TAFKAG

Well, I'd like to see a thread for discussing hospitalised rugger-playing munchkins called Dick from Castle Bromwich who are mad about Beethoven, collect Dutch teaspoons and are related by marriage to Richard O'Sullivan. Maybe Vaagheid could start one.

It's been a pretty rough week for the Carrigans of Chester, California.

The MoD has released some of the UK's X-Files. I'm sure it'll all be sillier and funnier than the US version, more Carry on Martian than Close Encounters.

Neil Young now has eight legs and builds trapdoors. To Crosby in the late 60s I expect he often appeared that way.

Might have to hang on for a bit, but try this - (03) 5220 8222.

Doris is lessing than enamoured with her Nobel Prize, as she's forced to spend all her days talking to Jenni Falconer and Dale Winton instead of getting on with the serious business of snuffing it writing books.

Maybe they've marched into Belmarsh and re-arrested Abu Hamza al-Masri (Captain Hook) by mistake. I wouldn't put it past them. If only them pesky Ayrabs had sensible names like Bert and Ernie.

Belgian international footballer François Sterchele has been killed in a car crash, aged 26.

Hillary clings on, in a Sharon kind of way.

Oh I don't know, we could do with a blonde thread. I've been known to have my blonde moments, on and off this site. Welcome, hellkat.

That joke was a bit flakey. You're obviously nuts (and strawberry sauce). Oh, TAFKAG's just baskin' in the knickerbocker glory of that bit of punmanship. But has now become the victim of some crafty punupmanship.

Maybe time for a revival of Jeux Sans Frontières (Ou Fenêtres). It'd give " " a whole new frisson, non?

Scoop! American ice cream man Irv Robbins has melted at the age of 90. Too bad he didn't die at 99, on a Sundae.

Queen, U2, Spice Girls, Simple Minds, Annie Lennox and Razorfuckinglight to play at Mandela's 90th birthday gig. If that's not enough to see the old boy in the ground I don't know what is... and they haven't even announced Sting yet. Get yourself off to the beer tent, Nelson.

Indian maestro Kishan Maharaj has stopped taking the tablas at 85.

Whoever he is, he's back in the dating game.

Richard Littlejohn, currently spouting his filth on Question Time. One of the most objectionable people on the planet. Still, freedom of speech and all that...

Philipp von Boeselager, the last of the July 20 plotters who tried to blow up Hitler in 1944, has died.

Hornby's grip on the British toys-for-30-to-50somethings market grows stronger with the purchase of Corgi.

Sir John Anthony Kershaw. Eton > Oxford > Barrister > Police > Army > Councillor > Tory MP > PPS > FO Minister > Knighthood (> Wooden Box). Come the Glorious Revolution, comrades... (unrelated to any stalker Kershaws, I'd guess)

I wouldn't rush to put Mamo on any list by the looks of this report:- http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/...-tells-students One - he's still out & about Two - apart from obvious fraility - he looks healthy enough Three - according to the report, he still is quite a busy man. Knowing my previous recommendations, he'll be dead by the end of the week..... Close, but no cigar. Dead. Mamo, ex-leader of Malta Was clearly beginning to falter, He had his own thread Started up by Veghead, Which a mod then decided to alter.

Pig found. Dead, tragically.

1960s/70s crumpet Julie Ege has died at 64. She was in Up Pompeii and On Her Majesty's Secret Service, among others.