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He's always been like that.

Sun 24 Dec 32 Andy Williams — Can’t Get Used To Losing You 31 Chris Montez — Let’s Dance 30 Little Eva — The Loco-Motion 26 Bruce Channel — Hey! Baby +4 25 The Crystals — Then He Kissed Me 25 Mr. Acker Bilk ft. The Leon Young String Chorale — Stranger On The Shore +4 21 Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen — Midnight In Moscow 21 Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas — Do You Want To Know A Secret? 21 The Shadows — Atlantis 21 Chubby Checker — Let’s Twist Again 20 Helen Shapiro — Tell Me What He Said 20 Jet Harris & Tony Meehan — Scarlett O’Hara 20 The Searchers — Sugar And Spice 19 Freddie and the Dreamers — I’m Telling You Now 15 The Beatles — Please Please Me -6 12 Roy Orbison — Dream Baby 07 Del Shannon — Hey Little Girl

Plus they now house the Post Office, at least round my way they do. That must have massively increased footfall. (I can't see the images, other than no=entry icons.)

Don’t Talk To Him is one of Cliff's better songs, but I knew it wouldn't stand much of a chance here.

Also look out for a couple of pools that rumble on until there's a winner. There's a TV equivalent to the Silver Screen pool too.

Sat 23 Dec 32 Little Eva — The Loco-Motion 32 Andy Williams — Can’t Get Used To Losing You 31 Mr. Acker Bilk ft. The Leon Young String Chorale — Stranger On The Shore +4  29 Chris Montez — Let’s Dance 24 Chubby Checker — Let’s Twist Again 24 Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen — Midnight In Moscow 23 Bruce Channel — Hey! Baby 21 Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas — Do You Want To Know A Secret? 21 Freddie & The Dreamers — I’m Telling You Now 21 The Crystals — Then He Kissed Me 20 Helen Shapiro — Tell Me What He Said 20 Jet Harris & Tony Meehan — Scarlett O’Hara 20 The Searchers — Sugar And Spice 18 The Shadows — Atlantis 15 Del Shannon — Hey Little Girl 12 Roy Orbison — Dream Baby  12 Cliff Richard & The Shadows — Don’t Talk To Him  10 Joe Brown & The Bruvvers — A Picture Of You 10 The Beatles — Please Please Me -6 05 Bobby Darin — Things

Same. Interesting that none of them are happy-happy Christmas songs. All have a bit of melancholy in there somewhere.

The Pretenders would probably have won if Diego hadn't been playing. Just saying.

Yet nobody seems to have a problem with "baby" used as an endearment.

Nothing new there, he gave that as an alibi years ago but apparently it was never thoroughly checked. There's no evidence to connect him with Suzy's disappearance, and no evidence that they ever met. There's a long thread about the case on Websleuths where people have been chewing over the case. Some think he might have done it, others think he's too incompetent to have got away with it.

Fri 22 Dec 33 Little Eva — The Loco-Motion 30 Mr. Acker Bilk ft. The Leon Young String Chorale — Stranger On The Shore +4 28 Andy Williams — Can’t Get Used To Losing You 26 Chris Montez — Let’s Dance 26 The Crystals — Then He Kissed Me 24 Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen — Midnight In Moscow 24 Freddie & The Dreamers — I’m Telling You Now 21 Bruce Channel — Hey! Baby 21 Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas — Do You Want To Know A Secret? 20 Helen Shapiro — Tell Me What He Said 20 Jet Harris & Tony Meehan — Scarlett O’Hara 20 Del Shannon — Hey Little Girl 20 Cliff Richard & The Shadows — Don’t Talk To Him 19 The Searchers — Sugar And Spice 17 Chubby Checker — Let’s Twist Again  17 The Beatles — Please Please Me 16 The Shadows — Atlantis 13 Bobby Darin — Things 13 Cliff Richard & The Shadows — It’ll Be Me  12 Joe Brown & The Bruvvers — A Picture Of You 11 Del Shannon — Swiss Maid 11 Roy Orbison — Dream Baby 00 Cliff Richard — It’s All In The Game -6

Fri 22 Dec Don't really want to do this, but - 14 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York +4 07 The Pretenders — 2000 Miles -6

It would, but the problem is it's been around for so long that everybody's already got it.

So you'll have Sir Creep sussed then when he comes here to tell you he's the "official greeter".

Sorry to hear of your losses. But nice to hear from you. Why did the pizza place close, and what's likely to replace it?

See! We should leave it there, none of them deserves to lose.

"so full of lovely"

This is going to come down to timing and chance. Realistically there are three winners.

Is the Greg Lake song the last survival of the name "Father Christmas" now? It's bloody "Santa" everywhere now, people can't even be bothered with the full Santa Claus.

What the fuck are you on about? I quoted a brief exchange for context, that's all.

Thu 21 Dec 32 Mr. Acker Bilk ft. The Leon Young String Chorale — Stranger On The Shore +4 27 Little Eva — The Loco-Motion 24 Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen — Midnight In Moscow 24 Andy Williams — Can’t Get Used To Losing You 23 Bruce Channel — Hey! Baby 23 Chris Montez — Let’s Dance 23 The Crystals — Then He Kissed Me 22 Chubby Checker — Let’s Twist Again 22 Freddie & The Dreamers — I’m Telling You Now 21 Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas — Do You Want To Know A Secret? 21 Cliff Richard & The Shadows — Don’t Talk To Him 20 Helen Shapiro — Tell Me What He Said 20 Cliff Richard & The Shadows — It’ll Be Me 20 Jet Harris & Tony Meehan — Scarlett O’Hara 19 Del Shannon — Hey Little Girl 18 The Shadows — Atlantis 17 Cliff Richard — It’s All In The Game 17 The Searchers — Sugar And Spice 17 Roy Orbison — Dream Baby 14 The Beatles — Please Please Me 14 Bobby Darin — Things 14 Joe Brown & The Bruvvers — A Picture Of You 14 Del Shannon — Swiss Maid -6 10 Cliff Richard & The Shadows — I’m Looking Out The Window / Do You Want To Dance

Thu 21 Dec 25 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York +4 23 Greg Lake — I Believe in Father Christmas -6 07 The Pretenders — 2000 Miles 

Good luck. It was fine. Mercifully no music being played. I'm beginning to wonder if it's my brain deliberately tuning it out.

Going for dinner in a pub shortly so putting myself in the firing line.