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Not very many people I've heard of have died on my birthday, Robert Moog and Benigno Aquino being the two most famous. I was however born on the 20th anniversary of Trotsky's death.

No, you can't ban guests, after all don't most of the members occasionally post as a guest just for a laugh? Oh Just me then...

The Daily Mail

I probably do. Still, you get the gist of it.

I suspect that may depend on who it is, and what time of day it happened. An announcement on the BBC (or other qualifying news-source) website would suffice, and if, say, Maggie dropped, or HM or Phil went, there's a pretty good chance one would be up more or less straight away if it were Ronald Coase or Lindsay Lohan, we might have to wait a bit longer.

I'm sure there must be some medication or counselling available for that. Edit - my 2000th post and its some pathetic joke about Bobby Davro. Oh the shame.

One of my picks for 2011 (Ronald Wolfe) died 18th December but no obit was forthcoming until January Did I feel aggrieved at missing out on the points? Not that much, and I soon got over any disappointment when the 2012 competition got under way. I understood the rules when I entered; it is when all's said and done, a bit of fun. As an academic exercise, maybe someone could have a look at the last couple of years or so and see if allowing early-next-year obits would have made any difference to the final result.

Interesting read.

According to the Telegraph

The Uruguyan goalkeepeer LadIslao Mazurkiewicz has died after a short illness, aged 67. Although considered amongst the best, he's chiefly remembered for being on the wrong end of this Pele manoeuvre during the 1970 Mexico World Cup.

and Frank Muir 15 years ago

Its long been theorised that the police forces of the UK, and especially the met. are rife with Freemasons; the Freemasons creed is along the lines of 'look after your own', ergo, other Freemasons are deemed untouchable. Or is that just another conspiracy theory? Google 'Freemasonry and the police' to get some idea of said theory. David Icke features quite a lot in Freemasonry conspiracy theories.

Officers from Operation Yewtree - set up in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal - arrested one man, aged 53, at an address in Hampshire. Scotland Yard said the arrests were not connected to the allegations made against the late BBC presenter. Nout to do with Saville then? Nick nick? Some one playing the Generation Game I reckon............... Can't be him, - he's a Freemason.

I'd been pondering over Richard Davies too but like you, when it came down to submitting a team I forgot about him. I did the same last year with banjo Barney, who duly died in April.

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Seconded, just getting British for a minute...couldn't you take the 2013 Celebrity BB to court under the Trades Descriptions Act? Never having heard of either of these, I checked Wikipedia; Montag once had 10 plastic surgery procedures in a day, and her debut album was called Superficial; she is married to Pratt. It would appear that their celebrity is about the same as Chantelle Houghton's. I don't think I'll won't be watching. I suppose there would be some use to Celeb BB UK, if the location would be Moriusaq, Greenland, and all cameras carefully removed. regards, Hein Now that sounds like a suitable location for I'm a Celebrity...!

Seconded, just getting British for a minute...couldn't you take the 2013 Celebrity BB to court under the Trades Descriptions Act? Never having heard of either of these, I checked Wikipedia; Montag once had 10 plastic surgery procedures in a day, and her debut album was called Superficial; she is married to Pratt. It would appear that their celebrity is about the same as Chantelle Houghton's. I don't think I'll won't be watching.

Here's my main team: Joker (Pick 1): Margaret Thatcher Pick 2: John Bardon Pick 3: Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma Pick 4: Dora Bryan Pick 5: Emile Ford Pick 6: John Glenn Pick 7: Eldon Griffiths Pick 8: Gerald Harper Pick 9: Francis Matthews Pick 10: Sheila Mercier Pick 11: Les Munro Pick 12: Pete Murray Pick 13: Bernard Haitink Pick 14: Peter O'Toole Pick 15: I. M. Pei Pick 16: Nosher Powell Pick 17: Dudley Simpson Pick 18: Mike Stoller Pick 19: Peter Wyngarde Pick 20: Jimmy Young Reserve Pick(s): Toots Thielmans; Albert Finney; Tony Book Book has been benched in favour of the previously untested Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, while the disappointing Asil Nadir has been dropped in favour of renowned conductor Bernard Haitink. On the theme team front I'm fortunate(!) enough to be able to field my 2012 team '...and it's goodnight from him etc.' in its entirety, while on the 'Roger and Out' team, I only needed to replace the already-deceased Took; I opted for former Dallas Cowboy Roger Staubert, wilst also taking the opportunity to rest Roger Milla, bringing in Roger Etchegaray. Here are the full line-ups Team Name: Roger and Out Joker (Pick 1): Roger Penrose, Sir (Mathematician/Physicist) Pick 2: Roger Alton (Journalist - Exec ed of The Times) Pick 3: Roger Angell (Writer - The New Yorker) Pick 4: Roger Bannister, Sir (Athlete) Pick 5: Roger Cook (Investigative Journalist) Pick 6: Roger Corman (Film Producer) Pick 7: Roger Daltrey (Singer) Pick 8: Roger Ebert (Film Critic) Pick 9: Roger Etchegaray (Cardinal of the RC Church) Pick 10: Roger Moore, Sir (Actor) Pick 11: Roger Norrington, Sir (Conductor) Pick 12: Roger Protz (Writer) Pick 13: Roger Sainsbury (Retired Bishop) Pick 14: Roger Sloman (Actor) Pick 15: Roger Smith (Actor - 77 Sunset Strip) Pick 16: Roger Spottiswood (Director) Pick 17: Roger Squires (Crossword Compiler) Pick 18: Roger Staubach (Dallas Cowboy) Pick 19: Roger Taylor (Tennis Player) Pick 20: Roger Whitaker (Singer) Reserve Pick(s):Roger Milla (Footballer) Team Name: ...and Its Goodnight From Him, and him and him, and him, and him, and him, and him, and him, and him, and her, and him, and him, and him, and her, and him, and him, and him, and him, and him, and him Joker (Pick 1): Ron Suart Pick 2: Ronald Atkins Pick 3: Ron Braunstein Pick 4: Ronald Brown Pick 5: Ronald Chesney Pick 6: Ronald Coase Pick 7: Walter Cunningham Pick 8: Ronnie Dawson Pick 9: Ronald Fearn Pick 10: Ron Flowers Pick 11: Ronnie Gilbert Pick 12: Ronald Harwood Pick 13: Ronald Hines Pick 14: Ronald Isley Pick 15: Ronnie Masterson Pick 16: Ronnie Moore Pick 17: Ronald Pellar Pick 18: Ronnie Ronalde Pick 19: Ron Smith Pick 20: Ronald Stevenson Reserve Pick(s): Ronnie Biggs, Ronnie Flanagan, Ronnie Corbett

A man was killed when a car hit a tree.... between Deadmantree Hill....

Sent mine in yesterday (by PM). I think they were all still alive.

I went for Bush. stop sN-wording at the back.

He made my long-list but didn't make the cut. He won't last the year.

My main team was equal 488th, with no points for no hits. So was my first theme team. So was my second theme team. Needless to say, this was my worst performance ever.

Happy New Year everyone. I hope yours is half as good as I hope mine will be. (Actually I'd settle for mine being half as good as I hope it'll be)

Personally, I believe its up to you, as its your game. On the one hand, as the year hasn't started yet, its not as if they gain any advantage by submitting a little late, but on the other hand, rules is rules, and we all know where we'd be without any rules!