Sean 6,326 Posted May 10, 2017 He is probably one of the best candidates this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted May 12, 2017 On 10/05/2017 at 14:10, Shaun of the Dead said: He is probably one of the best candidates this year. Well yeah, or a decisive miss if he does for us this year what Glen -fucking - Campbell did last year. As a popular and failed pick he'd definitely be tragically hip Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,226 Posted May 12, 2017 28 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said: Well yeah, or a decisive miss if he does for us this year what Glen -fucking - Campbell did last year. As a popular and failed pick he'd definitely be tragically hip Yeah, but Gord Downie has terminal cancer. Glen Campbell has thatdiseasio that I can't remember since when. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,945 Posted May 12, 2017 Glen Campbell is likely to cheat us for another year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,444 Posted May 12, 2017 Gord Downie will do one of two things: 1. Die this year 2. Be number one on the 2018 Deathlist and top 5 on the 2018 Drop Forty, ala Martin Crowe in 2016. The odds are on 1. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,444 Posted June 1, 2017 Update: not dead. The Hip are backing medicinal weed, but wont say if its related to Downies health. Quote Newstrike would not comment on whether its partnership with the Hip was at all influenced by lead singer Gord Downie’s diagnosis with terminal brain cancer. In fairness, the Howard Marks Diet might have added a month or so to Marks lifespan. In other news, his charity fundraiser has now raised $174k. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FixedBusiness 407 Posted June 15, 2017 update: not dead (yet)https://ca.news.yahoo.com/gord-downie-indigenous-activist-sylvia-151123397.html He will be receiving the Order of Canada award. EDIT: actually all 5 members of The Hip:http://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/blog/the-tragically-hip-to-receive-order-of-canada-1.4161951 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted June 20, 2017 Got hugged by the Governor General yesterday, looking slightly puffy: http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/entertainment/arts-entertainment/gov-gen-johnston-apologizes-for-referring-to-indigenous-peoples-as-immigrants-1.20665987 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,226 Posted June 20, 2017 Don't know who looks worse, Meads or Downie? They still look relatively healthy... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mad Hatter 1,092 Posted June 20, 2017 Gord will probably go first. Brain cancer patients usually end up dying when their tumor presses on the brain causing a stroke. Until that happens Gord will be healthy enough to attend these meetings. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted June 20, 2017 Hard to tell, I think. Brain cancer usually gets really bad when the people having it, speak slurrily, or move their eyes weirdly. Does Downie do that yet? Also, statistically, one of the "locks" this year, be it Bracknell, Downie, King Michael, or Meads (not Christie anymore, obviously), may well see 2018. For the sake of my own team, I'd want Meads and Michael to do that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,326 Posted June 21, 2017 Said he stumbled before collecting the honour.Slightly ominous that he hasnt spoken in public since last year despite being out and about.I know the tumour affects his memory so maybe he ismt capable of talking anymore. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FixedBusiness 407 Posted June 22, 2017 Here is part of the lyrics to The Hip song, "At The Hundredth Meridian" "If I die of vanity, promise me, promise me If they bury me some place I don't want to be You'll dig me up and transport me, unceremoniously Away from the swollen city breeze, garbage bag trees Whispers of disease and the acts of enormity And lower me slowly and sadly and properly Get Ry Cooder to sing my eulogy" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,226 Posted July 3, 2017 Made a public appearance on Sunday, and spoke, so we know he can still speak. He's looking more frailer, however... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Prophet 251 Posted July 3, 2017 I think he will be survive this year. He looks OK. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebless 203 Posted July 3, 2017 24 minutes ago, Prophet said: I think he will be survive this year. He looks OK. Six months is a long time still but that's him out of my almost certain verdicts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,226 Posted July 3, 2017 10 minutes ago, ebless said: Six months is a long time still but that's him out of my almost certain verdicts. I'm surprised you haven't removed him earlier... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted July 3, 2017 I don't think that his ability to speak is critical. Lauren Hill also could still speak when you could no longer stand watching her. I thought the stumbling at that honor ceremony was far more important. However, watching him move does indicate that he's still doing ok. Well, his survival wouldn't make a lot of difference in all competitions, except for those who jokered him (Honestly, msc might have drawn all the ill luck of a decade into one year. Maybe he's lucky in that it will balance out in the future. This year is already ruined, and just imagine al-Baghdadi doesn't obit...) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,226 Posted July 3, 2017 At the beginning, his team didn't look bad at all, but in reality, it isn't doing so hot. He got three non-obitters, as well as Homlund getting out of her coma, Nevin looking like a fraud, Al-Baghdadi probably is dead but ISIS isn't willing to confirm it, Downie and Bracknell looking like they're doing okay, Ricketts looking like he's going to the 2 year mark, and Butts and Gilbert appearing to be on the mend. In short, only Elias and Stefansson look like likely hits now. (PS, I really hope his luck changes, he doesn't deserve to do as poorly as he's doing...) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,444 Posted July 3, 2017 Hey, I'm right here, guys, you know! Swings and roundabouts: for all I know, half the people Joey mentions might turn out smart picks by Jan 1st. Realistically, the late dropping of Skellern/Hewlett/Snuka/Aikman/Wetton meant 50 points dropped by February - tough to make that up. Don't know what it says that my "ill luck of a decade in one year" run is still my 2nd best DDP performance, ever. Oh yeah, that years of suggesting Bernie Nolan and Sid Waddell to others then picking Michael fucking Jopling weren't smart... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,226 Posted July 3, 2017 Oh, I'm not completely eliminating anyone on your team (minus Holmlund, that's some bad luck on your part), I'm just saying it doesn't look as good as it did at the beginning of the year. I'm not doing so hot either, especially by making the bad choice of jokering a non-obitter, and Rick Davies (as even if he DOES die, I could've put Paul Van Zandvliet for two extra points). Most of my team I give low probability, as well tbh... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,226 Posted August 24, 2017 New Tragically Hip documentary coming out soon... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted September 16, 2017 The documentary is out.. I'm looking for health updates in the articles about it. His brother says that he is doing "pretty good. He's holding his own" https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/mike-downie-on-his-brother-gords-not-so-secret-path/article36247294/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com& 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted September 17, 2017 "Holding his own" referes to performing and generally working For a second there I thought we had a really intimate documentary on our hands 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,226 Posted September 17, 2017 I don't think he is doing that bad like his brother said. However, something that I noticed is that he hasn't made a public appearance for a while now. Indeed, he was absent from the guest list from a film festival that was showing his documentary. So maybe something bad happened in his fight against glioblastoma, and his brother was saying he's doing well at the moment. Or I could be rambling nonsense and he's completely fine at the moment... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
