Tuber Mirum

Let us say I am quietly confident.

Such as "Who is the most dead, Atlee or Macmillan?" ? That should be "more dead" Millwall. Grammar. And no, I was thinking more along the lines of "Who was the best Prime Minister of the latter half of the twentieth century?"

Aye, she was murder. I heard from Amanda not that long ago. She was fine and well, and appears to have got some semblance of a life. Lucky her.

Oh dear, we do keep disagreeing on this point, spuddy ol' chum! Possibly the greatest leader seen in the latter half of the last century whose legacy has been squandered by the Bliar/Brown twunts. Sadly will probably pass on very soon and is the only realistic choice on my HeartyPool entry. Damning with faint praise a bit there aren't you Josco old thing? Let me see.. we have: Clement Attlee Winston Churchill (2nd term; didn't win any wars this time) Anthony Eden (Suez Crisis) Harold McMillan The Earl of Home Harold Wilson (Devalued the Pound, Industrial Disputes) Edward Heath (common agricultural policy) Harold Wilson again (hade to be baled out by the IMF) James Callaghan (Winter of Discontent) Margaret Thatcher (riots, moral bankruptcy, poll tax) John Major (can't think of anything he did) Tony Blair (enough said) My vote is for Attlee or McMillan. Time for a poll? Millwall?

It's well worth avoiding simply for the trouble it could cause. The HDP has a biggish minus bonus for under-15's so as to discourage people from choosing them.

Well, she tended to walk over endless dead bodies to get what she wanted, but those who didn't admire her stalwart defence of the UK's EU budget rebate will probably be thanking Mr Blair at the moment. Horrible woman nonetheless, and not long for this world. I think that picture includes ministers from the whole 1979-89 period. Some of them must be getting a bit wobbly by now. Welcome Mr. Grobler, and thank you for your HDP entry.

Second from the left looks a bit like Patrick (Baron) Jenkin. Next to Maggie is Willie Whitelaw. Chap right at the back in the middle could be Lord Archer who was probably deputy chairman about that time.

Who can come up with a complete list of names and state of life or near-death for the bods on this picture?

Whatever happened to the poll which used to be in this thread?

Me neither, come on spuddy, what's up? Don't wory I have all of your entries (Except Godot's) and they'll get acknowledged in due time. Except for whoever's it was who sent me a list of about 30 people and put in my own email address. They are unlikely to win. For your peace of minds, here's a list of the currently entered teams: Windsor The troll C. A. D. ABRE The Ghost of Guiseppe Garibaldi Nice Tits The Douglas Bader dance Troupe Horsebrutality Josco's Jokers Widow's XP Stab in the Dark Damn with faint Praise If your name isn't there then drop me a line. I had a wee think about the substitute question and have decided not to allow them, but the candidate who dies before the end of 2005, although getting no points themselves will still count towards increasing the multiplier for the others if and when they drop off. Not many of you have put in much profile info or an avatar. You can still do that after the closing date and we may even get around to puting it up on the site sometime.

It's just an irrational prejudice dating back to the days of Weatherman90, Death List Observer and GracieJc8. Thank you to everyone who has entered. I hope Godot gets out of the Funny Farm in time to resubmit his choices.

Tragedy, like frostbite, can be a terrible thing.

It was just something I heard that's all. Our Captain Oates is a woman. That much I know. Oatsy's a woman?????? My, this is fun!

It was just something I heard that's all. Our Captain Oates is a woman. That much I know. Aye well, it can be a terrible thing, frostbite, you know. (I've been waiting for ages for the chance to use that one)

Thank you everyone for your entries to the HDP! Now I have fixed the entry form, would you mind entering your teams again? Sorry. Thank You.

Well then you must turn up the heat. Put on gloves, scarves, jackets hats, wear two or three pairs of socks on one foot, buy earmuffs wear layers, start a fire, don't forget to put on your nightcap! Girls will also keep you warm when you cuddle with them, Especialy beautiful girls but you know Windsor if you like overweight chicks that might even keep you warmer. It's the wind-chill factor that finally gets though all of that lot. I know. I lived there for years. So did I. Bitter it was.

I find it interesting how some new members who appeared this year "arse first" (as Amanda might have put it) have settled down into reasonably moderate and in the case of Tempus Fugit, intelligent and articulate contributors. Big praise to the Admins for having the patience and wisdom not to kick them out right away as I would have done. I like the Richard O'Sullivan thread too, but it was already funny in 2004.

Happy Birthday Bou! Heh!

To you Mr. Whitehouse, I say the above, which came after the quote you had me on. So to that, a big fat I'm off this thing for one day and someone goes and dies on me Well.... To keep it in style: "And F**k you too!" Hi Whitehouse!

It's all well and good wishing death on Mrs. Thatcher. But spare a thought for those few poor souls among us who would be saddened by her demise.

She didn't live through the reigns of six monarchs. She was alive during only part of the reigns of Victoria and the present monarch. In order to live through the reigns of all six, she would have had to have been born at the latest in 1837 and couldn't die until after Elizabeth II dies or abdicates.

Yup, I reckon rat poison might be just the ticket for the old ratbag.

I take it nobody liked my poem?

I know quite a lot of people with a pretty strong aversion to Andrew Lloyd-Webber. Not sure why.

There was a guy in the USA somewhere who dressed up in a nun's habit and changed his name to "Nun of the Above" before running for public office. Did quite well in the election, I believe.