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Superstar Billy Graham from his hospital bed, today. Continues to apparently suffer from heart failure, covid, deafness, an ear infection, a skull infection, kidney failure and ninja attacks but remember to send that money to his Go Fund Me so God can cure him again...

35 ATB – 9 P.M. (Till I Come) 35 Manic Street Preachers – If You Tolerate This, Your Children Will Be Next 34 All Saints – Never Ever 34 Fatboy Slim – Praise You 31 Run DMC Vs. Jason Nevins – It´s Like That 30 B*witched - C'est la Vie 30 The Tamperer ft. Maya – Feel It 30 Spice Girls – Viva Forever 29 Backstreet Boys – I Want It That Way 29 Cornershop – Brimful Of Asha 28 Shanks & Bigfoot – Sweet Like Chocolate 26 S Club 7 – Bring It All Back 26 Britney Spears – Baby One More Time 26 Eiffel 65 – Blue (Da Ba Dee) 26 All Saints – Bootie Call 25 Christina Aguilera – Genie In A Bottle 24 Madonna – Frozen 24 Celine Dion — My Heart will go on  24 Wamdue Project – King Of My Castle 23 B*Witched – Rollercoaster 22 Aqua — Turn back time 21 Ricky Martin – Livin´ La Vida Loca 21 Billie – Because We Want To 21 Usher – You Make Me Wanna... 21 Armand Van Helden ft. Duane Harden – You Don´t Know M 20 Aqua – Dr. Jones 20 Boyzone – All That I Need 20 Boyzone – No Matter What 20 B*Witched – To You I Belong 20 Steps – Heartbeat / Tragedy 20 911 – A Little Bit More 20 B*Witched – Blame It On The Weatherman 20 Ronan Keating – When You Say Nothing At All 20 Five – Keep On Movin´ 20 Geri Halliwell – Lift Me Up 20 Chef – Chocolate Salty Balls 19 Geri Halliwell – Mi Chico Latino 18 Blondie - Maria +4 18 Billie – Girlfriend 18 All Saints – Under The Bridge / Lady Marmalade 17 Jamiroquai - Deeper Underground 17 Mr. Oizo – Flat Beat 17 Another Level – Freak Me 16 Offspring – Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) 16 Robbie Williams – Millennium 14 Spice Girls – Goodbye 13 Vengaboys - We're Going to Ibiza 13 Cher – Believe 13 Boyzone - You needed Me -6 12 Lenny Kravitz – Fly Away 10 Robbie Williams – She´s The One / It's Only Us 09 Mel B. ft. Missy Elliott – I Want You Back

Yes. It's like the anti-Traitors, mostly shit people. I've a bad feeling Sophie Corcoran is going to win it. Although her true nature is starting to show even to the other contestants. There's another contestant is who is all "I hate the words empathy and compassion" (quote) who would have you shitting fire in rage.

A phone thing. It also double spaces so I have to edit that out too. And sometimes it claims things are in bold or not and its the reverse. Technology. Also I had to take 3 point back off Jamiroquai after discovering the sods had been downvoting Maria like sods. Given how long errors last in the game, I have been tempted by this 8 points plus, 10 minus scheme, but nope, not given in. Yet.

Channel 4 really are throwing everything at the wall to get their own version of The Traitors. Rise and Fall, sending grumpy people to the South African bush, putting celebs in darkness. What next? "Can these eight Tory ministers coexist in a house with this pack of tigers?"

2006 - 88? (There's two other options for folk to take)

35 ATB – 9 P.M. (Till I Come) 34 All Saints – Never Ever 33 Fatboy Slim – Praise You +4 33 Manic Street Preachers – If You Tolerate This, Your Children Will Be Next 31 Run DMC Vs. Jason Nevins – It´s Like That 30 B*witched - C'est la Vie 30 The Tamperer ft. Maya – Feel It 29 Backstreet Boys – I Want It That Way 28 Shanks & Bigfoot – Sweet Like Chocolate 28 Spice Girls – Viva Forever -2 27 Cornershop – Brimful Of Asha 25 Christina Aguilera – Genie In A Bottle 24 Celine Dion — My Heart will go on 24 S Club 7 – Bring It All Back 24 All Saints – Bootie Call 24 Britney Spears – Baby One More Time 24 Wamdue Project – King Of My Castle 24 Eiffel 65 – Blue (Da Ba Dee) 23 B*Witched – Rollercoaster 22 Geri Halliwell – Mi Chico Latino 21 Billie – Because We Want To 21 Usher – You Make Me Wanna... 21 Armand Van Helden ft. Duane Harden – You Don´t Know Me 20 Aqua – Dr. Jones 20 Boyzone – All That I Need 20 Boyzone – No Matter What 20 B*Witched – To You I Belong 20 Steps – Heartbeat / Tragedy 20 911 – A Little Bit More 20 B*Witched – Blame It On The Weatherman 20 Ronan Keating – When You Say Nothing At All 20 Five – Keep On Movin´ 20 Geri Halliwell – Lift Me Up 20 Madonna – Frozen 20 Chef – Chocolate Salty Balls 19 Boyzone – You Needed Me 18 Billie – Girlfriend 18 All Saints – Under The Bridge / Lady Marmalade 18 Aqua – Turn Back Time 17 Jamiroquai - Deeper Underground 17 Mr. Oizo – Flat Beat 17 Another Level – Freak Me 17 Blondie - Maria +4 17 Offspring – Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) 17 Cher – Believe 17 Ricky Martin – Livin´ La Vida Loca 16 Robbie Williams – Millennium 14 Martine McCutcheon – Perfect Moment 14 Spice Girls – Goodbye 13 Vengaboys - We're Going to Ibiza -6 12 Lenny Kravitz – Fly Away 12 Westlife – If I let you go 12 Spacedust – Gym & Tonic. 09 Mel B. ft. Missy Elliott – I Want You Back 08 Robbie Williams – She´s The One / It's Only Us My favourite two songs here are doing badly FFS.

31 Run DMC Vs. Jason Nevins – It´s Like That 30 ATB – 9 P.M. (Till I Come) 30 All Saints – Never Ever 28 Fatboy Slim – Praise You 28 Backstreet Boys – I Want It That Way 27 Spice Girls – Viva Forever 26 Celine Dion – My Heart Will Go On 25 Cornershop – Brimful Of Asha 25 The Tamperer ft. Maya – Feel It 25 Manic Street Preachers – If You Tolerate This, Your Children Will Be Next 24 Spacedust – Gym & Tonic +4 24 Aqua – Turn Back Time 24 Madonna – Frozen 24 B*Witched – C´est La Vie 23 Eiffel 65 – Blue (Da Ba Dee) 23 Shanks & Bigfoot – Sweet Like Chocolate 23 Christina Aguilera – Genie In A Bottle 22 Robbie Williams – Millennium 22 S Club 7 – Bring It All Back 22 Wamdue Project – King Of My Castle 22 Chef – Chocolate Salty Balls 22 Britney Spears – ...Baby One More Time 22 All Saints – Bootie Call 22 Blondie - Maria +1 21 Jamiroquai - Deeper Underground +3 21 Usher – You Make Me Wanna... 21 Geri Halliwell – Mi Chico Latino 21 Armand Van Helden ft. Duane Harden – You Don´t Know Me 21 Cher – Believe 21 B*Witched – Rollercoaster 20 Aqua – Dr. Jones 20 Boyzone – All That I Need 20 Billie – Because We Want To 20 Boyzone – No Matter What 20 Billie – Girlfriend 20 B*Witched – To You I Belong 20 Spice Girls – Goodbye 20 Steps – Heartbeat / Tragedy 20 911 – A Little Bit More 20 B*Witched – Blame It On The Weatherman 20 Martine McCutcheon – Perfect Moment 20 Boyzone – You Needed Me 20 Ronan Keating – When You Say Nothing At All 20 Five – Keep On Movin´ 20 Geri Halliwell – Lift Me Up 19 Vengaboys – We´re Going To Ibiza 18 All Saints – Under The Bridge/ Lady Marmalade 18 Offspring – Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) 17 Another Level – Freak Me 17 Ricky Martin – Livin´ La Vida Loca 17 Mel B. ft. Missy Elliott – I Want You Back 15 Mr. Oizo – Flat Beat 14 Lenny Kravitz – Fly Away 14 Westlife - If I let you go -6 13 Lou Bega – Mambo No.5 (A Little Bit Of..) 13 Vengaboys – Boom Boom Boom Boom  08 Westlife – Swear It Again 08 Robbie Williams – She´s The One/It's Only Us

27 Run DMC Vs. Jason Nevins – It´s Like That 26 ATB – 9 P.M. (Till I Come) 25 All Saints – Never Ever 24 Jamiroquai - Deeper Underground +4 24 S Club 7 – Bring It All Back 24 Spice Girls – Viva Forever 25 Fatboy Slim – Praise You 24 The Tamperer ft. Maya – Feel It 24 Chef — Chocolate Salty Balls 24 Celine Dion — My Heart Will Go On 23 Cornershop – Brimful Of Asha 23 Manic Street Preachers – If You Tolerate This, Your Children Will Be Next 23 Aqua – Turn Back Time 22 Blondie – Maria 22 Backstreet Boys – I Want It That Way 22 Wamdue Project – King Of My Castle 22 B*Witched – C´est La Vie 22 Eiffel 65 – Blue (Da Ba Dee) 21 Britney Spears – ...Baby One More Time 21 Ricky Martin – Livin´ La Vida Loca 21 Usher – You Make Me Wanna... 21 Shanks & Bigfoot – Sweet Like Chocolate 21 All Saints – Bootie Call 21 Armand Van Helden ft. Duane Harden – You Don´t Know Me 20 Aqua – Dr. Jones 20 Boyzone – All That I Need 20 All Saints – Under The Bridge/ Lady Marmalade 20 Billie – Because We Want To 20 Boyzone – No Matter What 20 Robbie Williams – Millennium 20 Mel B. ft. Missy Elliott – I Want You Back 20 B*Witched – Rollercoaster 20 Billie – Girlfriend 20 Spacedust – Gym & Tonic 20 B*Witched – To You I Belong 20 Spice Girls – Goodbye 20 Steps – Heartbeat / Tragedy 20 911 – A Little Bit More 20 B*Witched – Blame It On The Weatherman 20 Martine McCutcheon – Perfect Moment 20 Westlife – Swear It Again 20 Boyzone – You Needed Me 20 Ronan Keating – When You Say Nothing At All 20 Westlife – If I Let You Go 20 Geri Halliwell – Mi Chico Latino 19 Vengaboys – We´re Going To Ibiza 18 Mr. Oizo – Flat Beat -6 20 Christina Aguilera – Genie In A Bottle 20 Five – Keep On Movin´ 20 Geri Halliwell – Lift Me Up 19 Vengaboys – Boom Boom Boom Boom 19 Madonna – Frozen 18 Offspring – Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) 17 Cher – Believe 17 Another Level– Freak Me 15 Lou Bega – Mambo No.5 (A Little Bit Of..) 14 Lenny Kravitz – Fly Away 14 Oasis – All Around The World 14 Robbie Williams – She´s The One/It's Only Us 14 Westlife - Flying without Wings -6 09 Baddiel, Skinner & Lightning Seeds – Three Lions ´98 06 Baz Luhrmann – Everybody´s Free (To Wear Sunscreen) 06 Westlife – I Have A Dream/ Seasons In The Sun  I like the Baz Luhrmann Vonnegut pastiche (which people actually congratulated Kurt for, to his great embarrassment, not realising it was a completely different writer!).This is primarily operation kill Westlife for me at the moment, but I doubt I'll run out of stuff to down vote in the near future...

Just to point out, you're actually agreeing with my reasoning here. The difference between hindsight and foresight!

79 No Doubt – Don’t Speak 51 White Town – Your Woman 48 The Fugees – Killing Me Softly 44 Spice Girls – Wannabe 23 The Verve – The Drugs Don’t Work 22 The Prodigy – Firestarter +4 18 Deep Blue Something – Breakfast at Tiffany's 9 Gina G – Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit -6 Let's finish this.

Hurd, Whale and Attenborough are the only three would feel like bad drops if they go. Frail and famous, terminally ill and famous, and very old and A list, respectively. Crosby many of us said should be dropped. Berlusconi was another common "get rid" pick.

Historically I'm always surprised to re-learn that the list missed George Harrison (I thought he was known to be gravely ill before 2001?) and Princess Margaret. The latter of which was the topic of an argument between Cmme members on this very forum at one point long ago, as allegedly the Cmme meeting was adamant Margaret should be on the 2002 list, yet she didn't make it. Amusing. I remember the d'oh drops (Ernest Borgnine, Jack Klugman, Captain Beefheart, Richard Attenborough) and the folk who would have been DL mainstays but died too young (Roger Moore, Adam West) more than folk who were never on the list tbh. Though I'm still surprised Tony Benn missed out. Hugely famously, known to be ill for a year or two before he went, felt utterly DLy. Never picked. Howard Marks too, but then, some folk believed his "slow cancer down with all the weed" talk, despite some of us who believed in the power of free curly wurlys that never arrived Stage IV cancer.

Dunno whether to laugh or laugh harder....

78 No Doubt – Don’t Speak 51 Spice Girls – Wannabe 43 White Town – Your Woman 40 The Fugees – Killing Me Softly 33 Gina G – Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit 30 The Verve – The Drugs Don’t Work 28 The Prodigy - Firestarter +4 24 Deep Blue Something – Breakfast at Tiffany's 12 Olive – You’re Not Alone -6 09 Mark Morrison – Return of The Mack

Somewhere on the DDP website is one of Spade's greatest obits where he at length talks about what an arsehole Bristow was, before concluding "But fucking hell he was amazing at darts!"

Mystic Meg memorial tribute here, who knew?

This is rather less sad than Sakamoto tbh.

Bushwhacker Luke says that Butch (Miller) remains in ICU. There's a poorly funded GoFundMe set up which says nothing about his condition.

77 No Doubt – Don’t Speak 43 Spice Girls – Wannabe 41 The Verve – The Drugs Don’t Work 39 The Prodigy – Firestarter + 39 Deep Blue Something – Breakfast at Tiffany's 37 White Town — Your Woman 33 The Fugees – Killing Me Softly 31 Various Artists — Perfect Day +3 29 Mark Morrison - Return of Ted Mack +1 29 Olive - You're Not Alone -6 28 Gina G – Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit 21 Aqua – Barbie Girl 12 Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger  11 Spice Girls – Say You'll Be There 10 Blur – Beetlebum

Kundera

Channel 4 originally iirc. It's OK. Jonathan Aris (who I best know for comedies) was unnervingly good as a real life monster. Also, the ending of the actual series: is unusually... realistic, especially for a show with a tenuous connection with reality!

77 No Doubt – Don’t Speak 43 Spice Girls – Wannabe 39 Aqua - Barbie Girl 38 White Town – Your Woman 37 The Prodigy – Firestarter 35 Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany's 33 The Verve – The Drugs Don ´t Work 34 Olive — You’re not alone 29 The Fugees – Killing Me Softly 28 Various Artists - Perfect Day +2 27 Oasis — Don’t Look Back In Anger 27 Mark Morrison – Return of the Mack +2 22 Spice Girls – Say You'll Be There 21 Gina G - Ooh Ah Just a Little Bit -6 19 Blur - Beetlebum 14 Will Smith – Men in Black 08 The Fugees – Ready Or Not 07 Babylon Zoo – Spaceman

Looking at the table, I think Bonar Bridge might be just that bad. They've conceded 129 goals in 21 games.

Not surprised, Christmas must knacker him each year...