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As I said, when I first heard about her illness (before I posted it on the forums for the Mail to spot ), I mentioned her name to the wife, and her response was immediately "Oh yeah, her!" in a sad voice without prompting as to who it was. So yeah, name value with non-deadpoolers.

Now I'm being reminded of the Two Ronnies Mastermind sketch... "Who is Dean Martin?" "He's a sort of an artist." "Can you be more specific?" "Pass." "Close enough."

*makes mental note to use passed for all Crowdsourced hits*

Doreen Mantle is in yesterday's episode of Father Brown, fyi.

It's an off forum one and the thead started because I noticed a lot of us were in the 2018 edition. Perhaps if the thread grows, we can all give it a shot in 2019, or something?

I'd assume that's read from the context? ie "They've cut the NHS but hey at least we have blue passports". I know there are people who actually think this without intended humour of course.

Ah, Deathray, I refer you to Rule 6: 6. If in doubt, submit a pick, but the decision of the ref (me) is final and is not open to any court of appeal. If you think it’s a dodgy pick, it probably is. Which should be taken in conjunction with Rule 5 (prohibited peoples) and not as leeway. You might well think the person picked is allowed, but those exceptions to Rule 5 are remarkably rare cases (imo) and the ref's decision on this particular matter is final. Thank you. But to be specific, I meant if the person goes onto do some noteworthy ie that might show up on a cursory first page Google search other than "cancer mum Sun newspaper sob stories" and a "gofundme".

There are many routes to the same path!

You know which 2 won't be accepted.

Well, I've not met any of them. The analyses are cold by default, it's people assessing others chances of death after all. In short, for Pan Breed alone (for time, etc) - I remember when John McCain offered the C4N guy a cup of tea back in 2000. I rooted for him to win the primaries, but he lost to Bush. I still think he'd have been a better President than Bush or Gore (why is it always Clinton associates who fail to campaign in really easy Democrat states and then lose them?). Also, his "I slept like a baby" response to losing the Presidency in 2008 was really funny. - I remember when Kathleen Blanco got left holding the can at Hurricane Katarina. - Interesting point about Patrick Cryne - it's very easy to cut and run in his situation, and I doubt many would have begrudged him selling to the first American billionaire. Instead, his family are major shareholders, the council own part of the land so it can't be sold off for a quick buck, and he's got some of his friendly co-millionaires to invest in the club after he's gone. Bar curing his own cancer, Cryne could have done little else to try and protect Barnsley football club after he's gone. So much respect. - I was offered a copy of Harley Loco years ago, long before Rayya Elias took ill. I turned it down. - I don't watch soaps, but my wife fondly remembers Leah Bracknell's lesbian character on Emmerdale. - Greg Gilbert's band are OK. They're not the Tragically Hip or Surfer Blood (Hip being genuinely great, and Blood have one or two really catchy songs you cannot get out of your head) but I always give the bands which show up on here a listen. Even if they were as awful as Holly Dunn, RIP to her. - Philomena Lynott bumped into my mum once, in the 80s (ie Phil was alive). Apparently she were nice. - I think Toothill climbing Everest - a difficult task for any healthy person - while suffering from advanced cancer was worthy of the greatest respect, and his place here is a tip of the hat for that. - Vanessa Goodwin not only has a doctorate in law, but full honours in criminology, and so was massively qualified for her role as Attorney General. Which is more than you can say for, err, David Davis and most British politicians. - I remember the coverage of the Black Widow case in the Daily Record. At the time, I thought Nevin foolish to involve others in her own murder plot - other people equal tattlers when the police are there. I still do. *innocent face* - Carl Piddington is a link to Bill Tarmey, who's death scene in Corrie is actually one of the best in British TV. - I've never been able to stand Tessa Jowell, tbh. She seemed one of those prime Blairites who is great at reading from a prepared script, but who falls apart as soon as you actually question them. She also completely misunderstood the Corbyn/youth thing. I still don't wish glioblastoma on here, though. - While I can't point to the Best of Matt Cappotelli, due to events (he did manage a run in Ohio Valley which is nigh impossible to track down), it will always sadden me that his potential was snuffed out. Back in training, every report was that this guy got it, that he was the best of that generation of intake. His Tough Enough co-winner, Johnny Mundo/Morrison, is a multi-time IC Champ, and a huge thing in Lucha Underground, etc etc, and Matt was meant to be *even better*, but we completely missed out on him. - I am dreading when Stefan Karl Stefansson dies, because you know how France went for Johnny Hallyday, or older folk went for Bowie? That's basically what the younger members of my family will be like for him, they ADORED LazyTown, like how I adored Timmy Mallet when I were 3, or the wean loves that bloody Mr Tumble. - I remember watching Liam Miller's goal againt Lyon live, after 28 passes. I jumped out of my seat and applauded, and I never do that for Old Firm goals. At the time I defended his move to United against my staunchly Celtic supporting pals, now I recognise it were a move too soon. He was a great talent in potential though. Should have played for Scotland! - Satoru Anzaki: did you know his time as Komatsu President (1995-2001) coincided with their expansion into China, and a licence to build the articulated trucks of Europe. - I never took part in Pete Frates's Ice Bucket Challenge because it would kill me! - Steffan Lewis was considered a future First Minister. How he'd achieve that from Plaid, I'm not sure. - I have listened to Devin Lima's song. It is shit. I still don't wish cancer on him.

Some might ask how I would deal with a Cas Willow situation in this 2018 Deathlist Cup, and with some justification, given we had one last year with Ms Torr! So this is my ruling in advance: If a person's death can be found before the 1st of the month by Google (ie news, blogs, the persons own website, Bleeding Cool or Doctor Who Online or other specialist websites and so on that come up on a Google search), then the competitor should have warned the ref, and this person cannot be substituted. If a person's death can be found before the 1st of the month solely by social media or other means (ie private Google+ groups, Facebook, tweets, etc etc) then the competitor will get the benefit of the doubt, and their first available subsitute will come into play. Unless this is after the 2nd of the month, of course. If no one had a clue about the person's death, of course a sub comes into play as normal in the time period. I hope this will clear up such incidents before any arise!

I was asleep, you know! Define "care". Of the 60 people on my 3 teams, the only two I wouldn't raise a glass to are the two murderers. There are some I outright hope buck the trend - Falkholt, Lewis - and others I have outright sympathy for their condition. I take no joy from the actual death (it's just part of life) but after the Tony Benn debacle*, I don't pick people who mean massive amounts to me on a personal level. Hence complete lack of Mr Lambie on any of my teams. *My team in 2013 was shit. Benn was ill. I picked him the next year as a sort of jinx to try and keep him alive. Failed. Very sad. Not repeating that. Hope that helps!

There was a doc few years ago, I forget the name, about some Americans having a crisis of faith when they realise Lincoln was basically a politician who did everything for political gain rather than some guy with a Messianic right and wrong complex from the start. Something about the Americans wanting their heroes to be superheroes. Whereas I think great people are far more interesting when they have more personal flaws than a chocolate teapot.

I must say that's reassuring to hear from a deadpool rival about one of their own picks!

Victim of Reagan's best joke.

Could spend hours watching Drewsky's avatar fall down those stairs...

Might be useful if there was a Deathlist Cup type thing, you know, where FFBI picks are banned.

Hey, I'm a football mad Scot, and I thought he'd get local press only. So we can't really blame the Americans here!

Those were Emperor penguins, and even they tend to prefer climates closer to New Zealand than heart of Antarctica. Well, roughly speaking, but the Antarctica is huge and not animal friendly. Though apparently, not as bad as Canada!

Hmm, that's a sod. I think descriptions are quite important. See sneaking Matt Cappotelli on the list as "former WWE wrestler". It's technically true, but the gulf between him and say Hogan is the gulf between John Benoit the dog catcher and John McCain!

Oh, he will 100% nab you Alt Obit points, it's a good nab. I didn't even think to test that. Next year, pick ALL the shortlist and see which ones sneak through, is my life lesson here! One's that didn't make it past the editor in 2017: Ami Brown, Steffan Lewis, Carmen Franco (just as well), David Cervinski, Vanessa Goodwin, Bernie DeKoven (sadly), Angus Sinclair, Vanessa Lafaye, Dean Francis (that surprised me) and Rayya Elias.

Ah, good spot! Someone I didn't even put in my Deathrace team, as they've given up on euthanasia and modern Deathraces didn't tend to last longer than a few weeks...

I am more curious which of the 40 is Joey's Deathracer that got in no bother...

If I die, and Mrs Msc's newspaper notice refers to me as a "beautiful angel", that'll be Exhibit A for the case that she has actually murdered me!

That Penguin looks like it's about to be lunch, tbh.