Octopus of Odstock

All the idiot had to do was check JC's page & the link & see it was a crock of sh*t, though, TF.

Iain, f**k off. Jimmy Cricket's wiki page was last amended on the 4th October 2006. In other words, you've made it up & posted it here as a "laugh", then blame it on Wikipedia. Not big, not clever, unless you're 6 years of age. and stop hiding as "guest". We all know it's you.

No, it's because people bonk themselves silly in March when it 1) becomes warm enough to discard wearing socks in bed and 2) the post Valentine's day orgy-fest really hits in. It's all over by March 14th. Just been to a birthday party yesterday, and then another one tomorrow (which means no posting tomorrow. I can hear the entire throngs of DL wailing NOOOOO! No postings from OOO from 10am onwards! Woe is us! What will we do!?!?! yeah right )

Colchester will be in the Premiership 2007-2008 yet, you mark my words. Sven is bored & constantly being nagged by wifey/girlfriend (whatever she is) Nancy dell Ollollieooo. No club in the entire world wants him thus far, so if Charlton, or even Northampton Town come calling, I expect him to sign double quick.

DL rules stop me from revealing too many state secrets

Well, no Jozzie Grove or Piergiorgio Welby here, for sure. Essentially though, it's anyone who'll get an obit in all four, and that's really anyone famous - and I mean famous in that mostly everyone knows who they are. Royalty/Politics especially, and even more so in the UK. So, even though I don't think they're likely to die next year, Michael Foot or Jeremy Thorpe. The other trick to play as a player is, of course, one of their own. Newspapers always gush about their own. Therefore Bill Deedes would be a good candidate, for example. Not so sure elderly racing drivers would be any good. I know the Telegraph motor racing obits fellow (DCN), but unless it's someone like Regazzoni, The Times & the Independent will give them one of the "In Brief" notices or not at all. Having said that, Major Tony Rolt MM is famous enough for an obit in all four.

It's just the obit pages only, MPFC. You know the bit in the paper which is entitled Obituaries Actually, here's a link to such a page for your usage.A broadsheet obituaries page Read the first post again. I'm not entering, by the way, as I vowed to myself to only enter two DP's maximum in 2007. Nice twist on the idea, though & good luck to both runner & riders.

Happy birthday to both of you on what my profile tells me is my 1st anniversary here. How time flies....

Indeed, a great shame, they don't make dictators like that anymore. Nizayov, Bokassa, Amin, Jong Il .. all taken so young....

Deathlist uproar: here Wit & Wisdom of Iain: here BBC rant against Iain: here for you to enjoy again & again

It's been nearly a day, if not more, since I last suggested an African leader, thus earning the ire of the exalted ManInBlack. Here are some more tasty nuggets of African politics ripe for DL chomping: Simeon Nyachae, party chairman & cabinet minister in Kenya. Is carrying on working despite serious ill health. whilst Abraham Wilson, guardian of Fish Hoek beach is about to die. As the Guardian will give an obit to anyone, make sure you pen Mr. Wilson in today!!

Good, but on the basis of his performance as 3rd driver & tester this year, Adrian Sutil is a better prospect, IMO. He was due to perhaps get a chance next year with Midland, but now they've been taken over by a Dutch company, Spyker, I'm not sure what'll happen. Stuil was today confirmed as a race driver at Spyker. Watch him go next year - him & Kubica, future champions, you mark my words. Hamilton & Kovalainen I'm yet to be 100% convinced by, but we shall see....

Really? Now that is stupid. Totally the wrong mentality. I think that's the reason we have 25 points, and you have 11 or 12 - take every game as it comes etc. If that's really Reed's philosophy, then I can tell him Watford (H), Watford (A), Middlesbrough (H) and there'll always be one like, I don't know Manchester City or Fulham (H). That's 12 points. Ah well, Les, me son, best get your route map for Scunthorpe. Getting rid of Dowie might well have been the right thing to do, but replace him with an even bigger idiot most certainly wasn't. At least it wasn't Sven...

You win the bet, MIB. Mike Dickin used to be a racing driver in club events in the 1970's.......

What happened last night, TLC? Charlton's best chance of silverware since the FA Cup win in black & white days and they blow it........ again.

You're right. There's hardly any Krauts, Eyties & Frogs on there either but loads of bloody Yanks. However, Lou Rawls, whilst not black now, was when he was alive, Muhammad Ali & Nelson Mandela were both black the last time I looked, plus there's one Arab fuzzy-wuzzy on the list, one chink-like (Suharto) as well.

Happy Birthday Carol Ann

Italian footballers seem to be drowning in waves (pun very much intended, I'll get me coat) right now. Not only did these two Juventus youth team players perish, but so too has current San Marino international, Federico Crescentini, whilst on holiday. Not only that, all on the same day too!

For anyone still to enter a team for any deadpool, then I present my latest in the long line of African leaders who are ill: Cassim Chilumpha, says he is "criticially ill". Others disagree. Chilumpha is vice-president of Malawi.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Out of the DDP top 10. Come on Gloria Stuart, it is your destiny By the way, sorry, and somewhat surprised, to see him go. He seemed still quite active, so I thought he might go on for a few years yet.

The guy is a total W**ker. Used to "play" for us (Reading) (in other words he was paid to pass to the opposition & make no effort at all) and whilst he was earning mega bucks, spent it all on drugs & drink. Insulted the fans whilst he was here and never apologised for any of his mismeadeamours, before he was inevitably sacked by us for "gross misconduct" and taking performance-enhancing drugs as well as the recreational ones. All I can say is he played under the influence of "performance-enhancing" drugs, I'd hate to see what he plays like without them. I know Robin Friday was a bit of a bad 'un, but he had respect for the fans. Andy McLaren never did. I'm hardly surprised to see the latest mismeadmour from this fellow.

Abdelaziz Bouteflika in a shock New Year's Eve Party death.

But fit as a fiddle & still partying, as proved on my post about him last month. Leave well alone, Deathlist, leave well alone.

Interview/review below. Apparently, according to the Guardian, his death is "imminent". Review Interview (of sorts)

Two things:- Conte has moved back to capital Conkary after spending time at his home village and indeed intervened in a few things, so he's not on death's door immediately, but in the picture of the below article, he certainly doesn't look perky - he looks very thin, for a start. (He's in the middle) http://www.liberianobserver.com/news/fulls...OOPERATION.html