Toast

To be honest i have only read those two books but thanks for telling me about the spoilers in later books for earlier books , if i do read them i will read them in order. Though kind of already messed up since the treatment is the second book .lol Unfortunately yes - more than you realise! The presence of one particular character in The Treatment ruins the suspense of the climax in Birdman ... that can't be helped I suppose, but I think it's Treatment which makes unnecessary mention of a funeral, and even worse the name of the deceased! she could have left that out. As it is, when you read Birdman, you will already know the fate of two characters.

He's probably busy going through her cv for Morris dancing.

Is that still alive?

Reuters, just to make it official for DDP purposes. Plenty to follow, obv http://uk.reuters.co...E9370T220130408 ah, TUM got there first

I could have sworn Annette Funicello was on there. Anyway, I shall go for Bob Dole, just to be different.

Unfortunately I didn't pick her - got bored with including her and her not dying. Typical.

Quite topical, but nothing to do with Wesley Snipes.

Passed what? The salt? Your house? Wind?

The problem I had with Mo Hayder is that you have to read her series in order, because she gives away so many spoilers about the earlier books. I didn't know that when I started one (I think it was Skin), and it was really just a continuation of the one before. It really isn't necessary to do this. Other crime writers manage to tell a story without recapping beyond the odd vague allusion. Mark Billingham, for instance. Obviously this doesn't apply to the standalone ones like Tokyo.

Here you are .... different seasons but same year The Joy of Six A few names I'd forgotten there ... but it all comes flooding back. Entertaining read for Saints fans

When did this whole thing of wearing an "away" strip start? When I were a lass, the away team only wore their second strip if their colours clashed with the home side. Then at some point they started wearing their second strip just because they were the away team. This sometimes created a clash, but instead of reverting to the non-clashing first strip they wheel out yet another strip. There was never any need for a third strip, it is of course just to milk more money from the punters. Goodness, now I feel really old. It was the same season, if memory serves. Although my memory seems to be faulty. Ah well, you have to make allowances for us aged old bats.

Would it be the all-grey strip worn by Manchester Utd on the night Southampton put six past them? Man Utd's excuse being that their players couldn't see each other .....

Not much gets past you, does it?

I think it was your mention of the beach that prompted the comment about our weather.

Pointless P.B I tried that "Stay Hard" spray in my youth and it was utterly fucking useless. Its our age. I misread youth for mouth there

I take it this doesn't mean the dog also has mental health problems. Americans are so reluctant to mention urinary and excretory functions, aren't they? All those misunderstandings about "bathrooms". Truly we are nations divided by a common language.

Indeed, BIG respect Toast, I never even consider the Morris dancing past of my picks since I reckon such a bonus very long odds. To be perfectly honest, neither did I, but I surely shall in future These little bonuses can certainly make a difference to a modest bottom-of-the-table pick

You do know that some criminals specialise in perusing the death announcements for information, then go and burgle the homes of the deceased and chief mourners during the funeral? We've always made sure that someone is in the house during family funerals for this reason. There's always someone who asks if there's "anything I can do", or someone who is glad of an excuse not to go. Don't forget the other group of people who ransack the homes of the recently deceased looking for valuables. - What are they called? ....... ........ Ah Yes - Relatives

Fabulous, darlings

You mean he's not ready for a Hole In The Ground yet?

You do know that some criminals specialise in perusing the death announcements for information, then go and burgle the homes of the deceased and chief mourners during the funeral? We've always made sure that someone is in the house during family funerals for this reason. There's always someone who asks if there's "anything I can do", or someone who is glad of an excuse not to go.

Who knew that we have something called an Ampulla of Vater inside our guts? It sounds like something out of a fantasy quest tale. "Farewell, I go to seek the Ampulla of Vater" Guess nothing is surprising when part of our brain stem's called the medulla oblongata. I'm guessing she's a baddie.

Who knew that we have something called an Ampulla of Vater inside our guts? It sounds like something out of a fantasy quest tale. "Farewell, I go to seek the Ampulla of Vater"

You talk like Marlene Dietrich And you dance like Zizi Jeanmaire Your clothes are all made by Balmain And there’s diamonds and pearls in your hair - Peter Sarstedt, Where Do You Go To My Lovely

Also .... doesn't he qualify for the panto bonus? http://www.bbcshop.com/comedy/dick-whittington/invt/9781408469606/