YoungWillz 21,251 Posted March 2, 2018 Critically, Gillo Dorfles is an early and unique hit on this pool. Ah, well, the team can be philosophical about their measly point award. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,558 Posted March 2, 2018 One of those deadpooling names that seemed to go on forever. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 8,051 Posted March 2, 2018 On 12/27/2017 at 14:59, Death Impends said: As my two previous December 30 hits were both born in 1910, I included three people born that year. At this rate, Ruthie Tompson is gone by the end of April! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,251 Posted March 3, 2018 The Hare's Pool rule: never pick a Vanessa, they go too quickly. After Lafaye comes Goodwin and an early hit for three teams. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,251 Posted March 4, 2018 Three teams thought Sir Roger Bannister would be a runaway success for them. Sadly, as in life, he went too quick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WhoamI 35 Posted March 5, 2018 Very sad to see this great man die. Norman Lloyd; Herman Wouk; Jacques Chirac; George H.W. Bush; Paul Gascoigne; Roger Bannister; Olivia Newton-John; Ted Mack; Leslie Phillips; John McCain; Olivia De Havilland; Marge Champion; Mary Wilson, Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx; Glynis Johns; Tommy Raudonikis; Larry King (Joker); Bob Dole; Jill Gascoine; Dorothy Malone; William Ernest "Bill" Lucas; Prince Phillip; Rev Billy Graham; Kirk Douglas; Joyce Randolph; A.S. Byatt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,942 Posted March 7, 2018 On 05/03/2018 at 04:57, WhoamI said: Very sad to see this great man die. Norman Lloyd; Herman Wouk; Jacques Chirac; George H.W. Bush; Paul Gascoigne; Roger Bannister; Olivia Newton-John; Ted Mack; Leslie Phillips; John McCain; Olivia De Havilland; Marge Champion; Mary Wilson, Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx; Glynis Johns; Tommy Raudonikis; Larry King (Joker); Bob Dole; Jill Gascoine; Dorothy Malone; William Ernest "Bill" Lucas; Prince Phillip; Rev Billy Graham; Kirk Douglas; Joyce Randolph; A.S. Byatt How can you possibly be sad to see Billy Graham die unless theirs summit wrong with your head (actually of course there is you're on this fucking site). He was an absolute career Christian who's sole interest in life was lining his own fucking pockets and ripping off thousands and thousands of fucking lunatics. There's a parallel universe where Billy Graham goes all fucking Jim Jones and half the American population is wiped out overnight... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,268 Posted March 7, 2018 1 minute ago, Deathray said: How can you possibly be sad to see Billy Graham die unless theirs summit wrong with your head (actually of course there is you're on this fucking site). He was an absolute career Christian who's sole interest in life was lining his own fucking pockets and ripping off thousands and thousands of fucking lunatics. There's a parallel universe where Billy Graham goes all fucking Jim Jones and half the American population is wiped out overnight... Pretty sure he was talking about Sir Roger Bannister when he made that comment... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,942 Posted March 7, 2018 Just now, Joey Russ said: Pretty sure he was talking about Sir Roger Bannister when he made that comment... Well he was a fucking tosser too. All that neurology work to aid the spastics when he could have just let the fucking vegetables die anyway, rather than creating excess work for our fucking stretched welfare system... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WhoamI 35 Posted March 8, 2018 12 hours ago, Deathray said: Well he was a fucking tosser too. All that neurology work to aid the spastics when he could have just let the fucking vegetables die anyway, rather than creating excess work for our fucking stretched welfare system... Are you bloody serious ????? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,242 Posted March 8, 2018 1 hour ago, WhoamI said: Are you bloody serious ????? Just part of one of Deathray's occasional rant-a-thons. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,558 Posted March 8, 2018 17 minutes ago, Toast said: Just part of one of Deathray's occasional rant-a-thons. Now I'm picturing this (with Deathray as Deathlist alumnus Casey Kasem): "Not all children are as fortunate as you are. Some of them have rant-a-thons.." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 8,051 Posted March 8, 2018 6 hours ago, msc said: Now I'm picturing this (with Deathray as Deathlist alumnus Casey Kasem): "Not all children are as fortunate as you are. Some of them have rant-a-thons.." Casey being an expert on rant-a-thons, particularly when they pertain to talking about dead dogs after up-tempo music. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,251 Posted March 10, 2018 Fifth Leaderboard 2018: (*=Joker) 1st: msc - 235 Points [7/25] (*Elias; Cryne; Alcock; Stokes; Miller; Nevin; Lafaye) 2nd: drol - 195 Points [7/25] (Elias; Zarin; Cryne; Alcock; Miller; Tsvangirai; Nevin) 3rd: Captain Chorizo - 177 Points [6/25] (Monson; Elias; Alcock; Kit; L. Gilbert; Goodwin) 4th: The Unknown Man - 157 Points [5/25] (Elias; Cryne; Miller; Tsvangirai; Graham) 5th: Death Impends - 152 Points [4/25] (Killen; Kit; Graham; Dorfles) 6th: Grim Up North - 151 Points [5/25] (Elias; Cryne; Alcock; Miller; Goodwin) 7th: Whoaml - 130 Points [3/25] (Malone; Graham; Bannister) 8th: the_engineer - 127 Points [4/25] (Falkholt; Sawyer; Miller; Graham) =9th: Bibliogryphon - 119 Points [2/25] (*Hauxwell; Bannister) =9th: Phantom of the Midway - 119 Points [3/25] (Smith; Tsvangirai; Fabray) 11th: Fixed Business - 113 Points [3/25] (Monson; Graham; Goodwin) 12th: Toast - 103 Points [3/25] (Elias; Miller; Bannister) 13th: Joey Russ - 102 Points [3/25] (Smith; Olivera; Graham) 14th: NiceGuyEddie - 87 Points [3/25] (Cryne; Olivera; Miller) 15th: The Dead Cow - 79 Points [2/25] (Sawyer; Lafaye) 16th: Wormfarmer - 70 Points [2/25] (Sawyer; Nevin) 17th: FujimoriNoMorey - 59 Points [2/25] (Cryne; Miller) 18th: Sir Creep - 58 Points [3/25] (Elias; Falkholt; Miller) =19th: John Key - 51 Points [1/25] (Graham) =19th: mr whit - 51 Points [1/25] (Graham) =19th: Prophet - 51 Points [1/25] (Graham) =19th: Sean - 51 Points [1/25] (Graham) =19th: Widows Peak - 51 Points [1/25] (Graham) 24th: gcreptile: 41 Points [2/25] (Manikan; Olivera) 25th: Grigori: 31 Points [1/25] (Kit) 26th: Book - 21 Points [1/25] (Le Guin) 27th: Torva Messor - 3 Points [1/25] (Elias) =28th: Deathray - 0 Points [0/25] =28th: Pedro67 - 0 Points [0/25] =28th: YoungWillz - 0 Points [0/25] 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,251 Posted March 12, 2018 One team won't need a bookkeeper to count their points for Oskar Groening. On we March.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,251 Posted March 14, 2018 Four teams now have a big black hole in their line-up. Far from being an event on the horizon, Stephen Hawking's death wheeled up a little too soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,251 Posted March 24, 2018 Sixth Leaderboard 2018: (*=Joker) 1st: msc - 235 Points [7/25] (*Elias; Cryne; Alcock; Stokes; Miller; Nevin; Lafaye) 2nd: drol - 195 Points [7/25] (Elias; Zarin; Cryne; Alcock; Miller; Tsvangirai; Nevin) 3rd: Prophet - 190 Points [3/25] (Graham; Groening; Hawking) 4th: Captain Chorizo - 177 Points [6/25] (Monson; Elias; Alcock; Kit; L. Gilbert; Goodwin) 5th: The Unknown Man - 157 Points [5/25] (Elias; Cryne; Miller; Tsvangirai; Graham) 6th: Death Impends - 152 Points [4/25] (Killen; Kit; Graham; Dorfles) 7th: Grim Up North - 151 Points [5/25] (Elias; Cryne; Alcock; Miller; Goodwin) 8th: Whoaml - 130 Points [3/25] (Malone; Graham; Bannister) 9th: the_engineer - 127 Points [4/25] (Falkholt; Sawyer; Miller; Graham) 10th: Widows Peak - 123 Points [2/25] (Graham; Hawking) =11th: Bibliogryphon - 119 Points [2/25] (*Hauxwell; Bannister) =11th: Phantom of the Midway - 119 Points [3/25] (Smith; Tsvangirai; Fabray) 13th: Fixed Business - 113 Points [3/25] (Monson; Graham; Goodwin) =14th: Grigori: 103 Points [2/25] (Kit; Hawking) =14th: Toast - 103 Points [3/25] (Elias; Miller; Bannister) 16th: Joey Russ - 102 Points [3/25] (Smith; Olivera; Graham) 17th: NiceGuyEddie - 87 Points [3/25] (Cryne; Olivera; Miller) 18th: The Dead Cow - 79 Points [2/25] (Sawyer; Lafaye) 19th: Pedro67 - 72 Points [1/25] (Hawking) 20th: Wormfarmer - 70 Points [2/25] (Sawyer; Nevin) 21st: FujimoriNoMorey - 59 Points [2/25] (Cryne; Miller) 22nd: Sir Creep - 58 Points [3/25] (Elias; Falkholt; Miller) =23rd: John Key - 51 Points [1/25] (Graham) =23rd: mr whit - 51 Points [1/25] (Graham) =23rd: Sean - 51 Points [1/25] (Graham) 26th: gcreptile: 41 Points [2/25] (Manikan; Olivera) 27th: Book - 21 Points [1/25] (Le Guin) 28th: Torva Messor - 3 Points [1/25] (Elias) =29th: Deathray - 0 Points [0/25] =29th: YoungWillz - 0 Points [0/25] 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,251 Posted March 24, 2018 So Deathray and me say farewell as Pedro67 sets out on his race. We've still got the kettle on, our feet up and no hits. Soon be April....who will be made a fool of next month? And don't forget, the clocks go forward in the UK later.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,251 Posted March 24, 2018 The death has been announced of Britain's oldest Olympian, Bill Lucas. A unique that just didn't last the distance to December. POINTS! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,251 Posted March 26, 2018 I'm inclined to allow this obit for DeKoven on the grounds of specialist website: https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/315818/Obituary_Game_design_pioneer_Bernard_Bernie_DeKoven.php Whether by design or something else, a unique hit on this pool. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,558 Posted March 26, 2018 7 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: I'm inclined to allow this obit for DeKoven on the grounds of specialist website: https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/315818/Obituary_Game_design_pioneer_Bernard_Bernie_DeKoven.php Whether by design or something else, a unique hit on this pool. And as that's the online version of the former Game Developer magazine (remember that?), it counts for the Cup too. Good spot. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,251 Posted March 27, 2018 Journo and blogger Jordon Cooper has writ his last as of 26 March, and is a unique on this pool. http://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/remembering-jordon-coopers-passion-and-wit It's not even April yet.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,558 Posted March 27, 2018 7 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Journo and blogger Jordon Cooper has writ his last as of 26 March, and is a unique on this pool. http://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/remembering-jordon-coopers-passion-and-wit It's not even April yet.... Someone I didn't even add to my prospective April Cup team as I thought it a tad early. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,251 Posted April 6, 2018 Seventh Leaderboard 2018: (*=Joker) 1st: msc - 317 Points [8/25] (*Elias; Cryne; Alcock; Stokes; Miller; Nevin; Lafaye; DeKoven) 2nd: Whoaml - 212 Points [4/25] (Malone; Graham; Bannister; Lucas) 3rd: drol - 195 Points [7/25] (Elias; Zarin; Cryne; Alcock; Miller; Tsvangirai; Nevin) 4th: Prophet - 190 Points [3/25] (Graham; Groening; Hawking) 5th: Captain Chorizo - 177 Points [6/25] (Monson; Elias; Alcock; Kit; L. Gilbert; Goodwin) 6th: The Unknown Man - 157 Points [5/25] (Elias; Cryne; Miller; Tsvangirai; Graham) 7th: Death Impends - 152 Points [4/25] (Killen; Kit; Graham; Dorfles) 8th: Grim Up North - 151 Points [5/25] (Elias; Cryne; Alcock; Miller; Goodwin) 9th: the_engineer - 127 Points [4/25] (Falkholt; Sawyer; Miller; Graham) 10th: gcreptile: 125 Points [3/25] (Manikan; Olivera; J Cooper) 11th: Widows Peak - 123 Points [2/25] (Graham; Hawking) =12th: Bibliogryphon - 119 Points [2/25] (*Hauxwell; Bannister) =12th: Phantom of the Midway - 119 Points [3/25] (Smith; Tsvangirai; Fabray) 14th: Fixed Business - 113 Points [3/25] (Monson; Graham; Goodwin) =15th: Grigori: 103 Points [2/25] (Kit; Hawking) =15th: Toast - 103 Points [3/25] (Elias; Miller; Bannister) 17th: Joey Russ - 102 Points [3/25] (Smith; Olivera; Graham) 18th: NiceGuyEddie - 87 Points [3/25] (Cryne; Olivera; Miller) 19th: The Dead Cow - 79 Points [2/25] (Sawyer; Lafaye) 20th: Pedro67 - 72 Points [1/25] (Hawking) 21st: Wormfarmer - 70 Points [2/25] (Sawyer; Nevin) 22nd: FujimoriNoMorey - 59 Points [2/25] (Cryne; Miller) 23rd: Sir Creep - 58 Points [3/25] (Elias; Falkholt; Miller) =24th: John Key - 51 Points [1/25] (Graham) =24th: mr whit - 51 Points [1/25] (Graham) =24th: Sean - 51 Points [1/25] (Graham) 27th: Book - 21 Points [1/25] (Le Guin) 28th: Torva Messor - 3 Points [1/25] (Elias) =29th: Deathray - 0 Points [0/25] =29th: YoungWillz - 0 Points [0/25] 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,251 Posted April 9, 2018 From Hair Spool To Hare's Pool: Award winning hairdresser Derek Elvy has lost his battle with spinal cancer and is a hit here. https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/homed/102944042/awardwinning-wellington-hairdresser-dies 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
