Bibliogryphon
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Seen as absolutely nothing is happening here, anyone else think this could go over the year?
Yes it could but it could equally be gone in a month. Those Lords look pretty topplesome to me. I think that is part of the tension. It might even outlive by-election bingo.
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I think the DL committee should get some kudos for this hit. There was a lot of pressure for Ali to be included for the past couple of years and they bring him back just in time for the main event. Skills or Luck?
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Another unique for my theme team.Peter Shaffer, playwright and author of Equus and Amadeus (yes, the play which gave birth to Milos Forman's movie), died at 90.
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/jun/06/peter-shaffer-equus-amadeus-playwright-dies-aged-90
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If cher survives this year, she needs to be on the deathlist next year. Her health is getting much worse now, and even she expects this year's birthday as her last birthday. She's one we need to watch right now.
Do you have any information on this that doesn't come from The National Enquirer? #SadLastDays
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Bad news folks. Work seems to have blocked the site. This may be just a new firewall. See if it clears in a few days.
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Masterlist #4 Test Cricketers
1. Imtiaz Ahmed mc, di, ra, ro
2. Dennis Amiss yw
3. Ken Archer gr
4. Bob Barber ih
5. Jimmy Binks yw
6. Ian Botham rp
7. Donald Carr ra
8. Nari Contractor ti
9. Somachandra de Silva mc, rp
10. Ted Dexter to
11. Hubert Doggard gr
12. Graham Dowling hj
13. Ronald Draper cc
14. John Edrich hj, to
15. Datta Gaekwad gr, ra
16. C D Gopinath gr
17. Lance Gibbs di
18. Waqar Hasan hj
19. Ray Illingworth to
20. Doug Insole ti, rp, ro
21. Rohan Kanhai ti, ra, to
22. Imran Khan ti
23. Arun Lal gr
24. Len Maddocks ro, yw
25. Roy Miller sw, rg, ih
26. Peter Pollock ti
27. John Richard Reid dr, di
28. Dick Richardson hj
29. Fred Rumsey yw
30. Ian Sinclair hj
31. Garfield Sobers cc, ra
32. Don Smith sw, rg, ih, mc, di, cc
33. James Taylor dr
34. Lindsay Tuckett sw, rg, ih, mc, dr, rp, di, ro, to
35. Shane Warne dr
36. John Watkins (SA) sw,rg, ih, cc
37. Everton Weekes sw, yw, rg, mc, rp, cc, ro
I included this because I thought there should be a sport category and Cricket buffs are keen on keeping lists and statistics. Lots of new names here.
Hate to point this out, but having too much time on my hands I've noticed Deathray appears to only have 4 cricketers.
There was a bit of back and forth with Deathray's V but checking back he had Len Maddocks.
Good Spot Rover
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For me Muhammad Ali was the first recognisable international sportsman.
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Wouk for me this time.
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Fairly balanced report on the BBC News tonight, basically he'd been seeking help because he was becoming hooked on painkillers which he was using to maintain his ability to perform.
He should've based his style on Val Doonican
I do get it that he got addicted but what I don't get is why he waited so long to do that hip surgery at first place.... well, poor man....
Cos he was PRINCE and he was FUNKY so he was probably in FUCKING DENIAL about the whole thing.
could it have had something to do with him being a Jehovah's Witness?
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If we have a hit before 12th June then we are still ahead of every year except 2008 which had already reached 9 hits by now.
However this time last year we were in a 42 period where we had six deaths (one a week).
However the early promise of this year seems to be fading.
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Boring boring boring boring! (factorial of boring) days!!! (simply three exclamation marks).
26 May: Loris F. Capovilla, Angela Paton, Arturo Pomar. Ok, we expected more but who cares.
27 May: Girolamo Prigione. Unknown man for a boring day.
28 May: Giorgio Albertazzi, David Canada, Bryce Dejean-Jones. Small deal, but good if compared to the other days.
29 May: NOTHING.
30 May: NOTHING (don't try to say Thomas Fekete was a notable death)
31 May: Mohamed Abdelaziz. Unknown terrorist, still what I call NOTHING.
1 June: ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
2 June: NOOOOOOTHING.
We're in the middle of a deth crysis, my friends. 2016 is slowing down and no one will die until 2017.
Carla Lane was significant.
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OK This is how the scoreboard will appear.
Each player has five digits after their name and abbreviation these correspond to each category Doctor Who/Lords/US Elections/Test Cricketers/No.1 UK Singles
If a player scores a hit then one of the numbers will change. If the player scores a unique hit the colour of the whole entry will change Black = 0, Green = 1, Orange = 2 and if they get three they win.
SWITCH sw 0/0/0/0/0
YOUNGWILLZ yw 0/0/0/0/0
RADGUY rg 0/0/0/0/0
TIME ti 0/0/0/0/0
IMNOTHADES ih 0/0/0/0/0
MSC mc 0/0/0/0/0
DEATHRAY dr 0/0/0/0/0
HANDREJKA hj 0/0/0/0/0
ROCKHOPPERPENGUIN rp 0/0/0/0/0
DEATH IMPENDS di 0/0/0/0/0
CAPTAINCHORIZO cc 0/0/0/0/0
GCREEPTILE gr 0/0/0/0/0
ROTTON ALI ra 0/0/0/0/0
ROVER & OUT ro 0/0/0/0/0
TOAST to 0/0/0/0/0
I would like to thank all 14 players for getting the teams in on time and being so inventive. There are lots of unique picks and lots of ones that might slip under the radar if we are not careful. Anyone who i have had to go back to has also been very understanding about why I have questioned their picks.
GAME ON!!!!!
Erm, I count 15...?
That is a much nicer number.
My bad.
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Paul Simon was on Radio 4 this morning talking about his new album. Nothing to see OR LISTEN TO here.
FTFY
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Ok thanks for the corrections.
Have edited the lists and my masterlist accordingly.
I think the cricket one was the toughest for players to complete.
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Paul Simon was on Radio 4 this morning talking about his new album. Nothing to see here.
I hate to use Bowie for another example of album release
But he didn't do a full media tour to promote it.
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If anyone notices a mistake please let me know and I will see what can be done.
Good luck to everyone.
Waits...........
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Masterlist #5 Artists who have appeared on a UK No.1 Hit Single
1. Marcia Barrett hj
2. Harry Belafonte ih, ro
3. Tony Bennett sw, ih, dr
4. Pat Boone ti, mc
5. David Cassidy to
6. Petula Clarke rp
7. Billy Connelly ti, hj
8. Vic Damone mc, ro
9. Dave Davies hj
10. Windsor Davies hj
11. Doris Day sw, rg, ti
12. Kiki Dee yw
13. Ken Dodd yw, cc, gr, ra
14. Judith Durham hj
15. Don Everly gr
16. Chris Farlowe yw, cc
17. Barry Gibb ih
18. Rolf Harris cc, ra
19. Tab Hunter mc, di
20. Plas Johnson rp, ro
21. Eden Kane rp
22. John Layton rp
23. Vera Lynn sw, rg, ti, ih, dr, ro, to
24. Paul McCartney rg, dr
25. John McVie ra
26. George Michael ih
27. Jane Morgan di
28. Des O’ Connor ra
29. Sinead O’ Connor rg
30. Cliff Richard ra
31. Keith Richards dr
32. Smokey Robinson yw
33. Mike Sarne rp
34. Peter Sarstedt di, gr, to
35. Kay Starr sw, rg, mc, dr, di, cc, ro, to
36. Tommy Steele ti
37. Nobby Stiles gr
38. Ricky Valance cc
39. Bill Wyman yw
40. Jimmy Young sw, mc, di, gr, to
Note that Ken Dodd will score in two categories. The only person to do so. Again I had to look a few of these up but had to reject Roberta Flack because the best she managed was a #2.
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Masterlist #4 Test Cricketers
1. Imtiaz Ahmed mc, di, ra, ro
2. Dennis Amiss yw
3. Ken Archer gr
4. Bob Barber ih
5. Jimmy Binks yw
6. Ian Botham rp
7. Donald Carr ra
8. Nari Contractor ti
9. Somachandra de Silva mc, rp
10. Ted Dexter to
11. Hubert Doggard gr
12. Graham Dowling hj
13. Ronald Draper cc
14. John Edrich hj, to
15. Datta Gaekwad gr, ra
16. C D Gopinath gr
17. Lance Gibbs di
18. Waqar Hasan hj
19. Ray Illingworth to
20. Doug Insole ti, rp, ro
21. Rohan Kanhai ti, ra, to
22. Imran Khan ti
23. Arun Lal gr
24. Len Maddocks ro, yw, dr
25. Roy Miller sw, rg, ih
26. Peter Pollock ti
27. John Richard Reid dr, di
28. Dick Richardson hj
29. Fred Rumsey yw
30. Ian Sinclair hj
31. Garfield Sobers cc, ra
32. Don Smith sw, rg, ih, mc, di, cc
33. James Taylor dr
34. Lindsay Tuckett sw, rg, ih, mc, dr, rp, di, ro, to
35. Shane Warne dr
36. John Watkins (SA) sw,rg, ih, cc
37. Everton Weekes sw, yw, rg, mc, rp, cc, ro
I included this because I thought there should be a sport category and Cricket buffs are keen on keeping lists and statistics. Lots of new names here.
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Masterlist #3 Participants in the US General Election
1. John B. Anderson sw, rp, di, gr, ro, to
2. Barbara Bush rg, ih, hj, rp
3. George H W Bush yw, rg, ih, dr, hj, di, cc, gr, ra, ro, to
4. Jimmy Carter yw, rg, ti, ih, dr, hj, cc, ra, to
5. Rosalynn Carter ti, ih, cc
6. Dick Cheney yw, ti, mc, ra, to
7. Lynne Cheney mc
8. Pat Choate rp
9. Ed Clark sw
10. Bob Dole sw, rg, mc, hj, di, ra, ro, to
11. Michael Dukakis yw, rp
12. Tipper Gore mc
13. Bo Gritz cc
14. La Donna Harris gr
15. Mary Alice Herbert cc
16. Lyndon LaRouche sw, ti, di, gr, ro
17. Walter Mondale sw, yw, rg, ti, ih, mc, hj, ra
18. Ralph Nader dr
19. Barack Obama dr
20. Ross Perot rp, gr, ro
21. Willie Mae Reid dr
22. Bob Richards di
I am amazed at some of the Research that has gone into this there are names here that I had never even heard. I know now though.
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Masterlist #2 Current and Former Members of the House of Lords
1. Anthony Armstong-Jones (Earl Snowdon) di, gr, ro, to
2. Derek Barber (Baron Barber of Tewkesbury) cc, ro, to
3. Jean Barker (Baroness Trumpington) dr
4. Betty Boothroyd hj
5. Bertram Bowyer (2nd Baron Denham), sw, rg, ih
6. Edwin Bramall (Baron Bramall) ra
7. Jane Campbell (Baroness Campbell of Surbiton) to
8. Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington sw, yw, rg, ti, ih, dr,rp, di, gr, ra
9. Lydia Dunn, Baroness Dunn ti
10. John Eden, Baron Eden of Winton rp, cc
11. Marcia Falkender, Baroness Falkender ti
12. Basil Feldman hj
13. Flora Fraser (Lady Saltoun) gr, ro
14. William Goodheart, Baron Goodheart rp
15. John Habgood (Baron Habgood) gr, ro
16. Douglas Hurd di
17. Jeremy Hutchinson di, ra, ro
18. Patrick Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding yw, ra
19. Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont rg, dr, to
20. Jill Knight (Baroness Knight of Collingtree) to
21. Robert Lindsay, Earl of Crawford ih
22. William Lloyd George (3rd Viscount Tenby) cc
23. Betty Lockwood, Baroness Lockwood mc, hj
24. Charles Lyell (3rd Baron Lyell) sw
25. John McClusky, Baron McClusky ih
26. Malcolm Mitchell-Thomson (3rd Baron Selsdon) sw, ti
27. David Nickson (Baron Nickson) gr
28. Olive Nicol, Baroness Nicol mc, di
29. Donald Nicholls hj
30. Gwilym Prys Davies, Baron Prys-Davies mc
31. Randolph Quirk hj
32. John Sainsbury, Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover mc
33. Michael Sandberg, Baron Sandberg mc
34. Colin Sharman, Baron Sharman yw
35. Pamela Sharples, Baroness Sharples rg, ih, dr
36. John Douglas Slim, Viscount Slim rg, ti
37. Francis Leonard Tombs, Baron Tombs yw, rp, cc
38. David Trefgarne (2nd Baron Trefgarne) sw
39. David Waddington (Baron Waddington) ra
40. Helen Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock yw, cc
41. Neville Wigram, 2nd Baron Wigram dr
42. Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams rp
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Masterlist #1 Actors in Doctor Who
1. Colin Baker cc
2. Tom Baker sw, rg, dr, ra
3. Keith Barron ra
4. Geoffrey Bayldon mc, gr, to
5. Honor Blackman mc
6. Brian Blessed ra
7. Claire Bloom ih
8. June Brown hj
9. Sonny Caldinez sw
10. Earl Cameron di
11. Tony Caunter ti
12. Ysanne Churchman sw
13. John Cleese rp
14. George A. Cooper to
15. Kenneth Cope gr
16. Bernard Cribbins dr
17. Windsor Davies ro
18. Ken Dodd hj, ro
19. Mark Eden di
20. Bella Emberg hj
21. Richard Franklin sw, rg, hj, cc
22. Hugh Futcher sw
23. Julian Glover ti, rp
24. David Gooderson mc
25. Prentis Hancock yw
26. Damaris Hayman to
27. Frazer Hines ti
28. Nerys Hughes rp
29. John Hurt ih, ra
30. Derek Jacobi dr
31. Milton Johns yw, ti
32. Katy Manning ih
33. Jean Marsh rg, ti, ih, ro, to
34. Sylvester McCoy rg
35. John Moreno cc
36. Geoffrey Palmer gr
37. Nicholas Parsons gr
38. Donald Pelmear mc
39. Peter Purvis dr
40. William Russell rg, ih, dr, di, cc, ra, ro
41. Peter Sallis di, ro, to
42. Catherine Schell rp
43. Leslie Schofield yw
44. Peter Thomas cc
45. Antony Webb mc
46. Laurie Webb di
47. Frank Windsor gr
48. Gabriel Woolf yw
49. Henry Woolf yw, hj
50. Peter Wyngarde rp
Red indicates a unique pick. This is the category that got the most number of separate picks. Some are quite obscure and don't have Wiki pages so might require close following of Toby Hadoke's twitter account.
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OK This is how the scoreboard will appear.
Each player has five digits after their name and abbreviation these correspond to each category Doctor Who/Lords/US Elections/Test Cricketers/No.1 UK Singles
If a player scores a hit then one of the numbers will change. If the player scores a unique hit the colour of the whole entry will change Black = 0, Green = 1, Orange = 2 and if they get three they win.
SWITCH sw 0/0/0/0/0
YOUNGWILLZ yw 0/0/0/0/0
RADGUY rg 0/0/0/0/0
TIME ti 0/0/0/0/0
IMNOTHADES ih 0/0/0/0/0
MSC mc 0/0/0/0/0
DEATHRAY dr 0/0/0/0/0
HANDREJKA hj 0/0/0/0/0
ROCKHOPPERPENGUIN rp 0/0/0/0/0
DEATH IMPENDS di 0/0/0/0/0
CAPTAINCHORIZO cc 0/0/0/0/0
GCREEPTILE gr 0/0/0/0/0
ROTTON ALI ra 0/0/0/0/0
ROVER & OUT ro 0/0/0/0/0
TOAST to 0/0/0/0/0
I would like to thank all 14 players for getting the teams in on time and being so inventive. There are lots of unique picks and lots of ones that might slip under the radar if we are not careful. Anyone who i have had to go back to has also been very understanding about why I have questioned their picks.
GAME ON!!!!!
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Kirk Douglas this morning in Beverly Hills. He wears Ray Ban glasses, is smiling and looks okay for his age. He could live another ten years and be the next Zhou Youguang...Or maybe he wants already to say goodbye to all of us with this pic? Who knows....
Is he planning a bio pic where he stars as Ronnie Biggs in his final years because that is the look that he is rocking.
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Doctor Doctor
in DeathList Forum
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This is not the sort of pick I like but she is a Doctor and she is very aware of what is happening to her. Does that make it easier or harder?
I think this is her way of dealing with it.
Respect to her and it is very sad.