MizzJacktheCat

I have returned after a couple of years off. I didn't post much before. Have also entered the DDP for the first time in a few years. I expect that like previous years, all my list will see the year out without bothering the undertaker.

I am considering giving up alcohol for Lent, but I may just give up wine. Is that cheating?

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They're live. Half an hour before they were still promoting today's show, so it seems to be a very last-minute decision.

I'm shocked he has a daughter. Seems odd to have a sudden absence though when that report is a week old.

Just before today's show they announced that O'Grady couldn't do today's show, instead they would be showing a repeat. I doubt anyone would have noticed, but before the previous programme they were still trailing the live programme, so it seems a bit of a sudden decision. Another heart attack maybe?

My team isn't up yet, but I don't really expect any of them to die. Last year I had only one death, and that was pretty late on. I am so convinced of my bad luck that I have actually chosen my joker as the person I least want to die. I don't want him to die not because I like him particularly, but because I know that it will really piss off someone I know if they survive another year.

I always thought Vinegar Tits was a woman. I wonder how many others I have given the incorrect gender in my mind? Happy Anniversary, by the way.

Play Gameboy

Have you never seen John Travolta?

Thank you, Lady Grendel. I hope we both live longer than Ross.

I am astonished that I have finally had a hit on the DDL with Ross Davidson. I thought being on my list was the kiss of life. The fact that it happened whilst I was on my honeymoon makes it even sweeter.

No, Lady G, I never get further than drinking the gin.

Look at your own DNA. I got this from a "100 things to do before you die" booklet, free with New Scientist a couple of years back. Equipment: salt, a strong drink and some washing up liquid. "First get a sample of your own cells by swilling salty water vigorously around your mouth for half a minute. Spit it out into a small glass containing a teaspoon of washing up liquid diluted with three teaspoons of water. Give this a good stir for a few minutes so that the detergent can break open the cells and release the DNA. Then, very gently, pour a couple of teaspoons of ice-cold strong alcohol down the side of the glass. Gin works fine. If you are careful, it will form a separate layer on top of the spit-salt mix. Soon you'll see spindly white clumps forming in the alcohol" ...and that's your DNA! Or you could just drink the gin.

An octupus, with 45% of humanity above me.

8 bottles of wine 3/4 bottle of vodka 1/2 bottle Peach Schnapps 6 mini cans of tonic water Bottle of lemon juice 1 apple Feta Cheddar Stilton Parma Ham Out of date tub of pasta sauce Out of date cucumber Marmalade Brandy butter Bertolli

You really need to ask why I never married?

Am I alone in never having heard of him? Almost as famous as the Queen? Are you kidding?

If he lasts out this year it looks like Danny LaRue could be a good bet for next year. BBC News link

I am convinced that no one on my DDP list will die. Perhaps I should sell spaces on there next year to those who aren't quite ready to go despite a terrible prognosis.

Talk to your cat Broken link fixed.

I just got engaged - is there a male version I could use?

Thank you, Captain Oates. My personal favourite is HCW's, however.

It is a great book, Godot, and very easy to read. Quite modern in its outlook despite the setting.