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Of course, it looks like someone has picked *every single member* of the current K2 climb (all renowned mountaineers in their own field) so if it does go badly, the DDP could be done and dusted by the end of January!

Dont worry, Allen, at this current rate I'll run out of AO Deadpool picks by end of January...

*Both* of us tried to warn him and all!

Covid plus heart issues = fucked, most likely.

At this rate this years DbN will be, to quote DDT once, "positively dripping in blood"!

My understanding, unless @gcreptile wants to correct me here, is that these are sections of news akin to the sections on the BBC News website, and thus OK. EDIT - That's a no on the correction front from Reptile as you can see...

For future reference, if its a Yahoo news story on the UK Yahoo, it's OK. I was going to say "just like The Guardian", but they streamlined all their urls a year or two ago. Like how the Guardian used to be!

Providing QOs arrive - and you'd expect them for HOF sports men - vast number of teams at 2/20 already, less than 48 hours into the year. Any of them had McKevitt too, could be in the region of 30 points already for some.

Mind you, I think you'll find my annual tealeaves (page 5) quite optimistic despite all the missed options.

It's a new one, apparently.

Replacing Tiny Lister, Tracy Smothers, and Ged Stokes with Ally McLaws, Gary Burgess and Sunday Burquest.

Always nice when your first deadpool hit of the year (DbN, Alt Obits) is such a pleasurable one.

Well done Reptile.

My cue to be good cop for a change after a year. Right, everyone who needs to calm their tits, do so. Grim is currently doing a very important, highly stressful undertaking. He also pays for the sites up keep for the record. Nice chap. Please do not try to stress him off unnecessarily. That's my job. Ahem. If you got that message it means you are in. As in the 2021 DDP. Now everyone's favourite charming temperamental Scottish co-host, and the permanent zen German co-host, are yet to go through the new names - the usual 1000 or so by a quick glance - and look over the 20 per each team (this is usually around 25 pages of excel - eyestrain central) but as this is January 1st, this hasn't happened yet. Other bits of the process have to happen first. What will happen is that if you have picked a disqualified pick, then they will be deleted and replaced with your first sub. If you didn't produce adequate number of subs - as some folk did last year, you shall play with the resulting handicap. And there's a plan to deal with the MC Beaton Event Horizon issue from last year should it arise. But hopefully it wont. And I think you've all seen from Spade's horse trainer that there is a fair and just decisions panel in place. I can't tell you who will be DQ'd until I see the teams - the email bit is not part of my section of the game. Maybe not warning folk as pics showed up would be better but meh, forewarned is forearmed or what not. Anyhow, if people would like to stop worrying for a few minutes, that'd be lovely. If this doesn't apply to you, rock on, yer awesome.

I see Fiano escaped through the net at one point too... Me: Julian Fiano was only on one episode of a Dating show. imo, he's a NO.  Grim: Thanks - no longer a DDP eligible pick. Those two have been axed off other teams but with 500 odd DDP teams some will sneak through before my final check next week. IN short, if you had 3 subs, you ought to be OK...

I'm afraid this is a breakdown in Cmme communication - possibly as Jenkins was picked last year so slipped through cracks. So that's 3 crises's in less than 20 hours and we've not tried to upload any files yet!

Old Crem just started more threads on individuals in 20 mins than I have in 11 years!

Poor Grim Reapers never going to get the thrill of creating a new Hogmanay DL thread again at this rate!

ON the spot, I think it'll get to 14.

And awaiting a QO obit already. A return to form for the Devonian Prince of Darkness?

You lucky, lucky sod!

That's my best pun of 2021, @The Quim Reaper - be afraid! Or not.

Reaper had to half the number of Ronnie Atkins in the world for the DDP clearly. He went on the Ronnie Atkins Die-it.

Oh damn, I completely forgot about her for my teams!