TQR 14,387 Posted October 29, 2022 Marital disgrace is next to expire. One of the most common cases of “Oh I thought he was already dead?” is now dead, which is good news for…probably a fair few people actually, but in the context of this game, Book. Whole Lotta Scorin’ Goin’ On Engineer - 2 En Passant - 2 Banana - 2 Newjack - 2 Grim Up North - 2 gcreptile - 1 Death Impends - 1 RoverAndOut - 1 Charles d’Irlande - 1 Joemoneypenny - 1 Dying Probably - 1 Toast - 1 BuffaloPhil - 1 Spade Cooley - 1 TQR - 1 Book - 1 Every other fucker - 0 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,556 Posted October 29, 2022 Finally no more "every other fucker" 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,387 Posted December 3, 2022 On 07/11/2020 at 15:23, TQR said: Pelé - GFF Staggeringly, Pelé wasn’t known to have cancer or any rule-breaching conditions when this started. An uncharacteristically clever call from Guy From Future. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markb4 892 Posted December 29, 2022 @TQR Pele is a hit for @GuyFromFuture . 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,387 Posted December 29, 2022 Cheers @markb4, I tried to get on that earlier but the site was shagged out. Came back and expected Vivienne Westwood to be on the list too. Nope. But yes, Pelé, who luckily lived long enough to see his national team go from favourites to embarrassment in the World Cup, scores for GuyFromFuture, who gets on the board and earns the right to his own name rather than being an ‘every other fucker’. Everyone pull your shirt over your head and go fucking apeshit…it’s the scoreboard: Engineer - 2 En Passant - 2 Banana - 2 Newjack - 2 Grim Up North - 2 gcreptile - 1 Death Impends - 1 RoverAndOut - 1 Charles d’Irlande - 1 Joemoneypenny - 1 Dying Probably - 1 Toast - 1 BuffaloPhil - 1 Spade Cooley - 1 TQR - 1 Book - 1 GuyFromFuture - 1 Every other fucker - 0 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,136 Posted December 30, 2022 How the hell did Pele qualify here? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted December 30, 2022 2 hours ago, Toast said: How the hell did Pele qualify here? Well he wasn’t known to have cancer when this thread was made, he just seemed to be old with some ailments. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markb4 892 Posted January 20, 2023 @TQR David Crosby is a hit for @Banana and @Book. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,387 Posted January 20, 2023 From Eight Miles High to six feet under, Crosby off of Stills, Nash & Young is the next name to nudge this pool awake. He said he’d be dead soon on Twitter. He literally told us. Only Book and Banana listened, with the latter now crashing into the lead. Well cunt off my band mates and call me Dave…just look at that scoreboard: Banana - 3 Engineer - 2 En Passant - 2 Newjack - 2 Grim Up North - 2 Book - 2 gcreptile - 1 Death Impends - 1 RoverAndOut - 1 Charles d’Irlande - 1 Joemoneypenny - 1 Dying Probably - 1 Toast - 1 BuffaloPhil - 1 Spade Cooley - 1 TQR - 1 GuyFromFuture - 1 Every other fucker - 0 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 20, 2023 On 29/12/2022 at 20:35, Toast said: How the hell did Pele qualify here? On 29/12/2022 at 22:48, Joey Russ said: Well he wasn’t known to have cancer when this thread was made, he just seemed to be old with some ailments. I’m not even participating in this pool, but Pele and Crosby both had literally appeared on the actual Deathlist prior to the launch, yet their names were accepted. Lol. Hey they’re just ‘old with ailments’ - old and ailing enough that the Committee saw fit to list them. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,387 Posted January 20, 2023 12 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: I’m not even participating in this pool, but Pele and Crosby both had literally appeared on the actual Deathlist prior to the launch, yet their names were accepted. Lol. Hey they’re just ‘old with ailments’ - old and ailing enough that the Committee saw fit to list them. You tried multiple times to participate in this pool but both your attitude and grasp of the rules were so shit that I banned you from it. Some things never change. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,136 Posted January 20, 2023 19 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: Pele and Crosby both had literally appeared on the actual Deathlist prior to the launch, yet their names were accepted. Appearance on the Deathlist was not one of the criteria for exclusion. BTW the words "literally" and "actual" in your post are both superfluous. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,439 Posted January 20, 2023 4 minutes ago, Toast said: Appearance on the Deathlist was not one of the criteria for exclusion. BTW the words "literally" and "actual" in your post are both superfluous. They're also wrong - Pele only debuted last year on the DL! 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,725 Posted March 10, 2023 On 07/11/2020 at 15:23, TQR said: Bernard Ingham - BAN It seems to have been missed here but when Bernard Ingham died it moved Banana to within one death, Willie Nelson, of victory and the end of the first ever Punt Pool. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,387 Posted March 10, 2023 48 minutes ago, Grim Up North said: It seems to have been missed here but when Bernard Ingham died it moved Banana to within one death, Willie Nelson, of victory and the end of the first ever Punt Pool. Cheers GUN. I’m grateful to anyone who shouts when a hit happens here, the unfortunate trait of a longer-term, slower paced game is that it’s often easy to forget. I’ll be having a think about how to cure that in the successor to this. But yes, this fucker’s dead. And that’s good. Good because it’s not a death we need to mourn particularly, good because it moves this game along a bit and bloody good for Banana who is now within touching distance of victory, before a lot of us have even got going. I don’t know about you but I thought The Old Crem’s picks, such as Adele and Rita Ora, promised so much. Fuck my eyebrows…it’s another scoreboard! Banana - 4 Engineer - 2 En Passant - 2 Newjack - 2 Grim Up North - 2 Book - 2 gcreptile - 1 Death Impends - 1 RoverAndOut - 1 Charles d’Irlande - 1 Joemoneypenny - 1 Dying Probably - 1 Toast - 1 BuffaloPhil - 1 Spade Cooley - 1 TQR - 1 GuyFromFuture - 1 Every other fucker - 0 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,439 Posted March 10, 2023 Since I picked my team Russell Grant - got cancer found early, in remission Steve Buscemi - my "90s actor" theory was correct. But for Ray Liotta, who I didn't think of. John Goodman - Has actually gone on a health kick since this started and lost a lot of weight through a better diet (and tbf, cool!) Michael Barrymore - Not been in the news as much since that dad died. Art Garfunkel - No more in danger than any rock star in their early 80s. Not so much a punt pool as a gift of life! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,746 Posted March 29, 2023 Soooo...nobody thought to have a punt on dodgy ticker Paul O'Grady then..? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,387 Posted March 29, 2023 1 hour ago, RoverAndOut said: Soooo...nobody thought to have a punt on dodgy ticker Paul O'Grady then..? Nobody tried, presumably because of the heart attack rule. However, the time frame I gave for this rule was “within 5 years”, and the game started 6 years after his last known heart attack, so technically he might have qualified. Let the self-kicking commence. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,439 Posted March 29, 2023 33 minutes ago, TQR said: Nobody tried, presumable because of the heart attack rule. However, the time frame I gave for this rule was “within 5 years”, and the game started 6 years after his last known heart attack, so technically he might have qualified. Let the self-kicking commence. Someone who had spent time in intensive care with heart issues felt a bit like they were against the spirit of the game, even if it was a few years ago. For me, anyhow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,572 Posted March 29, 2023 3 minutes ago, msc said: Someone who had spent time in intensive care with heart issues felt a bit like they were against the spirit of the game, even if it was a few years ago. For me, anyhow. I had played him in the past in the Death by Numbers game but I think I got bored and he seemed perfectly well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,136 Posted March 29, 2023 I had him in the 50/50 pool as obvious candidates for that are comparatively sparse. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,746 Posted March 29, 2023 I actually forgot there were health rules to be fair. But he'd always seemed pretty healthy and had been treated for the underlying issues, and his death is clearly a shock so fits as the sort of name for this pool. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,387 Posted April 3, 2023 Good news! Actually, I can’t even bring myself to talk about or look at a picture of that old dead twat Nigel Lawson, so let’s just appreciate how completely opposite (ie. wonderful) his daughter is and just move on, except to congratulate Great Uncle Bulgaria for being promoted from ‘Every other fucker’ to having his own name on the scoreboard of this prodigious pool. Shove this up your red box…the latest scoreboard: Banana - 4 Engineer - 2 En Passant - 2 Newjack - 2 Grim Up North - 2 Book - 2 gcreptile - 1 Death Impends - 1 RoverAndOut - 1 Charles d’Irlande - 1 Joemoneypenny - 1 Dying Probably - 1 Toast - 1 BuffaloPhil - 1 Spade Cooley - 1 TQR - 1 GuyFromFuture - 1 Great Uncle Bulgaria - 1 Every other fucker - 0 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,387 Posted April 24, 2023 And just three weeks later, GUB’s up in joint-2nd! It’s a shame about his other picks tbh, else we’d really have a fight on our hands. Well, I say ‘we’, I mean Banana. Fuck the judges, these are the actual scores: Banana - 4 Engineer - 2 En Passant - 2 Newjack - 2 Grim Up North - 2 Book - 2 Great Uncle Bulgaria - 2 gcreptile - 1 Death Impends - 1 RoverAndOut - 1 Charles d’Irlande - 1 Joemoneypenny - 1 Dying Probably - 1 Toast - 1 BuffaloPhil - 1 Spade Cooley - 1 TQR - 1 GuyFromFuture - 1 Every other fucker - 0 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,387 Posted April 24, 2023 Ooh, and even better news is that A Bunch Of Punts gets its first hit of the year in the DDP! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
