Toast

My dog.

I'm in, with a less interesting team than I'd hoped for, since a number of my potential picks did not wait around long enough to join the party. I was pleased with a top 20 finish after a couple of poor years (and half my team down which is a personal best) so we'll see what happens. Thanks again to TMIB for all his sterling work.

That'll be the shit(s) who have been bullying The Hobbit pub trying to force them to change the name.

I've noticed before that the "rules and scoring" seems to be tied to the entry page and usually takes you to Sorry, you're too late.... Derby Dead Pool 20?? is no longer accepting entries! Which is not much use if you just want to refresh your memory as to the validity of the likes of death row picks, famous-for-being-ill folks and so on. Am I missing something and is it available on another link?

Well I didn't, but the dog did and woke me up with incessant barking around 4 am. HYN to all. What does HYN stand for? Hush your noise.

The Rev Billy

Well I didn't, but the dog did and woke me up with incessant barking around 4 am. HYN to all.

I'm in. Rev. Billy Graham Queen Fabiola Tony Benn Robbie Coltrane Jacques Chirac Diana Athill Denis Norden Dora Bryan Maureen O'Hara Peter Maxwell Davies Subs: Richard Attenborough Liz Smith

All my obscure picks inconsiderately fell off the perch a few weeks too early.

Here's my fairly random assortment Richard Adams Jean Alexander Muhammad Ali Richard Attenborough Terry Biddlecombe Dora Bryan George H.W. Bush Jimmy Carter Fidel Castro Bill Clinton Katherine Crowe Felix Dennis Helen Fawkes Lawrence Ferlinghetti Clive James Wilko Johnson (wildcard) Christopher Lee John McVie Cliff Michelmore Ian Paisley Marguerite Patten Leslie Phillips Sam Simon Meic Stevens Betty White

Toast's Topplers B.B. King Albert Reynolds Bart Cummings Christopher Lee Fats Domino Gough Whitlam Jeremy Thorpe Kirk Douglas Luise Rainer Michael Schumacher Olivia de Havilland Peter Sallis Rev. Billy Graham Richard Attenborough Run Run Shaw Ruth Bader Ginsberg Sheila Mercier Tony Benn Wojciech Jaruzelski Zsa Zsa Gabor

Just sent mine, same team names as last time.

Agreed. I missed it this year. Should be revived.

I'm in, team name is If I'm Spared Myself Of Course

"A speech by Dr. Billy Graham 3 years ago" Do keep up.

And no joker played so far. Awesome. Well done Spade.

Sticking with Sallis.

The Rotten Deadpool (world's biggest I think) limits picks to a list of notable people which is very US centric. Rotten Ali has come (almost) as close as anyone to the dead pooling equivalent of first to conquer Everest which will come when someone pulls off a ten out of ten sweep on the RDP. Yes, their list is disappointingly limited. Supposedly they are open to suggestions, but my proposal that Henry Cecil be added was ignored. They don't even have a decent list of royals - it wasn't possible to pick Prince Friso or Princess Lilian, for instance.

I propose Nicholas Parsons as the next DL ambassador.

Now

Ah!

Yes, who is she, please?

No need to fast forward thanks to You're right, Pitt is appalling. His performance is more reminiscent of an early 21st century American teen drama series than a classical tale of heroes in the ancient world.

I shall stick with my previous selection Peter Sallis. He just strikes me as the type of person who might die around Christmas time.