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Everything posted by Bibliogryphon
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This year Premier League relegation battle is the tightest it has ever been with 4 points separating the bottom nine clubs The BBC have just published the chances of survival Half the Premier league clubs now have a different manager than they did at the start of the season, some clubs changing more than one
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Famous celebrity births , pregnancies and babies
Bibliogryphon replied to Gooseberry Crumble's topic in DeathList extra-curricular
I love how they refer to his wife as Katie Goodland Katie Kane sound like a porn star I don't wish to be harsh but the eldest girl looks like she lost in the genetic lottery -
She self referred her case to the Parliamentary standards committee so do you think she would cut her losses and resign or hope to tough out a recall petition which you seem to suggest would succeed? She could see it as a kick back at the SNP leadership if she felt wronged because that is not what they need right now (unless they could pull of a victory) Whoever wins the seat will only have about a year until the General Election
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No any suspension of over 10 days from the house results in the triggering of a recall petition which would need to be signed by 10% of the electorate to trigger a by-election If she were canny (can't remember whether she still has the SNP whip or not) she would resign saying that she recognises her wrong doing and feels it can no longer justify her place in the house to put pressure on any future member of parliament who may be sanctioned in a similar manner in the coming months This could be a high risk strategy for the SNP though
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Does it trigger a by-election automatically or a recall petition?
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Kill or Save: UK No.1-hits of the 90s
Bibliogryphon replied to Book's topic in DeathList extra-curricular
Yeah this has been really helpful in deciding which are priorities to down vote Quite like the White Town track that I was unfamilliar with prior to this though -
@Thatcher gains the first unique hit in the game also their second hit in a second category with the demise of Keith Reid Thatcher does have enough uniques to win in this way but it is early days
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Kill or Save: UK No.1-hits of the 90s
Bibliogryphon replied to Book's topic in DeathList extra-curricular
65 No Doubt – Don’t Speak 45 The Prodigy – Firestarter -2 44 Olive — You’re Not Alone 42 Spice Girls – Wannabe 35 Aqua — Barbie Girl -2 35 Deep Blue Something – Breakfast At Tiffany's +4 35 Mark Morrison — Return of The Mack 35 The Verve – The Drugs Don´t Work 34 White Town – Your Woman 29 The Fugees – Killing Me Softly 26 Various Artists – Perfect Day 26 Gina G – Ooh Aah … Just A Little Bit 26 Will Smith — Men in Black 26 Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger 24 Blur — Beetlebum 23 Spice Girls – Say You'll Be There 21 Spice Girls – 2 Become 1 20 The Chemical Brothers – Block Rockin´ Beats 18 Spice Girls – Mama / Who Do You Think You Are 18 Babylon Zoo – Spaceman 15 The Fugees – Ready Or Not 14 L L Cool J – Ain´t Nobody 13 Spice Girls – Spice Up Your Life 09 The Chemical Brothers – Setting Sun -2 -
They could have spent the time posting that writing an obituary for Keith Reid
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I think it is too close to call
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Wiki has been flipflopping all morning
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I had played him in the past in the Death by Numbers game but I think I got bored and he seemed perfectly well
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I don't know I think his other daytime friendly stuff was bland and comforting but it did go to show what a magnificent creation Lily Savage was as it seemed so far from his natural personality
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Just seen an obituary on Twitter but it links to specialist music site not what I would consider QO material
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@Thatcher is waiting on a Keith Reid QO to get the first unique of the game
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Kill or Save: UK No.1-hits of the 90s
Bibliogryphon replied to Book's topic in DeathList extra-curricular
61 No Doubt – Don’t Speak 40 Olive – You’re not alone 38 Spice Girls – Wannabe 38 Aqua – Barbie Girl 37 The Prodigy – Firestarter -3 36 Mark Morrison – Return of The Mack 35 White Town – Your Woman 33 Deep Blue Something – Breakfast At Tiffany's +4 33 The Verve – The Drugs Don´t Work 32 Various artists – Perfect day 31 Will Smith – Men in Black 29 The Fugees – Killing Me Softly 26 Spice Girls – Say You'll Be There 26 Blur — Beetlebum 24 Spice Girls – Mama / Who Do You Think You Are 22 Gina G – Ooh Aah … Just A Little Bit 21 Babylon Zoo – Spaceman 21 Spice Girls – 2 Become 1 20 Spice Girls – Spice Up Your Life 20 The Chemical Brothers – Block Rockin´ Beats 18 Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger 17 The Chemical Brothers – Setting Sun -3 16 Eternal & BeBe Winans – I Wanna Be The Only One 15 The Fugees – Ready Or Not 14 George Michael – Fastlove 14 L L Cool J – Ain´t Nobody 11 Tori Amos ft. Armand van Helden – Professional Widow (It’s Got To Be Big) 8 Spice Girls – Too Much -
Not giving Clinton a chance?
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The categories were very broad so even if he had not had the playing career I would have put him in sport because that is where he is known from
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Looking at the distribution by (very broad) profession we have Politics 13 Music 13 Actors 12 Sport 2 Others 10 I was surprised by there being only 2 sportspeople on there but I suppose sports careers are for the young and unless they develop an specific illness by the time they are considered for the list they have gone. Obviously losing Pele last year was significant. I only have 3 sportspersons on my shadow list
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Kill or Save: UK No.1-hits of the 90s
Bibliogryphon replied to Book's topic in DeathList extra-curricular
56 No Doubt – Don’t Speak 44 Olive – You’re Not Alone 40 The Prodigy – Firestarter 34 Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffany's +4 34 Spice Girls – Wannabe 33 Mark Morrison – Return of The Mack 33 White Town – Your Woman 29 The Fugees – Killing Me Softly 27 Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger 27 The Verve – The Drugs Don´t Work 27 Blur – Beetlebum 27 Will Smith – Men in Black 27 Aqua – Barbie Girl 27 Spice Girls – 2 Become 1 25 Spice Girls – Spice Up Your Life 24 Spice Girls – Mama / Who Do You Think You Are 24 Various Artists – Perfect Day 23 Gina G – Ooh Aah … Just A Little Bit 22 Spice Girls – Say You'll Be There 21 Babylon Zoo – Spaceman 21 The Fugees – Ready Or Not 20 George Michael – Fastlove 20 The Chemical Brothers – Setting Sun 20 L L Cool J – Ain´t Nobody 17 Michael Jackson – Blood On The Dancefloor 16 The Chemical Brothers – Block Rockin´ Beats -2 16 Eternal & BeBe Winans – I Wanna Be The Only One 14 Spice Girls – Too Much -2 12 Tori Amos ft. Armand van Helden – Professional Widow (It’s Got To Be Big) 11 The Prodigy – Breathe 09 Gary Barlow – Forever Love -2 -
Kill or Save: UK No.1-hits of the 90s
Bibliogryphon replied to Book's topic in DeathList extra-curricular
There is something slightly delicious in the fact that The Teletubbies have outlasted U2 Four bizarre creatures with stupid made-up names that irritate the fuck out of everyone apart from their die-hard fans.......... -
Delors is in the World category I think most leaders of countries and institutions should be considered such. Possibly not every micronation but the EU is very important. I was originally going to rank all the names on a fame scale from 1 to 50 which I might do later if we don't get an interesting hit
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Just done a fame barometer assessment of the candidates I have divided them into four levels Worldwide - Those who would probably be a lead news story across the globe US Famous - Names that have limited exposure outside of the US and most non-US people here would only recognise from Deadpooling activities UK Famous - Probably household names in the UK but not globally (popular amongst posters here) Niche names - Those only really included because they are going to die. They may be very successful and significant in their fields but not universally recognised There are some names that I debated about which category they should go in for example Bob Newhart has (relunctantly) gone into US Famous because a few late night C4 showings of his sitcom and a minor recurring role in BBT doesn't make him William Shatner So the distribution is as follows World: 23 US: 6 UK: 16 Niche: 5 You might carve the cake a different way The two existing hits are both from the World group
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That is going to be a busy day...
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Kill or Save: UK No.1-hits of the 90s
Bibliogryphon replied to Book's topic in DeathList extra-curricular
Just tried to watch the video for this I think I have a little bit of sick in my mouth....