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52 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:

So, to clarify, someone like Roberta McCain would not count since she’s only known to be related to a famous individual, right? 

Oops, thought she would count. Edited.

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1 hour ago, Joey Russ said:

So, to clarify, someone like Roberta McCain would not count since she’s only known to be related to a famous individual, right? 

I was wondering this myself.

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4 hours ago, Joey Russ said:

So, to clarify, someone like Roberta McCain would not count since she’s only known to be related to a famous individual, right? 

 

She was a public figure and had a wikipedia page before any known illness .She would count, I realize it's a bit of a contradiction but political spouses ,kids and parents often times are part of the dog and pony show of politics with a tangible role to play,unlike say if Adele's Mom popped up in a Daily Mail article cause Adele announced her cancer that's more a case ffbi/fresh corpse territory.

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I have just sent my team since I will be very busy this weekend. Decided to only put six of my surviving DDP team members on it since I wanted to make room for people I don't think will see 2019, and made it so that no obit gambles made the final lineup... Well, apart from the two near the bottom. :rolleyes: Jose Jose and Bush Sr only made the sub bench, whereas the likes of Dean Francis and Bob Dole didn't even make the subs bench...

EDIT: Everyone has also been publicly mentioned at least once...

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I was waiting to see if Bush might give me one last hit for last years' game, but still, 14 out of 20 is respectful (3 Non Obits, notwithstanding).  Much better than my first year where I only hit 9, but finished much higher in the standings.  Hmmm.  The competition seems to have stepped it up.  

  

500  leah bracknell   
450  Stefán Karl Stefánsson 
400  jose jose
350  George Bush, Sr.
300  john mccain
275  jill gascoigne
250  tessa jowell
225  prince philip
200  kirk douglas
180  nobby stiles
160  clive james
140  charlotte rae
120  bob dole 
100  rosalyn carter
85  kenny rogers
70  james randi
55  Pope Benedict XVI
50  bill turnbull
45  barbara barrie
40  ruthie tompson
21  katsumi tezuka (godzilla)
   
 

ALTS:

john madden (coach)

  robert mugabe
   
   

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Forgot about this! Right, better start putting a team together today then.

 

EDIT - Team sent in, awaiting Chorizo's OKing of said team.

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1) Prince Phillip Duke of Edingburgh.

2) Rosalynn Carter

3) Lesley Phillips 

4) George Bush Senior

5) Murray Walker 

6) Nobby Stiles

7) Norman Tebbit

8) Stan Lee

9) Joe Walter Jackson

10) Rosamunde Pilcher

11) Meat Loaf 

12) June Whitfield 

13) Tom Baker

14) George Alagiah

15) Robert John Godfrey 

16) Ralph Harris

17) Stuart Hall

18) Mikhail Gorbachev

19) Gene Hackman

20) Shirley Williams 

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Team submitted - relatively uninspired I think.

Good luck everyone!

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Just wondering, how many teams have entered this so far? 

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Wrote down a team I'll send tomorrow. A pair of punts, but I left out the main gamble because his last photos look good. Mind, this person is rumoured to have stage 4 lung cancer which spread to the brain and will get plenty of obits.

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38 minutes ago, drol said:

Wrote down a team I'll send tomorrow. A pair of punts, but I left out the main gamble because his last photos look good. Mind, this person is rumoured to have stage 4 lung cancer which spread to the brain and will get plenty of obits.

Hmmm... a "he" who is apparently photographed regularly... Who is rumoured to be in ill health. For some reason, I immediately thought of Willie Nelson.

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Just now, gcreptile said:

Hmmm... a "he" who is apparently photographed regularly... Who is rumoured to be in ill health. For some reason, I immediately thought of Willie Nelson.

No, I swear. Rumours about ill health were on an Italian journal.

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3 minutes ago, drol said:

No, I swear. Rumours about ill health were on an Italian journal.

Hmm, maybe I've got it. If so, I decided against him, too.

 

As long as it's not Al Bano...

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12 minutes ago, gcreptile said:

Hmm, maybe I've got it. If so, I decided against him, too.

 

As long as it's not Al Bano...

He is not Italian.

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Ah, that's an interesting one. I agree, one to watch.

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On 4/18/2018 at 02:52, CaptainChorizo said:

Say your 1st p pick died before May 1,your 2nd would to 1st 3rd to 2nd etc... and your 1st backup would be 21st

Thanks! A lot of people have picked Nabi Tajima who died this month (April). They have not moved up any other their substitute choices to take her place.

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34 minutes ago, drol said:

He is not Italian.

The one I now assume it is, isn't either. I was just fearing that, because of the Italin origin of the rumour, it could be a well-liked celebrity, like Al Bano, or even Terence Hill.

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One thing I just realized on the opening post that wasn't mentioned, when is the cutoff time for entries? Is it midnight in the UK or midnight in EST or PST? 

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On 4/5/2018 at 22:16, CaptainChorizo said:
Get your team in before Big Ben welcomes the month of May.

 

Big Ben is in the UK, Joey.

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Team sent. 

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Just now, Death Impends said:

 

Big Ben is in the UK, Joey.

I honestly missed that part of the post when reading through the rules for some reason. Not sure why I did, maybe the spacing was too close...

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On 4/20/2018 at 23:32, Gooseberry Crumble said:

@CaptainChorizo

 

Here is the Gooseberry Crumble team for this year's Windypool! 

 

1) Jacques Chirac 

2) Sirikit (Queen Mother of Thailand) 

3) Baroness Jill Knight 

4) Paul Biya (President of Cameroon) 

5) Liza Minnelli 

6) Jean Marie Le Pen 

7)Peregrine Worsthorne 

8) Johnny Briggs 

9) Vera Miles 

10) Loretta Lynn 

11) Robert Blake

12) Mona Hammond 

13)Mike Hodges (Director of Flash Gordon) 

14) Tempest Storm 

15) Michael J Fox 

16) Pele 

17) Shannon Doherty 

18) April Ashley (one of Britain's first surgical gender transitions from male to female) 

19) Marianne Faithful 

20) Judith Chalmers 

 

Subs 

 

James Randi, Sidney Poitier, Charlotte Rae, Sir Peter Tapsell 

 

Many thanks to you for your efforts in running this pool  B)

 

 

You need to choose the person in 21st place. There is still time! :)

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1 minute ago, theoldlady said:

You need to choose the person in 21st place. There is still time! :)

I think James Randi will likely get put in 21st since he nominated some subs, and he's first. Correct me if I'm wrong though Chorizo...

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51 minutes ago, theoldlady said:

You need to choose the person in 21st place. There is still time! :)

If permitted I'd like to put Mary Wilson widow of Harold in 21st place please @CaptainChorizobut if not permitted then obviously James Randi is fine.

My mistake sorry for forgetting to include 21 names on the list. 

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