Death Watch Beatle

A stunning find in my opinion, and way famous enough! Perfect timing too! DWB

You know what, I think you chaps are serious! DWB

I find that very difficult to believe! DWB

I was half-awake at 6am this morning (DWB junior has a cold so was waking up a lot) and heard what turned out to be Hemel going up. (Red sky at night, Hemel Hempstead's on fire!) Thought it was my central heating system packing-up (comes on at 6) and spent the next half hour checking over boiler, looking for burst pipes and generally being confused as to what I had heard. I live at an accident black-spot so experience told be it wasn't a car accident. So there you have it, I live in West London and the bang was plenty loud enough! Now you all wanted to know that, didn't you? DWB

My best stab at a headline: "This is worse than Critical Condition" I wont give up my day job. DWB

Hello Kirsty Thanks for taking the time to let us know about your grandad's health. I'm glad to hear he is doing well at the moment. Geoff is and will continue to be a TT hero as far as I (and many others) are concerned, so please pass on my best wishes. DWB

Rarely do I involve myself with ranters, it serves no purpose, but I feel like making a point tonight. If you hope that when I'm ill and dying, people take the piss out of my name (or me for that matter), does this not make you worse than anyone on this forum? You wish, vindictively, for bad things to happen to me, whereas I do not wish bad things to happen to anyone on the list, I merely report on their well-being and poke a bit of fun occassionally. Therefore, the only truly bad person is you. A simplistic arguement I grant you, but I think it makes the point. DWB ps - I blame the parents - calling your son Dick Burns was a bit of a faux pas was it not?

Why would Tom and Harry need them? DWB

December is nearly upon us, and I do believe that DL members (and non-members) should come clean as to their identity in this years DDP. I myself am Brown Bread and can claim mid-table obscurity as my prize for this year. Anyone else want to come clean? DWB

Quite frankly I'm still smarting over the John DeLorean affair. More than once I went to post about this fraudster and then didn't because I couldn't find any particular news on his health, and then the ungrateful bastard went and died on me. Therefore, not to be caught out twice, DWB's "serious" contender for next year (without very much to go on) is Carroll Shelby - the Mustang muscle car bloke. Pure coincidence that both are car related, let's see how he goes in 2006. DWB

I'm in favour, with certain caveats. One would be Multiple murderers (a single murder can sometimes be driven by circumstance - it doesn't make it right, but it does mean it might not be repeated). I'm sure if I thought about it I would come up with loads of exceptions, but for now my vote is Yes. DWB

I had been trying to get some updated info. on Mr. Burns for presentation before the DL committee next month, but found it virtually impossible to get anything new at all. Now I know why! Brain Tumours / Cancer seem to be a sure-fire way to get to the front of the queue for the afterlife express, so all eyes on Ross Davidson I think. DWB

I have to disagree with you Mr. J, the least well-know one was whats-his-name? You know, thing-a-me-bob, I can see he face but his name escapes me right now . . . DWB

Keith Chegwin presenting a game show in the nude. Saw an awful lot of him then, see very little of him now! Probably isn't a bad thing really. DWB

As I have mentioned elsewhere in the past, a colleague I work with is a friend of Patrick Moore and visits him from time to time. She still maintains, that although not on top form, he isn't anywhere near pegging out yet - you've gotta go with the knowledge! DWB

I think what you suffered there, Mr. Banshees, was a case of premature adulation. DWB

Would it piss on your bonfire if I was to point out you are still an assassin at 1000 posts? DWB

Is there a time limit? I'm currently wrestling with myself. Me too ... I'm wavering. Do I have to PM the Grim Reaper and post my intended new name on here? Seems a bit "belt and braces." I only suggested PMing me because I would then be alerted and could make the change fairly quickly - if you just post your intended change in this thread, it could be missed. So there you have it. DWB

Didn't Paul Michael Glazier's (Starsky) son and wife fall foul of contaminated blood as well? Feel free to correct me on this point, I have done no research on this. DWB

If GR is going to go and pay a visit to Richard O'Sullivan in his nursing home, perhaps I could help out the DL by calling on Johnny Mills. He lives about 10 minutes drive from me in Denham. His house backs onto a golf course, and I have seen him mowing his back lawn on a sit-on mower. (Quite a few years ago I must admit). How do you think I should bring the subject up, bearing in mind I will have about 15 seconds on his doorstep before the police are called to report a psychopath on the loose in the village. DWB

Well, I reckon this is just about unbeatable: Lightning Strike DWB

Did anyone see the photo of Jane Fonda in the Mail on Sunday (obviously I didn't buy it, I just happened to glance at it when I visited the parents)? In a wheelchair and not looking at all chipper. Certainly not the picture I see when I think of her! DWB

Jerry Hall has pulled out of "High Society" due to ill health. Gladular Fever has been named as the problem. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4398002.stm No chance of it being life-threatening, but worth reporting all the same. DWB

Flo-Jo? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/176925.stm DWB Edit: Thinking about it, she was retired when she pegged-out, so probably doesn't count.

PM a member of the moderating team - the choice is yours. DWB