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Former mexico international striker Antonio de Nigris has died of a heart attack at age 31, in Larissa, Greece, where he had been playing.

Which reminds me of a "joke" I heard a while back... How would one pronounce Edward Woodward if the "D's" were silent? Ehwahwoowoo. Kind of stupid, but blazingly funny after consuming copious amounts of alcohol in a pub. Or what do you call a man carrying 3 planks on his head.... Edward Woodward dead = deadwood? Link http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8362367.stm I was never a fan of his so I'm looking at his death as a chance to check out how Ray Dotrice looks in any funeral pictures. After some great and memorable roles, I can't help thinking its a pity that some people will only remember him for his part in Deadenders. I think I'll watch my 'Callan' DVDs later.

November 15 2002 marks the 7th anniversary of when Myra Hindley did the world a favour. November 16: A few British icons departed on this day in years past, including: 1982, it was goodbye playmates from Arthur Askey 1994, it was last orders for Doris Speed and a year ago we had Reg Varney's last stop at the cemetary gates (via the cashpoint, obviously)

Biography, teambath.com: Apart from being able to coach at 93, what other magic powers does he have? Any of these? wikipedia: x-ray vision - great, brilliant; super-smelling - may be advantageous in certain situations; "...an eleventh finger that can be made to appear or disappear at will" - now I'm struggling. What possible use is this? Answers on a postcard please!!

Moggie Thatcher...

He should have exercised more regularly frequently...

I was going to say that...

To get the thread back on track, I give you this gem from our very own 888-333.

I don't know if I qualify as "Sobody" but I do have a comment. You use "apeered" and then "Appered". Could you at least try to keep your misspellings consistent? Particularly when you are complaining about errors. Thanks so much. Did you not notice that 'apeered' was originally spelt 'apered' but that its been -ahem- corrected? I do like the Random Capitalisation though. I tried to count the spelling and grammatical errors but ran out of fingers and toes. I think its 39.

Oh, the disappointment!

Yes, but I'm still reeling from the ferocity of their savaging. I was shaken to the core by their resounding logic and calls to get a life. I feel so dirty and shallow. It'll take me years to get over being beaten by those lightweight pillows. Or summat. And why has DDT posted it now, bearing in mind he replied 3 years ago? (Edit)I've just checked and this thread didn't exist three years ago - that might have something to do with it.

There are worse ways to go I just wonder at what point she realised the changes in his breathing were more significant than usual!

Chess grandmaster Tony Miles dies 12-11-2001, from heart failure.

The friendly against Chile has been cancelled, so you'll get your money back from the bookies? Close, but no cigar. If I'd had a bet on the game I might have gained some money. You'd promised someone you'd try to get tickets to the game and now you don't have to? No, I could have got free tickets if I'd needed them. You were paying the travelling expenses of the Chileans?

Are you referring to the entry that you have just made there?

Suicide by train crash apparently, probably leading to some sort of bacterial infection :-) It's the topic of the moment here in Hannover. He's had a hard time of it recently what with his daughter dying and his being ill and everything. The speculation on the street says it could be that his illness turned out to be something very nasty and terminal. Clearly throwing onesself in front of a train is also terminal. Not to mention very nasty, in particular for the train driver and the people who have to scrape up your remains. There are many more social ways of killing yourself. yeah, but being a footballer, he's probably used to training every day. ouch!

Imran Khan has had emergency surgery 'to remove an obstruction in his small intestine'. No news as to the nature of 'the obstruction' and he is reportedly out of danger .

Former Soviet leader Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev November 10 1982, aged 75.

I agree. Perhaps The Sun should have first tried shutting one eye, squinting with the other and then try to write in felt tip pen. We are taught not to mock the handicapped so why is the PM fair game? Also, even if he wasn't visually impared, I don't think spelling should be a requirement for the job of a PM. That's why there are assistants. I'd like to see a PM be elected for his vision, strategies, efficiency, ideas, leadership etc. I'm not saying Brown has those qualities I am just saying spelling is NOT important for the job in hand, nor for that matter is it a quality possessed by some geniuses. It is a trivial matter, a view I have come to realise when "mastering" a second language. A lot of the words I have learnt I don't know how to spell simply because I am speaking the language everyday but seldom writing it thanks to the international language of science! Believe me the key thing is to be understood anything else is a bonus. As for getting the name wrong, that I'd hazard a guess is due to someone else's mistake and the PM having confidence in his spelling gimps to have sourced the correct information. Considering the fact something like 96 service personnel have been killed in Afghanistan and Iraq this year alone, the PM is writing these letters on average once every 3.3 DAYS. How can one come up with an original and personal letter in these circumstances? I know I couldn't. It must be like groundhog day. All true but missing the point. He isnt Albert Scroggins, Paper clip counter for the MOD he is the Prime Minister. Spelling IS a requirement when the leader of this Country decides to personally handwrite a letter to the mother of a human being killed in some godforsaken shit hole. Its about professionalism, respect and judgement. He may be visually impared, so is David Blunkett, I doubt that he would have tried to write a letter. The whole point of a handwritten letter is to show that he cares, has empathy, feels the pain, understands, the whole works. He didnt achieve that, it looks like something he knocked up while in the shithouse. I fully understand that you dont join the armed forces and then decide what conflict/war you want to fight in, I appreciate the fact that the body count is overwhelming our PMs ability to construct a letter of condolence with a "personal touch" but what I dont understand is how nobody would think that what that mother ended up with was shit. He wasnt writing it in Serbo Croat, he didnt bother to ask his secretary to have a gander before it was sent and, as a consequence, it all looks rushed like he really hasnt got the time to be fussing over it. LB is spot on, he is damned if he does and damned if he doesnt. The fact that he has decided to be damned by taking the route that he has now leaves him double damned. Im bound to say that he should have seen it coming but, as he never saw a fucking great recession coming and the collapse of our economy coming I cant really be suprised. For what its worth, my opinion is that the content of this letter is of greater importance than its presentation but having said that, being a Prime Minister that huge numbers of people are waiting to see fall flat on his face, why wasn't it checked before being sent to Mrs James Janes? I particularly like the irony in Mono's post almost matched by LFN . For further reading I can recommend our local paper, The Argus, where readers comments seem to be coming down largely on Mr Brown's side, with some particularly scathing criticism of our wonderful press.

I was never confused...

Wikipedia also identifies the execution of Robert Blum, (1848), the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923, marking the emergence of the Nazi Party (8th and 9th Nov.) and the possible establishment of the SS in 1925. Also, today is 'Inventor's Day' in the German speaking countries of Europe, being Hedy Lamarr's birthday.

Pore sbelin? Wel theires thiis: Should prospective Prime Ministers have a basic grasp of spelling before they are entrusted to run the country? Discuss.

Its also 5 years ago today that I discovered this site whilst I was googling Emlyn Hughes, following his death.

Well and trully 'Fuched'!!!

Congrats to Yvonne, but can someone check to see if there were several thousand Floridian votes not counted? Surely someone, somewhere appreciates the fine art form of the clerihew?