Melanius Mullarkey Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Moomintroll said: I suspect you are thinking of the wrong Desmond. Don’t scratch my socha. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 36 minutes ago, tamthebam said: I wonder if Douglas Hurd will be next then or Geoff Hurst. I got a 2.1 (GIRUY Welshy) but I don't remember any rhyming slang for that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 7 hours ago, Aim Here said: This guy has apparently texted her and received a response (and he's a pop singer from the eighties who would likely have her in his contacts) He's just updated the tweet... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 22 minutes ago, Lurkst said: He's just updated the tweet... Fucking Hell, is the old boot dead or not, make up your mind? RIP, thoughts and prayers etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted December 26, 2021 Author Share Posted December 26, 2021 Week 52 update Two deaths this week, both of which ruining many teams entered for 2022. First up, cricket man Ray Illingworth: Ray Illingworth, former England cricket captain and coach, dies aged 89 | Cricket | The Guardian Quote The former England captain Ray Illingworth has died at the age of 89, Yorkshire cricket club announced on Saturday. Illingworth, one of the few men to lead England to a Test series victory in Australia, in 1970-71, had been undergoing radiotherapy for esophageal cancer. Illingworth played 61 Tests between 1958 and 1973, scoring 1,836 Test runs at an average of 23.24 and claimed 122 wickets at 31.20. He captained England 31 times, winning 12 of those matches. Illingworth went on to become was the chairman of selectors for England between 1994 and 1996, and coached the team in 1995-96. Born in Pudsey, Yorkshire, in 1932, his cricketing talents were apparent early when he averaged more than 100 with the bat for his school and showed proficiency as a medium-pace bowler, later adopting spin. Both deliveries saw him take many wickets for few runs. He was also a talented footballer and had opportunities to play at two local clubs, Huddersfield Town and Bradford City. But it was his abilities with a small, hard red ball for Farsley in the Yorkshire League that quickly brought him to the attention of Yorkshire county coaches. He excelled for Yorkshire’s seconds and made his debut for the first XI shortly after his 19th birthday. Illingworth grew in stature, soon coming to the fore in a talented Yorkshire side who won seven county championships in 10 years – for three of which he was captain - between 1959 and 1968. That is certainly an assortment of cricket numbers. Illingworth died at 89, so he's worth 36 Base Points. He was a Vice-Captain and Solo Shot for @ToBeSomeone which along with the Deadly December bonus amounts to 140 points. Not bad for a Zero-Pointer. ====================== Second death this week was South African religious man and professional rhyming slang, Desmond Tutu: Anti-apartheid hero Archbishop Desmond Tutu dies aged 90 | Desmond Tutu | The Guardian Quote Desmond Tutu, the cleric and social activist who was a giant of the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, has died aged 90. Tutu, described by foreign observers and people in his country as the moral conscience of the nation, died in Cape Town on Boxing Day. “The passing of archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu is another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans who have bequeathed us a liberated South Africa,” the president, Cyril Ramaphosa, said. “From the pavements of resistance in South Africa to the pulpits of the world’s great cathedrals and places of worship, and the prestigious setting of the Nobel peace prize ceremony, the Arch distinguished himself as a non-sectarian, inclusive champion of universal human rights.” Tutu was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the late 1990s and in recent years he was hospitalised on several occasions to treat infections associated with his treatment. “Ultimately, at the age of 90, he died peacefully at the Oasis Frail Care Centre in Cape Town this morning,” Dr Mamphela Ramphele, acting chairperson of the Archbishop Desmond Tutu IP Trust and coordinator of the office of the archbishop, said in a statement on behalf of the Tutu family. She did not give details on the cause of death. Not a good month for fans of the abolition of apartheid with both Tutu and F.W. de Klerk going. They made the world a better place. Isn't that all anyone wants? Tutu was 90 when he died, so he's worth 35 Base Points with a Deadly December bonus doubling that to 70 points for @CountyFan, @Moomintroll and @Salvo Montalbano. As a result, the standings look like this: 1. Ned Nederlander 713 2. Bishop Briggs 481 3. psv_killie 459 4. Arch Stanton 436 5. Savage Henry 429 6. Fuctifano 420 7. chomp my root 346 8. Indale Winton 332 9. Ludo*1 309 10. pub car king 301 11. sparky88 267 12. Aim Here, Cardinal Richelieu 255 14. Lofarl 243 15. choirbairn 240 16. senorsoupe 236 17. JustOneCornetto 233 18. Salvo Montalbano 229 19. Arabdownunder 226 20. buddiepaul 223 21. expatowner 217 22. ICTJohnboy 216 23. peasy23 210 24. Raidernation 209 25. 101 206 26. gkneil 203 27. sleazy 202 28. Sherrif John Bunnell 198 29. Arbroathlegend36-0, Sweaty Morph 196 31. D.V.T. 194 32. Willie adie 180 33. Bert Raccoon 179 34. jimbaxters 172 35. BillyAnchor, cdhafc1874, lichtgilphead 167 38. thistledo 165 39. doulikefish 163 40. qos_75 162 41. ThomCat 161 42. HI HAT 160 43. speckled tangerine 158 44. stanton 149 45. The DA 146 46. El Guapo 141 47. Moomintroll, ToBeSomeone 140 49. theportman 139 50. weejack 138 51. weirdcal, CountyFan 137 53. Billy Jean King 128 54. The_Craig 127 55. lolls, Mark Connolly 120 57. Curmudgeon 118 58. Enigma 112 59. TxRover 109 60. 10menwent2mow, Ben Twilly 107 61. Amandajoan 103 62. Bold Rover 102 63. dee_62 101 64. Empty It 94 65. amnarab 91 66. Lex, The Hologram 89 68. mathematics, tamthebam 86 70. nessies long lost ghost 84 71. Karpaty Lviv 76 72. Blootoon87, Sergeant Wilson 70 74. LoonsYouthTeam 62 75. Busta Nut, cambozpar, djchapsticks, Duszek 52 79. Bulbasaur, coprolite 51 81. dagane 42 82. The Master, Eednud, gingette, GTG_03, Melanius Mullarkey, microdave, mozam76, paulathame, Shotgun, The Naitch, thisal 26 93. ZERO POINTERS: @alta-pete, @get_the_subbies_on, @Hamish's Passenger, @HK Hibee, @Mr. Alli, @Miguel Sanchez, @pawpar, @Raven, @wellinwigan The spreadsheet has also been updated with these scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-OTo44wF_W7A4Q0NFnd1sX3qEDdxTLDobvjhhSgnzkg/edit?usp=sharing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 @Miguel Sanchez who's had the most hits this year? I know I'm currently on 6. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted December 26, 2021 Author Share Posted December 26, 2021 1 minute ago, Arch Stanton said: @Miguel Sanchez who's had the most hits this year? I know I'm currently on 6. Ned currently has 8. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Janice not Long for this world after all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mathematics Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 3 hours ago, tamthebam said: I wonder if Douglas Hurd will be next then or Geoff Hurst. I got a 2.1 (GIRUY Welshy) but I don't remember any rhyming slang for that. A Glasgow Rangers fan. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 29 minutes ago, Darren said: Janice not Long for this world after all. She'll be gone in 3-2-1. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Miguel Sanchez said: Ned currently has 8. @psv_killie is the other scary b*****d with 8 hits, but is only sitting third in the table, as far as I can tell. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said: Week 52 update As a result, the standings look like this: 1. Ned Nederlander 713 2. Bishop Briggs 481 3. psv_killie 459 4. Arch Stanton 436 5. Savage Henry 429 6. Fuctifano 420 7. chomp my root 346 8. Indale Winton 332 9. Ludo*1 309 10. pub car king 301 11. sparky88 267 12. Aim Here, Cardinal Richelieu 255 14. Lofarl 243 15. choirbairn 240 28. Sherrif John Bunnell 198 29. Arbroathlegend36-0, Sweaty Morph 196 31. D.V.T. 194 32. Willie adie 180 Ahem, By my reckoning Arbroathlegend36-0 should be on 325 points (you haven't added on the score for Joan Didion, and there was an arithmetic error where he should have been on 199 points originally) And Cardinal Richleiu should be on 275 points not 255 (Clarissa Eden had 24 base points, rather than the 14 you ascribed. She was a very youthful 101 when she went). So I should be 14th rather than 12th. Sigh... Edited December 26, 2021 by Aim Here 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted December 26, 2021 Author Share Posted December 26, 2021 I forgot Joan because I just looked to see if I had her, not if anyone else did. Hold on a minute. Third death this week is Joan Didion: Joan Didion obituary | Joan Didion | The Guardian Even though it's not one of the writers I've had on my team for the five years I've been participating in the Dead Pool, I actually have something personal to share about Joan Didion. The following is from one of my university notebooks: Of the three classes I took that term this might be the shortest entry for any text I studied. Mrs. Dalloway might run it close. The only thing I remember about whatever I read was a sequence where she was going on about being in a building where a bunch of people were watching The Doors practicing while she was alone and miserable. Absolutely horrible, from what I remember. A few months after these notes were written I entered an extensive depressive episode where I effectively became a recluse and cut myself off from all of my friends. Make of that what you will. Didion died at 87 so she's worth 38 Base Points for @Arbroathlegend36-0 who gets that doubled for Deadly December and gets an extra 50 for a Solo Shot and a total of 126. Meaning the standings actually look like this: 1. Ned Nederlander 713 2. Bishop Briggs 481 3. psv_killie 459 4. Arch Stanton 436 5. Savage Henry 429 6. Fuctifano 420 7. chomp my root 346 8. Indale Winton 332 9. Arbroathlegend36-0 325 10. Ludo*1 309 11. pub car king 301 12. Cardinal Richlieu 275 13. sparky88 267 14. Aim Here 255 15. Lofarl 243 16. choirbairn 240 17. senorsoupe 236 18. JustOneCornetto 233 19. Salvo Montalbano 229 20. Arabdownunder 226 21. buddiepaul 223 22. expatowner 217 23. ICTJohnboy 216 24. peasy23 210 25. Raidernation 209 26. 101 206 27. gkneil 203 28. sleazy 202 29. Sherrif John Bunnell 198 30. Sweaty Morph 196 31. D.V.T. 194 32. Willie adie 180 33. Bert Raccoon 179 34. jimbaxters 172 35. BillyAnchor, cdhafc1874, lichtgilphead 167 38. thistledo 165 39. doulikefish 163 40. qos_75 162 41. ThomCat 161 42. HI HAT 160 43. speckled tangerine 158 44. stanton 149 45. The DA 146 46. El Guapo 141 47. Moomintroll, ToBeSomeone 140 49. theportman 139 50. weejack 138 51. weirdcal, CountyFan 137 53. Billy Jean King 128 54. The_Craig 127 55. lolls, Mark Connolly 120 57. Curmudgeon 118 58. Enigma 112 59. TxRover 109 60. 10menwent2mow, Ben Twilly 107 62. Amandajoan 103 63. Bold Rover 102 64. dee_62 101 65. Empty It 94 66. amnarab 91 67. Lex, The Hologram 89 69. mathematics, tamthebam 86 71. nessies long lost ghost 84 72. Karpaty Lviv 76 73. Blootoon87, Sergeant Wilson 70 75. LoonsYouthTeam 62 76. Busta Nut, cambozpar, djchapsticks, Duszek 52 80. Bulbasaur, coprolite 51 82. dagane 42 83. The Master, Eednud, gingette, GTG_03, Melanius Mullarkey, microdave, mozam76, paulathame, Shotgun, The Naitch, thisal 26 94. ZERO POINTERS: @alta-pete, @get_the_subbies_on, @Hamish's Passenger, @HK Hibee, @Mr. Alli, @Miguel Sanchez, @pawpar, @Raven, @wellinwigan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted December 26, 2021 Author Share Posted December 26, 2021 Clarissa Eden I'm blaming on the fact that anyone who picks someone who's older than 100 clearly doesn't want to win and doesn't care what their points are anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 7 minutes ago, Miguel Sanchez said: Clarissa Eden I'm blaming on the fact that anyone who picks someone who's older than 100 clearly doesn't want to win and doesn't care what their points are anyway. If you could find a way of guaranteeing solo shots, a team of 15 centenarians would get you a top 10 finish most years. Where you get 15 obit-worthy solo shot centenarians is left as an exercise for the reader. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Into the top 20, which is always the aim for a small dead-pooler like myself. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 6 hours ago, cdhafc1874 said: Deadmond Tutu Not gonna see ‘22… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 (edited) Janice didn't live very Long - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-59795298 So Long, farewell, auf wedersehen tonight... Edited December 26, 2021 by Bishop Briggs 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 2 hours ago, Bishop Briggs said: Janice didn't live very Long - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-59795298 So Long, farewell, auf wedersehen tonight... RIP DJ Janice, I hope you're spinning in your grave. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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