go06bye

Well..we are at the gates of 2007...Saddam will not be joining us...
Every year some writer is locked in a room and told to compile the year's obituaries of the famous people that left and gave us more room on this lovely planet (the envy of the whole solar system surely). The former Iraqi leader was a last minute entry...but the writer is, of course, 'on call' should anything happen before we all get drunk and spend our first few hours of the new year, hungover, cursing the boot we had mistaken for a pillow before we passed out.
So to all you famous people out there, if you want your obituary in the 2006 list, you have a couple of hours at the most..otherwise, it won't appear till Dec 2007, and if that's the case you'd better be a damn celebrity, because if you're only mildly famous you run the risk of being forgotten.
I would recommend you abstain from 'risky' behaviour till February or perhaps late January (for the restless folk). No public speaking, no high-speed car rides (if you live in Beirut, stay clear of car rides all together), no invasions and for-the-love-of-god(s) don't get old or sick...and if you are old or sick, you've probably lasted a while and a few more months shouldn't be too hard.
That's my advice to you...all you famous people...because if your not on the list you might as well have been in that bus accident a few Thursdays back...no one will know you died.
Happy New Year.