in eternum+ 22 Posted October 10, 2005 Bishop = Pope JPKing = King Hussein Queen = Queen Mother Rook = Max Schmeling The Knight = Ronald Reagon The Pawns = these could be themed, like all the comedians, or all the actors, etc. Those would be better suggestions for chess peices. Also the DL was created in December 1987. Have to wholeheartedly disagree with you on the Ronnie suggestion. Re the Queen Mother, I just figured that any piece representing her would take so long to move round the board that an already longish game would become agonisingly so. With regard to the 1987 date, for some reason I was under the impression that 1987 was the date the DL moved onto the Internet, but that it had already be running prior to that. I think I read it in a thread from a few months back, but can't be f*cked to try to find it. If 1987 is the date, then the Admin team have just over a year to get the special 20th ANIVERSARY gear up and ready to be purchased by thousands. Good luck team! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banshees Scream 110 Posted October 10, 2005 With regard to the 1987 date, for some reason I was under the impression that 1987 was the date the DL moved onto the Internet, but that it had already be running prior to that. I think I read it in a thread from a few months back, but can't be f*cked to try to find it. When i say this i'm not totally sure i'm correct but i heard the first list was made in 1987 but the idea wasn't put on to the internet untill the mid 90's. That would mean the list selections were added years later after they happened. That might exsplain the disapearence of the 1988 list. I sometimes wonder if there were any successes that year? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
in eternum+ 22 Posted October 10, 2005 With regard to the 1987 date, for some reason I was under the impression that 1987 was the date the DL moved onto the Internet, but that it had already be running prior to that. I think I read it in a thread from a few months back, but can't be f*cked to try to find it. When i say this i'm not totally sure i'm correct but i heard the first list was made in 1987 but the idea wasn't put on to the internet untill the mid 90's. That would mean the list selections were added years later after they happened. That might exsplain the disapearence of the 1988 list. I sometimes wonder if there were any successes that year? Ah... I'm practically tingling with anticipation of all that lovely memorabilia... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Teddy 21 Posted October 10, 2005 The original idea for Deathlist was inspired by the death of Cary Grant on 29th November 1986 - the 1987 was the first attempt at creating the list. This article gives a little of the background. It has been posted in the forum before, but cant remember where. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Die 63 Posted October 10, 2005 May I suggest Franklin Mint to manufacture the commemorative merchandise. As you can see, they do some very tasteful items. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amanda 3 Posted October 10, 2005 I wonder if scsibear could be persuaded to incorporate the logo into his hand knitted Tea Cozies. hehe sure Captain...no probs....just send me the Wool, Knitting pattern and the needles and we're sorted..as no one gave me any advice regarding my wee teapots hat. Hey also maybe Amanda and FF could be persuaded to put the DL logo onto their clay pigeons before they twat them into oblivion..hmmm would that be considered... Irony ?? I was reading a book last night where a lady receives a live bullet with her name engraved on it. Is this really possible? Wouldn't it be unsafe to do so?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted October 10, 2005 (edited) I was reading a book last night where a lady receives a live bullet with her name engraved on it. Is this really possible? Wouldn't it be unsafe to do so?? When the engraving is done before assembly of the bullet, it should be safe. It's an idea, though: regards, Hein Edited October 10, 2005 by Magere Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amanda 3 Posted October 10, 2005 I was reading a book last night where a lady receives a live bullet with her name engraved on it. Is this really possible? Wouldn't it be unsafe to do so?? When the engraving is done before assembly of the bullet, it should be safe. regards, Hein Thank you very much. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Die 63 Posted October 10, 2005 When the engraving is done before assembly of the bullet, it should be safe. It's an idea, though: regards, Hein That would make a great DL souvenir. When can you start putting them into production? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted October 10, 2005 That would make a great DL souvenir. When can you start putting them into production? Not anytime soon. I don't have the equipment for manufacturing munitions and I suppose that Dutch law has something to say about that too. May I recommend these fine people? regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Die 63 Posted October 10, 2005 That would make a great DL souvenir. When can you start putting them into production? Not anytime soon. I don't have the equipment for manufacturing munitions and I suppose that Dutch law has something to say about that too. May I recommend these fine people? regards, Hein Thanks. I like the one on a neck chain. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
in eternum+ 22 Posted October 10, 2005 I was reading a book last night where a lady receives a live bullet with her name engraved on it. Is this really possible? Wouldn't it be unsafe to do so?? When the engraving is done before assembly of the bullet, it should be safe. Here's an idea, though: regards, Hein When I first saw this, I read the message wrong (as below) and thought it was a tampon! Possibility?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
in eternum+ 22 Posted October 10, 2005 Whoops! As above! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josco 49 Posted October 10, 2005 I was reading a book last night where a lady receives a live bullet with her name engraved on it. Is this really possible? Wouldn't it be unsafe to do so?? When the engraving is done before assembly of the bullet, it should be safe. It's an idea, though: regards, Hein Many years ago in the cadets at school (How old is this chap?) I and some friends aquired a handful of 9mm rounds (from a Sterling SMG). We spent many happy hours pulling them apart to gain the explosive inside for other nefarious purposes, such as improving the penny bangers that one could buy in the shops. We nearly came to grief when one of us decided to cramp a round in a vice and hit the detonator cap with a hammer and nail. What a noise! We were very lucky not to be injured by the shrapnel from the brass case. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Star Crossed 33 Posted October 10, 2005 Perhaps even a DL calender? I'd go for a calendar, and I'd love a pair of DL cufflinks. Re: the calendar; perhaps have a photo of each celeb on the given year's DL, one per week. That would make 50 weeks, then maybe a couple of memorable/popular successes from the previous year for the extra two weeks? Edit: I should have read the whole thread before posting! The bullet is a charming idea. A friend of a friend of a friend (yes, one of those stories, probably apocryphal) allegedly once sent two bullets to his nuisance neighbour with the names of said neighbour's two pet Rottweilers engraved on them. He also (allegedly) painted all the windows of the guy's flat with matte black paint in the middle of the night, and left a full petrol can with rags stuffed in the top (unlit) outside the front door. The nuisance neighbour (allegedly) moved out the same week. I wish I had the cojonas to do that sort of stuff... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
football_fan 42 Posted October 10, 2005 A deathlist clock would be perfect. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted October 10, 2005 Many years ago in the cadets at school (How old is this chap?) I and some friends aquired a handful of 9mm rounds (from a Sterling SMG). We spent many happy hours pulling them apart to gain the explosive inside for other nefarious purposes, such as improving the penny bangers that one could buy in the shops.We nearly came to grief when one of us decided to cramp a round in a vice and hit the detonator cap with a hammer and nail. What a noise! We were very lucky not to be injured by the shrapnel from the brass case. Boys and things that go BANG... A dangerous but popular combination. A friend and I had a chemistry lab in the garden shed. We weren't complete fools, so we only had one small fire there. One of our rocketry experiments on the site of a closed mine failed catastrophically, though. We were unharmed, but debris from the rocket and the launch platform, a concrete slab, was scattered over a radius of some twenty yards. The platform showed a four inch deep crater afterwards. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amanda 3 Posted October 10, 2005 I was reading a book last night where a lady receives a live bullet with her name engraved on it. Is this really possible? Wouldn't it be unsafe to do so?? When the engraving is done before assembly of the bullet, it should be safe. It's an idea, though: regards, Hein Can you do me one of those with my name on it? I'd quite like it as my avatar actually... strange I know. Or failing that, one of these names: Victoria Beckham Jade Goody Lizzie Bardsley (the one from Wife Swap - may have the spelling wrong) Rod Stewart Any of McFly George Bush I think they deserve to die. Thanks, Amanda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harvester Of Souls 40 Posted October 10, 2005 I think they deserve to die. PHWOARRRR!!! You make me hot with that kinda talk! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amanda 3 Posted October 10, 2005 I think they deserve to die. PHWOARRRR!!! You make me hot with that kinda talk! Ha ha ha!!!! I'm actually disgusting - on reading that I sprayed a mouthful of paprika Pringles over my new shiny computer! I forgot to stick Terry Wogan on my list. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted October 10, 2005 Ha ha ha!!!! I'm actually disgusting - on reading that I sprayed a mouthful of paprika Pringles over my new shiny computer! Aha, another customer for the DeathList keyboard cover! regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harvester Of Souls 40 Posted October 10, 2005 Ha ha ha!!!! I'm actually disgusting - on reading that I sprayed a mouthful of paprika Pringles over my new shiny computer! The lady sure knows how to flirt I forgot to stick Terry Wogan on my list. You see... you claim to be nothing but then you throw those Death List Pheromones at me again.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted October 10, 2005 So hot he forgot to log in... how's that for a premature posting Can we fix it? Yes, we can! regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harvester Of Souls 40 Posted October 10, 2005 (edited) Can we fix it? Yes, we can! regards, Hein Nothing a tube of paprika pringles wouldn't cure Maybe a keyboard cover would help against the premature outbursts afterall? [Cheers MH ] Edited October 10, 2005 by Harvester Of Souls Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Star Crossed 33 Posted October 10, 2005 Or failing that, one of these names: George Bush Amanda, I most wholeheartedly concur. Love your new avatar. I'd like 5 of the above in 12.7mm/.50cal, please, for my Accuracy International AS50. I was talking to a friend about this today. Whilst it would serve only to galvanize the (already pretty supremely galvanized) neo-con powers-that-be and would, therefore, be a pyrrhic victory, he's pissed the world off so many times that I'd be more than willing to use my W.O.C. above on GWB, then martyr myself by putting a bullet in my own head. When they found my body on the rooftop, I'd be wearing a custom-made T-Shirt with the slogan "Guilty As Charged". "One Shot, One Kill", as they say in the sniping community... (the extra 4 rounds would be for Rumsfeld, Rove, Cheney or GHWB, should they be within range) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites