Cat O'Falk

That's three times in three different threads I've read that today. So I shouldn't post it in "any good gigs" ? After the funeral.

That's three times in three different threads I've read that today.

Well that's a relief.

No it's Do you think this will be remembered as the Corbynite manoeuvre?

Gravelly sad news. I'll get me coat.

Ooh! I'm seeing Madness next Saturday after racing at Newbury. Should be a good day out. What time's your race and what odds are the bookies offering on you?

It was Prince William Duke of Gloucester (William of Gloucester) who died in a plane crash. His plane was registered G-AWOG - a registration the CAA wasn't going to issue because of the last three letters but relented when pressured. I assumed that Bibliogryphon had confused Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester with Prince George, Duke of Kent. They were the Queen's uncles, the younger brothers of Edward VIII and George VI. The Duke of Kent was killed in a plane crash in 1942. Prince William of Gloucester was the son of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, and as you say was also killed in a plane crash, in 1972. He was never the Duke though, as his father did not die until 1974. I bow to your superior knowledge, Toastie. I could have sworn Richard got it from William when the latter croaked it but hey, I'm getting on a bit now and you know what that does to the Falk mind.

It was Prince William Duke of Gloucester (William of Gloucester) who died in a plane crash. His plane was registered G-AWOG - a registration the CAA wasn't going to issue because of the last three letters but relented when pressured.

QUAFFING? I love your vernacular, DDT! One of my favourite woody words.

Unlikely as William is already older than she was when she took the throne. It would probably take for William to die tragically young and for George to live as long as Philip for us to have any chance. The better chance will lie with George's children's generation. I thought it might be interesting to extend this idea with a hypothetical timeframe: The Queen is currentlly 89 and her mum lived to 101. Let's assume she lives for a slightly less long time than her Mum and say she dies in six years' time at 95. In 2021, when she goes, Charles will be 72. Let's assume he also has enough in his tank to reach 95, given the longevity of both his parents (assuming he doesn't abdicate at any point). That takes us to the year 2044, meaning that Prince William will be 62. Asssuming this run of very good luck continues and William also reaches 95 (aided by the advances in medicine we will see by then), George will take the throne in 2077 at the age of 64. Assuming our boy George doesn't turn out to be like Boy George and has children of his own one day, they will presumably also be middle aged by the time they take the throne. Hence, we will really need an untimely death or a scandal to force William or George to abdicate early for a youthful monarch to take the throne again and have any chance of breaking Lizzie's record. The only other very slim possibility would be for George to have a child later in life but the pressure on him to marry and produce "an heir and a spare" early on means this is extremely unlikely too. (The variant on this would be if Prince George was gay or impotent and Charlotte had a child later in life as there would be, initially, less pressure on her to reproduce until George's problem was discovered, leading to a younger niece or nephew taking the throne.) Otherwise, the pattern will just keep repeating of the next in line taking the throne sometime in their 60s or 70s, meaning Lizzie's record will remain unassailable until something calamitous happens leading to the early death or abdication of a monarch to push a younger person onto the throne. Then Ralph takes over.

Some guy says she died on 10/03/14 and was cremated on 26/03/14. http://www.isxdead.com/person/414267/Patricia%20Laffan

A lot more than two dozen Don't kill the messenger :-) I just bloody cutted and pasteded. SC Then you'd do well working at Mail Online. Don't you just love some of the titles though? My favourite's Retro Knob Slobbers on the Loose.

Wow I'd heard of two of those people. Shall I presume Laugh-In wasn't on the telly in the UK? Would it have been the first five names on that list would be household names, or the previous poster's comment was unique to their household. SC It was on BBC 2

A lot more than two dozen

Because they're not the BBC. That link works but it's not the exact link address as the one posted above. bbc.co.uk/programmes/b064zt27%C2%A0 bbc.co.uk/programmes/b064zt27

Screengrab of a cache copy. Looks like it's been deleted.

His birthplace of Brislington came under the district of Keynsham in 1926. Edit: http://ukcomics.wikia.com/wiki/Brian_Walker

Have they got some new players? There are some new names on the team sheet this season. Whether you'd regard the typical athletically challenged specimen sighted on the pitch in Highland League games as a "player" is another question entirely. Is Ched Evans one of 'em?

10 years on and Hein's still awaiting a full reply.

Oscar Wilde surely. Don't call him Shirley.

Well, surely Jesus had to have spent time in prison between his arrest and crucifixion? If we add length of time served into the equation then surely it's Nelson Mandela. Mandela was only responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands, I'd still take Hitler in a game of w***er Top Trumps. Are you saying you'd deal me a yarborough? Oh bugger!

Well, surely Jesus had to have spent time in prison between his arrest and crucifixion? If we add length of time served into the equation then surely it's Nelson Mandela.

I don't think Keith ever smoked his dad's ashes but he did snort them.

Does that mean we change the name of the thread every time a soap actor/actress dies? Ain't gonna happen. Can we not change it when Grace Archer dies?

Yes, okay hebephilia if we want to get technical... Weren't most of Rolf's victims adolescents too? I don't see why we shouldn't be picky technical. There is a big difference between being sexually attracted to teenagers who are legally minors, and being sexually attracted to prepubescent children. We have words at our disposal that distinguish between the two, and it is a great pity that the word 'paedophilia' is so carelessly bandied about. Why should our rich language be rendered increasingly imprecise? I don't mind going on the record here. I've always tended toward 'younger' women, my wife was 7 years my lesser (at 35) for instance. However let's not get carried away. I'm not talking about fahkin 12-yr olds here, but certainly 16-17 would have been my fancy, as I was 18 once too you know. Guess that made me a felonious peadophile in some eyes. Oh well. (As if). SirC Aye, but to be fair, if a 23 year old finds themselves lusting after an octagenarian, there's nowt legally wrong with it? The Daily Mail would still be tempted to call the octogenarian a paedophile though.