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My two teams are as they were last year, except the following replacements for the dead folk

 

times-up team - Tony Murray (98 year-old businessman)

...and its goodnight from him  - Ronan O'Rahilly (Radio Caroline), Rony Robinson (playwright, radio presenter) & Ronald Wayne (Apple)

 

so I obviously won't be winning, but surely must improve on last years' performance.

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Here’s Day In The Death 2019. All of my survivors have been sacked apart from Ricksen, who I promoted to joker: 

1. Fernando Ricksen (joker)
2. Fatima Ali
3. Samu Anoa'i
4. Gerard Basset
5. Susan Bayh
6. Kathleen Blanco
7. Edmund Capon
8. Johnny Clegg
9. Tim Conway
10. Barry Du Bois
11. Andrew Fairlie
12. Bob Hawke
13. Lee Kerslake
14. Andrew McGahan
15. Michael Murphy
16. Sutopo Purwo Nugroho 
17. Genesis P-Orridge
18. Arash Sadeghi
19. Jimmy Spicer
20. Jean-Louis Trintignant
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Hopefully nobody picked Adrienne Cullen, @Spade_Cooley, as she seems to have died on 31 December: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/warrior-who-fought-against-hospital-negligence-dies-at-58-5ft79jw8d?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1546345524

 

I see G3mma Epst3in was picked and as previously confirmed she died around Christmas 2018. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/cancer-patient-who-filled-cups-13796989

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I see Aussie murderer Michael Murphy has been picked.  Bugger, he was my hope of a unique.  

 

I think my only unique pick hope now is another (ex) jail bird, Alan Aspin.  Obit chances might be slim though.

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4 minutes ago, Going Underground said:

I see Aussie murderer Michael Murphy has been picked.  Bugger, he was my hope of a unique.  

 

I think my only unique pick hope now is another (ex) jail bird, Alan Aspin.  Obit chances might be slim though.

Obit chances are slim indeed, as I picked him for 2017 and he died then without any obit. Sorry to inform you on that. :unsure:

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4 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:

Obit chances are slim indeed, as I picked him for 2017 and he died then without any obit. Sorry to inform you on that. :unsure:

 

 

Shit.

 

Do I get a sub in Spade?

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1 minute ago, Going Underground said:

 

 

Shit.

 

Do I get a sub in Spade?

 

Yep, a subs' bench swap will take place here.

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My Three Theme Teams

 

Team 1

 

From Z cars to Dead Stars [ theme, Z-Cars actors]
 

Frank Windsor
Joss Ackland
Brian Blessed
Kenneth Cope
Mark Eden
Barbara Shelley
Henry Woolf
Colin Jeavons
Heather Chasen
Bill Treacher
Windsor Davies
Geoffrey Palmer
Paul Darrow
Frank Williams
Vivian Pickles
Jill Gascoigne
Milton Johns
Jeremy Kemp
Hugh Futcher

June Brown

 
Team 2
Grim Reaper we're needed [Theme, Avengers TV Series Alumni]
 
Gerald Harper
Honor Blackman
Vernon Dobtcheff
Bernard Cribbins
Christopher Benjamin
William Gaunt
David Graham
peter Bowles
Freddie Jones
John Savident
Harry Landis
Stuart Damon
Julian chagrin
Juliet Hamer
Diana Rigg
Linda Thorsen
Julian Glover
Caroline Blakiston
James Belchamber
Ray Austin {Stuntman/director}

Subs - Tony Caunter, Donald Sutherland, Anneke Wills,
 
Team 3

Well Done If You Got These at Home {Theme,  folk who have been on  Pointless Celebrities }

Linda Nolan
Barry Cryer
Nicholas Parsons
Jean Boht
Victor Maguire
Roy Wood
Anna Karen
Liz Carr
Tricia Penrose
Roy Hudd
Jean Ferguson
Tina Malone
Paul Darrow
Henry Kelly
Amanda Barrie
Tom O'Connor
Dee Dee Wilde
Derek Martin
Lionel Blair
Bernard Cribbins

Subs - Nerys Hughes, Peter Purves, Sally Thomsett
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25 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

 

Yep, a subs' bench swap will take place here.

 

Cheers :)

 

Here's team Going Underground which is pretty much a mixture of what many others have got.  Forgot about Fernando Ricksen though.

 

Andrew Fairlie  (joker)
Gerard Basset 
Dewayne Johnson
Fatima Ali
Leah Bracknall
Kathleen Blanco
Amy Price
Barry Du Bois 
Linda Nolan
Julian Fiano
Marieke Vervoort
Lee Kerslake
Steffan Lewis
Paul Dewar
Michael Murphy 
Bill Heine
Nobby Stiles
Fred Rister
Bill Turnbull
Manohar Parrikar

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3 hours ago, msc said:

Oh yeah, and here's the other crap theme team so they're all out in the open.

 

 

 

THEME TEAM

 

You'll Never Find Us in the Guardian Obits at Parties

 

THEME - Folk who will likely die and be picked by other DDP teams but wont get the vaunted Guardian obit... or a Mirror obit...or even a copy and paste in the Daily Mail.

 

 

Fred Rister - music producer

 


Oh I can't disagree more mate.  But his death is certain, so maybe a side wager that goes to charity or summat?  

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Well it took less than an hour, and one post by @YoungWillz to see my DDP chances disappear.  Pauline Hunt HAD to be a unique pick, and now she isn't.  Blew my Joker on her....shoulda went to Ricksen smh. 
Oh well there's always next year.
Thanks Y-Dub.  :( :dead2:

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4 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:


Oh I can't disagree more mate.  But his death is certain, so maybe a side wager that goes to charity or summat?  

 

Well, you make considerably more dough than I do but I see no harm in a small donation (in the region of £5) to charity if wrong.

 

1 minute ago, Sir Creep said:

Well it took less than an hour, and one post by @YoungWillz to see my DDP chances disappear.  Pauline Hunt HAD to be a unique pick, and now she isn't.  Blew my Joker on her....shoulda went to Ricksen smh. 
Oh well there's always next year.
Thanks Y-Dub.  :( :dead2:

 

Remember Hunt is a very local case for Willz and I - the hospital involved (which is crap) is within walking distance for me. So she's been all over our local press.

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Right then, here's TJS for 2019:

 

  1. Fernando Ricksen (joker)
  2. Fatima Ali
  3. Gerard Basset
  4. Susan Bayh
  5. Kathleen Blanco
  6. Leah Bracknell
  7. Billy Clayton
  8. Johnny Clegg
  9. Tim Conway
  10. Chris Doleman
  11. Andrew Fairlie
  12. Clive James
  13. Lee Kerslake
  14. Helen Legh
  15. Andrew McGahan
  16. Sutopo Purwo Nugroho
  17. Ronald J. Shurer
  18. Jean-Louis Trintignant
  19. Suzanne Whang
  20. Rachel Zoll
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Here's my effort.  Hoping to beat my worst ever finish of 28th place in 2018.  I'm definitely dining out on past glories these days. 

 

Andrew Fairlie (joker)

Bernice McCabe

Amer Deghayes

Fatima Ali

Samu Anoa’i

Julian Fiano

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Fernando Ricksen

Lee Kerslake

Peter Tork

Dennis Goldberg

Michael Robinson

Andrew McGahn

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Dean Hoyle

Kate Figes

Shirley Boone

Kathleen Blanco

Norm Coleman

Gerard Basset

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Oh and my Decaying Orbit-uaries theme team is largely the same as before, bar deaths. Walter Cunningham, Francis Graham-Smith, Gene Kranz, Eugene Parker, Roger Penrose, and Arnold Wolfendale all stepped in the place of those who died last year, and Katherine Johnson was promoted to captain.

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Here is my entry. Ethnic Cleansing

 

1) Fatima Ali - Top Chef (Bravo) Joker

 
 2) Johnny Clegg
 
 3) Greg Gilbert
 
 4) James Harris
 
 5) Andrew McGahan - Australian Novelist
 
 6) Michael Robinson - Irish Footballer
 
 7) Nobby Stiles
 
 8) Julie Strain - B Movie Actress
 
 9) Lee Kerslake - Musician
 
10) Fernando Ricksen
 
11) Steffan Lewis
 
12) John Andretti
 
13) Leah Bracknell
 
14) George Alagiah - Journalist
 
15) John Cocks
 
16) Andrew Fairlie - Scottish Chef
 
17) Melissa Young - 2005 Miss Wisconsin and Trump supporter
 
18) Chris Wilson - Australian Blues Musician
 
19) Dewayne Lee Johnson - Landscaper won lawsuit vs Monsanto
 
20) Gerard Basset 
 
  Subs - Terry Jones -  Linda Nolan - Bill Turnbull
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Here's mine. Going for a road racing motorcyclist as a joker paid off last year, so doing it again!

 

1. Conor Cummins (road racing motorcyclist)
2. Johnny Clegg
3. John McCririck
4. Yoko Ono
5. Clive James
6. Leah Bracknell
7. Fernando Ricksen
8. Genesis P-Orridge
9. Peter Lorimer
10. Ali Bongo (President of Gabon)
11. Willie Nelson
12. Lee Kerslake
13. John Prine
14. Dick Gaughan
15. Peter Tork
16. Shane McGowan
17. Brian Wilson
18. George Alagiah
19. Stirling Moss
20. Jimmy Greaves

 

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2 hours ago, msc said:

 

Well, you make considerably more dough than I do but I see no harm in a small donation (in the region of £5) to charity if wrong.

 

 

Remember Hunt is a very local case for Willz and I - the hospital involved (which is crap) is within walking distance for me. So she's been all over our local press.

Well I chased down her and her husband's FB pages to find out her birthday, cuz if she was turning 50 in February or summat, she wasn't joker material (like she is at 49).  Her birthday is I believe early August, so we have over half a year for her to drop over and gain a point.  Or double a point in my case :(  lol

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7 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

Well I chased down her and her husband's FB pages to find out her birthday, cuz if she was turning 50 in February or summat, she wasn't joker material (like she is at 49).  Her birthday is I believe early August, so we have over half a year for her to drop over and gain a point.  Or double a point in my case :(  lol

 

Do you ever get the feeling you might be taking this lark far too seriously?

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2 hours ago, DevonDeathTrip said:

Dean Hoyle 

 

 

Huddersfield Town?

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1 hour ago, msc said:

 

Huddersfield Town?

 

Ah yes, Dean Hoyle.  A very great man, revered by the Huddersfield faithful.  

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To Kill A Gabor Sister 2019

 

1. Fatima Ali

2. John Andretti

3. Samu Anoa'i

4. Gerard Basset

5. Susan Bayh

6. Kathleen Blanco

7. Johnny Clegg

8. Tim Conway

9. Jason DeLisle

10. Barry du Bois

11. Andrew Fairlie

12. Bill Freehan

13. Clive James

14. Lee Kerslake

15. Larry Langford

16. Karen Lewis

17. Sacheen Littlefeather

18. Fernando Ricksen (JOKER)

19. Fred Rister

20. Jean Louis Trintignant 

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Following a top 10 finish thanks to Mr Ricketts, Dead Ends returns for 2019 with...

 

Leah Bracknell (Joker)

Julie Strain

Edmund Capon

Steve Gleason

Greg Gilbert

Fernando Ricksen

Pete Frates

Johnny Clegg

Gerard Basset

Kathleen Blanco

Marieke Vervoort

John Andretti

Michael Robinson

Nobby Stiles

Noel Conway 

Bill Heine

John Cocks

Genesis P-Orridge

Clive James

Dana Scatton

 

And on the substitute bench:
 

Valerie Harper

Carl Piddington

John McCririck

 

I’m not expecting to finish quite so highly this year as a line fault at home has clobbered our broadband (and even the landline) over the last few days and there is next to no phone signal out where we live, but that considered I’m just happy to have scraped together a team at all given our limited resources at the critical time (traditionally I do all the work on 30th and 31st - might not leave it so late in future!!) Glad to see more variation among the picks this year, should be very interesting...

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I predict the List of the Lost might be rather long this year.

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2 minutes ago, DevonDeathTrip said:

I predict the List of the Lost might be rather long this year.

 

Yup. Lots of folk being entered who'd have no business being in the forum pools let alone the bloody DDP. Do people actually read the rules.

 

Might go through and start individually shaming DDP teams by turn soon for their idiocy,....

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