Gooseberry Crumble 5,211 Posted December 23, 2023 8 hours ago, Sod's Law said: First full day as a site user. Might as well get stuck in, and I'll try and make my top pick a more obscure one. 1. G. William Whitehurst (US politician) 2. Jimmy Carter 3. Frank Field 4. Ahmed Osman (Moroccan prime minister) 5. Queen Ratna of Nepal 6. Norman Tebbit 7. Eddie Adami (Maltese PM) 8. Yasuo Fukuda (Japanese PM) 9. Jacques Delors 10. Elizabeth Shields (MP) Subs: King Salman, Dennis Skinner, Dick Cheney, Michael Heseltine Really wouldn't surprise me if Carter 'pulled a Benedict' and kicked the bucket on the 31st December btw. Welcome to the forum. Lots of great pools on here but I especially recommend you partake in @An Fear Beag Hares Deadpool, the Derby deadpool, @John Key Shadowlist pool and @gcreptile Death by numbers. Enjoy and immerse yourself! 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,211 Posted December 23, 2023 Here is my team. Thanks for running this pool! 1.Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (former President of Liberia) 2. Mark Eyskens (former PM of Belgium) 3. Roy Moore (fmr Alabama Senator candidate) 4. Moses Ali (fmr Deputy PM of Uganda) 5. George Walden (previous tory mp for Buckingham) 6. Hamed Bin Isa Al Khalifa ( The King of Bahrain) 7. Jean Baptiste Philippe Oue draogo (fmr President of Burkina Faso) 8. Vaughan Lewis (fmr PM of St Lucia) 9. Alastair Goodlad (former tory chief whip and mp for Eddisbury) 10. Nicos Anastasiades (fmr President of Cyprus) Subs George Howarth British Labour mp Vigdis Finnbogadottir fmr President of Iceland. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 14,847 Posted December 23, 2023 6 hours ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: Welcome to the forum. Lots of great pools on here but I especially recommend you partake in @An Fear Beag Hares Deadpool, the Derby deadpool, @John Key Shadowlist pool and @gcreptile Death by numbers. Enjoy and immerse yourself! Also look out for a couple of pools that rumble on until there's a winner. There's a TV equivalent to the Silver Screen pool too. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Summer in Transylvania 1,618 Posted December 23, 2023 30 minutes ago, Toast said: Also look out for a couple of pools that rumble on until there's a winner. The Crazy Eight Dead Pool, too. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 8,662 Posted December 23, 2023 If you are here regularly enough to keep up then the 20/20 +4 starts at the Sttrike of Midnight on New Year's eve though once it has started you can join in at any time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,355 Posted December 24, 2023 On 23/12/2023 at 06:40, Gooseberry Crumble said: Welcome to the forum. Lots of great pools on here but I especially recommend you partake in @An Fear Beag Hares Deadpool, the Derby deadpool, @John Key Shadowlist pool and @gcreptile Death by numbers. Enjoy and immerse yourself! @Sod's Law: I second Gooseberry's recommendation to join the excellent Hares Deadpool Easy as anything- with the 10 names you have there, you are already 40% of the way towards a Hares team! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheKillingTime 17 Posted December 25, 2023 1.Jimmy Carter 2. Mahathir Mohamad 3.Jean Marie Le Pen 4.Vigdís Finnbogadóttir 5.Jean Chritien 6.Pat Dodson 7.Jose Mujica 8.Alberto Fujimori 9.Ralph Nader 10. Donald J. Trump subs Dries van Agt ,King Samon,Pope Francis 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeathByArsenic 44 Posted December 25, 2023 1.Jimmy Carter 2. Jacques Delors 3.Frank Field 4.Alfred Moisiu 5.Queen Sirikit 6.Édouard Balladur 7.Mitch McConnell 8.John Howard(Australian Politician) 9. Moses Ali 10.Manuel Alegre(Loser of Portugese Presidential Election) subs Zhu Rongj Pedro Pires 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,906 Posted December 26, 2023 1Jimmy Carter 2Taisto Tähkämaa 3Roland Dumas 4Antero Laukkanen 5Violeta Chamorro 6Jose Sarney 7Pat Danner 8Paulo Maluf 9Michael Hardie Boys 10Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas subs Frank Field Dries van Agt 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LizLemon 58 Posted December 26, 2023 1- Jimmy Carter 2- Larry Pressler 3- Frank Field 4- Isabel Peron 5- Imelda Marcos 6- Madeleine Kunin 7- Jean Carnahan 8- Norman Tebbit 9- Raul Castro 10- Lois Capps Subs- Herb Kohl, Richard Petty, Dennis Skinner 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
La Tombe 265 Posted December 27, 2023 My list : 1. Jimmy Carter 2. Bernadette Chirac 3. Abdoulaye Wade 4. Raul Castro (Jacques Delors already dead) 5. King Albert II of Belgium 6. Jean-Marie Le Pen 7. Paul Biya 8. Edouard Balladur 9. King Harald V of Norway 10. Akihito subs : Pope Francis, Jean Chrétien, Queen Margareth of Denmark 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theoldlady 1,994 Posted December 27, 2023 (edited) Thanks for running this game! 1/10 for 8 points @wannamakerplease note changes due to the Death of Jacques Delors 1. Jimmy Carter 2. Violette Chamorro 3. Jacques Delors dies before start of game 3. Frank Field (8 points) 4. Norman Tebbit 5. Alberto Fugimori 6. Lech Walesa 7. Ion Iliescu 8. Raul Castro 9.Joseph R. Biden 10. Douglas Hurd subs: 1. Douglas Hurd moves up 1. Jean Marie Le Pen 2. Larry Pressler 3. King Harald V of Norway (new) Edited Wednesday at 20:38 by theoldlady Death of Field 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
P94 36 Posted December 27, 2023 My list: Jimmy Carter (USA) Ion Iliescu (Romania) Daniel Ortega (Nicaragua) Alexander Lukashenko (Belarus) Vladimir Meciar (Slovakia) Valdas Adamkus (Lithuania) Peter Boross (Hungary) John Major (United Kingdom) Anibal Cavaco Silva (Portugal) Jean Chretien (Canada) Substitutions: Viktor Zubkov (Russia), Kazimira Prunskiene (Lithuania), Heinz Fischer (Austria), Lech Wałęsa (Poland), Felipe Gonzalez (Spain) 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sod's Law 219 Posted December 27, 2023 On 22/12/2023 at 21:48, Sod's Law said: First full day as a site user. Might as well get stuck in, and I'll try and make my top pick a more obscure one. 1. G. William Whitehurst (US politician) 2. Jimmy Carter 3. Frank Field 4. Ahmed Osman (Moroccan prime minister) 5. Queen Ratna of Nepal 6. Norman Tebbit 7. Eddie Adami (Maltese PM) 8. Yasuo Fukuda (Japanese PM) 9. Jacques Delors 10. Elizabeth Shields (MP) Subs: King Salman, Dennis Skinner, Dick Cheney, Michael Heseltine Really wouldn't surprise me if Carter 'pulled a Benedict' and kicked the bucket on the 31st December btw. Damn it. My first year playing this and one of my picks just popped his clogs before the year's out. Can I sub Salman for Monsieur Delors? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wannamaker 1,070 Posted December 27, 2023 I've already subbed everyone that had Delors btw 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeathBecomesThem 15 Posted December 27, 2023 1. Jimmy Carter 2. Frank Field 3. George Mitchell 4. Violetta Chamorro 5. Vigdís Finnbogadóttir 6. Clint Eastwood 7. Jean-Marie Le Pen 8. Sander Levin 9. Grace Napolitano 10. Mitch McConnell Subs: S1- Isabel Peron S2- Alberto Fujimori 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Imelda 606 Posted December 27, 2023 1 Jimmy Carter 2 Frank Field 3 Douglas Hurd 4 Dick Cheney 5 Jean-Marie Le Pen 6 Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud 7 Josip Manolić 8 Khaleda Zia 9 Song Ping 10 Milos Zeman S1 George Howarth S2 Violeta Chamorro 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve 423 Posted December 28, 2023 10 hours ago, wannamaker said: I've already subbed everyone that had Delors btw @wannamaker you did not sub Delors on my list. Chamorro should move up to replace Delors who I had in position 2, thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wannamaker 1,070 Posted December 28, 2023 30 minutes ago, Steve said: @wannamaker you did not sub Delors on my list. Chamorro should move up to replace Delors who I had in position 2, thanks. Well, I can't edit your posts mate! Also, every sub will be in the 10th position unless you guys specifically say where do you want your Delors replacement to go. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve 423 Posted December 28, 2023 4 minutes ago, wannamaker said: Well, I can't edit your posts mate! Also, every sub will be in the 10th position unless you guys specifically say where do you want your Delors replacement to go. Done, post now edited requesting that Chamorro (1st sub) to move up to 2nd position for the now deceased Delors Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hell 1,327 Posted December 28, 2023 Jimmy Carter Frank Field Violeta Chamorro Jean Marie Le Pen Khamtai Siphandone Guillermo Rodriguez Lara Larry Pressler Daniel J. Evans George Ariyoshi Rudy Boschwitz Subs Zhu Rongji Nikolai Ryzhkov Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,181 Posted December 30, 2023 Team submitted. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Daredevil 1,098 Posted December 30, 2023 1. Jimmy Carter 2. Frank Field 3. Guillermo Rodriguez 4. Josip Manolic 5. Jean-Marie Le Pen 6. Khamtai Siphandone 7. Tomiichi Murayama 8. Dennis Skinner 9. Pope Francis 10. Alberto Fujimori Subs Dick Cheney José Sarney 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heef 166 Posted December 31, 2023 1. Vojislav Šešelj 2. Nikolai Ryzhkov 3. Mátyás Szűrös 4. Milan Panić 5. Josip Manolić 6. Lech Wałęsa 7. Alexander Bessmertnykh 8. Artur Rasizade 9. Biljana Plavšić 10. Raif Dizdarević Reserves 11. Philippe Morillon 12. Mart-Olav Niklus 13. Diego Arria And yes, I have recently watched the superb BBC documentary The Death of Yugoslavia. What of it? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johnnas 22 Posted December 31, 2023 Here's my team, thanks for the pool 1. Jimmy Carter 2. Philippe de Gaulle 3. Tomiichi Murayama 4. Kim Yong-Nam 5. Guillermo Rodriguez Lara 6. Violeta Chamorro 7. Mahathir Mohamad 8. Alberto Fujimori 9. Aung San Suu Kyi 10. Arthur Foulkes Subs: Dick Cheney Isabel Peron 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
