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Agreed. ... Basically I think the media should take a back seat at reporting incidents like this. (Well............. report them, but lose the he/she was brilliant etc.) At the risk of playing devil's advocate, may I suggest that commentators on the deceased take this helpful approach to its logical extreme, to wit; If I were a suicidal teenager, I certainly wouldn't like to be thought of more as a twat after hanging myself than I was before. I'd rather be a living twat than a complete twat.

.... the attached picture that I believe is the subject matter of this pointless little article ...Where's the material, girl? One might question the credibility of the so-called Marilyn Monroe expert ...

3000, BS? Ok, for 3000 I'll have a go too. Will she accept spare change left over from my holiday in South Korea?

Not long to go then... So how long are we going to give him? Me 6 -12 months. I suspect he'll be hell-bent on lasting until GWB is out of office, and a black man is President of the USA. I predict February 2009. Viva Fidel! Viva Cuba!

Russian II? [meldrew]I don't believe it![/meldrew] I'd just got the hang of ordinary Russian, and now you're telling me they've updated it? I hope it's not like 'Poltergeist II', in which the whole premise of the plot just seemed passé in comparison with the original. btw, Arisma, he's not on the list because we want him dead; he's on the list because it's deemed likely that he'll die this year. Also, when did you meet him? Was it recently? How was his health?

Indeed. If anything, he's living off the life of the princess and her name.

"Burn the witch!"

He's a got a post-it note stuck to his fridge door in Rio: "DON'T LET THE ESTATE AGENT TAKE A PHOTO"

It's been a while since BS's unique interpretation of the English language made me , but that gem did. Bravo, BS, I didn't understand a word of it! Or, to be precise, I understood all of the words, but none of the meaning.

Yes, this thread is as good a place as any to be sarcastic, I suppose...

Good fecking riddance to the money grabbing bitch. I hope she gets termites. Come now, Scotsman2001... Let's look at this rationally... what did Macca, a man whose heyday ended around the same time he released that frog song back in the 80s, get out of the marriage? He got several years of free sex with a beautiful former model who also happens to be an amputee. He got some great publicity from jumping on her charity bandwagon, clubbing with seals, chaining himself to railings and stuff, and you think he should get all that for free? Pull the other one, it's got prosthetics on it. He owes her at least £2m for each year they were married, and £200k a year for life. Looking at it from another perspective, if you'd had to wake up to Macca's halitosine, flaccid, early-morning fumblings for a few years, knowing that you'd once again have to appear in public with the dessicated remains of a once-fertile musical oasis whose only claim to fame in the last 30 years was that his late wife sold fake bacon, you'd expect a decent severance payout, wouldn't you? And did I mention that she's an amputee? That's a crazy scene; people will pay a lot of money just for that, never mind all the charity stuff. Plus, I bet he can do a decent geordie accent now, too. p.s. welcome to the forum. nice first post!

How about a 69er then, Phantom? Daphne Fowler. Try telling me you wouldn't...

Many happy returns of the day to deadsox as he hits the ol' double-nickel; one of my favorite (sic) varmint-huntin', rootin'-tootin', politics-arguin', red-meat-and-grits-eatin' stateside buddies! Have a Columbidae on me, dx.

I'd willingly trade several hundred thousand generations of evolutionary advancement if it meant I could meet Bo Derek.

Ditto. As economical, thoughtful and amusing a poster as MBH2 deserves many happy returns!

A few short days after (apparently, given DDT's link above) being snatched unlawfully from his prison cell in Zimbabwe, he appears today in shackles in (what is purported to be) Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. The plot thickens. And the sh*t deepens. No guilty men in Shawshank... "Ah, Meester Simon! I take-a your bags to your room!" Update: He will stand trial in Equatorial Guinea, according to the Telegraph.

Brokeback Mount Heathmore Memorial to a cultural giant of our times, his life cut so tragically short.

Judge for yourselves, DLers, via the medium of interwebular downloadivism... listen to his breathing, watch his movements, admire and feel privileged to analyze this '08 candidate in more detail than any other. It's real, it's contemporary, and it's honest. Bow down, you unworthy, huddled masses and gaze into The Sky At Night. February's episode: Messenger To Mercury* Edit: *for a classic Moore chuckle and to witness the spirit left in this astronomical personality, see the video @ 19m21s or thereabouts. If I could be bothered, I'd cut that bit out and embed it here, or whatever, but I can't, so I won't.

Beat you too it Mr SC here ... I did wonder if this was a better thread for it You were right, LG; this is a better thread for it. And at least I put some effort into my post

We bid a fond "Ta-Ta" to Tata Guines, legendary Cuban conga player, who has died aged 77. Unlike so many of his contemporaries who defected to the USA to pursue lucrative professional conga careers, Tata remained loyal to his country and his fans, retaining his amateur status and staying in Cuba. He won the world amateur conga title a record 7 times in a row, 9 times in total; unfortunately, we can only speculate upon the stratospheric accolades he could have achieved in the pro game... etc.

I can think of one DP where she might score some points... I haven't dreamt about a celebrity death for years now, but still they keep dying. Makes one wonder...

Touchdown Cincinnati! was I close?

I've just had the pleasure of watching Stephen Sackur interviewing Studs on BBC News 24's "hardtalk". Mr. Terkel seemed in pretty good shape; lucid, good-humoured and up for a decent in-depth discussion. Sackur didn't really throw any curveballs at him over the half-hour duration of the interview, but Studs gave a very good account of himself. Probably got a few more years in him, I reckon.

I used that same excuse myself back in '98 to avoid giving a project status update to my boss. It's the sort of excuse you can only use once per employer.

Yes, despite the best efforts of the Thatcher/Archer cabal and these 85 loyal friends*, Simon has indeed been escorted to Sands Resort, Black Beach, where he can enjoy the many activities on offer including, but not limited to:- - fighting over rice and rat meat with his buddy Nick. - staving off dysentery. - avoiding genital contact with live wires. - thinking up new ways to kill Mark Thatcher. - rapid weight loss. Oh well, at least buggery's on the decrease at Black Beach these days. Although, he did attend Eton... * I wondered who would create a petition to keep Simon out of EG, so I googled the name of the petition author, Richard Graywahl. It appears that most of the signatories are friends of his, or friends of theirs etc. but what exactly is Richard's vested interest?