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My goodness! "Born in 1940, suffering from Alzheimers" is a very specialised team indeed! (Unless they were putting something special in the water in 1940 )

Are you talking about me? I was just expressing my humble opinion on the matter...

Interesting and unusual selections tend not to die though, which rather negates the point of a deadpool. But what a spectacular and unprecedented success it would be if a team of interesting and unusual selections were to win!* *[Edit: Yikes! No offense, ff!!]

Good thinking Guest, but we've already addressed that here. Thanks for the suggestion, though.

Yes. She did it to give her career a boost. What, like Dubya?

Dare I ask from which thread this was removed? I'm curious to know where ttoothh ended up when s/he was "test the internet". If I'm not mistaken, it was in its own thread, one that Hein merged. Indeed. It was titled: 'Teesst Topic(remove It)'. Shame. Although it's quite interesting to see that we're what the Internet coughs up when it's being tested.

Dare I ask from which thread this was removed? I'm curious to know where ttoothh ended up when s/he was "test the internet".

I thought it was great! Although I was rooting for Martyn Adams, I was quiet upset when Nixon went down 6 sets to nil as I hate to see one-sided matches (unless the team on the winning side is the Edmonton Oilers or the England Cricket Team ( )). But what a tremendous recovery! Fabulous. Absolutely fabulous. And they say darts isn't a sport!

You old timers... so set in your ways.

Hm. That may or may not be the case. But if it's a choice between his drivel and yours, I'll take his.

I got 15. Most of them were guesses. Admittedly, I had to 'restart' twice - the first time because it took me three piccies to realise their names were listed above the photos, and the second time because I wasn't paying attention and hit the wrong button. Not bad for someone who doesn't really know who anybody is.

I dunno. I still reckon he died a while back, and that his "nurse" just programmes random, incomprehensible stuff into his voice box, and then wheels him out for shows whenever the bills need paying.

I pointed that out months and months ago!!!!!

H: I tried PMing you - clear out your Inbox!!

What about Ted "The Count" Hankey? I mean, his job is all about counting things. Backwards, but still counting.

I don't think Abe Vigoda was ever in WKRP.

I must say, though I'm sure I will be in the minority, that I don't really like how everyone's sigs are turning into their DDP selections this year. I mean, this is the DL not the DDP. There's already a site where everyone's teams are (read: will soon be) listed, and that's here. They even have this super-innovative feature where they put the team scores up! It's impressive stuff... and doesn't really require duplication here. On the DL. Which is a whole, different website. The two sites don't have different names and URLs for nothing. I guess my feeling on the matter is: if I want to know how your team is doing on the DDP, I'll go onto the DDP website and check.

Are you there yet? I wish! Rather unforunately, my financial situation can only be described as "dire" at the moment, so no Lakeside tickets for ie+ this year. However, I do sit in front of the box everyday - bikini-clad - watching the darts, swigging beer, eating chicken-in-a-basket, and yelling "ooonnnnneeeeehhhhuunnnddrrreedandeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiggghhhhhtttttyy!" whenever appropriate. There are no television cameras here of course, but I suppose I could always ask my flatmate to record me with my mobile phone if I wanted to recreate the Lakeside environment even more... But that would just be silly!

That'd be one way of reducing the number of entrants.

So that's where I went wrong...

An intriguing point... and one that has been posed (though less eloquently) by guests of the past. The honest answer is: I don't know. I do that if it were me and not my mum, I would be more than happy to be selected for a DP team (although I'm not sure where the rules stand on dying famous people choosing themselves - might lead to disqualification). But I guess that's slightly different. I dunno... who can say what they'd truly do in the moment, but right now my answer is that I probably would. Otherwise I think I'd be a hypocrite.

I too am devastated that my favourite darts player was unable to perform today. I think The Viking is absolutely fabulous, and it's sad that he's in such a bad way that he couldn't see out his game. Having said that, I find your comment (emboldened above) a surprising yet interesting one. Should we only select DP team members out of those who we don't like / are seen as generally dislikable? I mean, whether you consider Fordham a fine man or otherwise, if he were blatantly very poorly and in a position to be selected for a DP team (i.e. it was the end of December and not the beginning of January!) why would you have a conscience about selecting him? It seems to me that to not select someone simply because you like or respect them is illogical. Whether they are great or horrid, if they're going to die they're going to die. The fact that they are in a position to make a worthy team member might be depressing/sad/unfortunate, but I'm not sure where conscience comes into it. I'd rather have a teamful of candidates I like/respect/admire - like CLS - than a teamful of scumbags. Having said that, if the scumbags were guarateed points then I probably wouldn't mind having them on my team, either. But I'd rather have to monitor the health of folk I'm interested in and care about rather than folk I can't stand the sight of. Get well soon, Andy. I shall continue to sport my avatar with pride.

Didn't that young Dutch guy who won last year go out of the competition yesterday? Bite your tongue, Mr funcity!

My goodness! The DDP seems to be enough work to consitute a FT job in-and-of itself, let alone your having a proper job as well. Perhaps you could get a sponsorship deal in order to pay for a DDP salary... or maybe some lottery funding.

I can confirm that bodies do not turn into salt when they decompose. Smooth logic! [Aw! The post got deleted! Shame...]