19QOS19 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Previous editions of Dead Pool clarified that not only was picking a celebrity who happened to be ill allowed, but it was encouraged, as being good strategy. It's only disallowed if the illness is their main cause for them being famous. You'll find a fair few Dead Pool picks in there who are listed as being terminally ill, but obligingly got themselves famous first.'sake. Should probably have read the rules first. Barbara Windsor a stick on now then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karpaty Lviv Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Robert Archibald, the only Scot to have played in the NBA can only manage a couple of three pointers at 39. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/basketball/51248659?__twitter_impression=true 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Previous editions of Dead Pool clarified that not only was picking a celebrity who happened to be ill allowed, but it was encouraged, as being good strategy. It's only disallowed if the illness is their main cause for them being famous. You'll find a fair few Dead Pool picks in there who are listed as being terminally ill, but obligingly got themselves famous first.There’s a case for mandatory euthanasia (or murder, for our Celtic brethren) for all non famous people with terminal diseases. It’d really help Dead Pool newbies. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charon Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 15 minutes ago, Karpaty Lviv said: Robert Archibald, the only Scot to have played in the NBA can only manage a couple of three pointers at 39. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/basketball/51248659?__twitter_impression=true Don't believe that stat for one instant. NBA been around since the end of WW2 and includes Canadian teams. 0% chance of that being true, no matter what the beeb says. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karpaty Lviv Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 43 minutes ago, charon said: Don't believe that stat for one instant. NBA been around since the end of WW2 and includes Canadian teams. 0% chance of that being true, no matter what the beeb says. But if anyone picked him, can they still get the points? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 14 hours ago, Karpaty Lviv said: Robert Archibald, the only Scot to have played in the NBA can only manage a couple of three pointers at 39. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/basketball/51248659?__twitter_impression=true Imagine if they slam-dunked the coffin! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The DA Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 19 hours ago, charon said: Don't believe that stat for one instant. NBA been around since the end of WW2 and includes Canadian teams. 0% chance of that being true, no matter what the beeb says. It does seem unlikely, charon, but it seems it's true. https://basketball.realgm.com/national/teams/48/Scotland/nba_players 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charon Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 1 hour ago, The DA said: It does seem unlikely, charon, but it seems it's true. https://basketball.realgm.com/national/teams/48/Scotland/nba_players Just assumed some Canadians wid've been born here if nothing else. Anyhoo, the manager of Racing Club for those 3 games v Celtic , Juan Pizzuti has died at 92. Which meant I spent yesterday rewatching those brutal games. Which led me to watching Argentina v Holland full game from 78. And lo and behold the Great Rob Resenbrink has died. He almost won it for Holland, right at the end All time top scorer in the ECWC with 25 and Cruyff doppelganger. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustOneCornetto Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Sad news about Rob Rensenbrink but a solo hit for me softens the blow 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 Week 4 update Two deaths this week. First up was Terry Jones, Monty Python member: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/jan/22/terry-jones-obituary I'm not even going to try and quote a single part of that, it goes on forever. I have virtually no knowledge of any Monty Python things. My experience and knowledge of it has been conducted entirely though the internet, and I generally find people who repeat their punchlines to be quite boring. I remember sitting in higher geography once where the subject somehow came on to lumberjacks. Our teacher showed us a video of the Lumberjack Song and was clearly expecting us to find it as hilarious as he did. "Bemused silence" is probably the best way I'd describe the actual reaction. Part of the reason I've never cared to find anything else out about this sort of output is that the people in the troupe give me the creeps. John Cleese and Eric Idle would be good entries for that heebie jeebies thread for me. Fortunately I can honestly say I don't recognise Terry Jones at all. I'm also largely ambivalent towards Michael Palin, so here's a video of him talking about him: Jones was picked 11 times. He was 77 when he died, so he's worth 48 Base Points for @Bishop Briggs, @chomp my root, @Fuctifano, @JustOneCornetto, @Ludo*1, @mathematics, @speckled tangerine, @The_Craig and @weirdcal. He was worth 72 as @Ned Nederlander's Vice-Captain, and 96 as @Musketeer Gripweed's Captain. As a result, the standings look like this: 1. Bishop Briggs 148 2. alta-pete, sparky88 124 4. Musketeer Gripweed 96 5. Ned Nederlander 72 6. chomp my root, Fuctifano, JustOneCornetto, Ludo*1, mathematics, Speckled Tangerine, The_Craig, weirdcal 48 13. Everyone else 0 The spreadsheet has also been updated with these scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1V64rLXKhrmZf-6K4D3RyN3cR5Z_i2rh-ztODUB_dQyI/edit?usp=sharing 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 Also dying this week was former footballer, Rob Rensenbrink. I... I can't find an obituary for this. The only UK links so far are from Yahoo which I personally don't count as a 'UK-based' website, and something called This is Money, which isn't a general news site and which seems to very closely resemble the Daily Mail's website. Not sure what's going on there. Resenbrink died on Friday so I suppose there's a chance it gets picked up by more mainstream sources next week, but to me he doesn't seem eligible currently. I'm happy to open that up to general debate. I remember last year there was a comparable case - Robin Herd, who was only picked up by ESPN. Like that Yahoo link the URL started uk.espn, which is what makes me lean towards it not being UK-based. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieStevenson Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash???? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Yep Kobe got dunked on there.Cracking shout if anyone got him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lofarl Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Slam dunked into the ground. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Kobe Die-ant 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Nederlander Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Jesus, fucking f'ck. Feel sick. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFCDannyFTH Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Tories will do anything to suppress the Russia report 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Yep Kobe got dunked on there.Cracking shout if anyone got him. Worth way more than a 3 pointer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 An icon. RIP. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 It’s the EndBA. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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