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For the record, if there is an actual shadowy clique sharing potential picks, please send me your DDP results by PM on December 30th, thanks. You know, for safekeeping...

Very? Tbh if all the folk I used to chat with on PMs are my clique, I'm a crap Clique President - TMIB is still gone!

What Deathray says, basically. My PM inbox -with teams and queries yesterday - went to 98% full, even with deletions! And that's with DI boosting my PM inbox limit after Round 1 of the Cup blew it up. EDIT - I'm not in the Facebook group, given its for the cool cats.

This one tweet. Given who picked her, probably gone by Sunday tbh. Probably should all be worried about the DDP in 2020, there's a sleeping tiger waking up...

One of two misses that will nobble my chances imo. His downward spiral came after the hosts team went in. The second is Barbara Hammer, feminist director on her last breath, nearly. I was chatting about her to Reptile and Joey few days prior. Put my team in with Willz for safekeeping. Reptile put his team in, so after that, we were ecomparing chances. Him - "Where's Barbara Hammer on your team?" Me - "Oh FFS! I completely forgot about her!"

As Oscar Wilde put it, to lose one Secretary of State for Oregon may be regarded as misfortune...

My rules on allowable 110+ year olds are fairly clear and have few grey areas. D3stin33 Mc3w3n got a big buzz for singing at that Presidential gala thingy for Obama before she became ill. She is absolutely bottom of the barrel threshold acceptable, but you'll find some players are very very good at playing to the exact letter of the law. See also Spade's joker. Last year I got really pissed off with all the fame criteria whinging, so made it much stricter this year hence Canning and Phelan and those NZ sisters missing out. Anyhow, Will 'e see April? No. That's a bad miss for all of us.

ROUND 3 DRAW Round 3 1. Deathray OR The Mad Hatter vs The Old Lady OR Boudicca 2. Rad OR Yorkshire Banker vs Joey Russ OR Banana 3. John Key OR Heef vs DDT OR Death Impends 4. Maryportfuncity OR The Quim Reaper vs Bibliogryphon OR Book 5. Gcreptile OR msc vs Young Willz OR Pedro 6. Chorizo OR Grim Up North vs Torva Messor OR Dr T 7. Charon OR Engineer vs Sir Creep OR Spade Cooley 8. The Dead Cow or Deadsox vs Clorox OR Alt Obits Guy

Round 2 1. Rad Vs. Yorkshire Banker 2. Chorizo Vs. Grim Up North 3. Clorox Vs. Alt Obits Guy 4. Maryportfuncity Vs. The Quim Reaper 5. DDT Vs. Death Impends 6. The Dead Cow Vs. Deadsox 7. Charon Vs. Engineer 8. Deathray Vs. The Mad Hatter 9. Gcreptile Vs. msc 10. Joey Russ Vs. Banana 11. Sir Creep Vs. Spade Cooley 12. Torva Messor Vs Dr T 13. Bibliogryphon Vs. Book 14. John Key Vs. Heef 15. Young Willz Vs. Pedro 16. The Old Lady Vs. Boudicca. Round 2 Rad (Blanco, Capon, Clayton, Donbavand, Hammer, Heine, Lynn, McGrath, Ricksen, Staring*, Trintignant) Vs Yorkshire Banker (V Lynn, Johnson, Whelan, Loongkonan, Tobin, Ricksen, Strougal, Heine*, Baker, Bassett, Waterson) Chorizo (Clayton, Capon, Hammer*, V Lynn, Heine, Ricksen, Robucci, Quintana, Kerslake, Blanco, Rehbogen) Vs Grim up North (Donbavand*, Capon, Starling, Pongia, Clayton, Blanco, Jackson K, Hammer, Noble, Duncan, Kerslake) Clorox (Bashnett, Capon, Clayton, Donbavand, Gilbert, Lloyd, Suwe, Porridge, Sheridan, Starling, Torme) Va Alt Obits Guy (Duncan, Hammer, Harris, Heine, Howard, Noble, Parrikar, Powlison, Spicer, Starling*, Maryport (Pratley*, Blanco, Jones, Conway T, Conway N, Gilbert, Robucci, Trintignant, Ricksen, Pedroza, Lloyd) Vs TQR (Lloyd, Torme, Kerslake, Bracknell, Clayton, D James, Matsushita, Gilbert*, Conway T, Pongia, Mnguni) DDT (Hammer*, V Lynn, Pongia, Capon, Noble, Heine, Parrikar, Tobin, Pedroza, Spicer, Tin) Vs DI (Starling*, Donbavand, Clayton, Hammer, Pedroza, Crouch, McGrath, Restuccia, Zoll, Capon, Mnguni The Dead Cow (Starling*, Suwe, Pongia, Torme, Kerslake, Rister, Ricksen V Lynn, Heine, Blanco, Chautala) Vs deadsox (Tanaka*, Ricksen, Mzembi, Pratley, Rister, Powlison, McGrath, Kerslake, Duncan, Hawke, Pedroza) Charon (Starling*, Singh, Banbangida, Superlano, Pongia, Parrikar, Kapoor, Abubakar, Suwe, Kerslake, Ali) Vs Engineer (Hawke*, Trintignant, Bracknell, Conway T, Anh, Tanaka, Ricksen, Bartholomew, Goldberg, Clegg, Coleman) Deathray (WT Johnson*, Conway N, Hammer, Kyanjo, Bracknell, Al-Baghdadi, Sheridan, Ginsburg, McCain, Lynn V, Douglas K) Vs Mad Hatter (Pedroza*, Littlefeather, Watson, Jose, Tobin, Bowie, Trintignant, Lloyd S, Conway T, McGrat, Powlison) Reptile (Crouch*, Hammer, Pedroza, Dones, Parrikar, Harris, Porridge, Clayton, Starling, Capon, Isachsen) Vs msc (Ricksen, Cardenal, Clayton, Capon*, Pratley, Anderson, Porridge, Reid, Pedroza, WT Johnson, Lewis) Joey Russ (Starling*, Hammer, Peterson, Capon, Suwe, Pedroza, Torme, Mnguni, Restuccia, Donbavand, Finkel) Vs Banana (Starling, Restuccia*, Hammer, Torme, Harris, Pedroza, Parrikar, Perry, Bowie, Tin, Saadawi) Sir Creep (Capon, Donbavand*, Freehan, Hanh, Harris, Kadir, McEwen, McGrath, Noble, Sanchez, Tin) Vs Spade Cooley (Scarborough*, Conway T, Crouch, Grande, Hammer, McGrath, Noble, Harris, Ricksen, Starling, Hori) Torva (Hammer*, Hawke, Ricksen, Parrikar, Gerneth, Trintignant, Lloyd, Strain, Blanco, Capon, Pedroza) Vs Dr T (Starling*, Anh, Blanco, Capon, Clegg, T Conway, McCain, Spicer, Tanaka, Trintignant, Pell) Bibliogryphon (Cleary*, Bracknell, Dyson, Watson, Hume, Duchess of Kent, Manolic, Lynn V, Barker, Wouk, Jackson K) Vs Book (Buydens, Hammer*, Hawke, Jones, Gilbert, Trintignant, McCririck, Clegg, Blanco, Kerslake, Lloyd) John Key (Bracknell, Mugabe, Vervoort, Kerslake, Chapman*, Kumar, Blanco, Quinn, James, Buydens, Ricksen) Vs Heef (Hammer, Kerslake, Harris, Ricksen, Starling*, Trintignant, Blanco, Tin, Okoth, Miller, Nugroho) Young Willz (Hughes, Lewis G, Noble, Kerslake*, Reid, James C, Nolan, Stiles, Suwe, Blanco, Poitier) Vs Pedro (Trintignant, Blanco*, Robucci, Bracknell, Capon, K Jackson, Boyd, Stiles, Kerslake, Gascoine, Mounsdon) The Old Lady (Anh*, Moss, Lloyd, Conway T, Hawke, Ricksen, Kerslake, Mugabe, Clegg, Fujimori, Ozzy) Vs Boudicca (V Lynn, Clegg, Ricksen, Stiles, Blanco, Hawke, Fraser, Kerslake*, Singh, Reid, Andretti) 7

Round 2 Masterlist 1. Atiku Abubakar – charon 2. Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi – Dray 3. Nafisa Ali - charon 4. Andy Anderson (Pinot Noir winner) – msc 5. John Andretti - Bou 6. Le Duc Anh – Engineer, Old Lady*, Dr T 7. Ibrahim Babangida - charon 8. Anne Baker - Banker 9. Bob Barker – Biblio 10. Dave Bartholomew – Engineer 11. Arlene Bashnett (YouTube star) - Clorox 12. Paddy Bassett - Banker 13. Kathleen Blanco – Willz, Torva, MPFC, Dr T, Chorizo, Cow, Book, Key, Grim, Bou, Rad, Heef, Pedro* 14. Leah Bracknell – Biblio, Dray, TQR, Engineer, Key, Pedro 15. Micah Bowie – Hatter, Banana 16. Alan Boyd - Pedro 17. Anne Buydens – Book, Key 18. Edmund Capon – Reptile, msc*, Torva, Dr T, Chorizo, Grim, Clorox, Rad, Sir C, DI, Joey, DDT, Pedro 19. Fr Ernesto Cardenal – msc 20. Beth Chapman – Key* 21. Om Prakash Chautala - Cow 22. Billy Clayton – TQR, Reptile, msc, Chorizo, Grim, Clorox, Rad, DI 23. Beverly Cleary – Biblio* 24. Johnny Clegg – Engineer, Old Lady, Dr T, Book, Bou 25. Norm Coleman - Engineer 26. Noel Conway – Dray, MPFC 27. Tim Conway – Hatter, TQR, Engineer, Old Lady, MPFC, Dr T, Spade 28. Stanley Crouch – Reptile*, DI, Spade 29. Pau Dones – Reptil 30. Tommy Donbavand – Grim*, Clorox, Rad, Sir C*, DI, Joey 31. Kirk Douglas - DRay 32. Duchess of Kent – Biblio 33. Chris Duncan – Deadsox, AO Guy, Grim 34. Freeman Dyson – Biblio 35. Nawal El Saadawi – Banana 36. Howard Finkel - Joey 37. Alberto Fujimori – Old Lady 38. Stuart Fraser – Bou 39. Bill Freehan – Sir C 40. Jill Gascoine - Pedro 41. Gustav Gerneth - Torva 42. Greg Gilbert – TQR*, MPFC, Book, Clorox 43. Ruth Bader Ginsburg – Dray 44. Denis Goldberg – Engineer 45. Frank Grande (sports historian) - Spade 46. Barbara Hammer – Dray, Reptile, Torva*, AO Guy, Chorizo*, Book*, Grim, Rad, Heef, Banana, DI, Jey, DDT*, Spade 47. Thich Nhat Hanh – Sir C 48. Lil Queenie Harris – Reptile, AO Guy, Heef, Sir C, Banana, Spade 49. Bob Hawke – Engineer*, Old Lady, Torva, Deadsox, Book, Bou 50. Bill Heine – Banker*, AO Guy, Chorizo, Cow, Rad, DDT 51. Mark Howard – AO Guy 52. Mark Hughes (rugby) - Willz Cheimi Hori - Spade 53. John Hume – Biblio 54. Caroline Isachsen - Reptile 55. Katherine Jackson – Biblio, Grim, Pedro 56. Clive James – Willz, Key 57. Deborah James – TQR 58. Grace Jones (old) – MPFC, Book 59. Jose Jose – Hatter 60. Katharine Johnson - Banker 61. WT Johnson – Dray*, msc 62. Wafa Abdul Kadir – Sir C 63. Rishi Kapoor - charon 64. Lee Kerslake – TQR, Old Lady, Willz*, deadsox, Chorizo, Cow, Book, Key, Grim, Bou*, charon, Heef, Pedro 65. Dilip Kumar - Key 66. Hussein Kyanjo – Dray 67. Greg Lewis - Willz 68. Karen Lewis - msc 69. Sacheen Littlefeather – Hatter 70. Loongkonan - Banker 71. Sam Lloyd – Hatter, TQR, Old Lady, Torva, MPFC, Book, Clorox 72. Vera Lynn – Biblio, Dray, Banker, Chorizo, Cow, Bou, Rad, DDT 73. Josip Manolic – Biblio,, 74. Shin Matsushita - TQR 75. Roberta McCain – Dray, Dr T 76. John McCririck – Book 77. D Mc3w3n (singer) – Sir C 78. Bat McGrat – Hatter, Deadsox, Rad, Sir C, DI, Spade 79. Mike Miller (Senator) - Heef 80. Mzimasi Mnguni – TQR, DI, Joey 81. Maurice Mounsdon (Battle of Britain pilot) - Pedro 82. Stirling Moss – Old Lady 83. Robert Mugabe – Old Lady, Key 84. Walter Mzembi - Deadsox 85. Lee Noble – Willz, AO Guy, Grim, Sir C, DDT, Spade 86. Linda Nolan – Willz 87. Sutopo Nugroho – Heef 88. Ken Okoth - Heef 89. Ozzy Osbourne – Old Lady 90. Manohar Parrikar – Reptile, Torva, AO Guy, charon, Banana, DDT 91. Eusebio Pedroza – Hatter*, Reptile, msc, Trva, MPFC, deadsox, Banana, DI, Joey, DDT 92. George Pell – Dr T 93. Luke Perry – Banana 94. Bill Peterson (Bastrop) - Joey 95. Sidney Poitier - Willz 96. Quentin Pongia – TQR, Cow, Grim, charon, DDT 97. Genesis P-orridge – Reptile, msc, Clorox 98. David Powlison – Hatter, Deadsox, AO Guy 99. Marsh Pratley – msc, MPFC*, Deadsox 100. Rosita Quintana – Chorizo 101. Bishop Francis Quinn - Key 102. Johnann Rehbogen - Chorizo 103. Harry Reid – msc, Bou, Willz 104. Rob Restuccia – Banana, DI, Joey 105. Fernando Ricksen – Engineer, Old Lady, msc, Torva, MPFC, Deadsox, Banker, Chorizo, Cow, Key, Bou, Rad, Heef, Spade 106. Fred Rister – Deadsox, Cow 107. Maria Robucci – MPFC, Chorizo, Pedro 108. Anthony Sanchez – Sir C 109. Mary Joanna Scarborough (Miss American Coed pageant founder) – Spade* 110. Sally Sheridan – Dray, Clorox 111. Fauja Singh – Bou, charon 112. Jimmy Spicer – Dr T, AO Guy, DDT 113. John Starling – Reptile, Dr T*, AO Guy*, Cow*, Grim, Clorox*, Charon*, Rad*, Heef*, Banana, DI*, Joey*, Spade 114. Julie Strain - Torva 115. Nobby Stiles – Willz, Bou, Pedro 116. Dr Lubomir Strougal – Banker 117. Freddy Superlano - charon 118. Doug Supernaw – AO Guy 119. Baba Suwe – Willz, Cow, Clorox, charon, Joey 120. Kane Tanaka – Engineer, Dr T, Deadsox* 121. Chng Seok Tin – Heef, Sir C, Banana, DDT 122. Peter Tobin – Hatter, Banker, DDT 123. Bernie Torme – TQR, Clorox, Banana, Joey 124. Jean Louis Trintignant – Hatter, Engineer, Torva, MPFC, Dr T, Book, Rad, Heef, Pedro 125. Marieke Vervoort - Key 126. Norma Waterson - Banker 127. James Watson – Biblio, Hatter 128. Eileen Whelan - Banker 129. Herman Wouk – Biblio 130. Rachel Zoll - DI

Bad luck to Skinny, Fixed Business, Time, Nantonian, BuffaloPhil, Exu, Great Uncle Bulgaria, Squonk, Old Crem, Master Tech, Gooseberry Crumble, JoeMoneyPenny (DQ'd), Wormfarmer, Markb4, and The Unknown Man. Better luck next year? Masterlist for Round 2 next.

OK... this is how the coin tosses looked. Explaining early due to situation (and I already said one result above) 3 coin tosses Master Tech v Bibliogryphon (Heads) - Heads. Biblio leads 1-0 - Tails. 1-1 - Tails. 2-1 Tech - Heads 2-2 Biblio - Heads - Bibliogryphon wins 3-2 on penalties. Yorkshire Banker vs Skinny Kiltrunner (Heads) - Tails. 1-0 Banker - Heads. 1-1 - Tails. 2-1 Banker - Heads. 2-2 - Tails - Yorkshire Banker wins 3-2 on penalties JoeMoneyPenny vs Pedro (Heads) - Heads. 1-0 Pedro - Heads. 2-0 Pedro - Tails. 2-1 - Tails 2-2 - Tails - JoeMoneyPenny wins 3-2 on penalties. What did Pedro do to curse all money against him? 0 for 2 in the coin toss. HOWEVER, nothing has been heard from Joe since January, and he's not looked at my PM reminders. So, while hes more than welcome to add in a late late team here, AS IT STANDS, Pedro will move into Round 2 as a lucky loser, and will face Young Willz. Almost certainly secured a last minute winner somewhere now, but this forum gets grumpy when I try and post everything at midnight...

I wont lie to you. Bibliogryphon has won the coin toss. But there's always "death announced in the next 80 mins" twist ending in case you want to send a team in anyhow.

And so its just DDT, Spade and Joey to come now!

Given wasn't he known for being surly? Hah. Will think up one tomorrow morning, busy with the Cup. (or another can go...)

Has apparently suffered a second massive stroke and is now in a very bad way.

Oh, that's got to be The Kinks? Does Celluloid Heroes mention Wallach or Mickey Rooney? I know the song but not the lyrics (hands in Kinks fan card...)

Thanks. Esp as Joe is still MIA.

At 9pm Spade DDT DI Joey Joe OR Pedro Left Also, for the record, this has been a long week with, among other things, my mum in hospital for part of it (shes on mend), so any moaning about who has what pick and their fame levels tomorrow will be met with a friendly "Get to fuck!"

4 of that team (clue - one is a nameless granny!) have been replaced by household names.

So we are waiting for: Joe OR Pedro Spade Banana Joey Death Impends DDT 5 "last minute entrant" folk and 1... hmmm.

I presume ya can guess which 4 have been subbed for the first 4 on that kind list you sent of subs. I've had to masterlist 280 odd entrants so far (25 x 11) and have a normal real world day, so subs are happening as they happen.

But given Round 3 is last 16, its possible none of the above make the Quarters! Of course, the Round 3 draw will show up at midnight too. Still to enter teams: Joe OR Pedro, Spade, Sir Creep, banana, Joey, DI, DDT, Rad. Also I have given Heef the option to sub a pick, but have auto-subs waiting if need be, so he's grand either way. An anonymous female mod just nabbed one of my few uniques left! Oh yeah, round of applause to Dr T who got his team in yesterday to avoid a repeat of last time.

I dunno what ages me faster tbh - Perry having a massive stroke and possibly dying, or Perry being FIFTY-TWO now!

Both of your teams were in when I woke up this morning. Obviously one is heading out but that's Cup play for you.