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I looked at this earlier on. I think if I had to guess my deaths for the rest of the year: James, Phelan, Reichert, Steel and Steiner. Which I think comes to... 44 points? You're looking at 57 from your team to equalise then, which is feasible. Getting two (ideally three) from Barkan, Burrow and Doherty will be key for you.

Brennan Elliott was great in unREAL as the Chris Harrison roman a clef.

We going to have a DeathList film night with the first three winners played back to back?

If the game starts immediately, this was my pick DMd: A Bridge Too Far (1977): James Caan Ryan O'Neal Gene Hackman

Looks like the local jailhouse is going to be seeing some Sunny days...

A Kate Hendricks Thomas QO should be around soon as the bill in her name is being passed.

Ask any random stranger on the street to name their favourite former transportation minister of Belize, and the name Melvin Hulse is more than likely to pop up. Hulse's frontline political career actually came to an end in 2015 when audio recordings were leaked of him claiming that the PM, Dean Barrow, had paid a $2m bribe to win a by-election. Is a seat in Belizean parliament really worth $2m? Regardless, you can't put a price on a DL Cup unique, so Sir Cunto puts some daylight between himself and Banana. Annami 3 v TQR 3 maryportfuncity 6 v BabyBlue 3 Salmon Mousse 12 v alt obits guy 6 YorkshireBanker 0 v DevonDeathTrip 3  Joey Russ 13 v Perhaps 6 Captain Hemlock 9 v The Old Crem 0 gcreptile 6 v msc 9 Banana 3 v Sir Cunto 7

Imagine Van Morrison not being the biggest arsehole in a room.

Wanting to carpet bomb Poland and set fire to Paris are emotions most people only experience during Eurovision, but for Vladimir Zhirinovsky they were his bread and butter. Son of Israeli agronomist, Zhirinovsky first came to attention as the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union - a controlled opposition set up by the KGB in the dying days of the USSR. Since then he has been the face of the wacky far-right in Russia, suggesting that Putin should conquer Asia "from Istanbul to Kabul," starting fistfights in the Duma and requesting Donald Trump's DNA so he could see if they're related. One swab he should have taken was a PCR test, then maybe he wouldn't have spent the past two months slowly dying from COVID. Ten teams get points with his passing, with Annami (moving ahead of TQR on average age) and Joey Russ (captain cash-in) being the biggest victors. За здоровье! Annami 3 v TQR 3 maryportfuncity 6 v BabyBlue 3 Salmon Mousse 12 v alt obits guy 6 YorkshireBanker 0 v DevonDeathTrip 3 Joey Russ 13 v Perhaps 6 Captain Hemlock 9 v The Old Crem 0 gcreptile 6 v msc 9 Banana 3 v Sir Cunto 3

Pioneer church network founder Gerald Coates dead at 77. From the more secular-friendly side of the British New Church movement, he also founded the March for Jesus and was a favorite preacher of Sir Cliff Richard.

BAH GAWD. THAT'S.... THAT'S CAIN'S MUSIC! Who among us doesn't hold a soft sport for the town of Lakewood, Ohio, the birthplace of Teri Garr and Cars' bassist Benjamin Orr? Madeline Cain served as its mayor between 1997 and 2003, becoming the first woman to hold that position, although her mayorship was most notable for a failed program to seize residential homes using eminent domain and turn them into retail developments. Her passing sees msc sneak ahead in their match and Salmon Mousse open up a six-point lead on alt obits guy. Keen to stay in his native New York, Tommy Davis was set to sign for the Yankees before a phone call from the great Jackie Robinson persuaded him to start his career at the Brooklyn Dodgers. By the time he took the field as a professional, they'd moved to Los Angeles. What a rib. Davis' career peaked early, being a World Series champion and a three-time All-Star by the age of 24. He latter settled into the role of journeyman, with allegations of laziness seeing him moved on from 10 different teams before his career ended. One team he's staying with though is Joey Russ' April Cup squad, with a unique hit giving him a seven-point advantage over Perhaps and the chance to start getting the pencil out for May. Annami 0 v TQR 3 maryportfuncity 3 v BabyBlue 0 Salmon Mousse 9 v alt obits guy 3 YorkshireBanker 0 v DevonDeathTrip 3 Joey Russ 10 v Perhaps 3 Captain Hemlock 3 v The Old Crem 0  gcreptile 3 v msc 6 Banana 3 v Sir Cunto 3

Being played by Maisie Williams in the upcoming Sex Pistols TV drama fwiw.

Bill Treacher for the Albert Square 1-2.

As someone said on another board I use, he now looks like a Paul Whitehouse character:

The "next year" implies that they really must have thought he was going to make it past 2022.

Breaker breaker, this is Digger Warmly, we got a 10-7 on CW McCall, he took the meat wagon to hospice over a month ago and it looks like he's out of go-go juice and that's a foe. Yep, novelty country musician McCall is your first hit of the round-of-16. He was on radars in the last round after news of his hospitalisation, and now he's put the hammer down for the final time on his way outta Shakey Town. Salmon Mousse and Joey Russ both double-down for jokers, and only four teams fail to score with The CW. Also: Captain Hemlock finally has a hit! Annami 0 v TQR 3 maryportfuncity 3 v BabyBlue 0 Salmon Mousse 6 v alt obits guy 3 YorkshireBanker 0 v DevonDeathTrip 3 Joey Russ 6 v Perhaps 3 Captain Hemlock 3 v The Old Crem 0 gcreptile 3 v msc 3 Banana 3 v Sir Cunto 3

Morally upstanding countries have boycotted the tournament in protest at Qatar's human rights question, via Gigi Donnarumma forgetting he was a footballer in the 91st minute.

It's this person: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aysel_Tuğluk. The "g" is actually a ğ, impeding Google searchces.

Eddlestone was borderline and just under it for me.

The honest answer for this is that the further the cup goes along, the less teams are involved and the more stringent googles I make of every name that comes through. As long as I'm unbiased in my shoddiness, I think it's not an issue.

Annami (ANN): Alexander Kojo-Kum, Apple Watts, Clare Marx, Ella Scarborough, Frank Field, George Pérez, Susie Steiner, Lalu Prasad Yadav, Vicky Phelan, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Nigel Taylor v TQR (TQR): Bobby Caldwell, C. W. McCall, Deborah James, Frank Field, Jayanta Mahapatra, Jorge Spedaletti, Kathryn Bevis, Maurice Norman , Susie Steiner, Vicky Phelan, George Perez maryportfuncity (MFC): Baxter Black, C. W. McCall, Clare Marx, Ethel Caterham, Frank Field, George Perez, Jorge Spedaletti, Susie Steiner, Vicky Phelan, Vladimir Zhirovsky, Nigel Taylor v BabyBlue (BBL): Alexandre do Nascimento, Clare Marx, Franca Pilla, Irene Papas, Juan Vicente Perez Mora, Pedro Ferrandiz, Susie Steiner, Traian Băsescu, Vicky Phelan, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, George Perez Salmon Mousse (SAL): Alexander Kojo-Kum , Amy Pieters, Carl Kabat, George Perez, John Catoir, Jorge Speda letti, Kate Hendricks Thomas, Madeline Cain , Rayfield Wright , Vladimir Zhirinovsky, C. W. McCall v alt obits guy (AOG): Arno, Aysel Tugluk, C. W. McCall, Dan 'Mac' Chandler III, Frank Field, George Perez, Jorge Spedaletti, Lloyd Clark Fletcher, Mark Pilgrim, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Apple Watts YorkshireBanker (YOR): Dick Groat, Ethel Caterham, George Perez, Gigi D'Agostino, Nadia Cattouse, Nigel Starmer-Smith, Susie Steiner, Terry Medwin, Wang Gungwu, Willie Mays, Boris Pahor v DevonDeathTrip (DDT): George Perez, Frank Field, Alexander Kojo-Kum, Jools Topp, Greg Mears, C.W McCall, Irene Papas, Bernadette Mayer, Vladimir Zelenko, Deborah James, Fethullah Gulen Joey Russ (JRU): Alan Dean Foster, Ella Scarborough, George Perez, Kate Hendricks Thomas, Nigel Taylor, R Everett Pannier, Steve McMichael, Tommy Davis, Vicky Phelan, Vladimir Zhirnovsky, C W McCall v Perhaps (PER): Abdel Rahman Abou Zahra, Alexander Kojo-Kum, Apple Watts, C. W. McCall, George Perez, Jorge Spedaletti, Rubina Qureshi, Susie Steiner, Vicky Phelan, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith Captain Hemlock (CAP): April Watts, C.W. McCall, Frank Field, George Perez, Jerry Lee Lewis, Mr Ibu, Nichelle Nichols, Pele, Violetta Chamorro, Vito Perillo, Vladimir Zhirinovsky v The Old Crem (TOC): Allan Dorans, Clare Marx, Deborah James, Frank Field, George Perez, Khaleda Zia, Linda Nolan, Pele, Sergei Shoigu, Susie Steiner, Vicky Phelan gcreptile (GCR): Abdul Rahman Abu Zahra, C. W. McCall, Ella Scarborough, Frank Field, John Catoir, Kate Hendricks Thomas, Mosharraf Hossain, Nigel Taylor, Vicky Phelan, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, George Perez v msc (MSC): Alexander Kojo-Kum, Apple Watts, C. W. McCall, Deborah James, Frank Field, George Perez, Madeline Cain, Maurice Norman, Susie Steiner, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Rubina Qureshi Banana (BAN): C. W. McCall, Chris Georgiou, Dick Brewer, Frank Field, Kate Hendricks Thomas, Kathryn Bevis, Kato Lubwama, Rubina Qureshi, Seyyed Abdollah Fateminia, Vicky Phelan, George Perez v Sir Cunto (SIR): Alexander Kojo-Kum, C.W. McCall, Don O'Leary, George Perez, Melvin Hulse, Nigel Taylor, Pablo Luna, Rayfield Wright, Vicky Phelan, Vladislav Yershov, Dick Brewer

Administrative error, was disallowed for every team that picked her (about five I think) but I accidentally rolled back to a previous spreadsheet for Annami. Corrected. Full team line-ups are coming, probably during my coffee break this morning.

The full-round roster: Abdel Rahman Abou Zahra PER, GCR Abul Maal Abdul Muhith PER* Alan Dean Foster JRU Alexander Kojo-Kum SAL, MSC, SIR, ANN, PER, DDT Allan Dorans TOC Amy Pieters SAL Apple Watts AOG*, MSC, ANN, PER, CAP Arno AOG Aysel Tugluk AOG Baxter Black MFC Bernadette Mayer DDT Bobby Caldwell TQR Boris Pahor YOR* C. W. McCall JRU*, MFC, GCR, SAL*, AOG, TQR, MSC, BAN, PER, DDT, CAP, SIR Carl Kabat SAL Chris Georgiou BAN Clare Marx MFC, BBL, TOC, ANN Dan 'Mac' Chandler III AOG Deborah James TQR, MSC, TOC, DDT Dick Brewer SIR*, BAN Dick Groat YOR Don O'Leary SIR Ella Scarborough GCR, JRU, ANN Ethel Caterham MFC, YOR Fethullah Gulen DDT Franca Pilla BBL Frank Field CAP, MFC, GCR, AOG, TQR, MSC, TOC, ANN, BAN, DDT George Perez CAP, MFC, GCR*, SAL, AOG, BBL*, TQR*, MSC, YOR, SIR, JRU, TOC, BAN*, PER, DDT*, ANN Gigi D'Agostino YOR Greg Mears DDT Irene Papas BBL, DDT Jayanta Mahapatra TQR Jerry Lee Lewis CAP John Catoir GCR, SAL Jools Topp DDT Jorge Spedaletti MFC, SAL, AOG, TQR, PER Juan Vicente Perez Mora BBL Kate Hendricks Thomas GCR, SAL, JRU, BAN Kathryn Bevis TQR, BAN Kato Lubwama BAN Khaleda Zia TOC Lalu Prasad Yadav ANN Linda Nolan TOC Lloyd Clark Fletcher AOG Madeline Cain SAL, MSC Mark Pilgrim AOG Maurice Norman TQR, MSC Melvin Hulse SIR Mosharraf Hossain GCR Mr Ibu CAP Nadia Cattouse YOR Nichelle Nichols CAP Nigel Starmer-Smith YOR Nigel Taylor MFC*, GCR, SIR, JRU, ANN* Pablo Luna SIR Pedro Ferrandiz BBL Pele CAP, TOC R Everett Pannier JRU Rayfield Wright SAL, SIR Rubina Qureshi MSC*, BAN, PER Sergei Shoigu TOC Seyyed Abdollah Fateminia BAN Steve McMichael JRU Susie Steiner MFC, BBL, TQR, MSC, YOR, TOC, PER, ANN Terry Medwin YOR Tommy Davis JRU Traian Băsescu BBL Vicky Phelan MFC, GCR, BBL, TQR, SIR, JRU, TOC, ANN, BAN, PER Violetta Chamorro CAP Vito Perillo CAP Vladimir Zelenko DDT Vladimir Zhirinovsky CAP*, GCR, SAL, AOG, BBL, MSC, ANN, PER, JRU, MFC Vladislav Yershov SIR Wang Gungwu YOR Willie Mays YOR

76 different players line up for the 16 teams this time out, and you'll see who they are in about eight-and-a-bit hours when I wake up. Spoiler: all 16 teams share one player.