My colleague, Patou, is very upset by Michael Jackson's death this morning.Not because she was a big fan - No. Patou is a member of a group who have an annual tipping competition of sorts - this one earns points for predicting which celebrities will die during the year. And she's upset because she'd not picked MJ! The younger the deceased celeb, the more points earned.
She's been telling us she's been a member of this group for some years and has won on a number of occasions. Before submitting her 10 likely candidates she says, she does a lot of research. She keeps a document of likely contenders for the next year so an innocent remark about the newly diagnosed somebody will lead to hours of research into that person and their medical condition so she can work out whether the prognosis is dire enough to list them. The group members have parties where they dress in black and chat about their wins and losses that year. They argue about whether someone is eligible to be on the list or not.
All a bit odd? John reckons it's because she's French - his hypothesis being that all those hours spent knitting below the guillotine has left its mark on the French psyche!!!
Meanwhile, my friend Steve is sending bad taste Farrah and MJ jokes. Too bad to post here.
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Rory school was celebrating 30 years last week, and his class had to sing “Don’t Blame it on the Sunshine” by the Jackson 5 at assembly.
We had been using a You Tube clip to practise along to.
As the press have been trying to do for years – today I have had to explain to Rory the differences in his appearance!
Conclusion – “he looked better when he was brown”
Sad end to a brilliant man!
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Too true Rory. He was a lovely little boy and a stunning young man but very very very odd. I think that's what happens if you don't eat all your porridge in the morning!
Thriller is still the record that sold the most and our news here tonight said that picture of FF is the biggest selling poster ever!
There are very few young stars that keep their feet on the ground.
I can only think of 2, Shirley Temple who went on to be a US Ambassador and Bonnie Langton who is still beautiful and would seem to be able to turn her hand to anything she tries (was a fabulous skater in one of the shows).
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