Derby Dead Pool 2017

[Joey Russ 7,220]

I'm wondering how Chorizo's team will look now, maybe making a comeback and winning the title once and for all. Also, how's my first main team ever? Cause the biggest regret I have was dropping Bracknell...

[gcreptile 10,963]

Yes, that was a dilemma. I couldn't resist picking him in Shaun's Deadpool though (the replacement window). Contradicting myself there... without payoff.

[drunkasaskunk 194]

Happy new year

[time 8,589]

 

Here's my team of Rons to do one, ...and its goodnight from him)

 

I was tempted at the last minute (but too late) to try a team of Peters

 

I could have put Peter Falk in.

 

Petered out?

[Going Underground 74]

Here we go again. Another top 20 will do me. Thanks as always to TMIB for all his upcoming hard graft keeping the comp ticking over.

 

Team Name: Going Underground

 

Tracy McGiffin (JOKER)

Catherine Nevin

Jimmy Snuka Snr

Bhai Jagraj Singh

Greg Gilbert

John Bain

Valerie Harper

Rena Salmon

Rt Rev Michael Perham

Jessi Zazu

Sonny West

Stefan Karl Stefansson

Robert Mugabe

Ian Brady

Simon Ricketts

Gord Downie

Leon White (Big Van Vader)

Brian Reader

Paul Madeley

Paul McGill (Belfast Telegraph Journalist)

[Joey Russ 7,220]

Pan Breed 2017

 

 

• Gord Downie (joker)
• Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
• Alan Aspin
• Leah Bracknell
• Colin Butts
• Errol Christie
• Sara Coward
• Rayya Elias
• Greg Gilbert
• Anna Holmlund
• Sasha Lakovic
• Tracy McGiffin
• Catherine Nevin
• Simon Ricketts
• Dr Mark Sims
• Stefan Karl Stefansson
• Steve Sumner
• Ben Suisala
• Joost van der Westhuizen
• Paul Van Zandvliet

Not expecting much this year, though. 5th in 2016 was a major fluke.

I know your doubting yourself again, but that looks like another strong team to be honest. I wouldn't be surprised if you made the top ten for the second time in a row.

[RadGuy 1,614]

Well mine is in my sig but I guess I'll post here anyway:

 

To Kill A Gabor Sister 2017

 

DERBY DEAD POOL

Leah Bracknell

Gay Byrne

Errol Christie

Sara Coward

Gord Downie

Greg Gilbert

Kris Hallenga

Sara Hankins

Heidi Loughlin

Lisa Magill

Tracy McGiffin

King Michael I of Romania

Simon Ricketts

Rena Salmon

Mark Sims (J)

Peter Skellern

Jimmy Snuka

Valery Spiridonov

Stefan Karl Stefansson

Steve Sumner

subs:

Shannen Doherty

Sharon Laws

Dilip Kumar

[Toast 16,129]

Shaneen Doherty

 

 

It's Shannen, not Shaneen. I wouldn't bother if it was a typo, but you are consistently spelling it wrong, so this is just FYI.

[msc 18,436]

 

Pan Breed 2017

Not expecting much this year, though. 5th in 2016 was a major fluke.

I know your doubting yourself again, but that looks like another strong team to be honest. I wouldn't be surprised if you made the top ten for the second time in a row.

 

 

Too kind. I looked around the net for a good 10 minutes or so before handing my team in, thinking "Where are the picks the big three would find?" Turns out, the answer to that was: "Nearly all on my shortlist".

 

Still, I stuck to a very simple rule this year. Listed my shortlist by age, axed those I didn't think would die/very too risky/not enough info, and then took the top 20 youngest. This meant folk like Peter Skellern and Dorris Francis, who I think are good picks for 2017, had to miss out. The only real doubt is Kobayashi's QO obit status, but meh, I'm happy with my 20.

[Deathray 2,940]

How many teams then tmib?

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,337]

Here's my three deadpool teams

 

TEAM BLUEBERRY CRUMBLE

 

1) Thomas Keneally (author of Schiendlers ark -inspiration for Oscar glorious film Schiendlers list)

 

2) Mary Wilson (widow of ex PM Harold Wilson)

3) James Lovelock (gaia theory)

4) Dorothy Malone

5)Julie Goodyear

6) Rosamunde Pilcher (British author)

7) Sidney Poitier

8) Hans Rausing SNR (Swedish billionaire inherited tetrapak empire)

9) Poul Schuter (former pm of Denmark)

10) Jack Nicholson

11) Hubert De Givenchy (fashion designer)

12) Frederick B Dent (US Secretary of commerce under Nixon Ford)

 

13) Arthur Irving (Canadian billionaire of the Irving Group)

14) Nick Nolte (us actor)

15) Barbara Bush

16) Queen Sofia of Spain

17) Nigel Lawson

18) Estelle Parsons (us actress)

19) Liz Dawn

20) Cleo Laine

 

 

GOOSEBERRY CRUMBLE TEAM

 

1)The Dowager Duchess of Grafton

2) Paul Biya (President of Cameroon)

3) Lee Radziwill (American socialite and sister of Jackie Kennedy)

4) Lord Snowden

5) Pat Boone (us singer)

6) Mary Carlisle (silent movie star)

7) Austin Mitchell( Former UK Labour MP)

8) Robert Fyfe Scottish actor -(Last of the summer wine)

9) Dale Winton

10) Henrik Prince of Denmark

11) Gene Hackman

12) Brunhilde De Ponsel (Goebbels press Secretary)

13) James Watson (scientist and cofounder of DNA helix)

14) Franco Zeffirelli (Italian film director)

15) Wilbur Smith( British novelist)

16) Benjamin B Ferencz( the last Nuremberg Prosecutor)

17) Lionel Blair

18) Gina Lollobrigida (Italian actress)

19) John Cunliffe (author /creator of Postman Pat)

20) Imelda Marcos

 

APRICOT CRUMBLE TEAM

 

1) Sir Bernard Ingham ( former Press Secretary to Margaret Thatcher)

2) Winnie Ewing SNP royalty

3) Johnny Gold (owner of Famous celebrity haunt Tramps nightclub in London)

4) Barbara Walters

5) Jim Bowen (Bullseye presenter)

6) Nicky Haslem (British socialite and interior designer _friend to the stars)

7) Joan Kennedy (of the famous US political Dynasty)

8) Robert Benton (US film director of Kramer Vs Kramer fame)

9) Hugh Hefner

10) Pierre Cardin

11) Gerald Kaufman (Labour MP)

12) Geoffrey Boycott

13) Robert Bergland (former US Secretary of agriculture under Jimmy Carter)

14) Barbara Sinatra (widow of Frank Sinatra)

15) Petula Clarke

16) Loretta Lynn

17) Elizabeth Kelly( British actress played Aunt Nellie in EastEnders)

18) Burt Reynolds

19) Cindy Adams (US gossip columnist)

20) Shirley Bassey

 

 

 

But which Crumble seems best?! Which Crumble will taste best......?

[Youth in Asia 1,086]

Good luck to everyone for the new season.

 

And I hope my friends/acquaintances don't keep dying as they have been doing for the last couple of years.

[Switch 141]

MAIN TEAM: Dead as a Doornail

1. Pete Frates (1984; ALS sufferer) JOKER
2. Nick Boles (1965; politician)
3. Leah Bracknell (1964; actress)
4. Charles Bradley (1948; musician)
5. Errol Christie (1963; boxer)
6. Shannen Doherty (1971; actress)
7. Gord Downie (1964; musician)
8. Helen Fawkes (1971; reporter)
9. Valerie Harper (1939; actress)
10. Stephen Hawking (1942; scientist)
11. Clive James (1939; writer)
12. Val Kilmer (1959; actor)
13. Sharon Laws (1974; cyclist)
14. Peter Skellern (1947; musician)
15. Jimmy Snuka (1943; wrestler)
16. Mario Soares (1924; politician)
17. Valery Spiridonov (circa 1975; potential head transplant case)
18. Marieke Vervoort (1979; paralympic athlete)
19. Joost van der Westhuizen (1971; rugby player)
20. John Wetton (1949; musician)

Sub 1: Georgina Beyer (1957; politician)
Sub 2: Paul Gascoigne (1967; footballer)
Sub 3: Ian Brady (1938; murderer)

THEME TEAM: Dead Kennedys
1. Ethel Kennedy (1928; RFK's widow) JOKER
2. Joan Bennett Kennedy (1936; Ted Kennedy's wife)
3. A. L. Kennedy (1965; writer)
4. Anthony Kennedy (1936; Supreme Court justice)
5. Betty Kennedy (1926; Canadian politician)
6. Brian Kennedy (1966; musician)
7. Claudia J. Kennedy (1947; US general)
8. David Kennedy (1940; Australian politician)
9. David Kennedy (1953; racing driver)
10. Helena Kennedy (1950; barrister)
11. Ian Kennedy Martin (1936; TV writer)
12. Jean Kennedy Smith (1928; former US ambassador to Ireland)
13. John Kennedy (1931; cricketer)
14. John Kennedy (1939; footballer)
15. John Neely Kennedy (1951; US politician)
16. Ray Kennedy (1951; footballer)
17. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (1954; RFK's son)
18. Sarah Kennedy (1950; radio broadcaster)
19. Tom Kennedy (1927; game show host)
20. William Kennedy (1928; writer)

Sub 1: Seema Kennedy (1974; UK politician)

[gcreptile 10,963]

Aww... no unique with Sharon Laws after all. I didn't expect it anyway. I thought I'd most likely get one with Catherine Nevin, ha!

[Joey Russ 7,220]

Aww... no unique with Sharon Laws after all. I didn't expect it anyway. I thought I'd most likely get one with Catherine Nevin, ha!

I'm just waiting for that person to name Rick Davies so I know I have no uniques.

[Windsor 2,233]

Inspired by the number of famous deaths in 2016, and further buoyed on by idleness I have chosen more proper celebrities these days. Donald Trump wasn't intended to be on the DDP but was brought on as a sub. Still a chance he could die in 2017 so not too fussed.

 

 

Windsor the Troll

 

1. Leah Bracknell

2. Sir Bruce Forsyth

3. Buzz Aldrin

4. Greg Gilbert (Joker)

5. Jim Bowen

6. Rev Billy Graham

7. Clive James

8. Glen Campbell

9. Robert Mugabe

10. Steve Sumner

11. Liz Dawn

12. Donald J. Trump

13. Olivia de Havilland

14. Jimmy Snuka

15. Richard Wilson

16. Sean Connery

17. Gerald Kaufman

18. Prunella Scales

19. Stephen Hawking

20. Desmond Tutu

[Toast 16,129]

I'm just waiting for that person to name Rick Davies so I know I have no uniques.

 

 

Doing OK, apparently.

 

I spoke with Carl Verheyen today about Rick's 95% cancer remission, and while there is no chance for a complete 100% remission, it is still close enough to where he can get treatments and perhaps go on the road.

 

[msc 18,436]

^ Oh, would you look at that...

 

*innocent face*

[Predictor 1,018]

nvm already posted 3 min earlier...

[Joey Russ 7,220]

 

I'm just waiting for that person to name Rick Davies so I know I have no uniques.

 

Doing OK, apparently.

 

I spoke with Carl Verheyen today about Rick's 95% cancer remission, and while there is no chance for a complete 100% remission, it is still close enough to where he can get treatments and perhaps go on the road.

 

Ah fuck...

Maybe it'll turn for the worse later this year...

[msc 18,436]

Falling for Rick Davies isn't as bad as those who fell for the Scott Thorson terminal ass cancer one though. Or Jasper Carrot. Or fucking Ryan arsehole Buell. Besides, if his cancer returns with a vengeance (as has been known to happen) you'll be laughing. I remember well that year many of us poor sods picked Seve Ballesteros as our number one in the Inverse Deadpool...

[Joey Russ 7,220]

Looks like me and RadGuy both have one bad DDP choice. He had Hankins, but she's not going to obit I don't think.

[RadGuy 1,614]

Looks like me and RadGuy both have one bad DDP choice. He had Hankins, but she's not going to obit I don't think.

Daily Mail and Independent did stories on her.

Whether or not they'll follow up is my worry, but I reckon they will.

[msc 18,436]

Ah but you've got around 12-13 likely hits - compare that to the 40-50 teams who scored 0/20 last year.

[Joey Russ 7,220]

Ah but you've got around 12-13 likely hits - compare that to the 40-50 teams who scored 0/20 last year.

You talking to me or RadGuy?