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I understand this happened when both were young, but I only know (and have therefore only a mental image of) Reagan as prez. That makes the above sentence a rather disturbing idea. He doesn't look all that much younger when he was young, if you see what I mean. I wouldn't have.

I can go for the treble, as my granny died that weekend as well. Although I have a clear memory of all three events, it was many years before I realised that they all happened over the same two days. Weird.

So you put it in a Peaches Geldof thread.... As it's got nothing whatsoever to do with the Geldof family, I'm also a bit mystified why this thread was chosen. Surely it could have gone in the general thread for Australians, or the pop stars thread.

Already in use for something else

How come you're 'not willing to pick' people like her but you are willing to slag them off for "wasting" an incredibly relatively tiny amount of government money........? I don't see the connection. And anyway I can't see why it would cost £40,000 to nudge staff into introducing themselves. Surely an email would do the job. It's been a while since I regularly frequented hospitals, but staff used to wear name badges. Don't they do that any more? I find that as long as you know someone's name, there's no need for elaborate introductions - it just follows naturally.

Another sweepstake! I'll go for May 12th.

Dr Kate Granger wasting 40 grand of taxpayers' money. Looking pretty healthy.

I'd go with "Well, goodbyyyye"

Even his name sounds like a crime.

Perpetrator of this heinous musical crime: Among McKuen’s commercial successes in the 1960s and '70s were his reworking of Jacques Brel’s song "Le Moribond" for the English-language version of 'Seasons In The Sun', later covered by the Kingston Trio and Terry Jacks.

Just like old times

Elvis Lives

Demis Roussos - Sumo Dossiers Misuses Doors Misses Odours

I was forced to play lacrosse at school. I was hopeless at it. To be fair, most of my classmates were crap at it too. You would think that it was a matter of catching the ball in the net on your stick, then running and flinging it into the goal. But no. Once you have the ball, you have to swing your stick violently from side to side. This is called "cradling". It is supposed to make it difficult for opponents to tackle you. (This is done by bashing their stick against yours, thus knocking the ball out.) Alas, for most of us "cradling" invariably resulted in the ball immediately flying out of our nets. No tackling necessary.

Just for fun, I looked up the future Edward VII in the 1871 census. His name is given as "HRH Prince of Wales", while his occupation is described as simply "Prince".

I was quite struck by this tribute. Imagine them as a duo Someone should make a Demis/Barry mash-up.

Surely there's no real difference. As far as I know he does some sort of public engagement on a daily basis, probably more than one, and has done all his life. That wouldn't change. He'll probably just have some more paperwork to look at and sign every day.

Considering that no illness can have a more serious outcome than death, this week's Prize for Stating the Bloody Obvious goes to that write-up: regards, Hein I'm reminded of how, when someone dies unexpectedly from a heart attack, people invariably describe it as "a massive heart attack". Like it might have been a mild one. Aye, but splitting hairs for a second here, mild heart attacks do kill unexpectedly, usually when the person suffering them is already in highly compromised health. They're simply an additional danger at a very shit time for the individual. So, Billy Graham may be riddled with other issues but it wouldn't take much to go wrong with his heart to tip his vital signs into decline, and also if that started to happen the medical staff might realise that even the shock of defribulatiing him could be a killer, so either way he'd be gone. Fair enough, but I meant apparently fit and healthy people who drop dead out of the blue, rather than people known to be in poor health.

Alec Guinness - genuine class

Considering that no illness can have a more serious outcome than death, this week's Prize for Stating the Bloody Obvious goes to that write-up: regards, Hein I'm reminded of how, when someone dies unexpectedly from a heart attack, people invariably describe it as "a massive heart attack". Like it might have been a mild one.

Ever heard of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi?

I didn't realise he was as old as that. He turned up as a pointless answer on Pointless this weekend, so - despite the gold medal winning performance - he didn't make that much national impact, then. I vaguely remember him being seen around a lot with Princess Anne, before she married Mark Phillips. My mum thought he was lovely, and was disappointed when it turned out that it was Mark who was in the saddle.

I was going to suggest that she didn't forget her carving knife. This could be dangerous. I mean, we don't know if he's infectious or owt. Come in Lardy! I am disappointed, nay ASHAMED to report that, in a professional capacity, I can find NOTHING on his condition whatsoever, but that leads me to believe that he's not actually THAT ill at the moment. The last item I can find in the newspaper regarding his trial over alleged sex offences is this http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/county_news/11737130.Apologetic_email_from_former_Devizes_mayor_a__gold_mine__to_alleged_sex_abuse_victim__court_hears/ He doesn't look at death's door to me, he just looks like a fat bastard. Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh a Baseball cap!! For that alone, he deserves locking up forever. For those who can't be bothered to click through: I hope this trial is over quickly, so that he can get back to writing the next part of 'A Song Of Ice And Fire'.

Tell that to Zsa Zsa.