themaninblack

One for Canadian Paul's Deadpool then...

They need to beat Slovenia. Not a given, considering the performances of both sides so far...

This whole affair is so, so England. I love my football but my enthusiasm for the national team is no better than that of the players that represent us. I felt I had wasted two hours of my life watching that dross tonight. I have no doubt we will qualify but will make no friends in doing so. DWB Tonights game reminded me of the Scotland -v- Peru game in 1978. Boy, we were shite. I suppose you could always say you're undefeated. This could well be England's version of Scotland's disasterous 1978 campaign. Hopefully it may change English attitudes to probable success in future tournaments. As in they have nae chance and should just enjoy the moment. And get rid of those fucking eyesore flags...

No way, he'll be here for years yet. He'll outlive Borgnine, but both of them may outlive one of the younger names on the list. Ronald Neame dead at 99. Also directed films such as The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and co-wrote films such as Brief Encounter. It says he "never recovered after suffering from a fall." Non-natural causes bonus for the four DDP pickers? What at 99? Still, it happened to Culp didn't it? But the enevitable 'fall' particularly at that age is a bit of a given hazard. If he fell of the edge of a cliff then yeah...

Germans will have an anti-climax from the Australian demolition and the Serbs will sneak a draw - 1-1. USA to find themselves in a good position to qualify 1-0 against Slovenia Ingerland vs Algeria: Why do I think this has echoes of Monterrey 1986? 0-0 anybody? oh alright, 2-0 to Ingerland then!

All in good time. I'm on the verge of completing my review of the entire scoring history of the DDP, covering 14 years and over a thousand teams. When I'm satisfied over it's versimilitude, then I shall bring forth the update. Then I'll look at doing the inane analysis...

Unfortunately no. He goes into the List of the Missed....

Doubt it, as he's not even in the squad... He probably would have made a better fist of that Dempsey shot than Robert Green...

Cheers for that. That'll be in the DDP update later on... When you do the update Mr Man In Black, please be aware Margaret Delacourt-Smith of Alternyn is dead according to that less-than-reliable tome, Wikipedia. Still no picture of this long named lady Hmmmm...yes. We'll sit on that, shall we? Until we get confirmation from a more reliable source...

Cheers for that. That'll be in the DDP update later on...

You beat me to it. I think Hal Blaine will be the next. Peluso is inextricably Crappies-linked, thanks to one of the most famous guitar solos ever. Lumping Hal in with these MOR mediocrities is a bit rich, since he's just about the greatest living (rock/pop) drummer, Clem Cattini excepted. I suppose I'm off Han's Xmas card list now. I voted for Dick Emery. Ooh, I am awful. ...but we like you!

Tight as a gnats arse. 1-1.

Lugubrious comic Les Dawson, died today in 1993...

2 teams on the DDP will get points if the requisite obit turns up...

The DL, to which Eddie confesses to be "strangely drawn", gets a paragraph in a page-long meditation on the ups and downs of celebrity death. He's a bit concerned at 2010's current poor performance, but I'd say that, on the whole, he's a fan. I wonder if he's an active member or just a lurking guest. And no, I don't (and didn't) buy the Radio Times. Thanks, WH Smith. Well we could work it out through the process of elimination. He's not LFN or Rotten Ali, NAP, DWB or the slaves, as I've met them, or LG or Harry McNally or MPFC and surely not Star Crossed as Eddie Mair has a nice guy image (although SC could be a clever disguise), and he's not a lassie or from Yorkshire which rules out Josco. And he's not Dutch or American or from Oz. If I was a betting man and we were playing the Daily Mirror Chalky White guessing game on Blackpool beach, I would be tapping my rolled up newspaper on the shoulder of......let me see....Raskolnikov? He was on the ball and articulate from the start before disappearing as suddenly as he came in. The Pooka - all cool and mysterious, must be a possible. I reckon he was testing the water with that mention, wondering if there would be a backlash. Well it aint me. I can't stand Eddie Mair...

Watch him toss himself to death "The pair described as the Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker of porn." I didn't realise 'annoying' and 'not funny' were attributes lacking in the porn industry. Porn and comedy do share something in common: It's all in the timing....know what I mean?

Back in Downing Street (again)... She looks so tiny now! In power, it was like she was 6ft tall... That's age and loss of power for you.

The brilliant mathematician Alan Turing died by his own hand today in 1954...

Porn actor gets his big sword out, then tosses himself off...

Wisdom. Again.

Psychoanalyst Carl Jung died today in 1961...

Tin Drum - classic album...

I shall await the enevitable Guardian obit....

I've sort of joined but not picked the team yet...

You better teach him the alphabet then...