Celebrity Death Pool 2014 - Page 4

Molasar · 01-21-2014, 01:29 AM

... or indeed "buy 3 get 1 free" ?

footfootfoot · 01-21-2014, 12:02 PM

My list this year:
Eli Wallach
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Sam Simon
Clive James
Billy Graham
Valerie Harper
Joost van der Westhulzen
GHW Bush
Fidel Castro
Abe Vigoda

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lumberjim · 01-21-2014, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

My list this year:

Joost van der Westhulzen

I didn't recognize this name, so I googled it and came up with this article from last November:

Quote:

He is sitting in an upstairs room at the University of Edinburgh’s Peffermill Playing Fields, 42 years old and in a wheelchair, 89 caps, 38 tries and one World Cup and none of it matters any more to Joost van der Westhuizen as he talks about the importance of family and what really matters in life. There are two things that we as humans take for granted. One is health and the other is time and the great Springbok scrum-half is not blessed with either

Diagnosed with motor neurone disease in May 2011, Van der Westhuizen was given a 20 per cent chance of surviving five years while at the same time being told he might not make it to Christmas. But here he is in Scotland, strapped into his wheelchair for fear of falling forwards, speaking with great difficulty, unable to use his arms and admitting that what he has is a death sentence, but smiling all the while and saying that he’s going to fight it. He’ll fight it with everything he’s got

and you wonder why people accuse you of cheating? I don't know that this is against the rules...per se... but it seems a bit of a foregone conclusion.

Griff · 01-21-2014, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

and you wonder why people accuse you of cheating? I don't know that this is against the rules...per se... but it seems a bit of a foregone conclusion.

In 2009, Harper was diagnosed with lung cancer.[33] She announced on March 6, 2013 that tests from a January hospital stay revealed she has leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, a rare condition in which cancer cells spread into the meninges, the membranes surrounding the brain. She said her doctors had given her as little as three months' life expectancy.[34] Although the disease is incurable, her doctors said they were treating her with chemotherapy in an effort to slow its progress.[35]

We don't actually have a rule for that do we? F3 did his research... probably a full list of terminals. It's not like adding names after the fact...

orthodoc · 01-21-2014, 01:20 PM

Hm. I don't think anyone on my list last year checked out, so maybe it's protective to be on certain lists ... like mine and Clod's.

Prince Phillip
Lindsay Lohan
Stephen Hawking
Olivia de Havilland
Valerie Harper
PD James
George Bush Sr.
Ed Asner
B B King
Sid Caesar

Griff · 01-21-2014, 06:20 PM

My list as well. I don't think I ever had a death.

lumberjim · 01-21-2014, 06:49 PM

Only thing I saw a as radar saying, "no one on death row"

I guess I'm just bitter because I did zero research. Carry on.

monster · 01-21-2014, 10:08 PM

OK, I started work on scoring 2013 in order of appearance in thread (list sorted by score)

Dwellar Hits Score
monster 3 67
Sundae 3 67
Nirvana 1 42
Trilby, Clodfobble, Griff 0

next to be scored if anyone wants to take over: gvidas.

points for players so far:
Mandela 16
Thatcher 24
Biggs 27
Franklin 42

quote from Trilby when asked to pick a 10th player

"and...oh, shoot...let's say that ugly disgusting green-tinged boy Kate Moss goes out with. What's his name? Pete Doherty. "

monster · 01-23-2014, 10:49 PM

I did a few more....

Dwellar Hits Score
Spexx 2 74
foot3 2 69
monster 3 67
Sundae 3 67
Glatt 1 53
wolf 1 53
Nirvana 1 42
orthodoc 1 24
Trilby, Clodfobble, Griff, gvidas, Infi, gravdgr 0

points for players so far:
Mandela 16
Thatcher 24
Biggs 27
Franklin 42
Chavez 53
Stapleton 21

monster · 01-21-2014, 10:12 PM

I think that was my first year with any hits at all! usually I have to take them off my list, then they die. Like MJ. Barsteward.

monster · 01-22-2014, 07:15 AM

man shoulda done my research and bunged Ian Brady in there....

footfootfoot · 01-22-2014, 09:13 AM

Jim you're a cock. You've got Ali and Castro on you list! Bitter bastidge.

Hey farto.

lumberjim · 01-22-2014, 10:48 AM

Are they terminal? Ali has been the same zombie for 20 years it seems. Both low scorers too. You were much more strategic.

Have a blessed day

footfootfoot · 01-22-2014, 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumberjim

Have a blessed day

As-salamu alaykum

"Once you start using slippery slope arguments, the next thing you know you're employing straw men and red herrings. It's a slippery slope." Jim Helm

footfootfoot · 01-22-2014, 11:03 AM

Absolutely strategic! Winning isn't everything but it can buy happiness

"Once you start using slippery slope arguments, the next thing you know you're employing straw men and red herrings. It's a slippery slope." Jim Helm

01-21-2014, 01:29 AM	#1
Molasar Part-time superhero (off shift right now, leave a message) Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Her Majesty's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Posts: 211	... or indeed "buy 3 get 1 free" ? __________________ The only dumb question is the one you didn't ask.

01-21-2014, 12:02 PM	#2
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Celebrity Death Pool 2014 My list this year: Eli Wallach Zsa Zsa Gabor Sam Simon Clive James Billy Graham Valerie Harper Joost van der Westhulzen GHW Bush Fidel Castro Abe Vigoda Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-21-2014, 01:20 PM	#5
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Hm. I don't think anyone on my list last year checked out, so maybe it's protective to be on certain lists ... like mine and Clod's. Prince Phillip Lindsay Lohan Stephen Hawking Olivia de Havilland Valerie Harper PD James George Bush Sr. Ed Asner B B King Sid Caesar __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

01-21-2014, 06:20 PM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	My list as well. I don't think I ever had a death. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-21-2014, 06:49 PM	#7
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Only thing I saw a as radar saying, "no one on death row" I guess I'm just bitter because I did zero research. Carry on. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-21-2014, 10:08 PM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	OK, I started work on scoring 2013 in order of appearance in thread (list sorted by score) Dwellar Hits Score monster 3 67 Sundae 3 67 Nirvana 1 42 Trilby, Clodfobble, Griff 0 next to be scored if anyone wants to take over: gvidas. points for players so far: Mandela 16 Thatcher 24 Biggs 27 Franklin 42 quote from Trilby when asked to pick a 10th player "and...oh, shoot...let's say that ugly disgusting green-tinged boy Kate Moss goes out with. What's his name? Pete Doherty. " __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-23-2014, 10:49 PM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I did a few more.... Dwellar Hits Score Spexx 2 74 foot3 2 69 monster 3 67 Sundae 3 67 Glatt 1 53 wolf 1 53 Nirvana 1 42 orthodoc 1 24 Trilby, Clodfobble, Griff, gvidas, Infi, gravdgr 0 points for players so far: Mandela 16 Thatcher 24 Biggs 27 Franklin 42 Chavez 53 Stapleton 21 __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart Last edited by monster; 01-23-2014 at 11:21 PM.

01-21-2014, 10:12 PM	#10
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I think that was my first year with any hits at all! usually I have to take them off my list, then they die. Like MJ. Barsteward. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-22-2014, 07:15 AM	#11
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	man shoulda done my research and bunged Ian Brady in there.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-22-2014, 09:13 AM	#12
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Jim you're a cock. You've got Ali and Castro on you list! Bitter bastidge. Hey farto. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-22-2014, 10:48 AM	#13
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Are they terminal? Ali has been the same zombie for 20 years it seems. Both low scorers too. You were much more strategic. Have a blessed day __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-22-2014, 11:03 AM	#15
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Absolutely strategic! Winning isn't everything but it can buy happiness "Once you start using slippery slope arguments, the next thing you know you're employing straw men and red herrings. It's a slippery slope." Jim Helm __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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