Celebrity Death Pool 2011

monster · 12-16-2010, 10:15 PM

Pick 10. Points per hit = 111-age at death. Celebrity = death reported (not just an obit) in National newspaper/TV news in your country.

I'mm'a start with

1) Michael Douglas
2) David Hasselhoff
3) Margaret Thatcher
4) Prince Phillip

I'm working on the rest -Loch Aberbie bomber had 3 months to live? coughbullshitcough

Shawnee123 · 12-17-2010, 08:05 AM

1) Tara Reid
2) Elizabeth Taylor
3) Ann B Davis
4) Laraine Newman
5) Ed Ames
6) Ernest Borgnine
7) Dick Cheney
8) Olivia de Havilland
9) Teri Garr
10) Muhammad Ali

monster · 12-17-2010, 08:35 AM

5) Liz Taylor
6) Liz Dawn
7) Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi
8) Dick Cheney
9) Nelson Mandela
10) work in progress

The following are still alive and have been dropped from my 2010 list, thus condemning them to certain death. Sorry, guys

Severiano Ballesteros

monster · 12-17-2010, 09:01 AM

10) Ronnie Biggs

wolf · 12-17-2010, 12:40 PM

My picks apparently assure the continuing good health of all the participants.

I have replaced the political figures with some more likely choices

1. Roger Moore
2. Brittany Spears
3. Dick Clark
4. Paris Hilton
5. Donald Trump
6. Charlie Watts
7. Larry King
8. Clint Eastwood
9. Keith Richards
10. Will Ferrell

Sundae · 12-17-2010, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

Loch Aberbie bomber had 3 months to live? coughbullshitcough

I might be the most naive person in the world, but I hear so many stories about people given X amount of time to live, who live far longer. Often ascribed to the prayers of the local community - which spooks me, as it means God's plan is not ineffable, and also that those who die young just didn't get together enough petitions to bother Him.

Anyway, naif as I am, my list is pretty static.
This is the reason I buy Lucky Dip lottery tickets - I'd hate to play the same numbers regularly, and then miss it one week - and find they'd WON!
So I can't really abandon my staples - they'd cark in 2011 just to spite me. The main exception is Clive Dunn, as he is apparently going to live forever.

Ronnie Biggs
Fidel Castro
Margaret Thatcher
Patrick Moore
Mickey Rooney
Kim Jong-Il
Nancy Reagan
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Kirk Douglas
Betty Ford

footfootfoot · 12-17-2010, 12:45 PM

So far I've only got
1. Julian Assange (by plane crash, I bet)

Undertoad · 12-17-2010, 01:32 PM

This will be my first entry into this thing

1. Charles Manson
2. Brian Wilson
3. Kirk Douglas
4. Dick Van Dyke
5. Bernie Madoff
6. Jimmy Carter
7. Bret Michaels
8. Steven Adler
9. Harry Belafonte
10. Michael Collins

monster · 12-17-2010, 04:23 PM

What are the odds on a Douglas twofer?

Spexxvet · 12-18-2010, 08:29 AM

1 Mary Kate Olson
2 Joe Namath
3 Dick Cheney
4 Eve Plumb
5 Harrison Ford
6 Edwin Meese
7 Jean Stapleton
8 Bob Woodward
9 Abe Vigoda
10 Rick Wakeman

DanaC · 12-18-2010, 09:02 AM

1. James Bolam
2. Sylvestor McCoy (putting this here so that if anything does happen to Syl, I will be consoled by the points his demise would gain for me ).
3. Colin Baker (similar reason ;p)
4. Dick Cheney
5. Michael Douglas
6. Rita Tushingham
7. Terry Wogan
8. Bruce Forsythe
9. Christopher Walken
10. Boy George

monster · 12-18-2010, 04:20 PM

Yeah, I muted Walken -he's not looking too good is he? That'd be some good points....

DanaC · 12-18-2010, 04:32 PM

Again the Brits have all put Maggie there. How much of that is us looking at the evidence, and how much just wishful thinking? :P

monster · 12-18-2010, 04:42 PM

She's been in hospital a lot recently.....

I have a soft spot for Maggie, mostly because she was the first female PM and she was strong. She may have been wrong, but she did a shitload of good for the image of women in politics, right or wrong. Some bad too... but I think she forced the UK if not the world to take female politicians seriously.

DanaC · 12-18-2010, 04:48 PM

If I am drunk enough that's a point I will generally concede.

12-16-2010, 10:15 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Celebrity Death Pool 2011 Pick 10. Points per hit = 111-age at death. Celebrity = death reported (not just an obit) in National newspaper/TV news in your country. I'mm'a start with 1) Michael Douglas 2) David Hasselhoff 3) Margaret Thatcher 4) Prince Phillip I'm working on the rest -Loch Aberbie bomber had 3 months to live? coughbullshitcough __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-17-2010, 08:05 AM	#2
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	1) Tara Reid 2) Elizabeth Taylor 3) Ann B Davis 4) Laraine Newman 5) Ed Ames 6) Ernest Borgnine 7) Dick Cheney 8) Olivia de Havilland 9) Teri Garr 10) Muhammad Ali __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

12-17-2010, 08:35 AM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	5) Liz Taylor 6) Liz Dawn 7) Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi 8) Dick Cheney 9) Nelson Mandela 10) work in progress The following are still alive and have been dropped from my 2010 list, thus condemning them to certain death. Sorry, guys Severiano Ballesteros __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart Last edited by monster; 12-17-2010 at 08:53 AM.

12-17-2010, 09:01 AM	#4
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	10) Ronnie Biggs __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-17-2010, 12:40 PM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	My picks apparently assure the continuing good health of all the participants. I have replaced the political figures with some more likely choices 1. Roger Moore 2. Brittany Spears 3. Dick Clark 4. Paris Hilton 5. Donald Trump 6. Charlie Watts 7. Larry King 8. Clint Eastwood 9. Keith Richards 10. Will Ferrell __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-17-2010, 12:45 PM	#7
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	So far I've only got 1. Julian Assange (by plane crash, I bet) __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

12-17-2010, 01:32 PM	#8
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	This will be my first entry into this thing 1. Charles Manson 2. Brian Wilson 3. Kirk Douglas 4. Dick Van Dyke 5. Bernie Madoff 6. Jimmy Carter 7. Bret Michaels 8. Steven Adler 9. Harry Belafonte 10. Michael Collins

12-17-2010, 04:23 PM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	What are the odds on a Douglas twofer? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-18-2010, 08:29 AM	#10
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	1 Mary Kate Olson 2 Joe Namath 3 Dick Cheney 4 Eve Plumb 5 Harrison Ford 6 Edwin Meese 7 Jean Stapleton 8 Bob Woodward 9 Abe Vigoda 10 Rick Wakeman __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

12-18-2010, 04:20 PM	#12
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Yeah, I muted Walken -he's not looking too good is he? That'd be some good points.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-18-2010, 04:42 PM	#14
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	She's been in hospital a lot recently..... I have a soft spot for Maggie, mostly because she was the first female PM and she was strong. She may have been wrong, but she did a shitload of good for the image of women in politics, right or wrong. Some bad too... but I think she forced the UK if not the world to take female politicians seriously. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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