Death Pool 2008

[Tisket]

Since debate, even in the political folder, has become increasingly more mundane and less morbid here, I propose we spice things up a bit with a death pool.

We'll each pick five people we think the most likely to die within a year and award the person with the most successful choices some sort of meaningless honor. I'd propose a few simple rules:

1. The person you choose must be notable enough that his/her death will be relatively widely publicized.

2. You cannot play a role in any of your choices deaths.

3. As a tiebreaker, place your choices in the order you predict they will die.

Who's in!

My choices are:

1. Patrick Swayze
2. Nancy Reagan
3. Billy Graham
4. Amy Winehouse (please god please)
5. Castro

[SayGoodbye]

1. Paul Newman
2. Christopher Lloyd
3. Tara Reid
4. Betty White
5. Morgan Freeman

[BigWorm]

How are you scoring? The other death pool I checked out gave you (100 - person's age) points for a death which makes it about more than just picking people that are old as fuck.

[Sean of the Thread]

Castro has been dead for years dumbass.

[Tisket]

Castro has been dead for years dumbass.

Looking like a corpse doesn't count.

[Snapp]

1. Lindsay Lohan
2. Amy Winehouse (assuming we can pick the same people?)
3. Elizabeth Taylor
4. Zsa Zsa Gabor
5. Dick Clark

[Tisket]

2. Amy Winehouse (assuming we can pick the same people?)


I'll share. And good picks.

[Tisket]

How are you scoring? The other death pool I checked out gave you (100 - person's age) points for a death which makes it about more than just picking people that are old as fuck.

I guess that would work. Haven't thought that deeply about it.

[GSJuilene]

I think everyone has Amy Winehouse in the death pool, heh.

[Snapp]

I think everyone has Amy Winehouse in the death pool, heh.

Funny, but sad. What a waste of a good voice.

[thefarmer]

I doubt that her voice would be as soulful(?) as it is, had she been a sober, normal human being and not adrunk/crack/smoking/etc.

Still a waste though.

[TheEschaton]

1. Leslie Stahl
2. Ted Stevens
3. Kevin Costner
4. Seth Rogen
5. Benedict XVI

[Tisket]

Interesting picks, E.

Here's a site for those of you who are not sure if someone is already dead.....:

http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/cnames-nf/Castro+Fidel


:P

[Stanley Burrell]

1. Roger Ebert
2. Gene Hackman
3. Jack Kevorkian
4. Ted Kennedy
5. Bear Grylls

[Furrowfoot]

1. Jimmy Carter
2. Osama Bin Laden
3. Ayman al-Zawahiri
4. Mary Kate Olsen
5. Amy Winehouse (... I didn't want to, but you just have to)

[SHAFT]

1. Lil Wayne
2. Amy Winehouse
3. Aretha Franklin
4. Kirk Douglas
5. Jake Lamotta

[Tisket]

I think anyone who picked Amy Whinehouse should get a bonus sixth pick.

My bonus pick is: Tom Cruise (ok so that makes it more a wish list but still..)

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w66/Sassy_Photos_2007/zzamyleave.png

[Peanut Butter Jelly Time]

1. Eddie Vedder
2. Ian McKellen
3. Russell Crowe
4. Bettie Page
5. Bernie Mac

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

Hilariously, the other forum I frequent has a death pool and only one out of 34 people did not include her (Amy Winehouse) on their list.

1. Andy Griffith
2. Elizabeth Taylor
3. Amy Winehouse
4. Britney Spears
4. Fidel Castro

My bonus pick:

Dick Cheney.

[Peanut Butter Jelly Time]

1. Andy Griffith
2. Elizabeth Taylor

Mang, if that goes down, 2008 would be terrible. Only one legend gets to die each year, that's the rule.

[Parkbandit]

1. Farah Fawcett
2. Marion Barry
3. Steven Hawking
4. Ted Kennedy
5. Ariel Sharon

[Ashliana]

1) Ted Kennedy
2) Andy Dick
3) "Hannah Montana," or whatever the hell her real name is.
4) Any remaining Golden Girls cast members
5) Daniel Craig

[TheEschaton]

1. Jimmy Carter
2. Osama Bin Laden
3. Ayman al-Zawahiri
4. Mary Kate Olsen
5. Amy Winehouse (... I didn't want to, but you just have to)

Shouldn't there be a point deduction for people who are actively being sought, in order to kill them? Ref. 2 and 3 and perhaps 5.

And isn't Sharon dead? Or is he still in a coma?

-TheE-

[SHAFT]

1) Ted Kennedy
2) Andy Dick
3) "Hannah Montana," or whatever the hell her real name is.
4) Any remaining Golden Girls cast members
5) Daniel Craig

Daniel Craig? That's harsh. He's the man. I don't want him to die, he was the shit in Layer Cake and Bond.

[Kuyuk]

1) Steve Jobs
2) Gene Wilder
3)
4)
5)

[Skeeter]

1. Keith Richards
2. Ozzy Osbourne
3. Pete Doherty
4. Kirk Douglas
5. Karl Malden

[Sean of the Thread]

I'm shocked nobody put Madden on their list.

[Back]

1. Keith Richards

Pretty sure he is already one of the undead....

Ok... this is pretty morbid, and this is not a wish list, but what the fuck.

1. Robert Novack (brain tumor)
2. John McCain (old, skin cancer)
3. Bill Clinton (quadruple bypass, high stress)
4. Dick Cheney (quadruple bypass, skin cancer, high stress and hunting while drunk)
5. Amiee Winehouse (as long as she acts like a crack whore)

Osama Bin Ladin did not make the list because it is not a wish list and he somehow manages to avoid the entire fucking USA.

[Skeeter]

I'm shocked nobody put Madden on their list.

If he didn't have a heart attack and die when Favre came back he's good for the year.

[Stanley Burrell]

5. Bernie Mac

Bastard.

[NocturnalRob]

Bastard.

eh, it's been pretty well publicized that Mac has been in the hospital for a pneumonia before he died. i give you props for proper due diligence.

if Eddie Vedder dies...then I start to freak out a bit.

[Stanley Burrell]

I'm peeved, young dun homeslice, because I wanted to put him as my #5, but then I thought about Steve Irwin and put up Bear Grylls instead.

Shit.

[Ilvane]

That's too bad about Bernie Mac, he was way too young.

[Krendeli]

This thread loses points for ripping off an idea from a Dirty Harry film

[Tisket]

This thread loses points for ripping off an idea from a Dirty Harry film


I didn't rip the idea off of Dirty Harry.

I ripped it off of another forum. Duh.

[Tisket]

Shouldn't there be a point deduction for people who are actively being sought, in order to kill them? Ref. 2 and 3 and perhaps 5.

Yeah, we wouldn't want anyone to make off with the gigantic grand prize of nothing by picking military targets.

[Apathy]

I'm late to this party, I'll bring more beer.

1) August Busch III
2) Fabio
3) Robert Plant
4) Lindsay Lohan
5) Coolio

[Furrowfoot]

Shouldn't there be a point deduction for people who are actively being sought, in order to kill them? Ref. 2 and 3 and perhaps 5.

And isn't Sharon dead? Or is he still in a coma?

-TheE-

Yeah, alright. You're probably right. There were no conditions though, and considering how long they've been sought after without success - it seems like an actual long shot still. Meh.

[NocturnalRob]

i'm putting all my money on sam jackson

http://www.isaachayes.com/myframes.html

[Parkbandit]

1. Paul Newman
2. Christopher Lloyd
3. Tara Reid
4. Betty White
5. Morgan Freeman

Paul Newman died.

Grats SayGoodbye. +10 points

[Stanley Burrell]

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh.

[Peanut Butter Jelly Time]

I'm still tied for the lead! yeahhhh boiiii

[Peanut Butter Jelly Time]

Oh, pimpin. I won. Thank youuuu Bettie Page!

[Solkern]

1. Patrick Swayze
2. Peter Falk
3. Joan Rivers
4. Amy Winehouse (Should be soon)
5. Andy Rooney
6. Andy Dick (I just have a feeling he's going to bite the dust)

for 2009 :)

[diethx]

1. Patrick Swayze

Too easy... surprised you didn't say Farrah Fawcett too.

[Solkern]

Too easy... surprised you didn't say Farrah Fawcett too.

Yeah I realized it, after I posted it. That it was a no brainer.

[Drisco]

1. Barack Obama
2. Castro
3. Hugh Hefner
4. Patrick Swayze
5. Osama Bin Laden

[Tisket]

Farrah Fawcett
Patrick Swayze
Ted Kennedy
Even though I lost on her last year: Amy Winehouse
Margaret Thatcher

[Jorddyn]

Shouldn't people with well known terminal diseases be exempt from the list?

Anyway! My list:

1. Rue McClanahan - been a rough year for the Golden Girls
2. Kenny Rogers - unsuccessful plastic surgery
3. Wesley Snipes - shootout with IRS
4. Keith Richards - no explanation necessary
5. Paris Hilton - I needed a dark horse, and here's hoping

[Ashlander]

4. Keith Richards - no explanation necessary


He's a zombie already and thus exempt from the list.

[Sean of the Thread]

Shouldn't people with well known terminal diseases be exempt from the list?

Anyway! My list:

1. Rue McClanahan - been a rough year for the Golden Girls
2. Kenny Rogers - unsuccessful plastic surgery
3. Wesley Snipes - shootout with IRS
4. Keith Richards - no explanation necessary
5. Paris Hilton - I needed a dark horse, and here's hoping

I think you're spot on with Rue and Kenny. They're both nearly petrified wood at this point.

I did meet Kenny once and he seemed very polite and well mannered. (lol @ his food franchise failure and the fact that I went to try it)

Evel knievel was a dbag however except that he tipped well.

[Tisket]

Shouldn't people with well known terminal diseases be exempt from the list?

Why? Its a DEATH pool for chrissakes.

[Sean of the Thread]

chrissakes.


Is that some kind of Japanese dessert?

[Tisket]

alright fine, my updated list (because people like to bitch):

Nancy Reagan
Eric Clapton
Britney Spears
Even though I lost on her last year: Amy Winehouse
Margaret Thatcher

[Trouble]

Ian McClellan
Maggie Smith
Jessica Simpson (suicide)
Michael Vick (murder)
Roger Moore (or Connery, I can't decide)


I like a bunch of the other ideas like Castro, Thatcher, Heff, and Reagan too but I didn't come up with those on my own so I'll leave them off. Swayze is a no-brainer unfortunately. Obama will have an assassination attempt but will survive.

[Tisket]

I think it will be a bad year for Brits. I think Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinborough or whatever his title is, will kick the bucket too.

[Jorddyn]

Why? Its a DEATH pool for chrissakes.

Cause it's kind of like betting on a race that already started? And, given the high stakes of this game, we need to make sure everything is perfectly fair!

[Jorddyn]

No one picked Ed McMahon.

[AnticorRifling]

That dude from Twilight - Some fan will stab him after he refuses to read her fan fiction.

[AestheticLife]

Little Richard or Richard Simmons.

There's only room for one overly flamboyant Richard on Earth 2010.

[Ashlander]

That dude from Twilight - Some fan will stab him after he refuses to read her fan fiction.

Nah I'm betting OD, every picture I've seen of the guy he looks stoned out of his mind.

[AnticorRifling]

I couldn't pick him out of a line up so I'll take your word for it.

[Stanley Burrell]

Can we keep one name from last year? If so:

1. Dick Cheney
2. Abraham Vigoda
3. Margaret Thatcher
4. Bobby Doerr (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Doerr)
5. Dog
6. Bear Grylls

[Stanley Burrell]

Wait, we can't bet on people who are sick?

[Jorddyn]

Wait, we can't bet on people who are sick?

No rule book. Just me pissing people off saying it seemed like cheating!

[Stanley Burrell]

Ah, I'll change a few of mine then.

[AestheticLife]

5. Dog
6. Bear Grylls


Dog... the Bounty Hunter?

Bear Grylls screams HORRIBLE PICK to me, if only because he's in such ridiculous shape. If he was doing his crap on his own, without a medic and full out camera crew, then maybe I'd be less inclined to thumbs down your choice.

[Stanley Burrell]

Dog... the Bounty Hunter?

Bear Grylls screams HORRIBLE PICK to me, if only because he's in such ridiculous shape. If he was doing his crap on his own, without a medic and full out camera crew, then maybe I'd be less inclined to thumbs down your choice.

I'm thinking from a Steve Irwin-type incident, he already fucked himself up last year but didn't try hard enough to earn me points in this pool.

Also, he's my number 6 smaller-font pick because I already picked him for 2008, mang.

[Ashlander]

Anyone pick Betty White yet? I think she's the last one left.

[Some Rogue]

What about Ed McMahon? :(

[AestheticLife]

I'm thinking from a Steve Irwin-type incident, he already fucked himself up last year but didn't try hard enough to earn me points in this pool.

Also, he's my number 6 smaller-font pick because I already picked him for 2008, mang.

In that case, Jessie Ventura via alcohol-induced nonsense.

[Ashlander]

I'm still saying Keith Richards will outlive us all.

[Jorddyn]

No one had Walter Cronkite?

Celebs kicking it left and right unclaimed.

[Snapp]

1. Lindsay Lohan
2. Amy Winehouse (assuming we can pick the same people?)
3. Elizabeth Taylor
4. Zsa Zsa Gabor
5. Dick Clark

I'm stickin with the same picks dammit.

[SHAFT]

1. Christopher Lee
2. Kim Jong Il
3. Abe Vigoda
4. Dick Clark
5. Osama Bin Laden

[Parkbandit]

Anyone have Walter Cronkite?

RIP.