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Thread: 2016 Ship of Fools Celebrity Death Pool
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Posted by Kelly:
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The only way I could respond at all was to pretend to be Southern.
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Ah. I totally didn't recognize the accent!!!
My bad!
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lilBuddha
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Kudos to Kelly for finding the right tone of response for The Circus.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Speaking of Southern, The Diva, the Doll, the Grand Empress of Savannah has gone to the great cabaret
A sincere " God bless her" for that one.
[ 09. September 2016, 16:53: Message edited by: Kelly Alves ]
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Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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no prophet's flag is set so...
Proceed to see sea
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I missed that Fred Hellerman of The Weavers died 01 Sept. The last one of the group. If you don't recognize who he or The Weavers are, you do know some of their songs and bandmate Pete Seeger.
Done bin around done stayed around this old town too long. Summer's almost gone
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lilBuddha
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No need to fear Virginia, Edward Albee flies above the reach of all Tall Women.
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Pigwidgeon
Ship's Owl
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Originally posted by lilBuddha:
No need to fear Virginia, Edward Albee flies above the reach of all Tall Women.
I heard him speak at our local university 10 or 12 years ago and was, I'm sorry to say, quite disappointed with him as a speaker. In fact, I dozed off.
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lilBuddha
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I fervently hope he provides no points on this board.
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Hedgehog
Ship's Shortstop
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W. P. Kinsella, who wrote the book that was filmed as "Field of Dreams," is now walking among the corn rows.
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lilBuddha
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Posted 2 hours ago. do not rush this.
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Hallellou, hallellou
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St. Gwladys
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You beat me to it! I just googled "Dsmond Tutu".
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"Careful what you say sir, we're on board ship here"
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Baker
Shipmate
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I'm very glad to hear he is still with us.
Oftentimes, when people say someone is "courageous" they mean that person stood up to angry opposition, against enormous odds. That is correct, but...
When I think of Desmond Tutu being courageous, I remember a video in which he plunged into a screaming mob of people to rescue a man who was about to be murdered. A tire("necklace") had been put around his neck and was to be lighted with gasoline.
The crowd could just as easily turned on Tutu as well. But he saved a man's life, at the risk of his own. That takes a lot of guts.
Get well, Archbishop.
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Pigwidgeon
Ship's Owl
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He is an amazing man. All that he's been through, and he still maintains his delightful sense of humor.
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Pigwidgeon
Ship's Owl
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Back when I was a small child (when dinosaurs roamed the earth) I remember my father watching golf on television* and Arnold Palmer was one of the major players. He has died at 87. His other claim to fame was a drink named for him.
*Watching golf on television has got to be the MOST boring thing imaginable!
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lilBuddha
Shipmate
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quote:
Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
*Watching golf on television has got to be the MOST boring thing imaginable!
Tied with cricket.
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Sioni Sais
Shipmate
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Originally posted by lilBuddha:
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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
*Watching golf on television has got to be the MOST boring thing imaginable!
Tied with cricket.
Any sport is boring if you don't understand it and that usually means that you must have played it, if only at a recreational level. If you don't understand it then you can't appreciate the link beteen effort and outcome and it's fair to say that in golf and cricket the link is often subtle.
Anyway, back to the main man: I first became aware of golf in he late sixties when Gary Player and the new kid on the block one Jack Nicklaus formed a trinity with Arnie - anyone getting amongst them in a major could feel proud. I always felt Arnold Palmer was the leader.
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Pigwidgeon
Ship's Owl
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Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
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Originally posted by lilBuddha:
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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
*Watching golf on television has got to be the MOST boring thing imaginable!
Tied with cricket.
Any sport is boring if you don't understand it and that usually means that you must have played it, if only at a recreational level. If you don't understand it then you can't appreciate the link beteen effort and outcome and it's fair to say that in golf and cricket the link is often subtle.
What's there to understand about golf? (I have played it.) You hit a ball with a stick until it goes into a hole and repeat 17 more times. The only thing more boring than playing it is watching it.
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Cricket is certainly a game that has to be understood to be enjoyed... but understanding it is impossible, especially for most Americans.
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lilBuddha
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Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
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Originally posted by lilBuddha:
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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
*Watching golf on television has got to be the MOST boring thing imaginable!
Tied with cricket.
Any sport is boring if you don't understand it
Playing and watching are two different things.
And one can understand a sport and still find it boring. Freddy Flintoff said he thought cricket was boring and he bloody brilliant at it.
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Pigwidgeon
Ship's Owl
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Originally posted by Baker:
Sir Neville Marriner has died.
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lilBuddha
Shipmate
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Rod Temperton now finds Sweet Freedom.
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Hallellou, hallellou
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The Rogue
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I've not given any scores updates for a while so here goes.
Since my last report we have lost seven names on our lists: Jenny Diski, Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, Muhammed Ali, Caroline Aherne, Elie Wiesel, Islam Karimov & King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Twenty one Shipmates have yet to score and of the twenty who have, top of the tree is Gwai on 84 points with jedijudy & Cottontail joint second on 80.
Gwai and Light User share the lead for "Quantity Not Quality" with three each. Loads of people are on two.
Gwai really owns this game because she also has top spot in the "Why Does It Always Happen To Me?" category. Her two points are one ahead of Piglet and me.
Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, apart from having a ridiculously long name, is giving some uncertainty because his date of birth isn't certain. I have used 1/1/68 for 52 points but it could be as early as 1963. Two shipmates are affected but neither are on the podium so they wouldn't fall off it if his date of birth is less kind.
Full points to follow in a bit.
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The Rogue
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1: Gwai 84 points (Harper Lee, Muhammed Ali & Martin Crowe)
2: Cottontail 80 points (Muhammed Ali & Rob Ford)
2: jedijudy 80 points (Muhammed Ali & Rob Ford)
4: Light User 75 points (Eric Lubbock, Howard Marks & Jenny Diski)
5: North East Quine 58 points (Muhammed Ali & Johan Cruyf)
6: Pomona 54 points (Nancy Reagan & Caroline Aherne)
7: Cod 52 points (Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour)
7: An die Freude 52 points (Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour)
9: Spike 48 points (Caroline Aherne)
10: Sandemaniac 47 points (Martin Crowe)
11: Leorning Chiht 38 points (Muhammed Ali & King Bhumibol Adulyadej)
12: la vie en rouge 34 points (King Bhumibol Adulyadej & Islam Karimov)
13: Tree Bee 30 points (Howard Marks)
14: Auntie Doris 26 points (Muhammed Ali)
14: Mamacita 26 points (Muhammed Ali)
14: St. Glwadys 26 points (Muhammed Ali)
17: balaam 15 points (Ronnie Cornett)
18: The Rogue 13 points (Elie Wiesel)
19: Kyzyl 11 points (Harper Lee)
19: Sipech 11 points (Harper Lee)
ETA Apologies that there has been six months since the last update: I will try to do the next one a bit sooner.
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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It looks like being another year of abject failure on my part ![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif)
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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I believe that's another year of the Kiss of Life™, Wodders!
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Trudy Scrumptious
BBE Shieldmaiden
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I can't believe that it looks like I will have kept all the Kardashians and their hangers-on alive for another year.
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Books and things.
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Piglet
Islander
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Like Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest, it looks as if I'm heading for nul points too.
Oh well, there's always next year.
By the way, did anyone have Jean Alexander, better known as Hilda Ogden from Coronation Street and Auntie Wainwright from Last of the Summer Wine?
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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music
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Sipech
Shipmate
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So I'm propping up the table. The Sunderland of death pickers.
Is it really bad that I have a draft list for next year? I got bored one afternoon and just started jotting down names.
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
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Some of us are in a lower division.
I keep a list with possibilities on all year.
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Lord may all my hard times be healing times
take out this broken heart and renew my mind.
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ArachnidinElmet
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Steve Dillon , comic books artist on Hellblazer, Punisher and co-creator of Preacher, has died. Far too young. So sad.
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
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Jimmy Perry - one of the great comedy writers - has died. Dad's Army is one of his best known creations, but there were other series as well. It ain't half hot mum was one of my favourites (although I accept that it was politically somewhat racist).
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balaam
Making an ass of myself
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I don't know what is happening this year. From last year when 2 pople who I'd dropped from my 2014 list died I believed I provided the Kiss of Life.
Sadly for Ronnie Corbett I seem to have lost my touch.
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ArachnidinElmet
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Sherri S.Tepper , veteran SF writer of 'Grass' and 'The Gate to Women's Country', has died.
I'm starting to worry that the Grim Reaper is working his way along my bookshelf. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
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As has been noted elsewhere, Jack Chick has died. And facing the truth of how twisted his view was.
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Stetson
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Okay, this is...eerie.
A couple of minustes ago, on a total whim, I decided to check if John Zacherle was still alive. Check the time and date of his departure.
I only knew him from hearing his novelty song Dinner With Drac on one of those compilation albums, and from a few You Tube videos I found while researching the song on a nostalgia kick. I gather he more or less invented the standard persona of the late-night horror movie host.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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Rest in peace, Zacherle. His Chiller Theater was mandatory Saturday night TV watching when I was in high school.
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Pigwidgeon
Ship's Owl
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Janet Reno, the first female U.S. attorney general, won't live to see our first female President.
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Sioni Sais
Shipmate
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We have lost Sir Jimmy Young, the man who stood for everything good about BBC Radio 2. He set a very high standard, especially for his lunchtime interview and phone-in show, when all sorts of crackpots called in, and his successors haven't come near. The BBC dismissed him from his day job at 80, for which he eventually forgave them.
Oh, and he had Top 10 hits back in the 1950's, including two number ones.
You'll get five points if you had him on your list.
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The Rogue
Shipmate
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And we have also lost another Radio 2 favourite - the Old Woman.
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
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Does anyone have Common Sense, Democracy or Hope? All three seem to have finally breathed their last.
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