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That's a surprise. I thought he was known to be in a bad way in the US? Not picked in the Cup either, mind you.

Did last year too for one of DI or DDT's picks, iirc. The QO statement is meant to be a bar from needing them, not a criteria, (ie by making it so low...) though the fact some picks still struggle... The two things I really dislike in deadpools are cancer mums and List of the Losters, hence the pool I run aiming to get rid of both. Bob Paisley's Liverpool was arguably the greatest European team of their generation - 6 league titles in 9 seasons, 3 league cups, one UEFA Cup, and 3 European Cups. Never won the FA Cup. Luck of the draw and bounce of the ball. Some folk might be better at sniffing out the month though? You did it better than anyone last year, and so far Sir Creep appears to have taken to the Cup like a duck to water.

We got a small overdraft on the main bank account when weans were born. Useful safety net, but the better safety net is budgeting and not spending what you don't have, as you say. I'd advise against paying bills with direct debits. Experience of those is that the fuckers come off the account on any day of the month bar the one they're meant to! So in the long run.. Btw, Cat, Fifty quid? A month? After bills/household necessities, I don't spend 50 quid on myself in a year Shopping tips? Cut unnecessary stuff, buy the cheapest sensible things (ie if you're buying, say, lean mince cheap, there's probably a reason...). Tins, dried pasta, cut out ready meals etc. Basic pasta and a tomato sauce is cheaper than most ready meals. Healthier too. Only adds about 10 mins to prep time too. En Passant's Point 3 is a good one there. Shop around so you know the cheapest places. Basically budget the bugger to the 9th degree, then you'll find space for that preferred coffee. Draw up a household budget for the month, stick it to the wall where you'll notice in your bedroom, and stick to it. Oh, and open up a savings account. Apologies for the Captain Obvious offerings...

You were sitting on that death notice (a brief one admittedly) from the mighty Greensboro News and Record and didn't say? Silly boy! Largest newspaper in Guildford County, North Carolina, in case you didn't know (ie, that'll be all of us, I'd assume...) Death Impends vs Heef 6-10 Gcreptile vs Sir Creep 3-11 Joey Russ vs Grim Up North 6-6 Phantom of the Midway vs The Dead Cow 10-10 Sean vs Charon 0-0 Roverandout vs DDT 0-6 Captain Chorizo vs Young Willz 0-4 msc vs Deadsox 6-7

Luck is a huge part of any Cup competition. Unless you are Barcelona, of course.

Charlotte Rae well enough to attend 103rd birthday party of friend and actress Patricia Morrison.

No. It is not a newspaper or magazine, it is an organisation's own website. This however is a newspaper obit. Halstead Town FC, incidentally, are only 10 leagues below the Premiership, so maybe watch for them on MOTD any century now... PS Remind me next year to leave a blank post at the start for the current scores. They're becoming a right bugger to find. Death Impends vs Heef 6-10 Gcreptile vs Sir Creep 3-11 Joey Russ vs Grim Up North 6-6 Phantom of the Midway vs The Dead Cow 6-10 Sean vs Charon 0-0 Roverandout vs DDT 0-6 Captain Chorizo vs Young Willz 0-4 msc vs Deadsox 6-7 Any of your more obscure picks died off my radar then?

The belief it was too working class is verbatim from Dyke himself, when asked why he'd given the go ahead to axe one of ITV's big AI demographic pleasers. A number of similar stuff got axed at the same time. Big Daddy was shit, but that wasn't anymore a decision maker in the same way Summer Wine wasn't axed because it went downhill post-Bill Owen dying, or Corrie will ever get axed because non-soap fans moan about it.

He jinxes my joker, he's certainly going on a list.

There was a great guest prediction in 2010 that James Moody "would make a great pick in the 2011 DDP", only he died about... 3-4 hours later. Can't remember the name of that guest...

For the record, when I started double checking his bloody name, Spade hadn't posted yet. Ninja'd anyhow - with the same fact too, because it's the only thing anyone remembers.

Magic Circle announce death of oldest member, magician Fergus Anckorn, aged 99. Was a POW in WW2, helped build the famous Bridge on the River Kwai. Picture not the most flattering there, makes him look like a Rangers executive.

Since YWillz takes notes, just for fun BEST PREDICTIONS SO FAR 1. 15th May 2006 – Angela Lansbury (Mr Macabre) – STILL ALIVE (“wouldn’t be surprised if she was alive in 2020”) 2. 15th May 2006 – Chuck Yeager (Canadian Paul) – STILL ALIVE 3. 15th May 2006 – William Russell (Handrejka) – STILL ALIVE 4. 15th May 2006 – NICHOLAS BLOODY PARSONS (Handrejka) – STILL ALIVE 5. 15th May 2006 – Barry Humphries (Millwall32) – STILL ALIVE 6. 15th May 2006 – George Bush Sr (Bruno) – STILL ALIVE 7. 4th July 2006 – Lady Mary Wilson, Pan Breed favourite (DDT) – STILL ALIVE (“not going to cause Deathlist any bother for another decade or so” – spot on) 8. 7th November 2006 – Tony Bennett (Maryport) – STILL ALIVE 9. 8th June 2007 – Doris Day (Mr Macabre) – STILL ALIVE 10. 28th February 2008 – Nicholas Parsons (TMIB) – STILL ALIVE 11. 21st August 2008 – John Woodvine (maryport) – STILL ALIVE 12. 1st April 2010 – James Lovelock (Maryport) – STILL ALIVE 13. 26th July 2011 – George Clinton (maryport) – STILL ALIVE 14. 27th February 2012 – Christopher Plummer (msc) – STILL ALIVE WORST SO FAR 1. 10th July 2005 – Paul Newman (Gunjaman) – died of lung cancer in 2008. Tbf no one called that in January 2008, let alone 2005. 2. 15th May 2006 – Bill Deedes (Godot) – died in 2007 3. 8th July 2006 - Dr Hack picked Jimmy Savile (died in 2011), Queenie and Colin Bean (died in 2009) to live 60+ years more between them. So if Queenie to live to 2058, I'll retract this... 4. 7th November 2006 – Leon Cordero (DDT) – died in 2008 (resigned due to health issues 2 months after DDT saluted his indefatigability! DDT, he's just too good at sniffing out the nearly dead!) 5. 7th January 2007 – Studs Terkel (maryport) – died in 2008 - Even the greats slip up now and again. Now do I mean Maryport or the late great Terkel? 6. 2nd March 2008 – Jean Simmons “could see 90” (Mr Macabre) – died in 2010 aged 80. 7. 15th March 2008 – Ed McMahon (Canadian Paul) – died in 2009 8. 27th February 2012 – Everyone on the 2012 Deathlist (Guest) – Already wrong by a month at time of posting. 9. 31st May 2012 – Oscar Niemeyer (Banshees) – died 7 months later 10. 1st June 2012 – Clive Dunn (Engineer) – died 5 months later 11. 17th June 2017 – June Foray “someone who I can easily see becoming a centenarian” (ObakeFilter) – died a month later aged 99. Full list spoiler tagged for anyone sad enough to care:

That's even worse, I thought you were 30! Back dating that, hell, you must have been younger than the Kid starting out on here. I really missed myself, if I'd started deadpooling in my teens, that 2010 DDP was up for grabs.

Re Sir Creep: And to think I was classified as a "mature parent" when I became a dad. Hahah me, mature, I had a good laugh. Breathing, I'd assume.

Joey, Rad, Dead Cow, the Kid and Chopped Liver were/are all teens. (Added charon/LFN caveat taken as read...) Spade's a "xennial" which puts him around the late 70s and iirc TMIB is roughly the same age. Sean and Deathray are early 20s. iirc DI mentioned being younger than me once, which was a shock as I thought he was one of the elders on here! Windsor is also younger by a few years, which makes no sense whatsoever. YWillz and charon are around the same age give or take 5 years, and charon was 50 in 2016 or 2017 - I forget which year. He said on forum. Oh, and from her memories I think Toast is ages with my mum, and I think Lardy is more than a decade older than me. As for me, I was still at school in the late 90s and my earliest clear news memories are Lockerbie.

Ah, so the West, then!

Ah, this thread lately seems to be turning into the curse of death thread by accident.

Falkirk. A place Scottish people tell you to go to, when pissed off. "Get tae Falkirk!" At least, I assume that's what they're trying to say.

Apparently now I linger too much. Worry not, there shall be no ode to my family. Anyhow, it's just my imagination but I'll be free to decide on a tagline soon. After all... everybody else is doing it, so why can't I? (Christ, the Cranberries had far more hits than expected....)

Happy birthday! I'd ask if that made you the Father of the House, but then some sod would point out that's for continuous service, not age.

RIP General Tetchy Thread. It lasted... 32 minutes? Not bad going. It disappeared faster than the people in the background of pre-Purge photos of Stalin.

I stick to my promises!

20 days later, Joey might actually have gotten every prediction wrong bar one. Is it too soon for Rover to celebrate, on this prognostic form?

The Cup has a new hero! Since I wasn't sending my (if needed) Quarterfinal team to YWillz, on account of the 50% chance of facing YWillz in said Quaterfinals, the wonderful @Cat O'Falk has agreed to keep my team under wraps, and confirm that I haven't stolen any of your great picks in the next ten days. And on that note, I've locked in my team with Cat, so the submission period for Quarterfinal team is NOW OPEN.