Summer in Transylvania 2,175 Posted August 26, 2023 1 hour ago, machotrouts said: it's enough to slide him back under my mother. 2 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted August 26, 2023 I did not have Bob Barker here. So as @machotrouts makes a welcome return to updates, we need another to add to the two already outstanding. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,964 Posted August 26, 2023 Barker my first hit. At #21 so not the worst thing in the world. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
machotrouts 828 Posted August 28, 2023 Ashes to Ashes, Cheek to Cheek The only person on this year's Inverse Dead Pool I've seen in concert, Henry Kissinger Tony Bennett has died at the age of 96. The crooner and Great American Songbook exhumer was noted for his longevity. His 1951 hit 'Because of You', a searing takedown of Kelly Clarkson's absent father, kickstarted a 7-decade career, and he remained active 5 years into his Alzheimer's diagnosis, when he last took to the stage to perform his signature song, 'Goddammit Where Did I Leave My Heart'. Unfortunately for the majority of us – 26 out of 50 picked him – he is not noted for his longevity in the Inverse Dead Pool 2023. ♪ She banked 24 points on Tony Bennett's life – that's why @theoldlady is a tramp. ♪ And she's not the only one: 24 points also go to my mother, who, following her 25-point hit for Burt Bacharach, becomes the first player to lose both her top 2, and unsurprisingly takes back last place. Sorry mum, putting your favourite musicians on top doesn't give them a protective shield. Other tramps include @BabyBlue Velvet and The @chilean way You Look Tonight, who both take 19-point hits. In fact, the only member of the current bottom 11 not to bet on Bennett is @Sir Creep, who goes from Rags to Riches – well, from #50 to #45. Meanwhile, there are two more players off zero, to the tune of 3 points for @Annami, and *22* points for poor @Alcalina. At least you'll be able to tell their usernames apart now. Other contenders failing to show longevity include @diego, who goes from 2 points to 12, and @machotrouts, who goes from 6 points to 13. Well, he looked fine to me at that concert. Granted, I was 9 at the time. It was in Edinburgh in 2000. He must have declined afterwards. Maybe he had a bad deep-fried Mars Bar. GAINED TOTAL = 1. LizLemon 0 = 1. tracy 0 = 1. Death Impends 0 = 1. Book 0 ▲ 5. Spade_Cooley 1 ▼ 6. Annami +3 3 ▲ 7. Grimgrass 4 ▲ 7. Nick 4 ▲ 9. Sean 6 ▼ 10. gcreptile +4 7 ▲ 11. Summer in Transylvania 9 ▲ 11. BuffaloPhil 9 ▲ 13. CaptainChorizo 10 ▲ 13. Joey Russ 10 ▲. 15. ThereWillBeDeaths7 11 ▼ 16. diego +10 12 = 16. Perhaps +2 12 ▼ 18. machotrouts +7 13 ▲ 18. The Unknown Man +2 13 ▲ 18. deadsox 13 ▲ 18. Grim Up North 13 ▼ 22. An Fear Beag +3 14 ▲ 23. MortalCaso 15 ▲ 24. Captain Hemlock 18 ▼ 25. Newjack +8 19 ▲ 25. Great Uncle Bulgaria 19 ▲ 27. Torva Messor 21 ▼ 28. Alcalina +22 22 ▲ 28. marinade +2 22 ▼ 30. wannamaker +7 23 ▲ 30. TQR 23 ▼ 32. Hell +8 24 ▼ 32. Pedro67 +7 24 ▼ 34. Funeralopolis +11 25 ▼ 35. Bibliogryphon +11 26 ▲ 35. YoungWillz 26 ▼ 37. nantonian2013 +4 27 ▲ 37. Toast 27 ▲ 39. En Passant 30 ▲ 40. TheSpinosaurus +1 33 ▼ 41. MariNisia +14 35 ▼ 42. The Old Crem +12 36 ▼ 43. CalebH +13 38 ▼ 44. chilean way +19 43 ▼ 45. BabyBlue +19 45 ▲ 45. Wormfarmer +5 45 ▲ 45. Sir Creep 45 ▼ 48. theoldlady +24 51 ▼ 49. msc +15 55 ▼ 50. machotrouts' mum +24 66 9 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
machotrouts 828 Posted September 7, 2023 Goodness Gracious, George Alagiah Journalist George Alagiah has George Ala-died-of bowel cancer at the age of 67. Best known as a newsreader, having presented BBC News at Six for the past 15 years, he was previously a foreign correspondent specialising in Africa and the developing world, in which time he interviewed deadpooling stars such as Nelson Mandela, Robert Mugabe, Desmond Tutu, and Maude Apatow. But irony struck in 2014, when it emerged that the former developing world correspondent was in fact developing a world of his own – of cancer, in his bowel. A Derby Dead Pool favourite since at least his 2018 cancer recurrence, even peaking at #1 in the Drop Forty last year – James Whale pipped him this year, which was possibly the last straw – Alagiah is much less popular on the Inverse Dead Pool, because that is the format of the game. I've got bad news to break to 3 of you. With 5 points on Alagiah, @theoldlady becomes the penultimate-placing player; 12 points causes @BuffaloPhil to make a big bowel movement down from #11 to #26; and it's a good thing @YoungWillz said "plummet" was one of his favourite words, because with a 24-point hit, that's exactly what he does, down to the bottom 4. GAINED TOTAL = 1. LizLemon 0 = 1. tracy 0 = 1. Death Impends 0 = 1. Book 0 = 5. Spade_Cooley 1 = 6. Annami 3 = 7. Grimgrass 4 = 7. Nick 4 = 9. Sean 6 = 10. gcreptile 7 = 11. Summer in Transylvania 9 ▲ 12. CaptainChorizo 10 ▲ 12. Joey Russ 10 ▲ 14. ThereWillBeDeaths7 11 ▲ 15. diego 12 ▲ 15. Perhaps 12 ▲ 17. machotrouts 13 ▲ 17. The Unknown Man 13 ▲ 17. deadsox 13 ▲ 17. Grim Up North 13 ▲ 21. An Fear Beag 14 ▲ 22. MortalCaso 15 ▲ 23. Captain Hemlock 18 ▲ 24. Newjack 19 ▲ 24. Great Uncle Bulgaria 19 ▼ 26. BuffaloPhil +12 21 ▲ 26. Torva Messor 21 = 28. Alcalina 22 = 28. marinade 22 = 30. wannamaker 23 = 30. TQR 23 = 32. Hell 24 = 32. Pedro67 24 = 34. Funeralopolis 25 = 35. Bibliogryphon 26 ▲ 36. nantonian2013 27 ▲ 36. Toast 27 ▲ 38. En Passant 30 ▲ 39. TheSpinosaurus 33 ▲ 40. MariNisia 35 ▲ 41. The Old Crem 36 ▲ 42. CalebH 38 ▲ 43. chilean way 43 ▲ 44. BabyBlue 45 ▲ 44. Wormfarmer 45 ▲ 44. Sir Creep 45 ▼ 47. YoungWillz +24 50 ▲ 48. msc 55 ▼ 49. theoldlady +5 56 = 50. machotrouts' mum 66 6 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theoldlady 2,300 Posted September 8, 2023 @machotrouts (re.: With 5 points on Alagiah, @theoldlady becomes the penultimate-placing player.) It is a pleasure for me to inform your mum that soon she will not be at the bottom of the list as I will have -71 points because of the passing of Bob Barker, when that update is completed! (-15 what was I thinking when I did my list? ) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
machotrouts 828 Posted September 14, 2023 The Vice Is Tight Bob Barker has died at the age of 99. He was best known to US TV viewers for his 50-year game show presenting career, as host of 'Truth or Consequences' from 1956 to 1975, and 'The Price Is Right' from 1972 to 2007. He was best known to non-US TV viewers for nothing, as nobody televises deadpooling tournaments. An animal rights advocate, except when it comes to the right to fuck, he famously signed off episodes of The Price Is Right with the snappy catchphrase "This is Bob Barker reminding you to help control the pet population – have your pets spayed or neutered". He also once feuded with Inverse Dead Pool alumnus Betty White over the welfare of an elephant – he wanted it relocated to a sanctuary, and she wanted it kept in her local zoo, due to her subconscious desire to be trampled and finally taste the sweet unattainable release of death. Of interest to deadpoolers for his frailty and a series of falls, it was ultimately Alzheimer's that made a carker out of Barker, and none of us even knew he had it. Of course, by the end, neither did he. So who's paying the price for not being right? @Alcalina: COME ON DOWN! To 46th place, because you bet 24 points on Bob. Tough break for someone who had 0 points 3 updates ago. @Toast and @msc: REMAIN SEATED! You gain a respective 5 and 11 points without changing place at all, because the leaderboard is getting wide. In the more competitive half, reigning runner-up @Sean – who is technically the #1 seed for this contest, as @YorkshireBanker didn't come back – drops from 9th to 16th with 7 points. @Spade_Cooley and @Annami get tagged for a nice reason – they're back in the top 5, as @Death Impends becomes the latest departure from the Zero Club, with 5 points. That leaves 3 players still on 0 as we enter the last 33% of the year: @LizLemon, @tracy, and @Book. As for @theoldlady... well, she can always blame the wheel: GAINED TOTAL = 1. LizLemon 0 = 1. tracy 0 = 1. Book 0 ▲ 4. Spade_Cooley 1 ▲ 5. Annami 3 ▲ 6. Grimgrass 4 ▲ 6. Nick 4 ▼ 8. Death Impends +5 5 ▲ 9. gcreptile 7 ▲ 10. Summer in Transylvania 9 ▲ 11. Joey Russ 10 ▲ 12. ThereWillBeDeaths7 11 ▼ 13. CaptainChorizo +2 12 ▲ 13. diego 12 ▲ 13. Perhaps 12 ▼ 16. Sean +7 13 = 17. machotrouts 13 = 17. The Unknown Man 13 = 17. deadsox 13 = 17. Grim Up North 13 = 21. An Fear Beag 14 = 22. MortalCaso 15 = 23. Captain Hemlock 18 = 24. Great Uncle Bulgaria 19 ▼ 25. Newjack +1 20 = 26. BuffaloPhil 21 = 26. Torva Messor 21 = 28. marinade 22 ▲ 29. wannamaker 23 ▲ 29. TQR 23 ▲ 31. Hell 24 ▲ 31. Pedro67 24 ▲ 33. Funeralopolis 25 ▲ 34. Bibliogryphon 26 ▲ 35. nantonian2013 27 = 36. Toast +5 32 ▼ 37. TheSpinosaurus +2 35 ▲ 37. MariNisia 35 ▲ 39. The Old Crem 36 ▼ 40. En Passant +7 37 ▲ 41. CalebH 38 ▲ 42. chilean way 43 ▲ 43. BabyBlue 45 ▲ 43. Sir Creep 45 ▼ 45. Alcalina +24 46 ▼ 46. Wormfarmer +2 47 = 47. YoungWillz 50 = 48. msc +11 66 ▲ 48. machotrouts' mum 66 ▼ 50. theoldlady +15 71 This is Bob Barker reminding you to help control the machotrouts population – have his mum spayed or neutered. 9 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theoldlady 2,300 Posted September 14, 2023 This is Bob Barker reminding you to help control the machotrouts population – have his mum spayed or neutered. NB! I’m telling your mum about this…..would like to be a fly on your wall….. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted October 21, 2023 I refused to pick Bobby Charlton here. But did you? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,573 Posted October 27, 2023 On 21/10/2023 at 16:29, YoungWillz said: I refused to pick Bobby Charlton here. But did you? I copped for 5 points on Bobby which won't damage my (already poor) standing too much. In fact if some people picked him higher I could actually climb places However if Putin does go it is game over for me 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThereWillBeDeaths7 722 Posted October 27, 2023 3 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said: However if Putin does go it is game over for me Same for me I placed Trump and Putin on the top of my list as a sort of win-win. Happy either way: I do well in this game or the world has a reason to celebrate 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
machotrouts 828 Posted November 6, 2023 We're Short of a Bob or Two Bobby Charlton has died at the age of 86, becoming the Inverse Dead Pool's second consecutive Bob lost to dementia. Despite living in the shadow of his brother, over-60s walking-football champion Tommy Charlton, Bobby was an accomplished football player in his own right. A member of the winning 1966 England World Cup squad, he also famously survived the Munich air disaster – at least for the initial 65 years before he finally succumbed to his injuries. The pinnacle of his career came in 1983, when he became director of my hometown team, Wigan Athletic – a cruel oxymoron, given the quantities of pie we eat. In later life, he went from Ballon d'Or to Death's d'Or. Diagnosed with dementia at an unspecified point before 2020 – he couldn't remember when – he lived out his final years in Ribsmasher Windowsills Care Home, a choice that would be his tragic undoing. Bobby suffered complications from a fall, after Lionel Blair, Jim Bowen, and Keith Chegwin strapped him into a pillory and pulled his trousers down. He is survived by his wife, Norma Ball – and now, indeed, there is no more ball. 22 of you picked him – enough to fill a football pitch. I think it's all over for @msc, found dribbling his way back to last place with 13 points for a total of 79. @Alcalina continues his catastrophic streak with another 18 points – still in 1st place with 0 points just 4 leaderboard updates ago, he's now 47th with 64. Alcalina's aliterative partner @Annami suffers similar misfortune – with 20 points on Bobby, she's out of the top 5, and indeed the top 22. Also off the winning team is @Nick – a 9-point own goal takes him to a total of 13, putting him in 13th (note that we're now in the phase of the game where half the points match the rankings). On the bright side, those two players help @Death Impends rise from 8th to 7th despite a 4-point penalty, and @Bibliogryphon is right about 5 points not doing him much harm – he goes from 34th to 31st. Good news also for @Grimgrass, whose grass expertise no doubt helped on the pitch – their Bobby-free team slides into the top 5. But the top 4 – including the three nil-pointers – remain unfouled. Could these be the first three players in this pool's history to see out a full year without a hit? GAINED TOTAL = 1. LizLemon 0 = 1. tracy 0 = 1. Book 0 = 4. Spade_Cooley 1 ▲ 5. Grimgrass 4 ▲ 6. gcreptile 7 ▲ 7. Death Impends +4 9 ▲ 7. Summer in Transylvania 9 ▲ 9. Joey Russ 10 ▲ 10. ThereWillBeDeaths7 11 ▲ 11. diego 12 ▲ 11. Perhaps 12 ▼ 13. Nick +9 13 ▲ 13. machotrouts 13 ▲ 13. The Unknown Man 13 ▲ 13. Grim Up North 13 ▲ 17. An Fear Beag 14 ▲ 18. MortalCaso 15 ▼ 19. Sean +5 18 ▼ 19. deadsox +5 18 ▼ 21. CaptainChorizo +7 19 ▲ 21. Great Uncle Bulgaria 19 ▲ 23. Torva Messor +1 22 ▼ 24. Annami +20 23 ▲ 24. wannamaker 23 ▲ 24. TQR 23 ▼ 27. Captain Hemlock +6 24 ▼ 27. BuffaloPhil +3 24 ▼ 29. marinade +3 25 ▲ 30. Pedro67 +3 27 ▼ 31. Newjack +11 31 ▲ 31. Bibliogryphon +5 31 ▲ 33. Toast 32 ▲ 34. TheSpinosaurus 35 ▼ 35. Hell +12 36 ▲ 35. The Old Crem 36 ▼ 37. nantonian2013 +10 37 ▲ 37. En Passant 37 ▼ 39. Funeralopolis +13 38 ▲ 39. CalebH 38 ▼ 41. MariNisia +7 42 ▲ 42. BabyBlue 45 = 43. Sir Creep +2 47 ▼ 44. chilean way +5 48 ▲ 45. YoungWillz 50 = 46. Wormfarmer +14 61 ▼ 47. Alcalina +18 64 = 48. machotrouts' mum 66 ▲ 49. theoldlady 71 ▼ 50. msc +13 79 9 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted November 20, 2023 Johnny Ruffo update required here. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
machotrouts 828 Posted November 28, 2023 Ruffo Tumbles As if poor Australia wasn't busy enough mourning Rolf Harris – Johnny Ruffo has died of brain cancer at the age of 35. Coming to fame as a finalist in 'The X Factor Australia' (the Australian version of The X Factor) in 2011, he went on to win 'Dancing with the Stars Australia' (the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars) in 2012. He also pursued a pop career, with ARIA top 30 hits including 'On Top' – a song about where he keeps his tumours – and 'Take It Home', which includes the haunting lyric "I love the way she mess with my head", a prophetic shout-out to the brain surgeons who'd one day try to save him. In 2013, he turned to acting, playing the role of Chris Harrington in 'Home and Away Australia' – sorry, 'Home and Away' – until he left in 2016 "to pursue new challenges". Unfortunately, he got his wish, being diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2017. 5 years later, he was triggering deadpoolers' Google Alerts on the phrase "one last Christmas". So how's this update for players – rough? Oh, not really – only 11 of you picked him, and most of those 11 put him near the bottom of their team, so they're not doing too badly. Just Ruffo round the edges, you might say. The race for last place is a marathon, not a sprint – after 0 points for the first 5 hits, and 79 points for the last 5 hits (including 15 from Ruffo), @Alcalina is now in the running for the coveted #50 spot. A beautiful underdog story. However, @msc, who was already on 79 points, defends his status as biggest loser, gaining an extra 5 points to consolidate his "lead". More interestingly, we do have movement on our actual lead, as one of our three remaining 0-pointers has become a 7-pointer: @Book has booked it down the leaderboard to 5th. Book 'em, Ruffo! 2 players remain on 0 points: @LizLemon and @tracy. That feels like destiny. GAINED TOTAL = 1. LizLemon 0 = 1. tracy 0 ▲ 3. Spade_Cooley 1 ▲ 4. Grimgrass 4 ▼ 5. Book +7 7 ▲ 5. gcreptile 7 = 7. Death Impends 9 = 7. Summer in Transylvania 9 = 9. Joey Russ 10 = 10. ThereWillBeDeaths7 +1 12 ▲ 10. diego 12 ▲ 10. Perhaps 12 = 13. Nick 13 = 13. machotrouts 13 = 13. The Unknown Man 13 = 13. Grim Up North 13 ▲ 17. MortalCaso 15 ▼ 18. An Fear Beag +2 16 = 19. Sean 18 = 19. deadsox 18 = 21. Great Uncle Bulgaria 19 ▼ 22. CaptainChorizo +1 20 = 23. Torva Messor 22 = 24. Annami 23 = 24. wannamaker 23 ▼ 26. TQR +1 24 ▲ 26. BuffaloPhil 24 ▲ 28. marinade 25 ▲ 29. Pedro67 27 ▼ 30. Captain Hemlock +4 28 = 31. Newjack 31 = 31. Bibliogryphon 31 = 33. Toast 32 = 34. TheSpinosaurus 35 = 35. The Old Crem 36 ▲ 36. nantonian2013 37 ▲ 36. En Passant 37 ▲ 38. Funeralopolis 38 ▲ 38. CalebH 38 ▼ 40. Hell +3 39 = 41. MariNisia 42 = 42. BabyBlue 45 ▲ 43. YoungWillz 50 = 44. chilean way +4 52 ▼ 45. Sir Creep +8 55 = 46. Wormfarmer 61 ▲ 47. machotrouts' mum 66 ▲ 48. theoldlady 71 ▼ 49. Alcalina +15 79 = 50. msc +5 84 8 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,967 Posted November 28, 2023 18 minutes ago, machotrouts said: 2 players remain on 0 points: @LizLemon and @tracy. That feels like destiny. GAINED TOTAL = 1. LizLemon 0 = 1. tracy 0 That's curious! Fantastic update, as always. Have to admit, I did not expect this year to be one where some tactical choices would make the difference, i.e. picking people you actually expect to die in some lower slots, so that you can avoid picking some 50:50 picks. We haven't had 0-pointers in quite some time. Edit: actually, never! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted November 30, 2023 Kissinger update required. This will be fun. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,967 Posted November 30, 2023 LizLemon falls, too, but Tracy's 0 pts remain. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted November 30, 2023 Shane MacGowan update required after Kissinger also. This is madness. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,137 Posted November 30, 2023 Most points wins here, isn't it? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MortalCaso 1,625 Posted December 1, 2023 Well. I nearly went into December with only two hits and a good shot for a Top 10 position. November 29th-30th had other plans for me 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,387 Posted December 2, 2023 Oh whoops I royally fucked it. Thanks Shane. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
machotrouts 828 Posted December 12, 2023 I Am the Kissinger, and I Died and I Died Henry Kissinger, former US Secretary of (leaving the world in a) State, has died at the age of 100. The universally beloved diplomat leaves a legacy of harmony. He maintained global stability by couping democratically elected socialists to unite governments of the world in capitalist hegemony. He successfully negotiated a ceasefire in Vietnam by kindly helping Nixon undermine Lyndon B. Johnson's peace talks so he could make sure to do them properly himself. He brought peace to thousands of Cambodians by magnanimously carpet bombing them to death. He left Southeast Asia covered in landmines to help break up any fights between passers-by and their own legs. He enjoyed a long tenure as an elder statesman, advocating for bipartisanship between Republicans and Democrats by reminding them of their common enemy: human beings. He will also be fondly remembered for his sex appeal, with a dating history that includes Zsa Zsa Gabor – a testament to his longevity that this wasn't his primary claim to notoriety among deadpoolers. The iconic hunk was also said to have topped a 1972 poll of Playboy bunnies asked for "the man I would most like to go out on a date with". In recent years, he topped similar polls among war crime police investigators in Chile, Brazil, Spain, and France, countries he unfortunately couldn't make time to visit before his premature demise. Breaking the habit of a lifetime, he leaves a trail of destruction on the leaderboard. 13 points for @MariNisia! 14 points for @The Old Crem! 15 points for @Toast! 16 points for @Pedro67! 21 points for @YoungWillz! Well, no offence, none of you were doing that well anyway. 16 points also takes @theoldlady to a total of 87, putting her back in the running for worst player 2023, but 17 points helps @msc make it to 101 – more than Kissinger can say. Good players are losing out too – 15 points go to @Spade_Cooley, who plummets to his doom like a passenger in Pinochet's helicopter. He has to settle for joint 15th with the wretched @machotrouts, while the #3 spot is taken by @Grimgrass – there's a username who'd know about killing fields. Bad news also for @Death Impends – the top 7 is kissing 'er goodbye, with only 6 points being enough to drop her to #14. And finally – shut it down! It's the end of @LizLemon's perfect game. Blerg! She saw the #2 spot and said I want to go to there. 3 points – that's a dealbreaker, ladies! (For the uninitiated, these are all catchphrases associated with Henry Kissinger.) That leaves @tracy the last remaining member of the zero points club. But how long will that last? (Spoiler alert: as long as it takes me to post Shane MacGowan's update.) GAINED TOTAL = 1. tracy 0 ▼ 2. LizLemon +3 3 ▲ 3. Grimgrass 4 ▲ 4. Book 7 ▲ 4. gcreptile 7 ▲ 6. Summer in Transylvania 9 ▲ 7. Joey Russ 10 ▲ 8. ThereWillBeDeaths7 12 ▲ 8. diego 12 ▲ 8. Perhaps 12 ▲ 11. Nick 13 ▲ 11. The Unknown Man 13 ▲ 11. Grim Up North 13 ▼ 14. Death Impends +6 15 ▼ 15. Spade_Cooley +15 16 ▼ 15. machotrouts +3 16 ▲ 17. deadsox 18 ▲ 18. Great Uncle Bulgaria 19 ▼ 19. MortalCaso +5 20 ▲ 19. CaptainChorizo 20 ▲ 21. Torva Messor 22 ▼ 22. An Fear Beag +7 23 ▲ 22. Annami 23 ▲ 22. wannamaker 23 ▼ 25. Sean +6 24 ▲ 25. BuffaloPhil 24 ▲ 27. marinade 25 ▼ 28. TQR +2 26 ▲ 29. Captain Hemlock 28 ▲ 30. Newjack 31 ▲ 30. Bibliogryphon 31 ▲ 32. TheSpinosaurus 35 ▲ 33. nantonian2013 37 ▲ 33. En Passant 37 ▲ 35. Funeralopolis 38 ▲ 35. CalebH 38 ▲ 37. Hell 39 ▼ 38. Pedro67 +16 43 ▲ 39. BabyBlue 45 ▼ 40. Toast +15 47 ▼ 41. The Old Crem +14 50 ▲ 42. chilean way 52 ▼ 43. MariNisia +13 55 ▲ 44. Sir Creep +3 58 ▲ 45. Wormfarmer 61 ▲ 46. machotrouts' mum 66 ▼ 47. YoungWillz +21 71 ▲ 48. Alcalina 79 ▼ 49. theoldlady +16 87 ▼ 50. msc +17 101 9 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
machotrouts 828 Posted December 13, 2023 Gone Pogue The tooth fairy's had a word with the Grim Reaper – Shane MacGowan has died at the age of 65. Best known as a member of the band 'Various artists', whose 1997 single 'Perfect Day' makes him a miss for my #1 Hits DDP team, he was also the frontman of 'The Pogues'. Sometimes wrongly dismissed as one-hit wonders, their many charting singles include the 1987 #2 hit 'Fairytale of New York', the 1991 #36 hit 'Fairytale of New York', the 2005 #5 hit 'Fairytale of New York', the 2006 #6 hit 'Fairytale of New York', the 2007 #4 hit 'Fairytale of New York', the 2008 #12 hit 'Fairytale of New York', the 2009 #12 hit 'Fairytale of New York', the 2010 #17 hit 'Fairytale of New York', the 2011 #13 hit 'Fairytale of New York', the 2012 #12 hit 'Fairytale of New York', the 2013 #14 hit 'Fairytale of New York', the 2014 #11 hit 'Fairytale of New York', the 2015 #13 hit 'Fairytale of New York', the 2016 #15 hit 'Fairytale of New York', the 2017 #5 hit 'Fairytale of New York', the 2018 #4 hit 'Fairytale of New York', the 2019 #4 hit 'Fairytale of New York', the 2020 #4 hit 'Fairytale of New York', the 2021 #4 hit 'Fairytale of New York', the 2022 #9 hit 'Fairytale of New York', and the 2023 #TBC hit 'Fairytale of New York'. One of their hits, 'Fairytale of New York', has caused controversy over the years, as the notorious Kirsty MacColl lyric, "you're cheap and you're haggard", was censored out of respect for MacGowan's physical state. Unfortunately, the replacement line, a non-sequitur denunciation of poor-quality meatballs, proved even more inflammatory. The annual culture war has sadly tainted the song for me, as a proud member of the maggot community. Long popular with casual deadpoolers for his hard-living, dentist-upsetting lifestyle, MacGowan became of more interest to serious death connoisseurs (and nervous Inverse Dead Pool players) during this year's 11-month hospital stay, as his wife tantalised our draft teams with photos of him lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed. Unfortunately, he couldn't hold out long enough to be elected Jimmy Carter's vice president in the 2024 Drop Forty. In accordance with 'Fairytale of New York' tradition, he was taken home, given his last rites, and peacefully run over by a speedboat, surrounded by family and friends. Stiff competition for which player is worst off, but it's checkmate for @En Passant – he chose Shane as his king, and gains a full 25 points. Even worse, it's the end of @tracy's legendary pointless run, with a gain of... 1 point, and a fall from 1st to... still 1st. But it would be quicker to just congratulate the 11 of you who didn't pick him: @theoldlady (turns out this is a place for the old), @YoungWillz, @Wormfarmer, @MariNisia, @CalebH, @TheSpinosaurus (now why doesn't that tag work... oh, they changed their name to @The Immortal), @Sean, who jumps from 25th to 9th; @CaptainChorizo, who jumps from 19th to 8th; @diego and @Perhaps, who jump from joint 8th to joint 3rd; and @LizLemon, who jumps on the spot, from 2nd to... still 2nd. GAINED TOTAL = 1. tracy +1 1 = 2. LizLemon 3 ▲ 3. diego 12 ▲ 3. Perhaps 12 ▼ 5. gcreptile +6 13 ▼ 6. Grimgrass +10 14 = 7. Joey Russ +5 15 ▲ 8. CaptainChorizo 20 ▼ 9. Book +17 24 ▼ 9. Summer in Transylvania +15 24 ▲ 9. Sean 24 ▲ 12. Spade_Cooley +10 26 ▼ 13. Grim Up North +14 27 ▲ 14. deadsox +10 28 ▲ 15. wannamaker +6 29 ▼ 16. Nick +17 30 ▲ 17. MortalCaso +11 31 ▼ 18. machotrouts +16 32 ▼ 19. ThereWillBeDeaths7 +22 34 ▼ 19. The Unknown Man +21 34 ▼ 21. Death Impends +20 35 = 21. Torva Messor +13 35 ▲ 21. The Immortal (née TheSpinosaurus) 35 ▼ 24. Great Uncle Bulgaria +18 37 ▲ 24. Bibliogryphon +6 37 ▲ 26. CalebH 38 ▼ 27. An Fear Beag +17 40 = 28. TQR +18 44 = 29. Captain Hemlock +17 45 ▼ 30. Annami +24 47 ▼ 30. BuffaloPhil +23 47 ▼ 30. marinade +22 47 ▼ 33. Newjack +20 51 ▼ 34. nantonian2013 +18 55 ▲ 34. BabyBlue +10 55 ▲ 34. MariNisia 55 ▲ 37. Pedro67 +14 57 ▲ 37. The Old Crem +7 57 ▼ 39. Funeralopolis +21 59 ▲ 40. Wormfarmer 61 ▼ 41. En Passant +25 62 ▼ 41. Hell +23 62 ▼ 43. Toast +21 68 ▲ 44. YoungWillz 71 ▼ 45. Sir Creep +14 72 ▼ 46. chilean way +22 74 ▲ 47. Alcalina +7 86 ▼ 48. machotrouts' mum +21 87 ▲ 48. theoldlady 87 = 50. msc +12 113 9 4 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,137 Posted December 13, 2023 Brilliant summary 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,964 Posted December 13, 2023 Suddenly feeling nostalgic for the DL front page's Reg Presley obit, one of their last great write ups. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites