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= January 11 =

Whatever happened to Matilda?
In the late '80s, The British Bulldogs had a bulldog named Matilda accompany them ringside. She had quite the run. In 1991, only The British Bulldog was left, and he had a bulldog, too, but that was Winston (and there were extra Winstons). As far as I can tell, Matilda was always the same dog, but I can't find out what happened to her. Safe bet she's dead now, but was it before or after Winston? Did she retire and go live with someone, or was there some sort of mishap on the road? Maybe some dog food commercials? Any bit helps! InedibleHulk (talk) 19:30, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I googled the subject "matilda the british bulldog died" and found this item, from February 1998, in which Davey Boy Smith is asked whatever became of Matilda. The answer is that she died "a couple of years ago", which would imply late 1995 or early 1996. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 02:40, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
 * As a fan of both the Bulldogs and Slam!, I'm a bit confused on how I didn't find that myself yet. I had a feeling she was his dog. Thanks! InedibleHulk (talk) 21:45, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Sometimes you have to hit just the right wording in Google. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 01:26, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

The Voting System of the FIFA Ballon d'or/Golden Ball ??
According to information found on the net, including here on wiki, the votes are only given by National coaches and the Captains of their respective national teams, as well as by certain people who work in the media.

Yet, after every award, newspapers always release the votes given by the most popular club players, many of which are not captains for their national teams. So why are they voting if their votes are not counted ??

These players tend to be among the nominees themselves, I think... so I guess it might mean that the nominees themselves are also allowed to vote ? That's the only sensible conclusion I can draw, despite that no information I have found says anything about this.

2A02:FE0:C711:5C41:31CC:318:42E3:DC5C (talk) 20:42, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Seeking an author's name
I am seeking the name of the author of a fictional detective series:


 * The fictional detective is a titled Englishman;
 * His initials are R.R., and he is addressed by some as Mr. R.;
 * He is an amateur or a consulting detective, i.e., he is not associated with a police force;
 * He has a dour-looking butler named Jolly, who helps solve the cases.

I searched the Wikipedia lists of fictional male detectives and of butlers, but to no avail.84.111.241.87 (talk) 22:16, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * The character is "The Toff" (the Honourable Richard Rollison), and the author is John Creasey. Tevildo (talk) 23:40, 11 January 2016 (UTC)