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16 minutes ago, CaptainChorizo said:
1 hour ago, Sir Creep said:

haha excellent point mate.
Well I already see I've no chance this year.  Not sure how everyone thinks....how the hell is Falkholt not a slam dunk first few names on your lists I do not know.  I anticipated Drop 40 slam dunk for her, but I don't see another team listing her that posted.  lol oh well.  I lose 6 points cuz I chose her as Joker over Bracknell.  Ugh! 

SC

I don't think she is a slamdunk at all,even under worst case scenario some people are kept alive for years. With her parent's and sis dying if her family is religious even more incentive for them to keep her on a machine long as possible

Agreed.  See Michael Schumacher.

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Just now, Toast said:

Agreed.  See Michael Schumacher.

And Anna Holmlund. 

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Just realized I made a similar decision with Al-Baghdadi this year. Oh well, c'est la vie.  Failure #2, here I come...

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2 hours ago, Sir Creep said:

haha excellent point mate.
Well I already see I've no chance this year.  Not sure how everyone thinks....how the hell is Falkholt not a slam dunk first few names on your lists I do not know.  I anticipated Drop 40 slam dunk for her, but I don't see another team listing her that posted.  lol oh well.  I lose 6 points cuz I chose her as Joker over Bracknell.  Ugh! 

SC

I have her on my list. I don't think she's a slam dunk, her chances are 50/50. I don't know if she'll make the Drop 40, but I'll be quite surprised if only a few teams pick her. I considered making her my joker, but the uncertainty made me choose Leah Bracknell instead.

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Well, as promised, here are my 2018 teams. Read 'em and weep, suckers!

 

12 Lords A-Leaving, 8 Ladies Dying

 

JOKER (Pick 1): Hugh Masekela - South African Trumpeter/Composer (M)

(Pick 2): Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI - Former Pope (M)

(Pick 3): Barbara Bush - Former First Lady of the US (F)

(Pick 4): Anne V Coates - British Film Editor e.g. Lawrence of Arabia (F)

(Pick 5): Roberta Flack - American Singer e.g. Killing Me Softly With His Song (F)

(Pick 6): Aretha Franklin - American Singer e.g. R-E-S-P-E-C-T (F)

(Pick 7): Tony Green - English Darts Caller/Commentator e.g. Bullseye (M)

(Pick 8): Stephen Hawking - English Scientist and Author, specialist on Black Holes (M)

(Pick 9): Jeremy Isaacs - Scottish TV Producer and Executive/ Former Director Covent Garden (M)

(Pick 10): Tessa Jowell - Former Labour Party MP and Government Minister (F)

(Pick 11): Angela Lansbury - UK Actress e.g. Murder, She Wrote (F)

(Pick 12): Imelda Marcos - Former First Lady of Philippines (F)

(Pick 13): John McCain - US Senator for Arizona (M)

(Pick 14): Ennio Morricone - Italian Composer, e.g. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (M)

(Pick 15): John Nott - Former Conservative MP and Secretary Of State For Defence (M)

(Pick 16): Yoko Ono - Japanese Artist and Widow of John Lennon (F)

(Pick 17): Michael Parkinson - English Chat Show Host/Presenter (M)

(Pick 18): Sydney Samuelson - First British Film Commissioner (M)

(Pick 19): Neil Simon - US Playwright e.g. California Suite (M)

(Pick 20): Peter Thomson - Australian Golfer, 5 time Open Champion (M)

 

Comedy Cremations

 

JOKER (Pick 1): Valerie Harper - American Sitcom Star e.g. Rhoda

(Pick 2): Stanley Baxter - Scottish Comedy Actor

(Pick 3): Mel Brooks - US Comedy Actor/Director/Producer

(Pick 4): Jim Bowen - English Stand Up Comedian

(Pick 5): Billy Connolly - Scottish Comedian

(Pick 6): Windsor Davies - Welsh Comedy Actor e.g. Never The Twain

(Pick 7): Ken Dodd - English Stand Up Comedian

(Pick 8): Ray Galton - Comedy Writer e.g. Steptoe And Son

(Pick 9): Melvyn Hayes - Comedy Actor e.g. It Ain't Half Hot Mum

(Pick 10): Terry Jones - Member of Monty Python's Flying Circus

(Pick 11): Jackie Mason - American Stand Up Comedian

(Pick 12): Paul Mayhew-Archer - Comedy Writer e.g. The Vicar Of Dibley

(Pick 13): Brian Murphy - Comedy Actor e.g. Man About The House; George And Mildred

(Pick 14): Bob Newhart - American Comedy Performer

(Pick 15): Denis Norden - English Comedy Writer/Presenter

(Pick 16): Richard O'Sullivan - Comedy Actor e.g. Man About The House

(Pick 17): Nicholas Parsons - English Comedy Straight Man/Presenter of Just A Minute

(Pick 18): Leslie Phillips - English Comedy Actor e.g. Carry On series and Harry Potter

(Pick 19): June Whitfield - English Actress e.g. Terry And June

(Pick 20): Mike Yarwood - English Comedy Impressionist

 

Hits of 36 Years Ago And Hits Today

 

JOKER (Pick 1): Linda Nolan - #14 Don't Love Me Too Hard (The Nolans)

(Pick 2): Jon Anderson - #6 I'll Find My Way Home (Jon and Vangelis)

(Pick 3): Jet Black (Brian John Duffy) - #2 Golden Brown (The Stranglers)

(Pick 4): Eric Burdon - #11 House Of The Rising Sun (The Animals)

(Pick 5): Rick Davies - #26 It's Raining Again (Supertramp)

(Pick 6): Noel Duggan - #5 Theme From Harry's Game (Clannad)

(Pick 7): Abdul "Duke" Fakir - #16 Don't Walk Away (Four Tops)

(Pick 8): Jim Gordon - #4 Layla (1982) (Derek And The Dominos)

(Pick 9): Lou Gramm - #8 Waiting For A Girl Like You (Foreigner)

(Pick 10): Chas Hodges - #2 Ain't No Pleasing You (Chas and Dave)

(Pick 11): Mick Jones - #8 Waiting For A Girl Like You (Foreigner)

(Pick 12): Barry Manilow - #8 I Wanna Do It With You

(Pick 13): Olivia Newton-John - #18 Landslide

(Pick 14): Rocky Sharpe (Robert Podsiadly) - #19 Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out) (Replays)

(Pick 15): Gary Rossington - #21 Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

(Pick 16): Ryuichi Sakamoto - #30 Bamboo Houses (with David Sylvian)

(Pick 17): Florian Schneider - #1 The Model/Computer Love (Kraftwerk)

(Pick 18): David Van Day - #4 Give Me Back My Heart (Dollar)

(Pick 19): Ronnie Wood - #26 Going To A Go-Go (The Rolling Stones)

(Pick 20): Bill Wyman - #26 Going To A Go-Go (The Rolling Stones)

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4 hours ago, Torva Messor said:

I submitted my hastily scribbled list. I've read the DDP Rules & Scoring a few times: before sharing it here, may I have confirmation that 20 *unique* picks aren't required? 

 

Good luck and Happy 2018 to all.

 

Team Name: Scythe Matters

1. Leah Bracknell *JOKER*
2. Fernando Ricksen
3. John McCain
4. Leah Bracknell
5. Rayya Elias
6. Tessa Jowell
7. Stefan Karl Stefansson
8. Clive James
9. Alberto Fujimori
10. Linda Nolan
11. John Hume
12. Leontyne Price
13. Shane MacGowan
14. Alison Lurie
15. George H.W. Bush
16. Jimmy Carter
17. Jill Gascoigne
18. Rosamunde Pilcher
19. Barbara Bush
20. Dennis Skinner

 

Substitutes:

A. Muriel Pavlow

B. Philip Mountbatten (aka Prince Philip)

C. Yasuhiro Nakasone

You have Leah Bracknell twice!

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4 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Well, as promised, here are my 2018 teams. Read 'em and weep, suckers!

 

12 Lords A-Leaving, 8 Ladies Dying

 

JOKER (Pick 1): Hugh Masekela - South African Trumpeter/Composer (M)

 

 

Yer joker was on my shortlist till very late on the day. Wound up a sub for one of the teams!

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Yes, would have loved to pick him (Masekela). But he just didn't make the cut though I have a feeling that he's not going to make it. But the statistics...

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I'm Sorry For Your Trouble

 

Leah Bracknell

Rayya Elias

Jill Gascoine

Greg Gilbert

Jimmy Greaves

Robin Herd

John Hume

Clive James

Tessa Jowell

Shane MacGowan

John McCain

Liam Miller

Stirling Moss

Willie Nelson

Olivia Newton-John

Linda Nolan

Fernando Ricksen

Stefan Karl Stefansson

Nobby Stiles

Marieke Vervoort (joker)

 

Losing the Plot (theme team -people with dementia)
 

Stan Bowles

Jill Gascoine

Luke Halpin

Prince Henrik of Denmark

John Hume

Terry Jones

Billy McNeill

Daniel arap Moi

Gerd Muller

Irene Papas

Trevor Peacock

Martin Peters

King Salman of Saudi Arabia

Prunella Scales

Neil Simon

Helen Stewart

Nobby Stiles (joker)

Monica Vitti

Ray Wilson

Joanne Woodward


 

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4 minutes ago, msc said:

 

Yer joker was on my shortlist till very late on the day. Wound up a sub for one of the teams!

Wasn't mentioned on the forum at all! I've been sweating for three weeks on that one...

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From what I read on Masekela, he's still doing alright at the moment. But I think a turn for the worse is plausible...

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Just now, YoungWillz said:

Wasn't mentioned on the forum at all! I've been sweating for three weeks on that one...

 

Hah, he did get...a Mail reference I think. Anyhow, I didn't pick him in the end.

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Well, here's my lot for 2018.

 

Still Life

 

1. Marieke Vervoort (joker)
2. Clive James 
3. Leah Bracknell 
4. Vannessa Goodwin 
5. Liam Miller

6. John McCain 
7. Fernando Ricksen 
8. Tiffany Youngs 
9. Bernard Tapie
10. Nobby Stiles 
11. Dean Francis
12. Rayya Elias 
13. John 'Cocksy' Cocks 
14. Greg Gilbert 
15. Morgan Tsvangirai 
16. Mike Willesee 
17. Matt Cappotelli 
18. Patrick Cryne 
19. Jessica Falkholt
20. Ian Toothill
 

Still More Life

 

1. Stefan Karl Stefansson (joker) 
2. Stuart Fraser 
3. Tessa Jowell 
4. Justin Raimondo
5. Dave Fisher 
6. Charlotte Rae 
7. Olivia Newton-John 
8. Valerie Harper
9. Bill Heine 
10. Ami Brown 
11. Steffan Lewis 
12. Paul Alcock 
13. Sara Chivers 
14. Simon Ricketts 
15. Kathleen Blanco 
16. Vanessa LaFaye
17. Oliver Dragojevic 
18. Brian O'Connor 
19. Nyssa Burrells
20. Abi Flynn 

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Mitzi Shore (founder of the Comedy Store) (joker)

Diana Athill (novelist)

Leah Bracknell (Emmerdale actress)

Montserrat Caballe (opera singer)

Ralph Clarke (old paedo)

 

Leonard Fenton (actor, Dr Legg in EastEnders)

Jill Gascoine (actress)

Clive James (writer and broadcaster)

Gaston Glock (gun bloke)

Tanya Jones (wife of Gazza-gonad-grabbing footballer Vinnie)

 

Stefan Karl Stefansson (actor)

Gudrun Ure (Supergran)

Brian Urquhart (World War II veteran)

Olive Newton John (Australian singer/actress)

Jimmy Greaves (footballing legend)

 

Burt Reynolds (actor)

Mary Wilson (widow of Harold Wilson)

Clarissa Eden (widow of Anthony Eden)

Linda Nolan (singer)

Franco Zeffirelli (Italian director)

 

Subs:

William Russell (Doctor Who actor)

Yoko Ono (homewrecking widow of John Lennon)

Priscilla Pointer (actress, was in Dallas)

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FWIW here's my team:

The Sunday Supplement's Premature Review of 2018

 

Liam Miller (Joker)
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
Terry Jacks
Olivia Newton-John
Dilip Kumar
John McCain
Tessa Jowell
Jill Gascoine
Clive James
Leah Bracknell
Bernard Tapie
Barbara Walters
Paul Darrow
Burt Reynolds
Eileen Derbyshire
Mo Moreland
Stirling Moss
Alberto Fujimori
William Terence Clark (Battle of Britain veteran)
Paul Farnes (Battle of Britain veteran)

 

Theme Team (football):

 

At the end of the day Brian, it gets dark...

 

Liam Miller (Joker)
Stanley Bowles
Peter Lorimer
Fernando Ricksen
Danny Wallace
Alan Hudson
Paul Madeley
Pele
Martin Peters
Jimmy Greaves
Ian St John
Paul Gascoigne
Ray Kennedy
Ivor Boradis
Jean-Pierre Adams
Eduardo Berizzo
Dino Zoff
Kenny Sansom
Billy McNeil
Nobby Stiles

 

Good luck everyone, Spade especially...

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Happy new year guys. Not sure il’ll ever top my 5th place of 2015  again but here it goes. I’m hoping Jordan isn’t spinning us a yarn regarding her mother’s health.

 

Team: Going Underground 

 

Linda Nolan JOKER
Amy Price (Katy Price mother)
Leah Bracknall (Actress)
Paul Madeley (Ex Footballer)
Eric Sun (Facebook Tech)
Ian Toothill (conquered Everest)
Vanessa Goodwin (Politician)
Lil Wayne (Rapper)
Bill Heine (Radio)

Patrick Cryne (Businessman)
King Salman of Saudi

Liam Miller (Footballer)

Satoru Anzaki (Businessman)
Val Kilmer (Actor)

Dean Francis (Boxer)

Tommy Raudonikis (Rugby)
John McCain (US Senator)
David DiChiera (Composer)
Charlotte Rae (Actress)

Jose Jose (Mexican Singer)

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52 minutes ago, themaninblack said:

FWIW here's my team:

The Sunday Supplement's Premature Review of 2018

 

Liam Miller (Joker)
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
Terry Jacks
Olivia Newton-John
Dilip Kumar
John McCain
Tessa Jowell
Jill Gascoine
Clive James
Leah Bracknell
Bernard Tapie
Barbara Walters
Paul Darrow
Burt Reynolds
Eileen Derbyshire
Mo Moreland
Stirling Moss
Alberto Fujimori
William Terence Clark (Battle of Britain veteran)
Paul Farnes (Battle of Britain veteran)

 

Theme Team (football):

 

At the end of the day Brian, it gets dark...

 

Liam Miller (Joker)
Stanley Bowles
Peter Lorimer
Fernando Ricksen
Danny Wallace
Alan Hudson
Paul Madeley
Pele
Martin Peters
Jimmy Greaves
Ian St John
Paul Gascoigne
Ray Kennedy
Ivor Boradis
Jean-Pierre Adams
Eduardo Berizzo
Dino Zoff
Kenny Sansom
Billy McNeil
Nobby Stiles

 

Good luck everyone, Spade especially...

 I considered Paul Darrow, he's been so ill I think you may well get the points for him. But I couldn't bring myself to list him, simply because he was such a childhood hero of mine. It's funny, I don't usually balk even when I'm very fond of a celebrity (I had Brian Cant on my list last year, and was really upset when he died), but I just couldn't. Anyone else ever had that, been unable to choose a certain celebrity because they've personally meant something to you, and heart has won over head? I'm just curious.

And yes good luck everyone, and thanks to those who've worked on this, past and present. It must be one hell of a huge job.

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Submitted my two teams Dec 31, 23:58. A minute more punctual than the last two years.

 

#1 Hits

 

A theme team of people who've had a record peak at #1 in the UK Singles Chart (either solo or as part of a group).

Last year's position is given in brackets, where applicable.

 

1. (new) Chas Smash (Madness)
2. (new) Nobby Stiles (England World Cup Squad '70)
3. (new) DJ Casper
4. (new) Olivia Newton-John
5. (4) Vera Lynn
6. (new) Chris Rea (Band Aid II)
7. (new) Harry Belafonte
8. (new) Aretha Franklin
9. (1) Ray Thomas (Moody Blues)
10. (19) Doris Day
11. (2) Terry Jacks
12. (new) Abi Ofarim
13. (new) Tony Baylis (Wurzels)
14. (new) Dave Edmunds
15. (re) Jane Morgan
16. (re) Charles Aznavour
17. (11) Sinéad O'Connor
18. (7) Billy Connolly
19. (new) Peter Kay
20. (new) Lil Wayne


This team had two hits last year – Peter Sarstedt (3) and Chuck Berry (18). Survivors dropped from the team are: Len "Chip" Hawkes (5), Rolf Harris (6), Peter MacBeth (8), Bill Wyman (9), Eric Faulkner (10), Vic Damone (12), Kenny Rogers (13), Diana Ross (14), Justin Bieber (15), Barry Gibb (16), Ken Dodd (17), and Avicii (20).

 

 

Unpersons

 

A theme team of Big Brother housemates (including Celebrity Big Brother and other spin-offs).

Last year's position is given in brackets, where applicable.

 

1. (new) Linda Nolan (CBB13)

2. (2) Jackie Stallone (CBB3)

3. (3) Bruce Jones (CBB12)

4. (1) Marco Pierre White Jr (BB17)

5. (5) Lionel Blair (CBB13)

6. (4) Julie Goodyear (CBB10)

7. (11) Big Ron Atkinson (CBB12)

8. (13) Ken Morley (CBB15)

9. (17) Gary Busey (CBB14)

10. (6) Lauren Harries (CBB12)

11. (8) Danniella Westbrook (CBB17)

12. (re) Alexander O'Neal (CBB15)

13. (re) Germaine Greer (CBB3)

14. (12) John McCririck (CBB3)

15. (re) Michael Barrymore (CBB4)

16. (new) Jackiey Budden (CBB5)

17. (new) Tina Malone (CBB6)

18. (new) James Cosmo (CBB19)

19. (new) Dennis Rodman (CBB4)

20. (new) Sarah Harding (CBB20)

 

This team had no hits last year. Dropped from the team are: Janice Dickinson (7), Carol McGiffin (9), Jeremy Jackson (10), Christopher Biggins (14), Liz Jones (15), Carole Vincent (16), Tila Tequila (18), Starboy Nathan (19), and Ivana Trump (20).

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My list . 

 

Sovereign-Reaper

 

1) marieke vervoort joker

2) leah bracknell

3)Linda nolan

4)Q May chen

5)stefan karl stefansson

6)kamala

7)dean francis

8)Tessa jowell

9)Greg gilbert

10)Fernando Ricksen

11)Rayya Elias

12)Sumner redstone

13)Val kilmer

14)nobby stiles

15)yoko ono

16)catherine nevin

17)colin butts

18)peter frates

19)clive james

20)dilip kumar

 

I finished 44th in 2017 which is my best result so far , wanna get top 25 or top 20 in 2018 fingers crossed. I'm wondering now if I should have included john McCain over val kilmer , Something tells me McCain might be the leah bracknell of this year. Expected to die but makes it until next year.

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8 hours ago, CharonsCrew said:

 I considered Paul Darrow, he's been so ill I think you may well get the points for him. But I couldn't bring myself to list him, simply because he was such a childhood hero of mine. It's funny, I don't usually balk even when I'm very fond of a celebrity (I had Brian Cant on my list last year, and was really upset when he died), but I just couldn't. Anyone else ever had that, been unable to choose a certain celebrity because they've personally meant something to you, and heart has won over head? I'm just curious.

And yes good luck everyone, and thanks to those who've worked on this, past and present. It must be one hell of a huge job.

 

 

He died I n the 29 Dec 2015 so it became moot but I tossed and turned over including Pavel Srnicek.

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my picks for 2018 :

 

P@F deathlist

 

Stefán Karl Stefánsson / 1975 (joker)
John McCain / 1936
Bernard Tapie / 1943
Patrick Cryne / 1951
Colin Butts / 1959
Christy Dignam / 1960
Kevin Webber / 1965
Simon Ricketts / 1968
Leland Fay / 1971
Dean Francis / 1974
Vincent Lambert / 1976
Fernando Ricksen / 1976
Greg Gilbert / 1977
Devin Lima / 1977
Liam Miller / 1981
Kim Jong-un / 1983
Carl Ikeme / 1986
Leo Jones / 1987
Ahmed Alkhald / 1992
Grime MC Geko / 1997

 

P@F only girls (theme list)

 

Marieke Vervoort / 1979 (joker)
Valerie Harper / 1939
Tessa Jowell / 1947
France Gall / 1947
Olivia Newton-John / 1948
Catherine Nevin / 1950
Janet Fielding / 1953
Debbie Rowe / 1958
Linda Nolan / 1959
Rayya Elias / 1960
Julia Louis-Dreyfus / 1961
Leah Bracknell / 1964
Ami Brown / 1965
Sophie Sabbage / 1966
Shan­nen Doherty / 1971
Melanie Kennedy / 1977
Tila Tequila / 1981
Kristin Hallenga / 1986
Chloe Rose Lattanzi / 1986
Amanda Day / 1998

 

P@F rap(L)ist (theme list)

 

Harvey Weinstein / 1952 (joker)
Roman Polansky / 1933
Woody Allen / 1935
Bill Cosby / 1937
George Takei / 1937
James Toback / 1944
Donald Trump / 1946
Dominique Strauss-Kahn / 1949
Steven Seagal / 1952
Jean-Luc Lahaye / 1952
Gilbert Rozon / 1954
Kevin Spacey / 1959
Tariq Ramadan / 1962
Charlie Sheen / 1965
Terry Richardson / 1965
R. Kelly / 1967
Jared Leto / 1941
Nick Carter / 1980
Ed Westwick / 1987
Melanie Martinez / 1995

 

good luck to everyone :P

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