tamthebam Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Scott Glynn has died- not sure if he qualifies for 2019 or 2020 as the death seems to have been on Tuesday. One of the best after dinner speakers I've seen and a good guy too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtgilphead Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 47 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Hamish McDeath author deid. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-50974575 'Agatha Raisin and the Rehashed Old News' was a great read, as I told everyone last year... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Ah well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 (edited) Rule quibble. There's a loophole that should be closed off, to wit: On 08/12/2019 at 12:47, Miguel Sanchez said: You are not allowed to kill any of your entrants yourself. If a P&B user is found to be responsible for the death of any of their entrants, they will be disqualified from this and all future Dead Pools. I reckon for future pools, this should be altered so that you're not allowed to kill any entrants into the pool yourself, regardless of whose pool they're in. It could well be in your interests to murder members of someone else's pool prematurely to stop them getting their Deadly December/Last Gasp bonuses. At the moment, it could well be good strategy to pull the plug on someone's life support machine on November 30th in a close-run contest. I know that heading off a St Andrew's Day Massacre is very much a theoretical problem, because people aren't absolute maniacs willing to commit murder over a marginal advantage in a dumb forum game, but 1) closing it off helps insure against any fallout if the worst ever happens and 2) this is the season for "worst-of" P&B posters threads and I've been reminded that we do have some weapons-grade roasters skulking about. Edited January 3, 2020 by Aim Here 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Hamish McDeath author deid. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-50974575 Death of a Novelist 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Aim Here said: people aren't absolute maniacs willing to commit murder over a marginal advantage in a dumb forum game You're sure of that? Really sure? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arabdownunder Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 4 hours ago, Aim Here said: Rule quibble. There's a loophole that should be closed off, to wit: I reckon for future pools, this should be altered so that you're not allowed to kill any entrants into the pool yourself, regardless of whose pool they're in. It could well be in your interests to murder members of someone else's pool prematurely to stop them getting their Deadly December/Last Gasp bonuses. At the moment, it could well be good strategy to pull the plug on someone's life support machine on November 30th in a close-run contest. I know that heading off a St Andrew's Day Massacre is very much a theoretical problem, because people aren't absolute maniacs willing to commit murder over a marginal advantage in a dumb forum game, but 1) closing it off helps insure against any fallout if the worst ever happens and 2) this is the season for "worst-of" P&B posters threads and I've been reminded that we do have some weapons-grade roasters skulking about. The "found to have killed..." clause is a problem. The legal process takes so long that the winner will have been crowned before any points deduction can apply. Its like athletes being awarded medals where they were beaten by East German drug cheats in the 1980s. Nice to have the record books corrected but they'll never get to stand on the podium, hear the anthem and see the flag being raised. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Bollocks. Just realised I missed the cut off this year. I hope everyone lives. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 I think that's just a late writeup from the BBC. She died early enough to get a mention in the 2019 pool threadWas online on Hogmanay.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/12/31/mc-beaton-prolific-author-created-phlegmatic-pc-hamish-macbeth/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Scott Glynn has died- not sure if he qualifies for 2019 or 2020 as the death seems to have been on Tuesday. One of the best after dinner speakers I've seen and a good guy too.It was definitely the 1st he passed away, here is the tweet his son put on his account to announce his passing. We had Scott at our sportsman's dinners a couple of times, he was superb. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomp my root Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Surprised this lad hasn't had a mention. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-50979463 Shit could get very real in the Middle East.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 1 hour ago, chomp my root said: Surprised this lad hasn't had a mention. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-50979463 Shit could get very real in the Middle East.... American Government overthrows a minority Sunni Dictator in Iraq and then seem surprised that a Shia majority Iraqi population wants to align itself with Iran which happens to be Shia majority too.... It's so short sighted and stupid that you might think it was deliberate! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 American Government overthrows a minority Sunni Dictator in Iraq and then seem surprised that a Shia majority Iraqi population wants to align itself with Iran which happens to be Shia majority too.... It's so short sighted and stupid that you might think it was deliberate!Textbook stuff from Trump. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 10 minutes ago, peasy23 said: Textbook stuff from Trump. Undoubtedly he's an arsehole but he's just a symptom of the problem. Obama started bombing in Syria, Yeman, Libya, Somalia as well as Pakistan. Anyway, off topic/Politics thread for this pish! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karpaty Lviv Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Bring back Spain 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 13 hours ago, Aim Here said: Rule quibble. There's a loophole that should be closed off, to wit: I reckon for future pools, this should be altered so that you're not allowed to kill any entrants into the pool yourself, regardless of whose pool they're in. It could well be in your interests to murder members of someone else's pool prematurely to stop them getting their Deadly December/Last Gasp bonuses. At the moment, it could well be good strategy to pull the plug on someone's life support machine on November 30th in a close-run contest. I know that heading off a St Andrew's Day Massacre is very much a theoretical problem, because people aren't absolute maniacs willing to commit murder over a marginal advantage in a dumb forum game, but 1) closing it off helps insure against any fallout if the worst ever happens and 2) this is the season for "worst-of" P&B posters threads and I've been reminded that we do have some weapons-grade roasters skulking about. When the police come looking for you I will be fully complicit in the investigation. 9 hours ago, Arabdownunder said: The "found to have killed..." clause is a problem. The legal process takes so long that the winner will have been crowned before any points deduction can apply. Its like athletes being awarded medals where they were beaten by East German drug cheats in the 1980s. Nice to have the record books corrected but they'll never get to stand on the podium, hear the anthem and see the flag being raised. They'd be fine. I'd come round to their house with a medal and everything. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 They'd be fine. I'd come round to their house with a medal and everything.They would have to had back their certificates though, to be fair. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Just lost my best friend and right hand man Spoiler 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomp my root Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 3 hours ago, supermik said: Just lost my best friend and right hand man Hide contents I managed to snag 6 T glasses, 1 for a mate and 5 for me, only 1 had 'CHOMP' on it, of course, that's the one a mate killed. Arsehole. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawpar Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 @Miguel Sanchez any chance of releasing everybody's list before next christmas. +1 if you do. -1 if you even think about releasing it on a certain day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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