Sly Ronnie 879 Posted January 1, 2023 I think Stokes may have already snuffed it: https://www.spieltimes.com/news/what-was-scientist-mark-stokes-final-tweet-cause-of-death/#.Y7G_mu-nydM 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,338 Posted January 1, 2023 Here are my three delicious Crumble Teams straight out of the oven! I managed to choose 44 Unique picks out of 60 in 2022. Looking forward to seeing if I have managed to achieve even higher than that in 2023- which is what I am hoping for! APRICOT CRUMBLE 1)June Kenton (Businesswoman owner lingerie company Rigby and Peller who were stripped of their royal warrant after being indiscrete about female royal customers in a book) (JOKER) 2) Gary Tobian (US Olympic Diver) 3) Alison Halford (Controversial Ex British policewoman who accused the police of tapping her phone in a court case. Latterly a politician in Wales) 4)Martin Albrow (british sociologist) 5) Ann Thwaite (author) 6) Peter Atkins (british chemist ,author) 7) Esther Shapiro 8)Ann Clwyd (ex labour mp) 9) Teodor Zamfir (Romanian who had a documentary award nominated film about him for his indirect role in bringing down the Romanian communist dictatorship in the 1980s) 10) Charlie Drummond (UK Big Brother star) 11) Ray Russell (session musician and composer) 12) Barbara Clark (british cancer sufferer and campaigner for access to breast cancer drug herceptin-prominent mid 2000s) 13) Michael Fagan (broke into Queens bedroom 1982) 14) Lynette Burrows (journalist author) 15) Colin McColl (former head of British intelligence services) 16) Polly Perkins 17)Frank Zane 18) Elspeth Ballantyne 19) Tamie Fraser 20) Paul Morrisey (American film director associated with Andy Warhol) Subs Vera Miles, Ronnie Knight, Rosie Gaines BLUEBERRY CRUMBLE 1)Kathleen Willey (figure in the 1998 Lewinsky scandal-accused Bill Clinton of sexual harassment in tv interview)(JOKER) 2) Paddy McNally (Irish millionaire through sports hospitality and ex boyfriend of Sarah Ferguson/The Duchess of York) 3) Faith Brown 4) Peter Pinne (Composer and writer cowrote theme song to Sons and daughters) 5) Stedman Pearson (five star band member) 6) Scott Madsen (original soloflex model) 7) Bill Spence (English writer of romantic fiction under pseudonym Jessica Blair) 8)Barbara Carrera 9) Henry Boyd Carpenter (former solicitor to Queen Elizabeth ll) 10) Elaine Storkey (philosopher and contributor to Radio 4 thought for the day) 11) Ted Shackleford 12) Torben Ulrich 13)Leonard Hayflick 14) Pattie Boyd 15) Micky Fawcett (criminal Kray associate and author) 16) Peter Kilfoyle 17) Bob Mackie (fashion designer) 18) Robbie Humphries (Child actor who was the Milky bar kid in tv adverts 1983-1986) 19) Tom McLeish (british theoretical physicist) 20) Carole Skinner (aussie actress) Subs Jacqueline White Ed Fury Phil Creswick GOOSEBERRY CRUMBLE 1) Beverley Craven (JOKER) 2) William Gage (retired british judge, presided over Jill Dando murder trial) 3)Jefferson King ( former tv Gladiator) 4)Peter Christian (Liverpool actor Starred in Brookside) 5)Alan Beith (Lord Beith) 6)Donald Wolfe (american screenwriter, film editor and author of book The assaination of Marilyn Monroe) 7) Elizabeth Filkin (senior UK civil servant , former parliamentary commissioner for standards) 8) Michael Tucker (LA LAW actor) 9) Peter Russell Clarke (australian celebrity chef) 10) Marcia Ashton (Brookside actress) 11)Jess Conrad 12) Daniel Filipacchi (French photographer) 13) Roger Cook 14) Bryan Organ (portrait artist, godfather to Prince Harry) 15) Jill Forster (british born australian actress) 16)Deniece Williams 17) Norman Coburn (australian actor, Donald Fisher in Home and away) 18)Rupert McGuigan (former Private Secretary to Princess Anne) 19) K Callan (US actress played Clark Kents mum in Lois and Clark and briefly Bobby Ewings mother in law in Dallas as mum of April Stevens) 20) Dick Malone (Scottish footballer and played in 1973 FA Cup final on the winning side) Subs Christina Crawford Gary Myers Ron Morris Olympian 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tracy 2,392 Posted January 1, 2023 2 minutes ago, Sly Ronnie said: I think Stokes may have already snuffed it: https://www.spieltimes.com/news/what-was-scientist-mark-stokes-final-tweet-cause-of-death/#.Y7G_mu-nydM No, just one of those auto-generated "obituaries". He liked a tweet less than 24 hours ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted January 1, 2023 21 minutes ago, DevonDeathTrip said: Here's my team. Good luck in 2023 everyone The Living End Gianluca Vialli - Joker Michael Tilson Thomas Faye Fantarrow Rolf Harris Princess Bajrakitiyabha of Thailand Dikembe Mutombo Dicky Guy Mark Stokes Rob Burrow Jonnie Irwin Randy Jackson Ilia II of Georgia Timothy Keller Aston Barrett Frank McGarvey Johnny Ruffo Adrian Sutton Frank Field Ryuichi Sakamoto Tom Oliver Sub - Vladimir Putin Barrett too? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sly Ronnie 879 Posted January 1, 2023 3 minutes ago, tracy said: No, just one of those auto-generated "obituaries". He liked a tweet less than 24 hours ago. Ah, rather like those channels on YouTube which "announce" the death of Mick Jagger and its nothing if the sort. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,338 Posted January 1, 2023 @msc Sorry for delay but my tasty Crumble Teams are now posted!! Delay as I was trying to be good by going for a walk in a park to burn off my Christmas excess , start the year healthily and enable to fit into my new underwear as I am borderline about to go up into the next size if I don't!! It's sexy Giorgio Armani underwear too so I don't want that to happen!! Enjoy and feel free to offer feedback on my DDP teams!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,036 Posted January 1, 2023 3 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: @msc Sorry for delay but my tasty Crumble Teams are now posted!! Delay as I was trying to be good by going for a walk in a park to burn off my Christmas excess , start the year healthily and enable to fit into my new underwear as I am borderline about to go up into the next size if I don't!! It's sexy Giorgio Armani underwear too so I don't want that to happen!! Enjoy and feel free to offer feedback on my DDP teams!! Wassup with Stedman Pearson? Totally gave the whole family a 5 star clean bill of health on my researches. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,338 Posted January 1, 2023 For the benefit of pool runners @Death Impends and @gcreptile The Peter Christian actor in my Gooseberry team is the 75 year old Liverpool actor who played Frank Rogers in Brookside and not another actor called Peter Christian. In the initial information I submitted I wrongly described Gary Tobian as a swimmer not diver in my Apricot Crumble team. Cheers! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,338 Posted January 1, 2023 3 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Wassup with Stedman Pearson? Totally gave the whole family a 5 star clean bill of health on my researches. A partial punt and also based on information I was aware of about a heavy hedonistic party lifestyle that tends to catch up with people sometimes in their fifties. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,036 Posted January 1, 2023 2 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: A partial punt and also based on information I was aware of about a heavy hedonistic party lifestyle that tends to catch up with people sometimes in their fifties. My motto is, keep doing the hedonistic party lifestyle in your fifties, then it can't catch up with you, because you never stopped!!! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,338 Posted January 1, 2023 1 minute ago, YoungWillz said: My motto is, keep doing the hedonistic party lifestyle in your fifties, then it can't catch up with you, because you never stopped!!! Good advice!! My information indicated his hedonism 'hard partying ' lifestyle went way beyond his years in Five Stars peak years of fame. I decided it was long shot punt that was worth it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salmon Mousse 473 Posted January 1, 2023 2023 Main Team Entry (and some thoughts): The Salmon Mousse Rob Burrow - JOKER - his look reminds me of Marian Cisovsky's right before he went. Rhod Gilbert - basic stage 4 pick Kate Keltie - hate breast cancer picks but her age and the dire reports made her unavoidable Denny Crum - certain to go in 2023, certain to only get me 6 points. Should've changed him out but just couldn't resist the somewhat underground name. Jonnie Irwin Frank McGarvey - already a hit Michael Tilson Thomas - honestly, have major doubts he'll go in 2023 Simon Cowell Steve McMichael Frank Field - this guy bugs me. Surely this is his year, right? Gianluca Vialli Johnny Ruffo - have the same doubts about him as I do about Thomas but I'm also still feeling the sting of dropping Parker last year Jeanette Lee - ESPN's recent 30 for 30 about her solidified this pick Janey Godley - the last person in. Was between her and Kerri Parker but Godley will probably Drop 40. Steve DiMeglio - in the mid-500s with his chemo treatments, thin as a rail, but fighting. Bit of a QO risk but given that he received well-wishes from every top pro when his cancer was announced I feel he'll find one. George Alagiah Ryuichi Sakamoto David J. Linden - a major QO risk but he has been mentioned in The Guardian in the past and last year's ultra-safe lineup ended in disaster James Whale - surely it's his year, right? Shannen Doherty - just seems to be fading out Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,645 Posted January 1, 2023 Re the discussion on Mark Stokes above, I've been digging for evidence of his demise (since he announced he was quitting Twitter and "the whole show" - i.e. life - on 18 December). No evidence he's departed the whole show yet. A Deathrace pick too, so likely to score well there given his current predicament. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,725 Posted January 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Sly Ronnie said: I think Stokes may have already snuffed it: https://www.spieltimes.com/news/what-was-scientist-mark-stokes-final-tweet-cause-of-death/#.Y7G_mu-nydM 1 hour ago, tracy said: No, just one of those auto-generated "obituaries". He liked a tweet less than 24 hours ago. Oh I can’t believe this - I’d half typed a ‘are they FFBI?’ Message to Committee when I saw that link that he was dead and laughed at myself and deleted it. I’m a dummy! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted January 1, 2023 14 minutes ago, Grim Up North said: Oh I can’t believe this - I’d half typed a ‘are they FFBI?’ Message to Committee when I saw that link that he was dead and laughed at myself and deleted it. I’m a dummy! He’s not really famous anyway. Only really famous because he is posted that he is dying on Twitter for the likes and sympathy. He was on my list but removed him as he will hardly be a memorable pick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,439 Posted January 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: Here are my three delicious Crumble Teams straight out of the oven! I managed to choose 44 Unique picks out of 60 in 2022. Looking forward to seeing if I have managed to achieve even higher than that in 2023- which is what I am hoping for! APRICOT CRUMBLE 1)June Kenton (Businesswoman owner lingerie company Rigby and Peller who were stripped of their royal warrant after being indiscrete about female royal customers in a book) (JOKER) 2) Gary Tobian (US Olympic Diver) 3) Alison Halford (Controversial Ex British policewoman who accused the police of tapping her phone in a court case. Latterly a politician in Wales) 4)Martin Albrow (british sociologist) 5) Ann Thwaite (author) 6) Peter Atkins (british chemist ,author) 7) Esther Shapiro 8)Ann Clwyd (ex labour mp) 9) Teodor Zamfir (Romanian who had a documentary award nominated film about him for his indirect role in bringing down the Romanian communist dictatorship in the 1980s) 10) Charlie Drummond (UK Big Brother star) 11) Ray Russell (session musician and composer) 12) Barbara Clark (british cancer sufferer and campaigner for access to breast cancer drug herceptin-prominent mid 2000s) 13) Michael Fagan (broke into Queens bedroom 1982) 14) Lynette Burrows (journalist author) 15) Colin McColl (former head of British intelligence services) 16) Polly Perkins 17)Frank Zane 18) Elspeth Ballantyne 19) Tamie Fraser 20) Paul Morrisey (American film director associated with Andy Warhol) Subs Vera Miles, Ronnie Knight, Rosie Gaines BLUEBERRY CRUMBLE 1)Kathleen Willey (figure in the 1998 Lewinsky scandal-accused Bill Clinton of sexual harassment in tv interview)(JOKER) 2) Paddy McNally (Irish millionaire through sports hospitality and ex boyfriend of Sarah Ferguson/The Duchess of York) 3) Faith Brown 4) Peter Pinne (Composer and writer cowrote theme song to Sons and daughters) 5) Stedman Pearson (five star band member) 6) Scott Madsen (original soloflex model) 7) Bill Spence (English writer of romantic fiction under pseudonym Jessica Blair) 8)Barbara Carrera 9) Henry Boyd Carpenter (former solicitor to Queen Elizabeth ll) 10) Elaine Storkey (philosopher and contributor to Radio 4 thought for the day) 11) Ted Shackleford 12) Torben Ulrich 13)Leonard Hayflick 14) Pattie Boyd 15) Micky Fawcett (criminal Kray associate and author) 16) Peter Kilfoyle 17) Bob Mackie (fashion designer) 18) Robbie Humphries (Child actor who was the Milky bar kid in tv adverts 1983-1986) 19) Tom McLeish (british theoretical physicist) 20) Carole Skinner (aussie actress) Subs Jacqueline White Ed Fury Phil Creswick GOOSEBERRY CRUMBLE 1) Beverley Craven (JOKER) 2) William Gage (retired british judge, presided over Jill Dando murder trial) 3)Jefferson King ( former tv Gladiator) 4)Peter Christian (Liverpool actor Starred in Brookside) 5)Alan Beith (Lord Beith) 6)Donald Wolfe (american screenwriter, film editor and author of book The assaination of Marilyn Monroe) 7) Elizabeth Filkin (senior UK civil servant , former parliamentary commissioner for standards) 8) Michael Tucker (LA LAW actor) 9) Peter Russell Clarke (australian celebrity chef) 10) Marcia Ashton (Brookside actress) 11)Jess Conrad 12) Daniel Filipacchi (French photographer) 13) Roger Cook 14) Bryan Organ (portrait artist, godfather to Prince Harry) 15) Jill Forster (british born australian actress) 16)Deniece Williams 17) Norman Coburn (australian actor, Donald Fisher in Home and away) 18)Rupert McGuigan (former Private Secretary to Princess Anne) 19) K Callan (US actress played Clark Kents mum in Lois and Clark and briefly Bobby Ewings mother in law in Dallas as mum of April Stevens) 20) Dick Malone (Scottish footballer and played in 1973 FA Cup final on the winning side) Subs Christina Crawford Gary Myers Ron Morris Olympian Quite a few off my own radar which, as a collector of notable oldies, I can only congratulate. Ann Clwyd was forced out iirc. Thought Jess Conrad dead but confusing him with Robert! Good luck with beating your unique records! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted January 1, 2023 TO KILL A GABOR SISTER Gianluca Vialli - JOKER George Alagiah Rob Burrow Simon Cowell (wildlife guy) Frank Field Roberta Flack Randy Gonzalez (Enkyboys) Rolf Harris Jonnie Irwin Randy Jackson (American Idol) Frank McGarvey Steve McMichael Linda Nolan Larry Pressler Johnny Ruffo Ryuichi Sakamoto Mutulu Shakur Nigel Starmer-Smith Michael Tilson Thomas James Whale subs: Faye Fantarrow Jimmy Carter Jango Edwards 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,439 Posted January 1, 2023 Good to see you back in the DDP again, @RadGuy! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,903 Posted January 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: For the benefit of pool runners @Death Impends and @gcreptile The Peter Christian actor in my Gooseberry team is the 75 year old Liverpool actor who played Frank Rogers in Brookside and not another actor called Peter Christian. In the initial information I submitted I wrongly described Gary Tobian as a swimmer not diver in my Apricot Crumble team. Cheers! I was considering a Brookside theme team this year, but went with Crown Court for my TV show of yesteryear. Is Peter ill or is it just a punt? My Crown Court Theme. A Bottle of Lucozade and the Warm Blanket. 1. Barbara Young 2. Jill Freud 3. Malcolm Hebdon 4. Geoff Hinsliff 5. William Gaunt 6. Tony Caunter 7. Vernon Dobtcheff 8.Richard Wilson 9. Caroline Blakiston 10. Doreen Mantle 11. Eleanor Bron 12. Arnold Yarrow 13. Robert Powell 14. Keith Clifford 15. Peter Ellis 16. Norman Bowler 17. Michael Jayston 18. Nadia Cattouse 19. Frances White 20. Judy Parfitt. I have also resubmitted my Lost of the Lost and Well Done if you got these at home themes. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theoldlady 2,298 Posted January 1, 2023 (edited) Here is theoldlady`s list: 1/20 + my Joker R.I.P. Gianaluca Vialli - Joker Derek Draper Rolf Harris Gavin Robertson Kat Bjelland Tim Bilton Vladimir Putin Frank Field Rhod Gilbert Violetta Chamorro Joe Exotic Rob Burrow James Whale Lucile Randon Nigel Starmer-Smith Linda Nolan George Alagiah Jonnie Irwin Jean Marie Le Pen Alberto Fugimori Edited January 12, 2023 by theoldlady Death of Vialli 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 859 Posted January 1, 2023 With Spade taking Dinamite, I'm now down to 2 solo punts Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marinade 18 Posted January 1, 2023 15 hours ago, ethnic cleansing said: I will need to use my alternate with the death of Jeremiah Green! Oh bugger! Had him, missed Frank McGarvey. I hope that's not indicative of my luck in 2023. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,338 Posted January 1, 2023 33 minutes ago, Handrejka said: I was considering a Brookside theme team this year, but went with Crown Court for my TV show of yesteryear. Is Peter ill or is it just a punt? My Crown Court Theme. A Bottle of Lucozade and the Warm Blanket. 1. Barbara Young 2. Jill Freud 3. Malcolm Hebdon 4. Geoff Hinsliff 5. William Gaunt 6. Tony Caunter 7. Vernon Dobtcheff 8.Richard Wilson 9. Caroline Blakiston 10. Doreen Mantle 11. Eleanor Bron 12. Arnold Yarrow 13. Robert Powell 14. Keith Clifford 15. Peter Ellis 16. Norman Bowler 17. Michael Jayston 18. Nadia Cattouse 19. Frances White 20. Judy Parfitt. I have also resubmitted my Lost of the Lost and Well Done if you got these at home themes. Peter is part punt and partly based on whispers in the acting fraternity in Liverpool that ended up reaching my ears. Your Crown Court team looks decent and solid. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted January 1, 2023 Surprised Dinamite hasn't got more traction, seems to be permanently in hospital with his cancer now and surely his spell at Barcelona gets him a QO no problem? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted January 1, 2023 It's somewhat funny how the players are taking away the unique picks from each other, in a way that you can't rely on them at all, unless they're extremely late news or extremely risky. Going for unique picks is ...probably... overrated, but it does come with bragging rights. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
