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No she isn't.

There is no position on a cricket pitch called legspinner. Happy now? That said, there are some delightfully named fielding positions in cricket.

This is pretty much where I am with this.

How about "President Trump meets London Mayor Sadiq Khan after Khan refused entry to the US" Well Trump COULD be banned from entering the UK so where should they meet? The German spa town of Bad Hersfeld sounds appropriate.

Clive James, in an article about binge-watching TV series: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/04/18/the-raw-appeal-of-game-of-thrones

I give him two weeks then.

Haven't they ever done that? How extraordinary. Seems an obvious moneyspinner. I don't see how. Isn't Eurovision like a 3-4 episode event? Seems like it would be pretty expensive to recruit acts in all 50 states for basically a miniseries. Also the people who like Kitsch/Camp and people who like state jingoism are 2 entirely different demographics in the Us. The Eurovision Song Contest is a single event, not a miniseries. A TV spectacular, a gala occasion. (Unless it's changed, I haven't watched it in years.) In th UK I think we have a preliminary show in which viewers can vote for the song to be performed. This aspect has varied over the years though. I suppose you could have people in each state vote for the artist who would perform the state's entry song, and/or vote for the song itself. As in American Idol or X Factor. That could be a series of programmes, then you have the competition itself.

The handsome prince announced that a grand ball would be held to which everyone was invited. Cinderella was excited, but her wicked stepmother and the ugly sisters would not let her go. She was sitting disconsolately amid the ashes when her fairy godmother appeared before her. "Why are you so sad, Cinderella?" "Because my step mother and step sisters won't let me go to the ball." "You shall go to the ball, Cinderella. I will provide you with the most beautiful dress and glass slippers, a coach and horses and footmen to attend you." "Oh, thank you, fairy godmother." "There is just one condition, Cinderella, and listen to it carefully. You must be home by midnight because if you are not, on the stroke of midnight your sexual parts will turn into a melon". Cinderella accepted this condition and in the twinkling of an eye the promised goodies were before her and she set off for the ball. The ball was as wonderful as she expected. She danced with the handsome prince, who only had eyes for her and, when the interval came she went into supper on his arm and sat opposite him. The first course was a slice of melon and the sight of this recalled to Cinderella's mind the condition that her fairy godmother had imposed. Cinderella felt sad that she had to go home so early as she picked up her knife and fork. The prince, on the other hand, ignored his knife and fork. He seized the slice of melon in both hands and buried his face in it. He took the flesh into his mouth and slurped over it as he sucked and swallowed its succulence. He did not stop until he had got every drop of goodness from it. When he took the rind away from his face the juices were running down his chin. "What time do you have to be home?" he said to Cinderella, as he laid the rind aside. "About half past two," she replied.

So, was it the thong then?

Haven't they ever done that? How extraordinary. Seems an obvious moneyspinner. Can't see them falling over themselves to host Eurovision parties in North Carolina. Not Eurovision. A US equivalent.

Haven't they ever done that? How extraordinary. Seems an obvious moneyspinner.

Relevant for our purposes. I'd keep him on the list next year if he makes it that far. On the contrary, that makes him a less likely candidate for suicide. More likely to kill himself through misadventure IMO. Falling over while pissed and cracking his head, for example.

OUR???Yup. Everybody uses 1st person plural pronouns to refer to the Deathlist despite none of us actually participating in the creation of each year's list. I don't. I regard myself merely as an interested observer. There is no question of "we", "us" or "our".

Well I'm sorry, but I never liked Prince, and I won't be rushing out to buy his music now. He wrote a few brilliant songs, but they were much better performed by other people IMO. I didn't like his whiny voice and I found him so physically repulsive that his overtly sexual lyrics were nauseating. It never crossed my mind that I ought to find the musician attractive to enjoy a song that deals with sexuality. That's not what I said, and it's not the same thing. But now you mention it, I think if Prince had had a really sexy voice it might have made a difference. A couple of examples that spring to mind are Serge Gainsbourg and Barry White. Unattractive to me, but their voices sell the songs.

Mind you, we do have this thread and this one

I'd like Oscar Pistorius to be shot, since there doesn't seem to be much prospect of him ever serving a proper murder sentence in an actual prison.

I think you'll find that the poles do bend. Quite a lot.

Looks like Ireland's already fucked off.

I'll merge this in the morningYou merged my grandfather!!!! I can't find him now!not surprising people with dementia often wander around.

Don't know. Who are "you"?

I might be wrong but I think we've had "bad" (I use the term loosely all press is good) press before and it's blown over. My response is I've learnt about the achievements of hundreds, if not thousands, of people they've probably never heard of through this site in three years. It's a shame that recognition has only arrived after their death but hey-ho. Nobody actively wants the celebrities who they picked in pools to die, we're just using common sense and a bit of nouse to say "it looks as though they might die." If 20 out of 20 of my picks in the DDP survived and maintained good health I'd be delighted at their resilience, given the reason they'd even made it into the list was that being a slim chance. On another note, we've been online for over a (if not two) decade(s), so why are we suddenly news? This is why I wince every time I read a post here where the poster is actively encouraging someone to die, or expressing the wish that someone will die*. It's not what the site is about, and it gives fuel to the kind of trashy tabloid articles we're seeing. Only a few members are guilty of this, so take note please. *apart from mass murderers, evil dictators and the like, obv.

Try here

Here ya go