Tuber Mirum

I don't believe we should be discussing this sick child. Arguments about the inclusion of those who are famous because they are sick aside (the unwritten rules seem clear enough on the subject), for purely practical reasons this thread should be deleted. It attracts the wrong kind of attention to the Deathlist (ranters etc.) and shows us in a bad light with those who might otherwise be more tolerant and have something useful to contribute. Citing Free Speech is all well and good, but there are cases where discussing a certain topic, though not actually forbidden, is inadvisible. If we had a poll, it would just come up 50/50 like the Kraut one. Better would be an arbitrary act of dictatorial decisiveness from the Mods.

Aye, but with Maggie it is the whisky rather than the gin, or so they say.

Don't see the connection. I can't remember last time I anchored a news bulletin, but I'm nowhere near dying, thank you very much.

Could still be in with a chance. I particularly like this bit:

While the rest of us will carry on about our every day business. It never ceases to astonish me just how many utter philistines there are posting on this forum.

Seems she's still alive but not at all a well girl.

Like the one which Mr Windsor works in the kitchen of? I always imagined that particular one to be very large, built in the Scottish Baronial style and having only a very few inmates who are only there in summer. Or am I confusing it with a different Old Folk's Home in the Aberdeenshire area?

You could be taking about yourself there, Hein. Almost.

Some drummer Jokes.

Blake's 7 fans will be saddened to hear of the death of David Jackson who played gentle giant Olag Gan in the cult TV series.

It seems Longthorne has suffered a setback. If the pneumonia does him in, it is likely to do so before the new year.

Even if there should be no place for McGuinness in a modern, peaceful Ireland, there are enough other places in the world which would welcome those who are only truly at home in a seething cess-pit of evil. The Un***d S***es government springs to mind. I bet he and C*******zza would hit it off like a house on fire.

Albert Mangelsdorff. Yet another trombonist. They're dropping like drummers.

Here.

The medical answer to that question is that people with achondroplasia, the most common form of "dwarfism" have normal lifespans. But all that talk of vertically challenged actors has put me in mind of the Film "Time Bandits" (Terry Gilliam 1981) which we watched a few weeks ago. Dead: David Rappaport (Randall) Of "Secret Policeman's Ball" Fame. Died by his own hand in 1990. Jack Purvis (Wally) Played different roles in all 3 original star wars films not to mention a Womble in "Wombling Free", and died in a freak accident. Not Dead: Kenny Baker (Fidgit) Born in 1934. Played R2D2 in all 6 Star Wars films and was also a Womble in "Wombling Free" Malcolm Dixon (Strutter) was also an Oompa Loompa in Charlie & the Chocolate Factory and an Ewok in some Star Wars films. Tiny Ross (Vermin) Mike Edmonds (Og) So 4 out of 6 dwarves are still alive which could be considered below average even if one of them died in an accident which could have happened to anyone. Time Bandits also sported child actor Craig Warnock, always a dangerous profession, and as Napoleon, Ian Holm of Bilbo Baggins fame who is also getting on a bit. Doe anyone really believe there was somebody inside R2D2?

Wasn't Jocky Wilson banned from darts for trying to clean up the image of the game? There isn't much about him on the web, apart from his computer games and his own brand of darts. There was one forum I saw where somebody claimed he was already dead, but I'm not sure I believe that. Does anyone know if he is still as overweight? I presume his teeth haven't grown back, but that is seldom fatal in my experience.

Fordham has his own thread including a poll here. Whether or not he merits it is another question. Fine astute remark from Fordham in that interview which deathlisters would do well to remember:

Some previous deathlist speculation on de Crasharis.

It was I who suggested it publicly, though I'm sure I wasn't the first to think of it. Now I am getting close to being hoist by my own petard unless the mods are friendly enough to do a bit of goalpost-moving from time to time. In that post you just suggested he was sulking and that they think of "an appropriate" title for Josco. You didn't yourself suggest that particular unfortunate title. No, not specifically, I merely meant to indicate that I have the utmost faith in our moderators' judgement as to what is appropriate or not and their ability to select something accordingly. Now please stop trying to provoke me to make postings so that I, too have more that 800. Anyone would think it wasn't something to be proud of. <edit> A propos de Josco, this has been discovered round his way. I wonder if he knows about it? I'm not sure he's talking to me at the moment. </edit>

Not many like that around these days.

There you have it.

For the sake of completeness: What do you call a man with a shovel stuck in his head? Doug. What do you call a man without a shovel stuck in his head? Douglas. What do you call a man with no arms and no legs who can swim 100 metres in 30 seconds? Clever Dick.

Yes Inar, it should. [Yes, notapotato - I agree - Teddy] Dear me Hein, the web is getting terribly self-important these days isn't it? How much does it cost for a pint of bandwidth nowadays anyway? He's dead right about AOL though. Perhaps a good way of stopping people from posting too much irrelevant stuff would be to call them mildly insulting names.

It was I who suggested it publicly, though I'm sure I wasn't the first to think of it. Now I am getting close to being hoist by my own petard unless the mods are friendly enough to do a bit of goalpost-moving from time to time.

This one is worse, though Windsor is unlikely to understand it: What do you call a Parkinson's sufferer under a pile of leaves? Russel.