that 2 or 3 hits in a short space of time, can turn an also-ran into a contender this late in the game - who has got it in them to make the late charge? Meanwhile, down at the bottom, @TheKillingTimehas registered their first hit of the game with Rena Rolska, to vault up into the rarefied heights of 4th last. That means that every team has now had a hit, and @BabyBlueprops up the field in last place, This is the full scoreboard. It is the last full one until the game end, so enjoy seeing your name up in lights, and best of luck for the rest of the game. Arghton (1921 points) 13 hits [Abdul Taib Mahmud, Alfredo Karam, Beverly Lahaye, Chalong Pakdeevijit, Clio Maria Bittoni, Jaako Valtanen, Ma Shitu, Paul Vachon, Salem Al-Ali Al Sabah*, Solihin GP, Swami Smaranananda, Tin Oo, Zhang Lixiong] Diego (1436 points) 8 hits [Alberto Fujimori, Alexandre do Nascimento*, Alice Munro, Glynis Johns, Janis Paige, Iris Apfel, Josip Manolic, Vic Seixas] Gcreptile (1325 points) 12 hits [Corey Williams, Dikembe Mutombo, Frank Field, Franz Beckenbauer, Jason Smith, Jonnie Irwin, Josip Manolic, Manel The Island Man, Paul Vachon, Simon Cowell, Thomas Stafford, Zhang Lixiong] RadGuy (1274 points) 11 hits [Brian Barczyk, Charlie Bird, Christoph Daum, Dikembe Mutombo, Francoise Hardy, Franz Beckenbauer, Joe Shannon, Jonnie Irwin*, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty, Toby Keith] Wormfarmer (1205 points) 8 hits [Frank Field, Iris Apfel, Josip Manolic, Kris Kristofferson, Phillipe De Gaulle, Ruth Johnson Colvin, Shannen Doherty, Simon Cowell] GrimUpNorth (1185 points) 11 hits [Billy Bean, Dario G, Dave Myers, Derek Draper, Frank Field, Jason Smith, Jonnie Irwin*, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty, Simon Cowell, Toby Keith] John Key (1161 points) 9 hits [Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, Derek Draper, Frank Field, Joe Shannon, Jonnie Irwin, Josip Manolic, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty*, William Russell] Buffalo Phil (1149 points) 8 hits [Dario G*, Francoise Hardy, Frank Field, Iris Apfel, Jonnie Irwin, Juan Vincent Perez, Shannen Doherty, Simon Cowell] MariNisia (1130 points) 9 hits [Alice Munro, David Graham, Glynis Johns, Gudrun Ure, Jack Burke Jr., Thomas Stafford, Tony Lo Bianco, Vic Seixas, William Russell] Hell (1057 points) 10 hits [Charlie Bird, Daniel J Evans, Derek Draper, Frank Field, Glynis Johns, Jonnie Irwin, Josip Manolic, Rob Burrow, Simon Cowell, William Russell] Death Impends (1053 points) 6 hits [David Graham, Gudrun Ure, Janis Paige, Mollie Lentaigne, Ruth Johnson Colvin, William Russell] Captain Chorizo (1032 points) 9 hits [Al Attles, Alexandre Do Nascimento, Glynis Johns, Jaime De Arminan, Lynne Reid Banks, Paul Vachon, Philip De Gaulle, Rob Burrow, Roland Bertin] Funeralopolis (1018 points) 8 hits [Dario G*, Dave Myers, Derek Draper, Francoise Hardy, Frank Field, Jonnie Irwin, Rob Burrow, Simon Cowell] WEP (994 points) 8 hits [Charlie Bird, Christoph Daum, Dario G, Frank Field, Jason Smith, Jonnie Irwin, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty] Tracey (938 points) 6 hits [Bob Newhart, Dabney Coleman, Glynis Johns, James Earl Jones, Shannen Doherty, William Russell] Etushispushingupdaisies (910 points) 8 hits [Derek Draper*, Francoise Hardy, Frank Field, Franz Beckenbauer, Jonnie Irwin, Rob Burrow, Simon Cowell, Toby Keith] Msc (902 points) 8 hits [David Graham, Glynis Johns, Gudrun Ure, Laurie Johnson, Norman Jewison, Roger Corman, William Russell, Ysanne Churchman] The Unknown Man (829 points) 6 hits [Francoise Hardy, James Earl Jones, Jonnie Irwin, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty, Toby Keith] Drol (826 points) 10 hits [Bhuddadeb Bhattacharjee, D. Srinivas, Frank Field, Jonnie Irwin, Ma Shitu, Mario Zagallo, Manohar Joshi, Toby Keith, Yuri Solomin, Zhang Lixiong] Zsa Zsa’s (786 points) 5 hits [Bob Newhart, Jim Inhofe, Shannen Doherty, Toby Keith, Willie Mays] Toast (783 points) 8 hits [Anouk Aimee, Dave Myers*, Francoise Hardy, Frank Field, Glynis Johns, Jonnie Irwin, Rob Burrow, Toby Keith] An Fear Beag (768 points) 8 hits [Charlie Bird, Frank Kitson, Imogen Stuart, Jonnie Irwin, Maria Branyas Morero, Mike Sadler, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty] The Old Crem (758 points) 6 hits [David Graham, Frank Field, Glynis Johns, Jonnie Irwin, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty] Wannamaker (749 points) 8 hits [Brian Barczyk, Dario G, Franz Beckenbauer, Glynis Johns, Rob Burrow*, Roger Donlan, Shannen Doherty, Toby Keith] Willy Wonka422 (738 points) 5 hits [Bhuddadeb Bhattacharjee, Brian Tobin, Chi-Chi Rodriguez, Jonnie Irwin, William Russell] The Old Lady (735 points) 7 hits [Derek Draper*, Frank Field, Jonnie Irwin, Ray Reardon, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty, Toby Keith] Death By Arsenic (719 points) 6 hits [Glynis Johns, Luis Ayala, Maryse Conde, Mirta Diaz Balart, Toby Keith, Parnelli Jones] Sod’s Law (717 points) 3 hits [James Earl Jones, Kris Kristofferson, Shannen Doherty] Ghost of Christmas Past (713 points) 5 hits [Bob Newhart, Iris Apfel, Jonnie Irwin, Maggie Smith, Rob Burrow] ZZZ - Boring Predictable Team (698 points) 8 hits [Francoise Hardy, Frank Field, Franz Beckenbauer, Glynis Johns, Jonnie Irwin, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty, Toby Keith] WhoamI (679 points) 6 hits [Glynis Johns, Joyce Randolph, Ray Lawler, Roger Corman, Steele Hall, Willie Mays] LizLemon (673 points) 6 hits [Frank Field, Glynis Johns, Iris Apfel, Jonnie Irwin, Kris Kristofferson, Shannen Doherty] Bibliogryphon (668 points) 4 hits [Barbara Leigh Hunt, Bob Newhart, Jeanette Charles, John Savident] Yvonne (657 points) 4 hits [Bob Newhart, Bud Anderson, Dabney Coleman, Yvonne Furneaux] Famous4Eva (648 points) 4 hits [Barbara Horawianka, Foolio, Mollie Lentaigne, Veljko Bulajic] Yorkshire Banker (643 points) 4 hits [Edna O’Brien, Laurent De Brunhoff, Lynne Reid Banks*, Willy Mays] JoeMoneypenny (634 points) 4 hits [Alice Munro*, Dario G, Franz Beckenbauer, Shannen Doherty] Nantonian (630 points) 8 hits [Derek Draper, Francoise Hardy, Frank Field, Jack Burke Jr., Mario Zagallo, Petyer Oosterhuis, Rob Burrow, Stan Bowles] Thatcher (620 points) 4 hits [Francoise Hardy, Kenneth Cope, Mary Mears, Roy Battersby] Time (606 points) 3 hits [Chita Rivera, Jeanette Charles*, Kris Kristofferson] CharlesDeGaulle (604 points) 4 hits [Alberto Fujimori, Francoise Hardy, Janis Paige, Toby Keith] DeathBecomesThem (599 points) 5 hits [Daniel J Evans, Franz Beckenbauer, Jonnie Irwin, Richard M Sherman, Rob Burrow] Guy From Future (591 points) 3 hits [Alice Munro*, David Graham, Eleanor Collins] CalebH (573 points) 4 hits [Christoph Daum, Dries Van Agt, Micheline Presle, Sonia Iovan] MalePoster (550 points) 5 hits [Bob Newhart, Chita Rivera, Josip Manolic, Nikolai Ryzhkov, Yoshiko Kuga] Book (543 points) 6 hits [Iris Apfel, Joyce Randolph, Mario Zagallo, Roger Corman, Ruth Maria Kubitschek, Vic Seixas] Dying Probably (542 points) 4 hits [Frank Field, James Earl Jones, Josip Manolic, Phillipe De Gaulle] Great Uncle Bulgaria (529 points) 4 hits [Frank Field, Jonnie Irwin, Maria Branyas Morero, Rob Burrow] GooseberryCrumble (519 points) 4 hits [Dickie Rooks*, John Savident, Joyce Clague, Joyce Randolph] The Immortal (505 points) 5 hits [Bengt I. Samuelsson, Dries Van Agt, Shannen Doherty, Toby Keith, Wilson Fittipaldi] Prophet (504 points) 5 hits [Jonnie Irwin, Malachy McCourt, Shannen Doherty, Stan Bowles, William Russell] TQR (495 points) 5 hits [Frank Field, Glynis Johns, Jonnie Irwin, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty] YoungOne (420 points) 3 hits [Francoise Hardy, Franz BeckenbauerJames Earl Jones] Lady Fiona (415 points) 4 hits [Jonnie Irwin, Shannen Doherty, Toby Keith, William Russell] Salmon Mousse (397 points) 6 hits [Adam Lewis, Dave Myers, Frank Field, Jason Smith, Jonnie Irwin, Roy Battersby] ThereWillBeDeaths7 (384 points) 2 hits [Jim Inhofe, Shannen Doherty] Imelda (378 points) 6 hits [Charlie Bird, Derek Draper, Frank Field, Franz Beckenbauer, Jonnie Irwin, Rob Burrow] Pedro69 (325 points) 3 hits [Anouk Aimee, Mike Sadler, Rob Burrow] Captain Hemlock (265 points) 3 hits [John Okafor, Toby Keith, Willie Mays] Etib80 (257 points) 4 hits [Franz Beckenbauer, Glynis Johns*, Micheline Presle, Shannen Doherty] Chel (246 points) 1 hit [Igor Spassky] Torva Messor (242 points) 6 hits [Glynis Johns, Jack Burke Jr., Jonnie Irwin, Joyce Randolph*, Robert M. Young, Roger Corman] TheKillingTime (239 points) 1 hit [Rena Rolska] Shamalka Amarasekera (198 points) 1 hit [Bob Newhart] Sean (151 points) 3 hits [Frank Field, Franz Beckenbauer, Jonnie Irwin] BabyBlue (125 points) 1 hit [Cesar Luis Menotti]

Not mentioned already, but I actually noticed that one just this morning as I was doing a google search of all the names. According to the article below, she died on September 25th. “A Trailblazer and community activist locally, nationally and to the world, passed away peacefully to the Dreaming on the 25th of September 2024,” the family said. Vale Joyce Clague – Proud Yaegl elder and International Human Rights Activist – Clarence Valley Independent (clarencevalleynews.com.au) I had never heard of her before this pool, but she seemed like a remarkable person.

I once shagged a girl at a school Reunion. It was in a hotel near Dublin. Does that count?

And this guy is definitely booking himself in for a full medical: Harry Lloyd - Player Profile - Football - TNT Sports

This is going to play havoc with a lot of Inverse Pool teams Including mine I have no idea who she is, outside of this forum, However I was reassured by the confidence of everyone around here that she was exaggerating her illness, so placed her nice and high on my team. You bastards

Another quiet month has gone by. Another lap of the track run, with a fairly pedestrian pace for most of it. These are the hits I can see since the last update. If I have missed any of your hits, you only have yourself to blame. Let me know and they will be included in the next update. August 19th: Maria Branyas Morero August 20th: Al Attles August 29th: Christoph Daum September 3rd: Igor Spassky September 3rd: Sonia Iovan September 4th: Luis Ayala September 6th: Alfredo Karam September 9th: James Earl Jones September 10th: Clio Maria Bittoni September 11th: Alberto Fujimori One player has had enough of the slowness and has decided to inject a bit of much needed pace into proceedings. @arghtonhad solo hits (they usually are in Arghtons case!) with Karam and Bittoni to take a commanding lead at the top of the leaderboard. However, as we all know in this pool, leads look progressively less commanding as the year goes on. 1660 points will not be a winning score in this game - do they have enough potential hits to fend off the inevitable late challenges as they arrive? None of the remaining top 10 managed a hit, allowing @RadGuy, @WEP, @tracy, @Etushispushingupdaisies and @diego to rise up into the 6-10 spots, and position themselves nicely for a run in the last quarter. Down at the bottom, @chelmanaged a first hit of the year with probably the least obscure of his unknown scientists. That now leaves @TheKillingTimeas sole competitor yet to make any sort of a stir. Top 10 is as follows; the rest of you will just have to go back to page 1. Arghton (1660 points) 12 hits [Abdul Taib Mahmud, Alfredo Karam, Beverly Lahaye, Clio Maria Bittoni, Jaako Valtanen, Ma Shitu, Paul Vachon, Salem Al-Ali Al Sabah*, Solihin GP, Swami Smaranananda, Tin Oo, Zhang Lixiong] GrimUpNorth (1185 points) 11 hits [Billy Bean, Dario G, Dave Myers, Derek Draper, Frank Field, Jason Smith, Jonnie Irwin*, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty, Simon Cowell, Toby Keith] John Key (1161 points) 9 hits [Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, Derek Draper, Frank Field, Joe Shannon, Jonnie Irwin, Josip Manolic, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty*, William Russell] Buffalo Phil (1149 points) 8 hits [Dario G*, Francoise Hardy, Frank Field, Iris Apfel, Jonnie Irwin, Juan Vincent Perez, Shannen Doherty, Simon Cowell] Funeralopolis (1018 points) 8 hits [Dario G*, Dave Myers, Derek Draper, Francoise Hardy, Frank Field, Jonnie Irwin, Rob Burrow, Simon Cowell] RadGuy (1001 points) 10 hits [Brian Barczyk, Charlie Bird, Christoph Daum, Francoise Hardy, Franz Beckenbauer, Joe Shannon, Jonnie Irwin*, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty, Toby Keith] WEP (994 points) 8 hits [Charlie Bird, Christoph Daum, Dario G, Frank Field, Jason Smith, Jonnie Irwin, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty] Tracey (938 points) 6 hits [Bob Newhart, Dabney Coleman, Glynis Johns, James Earl Jones, Shannen Doherty, William Russell] Etushispushingupdaisies (910 points) 8 hits [Derek Draper*, Francoise Hardy, Frank Field, Franz Beckenbauer, Jonnie Irwin, Rob Burrow, Simon Cowell, Toby Keith] Diego (894 points) 7 hits [Alberto Fujimori, Alice Munro, Glynis Johns, Janis Paige, Iris Apfel, Josip Manolic, Vic Seixas]

What is hypothetical about my lead? It is a very real, actual, honest to God, lead! I have never led in this pool, and you are not taking it away from me