An Fear Beag
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Personally, I find the "Kill or Save" threads far more annoying than anything that Diego posts. I'd much prefer 10 posts a day about obscure Eastern European footballers than 50 posts a day to decide the second best song from 50 years ago. At least they are about dead people. But that's just me
However, both KoS and Diego are very, very far down on an extremely long list of "Things that piss me off on a daily basis", so I generally find it very easy to ignore both and get on with life.
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9 hours ago, alt obits guy said:Steve McMichael photo from August 25th.
What sort of a sick cunt of a family member would look at that poor bastard in his bed and think "I've a great idea - let's take a photo of Steve and post it on facebook/instagram/whatever".
If there is anyone close to him with an ounce of compassion for the man, they should get a gun and just do the right thing. Shoot her first, and then him.
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6 hours ago, Great Uncle Bulgaria said:Yeah, you may have a point there.
I think I'll desist from my quest for a bonus point here. I've got more interesting things to do on a bank holiday weekend than compare photos of dead American chat show hosts and I'm sure you have you have better things to do than adjudicate my lazy efforts at same too so I'll do both of us a favour.
Quitter!
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2 minutes ago, Great Uncle Bulgaria said:
Acceptance of emmy in 1999, will this do?Christ, we are not back to this again are we? Look at Wannamaker's picture posted earlier - look familiar?
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3 hours ago, Great Uncle Bulgaria said:
Show captionBB wins an Emmy (again). Was apparentlky 83 here, so maybe 2005
According to this caption, this is Bob Barker at the 34th Daytime Emmy awards. Bob may only have one suit, but I am guessing that those two lovely ladies have more than 1 dress, so it is definitely the same awards ceremony as what you posted from. Which was in 2007. Which is therefore the same awards ceremony that Toast posted a picture from already..
Cant accept it, I'm afraid
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43 minutes ago, TQR said:Daytime Emmy award 1982, his first of bloody loads. Same suit AGAIN.
I will definitely accept that, as I am fairly certain it is a different year to those posted previously. However, I am also almost certain it is from 1995, not 1982.
I am guessing you got it from USmagazine.com where they have that picture beside the section on him winning an Emmy in 1982. However they have just inserted random pictures into that article, regardless of the timeline.
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Not many hits to reports since the last update, all of 9 days ago. However, at this time of year the hits tend to get more significant as the points rise, as this weeks update illustrates.
18th August: Al Quie
21st August: Abe Jacobs
26th August: Bob Barker
Bob Barkers demise is obviously the big one here, being selected by 13 players, enough for a place on the ZZZ Boring Predictable Team. Most significantly, he was a hit for @TheSpinosauruswho now takes the lead. @Thatcherwas only in the lead for 10 days this time, and now drops down to second place. Three more players cross the 1000 point barrier, with last years champion @Death Impendslurking ominously in 5th place with a Joker still to play. However no-one is running away with it, and there is plenty of scope for a bolter from the pack over the coming month or two.
These are the players over 1000 points. Full updated leaderboard, as always, is on page 1.
The Spinosaurus (1426 points) 7 hits
Thatcher (1253 points) 8 hits
[Federico Bahamontes, George Alagiah, Gianluca Vialli, Gina Lollobrigida, Milan Kundera Rolf Harris*, Ted Kaczynski, Tony Bennett]
WEP (1204 points) 7 hits
[Augie Nieto, George Alagiah*, Jango Edwards, Mutulu Shakur, Ralf Harris, Teresa Taylor, Tim Lobinger]
The Unknown Man (1130 points) 6 hits
[Bob Barker, George Alagiah*, Gianluca Vialli, Milan Kundera, Rolf Harris, Ted Kaczynski]
Death Impends (1128 points) 8 hits
[Bert I Gordon, Billy Graham, Bob Barker, Ed Ames, Francoise Gilot, Jimmy Weldon, Lucille Randon, Milan Kundera]
Wannamaker (1051 points) 9 hits
[Bob Barker, Frank McGarvey, George Alagiah, King Constantine, Pervez Musharraf, Milan Kundera, Rolf Harris, Ryiuchi Sakamoto, Ted Kaczynski]
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12 hours ago, Toast said:
Bob Barker accepts Outstanding Game Show Host award for "The Price is Right".
This is one of his 14 Emmys in that category, but the date is not given.
My extensive research suggests that this is from the 34th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2007.
These Emmy photos are going to be difficult to assess, because similar to Tony Bennett, Bob Barker appears to be wearing the same suit with the same red handkerchief in the pocket at all of the Emmy ceremonies! And you can't tell by the look of his face, as the older he got, the younger he looked!
For example, this is Bob receiving a 1996 Daytime Emmy award.
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14 hours ago, wannamaker said:Bob Barker with the Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award
And 2 nice bonus points for you
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On 17/08/2023 at 10:15, gcreptile said:Michael Parkinson gets a lifetime achievement award at the Yorkshire Awards:
You are really smashing this game - 2 more bonus points for you.
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On 30/06/2023 at 22:42, An Fear Beag said:OUT
Bruce Willis
Jacquie Beltrao
Kate Keltie
Shelley Pollex
Toby Keith
IN
Graham Caveney
Heath Streak
Nick Hungerford
Sudarshan Maharaj
Yevgeny Prigizhin
Oi! Vlad! Thanks for helping out with the Prigizhin points
...... but did you hear what Heath Streak said about your mum 
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6 hours ago, Sir Creep said:
Except it’s misinformation of the highest import! This isn’t a time to let Wiki be your friend.Gris Gris is an omen or curse that’s been put on someone. It’s Cajun French.
Let lots of other sources be your friend instead. It's really not difficult to find information on the origin of the gris-gris (or gri-gri) as an amulet or charm originally from Islamic healers, then absorbed into African culture, and from there via slaves to the south of America. It's quite interesting to read about it, if actually reading about stuff is your thing. Apparently it is not all about cursing someone, although that it is what it came to be used at in voodoo. It is also widely used as a protective charm and is (or at least was) used in parts of Africa as a contraceptive.
American Heritage Dictionary Entry: grigri (ahdictionary.com)
Gris-Gris Little Known Black History Fact (blackamericaweb.com)
Gris-Gris – OCCULT WORLD (occult-world.com)
Voodoo In The Modern World: A Gris-Gris Love Story - The Traveling Witch
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Now that Nick Hitchon has gotten a QO, I can stop sulking and bring you an update. Not many popular hits, but there were a few important ones. These are who I have since the last update:
23rd July: Nick Hitchon
8th August: Federico Bahamontes
8th August: Yulia Borisova
9th August: Doreen Mantle
17th August: John Devitt
17th August: Michael Parkinson
18th August: James L. Buckley
With the Bahamontes hit, @Thatcherretakes the lead that @WEPheld for a full 4 days. WEP drops down to second, just ahead of @TheSpinosauruswho becomes the third player to pass the 1000 point mark. Despite their worries, with only 6 hits down, they have plenty of scope to rack up scores as the year progresses. @TQRand I both enter the top 10, which is listed below.
At the bottom of the pile, Parkie gives @Bibliogryphontheir first hit of the game, leaving only @chickencobra, @DeathByArsenicand @Pedro67 still with nul-points.
Full scoreboard is on page 1, let me know if I missed anyone,
Thatcher (1253 points) 8 hits
[Federico Bahamontes, George Alagiah, Gianluca Vialli, Gina Lollobrigida, Milan Kundera Rolf Harris*, Ted Kaczynski, Tony Bennett]
WEP (1204 points) 7 hits
[Augie Nieto, George Alagiah*, Jango Edwards, Mutulu Shakur, Ralf Harris, Teresa Taylor, Tim Lobinger]
TheSpinosaurus (1189 points) 6 hits
[Alan Arkin, King Constantine, Horst-Dieter Hottges*, John Devitt, Michael Parkinson, Tony Bennett]
Gcreptile (999 points) 8 hits
[Burt Bacharach, Daniel N Paul, Frederic Forrest, George Alagiah, Grant Turner, Haris Ibrahim, Menahem Pressler, William Consovoy]
The Unknown Man (893 points) 5 hits
[George Alagiah*, Gianluca Vialli, Milan Kundera, Rolf Harris, Ted Kaczynski]
Death Impends (891 points) 7 hits
[Bert I Gordon, Billy Graham, Ed Ames, Francoise Gilot, Jimmy Weldon, Lucille Randon, Milan Kundera]
Toast (857 points) 9 hits
[Fay Weldon, George Alagiah, Gianluca Vialli, Just Fontaine, King Constantine, Milan Kundera, Rolf Harris, Ryiuchi Sakamoto, Winnie Ewing]
Arghton (856 points) 9 hits
[Carmen Sevilla, Emlain Kabua, George Alagiah, Gianluca Vialli, Ivan Silayev*, Otis Taylor, Rafiq Nishonov, Tim Lobinger, Winnie Ewing)
An Fear Beag (846 points) 8 hits
[George Alagiah, Gianluca Vialli, Lucille Randon, Mary Quant, Nick Hitchon, Nigel Lawson, Ryiuchi Sakamoto, Tim Keller]
TQR (839 points) 5 hits
[George Alagiah, Harry Belafonte, Michael Parkinson, Nigel Lawson, Tony Bennett]
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On 14/08/2023 at 15:26, diego said:Allan Smith died aged 94 on 12/aug, was a scuba diver from Sri Lanka. He competed in the men's 3 meter springboard event at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Fair play to him. It can't have been easy doing a somersault in the tuck position with an oxygen tank strapped to his back! I bet it made a hell of a splash on entry!.
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On 15/08/2023 at 06:57, Grim Up North said:
what’s wrong with this one from 3 weeks ago?https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/leisure/23678639.obituary-dales-scientist-known-millions-tv-show/
I'll tell you what's wrong with it. It didn't come up on my google search, that's what bloody wrong with it.
Search "Nick Hitchon" - nothing
Search "Nick Hitchon obituary" - nothing
Search "Nick Hitchon died" - up it comes
I have no idea how Google algorithms work (and please for the love of God, don't try to explain it to me), but it would want to get its bloody act together. Do Google not realise that it's hard enough running a deadpool without this bullshit going on
(and thanks for the link - I'm still very surprised that he hasn't gotten more than that)
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On 14/08/2023 at 23:33, diego said:Milan Kundera was my choice here, but I didn't find it in my score
He was a sub of mine, but joined because two people on the main list died before the game startedApologies for that Diego, and thank you for letting me know. I had your correct score on my spreadsheet, but for some reason I did not transfer it over to the scoreboard.
The corrected scoreboard is on page 1, and this is your little piece of it:
Diego (363 points) 5 hits
[Felix Sienra, Gianluca Vialli, King Constantine, Milan Kundera, Rolf Harris]
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On 08/08/2023 at 18:39, Perhaps said:Here he is receiving the Columela award from the Mediterranean Diet Foundation (?) in 2019.
That's fine. 1 bonus point for you. As only 3 players picked Bahamontes, that means the odd one out is receiving a 2 point penalty. Now who is that ...... oh.....shit!
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On 08/08/2023 at 09:15, gcreptile said:Federico Bahamontes receiving a Spanish national sports award in 2014:
My wildcards are now all dead ... maybe a secret bonus :)?
Edit: Article to confirm that he received it, and that it is what I claim it is: https://www.esciclismo.com/actualidad/carretera/32371.html
Edit 2: Oh well, I post that picture as well, just to be safe.
Nice work - 2 bonus points winging your way
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Rise and shine, happy dead-poolers - it's your Sunday morning update! Just what you need to start off The Lords Day - a update on people he didn't care enough about to save.
And it's another popular one, George Alagiah, selected by all but 4 teams. Only @Gooseberry Crumble (naturally), @Great Uncle Bulgaria, Mrs @Pedro67 (has she really never heard of Alagiah and @tracy (fair enough - he wasn't born in the 1920s
) failed to pick the ex-newsreader. For someone who was a very public figure and who received numerous awards, pictures of this were surprisingly hard to come by, with only 3 players scoring a picture bonus.
GEORGE ALAGIAH
+2 Base Point
+2 Drop 40
+2 (Hidden Bonus No. 6: "+2 if picks Wikipedia page has a "Personal Life" Section")
+3 (Hidden Bonus No. 8: "+3 if they were born in a country that does not now exist")
-3 (Hidden Bonus No. 10: "-2 if the pick has written an autobiography. -3 if they have written more than 1")
+6 TOTAL POINTS
Hits for: An Fear Beag (Bonus +1 Position 23 on list)
Bibliogryphon
Book (Bonus +2 Picture posted)
BuffaloPhil (Wildcard)
Captain Chorizo
Captain Hemlock (Wildcard)
Funeralopolis (Bonus +1 Position 24 on list)
Gcreptile (Bonus +1 Position 24 on list) (Bonus +1 Picture posted) (Wildcard)
LizLemon (Bonus +1 Position 21 on list)
Marinisia (Breaks run of hits in order)
MSC
Pedro
Perhaps (Wildcard)
The Old Crem
The Old Lady (Bonus +1 Position 14 on list)
The Unknown Man
Toast
Torva Messor (Bonus +1 Position 22 on list)
TQR
ThereWillBeDeaths7 (Bonus +1 Position 12 on list)
Wannamaker (Bonus +1 Picture posted)
A few players fell foul of the "Consecutive hits born in the same decade" penalty.
Yours truly and @BuffaloPhil followed up their Mutulu Shakur (born 1950) hit with Alagiah (born 1955)
@Perhapsand @The Old Cremlast had a hit with Gordon McQueen (born 1952)
@gcreptile stretches out the lead again to 19 points, with @Bookand @Captain Hemlock battling it out for second place. Can the long time leader possibly be caught?
GCREPTILE +93 8 Hits
BOOK +74 8 hits
CAPTAIN HEMLOCK +73 6 Hits
THEREWILLBEDEATHS7 +62 9 Hits
WANNAMAKER +59 7 Hits
AN FEAR BEAG +59 6 Hits
THE OLD LADY +59 5 Hits
BIBLIOGRYPHON +56 6 Hits
GREAT UNCLE BULGARIA +49 6 Hits
FUNERALOPOLIS +48 6 Hits
BUFFALO PHIL +45 6 Hits
CAPTAIN CHORIZO +43 7 Hits
PERHAPS +41 6 Hits
TORVA MESSOR +41 5 Hits
TOAST +39 6 Hits
TQR +39 5 Hits
THE UNKNOWN MAN +37 6 Hits
LIZ LEMON +33 4 Hits
MSC +32 6 Hits
MARINISIA +30 3 Hits
PEDRO67 +22 3 Hits
THE OLD CREM +20 4 Hits
TRACY +14 4 Hits
MRS PEDRO +10 2 Hits
GOOSEBERRY CRUMBLE +4 1 Hit
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I should also mention, in case any eagle-eyed player notices it (some fucking chance!), that @TQRhad a larger than expected points boost in the last update, as it was discovered that they had not been awarded Wildcard points for their Rolf Harris hit.
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And so we move on to the man with one suit, Tony Bennett.
Only picked by 8 players in this pool, he was more popular in the DDP, giving him a bonus for being Drop 40, and also popular with The Committee, giving him the DL Alumnus bonus. Sadly for his backers in this pool, he was also quite fond both of himself, giving us a -3 point "bonus" for multiple autobiographies, and of wives for which he gets -2 for his 2 remarriages. The upshot is a measly 3 points on offer.
TONY BENNETT
+2 Base Point
+2 Drop 40
+2 Deathlist Alumnus
+2 (Hidden Bonus No. 6: "+2 if the picks Wikipedia page has a “Personal Life” section")
-3 (Hidden Bonus No. 10: " -2 if the pick has written an autobiography. -3 if they have written more than 1")
-2 (Hidden Bonus No. 11: "-1for each time a pick has remarried")
+3 TOTAL POINTS
Hits for: Book (Bonus +1 Picture posted)
Liz Lemon (Bonus +1 Picture posted)
Mrs Pedro (Bonus +1 Hits in order)
The Unknown Man
Toast (Bonus +1 Picture posted)
TQR (Bonus +2 Picture posted)
Tracey (Wildcard)
ThereWillBeDeaths7
The only person to have Bennett as a wildcard was @tracy for only their fourth hit of the game. The first three were Ben Ferencz, Al Jaffee and Milan Kundera and do you know what those four have in common? Yep, they were all born in the 1920's, meaning a 4 point deduction, doubled for the wildcard! Its like deja-vu, all over again. The result is a score of -2 for their Tony Bennett hit
@ThereWillBeDeaths7follows up their Kundera deduction with a Bennett hit, giving them a -3 "bonus" and a score of 0 for the hit
@Book, @The Unknown Manand @Toastalso followed up their Kundera hit with a Bennett one, giving all three a -2 "bonus" for hits born in the same decade.
Mrs @Pedro67 gets her second hit of the game, but remains in second from last position, gazing upwards at @Pedro67, but with @Gooseberry Crumbleperched beneath her.
The net result of all of this work is that there is bugger-all change in the leaderboard, with Book edging closer to our long-time leader @gcreptile
GCREPTILE +77 7 Hits
BOOK +66 7 Hits
CAPTAIN HEMLOCK +61 5 Hits
THEREWILLBEDEATHS7 +55 8 Hits
AN FEAR BEAG +54 5 Hits
WANNAMAKER +52 6 Hits
THE OLD LADY +52 4 Hits
BIBLIOGRYPHON +50 5 Hits
GREAT UNCLE BULGARIA +49 6 Hits
CAPTAIN CHORIZO +37 6 Hits
BUFFALO PHIL +37 5 Hits
FUNERALOPOLIS +34 5 Hits
TORVA MESSOR +34 4 Hits
PERHAPS +33 5 Hits
TOAST +33 5 Hits
TQR +33 4 Hits
THE UNKNOWN MAN +31 5 Hits
MSC +26 5 Hits
LIZ LEMON +26 3 Hits
MARINISIA +24 2 Hits
THE OLD CREM +17 3 Hits
TRACY +14 4 Hits
PEDRO67 +16 2 Hits
MRS PEDRO +10 2 Hits
GOOSEBERRY CRUMBLE +4 1 Hit
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12 hours ago, gcreptile said:Henry Dickerson is a hit for two, as posted elsewhere. I wonder if I can now compensate for Henry Kissinger surviving the year, which is a -11 penalty (which only dawned on me last week).
That's just for the DL!
It's also -2 if he is a Drop 40 pick (and he is
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An update was promised, and an update you shall get, one death at a time.
First up, we have the passing of literary genius Milan Kundera. I did actually read The Unbearable Lightness of Being when I was younger, and it made about as much sense as the scoring system of this pool!. Probably took me about as long to read it as it does to update the pool and all.
I have not managed to discover who attempted to cheat the scoring system by adding a "Personal Life" section to Kundera's Wikipedia page after his death, but it goes without saying that no bonus points will be given for that one. I have now gone through the Wikipedia pages of all remaining picks and noted who has a "Personal Life" section or not (there's 2 hours of my life I won't be getting back!), so whoever was trying it on the last time, I am watching out for you
MILAN KUNDERA
+2 Base Point
+2 Deathlist Alumnus
+2 (Hidden Bonus No. 5: +2 if pick is the only DDP pick to die on that day
+3 (Hidden Bonus no 8: " +3 if they were born in a country that does not now exist"
-1 (Hidden Bonus No. 11: "-1for each time a pick has remarried")
+8 TOTAL POINTS
Hits for: Bibliogryphon (Wildcard)
Book
Captain Chorizo (Bonus +1 Position 21 on list)
Funeralopolis (Bonus +1 Position 15 on list)
Gcreptile (Bonus +2 Picture posted)
MSC
The Old Lady (Bonus +1 Position 16 on list)
The Unknown Man (Bonus +1 Position 26 on list) (Breaks run of hits in order)
Toast
Tracey (Wildcard)
ThereWillBeDeaths7 (Bonus +1 Position 26 on list)
Wannamaker
Despite Kundera receiving many awards, only 1 photo seems to exist of him actually accepting one, preferring to send his translators in his place. That translates into 2 bonus points for @gcreptilewho increases their lead again at the top of the table.
@Bookfittingly uses Kundera to rise into second place, while @Bibliogryphon had Kundera as a wildcard to make a leap up the table.
The other person to have Kundera as a wildcard was @tracy for only their third hit of the game. The first two were Ben Ferencz and Al Jaffee, and do you know what those three have in common? Yep, they were all born in the 1920's, meaning a 3 point deduction, doubled for the wildcard!
@ThereWillBeDeaths7last had a hit with Frank Field (born 1923), giving a 2 point deduction.
GCREPTILE +77 7 Hits
BOOK +64 6 Hits
CAPTAIN HEMLOCK +61 5 Hits
THEREWILLBEDEATHS7 +55 7 Hits
AN FEAR BEAG +54 5 Hits
WANNAMAKER +52 6 Hits
THE OLD LADY +52 4 Hits
BIBLIOGRYPHON +50 5 Hits
GREAT UNCLE BULGARIA +49 6 Hits
CAPTAIN CHORIZO +37 6 Hits
BUFFALO PHIL +37 5 Hits
FUNERALOPOLIS +34 5 Hits
TORVA MESSOR +34 4 Hits
PERHAPS +33 5 Hits
TOAST +31 4 Hits
THE UNKNOWN MAN +30 4 Hits
MSC +26 5 Hits
MARINISIA +24 2 Hits
LIZ LEMON +22 2 Hits
TQR +21 3 hits
THE OLD CREM +17 3 Hits
TRACY +16 3 Hits
PEDRO67 +16 2 Hits
MRS PEDRO +6 1 Hit
GOOSEBERRY CRUMBLE +4 1 Hit
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2 hours ago, TheDumbReaper said:This some sort of British thing? I don’t get it.
From Chambers dictionary:
roger2 verb (rogered, rogering) coarse slang said of a man: to have sexual intercourse with (a woman). rogering noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 18c: from Roger, obsolete slang meaning 'penis'.
Hartlepool Deadlypool 2023
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Realistically, only 4 of them are potential hits though, with Pete Murray, Eric Idle, Charlie Bird and Stan Boardman (wtf was I thinking?) unlikely to trouble the scorers. So I'm probably relying on all of Frank Field, Jimmy Carter, Rob Burrow and Nigel Starmer-Smith dying in the next 4 months. Not impossible, but extremely unlikely.