The Pie and Bovril Dead Pool 2022

[Florentine_Pogen]

On 04/04/2022 at 13:31, pozbaird said:

RIP. Was a good looking young woman, and a very talented actress.

 

She was in 'Straw Dogs', as was Bishop Brennan. (Jim Norton). 

[Aim Here]

1 hour ago, Florentine_Pogen said:

She was in 'Straw Dogs', as was Bishop Brennan. (Jim Norton). 

Wikipedia suggests that her scenes in Straw Dogs were deleted. I certainly don't remember her.

[tamthebam]

I do like reading Wikipedia obituaries sometimes. This one of Taiwanese politician Peng Ming Min: 

"At the end of the war, in order to avoid the American bombing of Japan’s capital, he decided to go to his brother near Nagasaki. En route to his brother, he lost his left arm in a bombing raid.^[2] While recuperating at his brother's house, he witnessed the second atomic blast that destroyed the city of Nagasaki.^[3] "

So you think you're having a bad day? Anyway he lived to be 99. 

[BillyAnchor]

10 hours ago, tamthebam said:

I do like reading Wikipedia obituaries sometimes. This one of Taiwanese politician Peng Ming Min: 

"At the end of the war, in order to avoid the American bombing of Japan’s capital, he decided to go to his brother near Nagasaki. En route to his brother, he lost his left arm in a bombing raid.^[2] While recuperating at his brother's house, he witnessed the second atomic blast that destroyed the city of Nagasaki.^[3] "

So you think you're having a bad day? Anyway he lived to be 99. 

My nose hair is way more annoying.

[carpetmonster]

Pittsburgh quarterback Dwayne Haskins swaps steel for wood and brass.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/33706232/pittsburgh-steelers-qb-dwayne-haskins-dies-being-hit-car

[Bishop Briggs]

1 hour ago, carpetmonster said:

Pittsburgh quarterback Dwayne Haskins swaps steel for wood and brass.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/33706232/pittsburgh-steelers-qb-dwayne-haskins-dies-being-hit-car

Bad passing .

[cdhafc1874]

Pittsburgh quarterback Dwayne Haskins swaps steel for wood and brass.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/33706232/pittsburgh-steelers-qb-dwayne-haskins-dies-being-hit-car

6ft touchdown!

[Bishop Briggs]

Henry Patterson, aka Jack Higgins, who wrote "The Eagle Has Landed" - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-61054455

[BillyAnchor]

5 hours ago, Bishop Briggs said:

Henry Patterson, aka Jack Higgins, who wrote "The Eagle Has Landed" - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-61054455

Soon to be:

 

[Mark Connolly]

The Eagle has crash landed

[Miguel Sanchez]

Week 15 update

Two deaths this week. Up first, Eastenders actor June Brown: June Brown, EastEnders’ Dot Cotton, dies aged 95 | Television | The Guardian

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June Brown, the actor best known for portraying Dot Cotton in the BBC soap EastEnders, has died at 95. Brown, who played the chainsmoking Christian and Walford stalwart between 1985 and 1993 and then from 1997 onwards, died on Sunday, according to the BBC.

“We are deeply saddened to announce our beloved mother, June, passed away very peacefully at her home in Surrey on Sunday evening, with her family by her side,” said a post from Brown’s family on the BBC’s official Eastenders Twitter account. “We would kindly ask that our privacy is respected at this very difficult time.”

Brown was born in Needham Market, Suffolk, in 1927 and was one of five children. She served in the Women’s Royal Naval Service during the second world war, before training as an actor at London’s Old Vic Theatre School. Early TV roles included appearances on Coronation Street, Doctor Who and Play For Today, before she joined the longrunning soap on the recommendation of Leslie Grantham, who played Den Watts.

Originally appearing as an Albert Square gossipmonger, the character – later known as Dot Branning – developed over time to become a beloved part of the serial’s furniture. As Cotton, Brown also became a touchstone of British popular culture, with her distinctive ‘Italian boy’ hairstyle, strong Christian beliefs and penchant for smoking. As well as instantly recognisable, Brown’s portrayal was widely praised; in 2008, she became the first soap cast member to have an episode entirely dedicated to them, with the character dictating her life for on-screen husband Jim, played by John Barden, who had had a stroke in the programme.

A longer version of her acting ability and significance in British popular culture is available here: June Brown: the genius chainsmoking queen of the East End | Television | The Guardian

I like the fact in a 2019 interview she said she was going to keep drinking and smoking because it hadn't shortened her life. Brown died at 95 so she's worth 30 Base Points for @ayrunitedfw, @buddiepaul, @cambozpar, @Hamish's Passenger, @Karpaty Lviv, @Les Cabbage, @pub car king and @ThomCat.

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Second death this week is rugby player Tom Smith: Tom Smith: Former Scotland and British & Irish Lions prop dies - BBC Sport

 

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Revered coach Sir Ian McGeechan, who coached Smith both at Scotland and with the Lions, hailed him has his nation's "greatest ever prop".

Ranking the former Glasgow Warrior in the top five Scottish players of all time, McGeechan told BBC Scotland: "You need to rate Tom not just as a player, but as a man - and he sits top of the pile for me on that."

In November, Smith travelled from his home in France to Edinburgh to be inducted into Scottish Rugby's Hall of Fame, and presented the match ball before the Scots' autumn loss to South Africa at Murrayfield.

He captained his country during an eight-year Test career and was a hugely influential figure at club level for Brive and Northampton Saints until his retirement in 2009.

Smith coached at Edinburgh and Lyon in France before stepping back from the game in the wake of his cancer diagnosis in November 2019.

Until the 2021 tour of South Africa, he had been the last Scot to start a Lions Test match, having been selected for six in a row during 1997 and 2001.

Renowned as a powerful, technical scrummager despite his modest 5ft 10ins, 16st frame, Smith was years ahead of his time in possessing remarkable footballing skill.

 

Sounds like he was pretty good. I don't want to do two straight weeks of reminding you all about the fleeting nature of life given this is a fit man aged 50 who died two and a bit years after a cancer diagnosis and leaves a family behind, but just always look after your health.

Smith died at 50, so he's worth 75 Base Points for @Arch Stanton, @Billy Jean King, @Bishop Briggs, @chomp my root, @Indale Winton, @JustOneCornetto, @Lofarl, @Mark Connolly, @peasy23, @sparky88, @thistledo and @weirdcal.

A Vice-Captain bonus yields 113 points for @nessies long lost ghost, @The DA and @The Naitch.

A Captain bonus gets 150 points for @gingette, @microdave and @psv_killie.

As a result, the standings look like this:

1. Bishop Briggs 485
2. chomp my root 403
3. JustOneCornetto 386
4. Indale Winton 350
5. Ned Nederlander 313
6. Arch Stanton 302
7. gkneil 271
8. peasy23, weirdcal 259
10. Arbroathlegend36-0 255
11. psv_killie 242
12. sparky88 219
13. Savage Henry 196
14. Desp 188
15. pawpar, Sweaty Morph 187
17. Mathematics, The Master 184
19. thistledo 167
20. Blootoon87 151
21. gingette, microdave 150
23. The_Craig, The DA 144
25. scottsdad 138
26. cdhafc1874 130
27. Moomintroll 123
28. pub car king 122
29. nessies long lost ghost, The Naitch 113
31. Bully Wee Villa 104
32. jimbaxters, lichtgilphead, sleazy 92
35. Florentine_Pogen 85
36. Billy Jean King, Lofarl, Mark Connolly 75
39. ThomCat 69
40. Hamish's Passenger 61
41. Fuctifano, Willie adie 57
43. senorsoupe 50
44. Bert Raccoon, speckled tangerine, statts1976uk 39
47. ayrunitedfw, buddiepaul, cambozpar, Karpaty Lviv, Les Cabbage
52. Everyone else 0

The spreadsheet has also been updated with these scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mup1IJllKHs0a47J8G6IXUkvShJrV28Iuc-Kkn7RKuo/edit?usp=sharing

[Karpaty Lviv]

On the board at last. 

[Lofarl]

Thank f**k I’ve points on the board now.  

[tamthebam]

Dead Pool. It's a marathon, not a sprint

 

Spoiler

Bunch of healthy b*****ds I've got. Grr!

 

[Florentine_Pogen]

Chris Bailey, frontman of Australian proto-punks The Saints, has left the building.........................

 

[BillyAnchor]

The saints, are going, the saints are going.....

[Eednud]

Another favourite gone. He’ll soon know you can’t tamper with the temple of the lord.

[ParsJake]

Now he really is stranded on his own.

[Antlion]

Gilbert’s getting fried. 

[carpetmonster]

Gilbert Got Deid