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  2. Posted

    http://www.bbc.co.uk...time_Episode_9/

     

    Subliminal messages:

     

    @ 9:15 Linda says to her "I'll kill you"

     

    @ 19:10 Alexander says "Hey Bernie, you've had a stay of execution"

     

    @ 27:25 Richard says "Fess up now Bernie, is it worth putting you in my DDP team or not, you bogtrotting skank?"

     

    Very good point. If there was a celebrity that indulged in the Deathlist my money would be on Richard Osman.

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    OK Here we go.

     

    I know it is early but I probably won't have chance after today.

     

    I am also not proud and not very imagniantive most of my picks have been discussed at length so steal away!!

     

    A DFF - Bibliogryphon's Box Fodder

     

    1. Richard Adams (joker)

    2. Nelson Mandela

    3. Hugo Chavez

    4. Nancy Reagan

    5. Zsa Zsa Gabor

    6. Bob Dole

    7. Liz Dawn

    8. Clive James

    9. Abdullah al-said

    10. Rodney Bewes

    11. Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    12. Vera Lynne

    13. Kirk Douglas

    14. George H W Bush

    15. Henry Cecil

     

    Go Team Bibliogryphon!

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  6. Posted

    Julie Newmar... not the best Batman villain ever. Hell, not even the best Adam West Catwoman.

     

    I saw a picture of her recently (within the past year) at ZZG's party - I presume this is how she makes sure she looks good - she is going to look better than Zsa Zsa.

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    Surprised it doesn't happen more often over there Egyptians walk funny they need to stop making the Z thing with their arms.

     

    perhaps he was listening to the Bangles... :smileyd:

     

    Whooosh

     

    no more.

     

    I just looked up the Bangles in Wikipedia as I didn't know much about them either (to my credit, though, I did know Walk Like an Egyptian, unlike these young 'uns we have with us today). Anyway, Wiki contains this gem:

     

     

    "...The album was another multi-platinum smash and included their biggest-selling single, the soft ballad "Eternal Flame".... The single became another worldwide hit.[8] Hoffs was actually naked when she recorded the song, after being convinced by Sigerson that Olivia Newton-John got her amazing performances by recording everything while naked.[9]"

     

    I hope no-one tells Susan Boyle!

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    I guess we will be seeing Chavez and Castro depart within weeks if not days from one another. They must be lubricating the pitchforks in hell already.

     

    No, that set of pitchforks are for Bush and Cheney, Obama and Hilary. The ones for Chavez and Castro are in the other corner.

     

    In which case what weapon of torture would Margaret Thatcher require?

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    What about those who SHOULDN'T be on the 2013 DeathList? 13 people need to either diee before the 31st or not be on next year's list.

     

    We should drop:

     

    Hosni Mubarak

    Harper Lee

    Tariq Aziz

    Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi

    James Randi

    Dick Van Dyke

    Nigel Lawson

    Denis Healey

    Herman Wouk

     

    I would agree with all but Healey.

     

    Like Patrick Moore he could go at any time and I think we would be kicking ourselves if we missed him.

     

    Anyway it adds political balance to having Maggie on the list.

     

    I think we should go for three Labour - Healey, John Freeman and Tony Benn (he is looking very frail these days) and three Tories - Lady T, Lord Carrington and Morgan Morgan Giles with Jeremy Thorpe as the token Liberal.

     

    Seven places is a lot to dedicate to one constituency (UK politicians) considering there are only 3 on the 2012 list.

  16. Posted

    What about those who SHOULDN'T be on the 2013 DeathList? 13 people need to either diee before the 31st or not be on next year's list.

     

    We should drop:

     

    Hosni Mubarak

    Harper Lee

    Tariq Aziz

    Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi

    James Randi

    Dick Van Dyke

    Nigel Lawson

    Denis Healey

    Herman Wouk

     

    I would agree with all but Healey.

     

    Like Patrick Moore he could go at any time and I think we would be kicking ourselves if we missed him.

     

    Anyway it adds political balance to having Maggie on the list.

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    Yeah, it's that time of the year to blankly stare at the names of people you'd scribbled down in the past 12 months and try and work out if they're actually famous or not.

     

    Yes, and it's time for me to look blankly at a list of names and think "who the fuck are they?"

     

    The game I run at work has a basic list of 400 names and I get players saying they don't know who some of the names are.

     

    Admittedly they are often very young but some of the people should be household names.

     

    The other possibility is that I know far too much about obscure elderly celebrities than is healthy.

     

    But I am in good company.

  22. Posted

    The American country singer Wade Hayes, 42, has been diagnosed with advanced colon cancer, according to unconfirmed reports on Twitter.

     

    Almost a year after this post, Hayes is now cancer-free.

    Looking at the piccie I'd say as 'cancer free' as Robin Gibb was. I'd give evens that next reports feature the words 'has spread to his liver'. I do love this site 'tis better for me amateur diagnosis game than Holby City.

     

    It is easy on Holby City the entire cast have Ash die back disease

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    I'm on the rock 'n roll so the pay is crap but the hours are great!

     

    Thing is, I'll be working harder than I've ever done in the next six weeks or so on you know what!

     

    Do you mention you know what on your CV?

     

    Good God no!

     

    Even though it has given me skills (html, databases etc) it would be a little awkward if I mentioned I run my own website and we get into the details... :unsure:

     

    Yes I learnt the hard way what not to put on the CV under hobbies. Even using the acronym FRPG was fraught with difficulties. If you had to explain it they didn't want you and if they knew what it was you didn't want to work there!

  25. Posted

    Long time lurker, first time poster. Another forum I'm on has been running a celebrity dead pool successfully for a few years now.

     

    This year we've been having problems with people "angle shooting" in the sense that they are picking people who are not indeed celebs.

     

    We've been discussing and arguing the issue to death over how to vet whether or not someone is indeed a celebrity. For example, "world's oldest" whatever shouldn't qualify as a true celeb?

     

    I'm a little worried that our 2013 pool might not happen as we are unable to come to a consensus, vetting option for celebrity status.

     

    Sorry if this isn't being posted in the appropriate area, however I searched around and couldn't find one one.

     

    Any ideas, suggestions for this issue?

     

    There are a lot of different ways to handle this issue. In the league that I'm in, at least half of the other contestants must say they've heard of a new candidate or he/she is permanently banned. Once a celeb has been in the league, they can't be challenged. My league is small so we can use a rule like this. Other options are like what the Derby Dead Pool uses, they must be mentioned in one of several national newspapers/websites. Another idea is that any celeb must have a wikipedia page. I would suggest that the New York Times could be used as a yardstick. It seems to me that anyone of any real celebrity is mentioned there. On the issue of extreme old age, my own feeling is that if a person has lived to a remarkable age, that is an accomplishment worthy of celebrity. Others, obviously feel differently. I hope you reach consensus.

     

    The way I handle this is the Wikipedia page rule and by warning contestents that if their pick's deaths are not publisised then they will not get the points. The administrator will not check every possible outlet for Death information.

     

    Wikipedia isn't infalliable there are a number of potential picks who do not have a year of birth on there.

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