Maryport's Midsummer Dead Pool

[Rotten Ali 600]

Yep, well done Spade. That was a quick win, quite frankly, amazed.

[gcreptile 10,979]

Congratulations Spade, a risk well-taken.

[Pedro67 232]

Nice one Spade.

[Cat O'Falk 3,290]

Congratulations, sir.

[Deathray 2,941]

I think this scrapes into qualifying obit territory.

[maryportfuncity 10,661]

I think this scrapes into qualifying obit territory.

 

 

A reliable news source reporting in English, yeah. S'cuse me whilst I pull the lowest hanging peach from the nearest tree. So a plucky school janitor socks it metaphorically to the greatest of all time in this dead pool. I can't help thinking that in the world of Jeremy Corbyn all dead pooling would be this way.

 

Hearty congratulations to Spade who should now PM me and/or post here with regard to whether he'd prefer a little dead pool relevant merchandise or to nominate a charity to benefit from a £10 donation or thereabouts in honour of celebrating his win and proving we're not all gormless sickos.

[YoungWillz 21,076]

This will do? http://www.villagelivingonline.com/people/crestline-s-beloved-jerome-lewis-dies/

 

I think this scrapes into qualifying obit territory.

 

Like I said...

[Spade_Cooley 9,550]

Thanks one and all. Mr Lewis is undoubtedly one of the least famous people ever to score in a dead pool, but he seemed like a top lad from everything I've read about him so hopefully he's mopping in heaven and looking after all the schoolkids up there (Samantha Smith, St Rumwold, the little girl from Poltergeist).

 

Anyway, I would like my winnings to go to the ADHD Foundation.

[maryportfuncity 10,661]

Thanks one and all. Mr Lewis is undoubtedly one of the least famous people ever to score in a dead pool, but he seemed like a top lad from everything I've read about him so hopefully he's mopping in heaven and looking after all the schoolkids up there (Samantha Smith, St Rumwold, the little girl from Poltergeist).

 

Anyway, I would like my winnings to go to the ADHD Foundation.

 

Here's a summary of your donation:

Amount :

£10.00

Gift Aid :

£2.50

Charity :

Adhd Foundation

Donation Reference :

IDN00....

[Deathray 2,941]

Thanks one and all. Mr Lewis is undoubtedly one of the least famous people ever to score in a dead pool, but he seemed like a top lad from everything I've read about him so hopefully he's mopping in heaven and looking after all the schoolkids up there (Samantha Smith, St Rumwold, the little girl from Poltergeist).

 

Anyway, I would like my winnings to go to the ADHD Foundation.

 

I wouldn't give money to the ADHD kids, they'll go haywire trying to work out what to spend it on.

[RoverAndOut 4,746]

Obviously the race is still for 2nd and 3rd (and just generally to see how many peg it before June 21st) but I'm more interested to see if any of our 21 (now 20) are still breathing to enter Maryport's Midsummer Madness 2017. As the proud enterer of Zsa Zsa, I'd lay even odds I'll be able to use her again next year, as illogical as that statement sounds.

[maryportfuncity 10,661]

Obviously the race is still for 2nd and 3rd (and just generally to see how many peg it before June 21st) but I'm more interested to see if any of our 21 (now 20) are still breathing to enter Maryport's Midsummer Madness 2017. As the proud enterer of Zsa Zsa, I'd lay even odds I'll be able to use her again next year, as illogical as that statement sounds.

 

 

Hmm, yeah, we could probs do another MMMDP next year, always assuming - of course - we're still alive.

[Toast 16,156]

. As the proud enterer of Zsa Zsa, I'd lay even odds I'll be able to use her again next year

 

You might want to rephrase that.

[maryportfuncity 10,661]

 

. As the proud enterer of Zsa Zsa, I'd lay even odds I'll be able to use her again next year

 

You might want to rephrase that.

 

 

 

Or give her a wash first!

[RoverAndOut 4,746]

 

. As the proud enterer of Zsa Zsa, I'd lay even odds I'll be able to use her again next year

 

You might want to rephrase that.

 

 

Fair point, but however you want to put it, I reckon there's a decent chance the one-legged, blind, bedridden, 99-year-old open chequebook will still be drawing breath by June 2017.

[maryportfuncity 10,661]

 

 

. As the proud enterer of Zsa Zsa, I'd lay even odds I'll be able to use her again next year

 

You might want to rephrase that.

 

 

Fair point, but however you want to put it, I reckon there's a decent chance the one-legged, blind, bedridden, 99-year-old open chequebook will still be drawing breath by June 2017.

 

 

 

Aye, but even she accepts she'll be 100 by then

[maryportfuncity 10,661]

Just checking but we're still looking at 20 survivors, right?

[Bibliogryphon 9,592]

Can I claim second place for Janet waldo?

[maryportfuncity 10,661]

Can I claim second place for Janet waldo?

 

 

Indeed you can though I've not gone looking for a qualifying obit to seal it yet.

 

Having claimed second place you can't claim anything approaching a prize, mind

[maryportfuncity 10,661]

But soft, what light through yonder window breaks, it speaks and yet says nowt we should take on board

 

A hoax, apparently: http://en.mediamass.net/people/janet-waldo/deathhoax.html

[msc 18,488]

But soft, what light through yonder window breaks, it speaks and yet says nowt we should take on board

 

A hoax, apparently: http://en.mediamass.net/people/janet-waldo/deathhoax.html

 

Mediamass is that hoax site which claims all deaths are hoaxes, no?

 

ABC are quoting confirmation from family.

[Deathray 2,941]

But soft, what light through yonder window breaks, it speaks and yet says nowt we should take on board

 

A hoax, apparently: http://en.mediamass.net/people/janet-waldo/deathhoax.html

 

No it's not. Mediamass are a hoax site in themselves - there whole point is to parody mass-media hence media-mass

 

http://en.mediamass.net/people/janet-waldo/deathhoax.html

http://en.mediamass.net/blog/mediamass-project

 

They've even updated the death hoax to say the death hoax appears to be false, which means she's brown bread as reported by actual news source.

 

http://abc7.com/entertainment/voice-of-judy-jetson-janet-waldo-dies-at-age-96/1383083/

 

She's dead

[maryportfuncity 10,661]

 

But soft, what light through yonder window breaks, it speaks and yet says nowt we should take on board

 

A hoax, apparently: http://en.mediamass.net/people/janet-waldo/deathhoax.html

 

No it's not. Mediamass are a hoax site in themselves - there whole point is to parody mass-media hence media-mass

 

http://en.mediamass.net/people/janet-waldo/deathhoax.html

http://en.mediamass.net/blog/mediamass-project

 

They've even updated the death hoax to say the death hoax appears to be false, which means she's brown bread as reported by actual news source.

 

http://abc7.com/entertainment/voice-of-judy-jetson-janet-waldo-dies-at-age-96/1383083/

 

She's dead

 

 

Aw FFS, well that's a podium place sorted, then.

 

One more to go

[YoungWillz 21,076]

Congrats BiblioG.

 

Bet my pick dies in December. Not sure which year though.

[Bibliogryphon 9,592]

 

Can I claim second place for Janet waldo?

 

 

Indeed you can though I've not gone looking for a qualifying obit to seal it yet.

 

Having claimed second place you can't claim anything approaching a prize, mind

 

 

The kudos is enough. After everyone else had made their picks I thought they all seemed to be so much likelier than mine especially as I had her age down as two years younger than is being quoted in her obits. I picked her because I had rejected her for my Windy City team and still wanted to use the pick.