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Deathsweep: “The long-odds runners are finishing first”
By 
partickbateman | March 19, 2008
It seems fate has conspired to make our seemingly well considered choices apparently lacking in imagination. The reaper has called on many illustrious souls this year, none of whom were even pondered in the sweep. Who’d have bet on Ledger’s shock exit? Unforeseeable based on the evidence available to us, but what a wild card that would have been.
Another great winner could have been Beadle. Reading the obits it seems his card was marked, but despite this no-one ventured the half-handed prankster would bite the dust just yet. Perhaps we all just couldn’t bring ourselves to tempt fate and send such a much loved figure from our childhoods to the pearly gates.
We nearly had one winner, with Willy’s nefarious scheme to bet on the oldest living people proving to be the winning strategy - if only it were executed correctly. We did indeed see the death of the oldest living person, but poor Deefy regrettably chose the wrong source to check his facts and named some young pup instead. Remember kids: Wikipedia sometimes lies. Sabotage by a Deathsweep participant perhaps? Only time will tell; but for now the sweep is still as alive and kicking as the hangers on named in it.
Front runner at present has to be Stitchy with Communist blowhard Fidel Castro announcing his retirement from dictatorship. With nothing to do but tend to his garden, browse the Racing Post and masturbate to the racy stories contained in the agony aunt pages of the Sunday Socialist (which also contains pictures of many stunners, all of whom are equally beautiful) it’s only a matter of time before he shuffles off for good.
BREAKING NEWS: WE HAVE A WINNER!
It seems McNeil made a last minute substitution on 30th Decembe, swapping Coltrane for Clarke. Still awaiting verification but once I have it he shall be named the victor…
Topics: Deathsweep 2008 |
