gcreptile

The world is upside down now. Former Iranian president Ahmadinejad has a comment about the riots in America and quotes Tupac: And China is also trolling the USA in return to their support for the Hong Kong riots: https://mothership.sg/2020/05/global-times-george-floyd/

Well, as a game-runner of the DDP which has seen a few rule changes since its creation, I disagree. But you are referring to the very specific case in which a deadpool changed hands in the course of a year, to which I say, the game creator can't have it both ways. Especially because good behaviour is not a special requirement for that particular game, but a common rule of every day life, like natural law vs. codified law. If people disagree, they can vote against the new host by not playing the next time.

George Weisz, inventor of a ventilator used against COVID-19 dead at 90: https://www.foxnews.com/us/inventor-of-ventilator-used-for-coronavirus-george-weisz-dead-at-90-report (Of course, everyone remotely related to the Coronavirus gets an obit and has the relation over-emphasized.)

He also wrote "Sweet victory" from the SpongeBob series: https://nypost.com/2020/05/29/bob-kulick-kiss-guitarist-and-sweet-victory-writer-dead-at-70/?utm_source=reddit.com

Well... the gamerunner makes the rules... if you don't like it, don't play it.

Okay, let's see... Balbir Singh actually dead.. oh, and Rob Andringa, too: https://eu.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/uw/2020/05/29/former-uw-mens-hockey-defenseman-rob-andringa-passes-away/5289040002/ And Alain "Hendy" Henderson already dead for five days (behind paywall) Late addition Shahine Robinson... already dead, too: https://www.stabroeknews.com/2020/05/29/news/regional/jamaica/shahine-robinson-jamaican-minister-dies-aged-66/amp/

Have there been any older ones?

Stevie Nicks has been fighting the Epstein-Barr virus since January: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/stevie-nicks-on-her-life-in-isolation-992443/ I was kind of disappointed to see that a Fleetwood Mac thread already existed.

She would have received a QO: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/may/28/irm-hermann-star-of-20-fassbinder-films-dies-aged-77 The Fassbinder connection...

Oh, her... loved her in the Loriot movie. A face you remembered.

Oh wow, I just looked him up this morning. He was writing a new play, as a NYT article just two weeks ago told.

Woops, you're right. I marked Jamie Frierson as dead, and forgot to uncheck the QO box. Will correct in a minute.

In spite of his huge prominence in here, Balbir Singh is a apparently a unique hit.

For some reason, a completely unrelated woman in a wheelchair plans a "wheelchair marathon" in honor of Rory Gilsenan... which was covered six hours ago by a local UK paper... will the QO outfits follow? https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/people/disabled-woman-plans-26-mile-wheelchair-marathon-milton-keynes-shopping-centre-2864761

Alright, so we finally enough new hits for an update: Stanley Ho, Balbir Singh, and Gabriel Bacquier. But most important of all, Death Impends gets a hit with Ronald Shurer who gives him a pretty healthy advantage. Hutton Gibson has been picked, but seems to be a non-obit - if he is even dead. Luigi Simoni was not picked. Rank Team Points 1 Death Impends 719 2 gcreptile 592 3 RadGuy 574 4 Banana 566 5 Deadsox 533 6 Joey Russ 529 7 Cpt. Chorizo 522 8 msc 509 9 Book 469 10 Skinny Kiltrunner 465 11 John Key 458 12 The Quim Reaper 457 13 JiroemonKimura 437 14 Clorox Bleachman 427 15 Grave Danger 403 16 drol 398 17 The Unknown Man 396 18 The Mad Hatter 379 19 DevonDeathTrip 378 20 Sean 370 21 Torva Messor 368 22 theoldlady 358 23 Sir Creep 324 24 The Old Crem 294 25 Toast 280 26 YoungWillz 269 27 Etushispushingupdaisies 268 28 Chilean Way 262 29 Kenny 248 30 Bibliogryphon 192 31 Great Uncle Bulgaria 162 32 markb4 153 33 Gooseberry Crumble 150 34 ThePrematureBurial 124 35 Pedro67 57

Wikipedia tells me that Prahlad Jani, notable breatharian, has died at 90: https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mystic-who-claimed-to-have-survived-without-food-water-for-76-years-dies-in-gujarat-2235337 A breatharian is someone who believes that you can live without food and water, as he claims to have done so for decades.

Today I dreamed that Sumner Redstone died, and someone (Death Impends, I think) posted that Dilip Kumar wins the battle of the immortals.

Another bedblocker, Macau casino mogul Stanley Ho, dead at 98: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/obituaries/stanley-ho-dead.html

Willie Thorne update, doesn't sound good at all: https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/snooker-star-willie-thorne-unable-4160914

His heart goes supernova?

Yesterday, Brazil overtook the USA in the daily deaths statistic for the first time, according to Worldometers. Though I suspect it's because of a Memorial Day Weekend counting delay.

It's drol day today.

Sad. End of an era. (Next end of a jazz era: when Herbie Hancock dies)

I have about six candidates for the MMMDP now, but I bet they'll all be dead within the week (except for Balbir Singh, of course).

There's going to be a Cardin documentary. He is "expected to be in attendance" at the premiere in Paris: https://sg.style.yahoo.com/pierre-cardin-documentary-lands-release-date-010000262.html