BristolUK

Ambulance chaser!
You can't be that desperate

bats

I've a competitive streak

withabix

My ambulance chase payed off 👍🏻

Charles Manson has pooped his clogs at 83...

beckiwoo

One of mine too!

BristolUK

I was wondering this morning...

You know how people say"God wanted another angel" when consoling the bereaved or writing a death notice for the paper...

What do they say when it's someone like Manson?

beckiwoo

Can I have Jeff Sessions as my new pick please.

SchnookoLoly

Okay, a few of updates for Charles Manson, worth 17 points.

bats - new pick required
beckiwoo - put in Jeff Sessions but you need a new joker
Partially Discharged - new pick plus joker required
withabix - new pick and joker required (well done on sneaking in in a matter of days there!)

Current standings:
DaveLovesDee - 279
SchnookoLoly - 275
withabix - 156
haggis88 - 155
bats - 145
Oakvillian - 102

and a bunch of others are still missing picks but I think they've stopped following this thread, haha.

Shard

The Lord works in mysterious ways? Something like that.

Partially discharged

Looking at the picks people have selected I can't help but think many of them are people we secretly wish weren't on this earth anymore rather than who we think will pop their clogs.

BristolUK

I've noticed a couple of possibly new tactics.

• Pick someone with an accusation or several against them with the possibility they may top themselves

and/or

• When you have someone who was selected and died, don't do anything right away about replacing them with another choice, keep your eye open for potential deathbed scenarios and then have your points updated when you have your replacement lined up.

This last one is heavily dependent upon sources. After all, that Canadian Supermarket Tabloid had the Queen on her deathbed 4 or 5 years ago.

caretaker

What is the benefit in taking yourself out of the game for any period of time? Have your next victim, er, selection ready to go so they don't die while you pontificate leaving you with nothing.

BristolUK

Well you're not really out of the game, you just haven't had your points added yet.
Certainly you won't get points for someone who dies pre-selection, but unless you've done a ton of research it's a shot in the dark anyway.
But hold off for a bit and you may fill your vacancy with someone who gets badly injured, say, in a skiing accident

bats

I picked David Cassidy and as my joker the day before he died.....
I know, I know

SchnookoLoly

I'm confused now, I have David Cassidy as your pick and your joker... and then I need someone new for Charles Manson.

bats

Agh, id forgotten he was one of my picks. I'll chose Olivia Newton John