Deathray 2,941 Posted December 31, 2019 32 minutes ago, Clorox Bleachman said: Give it an hour or two. Looking forward to my sweary PM. Yep. We are firmly in Rule 16 territory now. You've been warned. However, entries are still welcome, the more the merrier and all that bollocks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Key 748 Posted December 31, 2019 Sent in my list, hoepfully it wasn't too late. 3AM here, wasn't planning on entering anything but got a notification so went for it Good luck all Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,941 Posted December 31, 2019 Right I'm off to enjoy NYE (everyone bar Sean has been masterlisted, @Sean your team is fine free of FFBIs and queries just needs adding. Any further entries will get their deserved abuse and be masterlisted when I get back online in the earlier hours of tomorrow morning. 'X hours ago' will be used to determine if your PM/post was on time.... so there's a tiny bit of leeway but not much.... Full team sheets will be up some time tomorrow...... 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FixedBusiness 407 Posted December 31, 2019 Just sent, sorry about how late. Enjoy your NYE. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pedro67 232 Posted December 31, 2019 Sorry its late and prepared for abuse. HARES POOL 2019 1 Angela Lansbury 2 Sir John Nott 3 Billy Connoly 4 Boris Pahor 5 Doyle Brunson (poker) 6 Christopher Plummer 7 Jackie Stallone 8 Prunella Scales 9 Joyce Randolph 10 Kirk Douglas 11 Linda Nolan 12 Linda Rondstadt 13 Jean-Louis Trintignant 14 Murray Walker 15 Olivia Newton John 16 Pele 17 Prince Philip 18 Ian st John 19 Ronald Atkins MP 20 Rupert Murdoch 21 Sandy Gall 22 George Alagiar 23 Nanci Ryder 24 Terry Jones 25 Doddie Wier Reserve 1 June Brown 2 Eileen Derbyshire 3 Roy Hattersley Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,941 Posted December 31, 2019 1 hour ago, Pedro67 said: Sorry its late and prepared for abuse. HARES POOL 2019 1 Angela Lansbury 2 Sir John Nott 3 Billy Connoly 4 Boris Pahor 5 Doyle Brunson (poker) 6 Christopher Plummer 7 Jackie Stallone 8 Prunella Scales 9 Joyce Randolph 10 Kirk Douglas 11 Linda Nolan 12 Linda Rondstadt 13 Jean-Louis Trintignant 14 Murray Walker 15 Olivia Newton John 16 Pele 17 Prince Philip 18 Ian st John 19 Ronald Atkins MP 20 Rupert Murdoch 21 Sandy Gall 22 George Alagiar 23 Nanci Ryder 24 Terry Jones 25 Doddie Wier Reserve 1 June Brown 2 Eileen Derbyshire 3 Roy Hattersley Jesus fucking christ..... so I step away from the new years revellery for a couple of minutes to check just to make sure nobody has been mind-boggling stupid enough to enter after 10pm on New Years Eve, I mean what kind of utter moron would risk entering this pool at this point....... you know a few years we had a 4pm deadline for this thing right now I'm tempted to bring that back next fucking year or at very least rememberant of why I had that bloody rule...... You forgot a fucking wildcard by the way and have roughly 55 minutes to give me one otherwise it goes to Angela Lansbury by default, to be honest I'd be tempted just to not give you one out of your petulance at this point. By the way tax deadline is 31st January by the way in case you've forgotten that as well, and your heads screwed to your neck and glasses are resting on your nose if your looking for those things as well, I bet your house keys have got your address written on them not in case you lose them just in case you forget where you fucking live. Thank god your picks are actually bloody famous....... Thank you for your entry and good luck Anyone else still got teams to submit??? 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,941 Posted January 1, 2020 Right then - personal New Year festivies weren't all they're cracked up to be.... which is great news for Hares Competitors. An impressive 43 teams - same as last year - lost a few gained a few. Welcome or welcome back, And as new years eve fireworks litter the UK landscape and auld lang syne is belted out we are ready to provide another year I've added everyone but the lazy bastards to the masterlist spreadsheet, experimenting with holding all picks as a spreadsheet with competitors next to them rather than a post due to excessive length or the old spreadsheet I used for personally purposes that required each pick to be entered points tallies in each team, this one is pick - team. Once I've added the latecomers in tomorrow that'll be available to check and you'll see what I mean. When it's publishe head over here to check it’s accurate at this is where we’ll be awarding points from from now on (it’s easier). once I've taken care of that I'll finish compiling the Hares scoreboard for last year - there's still a week for late obits though, so i'm not hurrying it as I can't be arsed re-doing it when we discover someone died yesterday (you can follow progress on this front in last years thread - I'm doing it inthe most.)..... Given the above is all an incredibly boring, technical thing few people are going to care about on to the good stuff.... Firstly it’s time to dish out the new You’ve Got to Be Fucking Kidding Award - The wanker who shall remain nameless who submitted an 18-year old car crash victim as a road safety campaigner. I've seen it all now. The full list of annual rejections is below, I’ve decided not to name the culprits - they can bring themselves forward below for ridicule (I’ll fess up to Marianne Nolad, I mean one of them did sing for her… but still FFBI). The dead one died after submission, for the first time I can remember no-one who died in the 1980s or 1990s was submitted, improvements. Rejected Picks (Full List) Pick Rejected: Mariane Nolad dying westlife fan Creative description justifying them: Westlife superfan FFBI Gemma Sissons cancer ridden 'gym addict; Creative description justifying them: bodybuilder and gym addict FFBI Vishwesha Teertha Indian Guru Actually famous (In players defense died after they submitted their team) Dead Ky73 W3@r car crash victim Creative description justifying them: road safety campaigner FFBI And the Who the Fuck Are They? Award Impressively Sir Creep hasn’t won this….. Bob Joers - a gcreptile pick who somehow squeezed through the FFBI filter. Bob is a high school sports director whose ‘claim to fame’ is as the high school sports director of Middleton High School is claim to fame is an article about a softball coach who worked at his school and was essentially sacled - that referenced him for a comment about how the softball coach was a great guy and he was sad to lose him. Gcreptile will be hoping the Middleton Times that provided the above qualifying article will also provide an obit….. Sir Creep however does get second place for minor poker player Aaron ‘Ace’ Corson’s, a relatively unsuccessful poker player whose public results sheets from prelimary tournaments in the Heartland Poker Tour prior to his cancer diagnosis serve as his ‘claim to fame’ - the Poker News website will probably cover his death - so he’s fine for our purposes…… There’s also a littanny of famous peoples mothers in hospital, session musicians who’ve contracted cancer, Eastern Counties League football teams (that;s level 9 for those not familiar with non league), the minority of players who treat the non-English obit requirement as an invitation to submit a team full of people famous in their own country they can't play anywhere else - (honestly these are the greatest teams to receive, so thanks to gcreptile and Book for the annual education) who’ve got cancer and all the other usual absolute fucking nobodies who pull over the FFBI line by the skin of their teeth.…... Thankfully, despite an obvious increase of borderlines (or maybe I’m just being more thorough this year), the torrent of Who the Fuck Are They Picks that I was worried about in including this award hasn’t materialised - so the tradition may continue (see below, it’s not up to me). And finally - you may have noticed a certain casual and almost demob happy vibe in the nature in which team checks and general Hares work has been conducted over the past few days - even more so than the usual casual approach. There’s a reason for that - 6 years after the first edition of the Hares Death Pool kicked off into life in January 2014 - many things have changed away from the forums and many things have changed on them. I’m no longer a spotty teenager with stupid amounts of free time (that lets be honest was never really put into this whole business anyway, so you can imagine how useless I’d be as a host without that free time), and I find far less to be enjoyed in the whole deadpool hosting process (that’s not to say I haven’t enjoyed hosting it I have. But things they change….). It’s time for one more thing to change - I will be retiring from hosting duties of this pool once YoungWillz is ready to take over the reins on a permanent basis - after his excellent job as stand-in host when I fucked off a few years ago and in appreciation that you’ll all press gang him into it as soon as you read this anyway. I’ll still be around on the forums. I feel more comfortable ditching the hosting duties knowing they’ll be in good - dare I say better - hands. The exact switchover date is in YW's hands up to the limit that I will not be google local league footballers with cancer for their teams results next NYE..... News that will no doubt be greeted with loud sighs of relief by competitors. Enjoy the more frequent scoreboard updates when they come. To be clear this isn’t a ‘i’m taking a bit of time off hosting it.’ - It’s a permanent handover. I've enjoyed learning about so many obscure celebrities when I've been running, but it's time to move on. An exact handover date hasn’t been set, but the transition will be a smooth, managed process rather than the usual ‘oh fuck, he’s disappeared, YW you’re up’ affair. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,941 Posted January 1, 2020 On 11/12/2019 at 13:20, Kinnock said: Reserved for the masterlist. In the meantime team progress reports through the tradition Masterlist/FFBI filter - if you've two YES's in these boxes your team is sorted unless you want to make changes under Rule 7. Processed and Properly Formatted Team Sheets…… markb4 Alex Trebek Barbara Walters Betty White Bob Barker Bob Dole Christopher Tolkien Chuck Yeager (WILDCARD) Ed Asner George Alagiah Henry Kissinger James L. Buckley Javier Perez de Cuellar Jimmy Carter Katherine Jackson Kirk Douglas Larry King Larry Storch Lata Mangeshkar Nicholas Parsons Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Roberta McCain Rosalynn Carter Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ruthie Tompson Vera Lynn Subs: Norman Lloyd, Katherine Johnson, Glynis Johns, Beverley Cleary, Olivia de Haviland Joey Russ Alan Greenspan Alex Trebek Bob Barker Bob Fass Chitetsu Watanabe Daniel Arap Moi Genesis P-orridge Jean Louis Trintignant Jill Gascoine Jimmy Carter Kane Tanaka Kirk Douglas Lee Kerslake Little Richard Mikhail Gorbachev Nobby Stiles Norman Lloyd Pope Benedict Robert McCain Roger Scruton Stirling Moss Terry Jones (WILDCARD) Tommy Devito Vera Lynn Willie Nelson Subs: John Andretti, Larry King, John Hume, Everton Weekes Javier Perez de Cuellar The Quim Reaper , Anne Buydens Bill Turnbull George Alagiah Henry Kissinger Javier Perez de Cuéllar (WILDCARD) Jean-Louis Trintignant Jimmy Carter Katherine Jackson Kirk Douglas Lee Kerslake Leslie Phillips Little Richard Mikhail Gorbachev Murray Walker Nicholas Parsons Nobby Stiles Olivia de Havilland Pope Benedict XVI Prince Philip Prunella Scales Stirling Moss Terry Jones Trevor Peacock Valery Giscard d’Estaing Vera Lynn Subs: Alex Trebek, Daniel Arap Moi, Bob Dole Msc Arnold Yarrow Beverly Cleary Bob Barker Bob Dole Chuck Yeager Clarissa Eden Earl Cameron Elizabeth Sellars James Lovelock Leslie Philips Murray Walker Nehemiah Persoff Olivia de Havilland Peregrine Worsthorne Peter Tobin Prince Philip Vera Lynn Aaron Beck Freeman Dyson Henry Kissinger Kirk Douglas Nicholas Parsons Ronald Atkins Sumner Redstone William Frankland (WILDCARD) Subs: Eva Marie Saint, Jimmy Carter, William Russell, Christopher Tolkein, Kenneth Kuanda The Unknown Man Alex Trebek (WILDCARD) Anastasia Zavorotnyuk Bernard Tapie Chris Doleman Daniel Arap Moi David Gulpilil Eva Marie Saint Everton Weekes Frankie Banali Genesis P-Orridge George Alagiah Giorgio Napolitano Isabel Peron Javier Perez de Cuellar Jean-Louis Trintignant Jimmy Carter John Andretti Kirk Douglas Lee Kerslake Nobby Stiles Olivia de Havilland Prince Philip Sam Lloyd Tabaré Vázquez Terry Jones Subs: Dick Van Dyke, Valerie Giscard D’Estaing, Olivia Newtown John, Hosni Mubarak, Bill Turnbull Prophet Alex Trebek Barry Du Bois Bob Dole Bob Gibson Daniel arap Moi Frankie Banali George Alagiah Harry Reid Jean-Louis Trintignant Jimmy Carter John Andretti June Spencer Kirk Douglas Lee Kerslake Mark Gastineau Nobby Stiles Norman Lear Olivia de Havilland Prince Phillip Roger Scruton Ruthie Thompson Vera Lynn William Frankland Willie Nelson Yoo Sang-chul Subs: Norman Lloyd, Rosallyn Carter, Ian Holm, Peter Tobin, David Gulpill. JoeMoneyPenny Demi Lovato Dilip Kumar Everton Weekes Genesis P-Orridge Grace Chang Grace Slick Hau Pei-Tsen Imelda Marcos James Hong Jordan Peterson Kane Tanaka Kim Yong-nam Lata Mangeshkar Manolis Glezos Miiko Taka Mikhail Gorbachev Prince Phillip Robert Kuok Stanley Ho(joker) Susan Bayh Tim Pool(Bald youtube political commentator) Vera Lynn Vishwesha Teertha Yang Hyong-sop Yoo Sang-chul Subs: Pope Benedict, Pope Francis, Donald Trump Torva Messor Alex Trebek (WILDCARD) Barbara Walters Beverly Cleary Bob Dole David Gulpilil Diana Serra Cary Frankie Banali Genesis P-Orridge George Alagiah Harry Reid Hugh Downs Jean-Louis Trintignant Jimmy Carter Kirk Douglas Lawrence Ferlinghetti Marsha Hunt, actor b. 1917 Nobby Stiles Norman Lloyd Olivia de Havilland Olivia Newton-John Roger Angell Ruth Bader Ginsburg Susan Bayh Vera Lynn Willie Nelson Subs: Bob Gibson (baseball), Aaron Carter, Howie Meeker, Ray Anthony, Charlie Munger, JoePesci (aka The Mad Hatter - formerly known as MorbidKid) Bob Dole Daniel Arap Moi David Dinkins Don Murray (actor b. 1929) Genesis P orridge Ian Holm (actor) Isabel Peron James Earl Jones Jean louis trintigant Jimmy Heath Joanne Woodward John Andretti (wildcard) John Hume (Irish politician) Kirk Douglas Larry King Lee Grant Little Richard Luis Echeverría Olvia De Haviland Prince Philp Prunella Scales Roger Scruton Sidney poitier Terry Jones Walter Bernenstein Sub: Roberta McCain Death Impends Alex Trebek (WILDCARD) Art Rupe Beverly Cleary Clarissa Eden Diana Serra Cary Earl Cameron Harrison Ruffin Tyler (surviving grandchild of John Tyler) Ian St. John Javier Perez de Cuellar Joe Vento (Sinatra's pianist) John Hume Kane Tanaka Lawrence Ferlinghetti Leslie Phillips Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Jr. (surviving grandchild of John Tyler) Mad Mike Hoare Nehemiah Persoff Norman Lloyd Pearl Carr Robert Clary Roberta McCain Ruthie Tompson Stirling Moss Sumner Redstone William Frankland Subs: Daniel Arap Moi, Bob Barker. Skinny Kiltrunner Alcee Hastings Bernard Ebbers Bernard Tapie Bob Watson (baseball player) Brian O'Conner (EODM member) Chris Doleman Christy Dignam Doug Supernaw Frankie Banali George Alagiah Gianluca Vialli Gray O'Brien Harry Reid John Andretti Karen Lewis Mary Fairhurst Michael Diamond, trapshooter Michael McKevitt Nick Berry, engineer/ data scientist Nobuhiko Obayashi Olivia Newton-John Sumner Redstone Susan Bayh- (WILDCARD) Tom Smith - rugby player/coach Yoo Sang-Chul Subs: Jean Louis Trintagent, Henry Gray, Ed Battle (jazz singer) YorkshireBanker Aaron Carter Alex Trebek Anne Baker Bella Thorne Bobby Brown-NY Yankee(1924 born) Bobby Brown-Rangers(1923 born) Daniel arap Moi David Gulpilil Eileen Ash- (WILDCARD) Freeman Dyson Gudrun Ure Henry Gray Johnny Beattie Kane Tanaka Katherine Johnson Lynne Reid Banks Margaret Stuart Barry Olivia Newton-John Paul Hogan Sandy Gall Sinead O'Connor Vasily Kulkov Vera Lynn Vivian Pickles Winning Ewing Subs: Terry Jones, Monica Vitti Theoldlady Alex Trebek Bob Dole Catherine Deneuve Celine Dion Daniel Arap-Moi David Gulipilil David Prowse Dilip Kumar Ennio Morricone George Alagiah (WILDCARD) Henry Gray Javier Pérez de Cuellar Jean Louis Trintignant Jimmy Carter Katherine Jackson Kirk Douglas Larry King Loretta Lynn Nobby Stiles Olivia Newton-John Prince Philip Rosalynn Carter Ruth Bader-Ginsburg Stirling Moss Willie Nelson Subs: Samantha Last, Yoko Ono, Sidney Poiter, Bob Barker, Chris Rea Book Ágnes Keleti Alfred Biolek Bibi Johns Christiane F. Cleo Laine Gina Lollobrigida Gotthilf Fischer Hannelore Minkus Iris Apfel Isabel Perón Jimmy Carter Margot Leonard Maria Riva (Wildcard) Maria Sebaldt Mario Adorf Michel Piccoli Mikis Theodorakis Monica Vitti Peter Mark Richman Ralf Wolter Rolf Eden Rolf Schimpf Rosalynn Carter Sonja Ziemann Val Kilmer Subs: Barbara Wetting, Peter Beck, Gunther von Hagens Etib80 Alain Delon Alex Trebek Barbara Walters Bernard Tapie Betty White Bob Barker (wild card) Dame Angela Lansbury (actor) George Alagiah Glynis Johns Harry Belafonte Jean Marie Le Pen (French Politician) Jimmy Carter Keith Richards (of the Rolling Stones) Kirk Douglas Norman Lloyd (American actor) Olivia de Haviland Pelé (football player) Pierre Cardin Pope Benedict XVI Prince Philip of England Rosalynn Carter Tenzin Gyatso (current Dalai Lama) Valery Giscard d'Estaing Vera Lynn Yoko Ono Subs: Eva Marie Saint, Dick Van Dyke, Queen Elizabeth II, Jean Paul Belmondo, Mikhail Gorbachev Nantonian2013 Abdullah The Butcher (Wrestler) Alex Trebek Andrew Romanov Bill Turnbull Bob Barker Bob Dole Brian Cowen Brigance Clarissa Eden David Butler David Gulpilil Everton Weekes John Hume Kamala (Wrestler) Katherine Jackson Leon Spinks Little Richard Michael Jopling Nobby Stiles (WILDCARD) Pope Benedict Roberta McCain Roger Scruton Sumner Redstone Tabaré Vázquez Tom Smith (rugby player) Subs: Margaret Tebbit, Jack Charlton, Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronnie Wood, Lee Kerslake Bibliogryphon C W McCall Clifford Rose Clive Barker Gina Lollabrigida Erich von Daniken Henry Blofeld Herbert Kretzmer Joanne Woodward John Astin John Wakeham Judith Durham Leslie Caron Murray Walker Pat Carroll Patricia Routledge Pete Murray Peter J Hammond Shirley Williams Sonia Gandhi Sylvia Simms Teddie Chinnery Tom Lehrer William F Nolan William Russell Yuri Oganessian (WILDCARD) (nuclier scientist - in case you were wondering ?) Sub - Annette Badlands CaptainChorizo Alex Trebek Bernard Ebbers Bernardino Piñera Bob Weighton Boris Pahor Chitetsu Watanabe Denis Goldberg Frankie Banali Genesis P-orridge Hugh Downs Jessie Lichauco John Lewis(US Congressman) Johnny Harris (scottish born musician) Kane Tanaka(joker) Lee Kerslake Lucia Hiriart Luis Echeverria Mary Fairhurst Raymond Allen(Sanford and son actor) Roger Scruton Sugar Pie DeSanto Terry Jones Toby Dawson Tom Belso Tom Smith, Scotland rugby captain Subs: Vera Lynn, Lee Noble, Prince Philip, Rosina Quintana, Javier Perez de Cuellar An Fear Beag Alex Trebek Belinda Sykes Bill Turnbull Bob Dole Bob Gibson Bob Weighton Chris Doleman Daniel Arap Moi David Gulpill David Hagen (WILDCARD) Frankie Benali Genesis P-orridge George Alagiah Harry Reid Jean Louis Trintagent John Lewis (American politician) Kane Tanaka Kirk Douglas Litsa Menounos Olivia Newton John Pat Smullen Peter Tobin Roberta McCain Terry Jones Tom Smith (rugby) Subs: Denis Goldberg, Prince Philip, Jimmy Carter Pedro67 Angela Lansbury (WILDCARD) Billy Connoly Boris Pahor Christopher Plummer Doddie Wier Doyle Brunson (poker) George Alagiar Ian st John Jackie Stallone Jean-Louis Trintignant Joyce Randolph Kirk Douglas Linda Nolan Linda Rondstadt Murray Walker Nanci Ryder Olivia Newton John Pele Prince Philip Prunella Scales Ronald Atkins MP Rupert Murdoch Sandy Gall Sir John Nott Terry Jones Subs: June Brown, Eileen Derbyshire, Roy Hattersley Clorox Bleachman Bill Freehan Chitetsu Watanabe David Hagen Deborah James Dermot "Bugsy" O'Neill Dilip Kumar George Alagiah Hester Ford Irene Sinclair Jana Bennett (ex-BBC boss) Jean-Louis Trintignant Jim Carr (American politician) Jimmy Carter John Andretti Julie Strain Kane Tanaka Lee Kerslake (WILDCARD) Lucile Randon Micah Bowie (baseball player) Penn Pennington (session musician, no me neither) Prince Philip Thuy Thanh Truong TJ Ducklo (Joe Biden's press secretary, no me neither....) Tom Smith (rugby) Yoo Sang-chul Subs: Bob Weighton, Stirling Moss, Greg Gilbert Sir Creep Aaron 'Ace' Corson (very minor poker player). Alcee Hastings Balbir Singh, Sr. Bill Freehan Daniel Arap-Moi David Gulpilil Deane Sutherland (NZ singer - sattelite spies) Dilip Kumar Frankie Banali Henry Gray Ignatio Trelles Jay Allen Jimmy Carter John Andretti Joni Tada Ken Wilkinson Kirk Douglas Lee Allen Zeno (WILDCARD) (session musician) Paul Rutter Renee Simonot Ruth Bader Ginsberg Ruthie Thompson Sen. Harry Reid Tim Bilton Tom Smith (rugby) Subs - Henri Richard, Roberta McCain The Old Crem Alex Trebeck Barbara Walters Bob Dole George Alagiah Glynis Johns Jill Gascoigne Jimmy Carter Jimmy Greaves Joanne Woodward John Hume John Lewis Kirk Douglas. Leslie Phillips Lorretta Lynn Mikhail Gorbachev Nicholas Parsons Nobby Stiles Olivia de Havilland Pope Benedict Prince Philip. Rosalynn Carter Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stirling Moss Tom Smith Vera Lynn.(WILDCARD) Subs: Desmond Tutu, Olivia Newtown John, Barbara Windsor, Harry Belafonte, Harry Reid YoungWillz Arnold Yarrow Bernard Cribbins (WILDCARD) Christopher Benjamin Damaris Hayman David Prowse Earl Cameron Frank Windsor Geoffrey Palmer Georgine Anderson Henry Woolf Hugh Futcher Julian Glover Kenneth Cope Mark Eden Michael Kilgarriff Morris Perry Nicholas Parsons Philip Latham Roy Evans Sonny Caldinez Tom Baker Tony Caunter Vera Fusek William Russell Ysanne Churchman Subs: John Rolfe, John Gorrie, Thelma Barlow, Gabriel Woolf, June Brown Kinnock (formerly known as Deathray) Alan Alda (screenwriter and actor) Arthur Scargill The Amazing Johnathan (comedian/magician) Barbara Knox Bill Stevenson (Descendents drummer) Billy Connolly Clarrissa Eden (is she even still alive?) Dennis Skinner Dr Peter B Scott Morgan (worlds first 'full cyborg') Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest) James Church (Charlotte Church's step-dad) Jim Boheim (US College Basketball Coach) [WILDCARD] Jimmy Carter (US President) June Brown Kieth Richards Michael Heseltine Ozzy Osbourne (walking corpse) Peter McCleave (terminally ill former ironman competitor) Prince Philip Prunella Scales Ray Kennedy (footballer - arsenal) Richie Kavanaugh (Irish entertainer) Ron Hogg (terminally ill Police Commissioner and right to life campaigner) T Boz (singer) William Roache Subs: Illr Meta (Albanian president), Ray Reardon, David Blunkett, Carrie Simmonds. LizLemon Alex Trebek Barbara Walters Buzz Aldrin Cloris Leachman Ed Asner Harry Belafonte Imelda Marcos Jerry Stiller Jimmy Carter Johnny Isakson Kirk Douglas Loretta Lynn Olivia de Havilland Olivia Newton-John Pope Benedict XVI Prince Philip Roberta McCain Ruth Bader Ginsburg Sidney Poitier Sumner Redstone Susan Bayh (WILDCARD) US Rep. John Lewis Vanessa Redgrave Walter Mondale Willie Nelson Subs: Betty White, Burt Bachaach, Joanne Woodward, Gena Rowlands, Lois Capps Toast Anne Buydens Douglas Betty White Bill Treacher Bob Dole Chris Rea Clive Barker (WILDCARD) Gerald Harper Glynis Johns Ian Holm James Dewey Watson Jason Becker Jean-Louis Trintignant Jimmy Carter Joanne Woodward Judy Dyble Leslie Phillips Michael Lonsdale Michael Medwin Pearl Carr Raymond Briggs Sidney Poitier Stirling Moss Trevor Peacock Vera Lynn Willie Nelson Subs: Kirk Douglas, Jill Gascoigne, Lee Kerslake, Doreen Mantle, Michael Schumacher GraveDanger Alberto Fujimori Barry Du Bois (Australian Designer) Bill Turnbull Chris Doleman (Former NFL star) Chris Rea Deborah James (cancer blogger, born c.1982) Dennis Skinner (former British MP) Dewayne "Lee" Johnson (Former Groundskeeper, won lawsuit against Monsanto) Emperor Akhito Genesis P-Orridge George Alagiah Greg Gilbert (Delays frontman) Jean-Louis Trintignant Jill Gascoine Jimmy Carter (US President) John Andretti (WILDCARD) Lee Kerslake (Uriah Heep Drummer) Linda Nolan Nobby Stiles Noel Conway (Assisted Dying Campaigner) Olivia Newton-John Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Sonny Rollins Susan Bayh (Former First Lady of Indiana) Terry Jones (Monty Python) Subs Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Vera Lynn, Kirk Douglas, Olivia de Haviland, Bob Dole. Banana Alcee Hastings Alex Trebek (WILDCARD) Bob Gibson (baseball) Bradley Murdoch Chris Doleman Derek Aucoin (baseball) Frankie Banali Greg Lewis (State Rep. of KS) Henri Richard Howard Sattler Jean-Louis Trintignant John Lewis Joseph Hannesschlager Lee Kerslake Matt Loede Mike Miller (Maryland senate) Prince Philip Ruth Morrissey (activist) Stan Bowles Steve Blackmore Susan Bayh Terry Jones Tom Belso Tony Pena (football) Yoo Sang-Chul Subs Karen Lewis, Prunella Scales, Anastosia Zaravutnoik. JiromeonKimura Alcee Hastings Alex Trebek (WILDCARD) Bernard Tapie Bob Gibson Boris Klyuyev Brett Sinclair (brother of Sherrie Hewson) Chitetsu Watanabe David Gulpilil Derek Aucoin Frankie Banali Gavin Robertson Genesis P-Orridge Joseph Hannesschlager Judy Dyble Lars Hogh Lee Noble Lone Dybkjaer Michel Gauthier Rep John Lewis Rod Nordland Scott Dureau Steve Blackmore Tabare Vazquez Tom Smith Yoo Sang-chul Subs: Lee Kerslake,. Ed Genson Wormfarmer Bill Freehan Bob Dole Boris Pahor Daniel Arap Moi David Gulpilil David Stern Dilip Kumar Frankie Banali Genesis P-orridge George Alagiah James Randi Jean Louis Trintignant Jimmy Carter Jjohn Cruickshank Karen Lewis Kirk Douglas Lee Kerslake Leslie Phillips Majek Fashek Norman Lloyd Olivia Newton-John (WILDCARD) Renee Simonot Ruthie Thompson Susan Bayh William Frankland Subs: Bob Barker, Kane Tanaka, Matt Millen RadGuy (formerly known as Phantom of the Midway) Alcee Hastings Alex Trebek Bernadette Chirac Bernard Tapie Bob Barker Bob Dole Chris Latchem (Radio 5 presenter) Frankie Banali (Quiet Riot drummer) Greg Gilbert Jimmy Carter John Andretti (WILDCARD) Karen Lewis (Chicago labor leader) Lars Hogh (Danish footballer) Lee Kerslake Michael Robinson (footballer and presenter) Mikhail Gorbachev Nanci Ryder (Hollywood publicist) Ruth Bader Ginsburg Sam Lloyd Samu Anoa'i Susan Bayh (former Indiana first lady) Terry Jones Tom Long (Aussie actor) Tom Smith (rugby) Willie Nelson Subs: Dominic Matteo, Stirling Moss, Jill Gascoigne Gcreptile Alcee Hastings Alex Trebek Alexander Peskov (Russian comedian) Andrew McDonald (former chair of SCOPE) Bob Gibson (baseball) Bob Joers (Middleton Athletic director) Chris Baggoley (former Australian chief medical officer) Danny Oosthuizen (South Africa journalist) Don Asmussen (comics) Frankie Banali Gianluca Vialli Jhon Jairo Velasquez (killer) Karen Simpson (former Royal Bury theatre director) Lars Hogh (danish football player) Lee Kerslake Mama Bruschetta (Italian comedian) Mary Fairhurst (US judge) Mikhail Gorbachev Miroslava Duma (Russian influencer) Pat Smullen Peter Bonetti Peter Schjeldahl (joker) Ricardo Valero (former Mexico ambassador) Todd Portune (US politician) Yoo Sang-Chul Subs: Pawel Krolowski (Polish actor) the engineer Alex Trebek(WILDCARD) Arnold Spielberg Barry Du Bois Bob Dole Chris Doleman Clive Barker (author) Deborah James Dennis Goldberg George Alagiah Jean Louis Trintignant Jill Gascoigne John Andretti Kane tanaka Kirk Douglas Larry King Lee Kerslake Nobby Stiles Olivia de Havilland Prince Philip Roberta Mccain Roger Scruton Ruthie Thompson Shane Macgowan Steve Gleason Tim Bilton Subs Norma Lloyd, Betty White, Vera Lynn, Eva Marie Saint, Whoaml Betty White Bob Dole David Attenborough Desmond Morris Emperor Akihito Ethel Skakel Kennedy George Shultz Glynis Johns Jean Kennedy Smith John Andretti John Lysak Joyce Randolph Katherine Johnson Kirk Douglas Marge Champion Mel Brooks Norman Lloyd Olivia De Havilland Olivia Newton-John Olympia Dukakis Prince Phillip Ray Lawler Rosalynn Carter Terry Jones Tinto Brass Subs: Chuck Yeager, Pele, Nichele Nichols, Illie Nastase, Alexei Navalny Great Uncle Bulgaria Alex Trebek Anne Buydens Douglas (WILDCARD) Barry Briggs (4 x world speedway champion) Benard Cribbins Colin Thackery (BGT winner) Cynthia Morey (author, former principal with D'Oyly Carte Opera) Daniel Arap-Moi David Attenborough George McGavin (BBC) J-L Trintignant Jim Dale (Carry On actor) Kirk Douglas Larry King Murray Walker Olivia Newton-John Pete Murray (DJ) Petula Clark Richard Bonynge (opera conductor, widower of Joan Sutherland) Roberta McCain Rosalynn Carter Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stirling Moss Teresa Berganza (Spanish Opera singer) Tom Smith (rugby) Vera Lynn Subs: Barbara Walters, Beverley Cleary, Olivia de Haviland, Jimmy Carter, Stanley Baxter Drol Ady Barkan Alex Trebek (WILDCARD) Bob Gibson (Baseball HoFer) Daniel arap Moi David Gulpilil David Hagen Denis Goldberg Dilip Kumar Doddie Weir Genesis P-Orridge Gianluca Vialli John Andretti Kerri Parker Lee Kerslake Luton Shelton Majek Fashek O.J. Brigance Pat Smullen Qaboos of Oman Roger Scruton Samu Shin Kyuk-ho Sinisa Mihajlovic Sumner Redstone Tom Smith (rugby player) Subs: Bill Freehan, Nobby Stiles Predictor Arif Sag (Turkish musician & politician) Barry Lategan (South African photographer) Ben Cooper (American actor) Cadaveria (Italian musician) Carlos Venna (Argentine politician) Charlie Manuel (American baseball coach) Donnie Sutherland (Australian media personality) Francisco Jose Cox (Chilean bishop) Gareth O'Callaghan (Irish media personality) George Keiser (American politician) Hideki Hosaka (Japanese wrestler) Hobie Billingsley (American diver) Jan Tinetti (New Zealandic politician) Jim Carr (Canadian politician) Joey Image (American drummer) Kelly Davis (American journalist) Kevin Thompson (American karate champ) Martin Drennan (Irish bishop) Paulo Maluf (Brazilian politician) Peter Schedjal (American art critic) Pio Tikuaduoduo (Fijian politician) Shirley Abrahamson (American judge) Slim Andrews (American country singer) Sornphet Sornsuphan (Thai musician) Takako Okamura (Japanese singer) (wildcard) Sub: Dave Gettleman , Francois Rebsamen, Daisy Loongkoonan Grim Up North Alex Trebek Bernard Tapie Chris Doleman David Gulpilil David Hagen Denis Goldberg Ernie Moss Frankie Banali Genesis P-Orridge George Alagiah Greg Gilbert Howard Finkel Jimmy Carter John Andretti Judy Dyble Kirk Douglas Lee Kerslake Liz Clarke-Saul Nobby Stiles Pat Smullen Ruth Bader Ginsburg Sinisa Mihailovic Stirling Moss Tom Smith (rugby) (WILDCARD) Vera Lynn Subs: Jean Louis Trintigant, Sacheen Littlefeather, Barry Du Bois Etushispushingupdaises Alex Trebek (WILDCARD) Anastasia Zavorotniuk (Russian soap actress who may have brain cancer) Armen Dzhigarkhanian (Frail 84-year-old Russian actor) Bill Turnbull Bob Gibson Brandon Sorensen (An Iowan wrestler with leukemia) Cullan Brown (A Kentucky golfer with bone cancer) Daniel Arap-Moi Doddie Weir Frankie Banali Genesis P-Orridge George Alagiah Gianluca Vialli Jay Allen. (Detroit Tigers announcer with bile duct cancer) Jimmy Carter John Andretti Kirk Douglas Lee Kerslake Michael York. Pat Smullen Roger Scruton Tabare Vazquez Terry Jones Tom Smith (the rugby player) Vasily Kulkov (Russian footballer with esophageal cancer) Subs: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Alcee Hastings, Margarita Terekhova, , Vera Lynn, Olivia Newton John Sean Alex Trebek Dave Serella Douglas Hurd Eva Marie Saint Everton Weekes Gerd Muller Javier Perez de Cuellar Jimmy Carter (WILDCARD) John Hume John Lewis June Brown June Spencer Kirk Douglas Leon Spinks Leslie Phillips Nicholas Parsons Olivia de Havilland Olivia de Havilland Prince Philip Prunella Scales Rosalyn Carter Roy Hattersley Terry Jones Trevor Peacock Vera Lynn Subs: Shirley Williams, Noam Chomsky, Robert Fyfe FixedBusiness Alec Baldwin Alex Trebek Bill Turnbull Daniel arap Moi Dick Cheney Donald Trump Genesis P Orridge George Alagiah Gerd Muller Henry Kissinger Jason Becker Kirk Douglas Lee Kerslake Leslie Phillips Mel Gibson Nobby Stiles Norm MacDonald Prince Philip DoE Ray Kennedy (WILDCARD) Rosalynn Carter Sean Connery Shane MacGowan Sinead O Connor Tom Smith (rugby player with cancer) Tomasz Schafernaker Subs: Warren Buffet, Alan Greenspan, Billy Idol, Betty White, Ozzy Osbourne John Key Alex Trebek (WILDCARD) Anastasia Zavorotnyuk Bill Turnbull Bob Gibson Chris Doleman David Gulpilil Desmond Tutu Frankie Banali Ged Stokes Genesis B. P-Orridge George Alagiah Henry Gray John Andretti Joni Mitchell Kirk Douglas Lee Kerslake Leon Spinks Morrissey Prince Philip Qaboos bin Said Al Said Roberta McCain Ruth Gader Ginsburg Sam Lloyd Tom Smith Yoo Sang-chul Subs: Bob Dole, Chris Kirubi, Vera Lynn, Michael Gorbachev, Olivia de Haviland Teams for those who can't click back 4 pages (how the fuck did you cope with the old thread ) Inb4 the - damn I wish I'd known about glorified Cancer Mum 7 posts.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,592 Posted January 1, 2020 Just a little more justification for my joker. Yuri Organnason is the only living scientist to have a chemical element named after him. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,941 Posted January 1, 2020 2 hours ago, Bibliogryphon said: Just a little more justification for my joker. Yuri Organnason is the only living scientist to have a chemical element named after him. I mean he didn't even feature in the obscure cunt shortlist. He has a wikipedia page after all..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,941 Posted January 1, 2020 So the died very late in Decembers are starting to crop up. The aforementioned poker player Aaron Corson died 30 Dec 2019 - I missed that one in the mad rush for entries. Brings Henri Richard - a Canadian hockey player off Sir Creeps sub bench. Probably a lucky escape for SC as so far not even a local obit has shown up for our minor poker player. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,941 Posted January 1, 2020 And re that spreadsheet - it's seems people have thankfully (from a host perspective) combined around a relatively smaller number of dead cetrs. Including subs there was a potential 1290 names that could be entered if everyone had a unique pick (and if this had happened I think I'd have concurrently had some form of mental breakdown, so this justifies not award bonuses for unique picks in my head....). I currently have 499 names on my spreadsheet. Re Spreadsheet - feel free to start the annual process of telling me that Actually Famous is Random Nobody of the Same Name or I've fucked up the data entry on your team (there will be errors)..... Edit also has a sheet for you to leave pithy notes for the host like 'you fucked this up, you fucked that up, here's my Butffuck Nowhere Times obit for my WTFAT award winning pick....' https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zZ5lmZKfanzhKq8HTW7XItDiUaHmiehOqDfT5NNn-0k/edit?usp=sharing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted January 1, 2020 My team, winner of the annual "Who the fuck are they" contest: Hare's Deadpool 1Peter Schjeldahl (joker) 2Bob Joers (Middleton Athletic director) 3Don Asmussen (comics) 4Frankie Banali 5Lars Hogh (danish football player) 6Todd Portune (US politician) 7Bob Gibson (baseball) 8Alex Trebek 9Pat Smullen 10Gianluca Vialli 11Danny Oosthuizen (South Africa journalist) 12Karen Simpson (former Royal Bury theatre director) 13Ricardo Valero (former Mexico ambassador) 14Alcee Hastings 15Yoo Sang-Chul 16Alexander Peskov (Russian comedian) 17Chris Baggoley (former Australian chief medical officer) 18Peter Bonetti 19Andrew McDonald (former chair of SCOPE) 20Mikhail Gorbachev 21Lee Kerslake 22Jhon Jairo Velasquez (killer) 23Miroslava Duma (Russian influencer) 24Mary Fairhurst (US judge) 25Mama Bruschetta (Italian comedian) Subs:Pawel Krolikowski Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,561 Posted January 1, 2020 My 2020-Team: Ágnes Keleti Alfred Biolek Bibi Johns Christiane F. Cleo Laine Gina Lollobrigida Gotthilf Fischer Hannelore Minkus Iris Apfel Isabel Perón Jimmy Carter Margot Leonard Maria Riva (Wildcard) Maria Sebaldt Mario Adorf Michel Piccoli Mikis Theodorakis Monica Vitti Peter Mark Richman Ralf Wolter Rolf Eden Rolf Schimpf Rosalynn Carter Sonja Ziemann 17.02.2020 Val Kilmer Subs: Barbara Rütting 28.03.2020 Peter Weck Gunther von Hagens Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,941 Posted January 1, 2020 Annual polite reminder your teams are available in Post 2 and a few post above here there's absolutely no need to post them again yourself.... with 43 players that is likely to get messy incredibly quickly..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,156 Posted January 1, 2020 On 01/01/2020 at 16:23, Kinnock said: Annual polite reminder your teams are available in Post 2 and a few post above here there's absolutely no need to post them again yourself.... with 43 players that is likely to get messy incredibly quickly..... Ah - I was just going to post mine, purely because it enables me to edit it and cross out any fallers later on. But I see your point! (later) Posting it anyway, can't hurt now. Clive Barker (joker) Jason Becker Raymond Briggs Anne Buydens Douglas Pearl Carr 16 Feb Jimmy Carter Bob Dole Judy Dyble 12 July Gerald Harper Ian Holm 19 June Glynis Johns Michael Lonsdale 21 Sep Vera Lynn 18 June Michael Medwin 26 Feb Stirling Moss 12 April Willie Nelson Trevor Peacock Leslie Phillips Sidney Poitier Chris Rea Bill Treacher Jean-Louis Trintignant James Dewey Watson Betty White Joanne Woodward Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,941 Posted January 1, 2020 30 minutes ago, Toast said: Ah - I was just going to post mine, purely because it enables me to edit it and cross out any fallers later on. But I see your point! Yeah I get that makes sense, but I tend to just use a word document Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WidowsPeak 13 Posted January 1, 2020 Apologies for not entering this year. Maybe next. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,941 Posted January 1, 2020 First day of 2019 is also the day of the first hit.... David Stern was a former NBA commissioner born in New York on September 22, 1942. He suffered a brain haemmorhage on December 12th last year which ultimately led to his passing earlier today. He spent thirty years as an NBA Commissioner. He ended up as commissioner having been drawn into the world of basketball through working for the company representing the league in the late 60s and early 70s. He's also been credit with turning the league into a much more renowned international league, among much more. A member of the FIBA Hall of Fame despite not being a basketball. That's not to say his career was without it's lows, a few dodgy takeovers and attitude of financial rigging and an infamous radio interview. where Stern asked the host (who'd question him on rigging) if he'd stopped beating his wife. (Obituary: The Guardian (US) ) Scoreboard Wormfarmer 0 points (1 hit) Everybody else 0 points. Elsewhere jazz singer Ed Battle will no long be warming Death Impends substitute bench as its revealed he died on December 26 2019, he wasn't picked for any 2019 teams though so no changes on the provisional leaderboard. That's the second of Death Impends original team to die following Vishwesha Teertha Swami....who passed away on the 29th December. At this rate Death Impend should be collecting the 500 point bonus by around the end of March Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,941 Posted January 1, 2020 Posted early. As we enter the second lear year of the competition is worth reminding you that 100% pointage and a surefire record is up for grabs your team will need to accomplish the following to achieve the coveted immortal glory of such an achievement and exercise every bonus 31 December (WC) 732 basic + 250 bonus = 980 total 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615 31 December 365 basic + 250 bonus = 615 Entire Team Bonus = 500 points For a 16,240 tally as the team sheet is compiled on Jan 1st 2021 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,486 Posted January 2, 2020 Hello Deathray. Unfortunately TV actress Elizabeth Sellars died on 30th December 2019, with the Telegraph putting up a Death notice (not even an obit) late on 1st January. As this is now the 2nd, I don't know if Eva Marie moves into the team as a sub or not, I leave that to your host judgement. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,941 Posted January 2, 2020 8 hours ago, msc said: Hello Deathray. Unfortunately TV actress Elizabeth Sellars died on 30th December 2019, with the Telegraph putting up a Death notice (not even an obit) late on 1st January. As this is now the 2nd, I don't know if Eva Marie moves into the team as a sub or not, I leave that to your host judgement. Yep - automatic promotion for Eva Marie Saint. - The 1st January/first hit cut off is for people who couldn't be bothered providing enough substitutes..... Team sheets updated. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,941 Posted January 2, 2020 The rules have been given a face-lift No major changes in implementation and no changes to scoring rules (bolded the ones that are), many changes in wording..... Essentially all in the name of making things easier for my successor (currently lined up as YW but as we're talking months away not fully confirmed until it's confirmed) and codified some of the changes gradually introduced anyway. Also in the name of making it easier to read and reference. The old leniency clauses are abolished Sectioning the rules out for ease of reference. The 24 hour pick replacement leeway is restricted to those who actually provided 5 subs..... With the now longstanding 2359 deadline replacing the old 1600 we have moved to zero tolerance on late entries (this has been done in practice since 2017/2018 so nothing new) The dedicated obit sites like legacy, obits.tjz.net or wherever Wallinga got an obit don't count, similarly for death notice pages (unless the celebrity sections of these sites) (again no change in implementation, just wording) Teams submitted after midday on NYEs are subjected to a much less detailed clarification procedure...... Many calls to arms to clarify your own picks claims to fames. Codifying the 7 day obit leniency..... Abolishing Rule 7........ (the changes permission) get it right first time you morons.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
