colb Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 Nah - it was my balls up, forgot to pick a joker and then added one sneaky like in a later post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyboy Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32865248 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyboy Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-32943015 Pete the Jakey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 Charles Kennedy has joined the Liberal Deadocrats. http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jun/02/charles-kennedy-former-leader-of-liberal-democrats-dies-aged-55 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 James Lasted until he was 86. http://www.dw.de/easy-listening-conductor-james-last-dies/a-18506670 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Morrissey - "'I officially died for nine minutes." Does that count? http://www.nme.com/news/morrissey/86106 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 I wish to fuck he would die. Fuckin beef dodger. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) Christopher Lee http://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/legendary-actor-sir-christopher-lee-has-died-aged-/380636?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=christopherlee Edited June 11, 2015 by Lemonade Sparkle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 He was on my team for years but I took him off this year. Sure that will be some points for some people. Sad sad points. I hope you're all happy with your choices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skubbs Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) Aw I liked Christopher Lee. I think I still kept him on my list though... Edit - NO, I took him off of it!! Edited June 11, 2015 by Scubby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyboy Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 I think Christopher Lee, BB King and Terry Pratchett have all been in my past teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Pretty gutted about Christopher Lee. I've had a recent penchant for Hammer horrors. DEM POINTZ DO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Owl PhD Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Ornette Deadman:http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/11/jazz-great-ornette-coleman-dies-aged-85 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delboy1969 Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 and Ron Moody - Fagin in the 1968 film version of Oliver, triple whammy today! I always thought about sticking in Christopher Lee but he was one of those people I admired so much I simply couldn't bring myself to add him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) WWE legend Dusty Rhodes makes it four, and earns me points!http://www.wwe.com/inside/dusty-rhodes-passes-away-27496030Edit - also really sad, before his ridiculous WWF polka dot days at the end of his career he was one of the greatest of all time. The polka dot thing was Vince McMahon trying to humiliate him because they had a history of bad blood, Dusty had burned his bridges elsewhere and had to come to Vince looking for a job, polka dots was the outcome. Edited June 11, 2015 by Lemonade Sparkle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Ted Dibiase's manservant "Virgil" around the same time was named so because it's Dusty's real name. The weird world of wrestling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirsten Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Ted Dibiase's manservant "Virgil" around the same time was named so because it's Dusty's real name. The weird world of wrestling. I haven't watched the wrasslin' properly since I was little, but I love stuff like this. Can you recommend any books that have ace behind the scenes stories? I imagine you're the guy to ask. [on-topic]I'm so sorry, Christopher Lee. Usually an appearance on my list guarantees you'll live another year, but these points are bittersweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) I haven't watched the wrasslin' properly since I was little, but I love stuff like this. Can you recommend any books that have ace behind the scenes stories? I imagine you're the guy to ask. [on-topic]I'm so sorry, Christopher Lee. Usually an appearance on my list guarantees you'll live another year, but these points are bittersweet. "The Death Of WCW" by R.D Reynolds covers roughly 1992 - 2001 (and a bit of history) and has a lot of insider stuff like that, on both WWE and WCW. It's pretty funny too and a good read but the bad writing jars a bit. That would be the one I'd recommend for those kind of stories. There's a couple of other good books but they mostly focus on one person, Mick Foley's first book "Have A Nice Day" is generally considered the standard but Bret Hitman Hart's is excellent too, depending on which era you watched. Edited June 11, 2015 by Lemonade Sparkle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 9 points added for Colb due to my error. He was due double points for Sam Simon. Ray CharlesAge 965 points.No bonuses apply.8 points for Bigsby who scores a unique pick. Christopher LeeAge 935 pointsNo bonuses apply5 points for Kirsten, James Broonbreed, Lucius, Alan Cynic, Jaseyboi Dusty RhodesAge 698 pointsNo bonuses apply11 points for Lucky Rathen who scores a unique pick 1 Bigsby 452 Alan Cynic 263 Surfer Rosa 244 Colb 185 scottyboy 176 Scubby 147 Jaseyboi 138 James Broonbreed 119 Lucius 1110 Lucky Rathen 1111 ca_gere 812 Delboy1969 813 Kirsten 514 Improved Thinker 015 Mattjimf 016 Stroopy121 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Including number of picks: 1 Bigsby - 45 - 42 Alan Cynic - 26 - 43 Surfer Rosa - 24 - 24 Colb - 18 - 15 scottyboy - 17 - 26 Scubby - 14 - 27 Jaseyboi - 13 - 28 James Broonbreed - 11 - 29 Lucius - 11 - 210 Lucky Rathen - 11 - 111 ca_gere - 8 - 112 Delboy1969 - 8 - 113 Kirsten - 5 - 114 Improved Thinker - 0 - 015 Mattjimf - 0 - 016 Stroopy121 - 0 - 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirsten Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 "The Death Of WCW" by R.D Reynolds covers roughly 1992 - 2001 (and a bit of history) and has a lot of insider stuff like that, on both WWE and WCW. It's pretty funny too and a good read but the bad writing jars a bit. That would be the one I'd recommend for those kind of stories. There's a couple of other good books but they mostly focus on one person, Mick Foley's first book "Have A Nice Day" is generally considered the standard but Bret Hitman Hart's is excellent too, depending on which era you watched. Ace, thank you. Early 90s is all I know so the Reynolds one sounds good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Ace, thank you. Early 90s is all I know so the Reynolds one sounds good!I've read it maybe 10 times. It's the source of a lot of my historic wrestling knowledge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsinho Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 I haven't watched the wrasslin' properly since I was little, but I love stuff like this. Can you recommend any books that have ace behind the scenes stories? I imagine you're the guy to ask.[on-topic]I'm so sorry, Christopher Lee. Usually an appearance on my list guarantees you'll live another year, but these points are bittersweet.This right here was a good series of wrassling related articles that you ought to read and is thread appropriate: http://deadspin.com/5805167/the-dead-wrestler-of-the-week-archive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfer_Rosa Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 I haven't watched the wrasslin' properly since I was little, but I love stuff like this. Can you recommend any books that have ace behind the scenes stories? I imagine you're the guy to ask. Pro Wrestling Stories is not bad for getting a taster for this kind of thing, they're usually made up of snippets from various books, interviews and articles. This is the one on Dusty: http://prowrestlingstories.com/pro-wrestling-stories/vol10/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattJimF Posted June 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Steed's Deed - http://m.bbc.com/news/uk-33279566 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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