The Pie & Bovril Dead Pool 2019

[The DA]

6 minutes ago, chomp my root said:

The smart money is on Stormy Daniels being the second..... 

Edgy.  Can't trump that.

[Melanius Mullarkey]

Whang Bang Thank you Ma’am

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/suzanne-whang-death-dead-house-hunters-breast-cancer-a9114116.html

Edited September 20, 2019 by Melanius Mullarkey

[Miguel Sanchez]

15 hours ago, The DA said:

Is that the first ever porn star obituary on the Beeb?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/42265178/porn-star-august-ames-found-dead-at-home-in-california

Not sure including it in the Newsbeat section - ostensibly aimed at teenagers but with the editorial slant of something for five year olds - was the best choice.

[Miguel Sanchez]

Also not sure googling "[porn star name] bbc" is a particularly efficient means of searching for such a thing

[Arch Stanton]

Aron Eisenberg, Nog the Ferengi in StarTrek, dead at 50

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/aron-eisenberg-played-nog-on-star-trek-spinoff-series-dies-at-50

Edited September 22, 2019 by Arch Stanton

[Mark Connolly]

9 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said:

Aron Eisenberg, Nog the Ferengi in StarTrek, dead at 50

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/aron-eisenberg-played-nog-on-star-trek-spinoff-series-dies-at-50

Boldly going where everyone goes eventually

[Sergeant Wilson]

12 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said:

Aron Eisenberg, Nog the Ferengi in StarTrek, dead at 50

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/aron-eisenberg-played-nog-on-star-trek-spinoff-series-dies-at-50

Live long and...oops, too late.

[Miguel Sanchez]

Week 38 update

I start this week with apologies to @thisal. Last week, Brian Barnes died: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/sep/12/brian-barnes-obituary

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With a pipe in his mouth and a bottle of vodka in his bag, Brian Barnes, who has died aged 74 of cancer, cut a colourful, instantly recognisable figure on the European golfing circuit during his 1970s heyday.

A powerful, dashing man at 1.88m (6ft 2in) and 100kg (16st), Barnes was large in stature as well as public persona. Frequently decked out in eccentric shorts, smoking as he swung the driver or wielded the putter, he was an effervescent, maverick character who rarely pleased the golfing authorities but nearly always made the crowds happy.

He was also a very good golfer, achieving nine wins on the European Tour and making six appearances against USA in the Ryder Cup between 1969 and 1979, including in 1975 in Pennsylvania, where he famously beat Jack Nicklaus twice in a day.

That almost sounds enough to make golf interesting. Barnes died at 74 so he's worth 61 Base Points. He was a Solo Shot, so it's 111 points total. It's also a lesson for anyone with a relatively obscure Solo Shot - post about it in here. At the end of the year I'm going to double check every entry but currently I can't really do much besides scan the Wikipedia list of the week's deaths and hope I see a name I recognise. 

Fortunately that's all that happened this week. Oh, hold on a minute.

After six years suffering from motor neurone disease, Fernando Ricksen died aged 43: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49740638

I was going to offer something about the public reactions to Ricksen dying, but I'll go with something more concise. I think when someone who was a public figure - and a public figure idolised and reviled in equal measure by tens of thousands of people at the same time - goes through something very public and visible that undermines what made them notorious in the first place it ultimately has a stronger effect on people. It's why in America this is known as Lou Gehrig's disease. When someone establishes such a strong and lasting impression on people due to their physical exploits, it's jarring when you see that taken away from them.

I think the nature of diseases like MDN are borne out in the reactions when people suffer from it. Ricksen left Rangers under a cloud and was pretty much widely regarded as a knob by the rest of Scottish football when he was here, but I think quite rightly that is forgotten about when you see what happens to people. Whatever anyone might have thought of him in his footballing career, he didn't deserve that.

Here's what he had to say about the disease:

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His charity has raised over £1m in a bid to help scientists with research. Speaking to ITV News in June, when he used eye movements to talk via a computer, Ricksen urged those in sport to do more to help pressure drugs companies to find a cure.

"The sports world could put more pressure on the pharmaceutical companies," he said. "This disease is not lucrative enough so it has no priority.

"If tomorrow an MND epidemic came we would have a cure within a week. It's disgusting but a reality."

The former Dutch international also opened up about his own battle with the illness.

"Your body doesn't want to anymore but your brain is functioning without problems. You start losing the ability to speak. Then the legs start to get wobbly. Then you can't lift your legs anymore and you start falling.

"Don't give up," was his message to others inflicted with MND.

Sobering stuff. He was 43 when he died, so he's worth 82 Base Points. That adds up with 164 points for a Captain bonus and 123 points for a Vice-Captain bonus. I'm just going to list everyone by which category they fall into:

164 points: @10menwent2mow, @Blootoon87, @Fuctifano, @gingette, @HI HAT, @JamieStevenson, @JustOneCornetto, @Karpaty, @Mark Connolly, @Meden89, @microdave, @nessies long lost ghost, @RadgerTheBadger, @Ross., @Savage Henry, @sleazy and @The DA

123 points: @Bishop Briggs, @cdisaaccie, @Lex, @lolls, @LoonsYouthTeam, @Oooooft, @qos_75, @statts1976uk, @weejack, @weirdcal and me.

82 points: @alta-pete, @Arabdownunder, @atfccfc, @AyrTroopMajor, @cambozpar, @chomp my root, @DBA, @gkneil, @Indale Winton, @mathematics, @Once A Rover always a Rover, @peasy23, @psv_killie, @Sloop John B, @sparky88, @The Naitch, @Willie adie and @Ziggy

As a result the standings now, hopefully, look like this:

1. Oooooft 728
2. Ned Nederlander 545
3. alta-pete 530
4. chomp my root 461
5. Bishop Briggs 424
6. sparky88
7. DBA 364
8. Lex 309
9. cdisaaccie 308
10. The DA 303
11. Savage Henry 301
12. Mark Connolly, Miguel Sanchez 294
13. Once A Rover always a Rover 293
14. 10menwent2mow 276
15. gingette 269
16. peasy23 267
17. JustOneCornetto 265
18. JamieStevenson 259
19. RadgerTheBadger 256
20. HI HAT 240
21. Karpaty 237
22. Ross. 233
23. The Naitch 222
24. Ziggy 217
25. Blootoon 87 213
26. Indale Winton, LoonsYouthTeam  201
27. Fuctifano 200
28. Meden89, nessies long lost ghost 194
29. statts1976uk 190
30. microdave, sleazy 164
31. Musketeer Gripweed 152
32. Arabdownunder 148
33. cambozpar, qos_75 139
34. psv_killie, Willie adie 128
35. lolls, weejack, weirdcal 123
36. ICTJohnboy 118
37. lichtgilpead 115
38. thisal 111
39. Melanius Mullarkey 110
40. atfccfc, mathematics 109
41. Arbroathlegend36-0 95
42. Ben Twilly 93
43. wellinwigan, BWAClyde 92
44. ICTJohnboy 91
45. Sweaty Morph 89
46. Lofarl 84
47. AyrTroopMajor, gkneil, Sloop John B 82
48. Billy Jean King 75
49. Bold Rover 69
50. Bert Raccoon 66
51. choirbairn 61
52. Sergeant Wilson 49
53.  killiefan27, Henderson to Deliver..., Kilbowie's Finest 46
54. expatowner 45
55. Bert Raccoon, Eednud, ToBeSomeone 36
56.  pub car king 30
57. MixuFixit 27
58. Everyone else 0

The spreadsheet has been updated with these scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NlaNlT-7ZGlQGqszGFfBb49tVzFpWITUAR7BUjApJUc/edit?usp=sharing

Edited September 25, 2019 by Miguel Sanchez

[Ziggy]

You are doing a fine job of this Miguel.

[Miguel Sanchez]

Forgot to add thisal's points. FFS.

[Jacksgranda]

1 hour ago, Ziggy said:

You are doing a fine job of this Miguel.

 

52 minutes ago, Miguel Sanchez said:

Forgot to add thisal's points. FFS.

A relatively fine job, then...

[thisal]

21 hours ago, Ziggy said:

You are doing a fine job of this Miguel.

 

20 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said:

Forgot to add thisal's points. FFS.

 

19 hours ago, Jacksgranda said:

 

A relatively fine job, then...

50+61=111 not 101 you're making a rip roaring c*** of this.

[Jacksgranda]

21 hours ago, Ziggy said:

You are doing a fine job of this Miguel.

 

20 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said:

Forgot to add thisal's points. FFS.

 

19 hours ago, Jacksgranda said:

 

A relatively fine job, then...

 

2 minutes ago, thisal said:

 

 

50+61=111 not 101 you're making a rip roaring c*** of this.

 

19 hours ago, Jacksgranda said:

 

A relatively fine f****** awful job, then...

 

[Salvo Montalbano]

I was convinced that not only did I have Ricksen, but that he was either my captain or vice captain. Turns out I had him last year and the year before.

[Savage Henry]

I was convinced that not only did I have Ricksen, but that he was either my captain or vice captain. Turns out I had him last year and the year before.

Were you expecting a miracle cure this year, then?

[Melanius Mullarkey]

Still top 40, pop pickers.

[Ziggy]

 

1 hour ago, thisal said:

 

 

50+61=111 not 101 you're making a rip roaring c*** of this.

Ffs Miguel, you’re making a fool of us both here!

[Jacksgranda]

50 minutes ago, Ziggy said:

 

Ffs Miguel, you’re making a fool of us both here!

[Salvo Montalbano]

Were you expecting a miracle cure this year, then?

Who knows? It's possible I thought he was already a goner...

[Miguel Sanchez]

Think I'll outsource the scoring next year tbqh