In the summer of 2002, the Cranley Hotel began a competition for its regular punters called 'Deathwish'. This started after a spate of celebrity deaths - Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother to name but a couple - and the idea was that each player picked a famous person that he/she thought was going to kick the bucket soon and then every week he/she contributed £1 to 'the pot', with the winner being the person whose chosen celebrity died first.
There were many strong contenders - Nelson Mandela, Margaret Thatcher, the Queen, the Pope, Clint Eastwood etc, but the winner has just been announced. Congratulations go to Simon H who selected Bob Hope. Simon goes back to Cranleigh with £218 and the knowledge that he is one of a few people on the planet that will profit from Hope's death. Give him a big hand everybody.....
Posted by jonola14 at July 29, 2003 10:17 AMIf only I could somehow illustrate giving Simon an enormous five-fingered hand...
Posted by: Wibbler at July 29, 2003 10:33 AMSounds like Simon's still bleeding the hotel dry, one day he might actually buy a pint in there!
Posted by: Shifty at August 6, 2003 08:35 AM