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Post by Chicago Jake on Dec 9, 2009 1:40:15 GMT -6
Hear ye, hear ye! It's the most wonderful time of the year! That's right, it's DEAD POOL TIME!!
Once again, it's time to submit your list of the ten celebs you most expect to croak in the upcoming twelve months. Whoever gets the most stiffs by the end of the year, wins. What do you win, you ask? Why, you win a hearty handshake, a pat on the back, and the warm glow of success. In other words, not a fucking thing.
Playing in the game is simple: Just post your list of your favorite ten coffin-candidates on this thread. Feel free to edit it up until midnight on December 31 if you get new evidence or better hunches. After that time, I'll lock the thread so that nobody can accuse you of tampering with it after the deadline.
We can have a separate thread for discussing progress throughout 2010. If Gordon continues his excellent tradition, he can kick it off with a Master Compilation (tm).
Good luck to everyone. Except for our lucky nominees, of course!......Jake
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Dec 9, 2009 12:49:04 GMT -6
I should be able to handle that Master Compilation © ® once again, it beats the Rose Bowl Parade, even in HD
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Post by Merlot Joe on Dec 11, 2009 13:24:22 GMT -6
Almost the same list except with a couple of ch-ch-changes.
Abe Vigoda (he's got to kick off sooner or later)
Bryant Gumbel**
Fidel Castro
Lauren Bacall
John Wooden
Karem Abdul Jabbar**
Nancy Reagan
Jerry Lewis
Mickey Rooney
Mitch Miller
** ch-ch-changes for 2010
Joe
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Post by Chicago Jake on Dec 11, 2009 13:45:03 GMT -6
Bryant Gumbel is a good one. He had some quote about "I had some treatment, but now it's over." He didn't specify if the treatment was over, or he was.
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Post by Merlot Joe on Dec 11, 2009 14:31:17 GMT -6
That's what I thought, plus he looks like hell.
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Post by Tex on Dec 11, 2009 15:57:56 GMT -6
If I put my neighbor's yappy dog on the list and then poison him, does that count?
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Dec 11, 2009 19:01:32 GMT -6
The dog isn't named Margaret Thatcher, is it?
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Post by Merlot Joe on Dec 12, 2009 0:15:57 GMT -6
Is this the gay neighbors?
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Post by Chicago Jake on Dec 12, 2009 0:22:27 GMT -6
Tex, your dog poisoning scheme, while admirable in its nefariousness, does violate two of the prime tenets of dead-pooling: Number One, you only get to pick celebrities. And Number Two, you aren't allowed to kill them yourself.
But I'm hardly a stickler for rules.......Jake
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Post by Tex on Dec 12, 2009 11:11:35 GMT -6
Tex, your dog poisoning scheme, while admirable in its nefariousness, does violate two of the prime tenets of dead-pooling: Number One, you only get to pick celebrities. And Number Two, you aren't allowed to kill them yourself. But I'm hardly a stickler for rules.......Jake ...Looks like if I broke two rules, they would cancel each other out and it would be OK. |
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Post by edie2u on Dec 13, 2009 17:27:21 GMT -6
Tex, your dog poisoning scheme, while admirable in its nefariousness, does violate two of the prime tenets of dead-pooling: Number One, you only get to pick celebrities. And Number Two, you aren't allowed to kill them yourself. But I'm hardly a stickler for rules.......Jake ...Looks like if I broke two rules, they would cancel each other out and it would be OK. I like the way you think! |
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Post by Tex on Dec 13, 2009 18:02:02 GMT -6
Time to peruse the ghoulish celebrity photos in the supermarket tabloids.
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Dec 14, 2009 7:01:51 GMT -6
Ive been trolling the tabloids of the last few weeks... like K said in Men in Black "Best investigative reporting on the planet. But go ahead, read the New York Times if you want. They get lucky sometimes."
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Post by Merlot Joe on Dec 14, 2009 13:18:45 GMT -6
Hell just watch Entertainment Tonight. They always have some celebrity on there that is sick from something.
Joe
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Dec 14, 2009 14:53:27 GMT -6
Or Saturday Night Live. Someone's bound to OD.
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Post by Chicago Jake on Dec 14, 2009 14:55:54 GMT -6
Hey, what's the word on Steve Jobs these days? Did he beat his pancreatic cancer? Or is he still a short-timer?
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Dec 14, 2009 15:15:52 GMT -6
Heard he got a virus.
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Post by Chicago Jake on Dec 15, 2009 19:57:26 GMT -6
Reminder to contestants: Last year (2008), we ended up with a four-way tie for first place. I suggested a tie-breaker scheme of assigning points based on positions in the list. That is, a stiff at the top of your list gets you 10 points, second on the list gets you 9 points, and bottom of the list gets you one point. But this is ONLY used to break ties. More stiffs always beats fewer stiffs.
Anyway, we did NOT use that for the 2008 lists (hence the four-way tie) since it was only suggested after the fact. But it WILL be used for the 2009 lists. And... you should make sure you keep it in mind when compiling your 2010 lists.
Sorry to be so picayune about things, but systems always complicate themselves when studied too closely.
You DO have a list in preparation, don't you? You don't want to miss out on all the fun when the bodies start hitting the floor.......Jake
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Post by Merlot Joe on Dec 26, 2009 1:00:56 GMT -6
Hey am I going to be in this contest all by myself?
Come on people get off of your deap beat ass and get your list posted.
Joe
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Dec 26, 2009 6:47:32 GMT -6
Ive got it narrowed down to 15, final cuts soon come. Cant reveal the list too soon Joe, the "cherry pickers" come out and grab the great names at the last minute... thanks by the way!
Hopefully Beeb will submit before he leaves (take that any way you choose)
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Post by Chicago Jake on Dec 26, 2009 16:18:00 GMT -6
Don't worry, Joseph. I will definitely be submitting a list. I'm also waiting for the last minute.......Jake
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Post by nolaflacav on Dec 27, 2009 10:08:55 GMT -6
Barbara Billingsley
Bobby Bowden
Bob Feller
Ernie Harwell
Dolores Hope
Henry Kissinger
Bernie Madoff
Don Pardo
I.M. Pei
George Steinbrenner
Alphabetical and not in order of suggested send off even though this puts me at a disadvantage with the tie breaker rules.
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Post by Chicago Jake on Dec 27, 2009 13:25:33 GMT -6
My tentative list, although I may ch-ch-change it......Jake
1. Stephen Hawking
2. Roger Ebert
3. Peter Falk
4. Ernie Harwell
5. Dick Clark
6. Robert Byrd
7. Steve Jobs
8. Elizabeth Taylor
9. Ron Santo
10. Bryant Gumbel
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Post by Tex on Dec 27, 2009 14:12:53 GMT -6
1) Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi (Lockerbie bomber)
2) Ronnie Biggs
3) Chemical Ali
4) Billy Graham
5) Fidel Castro
6) Kirk Douglas
7) Senator Robert Byrd
8) General Vo Nguyen Giap
9) Annette Funicello
10) Elizabeth Taylor
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Post by Tex on Dec 27, 2009 14:18:58 GMT -6
Ive got it narrowed down to 15, final cuts soon come. Cant reveal the list too soon Joe, the "cherry pickers" come out and grab the great names at the last minute... thanks by the way! Hopefully Beeb will submit before he leaves (take that any way you choose) Was your 2009 record that good?  ;D |
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Post by Bif St Lou on Dec 27, 2009 16:24:44 GMT -6
1) Ronnie James Dio
2) Betty Ford
3) Pauline Phillips (Dear Abby)
4) Art Linkletter
5) Mitch Miller
6) Zsa Zsa Gabor
7) Phyllis Diller
8) Jack LaLanne
9) Robert Byrd
10) Nancy Reagan
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Dec 27, 2009 17:38:31 GMT -6
Ive got it narrowed down to 15, final cuts soon come. Cant reveal the list too soon Joe, the "cherry pickers" come out and grab the great names at the last minute... thanks by the way! Hopefully Beeb will submit before he leaves (take that any way you choose) ;D My 2009 picks are like a good savings account, collecting interest until the right time comes along. I expect great things in the next 3 days. |
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Dec 28, 2009 9:01:14 GMT -6
Well, here it goes, I too may make substitutions before 1/1, in order of likelihood..
1. Ernie Harwell
2. Billy Graham
3. James Garner
4. Fidel Castro
5. BB King
6. Stephen Hawking
7. Lena Horne
8. Art Linkletter
9. Mitch Miller
10. Daniel Schorr
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Post by Irish Stu on Dec 29, 2009 5:16:52 GMT -6
My provisional list, which may become my official list :
1) Margaret Thatcher
2) Jack Lalanne
3) Billy Graham
4) Norman Wisdom
5) Fidel Castro
6) Zsa Zsa Gabor
7) Ariel Sharon
8) Art Linkletter
9) Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi
10) Ronnie Biggs
Simon
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Post by Tex on Dec 29, 2009 8:37:36 GMT -6
I considered Jack Lalanne. I can remember him on television when I was a small child. He is old as dirt, but I saw an interview with him a few months back and he looked pretty good. The carrot juice is agreeing with him.
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;D
