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I thought Miriam Karlin was dead! I swear she died of cancer years ago. Not long after that comedy she did playing a ghost...

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Mine are in my signature.

 

There seems to be a lot of similar names this year - could this be one of the least diverse years there's been?

 

That's what I was thinking too...

 

However, there were quite a few names I considered adding to the list as my joker/wildcard. They included George Steinbrenner, Steve Jobs, Little Richard, Ed McMahon, Jan-Michael Vincent, James Garner, and Peter Falk. However in the end, I chose Farrah Fawcett.

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2 pints semi-skimmed milk

Butter

5lb Jersey Royal potatoes

Fresh tarragon

Medium-sized chicken (with giblets)

Angostura bitters

Rainbow trout

Gentleman's Relish (joker)

Les Closiers Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2006 (case)

Purple cauliflower

Cox's Orange Pippin x4

1/2lb Wiltshire ham

100w lightbulb (bayonet)

Ribena

Cracked black peppercorns

Half a dozen free range eggs

2 aubergines

Organic stock

New York-style cheesecake

Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, CBE

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Hi from a newbie. :unsure:

 

For what it is worth here is my list:

 

 

 

Patrick Swayze

 

Barbara Billingsley

 

Zsa Zsa Garbor

 

Caroline Kennedy

 

Mario Benjamin Menéndez

 

Etta James

 

Neil Harvey

 

Kitty Wells

 

John Updike

 

Giorgio Napolitano

 

Annette Funicello

 

John Glenn

 

Eleanor Mondale (daughter of Walter Mondale)

 

Robert Mugabe

 

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

 

Prince Philip

 

Olivia de Havilland

 

Eunice Kennedy Shriver

 

Phyllis Ann Lyon

 

Shirley Temple Black

 

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Is it just me or are the pages on ddp not working yet? I mean the list of celebrities and teams etc.

I understand that it will obviously take a while for them to do and everything, just asking in case its my computer thats the problem.

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Is it just me or are the pages on ddp not working yet? I mean the list of celebrities and teams etc.

I understand that it will obviously take a while for them to do and everything, just asking in case its my computer thats the problem.

 

From OoO's e-mail

 

The website's archive for 2008 is there for posterity - if you click on the

2009 links, you will get blank pages - which is deliberate for the time

being - the 2009 names/scores/etc will be up shortly - so stay patient &

keep an eye on your celebs & the obits pages for the next few days!

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Hello!

 

My first go at this, though I do run a Death League on Facebook.

 

 

Frederica Sagor Maas

 

Peter O'Sullevan

 

Henry Allingham

 

Michael Foot

 

Oscar Niemeyer

 

Ray Harryhausen

 

Leila Denmark

 

Liz Dawn

 

Bobby Robson

 

JD Salinger

 

Peter Falk

 

Tony Hart

 

Edward Kennedy

 

Richard Attenbrough

 

Paul Gascoigne (joker)

 

Eric Hobsbawm

 

Fidel Castro

 

Karl Malden

 

Les Paul

 

'Mad' Frankie Fraser

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Just an idea, like.

 

Once we've finished our show and tell this thread could be redundant but what about if we kept it going a little longer with a competition?

 

Death Race 2009.

 

Really simple, every time one of our picks dies we score points equivalent to the number of full days left in the year. So - for example - if Susan Atkins dies today, everyone picking her gets 364 points.

 

The winner is the first person to 2009 points, in the event of one death tipping more than one winner over the magic number the winner is the one who clears 2009 points by the biggest margin. Oh aye, and any death counts, so even if your picks don't score on the DDP, they score here. I think we'll have a winner in six to eight weeks.

 

Whaddya reckon?

 

 

 

I've already had some positive interest and the entries have started to trickle in, well Lardy has posted hers before the rules even appeared!

 

Anyway, the Deathrace 2009 is open and taking entries on the Extra Curricular board. Rules duly posted, closing date Jan 15th.

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Hello!

 

My first go at this, though I do run a Death League on Facebook.

 

 

Frederica Sagor Maas

 

Peter O'Sullevan

 

Henry Allingham

 

Michael Foot

 

Oscar Niemeyer

 

Ray Harryhausen

 

Leila Denmark

 

Liz Dawn

 

Bobby Robson

 

JD Salinger

 

Peter Falk

 

Tony Hart

 

Edward Kennedy

 

Richard Attenbrough

 

Paul Gascoigne (joker)

 

Eric Hobsbawm

 

Fidel Castro

 

Karl Malden

 

Les Paul

 

'Mad' Frankie Fraser

very good list (apart from Gazza...)

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I thought Miriam Karlin was dead! I swear she died of cancer years ago. Not long after that comedy she did playing a ghost...

Oy oy oy. No she's not dead. I can hear the ghost of Yetta Feldman turning in her grave at the mere mention of Karlin being dead.

 

She's been on our possibilities list for years, but other than her age doesn't seem to be in bad health.

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Yay!, the pages are being populated. Some people on 9 points already :party:

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Yay!, the pages are being populated. Some people on 9 points already :party:

 

And I'm not one of them

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Yay!, the pages are being populated. Some people on 9 points already :party:

 

And I'm not one of them

And neither am I....

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Yay!, the pages are being populated. Some people on 9 points already :party:

 

And I'm not one of them

And neither am I....

 

But incredibly, I am, so form an orderly queue to start hurling insults at me here.

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Yay!, the pages are being populated. Some people on 9 points already :party:

 

And I'm not one of them

And neither am I....

 

But incredibly, I am, so form an orderly queue to start hurling insults at me here.

 

You swine sir! How much did you bribe OoO with?

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Yay!, the pages are being populated. Some people on 9 points already :)

 

And I'm not one of them

And neither am I....

 

But incredibly, I am, so form an orderly queue to start hurling insults at me here.

 

You swine sir! How much did you bribe OoO with?

 

The telephone numbers of a few IT geeks to help speed the upload of the site seemed to do the trick. :party:

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The telephone numbers of a few IT geeks to help speed the upload of the site seemed to do the trick. :ph34r:

 

IT problems aren't the reason for the delay (although the submission problem has delayed it a bit longer than normal), it's time.

 

If someone could cover my shifts at work today & tomorrow, the whole jamboree will be up properly. I'll also award that team 1,000 points ;)

 

The truth is, whilst I'm poorly at the mo, I pulled a sickie solely to complete the DDP's 1st phase on Wednesday. I could pull another sickie but it's not going to help me really at work.

 

Basically, I think I have no option but to put in a huge slog on Sunday night & get the site, bar pics & hyperlinks, up & then it's done.

 

* Sigh * Right now, I hate the f*****g DDP. Give it two weeks & I'll be fine.

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The telephone numbers of a few IT geeks to help speed the upload of the site seemed to do the trick. :ph34r:

 

IT problems aren't the reason for the delay (although the submission problem has delayed it a bit longer than normal), it's time.

 

If someone could cover my shifts at work today & tomorrow, the whole jamboree will be up properly. I'll also award that team 1,000 points ;)

 

The truth is, whilst I'm poorly at the mo, I pulled a sickie solely to complete the DDP's 1st phase on Wednesday. I could pull another sickie but it's not going to help me really at work.

 

Basically, I think I have no option but to put in a huge slog on Sunday night & get the site, bar pics & hyperlinks, up & then it's done.

 

* Sigh * Right now, I hate the f*****g DDP. Give it two weeks & I'll be fine.

 

 

With Joanne Evans' death today, for the first time in all this, I have asked myself... why the f**k am I bothering....

 

No obit for her yet...

 

There's probably no better time to pull a sickie, everyone else is at it. But in reality, go at your own pace, it's YOUR deadpool!

 

It's only January 8th...

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With Joanne Evans' death today, for the first time in all this, I have asked myself... why the f**k am I bothering....

 

Wish I went with that Tara Jones woman now... :ph34r:

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There's probably no better time to pull a sickie, everyone else is at it. But in reality, go at your own pace, it's YOUR deadpool!

 

It's only January 8th...

 

Oh, ho, ho - if only it was.

 

I know people want to see as much as possible as early as possible, but sheesh...

 

"your pages are blank" I know (Jan 1st) :ph34r:

"why no teams/celebs yet?" (Jan 2nd) ;)

"why are my placings in 2008 wrong?" - because I'm halfway through it! :banghead:

"why is my celebrity not there"? Because they're already freaking dead! :banghead:

 

 

Anyway, good news.

1) I have come up with an easy solution for the entry forms for 2009/2010 to avoid the same mess.

2) I have booked 25th-31st December 2009 off from work already. That way the uploading is more likely to be done sooner rather than later...

 

 

To be honest, TMIB, it's more me wanting a bit of time to myself rather than worry about the DDP - I'd rather get ALL the 2009 stuff done & then all I need to do is death here & there whenever - when it's like that, it's gooooooodddd B)

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Its a case of telling us what to expect.

 

With 450+ entries you surely should be cut a bit of slack.

 

And if people complain, f**k 'em. It's a 365 day competition...

 

People just have to be patient, that's all.

 

And you have my full support for reasons you know already...:ph34r:

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Read my signature, that' who's on my lst. :ph34r:

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Here's my list for 2009. i'm still hoping time cathes up with the surviving WW1 veterans. Colin Welland is a unique pick and I'm hoping Robbie Williams will provide us all with a laugh, as he's my joker

 

1. Henry Allingham

2. Ronnie Biggs

3. Fidel Castro

4. Kirk Douglas

5. Clive Dunn

6. Jade Goody

7. Mikhail Kalashnikov

8. Karl Malden

9. Patrick Moore

10. Harry Patch

11. Wendy Richard

12. J. D. Salinger

13. Helmut Schmidt

14. Ariel Sharon

15. William Stone

16. Patrick Swayze

17. Colin Welland Unique pick

18. Robbie Williams Joker

19. Anna Wing

20. Sir Norman Wisdom

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Here's my list for 2009. i'm still hoping time catches up with the surviving WW1 veterans.

 

Your wish is evidently time's command...

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I was thinking the same but didn't want to risk all 3 UK vets, given the low points for such old picks. So I gambled on Bill Stone......Result!!!, and on the CPDP too.

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