The Pie and Bovril Dead Pool 2023

[Richey Edwards]

Former Dream Theater vocalist Charlie Dominici has died.

https://dreamtheater.net/charlie-dominici-1951-2023/

Edited November 18, 2023 by Richey Edwards

[Dan Steele]

AS SellByatt expired.

[chomp my root]

Starting to cool down and starting to smell a bit funky.

 

https://news.sky.com/story/kool-the-gang-drummer-and-co-founder-george-funky-brown-dies-13010548

Edited November 18, 2023 by chomp my root

[BillyAnchor]

The mortuary slab-Get down on it

[Miguel Sanchez]

Week 46 update

One death this week, the writer A. S. Byatt: AS Byatt, author and critic, dies aged 87 | AS Byatt | The Guardian

Quote

The writer and critic AS Byatt, who explored family, myth and narrative in a career spanning six decades, has died aged 87. Her publisher Chatto & Windus confirmed that she died peacefully at home surrounded by close family.

Dame Antonia Susan Duffy, who wrote under the name AS Byatt, authored complex and critically acclaimed novels, including the Booker prize-winning Possession and her examination of artistic creation, The Children’s Book. Over her career, she won a swathe of literary awards, from the Booker to a Chevalier of France’s Order of Arts and Letters.

“We mourn her loss but it’s a comfort to know that her penetrating works will dazzle, shine and refract in the minds of readers for generations to come,” said her publisher Clara Farmer.

Born Antonia Drabble in 1936, Byatt grew up in Sheffield and York, before studying English at Cambridge, Bryn Mawr College in Philadelphia and at Oxford. She began teaching at University College London in 1962, publishing her first novel, Shadows of a Sun, two years later. The complicated family relationships found in much of her fiction were already in evidence with this story of a daughter escaping a domineering father. A novel of rival sisters that followed in 1967 – appearing two years after her sister, the author Margaret Drabble, published her own novel on a similar theme – added mythological and symbolic elements, which became central to Byatt’s later work.

The Guardian's obituary is a bit fuller and I'm honestly a bit in awe at the apparent scale of her career and intellect: AS Byatt obituary | Fiction | The Guardian

I've only read Possession. It was a long time ago, the Victorian poetry inserts were a bit naff, and the film wasn't very good.

Byatt died at 87 so she's worth 38 Base Points for me. She was also a Solo Shot, so I get 88 points total.

As a result, the standings look like this:

1. cdhafc1874 422
2. JustOneCornetto 405
3. psv_killie 376
4. gkneil 369
5. Karpaty Lviv 300
6. Ned Nederlander 299
7. Michael W 295
8. Arbroathlegend36-0, peasy23 288
10. Miguel Sanchez 287
11. chomp my root 271
12. Arabdownunder 267
13. Desp, sparky88 264
15. Mark Connolly, weirdcal 263
17. qos_75 260
18. The_Craig 247
19. sophia 246
20. LoonsYouthTeam 245
21. The Naitch 240
22. ThomCat 239
23. throbber 237
24. The DA, Scorge 235
26. Indale Winton 232
27. Ziggy Sobotka 229
28. Ludo*1 227
29. buddiepaul 226
30. Billy Jean King 225
31. Bert Raccoon 222
32. amnarab 219
33. thistledo 215
34. microdave 205
35. HI HAT 201
36. Enigma 197
37. DG.Roma 193
38. Bully Wee Villa 192
39. TxRover 190
40. kilMARKnock 187
41. lolls 180
42. Donathan, Sweaty Morph 179
44. Frosty, HK Hibee 173
46. djchapsticks 172
47. Shotgun 170
48. Savage Henry 169
49. dee_62 167
50. D.V.T. 166
51. Fuctifano 164
52. ParsJake 160
53. pub car king 157
54. Aim Here 155
55. HTG 154
56. paulathame 153
57. mozam76 140
58. alta-pete 139
59. get_the_subbies_on 138
60. willie adie 134
61. ICTJohnboy 128
62. pawpar 126
63. GermanJag 123
64. Christophe 114
65. doulikefish, tamthebam, The Master 111
68. Melanius Mullarkay 110
69. statts1976uk 107
70. Arch Stanton, DeeTillEhDeh 101
72. Lofarl 99
73. Oystercatcher, Priti priti priti Patel, weemac 97
76. atfccfc, Ray Patterson 96
78. sleazy 94
79. Moomintroll 93
80. dagane, The Hologram 87
82. blackislekillie 74
83. btb, Jimmy Baker, senorsoupe 71
86. choirbairn 70
87. superwell87 69
88. lichtgilphead 67
89. expatowner 60
90. BillyAnchor, Lex, superbigal 58
93. Dunning1874 55
94. Empty It 48
95. ayrunitedfw, Duszek, nessies long lost ghost, Oceanlineayr, Salvo Montalbano, San Starko, Shipa 39
102. mathematics 37
103. 10menwent2mow, mizfit, parxyz, scottsdad, Suspect Device 32
108.  Derry Alli, stanton 31
110. PWL 29
111. Everyone else 0

I don't think I've ever been this high. The spreadsheet has also been updated with these scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RxCIfczRUmrRrW79tUQ0vJ5KaHZpYENsTKmDqW4X3W4/edit?usp=sharing

[Aim Here]

2 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said:

Week 46 update

One death this week, the writer A. S. Byatt: AS Byatt, author and critic, dies aged 87 | AS Byatt | The Guardian

The Guardian's obituary is a bit fuller and I'm honestly a bit in awe at the apparent scale of her career and intellect: AS Byatt obituary | Fiction | The Guardian

I've only read Possession. It was a long time ago, the Victorian poetry inserts were a bit naff, and the film wasn't very good.

Byatt died at 87 so she's worth 38 Base Points for me. She was also a Solo Shot, so I get 88 points total.

As a result, the standings look like this:

1. cdhafc1874 422
2. JustOneCornetto 405
3. psv_killie 376
4. gkneil 369
5. Karpaty Lviv 300
6. Ned Nederlander 299
7. Michael W 295
8. Arbroathlegend36-0, peasy23 288
10. Miguel Sanchez 287
11. chomp my root 271
12. Arabdownunder 267
13. Desp, sparky88 264
15. Mark Connolly, weirdcal 263
17. qos_75 260
18. The_Craig 247
19. sophia 246
20. LoonsYouthTeam 245
21. The Naitch 240
22. ThomCat 239
23. throbber 237
24. The DA, Scorge 235
26. Indale Winton 232
27. Ziggy Sobotka 229
28. Ludo*1 227
29. buddiepaul 226
30. Billy Jean King 225
31. Bert Raccoon 222
32. amnarab 219
33. thistledo 215
34. microdave 205
35. HI HAT 201
36. Enigma 197
37. DG.Roma 193
38. Bully Wee Villa 192
39. TxRover 190
40. kilMARKnock 187
41. lolls 180
42. Donathan, Sweaty Morph 179
44. Frosty, HK Hibee 173
46. djchapsticks 172
47. Shotgun 170
48. Savage Henry 169
49. dee_62 167
50. D.V.T. 166
51. Fuctifano 164
52. ParsJake 160
53. pub car king 157
54. Aim Here 155
55. HTG 154
56. paulathame 153
57. mozam76 140
58. alta-pete 139
59. get_the_subbies_on 138
60. willie adie 134
61. ICTJohnboy 128
62. pawpar 126
63. GermanJag 123
64. Christophe 114
65. doulikefish, tamthebam, The Master 111
68. Melanius Mullarkay 110
69. statts1976uk 107
70. Arch Stanton, DeeTillEhDeh 101
72. Lofarl 99
73. Oystercatcher, Priti priti priti Patel, weemac 97
76. atfccfc, Ray Patterson 96
78. sleazy 94
79. Moomintroll 93
80. dagane, The Hologram 87
82. blackislekillie 74
83. btb, Jimmy Baker, senorsoupe 71
86. choirbairn 70
87. superwell87 69
88. lichtgilphead 67
89. expatowner 60
90. BillyAnchor, Lex, superbigal 58
93. Dunning1874 55
94. Empty It 48
95. ayrunitedfw, Duszek, nessies long lost ghost, Oceanlineayr, Salvo Montalbano, San Starko, Shipa 39
102. mathematics 37
103. 10menwent2mow, mizfit, parxyz, scottsdad, Suspect Device 32
108.  Derry Alli, stanton 31
110. PWL 29
111. Everyone else 0

I don't think I've ever been this high. The spreadsheet has also been updated with these scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RxCIfczRUmrRrW79tUQ0vJ5KaHZpYENsTKmDqW4X3W4/edit?usp=sharing

Aren't you on 297 not 287? Your spreadsheet seems to say so, and so does mine.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

35 minutes ago, Aim Here said:

Aren't you on 297 not 287? Your spreadsheet seems to say so, and so does mine.

 

Hey cool I was 10 short on McCarthy. Top 7!

[Zen Archer (Raconteur)]

 

 

[gingette]

Got excited there for a minute that i would finally score some points this year - but wrong Carter......

[Zen Archer (Raconteur)]

1 minute ago, gingette said:

Got excited there for a minute that i would finally score some points this year - but wrong Carter......

You're a big man, but you're in bad shape.

With me it's a full time job. Now behave yourself.

[scottsdad]

8 minutes ago, gingette said:

Got excited there for a minute that i would finally score some points this year - but wrong Carter......

Likewise I had Dead Pool favourite Jum. 

[Florentine_Pogen]

55 minutes ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said:

You're a big man, but you're in bad shape.

With me it's a full time job. Now behave yourself.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/19/rosalynn-carter-jimmy-carter-first-lady-dies

Absolute dead (no pun intended)cert that Peanut Jimmy won't see out Jesus' birthday.

Edited November 19, 2023 by Florentine_Pogen

[Zen Archer (Raconteur)]

 

 

 

[Lofarl]

You were only supposed to blow the bloody president off!!

[Bold Rover]

6 minutes ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said:

The original Colonel Peron in Evita, iirc.

 

 

 

[TxRover]

1 hour ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said:

 

 

Thoughts, prayers, and a pittance of points because two others picked her…come on, Jimmy, we’re counting on you to make December now!

[GordonD]

41 minutes ago, Florentine_Pogen said:

Absolute dead (no pun intended)cert that Peanut Jimmy won't see out Jesus' birthday.

I see they were married for 77 years. My dad's cousin and her husband were married for that long - he died last year and she lasted ten weeks without him.

[Florentine_Pogen]

16 hours ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said:

 

 

 

Sad news, he was a genuine one-off with an instantly recognisable voice. RIP Jerry Westerby.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/nov/20/joss-ackland-obituary

Edited November 20, 2023 by Florentine_Pogen

[superwell87]

1 hour ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said:

 

 

 

His diplomatic immunity has just been revoked.

[pawpar]

5 hours ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said:

 

 

 

He was always on my mind.

 

 

Edited November 20, 2023 by pawpar