Tempus Fugit

Maybe he should get together with Norman Wisdom, who seems to suffer under a similarly time-warped illusion that his old act still has the power to amuse. I disagree.He was quite funny on Letterman and his old films are very funny. Also very good in "The King of Comedy" and "Funnybones". Are you French? The only good film Jerry Lewis has been in was "King of comedy". And that was only any good because De Niro was in it and Lewis was playing it straight.

I agree, better to be remembered somewhere, than totally ignored. Would Bernie Clifton be a good example of the living dead. He's been doing that stupid man riding a bird act for decades.

I don't hate him, just his dreadful acting. Any accent you like, as long as it's Scottish.

Never let logic get in the way of a conspiracy theory.

Well he knew the risks before going, so he is at least 50% responsible for his plight. Of course the conspiracy theorists maintain that the peace activists were kidnapped by a US Government sponsored "Black Ops" team. Their reasoning being that the US Gov. wants all aid/peace workers out of Iraq prior to a new "Shock and Awe" offensive. An unlikely scenario, but who knows. I wouldn't put anything past this Administration.

I didn't know Jesus was the gloomy type, but I'm sure he'll think on your suggestion.

So, how do most Americans view the lovely Karl Rove?

If Allawi continues to challenge the Islamist Shia's in Parliamentary polls, then I wouldn't give much for his long term chances of survival. The Iranians, who really pull the Iraqi Shia strings will have him killed. Attempts thus far have been local efforts. If the Iranians were involved he'd be dead by now.

I'm waiting for the hordes of Cliff Michelmore ranters, DeathList is No.3 on Google, surely there must be some Michelmore fans out there who are outraged at the comments about him.

Well at some point the living inevitably die, so where is the harm in speculating on their demise. I guess death must be a taboo subject for you, don't hide from it, embrace your mortality for it defines your very being. From the humblest single cell organism to a universe, all things come to an end.

Herbert L Strock, B-movie director and producer. "I was a teenage Frankenstein" was one of his movies. Has died aged 87.

Perhaps you could pose the same question to all the newspapers, TV news broadcasts and internet news sites, they seem to talk a lot about people dying. George Best's funeral for instance was a media circus, we are models of restraint by comparison.

Boris lost the thumb and forefinger of his left hand, when he was eleven during WWII he was disassembling a grenade and it went off. Russian politics seem dreary with Boris gone into retirement, by comparision Putin is a cold clinical autocrat.

Boris Yeltsin has had a long list of health incidents over the years. November 1987: Pain in his chest and extreme fatigue. March 1990: Heart problems. April 1990: Slipped disc. September 1991: Minor heart problems. October 1991: Minor heart problems. January 1992: Heart condition. December 1992: An infection (not specified). March 1993: Trouble walking. September 1993: Back pains. February 1994: A cold. September 1994: Heart problems. December 1994: Nose operation. February 1995: Trouble moving his arm. April 1995: High blood pressure. July 1995: Heart problems. October 1995: Heart problems. June 1996: Heart attack. Summer 1996: Extreme fatigue. November 1996: Quintuple heart bypass surgery. January 1997: Double pneumonia. December 1997: A viral infection (not specified). March 1998: Acute Laryngitis. September 1998: Trouble remembering protocol. October 1998: Trouble talking, walking and writing. Bronchitis, unstable blood pressure and extreme fatigue. November 1998: Pneumonia. January 1999: Acute stomach ulcer. October 1999: Influenza and a fever. November 1999: Acute bronchitis, Pneumonia. In September 2005, Yeltsin underwent a hip operation in Moscow after breaking his femur in a fall while vacationing on the Italian island of Sardinia I wonder why he fell in Sardinia, too much drink maybe?

As someone who is studying management theory, I can't help but agree. Everyone in my classes are shallow, money-loving, superficial f*ckers who don't give a sh*t about anything except money. Personally, I'm planning on focusing on my other major: Middle Eastern studies. Maybe in a few years I can give you the skinny on who's ill in the Middle East. The whole of the Middle East seems pretty sick to me. Maybe "Dubya" will cure their ills with a nice nuclear bomb.

Aside from what I wrote above, Friedman won the Nobel Prize for Economics. Drucker didn't. (Nor did Galbraith for that matter, but that would indeed be another matter). Milton Friedman is surely the world's most famous living economist. Peter Drucker wasn't an economist, he was a management theorist. If you thought economists were useless bastards, they are as nothing compared to managament theorists. A glorified management consultant is all Drucker was.

Then we all blame you for jinxing it.

And 2005 ddp leader, "Fallen Sparrow" selected her. That team now has 12 successful hits out of the 20 people that they selected Someone selected her for their joker and scored 12 points. Smart move. But she hasn't gotten her UK obit yet, so Fallen Sparrow may still be a few feet from their crown. Wendie Jo Sperber has got her UK obit. Also Lady Mary Mills has died. John Mills widow, congrats to Grim Rita on that DDP success.

You need a system of one appeal only, of course in the USA, a land where the lawyers are in charge, multiple appeals are inevitable. This need not be, one appeal and no more, followed by swift execution. What about cases of when a murderer has been released and gone on to murder again. There's no redress there either for the victim. One should never be eager to deal out death in judgement, but sometimes it is the best option. All those old Nazi's executed after judgement at Nuremberg, would you rather they had been given life imprisonment? I'm annoyed my country doesn't have a referendum on the issue, let the people decide.

To be serious for a minute, I think on dullness Robert Robinson is beaten hands down by Phil Drabble, who incidentally is 92 in '06. A quote from Drabble's Wiki page: "He took few holidays, travelled abroad only a couple of times, and was proud to have never lived more than 20 miles from his place of birth." And if you ever had the misfortune, to have had to sit through an entire episode of "One man and his dog", You'll know what an eternity feels like.

Right below Joseph Juran.

Didn't you know the moon was made out of cheese? So my mum used to tell me Your mum was lying. Now, Santa Clause... Santa Claus The Santa Clause is a movie.

A quote from Joseph Jurans Wiki entry, "Juran was known as a business and industrial quality "guru," while making significant contributions to management theory, human resource management and consulting as well. He wrote several books, and known worldwide as one of the most important 20th century thinkers in quality management" I almost fell asleep after the first sentence, dull,dull,dull and DULL.

A link mentioning Glenn's wheelchair Towards the bottom of the page.

And has his own thread hereabouts. Wonder what a collective noun for a group of vacuous tv celebs like Mitchelmore and Hart would be. How about an ABSENCE of Mitchelmores. Or a LACKLUSTRE of Harts. Neither Hart or Michelmore are vacuous, both are intelligent well educated men, you may find them insipid, but that probably has more to do with the kind of TV shows they presented, than the individuals themselves. Michelmore and Hart could in reality be sparkling wits, real life of the party types, granted they're probably not. But compared to someone like Pete Doherty, I know whom I'd rather have a conversation with.