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Thread: Circus: 2013 Celebrity Death Pool: Kicking the Dust, Biting the Bucket
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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Yes, it's that time of year again: time to pick up your copies of trashy celebrity rumor mags and place your bets on who's going to shuffle off this mortal coil in the forthcoming year. Now in it's tenth year on the Ship, we're going to celebrate this auspicious anniversary by keeping things pretty much exactly the same as they have been! Those of you who have been with us before should know the rules, and those of you who haven't may have played this before elsewhere, but, just because we'll need them, here follows the Official Posting of the Official Rules: quote:
1. You must pick 13 well-known people whom you think will shuffle off this mortal coil in 2013. That is, starting from 00.01 UTC (GMT, really) on January 1st 2013 and ending at 23.59 UTC on December 31st 2013, as determined by the United States Naval Observatory.
2. The definition of "well-known" is that their deaths will be reported by at least one major news outlet. Examples outlets include (but are not limited to) The Guardian, CNN, IMDB, Al Jezeera, or the Church Times(!).
3. All selections must be real, natural born people. No fictional characters, abstract entities, or "corporate persons," please.
4. Points are awarded according to the following formula: 100 minus the celebrity's age at the time of death. For example, if the person you choose dies at the age of 67, you will earn 33 points. Should you pick someone who is 100 years old when they die, you will receive no points; should your person be over 100, you will lose a point for every year after 100.
5. You earn 50 bonus points if the death occurs in such a way as to clearly prove the existence of God (for example, if some doofus dies from burns after trying to torch a church), or in such a way that a Darwin Award is granted posthumously.
6. You cannot choose anyone under the age of 18.
7. You can choose an inmate scheduled to be executed, but you only earn points if the person dies by some means other than the state-sponsored execution. For example, a shiv in the stomach counts, lethal injection does not.
8. You are disqualified if you contribute in any way to the death of one of your chosen candidates. Exceptions will be made if you are a police officer or member of the armed services and kill someone in the line of duty.
9. All entries must be submitted on this thread no later than 23.59 UTC on December 31st 2012. No entries will be accepted after this time. You may however make changes to your list up until this time, but only if someone pops their clogs before the beginning of the year or you've put someone in twice.
There are also a couple of bonus awards:
Inside Track with the Grim Reaper Award: given for picking the first death of 2013.
Quantity Not Quality Award: given for picking the most people who croak in 2013, regardless of their points value.
Sudden Death: given for picking the last death of 2013
Also, because we've been running this for ten years, we've learned that the same questions and complaints get lodged each time, so here's the disclaimer: this is only a game. The Ship, its management, and their associated lackeys do not necessarily endorse the death any human being. One should not necessarily view this as a "wish list;" reviewing past years will show that, at any rate, truly evil and nasty dictators seem to have a habit of lingering, while those figures we truly respect and admire often don't. The Circus is a place for games, not discussion of the rights or wrongs of those games; if you want to discuss the ethics of this one, there are other places you can do that.
Now then. I think it's time to find me a copy of US Weekly and get playing!
(And PeteC, I changed the title just for you. Happy now?)
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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Death List for 2013
1. Billy Graham (an American evangelist)
2. George H, Bush (Satan)
3. James Earl Carter
4. George W. Bush (Spawn of Satan)
5. Robert Mugabe
6. H.R.H The Prince Philip (just because)
7. HM the Queen (her kiss of life from her devoted subject)
8. Knowlton Nash (CBC News Presenter)
9. Margaret Hilda, Baroness Thatcher (the Bloody Baron – isn’t she dead yet?
10. Lloyd Robertson (CTV news presenter)
11. Stephen Hawking (well he’s a medical miracle, he’s gotta go sometime!)
12.The Countess Mountbatten of Burma (she’s getting a little long in the tooth)
13. Princess Alexandra, Dowager Lady Ogilvy
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Welease Woderwick
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Here's my little list - and there's precious few of them that would be missed!
1. Rupert Murdoch.
2. General Than Shwe.
3. L K Advani.
4. Margaret Hilda Thatcher.
5. Newt Gingrich.
6. Jean Marie LePen.
7. Robert Mugabe.
8. Raj Thackeray.
9. Pat Robertson.
10. Ian Paisley.
11. Mitt Romney.
12. Gerry Adams.
13. Philip Mountbatten.
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Piglet
Islander
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Here goes, in no particular order:
1. Robert Mugabe
2. HM Queen Elizabeth II (please not)
3. HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
4. Baroness Thatcher
5. Nelson Mandela
6. Fidel Castro
7. Rupert Murdoch
8. Pope Benedict XVI
9. The Rev'd. Ian Paisley
10. Michael J. Fox
11. Pete Doherty
12. David Bowie
13. Justin Bieber (is he 18 yet?)
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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quote:
13. Justin Bieber (is he 18 yet?)
19 next March.
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
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1. Billy Graham
2. Margaret Thatcher
3. HM Queen Elizabeth II
4. Lindsey Lohan
5. Robert Mugabe
6. Donald Sinden
7. Nelson Mandela
8. Bernie Eccleston
9. Prince Philip
10. Stephen Hawking
11. John McCain
12. Ian Paisley
13. Bill Treacher
This is largely unchanged since last year. Which just shows how well I do in this game.
If I keep playing it, I have to score with some of them eventually. Surely?
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balaam
Making an ass of myself
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I forgot to enter last year, so here is my all new list.
1 Mahmoud Abbas - Palastinian leader (disputed)
2 Aziz Duwaik - Palastinian Leader (disputed)
3 B B King - greatest living guitarist
4 Charlie Watts - because Keith is indestructible
5 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
6 Baron Kinnock - (Neil Kinnock - former Labour leader)
7 Stephen Hawking
8 Terry Pratchett
9 Sir Paul McCartney
10 Xi Jinping - Chinese leader
11 Jean-Marie Le Pen - French NF former leader
12 Hugo Chavez - President of Venezuela
13 Dame Judy Dench
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Caissa
Shipmate
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I'll play the same numbers again.
1. Hugo Chavez
2. Ariel Sharon
3. P.D. James
4. Duke of Edinburgh
5. Robert Mugabe
6. Jimmy Carter
7. George H.W. Bush
8. Nelson Mandela
9. Margaret Thatcher
10. Billy Graham
11. Bashar Al-Assad
12. Fidel Castro
13. Stephen Hawking
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Jack the Lass
Ship's airhead
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1. Margaret Thatcher
2. Robert Mugabe
3. Brad Pitt
4. Nelson Mandela
5. Ion Iliescu (former President of Romania)
6. Katie Price (aka Jordan)
7. Nick Clegg
8. Duke of Edinburgh
9. Bob Geldof
10. Stephen Fry
11. George Michael
12. Pope Benedict
13. Alex Ferguson
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Spike
Mostly Harmless
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1. Margaret Thatcher
2. Prince Philip
3. Nelson Mandela
4. John Noakes
5. Muhammed Ali
6. Ken Dodd
7. Ronnie Corbett
8. Kylie Minogue
9. Brian Cant
10. Michael Aspel
11. Liz Smith
12. Denis Healey
13. Jasper Carrott
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Imersge Canfield
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My hypothetical list (no hard feelings)
1. Antolin Scalia
2. Joseph Ratzinger
3. Anthony M Kennedy
4. Prince Philip
5. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
6. Margaret Thatcher
7. Stephen G Breyer
8. Sandra Day O'Connor
9. Bruce Forsythe
10. John Paul Stevens
11. George Bush (snr)
12. George Carey
13. Lady Trumpington
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Niteowl
Hopeless Insomniac
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My picks for the coming year:
1. Lindsay Lohan
2. Katt Williams
3. Zsa Zsa Gabor
4. George H.W. Bush
5. Hugo Chavez
6. Margaret Thatcher
7. Keith Richards
8. Courtney Love
9. George Michael
10. Muhammad Ali
11. Billy Graham
12. Aretha Frankllin
13. Kirk Douglas
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Tree Bee
Ship's tiller girl
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Here we go:
1. Danny Baker
2. Felix Dennis
3. Michael Douglas
4. Michael J Fox
5. Aretha Franklin
6. Dave Gahan
7. Johnny Halliday
8. Clive James
9. George Michael
10.Liza Minnelli
11.Reg Presley
12.Phil Spector
13.Michael Winner
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St. Gwladys
Shipmate
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Here's my 13:
1 Shirley Bassey
2 Duke of Edinburgh
3 Kirk Douglas
4 Steven Hawkings
5 Tom Jones
6 Terry Pratchett
7 Nelson Mandela
8 Margaret Thatcher
9 Ronnie Wood
10 Cliff Richard
11 Mugabe
12 Rod Stewart
and 13 - Fred Phelps. Do I get the 50 bonus points if he is assasinated, particularly if it's by a church member?
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
# 64
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quote:
Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
and 13 - Fred Phelps. Do I get the 50 bonus points if he is assasinated, particularly if it's by a church member?
Anyone who assassinated him would get hundreds of bonus points from the whole of Christendom.
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
# 4544
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quote:
Originally posted by Imersge Canfield:
My hypothetical list (no hard feelings)
1. Antolin Scalia
2. Joseph Ratzinger
3. Anthony M Kennedy
4. Prince Philip
5. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
6. Margaret Thatcher
7. Stephen G Breyer
8. Sandra Day O'Connor
9. Bruce Forsythe
10. John Paul Stevens
11. George Bush (snr)
12. George Carey
13. Lady Trumpington
I take it you think Obama will be putting a whole new spin on SCOTUS? ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Campbellite
Ut unum sint
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Unless someone kicks the dust in the next two weeks, my 2012 list got skunked. nevertheless, this is my list for 2013:
Stephen Hawking
Muhammad Ali
Ethan Zohn
Terry Pratchett
Charlie Sheen
Hugo Chavez
Hamid Karzai
Scott Hamilton
Michael J. Fox
Mike Tyson
Pete Doherty
Lindsay Lohan
Lance Armstrong
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Suffering for Jesus since 1966.
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Campbellite
Ut unum sint
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quote:
Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
I take it you think Obama will be putting a whole new spin on SCOTUS?
One can certainly hope. ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
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Piglet
Islander
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quote:
Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
quote:
Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
and 13 - Fred Phelps. Do I get the 50 bonus points if he is assasinated, particularly if it's by a church member?
Anyone who assassinated him would get hundreds of bonus points from the whole of Christendom.
... but be disqualified under the terms of Rule 8. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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quote:
Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
and 13 - Fred Phelps. Do I get the 50 bonus points if he is assassinated, particularly if it's by a church member?
Only if it's because of a gay sex induced heart attack.
Okay, I've actually been leafing through celebrity gossip mags, etc., so I think reading that trash balances out any bad karma from playing this.
1. Ke$ha
2. Katy Perry
3. Lindsy Lohan (cleaned up her act, but still a bad driver)
4. Jay-Z
5. Brittany Spears
6. Gary Dourdan
7. Shia Labouf
8. Alex Lifeson (guitar player for Rush)
9. Keith Richards
10. Barack Obama
11. Justin Bieber
12. Fidel Castro
13. Hilary Clinton
(Slight change in the lineup there . . .)
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
# 4544
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Ariston: quote:
Lindsy Lohan (cleaned up her act, but still a bad driver)
She's also a bad liar to police.
Poor girl. Unlike Spears, she doesn't have anyone in the corner of sanity in her life.
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Matt Black
Shipmate
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1. Lindsey Lohan
2. Maggie Thatcher
3. Phil the Greek
4. Nelson Mandela (hope he makes it to New Year!)
5. Clive James
6. Bob Mugabe
7. Cheryl Cole
8. Freddie Starr
9. Jimmy Carter
10. George H W Bush
11. Keith Richard (cos he is mortal!)
12. Father Palsy (Ian Richard Kyle Paisley)
13. Geoffrey Howe-come-he's-still-alive
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The Rogue
Shipmate
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If anyone's interested, sixteen people have cast their votes (?) so far and the most popular (?) celebrities are the Duke of Edinburgh and Margaret Thatcher with eleven nominations each. Robert Mugabe, Nelson Mandella and Stephen Hawking follow with nine, eight and seven respectively. In total one hundred and twenty two people are on at least one list.
If nobody's interested please ignore my post.
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
# 4544
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1. Lindsay Lohan
2. Fidel Castro
3. Stephen Hawking
4. Rush Limbaugh
5. Mary Tyler Moore
6. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (president of Somalia)
7. Larry Flint
8. Hamid Karzai
9. Brooke Mueller (Charlie Sheen's ex)
10. Michael Douglas
11. Bret Michaels
12. Dick Cheney
13. Tatum O'Neal
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Hedgehog
Ship's Shortstop
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Similar to last year, with one substitution for the only one I called correctly.
From oldest to youngest:
(1) Betty White
(2) Henry Kissinger
(3) Pope Benedict XVI
(4) James Garner (the actor, not the politician)
(5) Helmut Kohl
(6) Jim Bunning
(7) Emperor Akihito
(8) Tom Baker
(9) Henry "Hank" Aaron
(10) Bob Dylan
(11) Hulk Hogan
(12) Macaulay Culkin
(13) Lindsay Lohan
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ChaliceGirl
Shipmate
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1. Margaret Thatcher
2. Billy Graham
3. Nelson Mandela
4. George Herbert Walker Bush
5. Lindsay Lohan
6. Fidel Castro (I think he may be secretly dead already)
7. Pope Benedict XVI
8. Barbara Bush (wife of GHW Bush)
9. Zsa Zsa Gabor (I can't believe she's still around!)
10. Prince Phillip
11. Charlie Sheen (famous for drug use and "winning"
12. Betty White (though I hope not)
13. Chris Christie (US Governor of New Jersey and very overweight)
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St Everild
Shipmate
# 3626
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Never played this before...so here goes...
Nelson Mandela
The Duke of Edinburgh
Terry Pratchett
Margaret Thatcher
George Bush (Sen)
George W Bush
Jimmy Carter
Michael Douglas (married to Catherine Zeta Jones)
The Pope
Mick Jagger
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Hedgehog
Ship's Shortstop
# 14125
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quote:
Originally posted by St Everild:
Never played this before...so here goes...
Nelson Mandela
The Duke of Edinburgh
Terry Pratchett
Margaret Thatcher
George Bush (Sen)
George W Bush
Jimmy Carter
Michael Douglas (married to Catherine Zeta Jones)
The Pope
Mick Jagger
You get 3 more selections! 13 choices.
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Light User
Apprentice
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1) Sister Wendy Beckett
2) Doris Lessing
3) King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
4) Rabbi Lionel Blue
5) Princess Lilian of Sweden
6) Ian Brady
7) Tom Finney
8) Anthony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon
9) Diana Athill
10) Dave Swarbrick
11) Lord Carrington
12) Sir George Martin
13) Tariq Aziz
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The Rogue
Shipmate
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A bit more analysis:
Margaret Thatcher and Prince Philip are still the front runners for the obituary sections.
Twenty one people have submitted lists although St Everild is currently generously handicapping him/her self.
If everyone on all the lists were to snuff it on the first of January Ariston would win, having chosen younger candidates.
If I keep on doing these posts I might actually remember to put up my own list this year.
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Heavenly Anarchist
Shipmate
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1 Margaret Thatcher
2 Prince Philip
3 Tom Baker
4 David Hasselhoff
5 Stephen Hawking
6 Bruce Forsythe
7 Macaulay Culkin
8 Robert Mugabe
9 Archbishop Desmond Tutu
10 Rev Ian Paisley
11 Nelson Mandela
12 Ozzy Osbourne
13 Mary - Kate Olsen
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Hedgehog
Ship's Shortstop
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quote:
Originally posted by The Rogue:
If everyone on all the lists were to snuff it on the first of January Ariston would win, having chosen younger candidates.
I am really conflicted about this. On the one hand, I've been wanting to know who would win if everybody snuffed it. On the other hand, I am appalled that anybody would actually waste their time figuring it out. How do I say "thank you" and "get a life" at the same time??
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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Short answer: most everybody on my list is under 60, some under 25. It's pretty conspicuous, so it's not like it'd take much time to notice it. I've thought about changing out one or two people for someone older, but . . . naaaaaaah, I'm stickin' with my story.
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Japes
Shipmate
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Much as last year with one alteration.
- Margaret Thatcher
- Fred Phelps
- Val Doonican
- Michael Douglas
- Bruce Forsyth
- Barry Manilow
- Robert Mugabe
- Ennio Morricone
- Ian Paisley
- Terry Pratchett
- William Roache
- Anne Robinson
- Delia Smith
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Og: Thread Killer
Ship's token CN Mennonite
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Ian Paisley
Steve Guttenburg (used to be actor)
Nelson Mandela
Robert Mugabe
Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington(token old dude)
Charles Aznavour
Shane MacGowan
Charles Taylor
Rihanna (token pop star)
Richard Rush (movie director)
Susannah York
Tom Baker
Hugo Chavez
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lilBuddha
Shipmate
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One member closer to a complete Odd Couple reunion.
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
# 10422
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quote:
Originally posted by Og: Thread Killer:
Charles Taylor
Which one? There are several reasonably well-known in certain circles,
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
# 64
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quote:
Originally posted by Og: Thread Killer:
Rihanna (token pop star)
So you don't count Shane McGowan as a pop star?
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Og: Thread Killer
Ship's token CN Mennonite
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
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Originally posted by Og: Thread Killer:
Charles Taylor
Which one? There are several reasonably well-known in certain circles,
Liberian dude
And the Pogues never were pop.
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Given that no-one on my list managed to die last year, they should really be paying me a little retainer for having kept them alive. Therefore, I'm going to be terribly unimaginative and list the same people again:
Queen Elizabeth II
Urban Meyer
Katy Perry
Dale Earnhartt Jnr
Cardinal Rigali
Thabo Mbeki
Joe Donnelly
Keith Richards
Vera Lynn
Helen Mirren
Sir Peter Tapsell
Clint Eastwood
Bruce Forsyth
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For those who prefer a bit of science in their predictions, this might be of interest. Apparently rock stars that became famous before 1980 are expected to reach an age of 39 in Europe, 45 in North America. Every fifth North American solo artist dies at a young age - Justin Bieber is sure to make it to my list this year.
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The Rogue
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My list (only the second I have ever posted because I have forgotten so many times) is:
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Ethan Zohn
Brooke Burke
Rosie O'Donnell
Melanie Griffith
Martina Navratilova
Sharon Osbourne
David Cassidy
Terry Jones
Judy Blume
Dustin Hoffman
Burt Reynolds
Nelle Harper Lee
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Russell Brand
Jimmy Carter
Fidel Castro
Sir Henry Cecil
Duke of Edinburgh
Bruce Forsyth
Dawn French
Gary Glitter
Denis Healey
Lindsay Lohan
Salman Rushdie
Peter Salllis
Margaret Thatcher
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I changed most of my list this year. Therefore, the ones not making it to this list are doomed.
1. Billy Graham
2. Philip Mountbatten
3. Michael J. Fox
4. Justin Bieber
5. George H W Bush
6. B B King
7. Stephen Hawking
8. Pope Benedict
9. Muhammed Ali
10. Courtney Love
11. Charlie Sheen
12. Lindsay Lohan
13. Helen Mirren
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Okay, here we are again. My somewhat eclectic list:
Tony Iommi
Ian Paisley
Clive James
Liz Dawn
Hugo Chavez
Nelson Mandela
Margaret Thatcher
Sharon Osborne
Richard Attenborough
George H. W. Bush
Hosni Mubarak
The Duke of Edinburgh
Ronnie Biggs
Good luck to all the above.
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Nearly the same list as last year.
1 Robert Mugabe
2. Margaret Thatcher
3. Fats Domino
4. Little Richard
5. Jerry Lee Lewis
6. Rabbi Lionel Blue
7. Christian Bale
8. Pete Townsend
9. Roger Daltrey
10. Fidel Castro
11. Pete Seeger
12. Bruce Forsyth
13. Vince Cable
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Og: Thread Killer
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I would be somewhat curious about a demographic study of these lists.
For example, do we tend to choose more men then women? (I now I do)
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1. Rev. Billy Graham
2. Fidel Castro
3. Za Za Gabor
4. Doris Day
5. The Pope
6. Lindsey Lohan
7. Jerry Lewis
8. Ex President Bush (senior)
9. Steven Hawking
10. Michael J. Fox
11. Mary-Kate Olson ( looks like a zombie)
12. Charlie Sheen
13. Camilla Duchess of Cornwall
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We now have 31 entries (one with only ten nominees) encompassing 213 celebrity Choir Invisible candidates. Of these, 162 (76%) are male and 51 (24%) female. In terms of votes cast 307 (77%) are male and 93 (23%) are female.
I will look at nationalities but that will take a while and I'll probably wait until next year.
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