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Quantity over quality for sure. Somehow they seem to be going through something of a revival at the moment. Pacific Daydream was well received and it was nominated for a Grammy (imo its their worst album, and I'm not just using hyperbole there). White did really well too, and the whole Internet was jizzing over that terrible Africa cover. Somehow Weezer are relevant again. Rivers must have made a deal with the devil, its the only explanation.

Exactly my thoughts. They haven't put any of their own stamp on it. It sounds like Rivers singing karaoke over the original backing tracks. The last album was fucking shite as well. I'm not hopeful for Black.

A mix of bizarre and shite. I don't really see the point. The songs are all exactly like the originals as well. It's like a wedding band.

10 year old thread bump, but whatever bro, it's cool I ain't mad.

Sorry should have mentioned this, teams of 30 this year with a captain and vice captain. I'll hold the deadline for you since that's my fault.

Closing date for 2019 entries: 21st Jan.

No offense Jake but are you not a bit old to be getting money for Christmas? Once you're earning your own money I don't know if you should still be getting money.

My main present was one of these from my wife. It's pretty cool.

Only one person had June Whitfield, that was @ca_gere, who scores 8 points; 5 points for her age (93) plus 3 for a Unique Pick bonus. Barring any last minute tap-ins from the Grim Reaper tomorrow, this will probably be your final 2018 table. Player Points Number of predictions Average Age 1 Flights 47 4 78 2 Delboy1969 40 6 89 3 colb 39 6 90 4 Lemonade 37 3 79 5 Bigsby 25 3 81 6 Camie 23 4 87 7 Adam Easy Wishes 23 3 76 8 cahinton1 20 3 77 9 mezzosophano 20 3 88 10 Mr_Itch 17 3 86 11 Dennis Waterman's Showbiz XI 17 3 88 12 Scubby 17 3 88 13 Kirsten 16 1 60 14 ca_gere 13 2 95 15 AVB 12 2 86 16 Kai 11 2 88 17 Lucius 11 2 88 18 FSDanmac33 11 2 89 19 James Broonbreed 10 2 95 20 Alan Cynic 8 1 90 21 annewolves 6 1 82 22 iAmanda91 6 1 95 23 Long Haired Mackem 5 1 94 24 Scottboy 5 1 94 25 Becca 5 1 95 26 Graham Knight 5 1 99 27 iron_odin 1 0 0 28 Jim McGymersun 0 0 0 29 smurdoch 0 0 0

Kenwood was started by a man called Ken Wood. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Wood_(manufacturer)

Rules are tweaked slightly for next year, provisional new rules: Unique pick: +3 if you were the only competitor to pick that person. Duo: +2 if you were one of only 2 competitors to pick that person Trio: +1 if you were one of only 3 competitors to pick that person Unlucky 13: +3 for a celeb who dies on the 13th of any month. Lucky 13: +2 points for an competitor who dies 1 day either side of the 13th (so 12th or 14th of the month), and +1 point for any competitor who dies on the 11th or 15th. Pinch, Punch: +2 points for any competitor who dies on the 1st of the month. Unnatural causes: +3 for murder, suicide or accident. For Queen and Country: +1 for any competitor who dies in the UK (including Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man, but not overseas territories) Party pooper: +4 for a celeb who dies on their birthday or between 24th - 31st December. Lock & Key: One point for each time a competitor is arrested Captain: Total score from the above is doubled for that pick Vice Captain: Total score from the above x 1.5

Now taking entries for 2019 so DM your teams on to me and start scoring points from Jan 1st. For 2019 you need to pick 30 names, with 1 captain and 1 vice captain. Feel free to invite friends (no arseholes though).

Poor effort from me this year, only got through 23. Should manage one or two more by year end but still not great.

OK I suppose I could keep it going for another year. I kind of just assumed nobody would care if I stopped, I'll post points updates here as well then but if you want my white-hot banter that's Facebook exclusive.

I'm thinking from next year this is going to be Facebook only. Nobody really posts here any more and there's like 1 person in the game who isn't on Facebook. And updating 2 separate places is a pain in the bum. Also considering tweaking the format a bit, adding a few more bonuses, maybe make the teams bigger. Any suggestions throw them my way.

Points update: George Bush Sr dies at 94, 5 points, no further bonuses apply. Current leaderboard: Player Points Number of predictions Average Age 1 Flights 47 4 78 2 Delboy1969 40 6 89 3 colb 39 6 90 4 Lemonade 37 3 79 5 Bigsby 25 3 81 6 Camie 23 4 87 7 Adam Easy Wishes 23 3 76 8 cahinton1 20 3 77 9 mezzosophano 20 3 88 10 Mr_Itch 17 3 86 11 Dennis Waterman's Showbiz XI 17 3 88 12 Scubby 17 3 88 13 Kirsten 16 1 60 14 AVB 12 2 86 15 Kai 11 2 88 16 Lucius 11 2 88 17 FSDanmac33 11 2 89 18 James Broonbreed 10 2 95 19 Alan Cynic 8 1 90 20 annewolves 6 1 82 21 iAmanda91 6 1 95 22 Long Haired Mackem 5 1 94 23 Scottboy 5 1 94 24 Becca 5 1 95 25 ca_gere 5 1 96 26 Graham Knight 5 1 99 27 iron_odin 1 0 0 28 Jim McGymersun 0 0 0 29 smurdoch 0 0 0

11 teams pick up 5 points each for Stan Lee and this is the leaderboard going in to December.

#sconegate is still going. Dublin Live: The best comments and reactions after man 'nearly died' at price of scones in Bewley's Cafe. https://www.dublinlive.ie/whats-on/food-drink-news/best-comments-reactions-after-man-15430856

Stink hits darts grand slam as match features flatulent end Gary Anderson and Wesley Harms both deny responsibility for ‘rotten’ fart smell during Wolverhampton tournament

More for the wtf video than the song, which just sounds like her singing over the original track. But man wt actual f is this video

I still post on Pie & Bovril and its still going strong. A lot of great chat on there if you hide the thousands of football threads.

It seems like a massive overreaction. Also that's not completely beyond reason for Dublin, which is an eye-wateringly expensive city. I paid €8.50 for a pint of Heineken once, that should have made the news. Bewley's is an institution too, its been there forever, and its right on Grafton Street where everything is more expensive. More fool him. I notice the receipt was torn up and taped back together too, presumably in disgust.

How does this make a national newspaper Irish Mirror: Customer's shock when he received €9 bill for two scones in Dublin's Bewley's cafe. https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/customers-shock-received-9-bill-13589555

Same, I've read almost all of his books and there are very few I didn't like but I just can't get going with The Dark Tower. I don't like reading fantasy anyway, it's a genre I mostly avoid, but especially when it's so long-winded and so dry.

Cool thought bro.