Pogued

Irish Punk Rocker Phil Chevron died at the spry age of 56.

In 1985 Chevron joined The Pogues, a group that, if you knew them in the 80s, you were clearly too cool to be cool.

Yeah, if I’d seen this picture, i’d have picked him too… he’s like the oldest hipster in the world.

The Pogues were known for their calm demeanor.  Sitting and sipping tea with their pinkies raised… sharing a crumpet or two.  They often ended their shows early so they could be in bed by 9:00.  And they LOVED the British!

Chevron left the band in 1994 because of… you guessed it: drugs and alcohol.  He wasn’t trying to quit or anything.  He just wanted to spend more time with them.

After leaving the band, he invented the shape named after him.  “I started with, like, a house-shaped thing… and I thought what if someone rammed a stick up its arse?”

This lead to a lengthy lawsuit against an oil company that used his new shape.  He eventually won the suit and ended up owning the business.  He re-named it after himself.  And that, my friends, is the story of Phil Oil.

This hit goes to: Occupy the Casket!  Yes, Occupy is actually on the board!  And with 50 points, Occupy is tied with your illustrious Ghoul Pool Administrator!  …which we all know, ain’t sayin’ much.

Actually, with a hit like this so close to draft night, Pirate is probably pissed that the fucker couldn’t hold on for four more weeks!  That’s 50 Damn points she coulda started the year with!

Happy Pooling:

SPMI

PS: 25 Days until Draft night!  Who’s coming?

PPS:  Almost congrats for “Sister” Mary Sheila.  She has Dario Franchitti on her list.  You know, the guy who did this:

Current Standings:

Dawn-n-Mike – 170 (Oscar Niemeyer – 0, Norman Joseph Woodland – 10,Patti Page – 20, Reg Presley – 30, Hugo Chavez – 50, Frank Thornton – 10 – George Jones – 20, Tompall Glaser – 30)

Babysitter – 140 (Clive Dunn – 10, Ravi Shankar – 10, Margaret Thatcher – 20, Chi Cheng – 60, Pat Summerall – 20, Douglas Englebart – 20)

The New Dick in Town – 120 – (Jack Klugman – 10, Mindy McCready – 70, Jonathan Winters – 20, Jeanne Cooper – 20)

“Imaginary” Steve – 100 (Al Neuharth – 20, Ken Venturi – 20, Art Donovan – 20, Elmore Leonard – 20, Julie Harris – 20)

Joanne – 100 – (Freddy Schmidt – 10, Robert Bork – 20, C. Everett Koop – 10, Moon Mullen – 10, Virgil Trucks – 10, Dr. Joyce Brothers – 20, Eydie Gorme‏

– 20)

Gianna – 100 – (Lucille Bliss – 10, Bonnie Franklin – 40, E. L. Konigsburg – 20, Deanna Durbin – 10, Margaret Pellegrini – 20)

Team Sushi – 90 – (Conrad Bain – 20, Roger Ebert – 30, Deacon Jones – 30, Helen Thomas – 10)

Tailgating with Jesus – 70 – (Marvin Miller – 10, Earl Weaver – 20, Jerry Buss – 20, Gus Triandos – 20)

Occupy the Casket – 50 (Phil Chevron – 50)

Sean P. McFeeley I – 50 – (Patty Andrews – 10, Dick Trickle – 30, Jean Stapleton – 10)

Council of Geeks – 50 (Richard Griffiths – 40, Ray Harryhausen – 10)

Jami – 50 – (Larry Hagman – 20, Annette Funicello – 30)

The Girl on Fire – 50 – (Dear Abby – 10, Ed Koch – 20, Milo O’Shea – 20)

Carol – 20 – (Stan Lynde – 20)

Nikki the Bad-Ass – 10 – (Stan Musial – 10)

“Sister” Mary Sheila – 10 (Lee MacPhail – 10)