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  2. Abdelbaset al Megrahi
  3. Penny Marshall
  4. Annette Funicello
  5. Eydie Gorme
  6. Russell Means
  7. Guy Innes-Ker
  8. Dom Mintoff
  9. Lee Evans
  10. Chin Peng
  11. Michele Baldwin
  12. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
  13. Winnie Johnson
  14. Gregory Powell
  15. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  16. Hosni Mubarak
  17. Ian Brady
  18. Robin Gibb
  19. Andy Williams
  20. Dame Leslie Strathie

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Here is the "eejit" list:

 

Etta James (Joker)

Abdelbaset al-Megrahi

Margaret Thatcher

Violet Wood

Rev. Reg Dean

Debbie Purdy

Penny Marshall

Geoffrey Hughes

Lesley Strathie

Johannes Heesters

Ian Paisley

Ronnie Biggs

Dick Cheney

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Wojciech Jaruzelski

Lee Evans (athlete)

Kirk Douglas

Fidel Castro

Ariel Sharon

Yao Defen

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Christ, almost everyone has James + Gibb on their team.

 

I haven't; here's who I have got:

 

Margaret Thatcher

John Bardon

Asil Nadir

Sheila Mercier

Gerald Harper

Dudley Simpson

Peter Wyngarde

Sir Eldon Wylie Griffiths

Peter O'Toole

Emile Ford

Pete Murray

Tony Book

Les Munro

Dora Bryan

I M Pei

John Glenn

Nosher Powell

Jimmy Young

Mike Stoller

Francis Matthews

 

Imaginitively, I've gone with all the survivors from DDPMMXI (they've got to die sometime) with the two new entries in bold. Thatcher is promoted to Joker.

 

Theme team details to follow.

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Looks like I'll be relying on Reuters UK this year...

 

Abdelbaset al-Megrahi

Yonni Barrios

Ronnie Biggs

Gary Carter

Yao Defen

Robert Dennerly

Michael Dokes

Robin Gibb

Lee Evans (athlete)

Annette Funicello

Geoffrey Hughes

Etta James

Bill Janklow

Penny Marshall

Rochus Misch

'King Robbo'

Joost van der Westhuizen (Joker)

Sid Watkins

Chris Woodhead

Ethan Zohn

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Here is the "eejit" list:

...

Johannes Heesters

...

 

He's dead.

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Now its safe from any US based late entries my DDP 20 are:

 

Rex Barrett, Wilfred Benitez, Anthony Bevilacqua, Sir Rhodes Boyson, Dora Bryan, Glafcos Clerides, Lee Evans, Robin Gibb, Etta James (JOKER), Wojejch Jaruzelski, Anker Joergensen, Winnie Johnson, John McDowall, Dom Mintoff, Roschus Misch, Mesrob Mutafyan II, Mike Porcaro, Roy Salvadori, Yitzhak Shamir, Dame Lesley Strathie

 

Just looking at the teams so far, there's possibly a few unique picks there. I gave up with Al Megrahi and I'll have to see if that costs me.

 

But let us also congratulate Devon Death Trip on a deserved victory.

 

 

I am hopeful this year that I have a team capable of performing well. I feel like I've got a lot to prove.

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Here's mine...

 

Hugo Chavez (J)

Robin Gibb

Peter Gilmore

Simon Hoggart

General Jaruzelski

Derek "Red Robbo" Robinson

Jean-Claude Duvalier

Nile Rodgers

Michael Hurll (TV producer)

Andy Green (World land speed record holder)

Clive James

Margaret Thatcher

Dick Cheney

John Freeman

Stefano Borgonovo

Abdelbaset Al Megrahi

Jimmy Hill

Leslie Phillips

Sonia Gandhi

Barry Hines

 

Good luck in 2012...

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Here's the final 20:

  • Lynch, Lisa (joker)
  • Armstrong, Val
  • Barnett, Rex
  • Bowers, Mary
  • Carter, Gary
  • Dokes, Michael
  • Duff, Mickey
  • Gibb, Robin
  • Hawke, Hazel
  • James, Etta
  • Jardine, Cassandra
  • Jaruzelski, Wojciech
  • Marquesee, Mike
  • Muniz, Faustino Sanoz
  • Rosoman, Leonard
  • Sanha, Malam Bacai
  • Strathie, Lesley
  • Walker, Andrew
  • Woodhead, Chris
  • Yoshida, Masao

Lynch, Barnett, Jardine, Rosoman and Walker are all possible uniques.

 

Also, anyone who picked Lee Evans: apparently his brain tumour is benign.

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My Theme Team: Order of the British Empire.

 

Rev Billy Graham KBE (Joker)

Sir Nicholas Winton MBE

Liz Smith MBE

Sara Payne MBE

Stephen Hawking CBE

Max Bygraves OBE

Dora Bryan OBE

Denis Healey MBE

Clive Dunn OBE

Sir Christopher Lee CBE

John Warner KBE

Dame Elisabeth Murdoch DBE

Eric Sykes CBE

Anna Wing MBE

Dame Vera Lynn DBE

Dennis Norden CBE

Sir Terry Pratchett OBE

The Lord Attenburgh CBE

Ken Dodd OBE

Robin Gibb CBE

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Here's mine (not very original, I fear)

 

If I'm Spared Myself, Of Course

 

Robin Gibb (joker)

Muhammad Ali

Abdelbaset Al Megrahi

Stefano Borgonovo

Ronald Biggs

Dora Bryan

Max Bygraves

Annette Funicello

Geoffrey Hughes

General Jaruzelski

Clive James

Etta James

Winnie Johnson

Stephen Lewis

Nelson Mandela

Penny Marshall

Leslie Phillips

Margaret Thatcher

Jeremy Thorpe

Chris Woodhead

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And as for my theme teams, they are...

 

Dead Men Don't Need Season Tickets (people namechecked by Half Man Half Biscuit)

 

 

  1. McMorrough, Lynette (joker)
  2. Akkerman, Jan
  3. Bland, Hamilton
  4. Boone, Pat
  5. Boyce, Ronnie
  6. Bunyan, Vashti
  7. Davies, Dickie
  8. Dundas, David
  9. Grummitt, Peter
  10. Keino, Kip
  11. Kramer, Wayne
  12. Lemon, Meadowlark
  13. McKenzie, Precious
  14. Moorcock, Michael
  15. Nagasaki, Kendo
  16. Rimell, Mercy
  17. Schneider, Vreni
  18. Schockemohle, Alwin
  19. Shankhar, Ravi
  20. Trautmann, Bert

And...

 

The Chris Benoit Memorial Creche and Weight Room (professional wrestlers)

  • Tomko, Tyson
  • Anderson, Ole
  • Billington, Tom
  • Dinsmore, Nick
  • Eaton, Bobby
  • Gagne, Verne
  • Graham, "Superstar" Billy
  • Hamrick, Chris
  • Hardy, Matt
  • Hall, Scott
  • Harris, James
  • Haynes, Billy Jack
  • Haze, Daizee
  • Heath, David
  • Heenan, Bobby
  • Matsumoto, Kaoru
  • Orndorff, Paul
  • Stamp, Dennis
  • Tovey, Eric
  • Windham, Barry

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Theme teams

 

Toast of the Turf

 

Terry Biddlecombe (joker)

Henry Cecil

John L. Dunlop

Mick Easterby

Peter Easterby

David Gandolfo

Josh Gifford

Barry Hills

Helen Johnson Houghton

Geoff Lewis

John McCririck

Joe Mercer

John Oaksey

Peter O'Sullevan

Lester Piggott

Martin Pipe

Jenny Pitman

Mercy Rimell

Michael Scudamore

Julian Wilson

 

It’s Death, Jim

 

Etta James (joker)

James Baker

Jim Bowen

Jimmy Buffett

James Caan

Jimmy Carter

Jim Davidson

James Garner

Jimmy Greaves

James Ivory

Clive James

PD James

Jim Lovell

James Molyneaux

Jimmy Perry

Jim Prior (Baron Prior)

Jim Stynes

Jim Sweeney

James Dewey Watson

Jimmy Young

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Rev Billy Graham KBE (Joker)

Sir Nicholas Winton MBE

Liz Smith MBE

Sara Payne MBE

Stephen Hawking CBE

Max Bygraves OBE

Dora Bryan OBE

Denis Healey MBE

Clive Dunn OBE

Sir Christopher Lee CBE

John Warner KBE

Dame Elisabeth Murdoch DBE

Eric Sykes CBE

Anna Wing MBE

Dame Vera Lynn DBE

Dennis Norden CBE

Sir Terry Pratchett OBE

The Lord Attenburgh CBE

Ken Dodd OBE

Robin Gibb CBE

 

Quite a few good ones there. It's a Good Thing such letter spaghetti is often served late in life.

 

regards,

Hein

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2. Akkerman, Jan

 

Hey, what do you know I don't?

 

regards,

Hein

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Here is the "eejit" list:

...

Johannes Heesters

...

 

He's dead.

 

Meh - well that was jolly unsporting of him. Typical Nazi.

 

My sub of Ian Brady comes into play then.

 

Cheers for the info.

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Here's the final 20:

  • Lynch, Lisa (joker)
  • Armstrong, Val
  • Barnett, Rex
  • Bowers, Mary
  • Carter, Gary
  • Dokes, Michael
  • Duff, Mickey
  • Gibb, Robin
  • Hawke, Hazel
  • James, Etta
  • Jardine, Cassandra
  • Jaruzelski, Wojciech
  • Marquesee, Mike
  • Muniz, Faustino Sanoz
  • Rosoman, Leonard
  • Sanha, Malam Bacai
  • Strathie, Lesley
  • Walker, Andrew
  • Woodhead, Chris
  • Yoshida, Masao

Lynch, Barnett, Jardine, Rosoman and Walker are all possible uniques.

 

Also, anyone who picked
Lee Evans
: apparently his brain tumour is benign.

 

Bloody hell...

 

Andrew Walker (J)

Lee Evans

Robin Gibb

Etta James

Rochus Misch

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Hazel Hawke

Anne Feeney

Peter MacBeth

Wojciech Jaruzelski

Stefano Borgonovo

Faustino Sainz Muñoz

Ronnie Biggs

Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi

Gary Carter

Jim Stynes

Ethan Zohn

Masao Yoshida

Brendan Lillis

Guy Innes-Ker

 

Beginning to regret a few choices already....

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Rev Billy Graham KBE (Joker)

Sir Nicholas Winton MBE

Liz Smith MBE

Sara Payne MBE

Stephen Hawking CBE

Max Bygraves OBE

Dora Bryan OBE

Denis Healey MBE

Clive Dunn OBE

Sir Christopher Lee CBE

John Warner KBE

Dame Elisabeth Murdoch DBE

Eric Sykes CBE

Anna Wing MBE

Dame Vera Lynn DBE

Dennis Norden CBE

Sir Terry Pratchett OBE

The Lord Attenburgh CBE

Ken Dodd OBE

Robin Gibb CBE

 

Quite a few good ones there. It's a Good Thing such letter spaghetti is often served late in life.

 

regards,

Hein

 

Had I waited I could've stuck on Clive James. He was made an OBE in yesterday's Honours List.

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Here's mine - Pooill Vaaish

 

(not sure why some of the names are underlined)

  1. Etta James (Joker)
  2. George Blake
  3. Fidel Castro
  4. Kirk Douglas
  5. Aretha Franklin
  6. Annette Funicello
  7. Bob Godfrey
  8. Rev Billy Graham
  9. Robin Gibb
  10. Geoffrey Hughes
  11. General Jaruzelski
  12. Irving Kanarek
  13. Patrick Moore
  14. Brian Cant
  15. Hiroo Onodo
  16. Ariel Sharon
  17. Gil Taylor
  18. Margaret Thatcher
  19. Reg Presley
  20. Abdelbaset Al Megrahi

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Looks like I'll be relying on Reuters UK this year...

 

Abdelbaset al-Megrahi

Yonni Barrios

Ronnie Biggs

Gary Carter

Yao Defen

Robert Dennerly

Michael Dokes

Robin Gibb

Lee Evans (athlete)

Annette Funicello

Geoffrey Hughes

Etta James

Bill Janklow

Penny Marshall

Rochus Misch

'King Robbo'

Joost van der Westhuizen (Joker)

Sid Watkins

Chris Woodhead

Ethan Zohn

 

:o You have Yonni! He wont be a unique... and Im fearing not having any uniques right now...

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Carkers Convention 2012

 

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi = JOKER

Patty Andrews

Bashar al-Assad

Ronnie Biggs

Pearl Carr

Tom Condliff – gargantuan ex-copper, refused gastric band.

The Reverend Reginald Dean

Lee Evans (athlete)

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Robin Gibb

Geoffrey Hughes

Etta James

Wojciech Jaruzelski

Teddy Johnson

Penny Marshall

Paul Mason – Fat as fuck, ex-postie

Steve Prescott

Lianne Smith

Margaret Thatcher

Ethan Zohn

 

…and There was Great Rejoicing (Theme: Not exactly the most popular people you could meet.)

 

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi – JOKER

Margaret Thatcher

Ian Huntley

Ian Brady

Wojciech Jaruzelski

Sihanouk

Robert Mugabe

Rose West

Lianne Smith

Kim Jong-un

Hosni Mubarak

Bashar al-Assad

Ayman al-Zawahiri

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi

Peter Sutcliffe

Denis Neilson

Tariq Aziz

Imran Khan – Cricketer turned politician

Asif Ali Zardari

Lianne Smith

 

 

Subs bench – Tony Blair

 

 

 

 

Twenty Tons of Fun? (Life begins at 100, and ends very soon after)

 

The Reverend Reginald Dean – JOKER

Elliot Carter – US composer

Ronald Coase – UK Economist

Besse Cooper

Roy Douglas – UK composer

Florence Green

Clare Hollingworth

Jiroemon Kimura

Rita Levi-Montalcini – Nobel laureate/ Italian senator for life

Oscar Niemeyer

Alf Pearson

Luise Rainer

Marshall Sergei Sokolov

Run Run Shaw

Dorothea Tanning - US artist

Nguyen Ngoc Tho – First president of South Vietnam

Sir Nicholas Winton

Violet Wood

Evie Middleton – one of oldest UK twins

Edith Ritchie – the other twin

 

 

Subs bench

 

Grace Jones – hideously old UK resident

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Heres my theme teams.. Not revealing my main team yet just due to late entries and dont want to risk losing any uniques I might have.

 

The Bedsoring '20s (born in the 1920s)

 

Lauren Bacall

Ray Bradbury

Ann B. Davis

Helen Gurley Brown

Arte Johnson

Tom Kennedy

Warwick Kerr

Daniel Keyes

Ed Koch

Stephanie Kwolek

Stan Lee

George McGovern (joker)

Agnes Nixon

J. I. Packer

Priscilla Pointer

Diana Pullein-Thompson

Josephine Pullein-Thompson

George H. Ross

Richard Wilbur

Andy Williams

 

Califorewarned, Oregoners, Washingtons of Bodies Away (west coast Americans, born or currently live in) (I dont think any of them moved off.. but just to avoid conflict, born or currently live in)

 

Bob Barker

Rich Buhler

Carol Channing

Sonja Christopher

Beverly Cleary

Lisa D'Amato

LeRoy Ellis

Douglas Engelbart

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Etta James

Tawny Kitaen

Gabe Newell

Kari Ann Peniche

Kenneth Pogson

David "Puck" Rainey

Katee Sackhoff

Tres Shannon

Shifty Shellshock

Britney Spears

Sean Stewart (joker)

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Happy New Years to everyone.

 

Composition Of Death

 

Robin Gibb (Joker)

Abdelbaset Al - Megrahi

Yitzhak Shamir

Etta James

General Wojciech Jarezelski

Partriarch Maxim Of Bulgaria

Mike Marqsee

Harlan Ellison

Gary Carter

Penny Marshall

Vidal Sassoon

Jack Ramsay

Archbishop Faustino Sainz Munoz

Jock Hobbs

Abigail Van Buren

Chris Woodhead

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Stefano Borgonovo

Winnie Johnson

Norman Spinrad

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Hi. Long time lurker (for about 4 years, I believe). Decided to take the plunge at last by joining here and entering DDP:

 

Abdelbaset al-Megrahi

Muhammed Ali

Stefano Borgonovo

Jack Brabham

Frank Carson

Hugo Chavez

Liz Dawn

Clarissa Dickson Wright

Aretha Franklin

Robin Gibb (joker)

Geoffrey Hughes

Etta James

Wojciech Jaruzelski

Robert Mugabe

Terry Pratchett

Joseph Ratzinger

Margaret Thatcher

Joost van der Westhuizen

Sid Waddell

Andy Williams

 

Not really hoping for any uniques there - maybe Brabham or Dickson Wright, although they came up last year. Safety first...

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