The Grim Beeper

Kim Jong-Il, not for any rational reason other than I would like to see him gone .... NOW!!

It may be a race to see if the ravages of age (and a less than stellar kharmic life) will win over .45 caliber lead poisoning from the "inner sanctum". If anyone screams out "Kill Me" more than the Dear Leader, perhaps Robert Mugabe is the only near competitor.

I'm sure, in the usual good taste of DL, the headline will be "Torked off", or some such. But, don't allow me to Monkey with the natural order......

My guess is he will pass within two months - four at the outside.

Maybe the DL will have a "surge" of its own!!

I think that his wife is the main reason why Billy Graham has hung on for so long. If his wife dies, I don't see him lasting much longer. I agree. If she goes fairly soon, I think he will go by the end of the year.

Thanks, Captain Oates!!

Again, new user trying to figure out what's what. What are "DDP" and "WDP"?? If this like a personal "pool" competition, how does it work and how do we get in it???

The US Department of Veterans Affairs just put out a call asking for known World War I US Vets. Right now, they know of four: John Babcock, 102, Puget Sound, WA (American who served in the Canadian Army) Frank Buckles, 106, Charles Town, WV Russell Coffey, 108, North Baltimore, OH Harry Landis, 107, Sun City Center, FL

And would it be too nit-picky to ask how Bette Davis found her way onto the 1992 and 1994 lists when she actually died in 1989???? (Sorry. New user with a bit too much time available to look at these silly details!)

The 2004 list only has 44 names listed, with numbers 1, 10, 28, 33, 37 and 44 absent. Number 1 was Pope John Paul II, as he was Number 1 the next year as well. Number 28 was Edward Heath, also repeated in 2005. Who are the other four??? (10, 33, 37, 44) The 2005 list has 49 names. Number 45 is missing, and was not repeated in 2006. Who is missing???