themaninblack

Incidentially the email message from Mr. Quantick initially appeared in the junk e-mail folder of the DDP's Outlook account. I happened to notice it when doing a quick scan...

Does he want me to remove the other 870 or so dead celebs in case we cause offence? And of all fucking people, Steven Wells, the oh so iconoclastic journo too... Not sure how to respond. Any suggestions? Unbelievable! The man who helped write Brass Eye getting hot under the collar about causing offence! Didn't he play a leading role in coming up with " " It must be an imposter, surely? I'd politely provide him with a link the the rules, inform him you cannot accede to his request but that you welcome all feedback, accuse him of causing offence to the family of Albert Camus, and then go on to ask him if he is related to any of the inbred, dribbling, dentally challenged, cross eyed, deranged fuckwits called Quantick who are so prevelant in Devon. Yes, I wonder if this 'David Quantick' is the real deal or just some knob trying it on... It mystifies me... Is anyone on here use Twitter? Maybe they can throw that across to him, see how he responds... According to his wikipedia entry that he probably authored himself, he's a third rate comedy hack with a big ego (reading between the lines). It says: So he's quite happy to dish shit on others. I wouldn't even grace his email with a polite "fuck off" in reply. Coincidentally, without ever having heard of him before, I was reading a column by him in the Telegraph yesterday and wondering why they were printing such crap before I remembered it was August, then I logged on here and saw his name raised again. Yes, I read that. About Monty Python, who once had a sketch about undertakers inviting clients to eat their dead mother and at the end of Life of Brian had a song which went: Life's a piece of shit When you look at it Life's a laugh And death's a joke, it's true You'll see it's all a show Keep 'em laughing as you go Just remember that the last laugh is on you Perhaps he's getting old and straying into Daily Mail territory, as a few of his NME contemporaries are....

Dead. Woot! Another DDP hit! A unique pick as well, so that's 7 more points in the pocket. Still waiting on a UK obit however... Here it is The Herald? Does that count? EDIT: I've checked. It does, carry on...

Dead. Woot! Another DDP hit! A unique pick as well, so that's 7 more points in the pocket. Still waiting on a UK obit however... Here it is The Herald? Does that count?

Does he want me to remove the other 870 or so dead celebs in case we cause offence? And of all fucking people, Steven Wells, the oh so iconoclastic journo too... Not sure how to respond. Any suggestions? Unbelievable! The man who helped write Brass Eye getting hot under the collar about causing offence! Didn't he play a leading role in coming up with " " It must be an imposter, surely? I'd politely provide him with a link the the rules, inform him you cannot accede to his request but that you welcome all feedback, accuse him of causing offence to the family of Albert Camus, and then go on to ask him if he is related to any of the inbred, dribbling, dentally challenged, cross eyed, deranged fuckwits called Quantick who are so prevelant in Devon. Yes, I wonder if this 'David Quantick' is the real deal or just some knob trying it on... It mystifies me... Is anyone on here use Twitter? Maybe they can throw that across to him, see how he responds...

Dead. Woot! Another DDP hit! A unique pick as well, so that's 7 more points in the pocket. Still waiting on a UK obit however...

A unique pick for me on the DDP. Two hits so far. I'm going to come out top this year.... for sure Hold yer horses son, this needs a national obit before picking up the points... ...and here it is! Congrats....

Richard Burton, actor and collossal drinker, died on August 5th 1984...

Didn't know quite where to put this, but here's something from the Guardian regarding unsung character actors... http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tva...haracter-actors

Former Liverpool and Everton defender Gary Ablett has been diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma...

Go on then you lead the way and let's see how obscure we can make it Silus P Wankshaft IV, inventor of trusses for mice, died yesterday... YAY!!!!!! Points on my DDP. Unfortunately he was executed by firing squad in Bolivia, so no points for you...

Should be Gilly for July Gilly who?

It is indeed look quite pitiful at the moment, but DeathList has a history of setting things right (at least to some extent) over the full year. There have a been a few instances over the years where there have been 3 (or more) successes in the space of a week or so. Clearly (well...maybe) that's what 2010 has in store for us. The longer the drought, the bigger the storm when it comes...or that's my theory anyway 1997 is a case in point. I shouldn't be the one to grumble though...my DDP score is fucking awful at the moment!

Sir Bobby Robson died one year ago today...

Well indeed. Here's what previous lists have done since the 50 name format was introduced, going into August: 1994 - 7 1995 - 5 1996 - 7 1997 - 3 (6 hits in the last 5 months) 1998 - 6 1999 - 6 2000 - 9 2001 - 7 2002 - 8 2003 - 8 2004 - 5 2005 - 8 2006 - 7 2007 - 7 2008 - 10 2009 - 6 So yes, it looks as if the Deathlist is heading for its poorest year since 1998...

Maybe I didn't phrase it right, but I was hinting at the demise of a certain fleet-footed purveyor of the green baize...

It's like something out of Mike Bassett!

He kicked the bucket while staying at Young's ranch. It's the Curse of Neil (Whitten, Berry, Nitzsche, Briggs, Palmer, Snodgress, Larson, Dewey Martin, Rick James, his kids etc), I tells ya. The only people immune are Crosby, Stills and fucking Nash. And he wrote 'Like A Hurricane' and look what happened to him?

If so, I bet there's chuckles to be had among the staff when he asks for the chamber pot...

I think its been a cracking tour. Unless he decides to finish with a flourish and win at the Champs-Élysées, Contador becomes the first rider to win the tour without winning a stage since Greg LeMond in 1990...

Just beat me to it. Sad but inevitable. For all his faults (and there were many), he still remains one of my sporting heroes... RIP Alex...

Peter Sellers died 30 years ago today...

Close but no cigar... The Independent muses about her on a radio programme review on the the day she died but of course they weren't to know that...

A hit for Going Green...

And now for the Metropolitan Police Gazette Spot the Difference Competition... Answers on an anonymous postcard to the Director of Public Prosecutions.