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This Field Cannot Be Left Frank

 

Frank Field, the Birkenhead Social Justice Party MP for Birkenhead from 2019 to 2019 – also previously known for his brief 40-year stint as a Labour MP – has died of prostate cancer at the age of 81.

 

A small-c conservative who was repeatedly courted for a potential defection by the big-C Conservatives – a party he was a member of in his youth – Field was considered a "maverick" and "independent thinker" in the Labour Party. He advocated for the return of national service, proposed further restrictions on immigration and abortion, denounced Jeremy Corbyn as a "force for anti-Semitism in British politics", featured on the Telegraph's list of the UK's "100 most influential Right-wingers", and was personal friends with Enoch Powell and Margaret Thatcher – all the usual signifiers of a Labour MP – but also, uncharacteristically for his party, campaigned against child poverty. Thankfully, he left before Starmer had to suspend him for these extreme left-wing beliefs.

 

Despite being the 13th least picked candidate in the Inverse Dead Pool 2024, things were on the uptick for him – he was the 11th least picked in 2023, and the least picked outright in 2022, the year after he first checked into hospice care. I look forward to writing Jimmy Carter's obit in 2026.

 

Former Inverse champions @Bibliogryphon and @YorkshireBanker are among the few who fielded Field as a candidate, but they only risked a respective 2 and 3 points on it. Someone whose chances have been levelled by playing Field, with 15 points, is @GuyFromFuture. Frankly, I'm beginning to think you aren't really from the future at all.

 

Much like Frank when he went for his prostate exam 10 years ago, we have movement at the bottom. With my mum's team mainly being whoever she doesn't want to die, I have an outsize influence on her picks in the short descriptions I give of people she isn't really familiar with – "Frank Field, Labour MP" got 14 points, but if I'd described him as "Frank Field, hardline Brexiteer", it'd probably be 0. So, arguably, I'm responsible for her taking back last place. You're welcome, @diego.

 

      GAINED TOTAL
= 1. TQR   0
= 1. Grimgrass   0
= 1. Captain Hemlock   0
= 1. wannamaker   0
= 1. arghton   0
= 1. chilean way   0
= 1. Spade_Cooley   0
= 1. The Immortal   0
= 1. Toast   0
= 1. Great Uncle Bulgaria   0
= 1. The Old Crem   0
= 1. MariNisia   0
= 1. Pedro67   0
= 1. machotrouts   0
= 1. Clorox Bleachman   0
= 1. ladyfiona   0
= 17. deadsox   1
= 17. Summer in Transylvania   1
= 17. Hell   1
= 20. Nick   2
= 21. Death Impends   3
22. An Fear Beag   5
22. Perhaps   5
22. theoldlady   5
25. Bibliogryphon +2 6
25. Lafaucheuse   6
= 27. CastAway   7
= 27. Funeralopolis   7
29. YoungWillz   8
29. Book   8
31. Newjack +2 9
31. Annami   9
= 33. tracy   10
= 34. Joltin Joe   11
= 35. JoeMoneypenny   12
= 36. CaptainChorizo   13
= 36. Famous6Eva   13
= 36. Torva Messor   13
= 39. Bentrovato   14
= 39. LizLemon   14
= 41. BuffaloPhil   18
42. livingbygrace   19
42. MalePoster   19
44. The Unknown Man   21
45. YorkshireBanker +3 22
45. Sleepiestpeep   22
47. maryportfuncity   23
47. Thatcher   23
47. gcreptile   23
50. MortalCaso   25
51. En Passant   28
52. Sideik   29
53. max_bossetti   30
54. GuyFromFuture +15 33
55. msc +8 36
55. diego   36
57. machotrouts' mum +14 48

  

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Well, Rob Burrow not on my team I assume. Was he on yours?

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Cowell a hit for six of us (not me!)

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Just now, TQR said:

Cowell a hit for six of us (not me!)

I'll take the 2 point hit. Yay...

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Just now, YoungWillz said:

I'll take the 2 point hit. Yay...

 

And, in other news, I'll replace the fucking FOURTH DNS from my draft DL Poker team :banghead:

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Did you have Paul Spencer on your team here?

 

The bodies start piling again.

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After the likes of Greg Gilbert, I tend to expect any youngun with stage four colon cancer to still have at least a half decade in them. So this definitely fecks me over.

 

EDIT: Actually only put him at #21, so could've been far worse.

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Spencer is my first hit as well. Only five points though, so could've been worse.

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oh man am I going down with the ship on this pool.. I have 3 hits so far.. It is the only pool I seem to be getting them.. Of course it is the one pool you don't want to get the hits.  I am such a great player :D  Oh well still having fun trying. 

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On 16/01/2024 at 12:22, TQR said:

17) Paul Spencer


Arse.

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To Kill a Hooker

 

Rugby league player Rob Burrow has died at the age of 41. Noted for his relatively diminutive height – at the last measurement, minus six feet tall – Burrow played for 18 years with the Leeds Rhinos, with whom he won eight Super League championships, and also played for England, Great Britain, and Yorkshire, which probably makes sense to people who follow sport outside of paraphrasing Wikipedia articles for obits.

 

He was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in December 2019, so at least he had something to distract him from the last two general election campaigns. In his final years, he raised over £6 million for MND awareness. Going by his popularity with deadpoolers, it paid off.

 

Unfortunately, 8 Inverse Dead Pool players misheard about his MND and thought he was on the mend. This includes 3 players who were in the 0-point scrum: @Clorox Bleachman, now on 1; @Captain Hemlock, now on 2; and @chilean way, who burrows down to the bottom half of the leaderboard with 13 points.

 

13 players – a rugby team's worth, as it happens – remain on 0. I wonder which of us is the hooker?

 

      GAINED TOTAL
= 1. TQR   0
= 1. Grimgrass   0
= 1. wannamaker   0
= 1. arghton   0
= 1. Spade_Cooley   0
= 1. The Immortal   0
= 1. Toast   0
= 1. Great Uncle Bulgaria   0
= 1. The Old Crem   0
= 1. MariNisia   0
= 1. Pedro67   0
= 1. machotrouts   0
= 1. ladyfiona   0
14. Clorox Bleachman +1 1
15. deadsox   1
15. Summer in Transylvania   1
15. Hell   1
18. Captain Hemlock +2 2
18. Nick   2
20. Death Impends   3
21. An Fear Beag   5
21. Perhaps   5
21. theoldlady   5
24. Bibliogryphon   6
24. Lafaucheuse   6
26. CastAway   7
26. Funeralopolis   7
28. YoungWillz   8
28. Book   8
30. Newjack   9
= 31. Annami +1 10
31. tracy   10
33. JoeMoneypenny   12
34. chilean way +13 13
34. CaptainChorizo   13
34. Famous6Eva   13
34. Torva Messor   13
38. Bentrovato   14
38. LizLemon   14
40. Joltin Joe +4 15
41. MalePoster   19
42. The Unknown Man   21
43. YorkshireBanker   22
43. Sleepiestpeep   22
45. maryportfuncity   23
45. Thatcher   23
45. gcreptile   23
48. BuffaloPhil +6 24
49. MortalCaso   25
50. livingbygrace +7 26
= 51. En Passant   28
= 52. Sideik   29
= 53. max_bossetti   30
= 54. GuyFromFuture   33
= 55. msc   36
= 55. diego   36
= 57. machotrouts' mum +1 49
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Wildlife DOA

 

(Wildlife) Simon Cowell has died of cancer at the age of 72. Presciently christened "(Wildlife)" by his parents in 1952 – preempting any possibility of his being confused with the talent show judge Simon Cowell – he grew up to lend his name to the charity "Wildlife Aid" and the TV show "Wildlife SOS", which he hosted for 18 years. He was even appointed an MBE in 2005 for "services to wildlife", so he must have looked after himself.

 

Nevertheless, (Wildlife) was diagnosed with an aggressive lung cancer in 2022. Whoever's responsible for disambiguating names in the Derby Dead Pool was diagnosed with an aggressive headache shortly after.

 

(Wildlife) was also known for his profanity, with Wildlife Aid patron and cunt Ricky Gervais once describing him as "David Attenborough with Tourette's". An Inverse Dead Pool stalwart himself, David Attenborough is now described as "(Wildlife) Simon Cowell with a pulse".

 

(Wildlife) Simon Cowell was certainly the less popular pick of the two, causing mild strife for @MortalCaso (1 point), @Sideik (2), @JoeMoneypenny (5), and @Captain Hemlock (5). But one player is sending out an SOS: @chilean way (12), who's dug down from 1st to 48th in just two updates. Named after the miners, perhaps?

 

      GAINED TOTAL
= 1. TQR   0
= 1. Grimgrass   0
= 1. wannamaker   0
= 1. arghton   0
= 1. Spade_Cooley   0
= 1. The Immortal   0
= 1. Toast   0
= 1. Great Uncle Bulgaria   0
= 1. The Old Crem   0
= 1. MariNisia   0
= 1. Pedro67   0
= 1. machotrouts   0
= 1. ladyfiona   0
= 14. Clorox Bleachman   1
= 15. deadsox   1
= 15. Summer in Transylvania   1
= 15. Hell   1
= 18. Nick   2
19. Death Impends   3
20. An Fear Beag   5
20. Perhaps   5
20. theoldlady   5
23. Bibliogryphon   6
23. Lafaucheuse   6
25. Captain Hemlock +5 7
25. CastAway   7
25. Funeralopolis   7
= 28. Book   8
29. Newjack   9
30. YoungWillz +2 10
30. Annami   10
30. tracy   10
33. CaptainChorizo   13
33. Famous6Eva   13
33. Torva Messor   13
36. Bentrovato   14
36. LizLemon   14
38. Joltin Joe   15
39. JoeMoneypenny +5 17
40. MalePoster   19
41. The Unknown Man   21
42. YorkshireBanker   22
42. Sleepiestpeep   22
44. maryportfuncity   23
44. Thatcher   23
44. gcreptile   23
47. BuffaloPhil   24
48. chilean way +12 25
= 49. MortalCaso +1 26
49. livingbygrace   26
= 51. En Passant   28
52. max_bossetti   30
53. Sideik +2 31
= 54. GuyFromFuture   33
= 55. msc   36
= 55. diego   36
= 57. machotrouts' mum   49
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Decay Um Ma Ma Ma

 

Ask not for whom the sun chymes – it chymes for Dario G. Paul Spencer has died of rectal cancer at the age of 53.

 

Spencer originally comprised one third of dance music outfit Dario G with two fellow DJs, Scott Rosser and Stephen Spencer (no relation). Their debut single, 'Sunchyme', based on a sample of the Dream Academy's 'Life in a Northern Town', charted at #2 in the UK – behind only 'Candle in the Wind 1997', Elton John's tribute to the late Diana Spencer (no relation). They had further hits with 'Sunmachine' (based on a sample of David Bowie's 'Memory of a Free Festival'), 'Carnaval de Paris' (based on a sample of 'Oh My Darling, Clementine'), and 'Voices' (fair play, they wrote that one).

 

In later years, Rosser and Spencer (the other one) left the trio and Spencer (this one) became known solo under the Dario G name. Spencer G had further hits with 'Dream to Me', 'Carnaval 2002', and the repetitively-titled 'Heaven Is Closer (Feels Like Heaven)'. Fate was tempted (feels like tempting fate).

 

In 2023, G was diagnosed with cancer where the Sun don't chyme, and became one of the top 50 picks in the Carnaval de Derby.

 

@MalePoster and @gcreptile flew too close to the Sun, scoring 20 points apiece. Not far behind with 19 is @Thatcher – insult to injury after the fall of a Tory government. @GuyFromFuture, scoring 13, leads them into the bottom six, ahead of only my ma (ma ma).

 

On the bright side, these big falls have enabled several scoring players – namely @En Passant (8 points), @diego (7), @Sideik (5), @livingbygrace (4), and @JoeMoneypenny (4) – to have small rises up the leaderboard. It's not often you get tagged to be congratulated on failing up.

 

Three more players lose their perfect zero: @Grimgrass (5 points), @Toast (6), and @TQR (9). Ten players are still enjoying life in a northern leaderboard position.

 

      GAINED TOTAL
= 1. wannamaker   0
= 1. arghton   0
= 1. Spade_Cooley   0
= 1. The Immortal   0
= 1. Great Uncle Bulgaria   0
= 1. The Old Crem   0
= 1. MariNisia   0
= 1. Pedro67   0
= 1. machotrouts   0
= 1. ladyfiona   0
11. Clorox Bleachman   1
11. Summer in Transylvania   1
11. Hell   1
14. Nick   2
15. Grimgrass +5 5
= 15. deadsox +4 5
15. An Fear Beag   5
15. Perhaps   5
15. theoldlady   5
20. Toast +6 6
20. Bibliogryphon   6
20. Lafaucheuse   6
23. Captain Hemlock   7
23. CastAway   7
23. Funeralopolis   7
26. Death Impends +5 8
27. TQR +9 9
27. Newjack   9
29. YoungWillz   10
29. Annami   10
29. tracy   10
32. Famous6Eva   13
32. Torva Messor   13
34. Bentrovato   14
34. LizLemon   14
36. Joltin Joe   15
37. Book +9 17
38. CaptainChorizo +8 21
38. JoeMoneypenny +4 21
38. The Unknown Man   21
41. Sleepiestpeep   22
= 42. YorkshireBanker +1 23
42. maryportfuncity   23
44. BuffaloPhil   24
45. chilean way   25
46. MortalCaso   26
47. livingbygrace +4 30
47. max_bossetti   30
49. En Passant +8 36
49. Sideik +5 36
49. msc   36
52. MalePoster +20 39
53. Thatcher +19 42
54. gcreptile +20 43
54. diego +7 43
56. GuyFromFuture +13 46
= 57. machotrouts' mum   49
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18 minutes ago, machotrouts said:

Ask not for whom the sun chymes – it chymes for Dario G. Paul Spencer has died of rectal cancer at the age of 53.

 

This is a good example for me of the game play here. If I don't know who they are then they are probably on this list for a very good reason and so I would steer clear of these even giving the nod to a 90+ celebrity who is still in the limelight who may or may not topple any moment

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Shannen Doherty bites the big one. 

 

Who had her here? Own up.

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I did not disappoint once again. 9 Points extra for me.. :D  Though she does give me a hit on my Shadow list.  2 days in a row being I had Ruth Westheimer on my Shadow as well.

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9 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Shannen Doherty bites the big one. 

 

Who had her here? Own up.

I'll own up - position 25, so I'll take the one point hit.

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Not feeling so charmed right now. Position 14. 

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I had Shannen at position 9. So a 17 pointer for me I believe. 

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I had her at number 23 so 2 points I think.

 

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2 minutes ago, ladyfiona said:

I had her at number 23 so 2 points I think.

 

3 points for you.

 

23 - 3

24 - 2

25 -1

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3 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Shannen Doherty bites the big one.

Who had her here? Own up.

 

3 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

I'll own up - position 25, so I'll take the one point hit.

 

Same.

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Bob Newhart starts another pile on after Shannen Doherty's demise.

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Shannen (Annoyed Grunt)-erty

 

Shannen Doherty, star of Beverly Hills 55, has died at the age of 90210. Best known for being president of the United States from 1977 to 1981, she was also the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975, a Georgia state senator from 1963 to 1967, and Prue Halliwell in Charmed from 1998 to 2001. She went on to be the longest-lived president in U.S. history, and the second longest-lived Heather in Heathers history. She survived her wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter, whom she divorced in 2024. She was known as the "bad girl of the peanut industry". She was notable as one of the few card-carrying Republicans in Hollywood to be a presidential candidate for the Democratic Party, and one of the few dead people to never have actually died, and in fact still be alive today.

 

It's been 9 years since she announced she had cancer, 8 years since she announced she had 5 years left to live, 4 years since she announced she had 10-15 years left to live, and 1 year since the cancer metastized to her brain – but 23 of you felt she had at least 1 more year left, including 5 of our heretofore-0-pointers: @The Immortal (+3 points), @ladyfiona (+3), @arghton (+9), @Spade_Cooley (+10) and @Great Uncle Bulgaria (+10).

 

Congratulations to the remaining 0-pointers who did not pick Shannen Doherty, including the one who's never heard of Shannen Doherty outside this forum and has been putting off this obit for that reason. (How can "Beverly Hills 90210" be the name of a TV show? That's a spambot Twitter username.)

 

Congratulations also to 1-pointer @Hell for uncharacteristically sneaking into the top 10 after two consecutive years in the bottom 10 – hope you don't get cold up here.

 

Congratulations also to my mother, who smashes into the top 54 as @gcreptile (+9) and @msc (+17) land in the bottom three with new last-placer @GuyFromFuture (+17). Maybe the power of three will set you free?
 

      GAINED TOTAL
= 1. wannamaker   0
= 1. The Old Crem   0
= 1. MariNisia   0
= 1. Pedro67   0
= 1. machotrouts   0
6. Clorox Bleachman   1
6. Summer in Transylvania   1
6. Hell   1
9. Nick   2
10. The Immortal +3 3
10. ladyfiona +3 3
12. Grimgrass   5
12. deadsox   5
12. An Fear Beag   5
12. theoldlady   5
16. Bibliogryphon   6
17. Toast +1 7
17. Captain Hemlock   7
17. CastAway   7
17. Funeralopolis   7
21. Death Impends   8
22. arghton +9 9
22. TQR   9
24. Spade_Cooley +10 10
24. Great Uncle Bulgaria +10 10
24. Annami   10
27. Lafaucheuse +5 11
27. YoungWillz +1 11
29. Torva Messor   13
30. Newjack +5 14
30. LizLemon   14
32. Perhaps +12 17
32. Book   17
34. tracy +10 20
35. JoeMoneypenny   21
35. The Unknown Man   21
37. Sleepiestpeep   22
38. Famous6Eva +10 23
38. maryportfuncity   23
40. BuffaloPhil   24
41. CaptainChorizo +4 25
42. MortalCaso   26
43. Joltin Joe +12 27
44. Bentrovato +17 31
45. YorkshireBanker +10 33
46. En Passant   36
46. Sideik   36
48. livingbygrace +9 39
48. max_bossetti +9 39
48. MalePoster   39
51. chilean way +16 41
52. Thatcher   42
53. diego   43
54. machotrouts' mum +2 51
55. gcreptile +9 52
56. msc +17 53
57. GuyFromFuture +17 63
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