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Is that so, Spade? She's my pick, a bit of a long shot because I couldn't find any mention of her current health, or of her at all really. I thought I'd read somewhere that she'd had a stroke. Even retired actors tend to pop up in the news now and again, so the complete silence led me to speculate that she might be quite poorly.

I like your thinking.

We have one of those dogs What causes it in his case is this. He'll be playing with his ball and the ball will get stuck somewhere. Usually in a stupid pointless little box hedge which said dog is trying, successfully, to kill by continually pissing on it. Anyway he gets frustrated and cross with the ball and starts yapping at it. This continues until I go outside and start trying to retrieve the ball, at which moment dog manages to seize ball himself. The indoor variation of this routine is getting the ball wedged somewhere in the fireplace. I still love the little fucker though. Could you not wedge the ball so its sticking out of its arse? Dogs are always licking their arseholes so your doggie would ALWAYS know where the ball is and it would never need to bark. Problem solved! You're going to enjoy this true story. The ball in question is a "treat ball", that means it is hollow and has a hole in it for the insertion of dog treats. We have never bothered with this. Dog loves the ball because he can pick it up by hooking a tooth into the hole (the ball is too big for him to pick up any other way). The ball is made of very hard thick plastic and is virtually indestructible. The current ball is not the original one. Over a period of years he gradually nibbled the hole larger. One day I noticed that he had been carrying the ball around for an inordinately long time. On examination I found that he had got the lower part of his jaw rammed tight into the hole. Long story short, it would not come off. A trip to the vet followed, where he was sedated and they had to saw the ball into pieces to free him. And yes, I bought him another because he pined for the ball (by then in three pieces).

We have one of those dogs What causes it in his case is this. He'll be playing with his ball and the ball will get stuck somewhere. Usually in a stupid pointless little box hedge which said dog is trying, successfully, to kill by continually pissing on it. Anyway he gets frustrated and cross with the ball and starts yapping at it. This continues until I go outside and start trying to retrieve the ball, at which moment dog manages to seize ball himself. The indoor variation of this routine is getting the ball wedged somewhere in the fireplace. I still love the little fucker though.

Takes me to 77 points, a personal points best. Mandela apart, that may be it though as most of my others are speculative punts.

I don't usually select my own DDP picks here, but I shall make an exception this time and say Mandela.

Anyone obit-worthy likely to perish in this conflagration?

"The apartheid struggle icon" What a crappy bit of journalese. Why not simply say "Mr Mandela".

Good for you Lardy, I'm not a fan but if someone wanted to treat me to a Robbie gig I certainly wouldn't say no. Have to own up to having seen Springsteen for the third time in two weeks He was playing that naff Hard Rock Calling again, out on some building site at the half-dismantled Olympic Park. Last year's events led to a backlash against HRC and this gig did not sell well at all. Mainly because the twats put all their eggs in the Rolling Stones basket, were then dumped for a better offer and hadn't arranged any backup. Booking the same headliner (who is in the middle of a sellout stadium tour) 2 years running, is perhaps not ideal but clearly they were desperate. Anyway I sauntered over there about 6 pm and bought a ticket outside for £20 So after 3 shows I have heard about 90 songs, including more than 60 different ones, and 3 albums played in full. Excellent stuff. Been down the front every time too. Going to see him in Cardiff too Rolling Stones on Saturday!

She was a stunna, wasn't she.

Is this the Stuart Hall thread?

Aww, I love Fargo. So funny.

Springsteen at Wembley Coventry last night. Absolutely Fucking Awesome. That is all.

whooooosh

If you bothered to look just one post above yours, you'll notice that the same link was posted a good 18 hours before. Sigh. Will we ever be rid of this irritating idiot and his inane compositions? Perhaps if people took no notice of him and didn't respond to every post? I disagree if we tell him what a CUNT he is every post, we might even be able to get through to him that he is not welcome Isn't that pretty much what happens every time he posts? I'm more inclined to go along with Time's suggestion, they do say don't feed the troll... Who are you all talking about?

Ruth Jeanette Mindlin Weinberg, 97, mother of Max Weinberg, drummer with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.

Springsteen at Wembley last night. Absolutely Fucking Awesome. That is all.

? This never gets old, does it

Yes he is, at the back there! That, of course, was the photo to which I was referring

That must be an old photo .....

"Serious but stable" is a fair description of dead.

Sir Henry delivers twice for me as joker. He was in my theme team Toast of the Turf last year too, when surprisingly he was a unique pick. I was somewhat narked that he was unavailable to pick for the Rotten Deadpool. I submitted him as a suggestion, but it went unacknowledged. Ignorant twats.

Zsa Zsa, because I don't think I've picked her lately.

When we were in Vegas a few years ago, My wife asked a 'Vulcan' female if she could have a photo with my other half, the reply was 'the other half of what my dear? Oh I see, you mean your mate?' What's a 'Vulcan' female? Is it something American? Not a star trek watcher then? Not really, no. Were you at some sort of Star Trek convention?