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    I dispute that - the most famous living Morris dancer is probably John Kirkpatrick, something of a hero in certain circles (of which I'm proud to be in!).

    "Probably..."???????

     

    You mean you know the names of two of them??????????

  2. Posted

    I'm sure we all recall the classic moments of the Emlyn Hughes experience last year. To fill the current tedious wait, whose death and subsequent discussion on the DL site would cause a similar degree of howling outrage across the nation and shameless hilarity here?

     

    A few suggestions...

     

    Paul McCartney

     

     

    Um....

     

    Actually I don't think anyone's going to get close to the amount of drivel that his demise'll set off.

     

    And he's another Scouse git.

     

    Any better ideas?

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    I'm still trying to work out why the "guest" who started this dreadful thread thinks that people on the list are dying more slowly because he hasn't heard of them...

     

    Also I can understand a Yank not knowing who Clare Rayner and Biggs are but not knowing who Botha was is just ignorant. Or American.

     

    I just hope someone on the list (or at least decently famous) pegs out soon so we can improve the quality (and relevance) of recent chat.

     

    Bring back the Emelyn week, I say!

     

    Actually that's given me an idea...

  8. Posted

    Regarding the slow rate of clog-popping this year, isn't it one of those statistics/probability things that it's just as likely for them all to drop dead on the 31st December as for them to die at an even distribution through the year? Presumably slightly more likely since they will be older...

     

    Maybe someone with even less of a life than me could perform an analysis of past years' results to see if there is trend for more to go at particular times of year - eg is it the heat or cold that does 'em in?

     

    Or is it more sinister and they really do always go in threes, as I've always averred....

     

    (I don't think I've ever used the word "averred" before. Rather good.)

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    I see from Wikipedia that the young lady was performing an extraordinary (and, I should think, rather eye-watering) act with two gentlemen when she contracted the virus.

     

    Frankly I'd have thought the guys involved would have to be pretty "comfortable" with each other to do something which involved getting so up close and personal with another chap....which makes you wonder whether one of them may have caught the virus from a spot of extra-curricular pillow-biting of their own....

  15. Posted

    I see the latest Woodward/England whinge-fest is now in full cry. Apparently they (ie Alisdair Campbell) put together a 20 minute slide-show bitch about the O'Driscoll tackle for their press conference. Might have been a better use of your time if you'd looked at why you got utterly stuffed.

     

    Oh yes, I remember: it was selecting a bunch of geriatrics and has-beens who peaked 2 years ago (and who scraped home in the World Cup with classic English miserable, negative rugby plus a freak who could kick 15 yards further than anyone else).

     

    Maybe next week he'll play Campbell and this bloody lawyer he brought along at centre....

     

    Stop the bloody whinging and put the bloody Welsh on!

     

    OK - I'll go and have a lie down....

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    I mean she thinks Woodward is an uphill gardner, not Henson, for God's sake...She's got this complex theory that Gavin turned down the bald one's loathsome advances and that's why he's been dropped. But then she's from Glamorgan....

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    I know this is not a sports forum, but I would like SCW on a deathlist for next year for dropping Gavin.

     

    I know we always tell the ranters that the purpose of this site is not to wish death on anyone, but I'd like to make an exception.

     

    Gutless English tw*t....

  20. Posted

    Aye, but like authors and formula one champions these astronauts seem to go on. For what it's worth the whole Apollo 11 crew Armstrong/Aldrin/Collins are still alive.

    Yes - it's certainly like sports persons (not sure about authors) - I suppose because unlike say politicians, military people etc they tend to become famous quite young and also to be pretty fit and healthy by definition (and unlike your average drunk writer...) so they seem to be around for ages.

  21. Posted

    I thought the Mercury/Gemini and Apollo ones were worth a look - or at least maybe the Apollos that actually landed on the moon. I suppose Glenn is the obvious one of the Mercury Seven (and yes I saw and read The Right Stuff too!) - being oldest and most famous. Never realised Shepherd was dead.

  22. Posted

    If the constitution were to come into force (ho ho...) then the EU would get a "legal personality" ie it could enter into treaties, contracts, sue people, appear on Big Brother etc.

     

    Not sure whether legal personalities qualify for the Deathlist tho. Could have put Enron and GM Rover and the Tory Party on the list, I suppose...

  25. Posted

    In other words, they're not actually very old (by health-care-pampered wealthy Western celeb standards) so not awfully likely to peg out soon...

     

    More interesting might be how many of the original Mercury/Gemini/Apollo astronauts are still around - a few of them must be mid/late 70's by now. Does anyone know of a relevant link?

     

    Maybe this should be thread on 2006 names?

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