Death Impends

You know, it's late, but only three names, I'll do it now. Two of the three were not DDP hits. One was just not picked, the other currently lacks a DDP-friendly obit. The former is Jaime de Armiñán, a Spanish director Oscar-nommed for Mi querida señorita (My Dear Senorita) and El nido (The Nest). He also wrote Nuestro fantasma (Our Ghost), y ahora es el fantasma del HPDP. WEP chalks ups 28 points (20 base + 8 bonus). Josip Manolic served only a year as Prime Minister of Croatia, but he did manage to be in the post when the country declared independence from a quickly-dissolving Yugoslavia. Seen as a conciliatory figure in his later years, he also saw scrutiny for oppression under his watch during the Tito years. Croatian social media accorded him a Zsa Zsa stature he worked hard to earn: His first wife died in a house fire, his second was 35 years his junior but still predeceased him, he survived COVID aged 101, and he received last rites at the end of 2023 yet was able to muster up another season's worth of breathing. He could only run on low fuel for so long, so was a natural cult pick here: wannamaker gains 40 points, Book and chilean way 35, and John Key 15. Political heavyweight Frank Field needs little introduction hereabouts, with his surprise endurance in the face of terminal cancer frustrating deadpoolers like his political quirks frustrated Labour mainstreamers. He made a very strong debut in 2022 at 26 pickers before collapsing to 9 in 2023. He enjoyed a decent rebound to 16 teams this time: drol fields 45 points. chilean way, Hell, John Key, and Pedro67 35. maryportfuncity and The Unknown Man 30. Captain Hemlock, Thatcher, and The Old Crem 25. ladyfiona 15. diego and Torva Messor punch in their second sub hit for 50 points. and An Fear Beag, BuffaloPhil and Charles de Gaulle their first for 25 points. New scoreboard ahead. The heavyweight Field hit means a new leader, as Torva Messor climbs to first on the back of clearing her subs bench: 1. Torva Messor 200.19 2. Perhaps 190.19 3. Banana 173 4. Thatcher 155.19 5. MariNisia 151 =6. Book 135.19 =6. drol 135.19 8. diego 124 9. YorkshireBanker 120.19 10. chilean way 119 11. BuffaloPhil 107 12. wannamaker 105 13. maryportfuncity 100 14. CaptainChorizo 91.84 =15. John Key 90.19 =15. Pedro67 90.19 =15. theoldlady 90.19 18. msc 89 19. RadGuy 86 20. DevonDeathTrip 83 21. Imelda 82.19 22. markb4 81 23. ladyfiona 75.19 24. Etushispushingupdaisies 75 25. justonecornetto 72 =26. Sean 70.19 =26. The Unknown Man 70.19 28. Grimgrass 67 29. Charles De Gaulle 65 30. CalebH 63 31. Funeralopolis 60.19 32. gcreptile 55.47 33. Captain Hemlock 55.19 =34. An Fear Beag 55 =34. Toast 55 =36. BabyBlue 50.19 =36. Prophet 50.19 38. arghton 49 39. Hell 45.19 40. GuyFromFuture 45 =41. Famous6Eva 42 =41. livingbygrace 42 43. The Old Crem 40 44. DeathBecomesThem 35 45. WEP 28 =46. MalePoster 25 =46. ThereWillBeDeaths7 25 48. DeathByArsenic 10.98 49. JoeMoneypenny 5 =50. Bibliogryphon 0 =50. Death Impends 0 =50. Gooseberry Crumble 0 =50. Great Uncle Bulgaria 0 =50. Joey Russ 0 =50. LizLemon 0 =50. TheKillingTime 0 =50. time 0 =50. WillyWonka422 0 =50. YoungWillz 0

Should update tomorrow. Seems Jaime de Arminan, Josip Manolic (who got a WaPo shout to skate by here in face of his dearth of UK press), and Frank Field were the only hits since last time?

Did some searching and found it interesting that she directly succeeded fellow centenarian Janis Paige as the title character in Broadway's Mame. Angela Lansbury originated the role and Celeste Holm also portrayed her, so although Ann Miller "only" reached 80 taking the character on Broadway seems a good omen for lasting a long time!

Folk shitting on vulnerable minorities gets characterized by the powers that be in society as "forthright telling it like it is". Whereas if the vulnerable speak up, or folk speak up in defense of the vulnerable, it gets characterized as whiny. Equal parts saddening and disgusting.

I had pared through those charts in 2020/21 and during that time I found a music website ran by Gail Menefee's nephew that has an article on the Loreleis. The site is still being updated, so I'm inclined to assume Menefee still alive until he mentions otherwise. IDK if the same would apply to Reinagle.

I should've spent more than a split second thinking there.

If you want perspective for how great a WTF still alive Duane Eddy was, the 60s radio host I listen to each morning likes to recount birthdays of living and dead. On Eddy's birthday a few days ago, he started saying "sadly this person is no longer with us", went into a talk about Duane Eddy's birthday, and didn't mention anyone who was actually dead at the time. An omen it turns out. RIP.

Assuming that's the latest ever swap of leads in a Cup round? I remember taking a late late lead with a US college football coach but even then that was with two days to go instead of a few hours.

I had a three day weekend which helped knock them out. My work from home job can mean projects anywhere, so I'm currently working for a Mississippi project. And yesterday was Confederate Memorial Day which is a day off there. Which is revolting that that's a holiday. But I am very much "enjoy the fact I had a day off first, ask questions later".

2022 was the longest lasting >1 hit/day before this year, slipping behind in mid April. But the latter months lagged enough that while it still set a new hits record, it only did so by the skin of its teeth. Whereas 2023 fell behind >1 hit/day much earlier but the year as a whole was far more consistent. Given we've kept up this rate despite the DL being so slow, I'd guess this year will glide past 300 fairly easily.

Yeah I tend to like the "the sane one corrals a zoo of nutters" structure. See my Muppets love

Tubi (a free-with-ads movies/TV app I've used a shitton ever since I moved out) has a British TV section so I've watched the odd Britcom in recent months. Dad's Army hasn't cropped up on it yet, though I'd definitely check it should the opportunity arrive. I quite liked The Vicar of Dibley and Trevor Peacock's nonononononono.

If she dies while I'm still hosting the DDP, I'm so using this scene from her Columbo ep as the image headliner: I'd be a bit surprised if I write her obit though, despite her grand age.

I removed the ban on the IP that I think was the root of your issue. It was one where an asterisk was used after the first five digits so that would've banned a wide range of IPs. Try again.

There was no ban on you. Possible that your IP overlapped with one that we banned in the past?