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Post by Chicago Jake on Dec 16, 2011 17:22:43 GMT -6
Well, boys and girls, it's the most wonderful time of the year again: Dead Pool Time! As the 2011 TNMC Dead Pool Contest races towards its inevitable, exciting conclusion, we must once again leap in with both feet to the all-new, all-exciting 2012 Extravaganza! The rules are the same as last year: Compile your list of the ten celebs you most expect to croak in the upcoming calendar year. Whoever gets the most stiffs by the end of the year, wins. What do you win, you ask? Why, you win the everlasting respect and admiration of your fellow board members. In other words, not a fucking thing. Playing in the game is simplicity itself: Just post your list of your favorite ten coffin-candidates on this very 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. Also: be sure to sequence your list so your surest stiffs are at the top. Our tie-breaker scheme is to assign 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. We can have a separate thread for discussing progress throughout 2012 as we have done in the past. If Gordon continues his excellent tradition, he can kick it off with his patented Master Compilation (tm) thread. Good luck to everyone. Morituri te salutant!!........Jake  |
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Dec 17, 2011 17:39:24 GMT -6
I can throw the compilation together again
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Post by Merlot Joe on Dec 19, 2011 1:01:19 GMT -6
Think I am going to stick with the same group as last year except I am taking off Betty White and putting Kirk Douglas in her place.
Abe Vigoda (he's got to kick off sooner or later)
Bryant Gumbel
Fidel Castro
Lauren Bacall
Nancy Reagan
Jerry Lewis
Mickey Rooney
George H.W. Bush
Kirk Douglas
Micheal Douglas
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Dec 19, 2011 7:29:42 GMT -6
Putting Kirk Douglas in Betty White's place might make "Hot in Cleveland" and interesting TV show.
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Post by Tex on Dec 22, 2011 9:42:54 GMT -6
Here goes:
1) Etta James
2) Robin Gibb
3) Zsa Zsa Gabor
4) Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej
5) Margaret Thatcher
6) Ronnie Biggs
7) Lauren Bacall
8) James Garner
9) Mohamed Al Megrahi
10) Jack Klugman
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Post by Irish Stu on Dec 22, 2011 11:14:31 GMT -6
I'm starting my 2012 list with Ronnie and Robin, with the 'Big Gs' Gabor and Graham at numbers 3 and 4 respectively. Maggie has been coffin dodging for a few years now so she's sitting at number 5, and a few likely candidates making up the other five places :
1) Ronnie Biggs
2) Robin Gibb
3) Zsa Zsa Gabor
4) Billy Graham
5) Margaret Thatcher
6) Etta James
7) Lauren Bacall
8) Kirk Douglas
9) Nelson Mandela
10) Jack Klugman
I'm hoping for big things this year.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Gordon, don't include this list in your compilation. He replaced it with an updated one further down the thread.
Everyone else: You don't need to add a new post if you are updating your list; you can just edit your original one (up to midnight on New Year's Eve, that is)......Jake
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Dec 22, 2011 15:11:22 GMT -6
OK, here are mine. Ive got the scary Gabor sister on top. I think the rest are long overdue. Hoping 10 for 10.
1. Zsa Zsa Gabor
2. Billy Graham
3. Abdelbaset Al Megrahi
4. Etta James
5. Ronnie Biggs
6. Aretha Franklin
7. Kirk Douglas
8. Annette Funnicello
9. Nancy Reagan
10.Penny Marshall
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Dec 25, 2011 16:58:07 GMT -6
OK, I've got an early flight to MBJ tomorrow and I don't know how much longer I'll be able to stay online tonight, so I'll post my list now:
1. Queen Elizabeth
2. Lyndon Larouche
3. Don Pardo
4. Twiggy
5. Ralph Kiner
6. Rush Limbaugh
7. Lindsay Lohan
8. Petula Clark
9. Neil Simon
10. Any of The Kardashian Klan
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Post by Tex on Dec 25, 2011 22:07:09 GMT -6
Bon voyage Beeb. If it gets a little slow, you could crap in the hot tub and post the video here on the board.
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Post by Chicago Jake on Dec 25, 2011 22:35:48 GMT -6
OK, I've got an early flight to MBJ tomorrow and I don't know how much longer I'll be able to stay online tonight, so I'll post my list now: 1. Queen Elizabeth 2. Lyndon Larouche 3. Don Pardo 4. Twiggy 5. Ralph Kiner 6. Rush Limbaugh 7. Lindsay Lohan 8. Petula Clark 9. Neil Simon 10. Any of The Kardashian KlanFlag on the play. Post an individual or you are playing with a deck of nine. Have a great trip!.......Jake |
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Dec 26, 2011 3:11:28 GMT -6
Replace # 10 with The Pope. He looked pretty frail at xmas mass.
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Post by Merlot Joe on Dec 26, 2011 15:16:41 GMT -6
Have a nice trip Beep.
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Post by Alice on Dec 26, 2011 16:56:51 GMT -6
Here goes my list for 2012:
1. Prince Phillip
2. Phyliss Diller
3. Etta James
4. Olivia de Havilland
5. Cloris Leachman
6. Carol Channing
7. Sid Caesar
8. Jerry Lewis
9. Jerry Stiller
10. Angela Landsbury
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Post by Chicago Jake on Dec 26, 2011 18:43:47 GMT -6
This may well ch-ch-change, but here is my list so far......Jake
1. Robin Gibb
2. Etta James
3. Ronnie Biggs
4. Joe Paterno
5. Aretha Franklin
6. Zsa Zsa Gabor
7. Glen Campbell
8. Terry Pratchett
9. Penny Marshall
10. Roger Ebert
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Post by Irish Stu on Dec 27, 2011 6:37:01 GMT -6
A couple of ch-ch-changes. Maggie and Bacall are out, replaced by Prince Philip and new entrant to this here annual competition, George Michael :
1) Ronnie Biggs
2) Robin Gibb
3) Zsa Zsa Gabor
4) Billy Graham
5) Prince Philip
6) Etta James
7) George Michael
8) Kirk Douglas
9) Nelson Mandela
10) Jack Klugman
I'm hoping the British contingent of Phil the Greek, The Great Train Robber and Georgios Kyriacos Panagiotou will do me proud - including of course the Gibb boy who was born in a British Crown Dependency, the Isle of Man.
Read 'em and weep, boys!
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Post by nolaflacav on Dec 27, 2011 8:47:19 GMT -6
Not that I wish any ill will but I sure hope Etta goes peacefully in the night before Saturday.
We have too many people on here grabbing for that low hanging fruit!
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Post by Tex on Dec 27, 2011 9:30:16 GMT -6
NOLA, if you get as many in 12 as you did in 11, the cops will start suspecting you of helping some of these folks along. I am an Etta James fan and wish her a smooth trip but she will stay on the list unless she jumps the gun.
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Dec 27, 2011 12:03:40 GMT -6
NOLA, if you get as many in 12 as you did in 11, the cops will start suspecting you of helping some of these folks along. I am an Etta James fan and wish her a smooth trip but she will stay on the list unless she jumps the gun. Planting evidence implicating him sounds like a nice group project for the new year |
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Post by nolaflacav on Dec 27, 2011 13:54:35 GMT -6
NOLA, if you get as many in 12 as you did in 11, the cops will start suspecting you of helping some of these folks along. I am an Etta James fan and wish her a smooth trip but she will stay on the list unless she jumps the gun. Planting evidence implicating him sounds like a nice group project for the new year Did I ever mention that my middle name is Dexter? |
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Post by Chicago Jake on Dec 27, 2011 14:02:16 GMT -6
Planting evidence implicating him sounds like a nice group project for the new year No. You never mentioned your first or last name, either! |
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Post by Merlot Joe on Dec 27, 2011 16:36:48 GMT -6
Maybe his first name is Charles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by New Mama on Dec 29, 2011 12:12:41 GMT -6
I changed mine up a little from last year. I likely be kicking myself for dropping Borgnine, Thatcher and Lamotta. Here's my entry:
1. Luise Rainer
2. Zsa Zsa Gabor
3. Olivia deHavilland
4. Joan Fontaine
5. Kirk Douglas
6. Barry Gibb
7. Herman Wouk
8. Yitzhak Shamir
9. Eli Wallach
10. Prince Phillip
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Post by Chicago Jake on Dec 29, 2011 14:12:59 GMT -6
Okay, we're up to eight participants for next year (I almost counted Simon twice!). We had eleven for this year. Were are the rest of you slackers?
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Post by nolaflacav on Dec 29, 2011 15:20:13 GMT -6
Waiting for Etta and JoPa to bite the dust before the ball drops.
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Post by nolaflacav on Dec 31, 2011 14:47:32 GMT -6
C. Everett Koop
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Hugo Chavez
Jake Lamotta
Jimmy Carter
John Forsythe
Lena Horne
Norman Lloyd
Professor Irwin Corey
Stan Musial
This list has been superseded... do not compile......Jake
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Dec 31, 2011 16:38:36 GMT -6
Nola Dexter (strange middle name given your first name)
Better check on the status of at least one of your names, cant say any more lest I be accused of providing actual help
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Post by Ron on Dec 31, 2011 17:09:33 GMT -6
1) Etta James
2) Robin Gibb
3) Charlie Watts
4) Jimmy Carter
5) Ethan Zohn
6) Nancy Reagan
7) Penny Marshall
8) Margaret Thatcher
9) Zsa Zsa Gabor
10) Nelson Mandella
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Post by nolaflacav on Dec 31, 2011 17:22:24 GMT -6
Mucho gracias Senor Anonymous
C. Everett Koop
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Hugo Chavez
Jake Lamotta
Lena Horne
Mohammad Ali
Norman Lloyd
Professor Irwin Corey
Ravi Shankar
Stan Musial
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Dec 31, 2011 17:30:37 GMT -6
Theirs still time to get that list out of a beta version
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Post by Diana on Dec 31, 2011 20:39:34 GMT -6
1. Etta James
2. Fidel Castro
3. Dick Clark
4. Jimmy Carter
5. Robin Gibb
6. Aretha Franklin
7. Kirk Douglas
8. Courtney Love
9. Hugh Hefner
10. Michael Douglas
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