Cowboy Ronnie

D'oh! Can I change the excuse for not picking him to that he didn't pass the "You can't pick anyone sentenced to die" rule?

Maybe this could be BB's alternative 15 woman Death List for 2010. It's arguably a more interesting collection than ours given the common thread running through it, it's beating the DL at the moment, and doing so with 35 less names. All it needs is a catchy name.

It doesn't help that Britain are as rubbish at the Winter Olympics as they are. But it's not surprising, there are no proper mountains and look what happened to the country when it got a dusting of snow this year. Two weeks of complete chaos. The only things Britain have had any success in are frozen shuffleboard and ice dancing, which have to be in the top five for Cyril Softiest sports imaginable.

With 100 on your list, getting about 18 would be a reasonable target. You're more or less on pace, and ahead of the DL. [edit] Actually, having read your list you've nobly gone with far less oldies than the DL and have some good comedy selections. If you match the DL's total by year end, I'd consider that a job well done.

Hmmm, I remember seeing a snippet on the TV of him last year looking in a bad way from drugs etc. But he said he was over it and on the mend, although angry at the world. He looked pretty desperate. One to add to CP's list. Two interesting nuggets from Wiki. He used to be married to Olivia Neutron-Bomb's sister, and once apparently pulled a knife on Noel Gallagher. So presumably a get well card from Liam is winging its way to California.

I always wondered why it was called Taco Bell. Well, not always. Once or twice maybe.

Chemical Ali was discussed at the DL 2010 selection meeting, but for reasons I don't now recall he wasn't picked. Maybe this latest death sentence will be ignored like the rest of them.

The norm is for dying celebs to go for a last minute marriage, so their beloved gets a share of the will. The good old Hopp, defying convention to the last.

That's a shame, I like him in Dexter. He survived the Ice Truck Killer, I'm sure a spot of cancer won't trouble him.

Rush Limbaugh got fired from an NFL pregame TV show over comments he made about Philadelphia Eagles quarterback, Donovan McNabb, suggesting McNabb gets preferential treatment from the media because he's black. And here's an article on a hilarious song about Barack Obama he apparently played on his radio programme numerous times: Rush the Magic Windbag

Tomb Raider expressed doubt about whether Tila Tequila and Casey Johnson really were engaged, and it appears those doubts may have been well-founded. Here's an article from around the time of the "engagement", saying the same thing: Single Ladies? (put a sock in it) Tila T was dating American football player Shawn Merriman until a few months ago, claimed he beat her up, but she was allegedly drinking at the time, and the police dropped the charges. Which suggests she's not exactly the most credible source. It would seem Casey Johnson had some quite serious mental and drug issues. Now the delightful Ms. Tequila is apparently seeking to gain custody of her adopted baby, even though they apparently had only known each other a matter of days. I suggest some better research is required before we award any Ulitzer prizes on the DL site.

Bah, where were the reports on the DL of his unwellishness? This article is from August last year: http://www.bvnewswire.com/2009/08/07/teddy...d-yet-thankful/

We should go for the ones who are 182 then, they can't have long left.

That's not a bad idea, maybe we'll try that for the 2011 list. Angela Lansbury. Hmmmm, what were we thinking? Is it too late to claim it's just a (poor) misspelling of Ronnie James Dio? Must have been the beer talking. Come to think of it, the beer probably selected 5-10 of the picks for us. Oh well, if we get to a baker's dozen or so we'll call it another good year.

Apparently they managed to plug it back in and it's working again. Not that we, or the people who work there, would know the difference. Except for the electricity bills, apparently. Is it too late to invest in Energie Geneve stocks? A once again going con-cern

AtJ for me. Didn't realise I could vote for three until after I'd made my pick. I suppose if I'm on the list I should spend a bit more time on here. A 2010 resolution. No, really.

Suede and water don't mix.

The Atkins die-ette.

The Hurt Lockerbie guy

He's a Ghost now.

Time to make official a bandied-about idea which is to have an alternative DL 2008 that will be a list of those who statistically aren't that likely to die next year, but would be fun to select anyway. It will harken back more than a little to the spirit of the original list, and will very definitely not be a list of semi-obscure 90 year olds. A few suggested stipulations: 1. no one over the age of 60. We could make it 50, but I want to nominate the Hoff, and I think he's over 50; 2. non humans should be ok. Mono wants to put Belgium forward which I'd happily second. A few people have asked about animals, which would be ok too; 3. there should be some no low-hanging fruit rules, so if some famous 22 year old happens to be on death row with a confirmed execution date, they should be left off; 4. let's strive to have a list of the unarguably famous, e.g. Amy Winehouse's hubby is about as unfamous as I'd want it to go; 5. one "any one" nomination would be good, as long as it stays within the parameters of the original "any one Beatle" nomination in that it can't be too wide a pool and it can't be too safe a bet (there were three living Beatles when the pick was made, all of whom were in pretty decent health at the time); Nominations, suggestions of other rules guidelines, etc welcome.

One for Team Bully News from Tramplona Apparently the bull in question was "spooked and aggressive". Wouldn't anyone be?

Hum de dum, another day, another abrupt meeting adjournment by 3/4 of the F1 teams. Did they all storm (troop) out? Max and Bernie might have liked that.

There was a survey a few months back Britain's Got Hatred which helpfully addresses this topic. Here are the results of Britain's Most Hated Celebrities: 1 Ashley Cole - 15 per cent 2 Jeremy Clarkson - 9 per cent 3 Jonathan Ross - 8 per cent 4 Cristiano Ronaldo - 7 per cent 5 Heather Mills - 7 per cent 6 Wayne Rooney - 6 per cent 7 Peter Mandelson - 6 per cent 8 Frank Lampard - 6 per cent 9 Gordon Brown - 5 per cent 10 Lord Fred Goodwin - 5 per cent 11 Gordon Ramsay - 5 per cent 12 Kerry Katona - 4 per cent 13 Russell Brand - 4 per cent 14 Dwayne Chambers - 3 per cent 15 Trinny and Susannah - 3 per cent 16 John McCririck - 3 per cent 17 Steve McClaren - 2 per cent 17 David Van Day - 1 per cent 19 Chris Moyles - 0.5 per cent 20 Hugh Grant - 0.5 per cent It's a little dated, as most people have now probably forgotten McClown was ever England manager, Rooney keeps scoring for his country so he'd probably move down a few places, and the Ross and Brand Sachsgate furore is a receding memory. St. Cheryl's ongoing public rehab of Cashley probably drops him a few spots as well. I could see moves up the poll for Ronaldo, Brown, and Ramsay. Poor Liam Gallagher has become such a non-entity he can't even crack the top 20. Loser. [Edit - I completely forgot about Jordan, who I reckon would probably crack the top 5 at the moment]

I wonder on what odds you'd get on all that happening. Where's Armitage when you need him?