Death Impends

Condolences over your loss. Sounds it at least had good innings but it's especially tough losing multiple pets in a short period of time.

Hearsay Hearsay

If you move a name into a higher position than #25 that bumps everyone down. Swaps can't be done. So Day shall remain your #25. New sub has been noted. In hindsight, I feel that I probably should've only applied the "you can move your sub into any spot if they're bumped up into the 25" provision to the #51 name, as technically a name like Doris Day could've been put in any spot from the getgo. I don't see it as the done thing to backtrack, mind, just a hint I'll probably tinker with that rule a bit more next year.

paddyfool's team is the first to go for Bracknell and Vervoort, meaning every name from the 50 now has at least one team in their corner.

Probably anyone who guessed right on both Falkholt dying and Toothill not obiting is a serious contender right now. If they have a well-rounded enough team besides that that is. So Bucket of Blood and drol are both serious ones to watch despite a couple of weak picks on both sides, like Linda Nolan.

Plus Mugabe was in power for 37 years, dictators who rule that long tend to be recognizable. Rios Montt was in power for one year during the 1980s.

Liam Miller subject to false death rumors, one of his teammates denies but also says "he is not doing great".

The coalition that gets Trump to the Drop 40: Those risking him getting assassinated Those who think him being 71 with poor dietary habits and a short fuse in a high-stress job means a massive heart attack coming Those that don't actually think any of above will happen, but include him under wishful thinking Theme teams for politicians or sex offenders

The average lifespan for her illness would take her to August. But like McCain, I can't see her getting anywhere near that.

Toothill's funeral is on the 8th. Probably the last quasi-plausible chance he gets anything. But I think he's a LotLer now tbh.

See this as a "gets to 12 by hook or crook" type year. And we already had one of the hooks or crooks. I think Brackers, McCain, Jowell, Dole, Moss, and Wouk are all going down this year.

Wasn't familiar with his music myself, but well done to the committee on the successful gamble...

Carol Channing is the current #51 name and such can only be used as a sub as it stands. Entered your team with Kissinger #23, Francis #24, Carter #25 and Channing as sub. If you want the order of those names different let me know.

Voting again for Herman Wouk

Yes, about three days left to enter.

Aye, precedent goes far back on that rule. Back in the OoO days there was a boxer who died in January of injuries suffered the previous December but carried no unnatural bonus points.

There's no rule against them. Just didn't want Dr T moving on to a second account or anything when the goal was to get back in the original, my bad.

I'll give Dr_T permission to create an alt account on here solely to send me or another staff a PM what he wants his new password to be. Then I or whoever receives the PM will change his Dr_T account's password to what he requested. Actually on second thought, an alt probably wouldn't work considering the issues he has in the first place. I'll change his pass to something else right now and tell Spade in private.

Don't doubt that country singer Lari White would've shown up on some of the more astute Cup squads had she made it to February. There won't be such a chance now, as she's just died.

He better not fall into an eight-year coma on us.

Looks to be fake - http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/sir-ken-dodds-agent-slams-14190066

Naomi Parker-Fraley a hit for me here. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/22/obituaries/naomi-parker-fraley-the-real-rosie-the-riveter-dies-at-96.html 1920 - Jerry Maren, Nanette Fabray 1921 - Sidney Rittenberg, Francoise Gilot 1922 - George Blake, Micheline Presle 1923 - Sumner Redstone, Rhonda Fleming 1924 - Atai Bihari Vajpayee, Machiko Kyo 1925 - Mahathir Mohamad, June Lockhart 1926 - Phil Phillips, Gillian Lynne 1927 - Harry Whittington, Gina Lollobrigida 1928 - Hans Kung, Queen Ratna of Nepal 1929 - Gaston Glock, Vera Miles

Hit for my B-Team, among other places. A DDP unique despite picking her on some public pools - though I never actually discussed what was wrong with her (hospice with terminal cancer for many months ). As a lover of "bygone era" names it was a proud find, I think a UK obit is a shoo-in for inspiring such an iconic image.

FWIW, Laura Bush's mum Jenna Welch, a Details to Follow name, already has an existing bio under Jenna Hawkins. Picked by the same team this year and last so definitely the same one. http://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2017/celebs_H.html#hawkij I remember writing her bio back in 2016, where she was listed under W as Jenna Hawkins Welch. Now I see why her bio page has leaped around, she was first picked way back in 2006 (as Jenna Hawkins) but it hadn't been twigged in 2016 she was picked before.