Celebrity Death Pool 2012
Time to start lining up your lists.......
Sundae has lots of vacancies on hers, Wolf has found a new vocation -celebs pay to be on her list......
Anyone kicked off my list is guaranteed to die -I take responsibility for Seve Ballesteros, Michael Jackson and Amy Winehouse.....
List 10 celebs who will die in 2012 -must be important enough that their deaths are reported by the national news sources in your country. Score 111-their age at death points for each hit, amputations will be prorated.
I'm starting with:
1. Maggie Thatcher
2. Zsa Zsa Gabor
rest to follow.....
3. Prince Phillip
4. Aretha Franklin
5. Liz Dawn
6. Ronnie Biggs
7. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi
8. Nelson Mandela
9. Muhammed Ali
10. Dick Cheney
So this year I have condemed The Hoff and the Dougli
oh and, if any you list now die before 2012 starts, or you just change your mind, you can replace them. After new year, once you name your 10, you're set.
Here's my wish list . . .
Nancy Pelosi
Harry Reid
George Bush
Dick Cheney
Chris Dodd
Rush Limbaugh
Michelle Malkin
Keith Olbermann
Ann Coulter
Chris Matthews
And I'll repeat from last year - They're gonna die eventually.
1. Fidel Castro
2. Jerry Lewis
3. Elizabeth Taylor
4. Muhammad Ali
5. Bob Barker
6. Ernest Borgnine
7. Sidney Poitier
8. Lindsey Lohan
9. Peter Faulk
10. Dick Clark
Crap - some of or one of mine died ... Liz Taylor and who else?
Gotta think of some replacements.
1. Benedict XVI
2. Ian Brady
3. Fidel Castro
4. Abdelbaset Mohmed Ali al-Megrahi
5. Mohammed Ali
6. Aretha Franklin
7. Geoffrey Hughes
8. Patrick Moore
9. Barack Obama
10. Vera Lynn
And I'll repeat from last year - They're gonna die eventually.
1. Fidel Castro
2. Jerry Lewis
3. Elizabeth Taylor
4. Muhammad Ali
5. Bob Barker
6. Ernest Borgnine
7. Sidney Poitier
8. Lindsey Lohan
9. Peter Faulk
10. Dick Clark
Crap - some of or one of mine died ... Liz Taylor and who else?
Gotta think of some replacements.
Liz and Falk.
Thanks Pat. For the life of me, I couldn't remember.
Fuggit ... here be mine.
1. Fidel Castro
2. Jerry Lewis
3. Michael Douglas
4. Muhammad Ali
5. Bob Barker
6. Ernest Borgnine
7. Sidney Poitier
8. Lindsey Lohan
9. Etta James
10. Dick Clark
1. Joe Paterno
2. John Madden
3. Roseann
4. Adele
5. Steven Tyler
6. Mickey Rourke
7. Samuel L Jackson
8. Emma Thompson
9. Dan Rather
10. Wesley Snipes
1 Mary Kate Olson
2 Joe Namath
3 Dick Cheney
4 Eve Plumb
5 Harrison Ford
6 Ron White
7 Jean Stapleton
8 Bob Woodward
9 Abe Vigoda
10 Chris Christie
I'm revising my strategy this year based on info I gleaned from
actuarial tables. As you live longer your life expectancy increases. A 64 y.o. person has a shorter life expectancy than a 75 year old person. A newborn has a shorter life expectancy than a 70 year old.
Last year my strategy was to pack the list with 90 year olds in otherwise good health. This year I am aiming lower in age and going for people with dodgy constitutions.
You can expect Zsa Zsa again and Ali, of course. I need to think a bit before my list is official.
Yes, and no.
A 65 year old is expected to live 17 more years. A 75 year old is expected to live 10 more years.
So if you pick a 75 year old, they are more likely to die in the next year than a 65 year old, but they are also more likely to be an older age when they die, because they already are an older age.
I'm revising my strategy this year based on info I gleaned from actuarial tables. As you live longer your life expectancy increases. A 64 y.o. person has a shorter life expectancy than a 75 year old person. A newborn has a shorter life expectancy than a 70 year old.
Last year my strategy was to pack the list with 90 year olds in otherwise good health. This year I am aiming lower in age and going for people with dodgy constitutions.
You can expect Zsa Zsa again and Ali, of course. I need to think a bit before my list is official.
Ft3, your strategy is in the wrong thread... it should be over
here... :rolleyes:
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Yes, and no.
A 65 year old is expected to live 17 more years. A 75 year old is expected to live 10 more years.
So if you pick a 75 year old, they are more likely to die in the next year than a 65 year old, but they are also more likely to be an older age when they die, because they already are an older age.
Right, I was thinking that a 65 y.o. in poor health is a better contender than an 85 y.o. who is swimming a few miles a day.
Note how many 90 y.o. on my list are still going strong, whereas...
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Mohamed Ali
Betty White
Stephen Hawkings
Queen Elizabeth II
Larry Flynt
Sophia Loren
Richard Dawson
Etta James
LaToya Jackson
Imma use and edit last years. People gotta die SOMETIME.
(What, I only had to replace ONE? I really need a rock star on here. Rock stars die a lot. But I don't want to replace anyone on here.)
1) Tara Reid
2) Phil Donahue
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
Margaret Thatcher
Christopher Lee
Fidel Castro
Micky Rooney
More to follow.
If you're not sure if somebody be dead, check here:
http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/pages-nf/main
That would be ... like work. :rolleyes:
Yabbut I'm often amazed to find I have no idea if someone died or not. I had to look up Bob Denver. Bob Denver, ffs. You think I'd know, almost intuitively, that Gilligan is no longer with us. :D
David Bowie
Whitney Houston
Bryan Bartlett "Bart" Starr
Kirk Douglas
Charles "Chuck" Wepner
Steven Adler
Etta James
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi
Hugo Chavez
Tawny Kitaen
Margaret Thatcher
Fidel Castro
Micky Rooney
Geoffrey Hughes
Prince Philip
Bill Tarmey
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Ronnie Biggs
Kirk Douglas
Clive Dunn
I suspect Prince P is gone already but they didn't want to spoil our Christmas ...
Orly?... interesting......
I suspect Prince P is gone already but they didn't want to spoil our Christmas ...
Stiff upper lip and all that?
Letting it ride. I'll be right eventually.
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
1. Miley Cyrus
2. Lindsey Lohan
3. Mary Kate Olsen
4. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
5. Dick Van Dyke
6. Ed Asner
7. Shane MacGowan
8. Steve Poltz
9. Rick Springfield
10. Axl Rose
*disclaimer: not a wish list, just calling it as I see it
I like that list second to mine. I was considering Asner but decided he's not deathly, just grouchy.
I figure one of those three girls is going to pile up a sportscar this year. Mahmoud is begging for a missile strike or a coup. Dick and Ed are just on the clock and finishing with drunk musicians is just a sensible play. I had to check on Shane, unbelievable that he keeps on.
I like that list second to mine. I was considering Asner but decided he's not deathly, just grouchy.
Nice play with Bart Starr. Thinking back, early steroid era football players might be a smart angle.
Yessir, well I was looking him up in the Wikipedia and saw this line:
He is one of five Green Bay Packers to have his number (15) retired by the team. The others are Tony Canadeo (3), Don Hutson (14), Ray Nitschke (66), and Reggie White (92). Of the five, only Starr is still living.
Good enough.
Prince Philip
Etta JAmes
Zsa Zsa
muhammad Ali
Jerry Lewis
Robin Gibb
saif gaddafi
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi
Billy Graham
Fuggit ... here be mine.
1. Fidel Castro
2. Jerry Lewis
3. Michael Douglas
4. Muhammad Ali
5. Bob Barker
6. Ernest Borgnine
7. Sidney Poitier
8. Lindsey Lohan
[COLOR="Red"]9. Etta James [/COLOR]
10. Dick Clark
Just read that Etta's breathing on her own again.
1. Betty White
2. Abe Vigoda
3. Arte Lange
4. Whitey Bulger
5. Mike Wallace
6. Fidel Castro
7. Stan Lee
8. Wilford Brimley
9. John Goodman
10. James Earl Jones
C-man, Sheldon, UT, Footer, 27 points for
Etta JamesRIP Etta, you are missed.
RIP - Will youtube some of her songs in honor...
Here's one.
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1. Etta JAmes
2. Zsa Zsa
3. muhammad Ali
4. Jerry Lewis
5. Robin Gibb
6. saif gaddafi
7. Abdelbaset al-Megrahi
8. Billy Graham
9. Prince Philip
Adding:
10. Joe Paterno
We need Monster here, stat.
No adding celebs after news which suggests their death is imminent, as in news reports that they are already dead, even if they are still dodging the coffin.
I'd accept it on 2 Jan, but 22 Jan is cheaty.
So there.
Prince Philip
Etta JAmes
Zsa Zsa
muhammad Ali
Jerry Lewis
Robin Gibb
saif gaddafi
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi
Bambi
Billy Graham
Is it a bigger cheat, though, than removing the one that didn't die in order to make room?
Sad that jo pa carked it, but totally predictable. How many points do I get?
Sent using magic.
He was 85. So that's 15 + 10 = 25 points ... I think.
First, link to the official rules from the start of the game, not the rules that you make up as you go along.
Second, I left #10 intentionally empty so I could add a promising candidate that might show up. I never removed anyone from my 2012 list, it has always been a list of 9.
third, eat me.
Is it a bigger cheat, though, than removing the one that didn't die in order to make room?
Ooh, I just saw what you did, cheeky gal.
He was 85. So that's 15 + 10 = 25 points ... I think.
111-85 = 26. For Jim.
Jury's out on f3......
fff ain't gettin squat in my book. He must think we're all mental nuts.
Like I said, it doesn't show anywhere in the rules that you can't add someone in the 11th hour. Just because I can think outside the box and had the foresight to leave a slot open for latecomers doesn't mean that you're not as good as me.
Because I am better than you means that you aren't as good as me.
I'll still win even without that pedo's points.
And if I don't get those points I will add another name to make my list of ten.
eat me.
with relish :yum:
oh, foot... you didnt just call Joe Pa a pedo, did you?
11th hour?
Do you mean 13th hour?
... or 22nd day? How many hours is that? (mental nut)
11th hour?
Do you mean 13th hour?
I added him before he died.
I wasn't trying to be serious.
To make a logical extension to your point though, then there's nothing to stop someone who hasn't entered yet from making their list by adding individuals as the year goes on and surely that would be against the spirit of the rules if not the letter.
On the other hand, if you add people in July you only have 6 months for them to hurry up and die instead of a full year. Your window is smaller. Not that it matters to me, because this game requires too long of an attention span for me to play. I voted against foot getting the points in the other thread, because I can't condone rewarding someone who has a long attention span and follows the news closely. That sort of person has their own rewards coming, and I feel they should help shoulder the burden for the less fortunate.
That's just it, I don't follow the news closely. I use wikipedia to generate my lists. I have no idea who a lot of those people are.
If Foot did something not specifically prohibited by the rules, and the only way he can be opposed is to fall back on some notion of honor or fairness, it seems like there's not a lot of footing there. I mean the game isn't exactly an honorable one. It's all about betting on people's deaths. I think he was clever and funny to think so quickly about this after the false news reports but before the death.
I have to say I agree. I don't want to, but I do. If I'm really honest, I presumed this was his plan when he only submitted 9 and it didn't bother me. I just didn't expect it to be so nicely handed over on a plate, but them's the breaks..... :lol: I couldn't care less either way, really.
Glatt and Monster FTW!
"'cause I am the greatest like Cassius Clay..."
Here is my revised list.
Please to retabulate
1) Tara Reid
2) Phil Donahue
3) Ann B Davis
4) Rauf Denktash
5) Etta James
6) Ernest Borgnine
7) Dick Cheney
8) Olivia de Havilland
9) Joe Paterno
10) Muhammad Ali
I don't care if you take the points, foot. I just don't like you calling Joe Pa a pedo. that's just wrongwrongwrong
and the nanny nanny boo boo reaction to being questioned about the ethics of the cheap points you're grabbing disappoint me as well. for shame shame shame.
it's like icing a kicker. legal, but shitty.
I hope you're happy.
tell me to eat you.
Listen, gang, it's not my game, it's not my fault and it's not worth trashing a silly amusing thread over. Couldn't we just leave it to f3 to decide whether he want to take the points or not in light of people's feeling on whether his approach was clever and/or morally indefensible. f3, I suspect you'd be complaining as loudly as anyone if a politician had done something similar to you. Maybe you should run for office, but that's a matter for a different forum. Karma will decide in the end :)
Jesus you guys. Since when has anyone taken anything I write on these boards seriously?
I don't even know what icing a kicker is anyway Jim, so definitely eat me.
And maybe Joe wasn't a pedo but he didn't work too hard to out the shower jockey, again, I don't follow the news or football.
umf. thought i had waited long enough for it to be decided before i laid the guilt down.
i really dont care... it's just a stoopit game. was just trying to make foot uncomfortable.
not everybody.
<snip>
I don't follow the news or football.
All work and no play makes...[COLOR="White"]F3 lots of $[/COLOR]
All work and no play makes...[COLOR="White"]F3 lots of $[/COLOR]
the coffee cup clean?
Hoo cares?
I thought Etta was pushing it, for what it's worth. But hoo fucking cares?
But let's not joke about it, ffs. :yawn:
Except for: everyone gets a trophy anyway, just for getting out of the car, right? I think it's nice to let others know what it's like to recieve all those awards they didn't get in school. Bless their wittle hearts. :lol:
OK, so I think we are all in agreement that I get the points, right?
:bolt:
I sold all my dead people to give you points
And you sold all your points to give me dead people.
The Death Pool of the Magi
;) :kisspink::biggrinlo
OK, for candy, I'll put my list back the way it was. :yum:
1) Tara Reid
2) Phil Donahue
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
Okay, I'm not serious about this game.
It's a little piece of fun.
And on the Cellar we didn't specify rules; in fact I remember objecting to a late entry before and being over-ruled.
However.
We used to play at work, for money.
£1 in the pot (metaphorically speaking) winner on points won the pot.
One joker to be played every year (under 50 or Clive Dunn).
Lists fixed by 1st January no changes no substitutions.
The best year came to about £12 as I recall - high stakes indeed! No, I never won.
Now I know that is not how we play here.
But my knee-jerk reaction is still that if someone is working on information received after 01.01.12, then they have an unfair advantage.
Of course it's not for money, and not even for bragging rights on here.
So I let it go. Have at it.
I just wanted to explain my reaction.
It's like going to someone's house where you win money on No Parking in Monopoly.
What, wait? You do it that way?
Just give him a *** after his tabulations.
1. footfootfoot
2. footfootfoot
3. footfootfoot
4. footfootfoot
5. footfootfoot
6. footfootfoot
7. footfootfoot
8. footfootfoot
9. footfootfoot
10. footfootfoot
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a 'phone call to make.
I've told them to make sure it does.
I'd like to make a motion to concede Joe Pa points to foot, and get on with the game.
Second, anyone?
So, what are the scores?
It's early in the year, and I have low hopes.
You say that like all the carping and bitching weren't an integral part of the game, but was it my Adonis DNA or my Tiger Blood that finally swayed you?
Carping and bitching are ALWAYS part of my game.
It's like we've just met. ;)
But I think it was your Carp DNA and your Bitch Blood that finally swayed me.
That's because I'm
WHINING!
Yea ME!!!
For Teh Whine!
GAWD I hope some celebrity hurries up and dies! :lol:
GAWD I hope some celebrity (not on fff's list)hurries up and dies! :lol:
FTFY
All Y'all might want to update your lists to include the exhausted nitrous huffer, Demi Moore.
This is an example of what I was talking about in a thread somewhere on the cellar about judging a woman's age. The hands never lie. A face that looks like it belongs on a 20 year old is betrayed by the hands.
So it was my hands you were looking at in RFN! :eyebrow:
She's a very pretty woman, but so many pictures i see she looks so harsh. A lot of it I attribute to that stick straight chisled features look that is popular, but she doesn't pull it off well. IMHO. In the posted pic, her hair is straight but she looks 'softer.' That might be due to the lack of a ton of makeup and the harsh lights they use for those things. She needs to soften her hair a bit, soften her look. I think she'd look way younger that way, than she does in the celebrity hobnobbin' photos I've seen.
And anyway...whip its? Really? I tried them in HS. Laughed my ass off for a minute. It was fun. It seems a bit silly for someone her (our) age to be doing.
But that's just the story out there. Who really knows? I saw her when she started on General Hospital. I loved Jackie Templeton! She's the reason we all started wearing thin braided bands in our hair/across our foreheads. Jackie, and her sister Laura Templeton (Janine Turner). :)
And of course being from that generation I loved St Elmo's Fire!
I hope she pulls it together.
So it was my hands you were looking at in RFN! :eyebrow:
Only because they were covering your other assets.
Robert Hegyes, played Epstein on 'Kotter,' dies
anyone have him? No? Well then can I put him on my list as number 1? LOL Wait I have no list...
:bolt:
Epstein? No! :(
Remember his excuse notes, signed "Epstein's mother"?
'Vana just make a goddamn list and join in
Robert Hegyes, played Epstein on 'Kotter,' dies
anyone have him? No? Well then can I put him on my list as number 1? LOL Wait I have no list...
:bolt:
I think the new game is just listing people as they die so you're our new leader!
Is it too late to add him to my list? :bolt:
I wish him love peace and everlasting soul....
What better tribute? :)
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Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image
were ravaged by drug use, has died. She was 48.
Publicist Kristen Foster said Saturday that the singer had died, but the cause and
the location of her death were unclear.
At her peak in the 1980s and '90s, Houston the golden girl of the music industry and one
of the world's best-selling artists.
Among her hits were "How Will I Know," "Saving All My Love for You" and "I Will Always
Love You." She won multiple Grammys including album and record of the year.
Her success carried her beyond music to movies like "The Bodyguard."
But by the end of her career, drug use took its toll as her record sales plummeted and her
voice became raspy and hoarse.
As far as I can see - UT is the only one with heron their list...
I'm so sorry for the rest of you that I have won this competition one month in.
Undertoad 90
Foot3 27.26
Sheldon 27
Classicmsn 27
Jim 26
Ain't no stopping the toad. I'm more shocked about Whitney than I was about Jackson.
Dayyam, but you people are fast. I just saw it when I turned on Judge Jeannine.
...there are points at stake.....
Is it wrong that when I saw this news blurb, I stopped what I was doing to check the celebrity death pool?
So very, very wrong. But only because she wasn't on my list.
1 Demi Moore 49yrs. 2.Billy Joel 62yr. 3 Michael Douglas 67 4 Barbara Bush 87yr. 5. Courtney Love. 6. margaret Thatcher 86.7 Billy Grahm93 8. Zsa Zsa Gabor 9. Angelina Jolie 36yr. 10 Lindsey Logan 25yr.
Nerdina! cool name. I love it. Will you ever revisit, I wonder? Welcome any way.
She must revisit in order to claim her points.
FUCK!
Wrong Sitar player. Shit.
Sitar maestro Shamim Ahmed Khan diesAt one point or another it happens to all of us.
She must revisit in order to claim her points.
Unclaimed points must be reported to the State within twelve months.....
At one point or another it happens to all of us.
It's understandable; they all sound alike.
Nerdina! cool name. I love it. Will you ever revisit, I wonder? Welcome any way.
Hi Monster, You can stop wondering! I am here now. Thank you Nerdina
6. margaret Thatcher 86.
That would be such a perfect timing. The movie has just been released... Maybe the producers can talk her into it.
I had Frank Carson in 2006, '07 and '08.
Four years later he finally karks it.
Shame.
Who is Lyndsey Logan? :eyebrow:
I dunno, but I bet she can run.
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Was it wrong of me to say hi Pam to Nerdina privately?
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Nobody has him, this is the place to be irreverent about dead celebs. Here's a better thread for actual sadness and tributes:
http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=24383&highlight=famous+dead
kthxbai
I tributed him here with my favorite Brady Bunch episode, and I mocked him in the "HONORABLE POST" thread?
I need a program.
Like a 12 step thing, or..?
Yeah, twelve steps...that's how many to emerge from the basement. Isn't it?
Yeah, twelve steps...that's how many to emerge from the basement. Isn't it?
Yes, but you must walk ominously and slowly, with real
spooky music playing.
Once you make to the kitchen door, you get a token!
Once you make to the kitchen door, you get a token!
As long as you can squeeze through the cat flap
...cat flap
Is that a euphemism? ;)
Mum was talking about Davy Jones last night. I'd misremembered the story when I mentioned it a while ago. He was the one who asked mum out. She danced with him a couple of times.
Your mum went on a date with Davy Jones?! That's awesome!
I'm sorry for the family's loss but I won't be a hypocrite and say I'm sorry he's dead. He did so much damage to good people and organizations.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/73493.htmlSheldon, would you please stop posting death announcements in this thread? Pretty please? If it's something you just must do to be irritating, then fine, I'll just ignore it like the other irritants around here. But really, I had you pegged as smarter than that. I will be disappoint.
If you just hadn't realised it's clogging up the thread with non death pool stuff, then please and thanks and there is a link to a more appropriate thread above.
Sheldon, would you please stop posting death announcements in this thread? Pretty please? If it's something you just must do to be irritating, then fine, I'll just ignore it like the other irritants around here. But really, I had you pegged as smarter than that. I will be disappoint.
If you just hadn't realised it's clogging up the thread with non death pool stuff, then please and thanks and there is a link to a more appropriate thread above.
I don't read everyones lists so I don't know who is or isn't on them so that's why I post them here.
I'll just post in another thread from now on.
much appreciated. Also because here we like to be a little "irreverent" sometimes people who are genuinely mourning celebs get upset about it. This way they don't have to see the "inappropriate glee" if they don't want to :)
Ravi Shankar off to that great gig in the sky:
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/noted-musician-ravi-dies-at-85/237097-8-66.html
110 - 85 = 25 for the footmeister!
bringing me up to
Undertoad 90
Foot3 52.29
Sheldon 27
Classicmsn 27
Jim 26
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Are you sure you have the right Ravi?
Alive (as of 3/7/2012)
Take back them points, Quickstraw.
What are you talking about anyway? When was there a Ravioli Canker on your list?
Originally Posted by footfootfoot
1. Etta JAmes
2. Zsa Zsa
3. muhammad Ali
4. Jerry Lewis
5. Robin Gibb
6. saif gaddafi
7. Abdelbaset al-Megrahi
8. Billy Graham
9. Prince Philip
Adding:
10. Joe Paterno
Shit. I think I had him last year and never took him off my google news feed.
damn. I'll settle for half points for him, in that case.
:bolt:
It's not him though, not the sitar player from your YouTube clip, it's a different Ravi altogether that died today.
So wait, now he's claiming people that aren't on his list and aren't dead?
some things never change....
Well, so you did. You know I had to check. ;)
Originally Posted by footfootfoot
Julian Assange
Steve Jobs
Zsa Zsa
adding
Sun Myung Moon
Elliot Reed
Ravi Shankar
Maureen O'hara
Carole Channing
Abe Vigoda
Farley Mowat
He's still not dead though.
It's not him though, not the sitar player from your YouTube clip, it's a different Ravi altogether that died today.
No, that is the right Ravi Shankar but the clip is about 40 years old. The same Ravi Shankar that banged a groupie to produce what's her name? the singer...
Nora Jones
@ monster: All's fair in love and war.
He's still not dead though.
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[FONT="Verdana"]ETA: Rhianne FTW!!!11!11!![/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE]
Damn! Who knew there were so many Ravi Shankars? Is that Bengali for John Smith?
So, I guess in this case I'll have to settle for only 6 points. :(
So, I guess in this case I'll have to settle for only 6 points. :(
Ok. But I didn't have him on my list, either. So, since he isn't dead, I'll settle for 6 points, too. :D
Yes, but you don't NOT have him on your list, so I think you get 9 points.
This is like how North Korea negotiates for food aid.
I had Ravi oli for dinner. I'll take 23 points.
I had Ravi oli for dinner. I'll take 23 points.
Ravioli, with tomato sauce,
cheese 8 pieces with 1/2 cup sauce = 16
meat 8 pieces with 1/2 cup sauce = 14
You had seconds, didn't you?
Does anyone have Gallagher?
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It's a lot of pressure, having to have been not funny all those years.
It's a lot of pressure, having to have been not funny all those years.
Thank you! God, thank you thank you thank you. I wanted to say something, anything...
Because really. Not funny.
...trying to wake on his own...?
Maybe he'll have more success with that than trying to be funny on his own
I've heard about comedians dying on stage, but that was a bit much ... Damn shame, too. Tiny bar in an obscure suburb in Texas. Whole place must have been the splash zone.
Anybody, you know, besides me, have Mike Wallace?
Died last night.
Undertoad 90
Foot3 27.26
Sheldon 27
Classicman 27
Jim 26
Gravdigr 18
Make sure you put him firmly in his place, there...... Can't have these young whippersnappers getting overly confident with their first blood! :lol:
monster 91
Undertoad 90
Classicman 56
Wolf 29
Foot3 27.26
Sheldon 27
Jim 26
Gravdigr 18
:(
Thanks for New Year's Rockin' Eve when I was young, Dick.
But look at those scores! I've not killed ANYONE?
monster 91
Undertoad 90
Infinite monkey 57
Classicman 56
Wolf 29
Foot3 27.26
Sheldon 27
Jim 26
Gravdigr 18
No one on my list is dead.
mine either. But musn't discriminate against the necrosally-challenged.
I guess I don't understand the points system.
edit: D'oh. I see whut you did thar. I'm dense! :lol:
Well, I secretly replaced some of your list with drooling zombies, and as they're not quite dead it leads to a disturbance in the point calculation field.
I have a whole evening with no taxi service to perform. I'm thinking of having a beer right now!!!!!!! I want to start a barbie, but (a) I think we don't have charcoal and (b) it needs assembling. I feel like i'm playing hookey! Oh the cellar is so in trouble tonight.......
I saw on your FB that you are moving to California, btw. Congratulations, check your PMS.
Who, me? I haven't been on basefook for ages! Is someone impersonating me?
I have a beer right now. I'm celebrating a light at the end of a tunnel!
29 points for wolf and classic for Dick Clark
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17763412
Maybe its a sign of the apocalypse - without Dick.
I finally got one!
A friend of mine's dad was his sound and studio engineer in Philadelphia, during the bandstand years. They maintained contact even after Dick left the area.
New Year's Eve will never be the same.
Anyone have Greg Ham from Men At Work?
http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=722176
No, I know no one did but I can't find the thread where you announce dead people without being particularly bummed about it. I searched thread titles for 'celebrity' and 'celebrities' so it must not be an intuitive title.
Oh, shit. I'm bummed. I love Men at Work.
Anyone have Greg Ham from Men At Work?
http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=722176
No, I know no one did but I can't find the thread where you announce dead people without being particularly bummed about it. I searched thread titles for 'celebrity' and 'celebrities' so it must not be an intuitive title.
Have you tried 'died', or, 'dead'?
ETA: Or 'person'?
Everybody "Safety Dance"!!
ETA: Derp.
Have you tried 'died', or, 'dead'?
ETA: Or 'person'?
No. I did try 'e' but it came back with the results of all the threads in the cellar. :rolleyes:
Everybody "Safety Dance"!!
Wrong 80s band. Or did that guy die too?
Who Can it Be Now?
That was Men Without Hats, wasn't it?
edit: googled. Yep.
Well, they were men.
Close enough.
:lol2:
At least you didn't call them Boys II Men!
Musicians are dropping like hotcakes.
Did anyone have Levon Helm from The Band?
The original Barnabus Collins (Johnathon Frid...sp?) Died today too. Weird.
Funny, I mailed those parcels nearly a month ago....
:eek:
:lol:
Didn't take long.
The original Barnabus Collins (Johnathon Frid...sp?) Died today too. Weird.
Another of my favorites, gone. Someone must have showed him the movie trailer.
Another of my favorites, gone. Someone must have showed him the movie trailer.
A friend of mine said the same thing. :)
Go to the light Robin, go to the light...
Another of my favorites, gone. Someone must have showed him the movie trailer.
Hopefully it wasn't the part where he has his cameo.
He has a cameo? Oh by all that is good and true in the world, that just shouldn't happen.
[COLOR="White"]And now I may actually have to see that piece of loose, watery crap.[/COLOR]
monster 91
Undertoad 90
Infinite monkey 57
Classicman 56
Foot3 53.26
Wolf 29
Sheldon 27
Jim 26
Gravdigr 18
The Big Finish site had a little news piece on Frid's death. He revoiced the role of Barnabas in one of their DS audio plays in 2010:
It is with sadness that we report the passing of Jonathan Frid, who died peacefully last week at the age of 87. As vampire Barnabas Collins, he created a truly enduring character and cemented Dark Shadows' place as a pop culture phenomenon. Big Finish was lucky enough to work with Jonathan on the 2010 audio drama The Night Whispers, which featured his one and only return to the role that made him famous.
Stuart Manning, who wrote and produced the CD, remembers: "Working with Jonathan was an unforgettable experience. Even in his eighties he was still a force to be reckoned with, but with a twinkle too. And he still had tremendous fondness for old Barnabas. Recording the play was a daunting prospect for him, having been retired for a long period, but he was utterly committed to doing the character and our script justice. Simply, it was an honour to play a part in letting him become Barnabas one last time."
Our condolences go out to Jonathan's friends and family.
Abdel Basset Ali Megrahi, a Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, died Sunday. He was 60.
When the one-year anniversary of his release passed, some who visited him said Megrah bitterly mused that the world was rooting for him to die.
Yes, but not for the reason he thought...
111-60=51 points for FFF bringing his score up to 104.26
Undertoad 141
Foot3 78.26
Classicman 56
monster 51
Rhianne 51
Wolf 29
Sheldon 27
Jim 26
Gravdigr 18
Very happy to claim those points. Good Riddance.
although foot3 didn't have his full name on his list, so maybe doesn't get full points? :lol:
Well I ran the scores by our Humor und Morality Panel (HuMP) and they felt that it was offensive and not amusing for you to have points. So sorry.
This was victory but not justice. A major world terrorist dies a free man in his country of origin. The dictator he was played as a pawn for was killed in revolution before "about to die" Megrahi's final breath. It's merely the last slap in the face to the dead of Lockerbie and their living families and friends.
I know no-one here, the country in which the crime was committed, who believes the man was actually guilty. Personaly I have no idea either way but the evidence used to convict him was frankly ridiculous.
More importantly, thanks for the points!
Yeah. The evidence was shoddy, and mishandled.
Abdel Basset Ali Megrahi, a Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, died Sunday. He was 60.
Good Riddance.
Seconded. I wish they'd wrapped him in bacon and buried him in a hog lot.
foot3 had gibb. Another 49 points. 100 point in one day -that's kind of greedy, don't you think?
Undertoad 141
Foot3 127.26
Classicman 56
monster 51
Rhianne 51
Wolf 29
Sheldon 27
Jim 26
Gravdigr 18
Greedo? Han shot first!
And since you persist in denying points for Paterno, then I feel like I should be allowed to pick a new tenth person. Since it is almost June, I would agree to prorating any points for the tenth person at 50% of face value.
Is that fair?
you have points for paterno.
you have points for paterno.
Oh. Well in that case, never mind. But Han still shot first.
He can get tablets for that these days, you know
I was thinking since I didn't get points for whosiwhatsis Paterno, I'll add Mubarik to my list. His name sounds a bit like the other guy who didn't die, but was also on my list, Norah Jones' dad, Shankar guy.
So, I'll add Mubarak for my 10th spot.
Can someone post the scores on the doors?
scores?
aren't you keeping score over in the mental nuts thread? and now you want someone else to keep score for you???
Imma use and edit last years. People gotta die SOMETIME.
(What, I only had to replace ONE? I really need a rock star on here. Rock stars die a lot. But I don't want to replace anyone on here.)
1) Tara Reid
2) Phil Donahue
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
1. Benedict XVI
2. Ian Brady
3. Fidel Castro
4. Abdelbaset Mohmed Ali al-Megrahi
5. Mohammed Ali
6. Aretha Franklin
7. Geoffrey Hughes
8. Patrick Moore
9. Barack Obama
10. Vera Lynn
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19032928Typical.
Had the bugger last year.
RIP Eddie Yates.
Storming into 3rd with 94 now.....
shit piss and corruption.
I had Rev. Moon last year.
Don't you still have a spot available? I thought you kept your list in Hermione's Handbag?
You are a great mind, Dr. M
Well none of the guys i booted of my list from last year have karked it yet...... I can't even lose in style
Typical.
Had the bugger last year.
RIP Eddie Yates.
Turns out I actually did have Geoffrey Hughes this year, I just got my list in during 2011.
So I claim:
Geoffrey Hughes - 43
Clive Dunn - 19
Bill Tarmey - 41
103Hector Camacho was just taken off life support in PR. Helluva fighter but couldn't keep his life together. Maybe next year I'll go with aging boxers.
Today. Patrick Moore, 89.
22 points
I know.
I had him last year...
I'm not sad he's gone though, he seemed to have made peace with his oncoming death. I saw more than one interview where he said his failing health prevented him from enjoying anything that had made his life worth living.
"I know.
I had him last year..."
Not in the biblical sense I hope :rotflol:
What do you think he died of? ;)
Time to start lining up your lists.......
Sundae has lots of vacancies on hers, Wolf has found a new vocation -celebs pay to be on her list......
Anyone kicked off my list is guaranteed to die -I take responsibility for Seve Ballesteros, Michael Jackson and Amy Winehouse.....
List 10 celebs who will die in 2012 -must be important enough that their deaths are reported by the national news sources in your country. Score 111-their age at death points for each hit, amputations will be prorated.
I'm starting with:
1. Maggie Thatcher
2. Zsa Zsa Gabor
rest to follow.....
3. Prince Phillip
4. Aretha Franklin
5. Liz Dawn
6. Ronnie Biggs
7. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi
8. Nelson Mandela
9. Muhammed Ali
10. Dick Cheney
So this year I have condemed The Hoff and the Dougli
Mandela and Thatcher both batting hard for me in the final inning.....
what?
Somebody on my list died, but i never figured out the algorithm to tally my points. I want my dead credit, dammit!
I was leafing through a' tribute' issue of some magazine while standing in line at the grocery and i kept thinking: oh my, i forgot that one died. It was rather sobering to my middle-age 'they're dropping like hotcakes' sensibility.
I remembered. It was Borgnine.
Undertoad 141
Foot3 127.26
Sundae 103
Classicman 56
Rhianne 73
monster 51
Wolf 29
Sheldon 27
Jim 26
Gravdigr 18
Infinite Monkey 16
Unless Geoffrey Hughes has returned from the grave I demand more points.
have you tried asking nicely?
Undertoad 141
Foot3 127.26
Rhianne 116
Sundae 103
Classicman 56
monster 51
Wolf 29
Sheldon 27
Jim 26
Gravdigr 18
Infinite Monkey 16
Prince Philip
Etta JAmes 111-73 =38
Zsa Zsa
muhammad Ali
Jerry Lewis
Robin Gibb 111-62 =49
saif gaddafi
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi 111-60 =51
Billy Graham
joe paterno 111-85 = 26
38
49
51
26
164
(or 138 if Paterno is out)