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[Octopus of Odstock]

Just looking through the whole thing so far:

No Noose is Good Noose HAS chosen a team full of executions. But I wonder how many will get obits? Only the Iraqis?

Gerald Ford Must Die kept their name.

A candidate I was hoping to keep secret for one more year, Ramiz Alia, was chosen by the Salmon Mousse

Above Average for Norfolk, who picked three dead people last year (ie dead before 2006) has done it again - Freddy Fender. Ah well, that's 19 others to choose from...

Faster Pussycat, Kill Kill Kill have switched from obscure superoldies to obscure Iraqis...


Pushing Up the Daisies is not content with accepting Norah Baring is long dead & has chosen her again for 2007...

Dead Excited has also refused to accept Raymond Baxter's death and has named him in their team...

I like the idea of "if one dies, will the other one follow?" team idea

Diepod Shuffle get a beer from me for picking Tommy "cuntface" Burns


Otherwise some great suggestions, some long forgotten names & some new obscurities to think about.


Well, an admin fee would soon stop people who insist on doing no research, like Above Average for Norfolk for one...

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[Octopus of Odstock]

themaninblack, on Jan 9 2007, 08:16 PM, said:

On the subject of Smyth, it might be that his death notice maybe in the papers but not on the net. I'm still holding out for an obit (most likely, if at all in the Times/Guardian), but if not on the net, can anyone help by looking at their newspapers from Friday/Saturday. Even dare I say, the Daily Mail/Express. All it needs to be is a little column in the Sports section...thanks!

I've checked & checked.
Nothing for him, Bezzerides, IT bloke & Hamilton yet. Sorry.

[themaninblack]

Yeah, I mean there was one for the drummer from Mud FFS!

We live in hope...

[Octopus of Odstock]

Oh, and on dead people chosen for 2007 - didn't Ruth Bernhard die towards the end of the year? If so, she's been chosen too.

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Octopus of Odstock, on Jan 9 2007, 08:26 PM, said:

themaninblack, on Jan 9 2007, 08:16 PM, said:

On the subject of Smyth, it might be that his death notice maybe in the papers but not on the net. I'm still holding out for an obit (most likely, if at all in the Times/Guardian), but if not on the net, can anyone help by looking at their newspapers from Friday/Saturday. Even dare I say, the Daily Mail/Express. All it needs to be is a little column in the Sports section...thanks!

I've checked & checked.
Nothing for him

I find this very surprising...they showed a clip of him officiating at a World Snooker final on the local tele on his death day(ok...so I live in Sheffield...and the Crucible is the only claim to fame Sheffield has....but even so..)
I recognised him for goodness sake ...he MUST deserve an obit

[Octopus of Odstock]

Another dead person chosen:

James Brown (including one team that has him as a joker!)

I only highlight this as no-one picked Charlie Drake or Saddam Hussein say. (so far)

[DevonDeathTrip]

I think if John Smyth doesn't get a UK obit, TMIB could count himself as terribly unlucky.

It would be worth sending a few emails to the press. I have every intention of doing that when the King Of Wallis pops his clogs, The Telegraph are suckers for royalty.

[themaninblack]

Octopus of Odstock, on Jan 9 2007, 08:39 PM, said:

Another dead person chosen:

James Brown (including one team that has him as a joker!)

I only highlight this as no-one picked Charlie Drake or Saddam Hussein say. (so far)

Someone chose James Brown and didn't know he died?!?

Unless of course, they sent in a team early (pre-Christmas), buggered off on holiday
or something and probably forgot..

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Octopus of Odstock, on Jan 9 2007, 08:30 PM, said:

Oh, and on dead people chosen for 2007 - didn't Ruth Bernhard die towards the end of the year? If so, she's been chosen too.

Yes she did and her picture was on the main page under recent news for quite a bit too.

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Tempus Fugit, on Jan 9 2007, 09:23 PM, said:

Handrejka, on Jan 9 2007, 09:14 PM, said:

Octopus of Odstock, on Jan 9 2007, 08:30 PM, said:

Oh, and on dead people chosen for 2007 - didn't Ruth Bernhard die towards the end of the year? If so, she's been chosen too.

Yes she did and her picture was on the main page under recent news for quite a bit too.

Anyone with less than 20 living candidates should just be disqualified as a time wasting arse.

Agreed, along with people who don't read the rules and who pick animals and fictional characters.

[maryportfuncity]

I've paid my first visit to the new site.......awesome, the scale and ambition of the whole thing. My team isn't up yet but I notice that someone else has a unique pick symbol for one of my selections. Will this automatically cancel itself when my pick goes live as well?

[Octopus of Odstock]

MIB, not just one team chose James Brown - loads did!

Also just noticed someone picked Nizayov, the Turkmenistani bloke.


I do hope that all these who have blundered are not allowed to choose replacements like they did last year & just have to suffer the embarrassment of having less candidates.

There's also a few mistakes on there re. Helen Gardiner, Ruby Muhammad etc, but I'll wait until all the teams are in & post the whole lot to them. They'll hate me for it but there you go...


MPFC, yes. I hope my 5 unique picks stay unique, but we'll see.

[themaninblack]

Octopus of Odstock, on Jan 9 2007, 09:47 PM, said:

MIB, not just one team chose James Brown - loads did!

Also just noticed someone picked Nizayov, the Turkmenistani bloke.


I do hope that all these who have blundered are not allowed to choose replacements like they did last year & just have to suffer the embarrassment of having less candidates.

But surely they have suitable substitute candidates, unless they all picked Charlie Drake or something...
Maybe this will all the sorted by the DDP boys in time...

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Rotten Ali is up to no good too...

He said that he chose the boxer Greg Page.

However the Greg Page that he's submitted is the Wiggle.

I think he should confirm once & for all which Greg Page he chose & stick to it. Otherwise that will be cheating if he or anyone else claims points for the wrong Greg Page...

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Tempus Fugit, on Jan 9 2007, 10:00 PM, said:

[Agreed, last year you had to submit the date of birth and a brief description of any new picks. That prevented confusion and possible cheating.

That would've also stopped all this dead picks fiasco.


Anyway, to be honest, we're getting far ahead of ourselves and I'm sure the DDP boys are dealing with it anyway.

But you can't help noticing these things.

[themaninblack]

Octopus of Odstock, on Jan 9 2007, 10:08 PM, said:

Tempus Fugit, on Jan 9 2007, 10:00 PM, said:

[Agreed, last year you had to submit the date of birth and a brief description of any new picks. That prevented confusion and possible cheating.

That would've also stopped all this dead picks fiasco.


Anyway, to be honest, we're getting far ahead of ourselves and I'm sure the DDP boys are dealing with it anyway.

But you can't help noticing these things.

The Derby Deadpool has become a victim of it's own success...
2004 Entrants - 43
2007 Entrants - 446!