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Thread: 2015 Celebrity Death Pool
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The Rogue
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Another year, another Death Pool. The rules are pretty much the same as ever:
1. You must pick up to 13 well-known people who you think will shuffle off this mortal coil in 2015. That is, starting from 00.01 UTC (GMT, really) on January 1st 2015 and ending at 23.59 UTC on December 31st 2015, 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 and the Church Times.
3. All selections must be real natural born people. No fictional characters, abstract entities or "corporate persons" will be accepted.
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 2014. No entries will be accepted after this time. You may make changes to your list up until this time but only if someone pops their clogs before the beginning of the year or if you've put someone in twice. Surprisingly this does sometimes happen.
There are also some bonus awards:
Inside Track with the Grim Reaper Award: given for picking the first death of 2015.
Quantity Not Quality Award: given for picking the most people who croak in 2015, regardless of their points value.
Sudden Death: given for picking the last death of 2015.
A new one for this year is the Why Does it Always Happen to Me Award. This will be given to the person who changes the most 2014 picks who then die in 2015. To qualify for this award you must have entered lists for both years.
Because this has been running for a number of 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 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.
I will keep records through the year and will occasionally post scores and other interesting facts.
Good luck to you all and bad luck to your nominees!
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Sipech
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I couldn't see anything there about those with known illnesses. For example, I can think of one or two who have terminal conditions. Therefore, they seem more likely than the average person to go pining for the fjords. Does this not confer an unfair advantage?
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Schroedinger's cat
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The thing about those with terminal illnesses is that they may well go this year, but might hold out until the following. So include them, if you are certain that they will die in 2015.
Of course, giving one of your picks a terminal disease would be disallowed under rule 8. Not to mention the laws of most countries.
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The Rogue
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One year I made my selection after Googling cancer sufferers. It proved not to be a particularly successful strategy. It seems to me that medical advances make a quick death less likely for all sorts of illnesses. Selecting older candidates might be more likely to gain you success but the points tally will not set any records.
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balaam
Making an ass of myself
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This year I'm going for the 27 club, as it is a common age for musicians to die. All the folloeing are 27 or turn 27 in December 2014 or in 2015.
1. Adelle
2. Vanessa Hudgens
3. Big Sean - Rapper
4. Asap Rocky - Rapper
5. Tulisa Contostavlos
6. Kevin Jonas
7. Rihanna
8. Jessie J
9. Kendrick Lamar
Should they go out together there is a whole band who would qualify for the 27 club:
10. Jack Barakat - guitarist in All Time Low
11. Rian Dawson- drummer in All Time Low
12. Alex Gaskarth - Singer/Guitarist in All Time Low
13. Zack Merrick - bassist in All Time Low
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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OK, here we go:
1. Justin Bieber
2. Michael J. Fox
3. Britney Spears
4. Burt Reynolds
5. Tom Cruise
6. Robert Redford
7. Paris Hilton
8. Charlie Sheen
9. Rush Limbaugh
10. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
11. Fidel Castro
12. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
13. The Duke of Edinburgh
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Sipech
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With that clarified (and the reason for my question will become clear).
1. Clive James
2. Mary Midgley
3. Prince Philip
4. Christopher Lee
5. Richie Benaud
6. Rupert Murdoch
7. Paul Gascoigne
8. Billy Graham
9. Norman Tebbit
10. Ursula Le Guin
11. Sister Wendy Beckett
12. Burt Reynolds
13. Leonard Nimoy
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Schroedinger's cat
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Well, this is my list, pretty much as last year, with a few changes for people I have killed off this year.
1. Billy Graham
2. Boy George
3. HM Queen Elizabeth II
4. Paul Gascoigne
5. Robert Mugabe
6. Lemmy Kilmister (Motorhead)
7. Michael Crawford
8. Leonard Nimoy
9. Prince Philip
10. Stephen Hawking
11. Dick Van Dyke
12. Bernard Cribbins
13. Bruce Forsyth
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Death comes to the Ship (Uncle Pete’s version)
HM The Queen
HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
The Right Hon. The Countess Mountbatten of Burma
Sir John Major
HH The Pope Emeritus
HH The Pope Francis
Dalai Lama
Robert Mugabe
Peter Mansbridge
Max Keeping
Lloyd Robertson
Jean Chretien
George Herbert Walker Bush
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Some of mine have rotated off, which means it doesn't look good for them. It seems being on my list is the gift of life.
Lindsay Lohan
Dick Cheney
Muhammad Ali
Charlie Sheen
Valerie Harper
Aaron Hernandez
Justin Bieber
Rob Ford
Burt Reynolds
Margaret O'Brien
Frankie Muniz
Wilko Johnson
Sam Simon
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Leorning Cniht
Shipmate
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OK, I'll play:
1. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
2. Michael J Fox
3. Paul Gascoigne
4. Sting
5. Shia LaBoeuf
6. Russell Crowe
7. HRH The Prince of Wales
8. HRH The Duchess of Cornwall
9. The Lord Howard of Lympne
10. The Lord Kinnock
11. Alex Salmond MSP
12. Miley Cyrus
13. Lindsay Lohan
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ChaliceGirl
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1. OJ Simpson
2. George Herbert Walker Bush
3. Jimmy Carter
4. Billy Graham
5. Zsa Zsa Gabor
6. Lindsay Lohan
7. Justin Beiber
8. Charles Manson
9. Queen Elizabeth II
10.Fidel Castro
11.Nancy Reagan
12.Miley Cyrus
13. Britney Spears
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Jack the Lass
Ship's airhead
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1. Robert Mugabe.
2. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
3. Prince Harry.
4. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
5. Donald Trump.
6. Brad Pitt.
7. Sir Alex Ferguson.
8. Macaulay Culkin.
9. Robbie Shepherd (Scottish broadcasting legend - definitely hoping this is the kiss of life...)
10. Queen Elizabeth II.
11. Ion Iliescu (former president of Romania).
12. Anne Widdecombe.
13. Nigel Farage.
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Ship's token CN Mennonite
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1. Steve Guttenburg
2. Robert Mugabe
3. Burt Bacharach
4. Stephen Sondheim
5. James Last
6. Duke of Edinburgh
7. Charles Aznavour
8. Shane MacGowan (Pogues front man)
9. Charles Taylor (Liberian bad dude)
10. James Spader
11. James Caan
12. Shane Warne
13. Edward Schreyer (former Governor General of Canada)
Mostly the same.
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Piglet
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Partly kiss-of-life, partly why-isn't-he-dead-yet. Feel free to decide which is which ...
1. HM Queen Elizabeth II
2. HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
3. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
4. George H.W. Bush
5. David Bowie
6. Sir Mick Jagger
7. Sir Bruce Forsyth
8. Fidel Castro
9. Robert Mugabe
10. Gerry Adams TD (to balance things now Paisley's gone)
11. Michael J. Fox
12. Lindsay Lohan
13. Justin Bieber
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Sioni Sais
Shipmate
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Spot the theme.
1. Russell Brand
2. Russell Howard
3. Russell Grant
4. Russell Crowe
5. Russell Martin (Baseball player, Pittsburgh Pirates)
6. Russell Martin (Footballer, Norwich City)
7. Russell Watson (Singer)
8. Russell T Davies
9. Leon Russell
10. Jack Russell (England cricketer)
11. Catherine Russell (Actor)
12. Michael Russell, MSP
13. Andre Russell (Cricketer, Jamaica)
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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I think I only scored with Ian Paisley this year so just the one change:
1. Rupert Murdoch.
2. General Than Shwe.
3. L K Advani.
4. Narendra Modi.
5. Newt Gingrich.
6. Jean Marie LePen.
7. Robert Mugabe.
8. Raj Thackeray.
9. Pat Robertson.
10. Elizabeth Windsor-Mountbatten
11. Mitt Romney.
12. Gerry Adams.
13. Philip Mountbatten.
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Sipech
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quote:
Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
Spot the theme.
10 you could think of, 3 you had to Google?
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Caissa
Shipmate
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1. Rob Ford
2. Gordie Howe
3. Benjamin Netanyahu
4. Duke of Edinburgh
5. Robert Mugabe
6. Jimmy Carter
7. George H.W. Bush
8. QE II
9. Hosni Mubarak
10. Billy Graham
11. Bashar Al-Assad
12. Fidel Castro
13. Stephen Hawking
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Sioni Sais
Shipmate
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quote:
Originally posted by Sipech:
quote:
Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
Spot the theme.
10 you could think of, 3 you had to Google?
Wiki, but 10/13 is correct.
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Starbug
Shipmate
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You may spot a theme to my list as well...
Tony Bennett
Neil Sedaka
Brian Wilson
Darlene Love
Yoko Ono
Barry Manilow
Johnny Mathis
Ronnie Spector
Phil Spector
Ted 'Kingsize' Taylor
Paul Shaffer
Mark Hudson
Gerry Marsden
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An die Freude
Shipmate
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quote:
Originally posted by Starbug:
You may spot a theme to my list as well...
Tony Bennett
Neil Sedaka
Brian Wilson
Darlene Love
Yoko Ono
Barry Manilow
Johnny Mathis
Ronnie Spector
Phil Spector
Ted 'Kingsize' Taylor
Paul Shaffer
Mark Hudson
Gerry Marsden
Claimants to the title of "the fifth Beatle"?
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Barefoot Friar
Ship's Shoeless Brother
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1. Lou Holtz (former American football coach and current analyst)
2. President Jimmy Carter
3. Barbara Bush
4. HRH Queen Elizabeth II
5. Paris Hilton
6. Britney Spears
7. Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (a.k.a. Lady Gaga)
8. Dan Rather
9. Brad Arnold (Three Doors Down lead singer)
10. Tom Lehrer
11. Kim Jong-un
12. John Patterson (former governor of Alabama)
13. Oprah Winfrey
This is my first time to play, so I decided to stack my list with older people who are more likely to ring down the curtain. I added a couple younger entertainers because the drug OD threat is always there, along with the odd fluke of luck. I highly doubt I'll win against you experienced death pickers, but it will be fun seeing if anyone I chose actually kicks it.
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
# 64
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quote:
Originally posted by Barefoot Friar:
... you experienced death pickers ...
![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif)
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Spike
Mostly Harmless
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Here's my kiss of life for 2015
- Windsor Davies
- Tommy Steel
- Prince Philip
- Barry Humphries
- Caroline Aherne
- Ken Dodd
- Bruce Forsyth
- Denis Healey
- Nicholas Parsons
- Lemmy
- Billy Connolly
- June Whitfield
- Roy Hudd
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1. Duke of Edinburgh
2. Fidel Castro
3. Betty White
4. Malcolm Young
5. Terry Pratchett
6. Macauley Culkin
7. Billy Graham
8. Barack Obama
9. Stephen Hawking
10. Walter Mondale
11. Jimmy Carter
12. Bill Cosby
13. Michael J. Fox
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spork
Shipmate
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My list of 13 are:
1. Sir Terry Wogan
2. Sir Bruce Forsyth
3. Tony Blackburn
4. Queen Elizabeth II
5. Rolf Harris
6. Nigel Forage
7. David Cameron
8. Paul McCartney
9. Ringo Starr
10. Muhammad Ali
11. Harry Styles
12. Declan Donnelley
13. Anthony McPartlin
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St. Gwladys
Shipmate
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OK, here's mine:
1. Duke of Edinburgh
2. Pope Benedict
3. Tom Jones
4. Shirley Bassey
5. Bruce Forsyth
6. Queen Elizabeth
7. Stephen Hawking
8. Mohammed Ali
9, Billy Graham
10.Terry Pratchet
11.Kim Jong Un
12.Robie Williams
13.Rolf Harris
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Tree Bee
Ship's tiller girl
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My list for 2015:
1 Anastacia
2 Douglas,Michael
3 Fox,Michael J
4 Franklin,Aretha
5 Gahan,Dave
6 Hallyday,Johnny
7 Harris, Calvin
8 James,Clive
9 John, Elton
10 Michael,George
11 Minnelli, Liza
12 Morrissey
13 Spector, Phil
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The Phantom Flan Flinger
Shipmate
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Haven't done this for a couple of years...
1) Ringo Starr
2) Keith Richards
3) Rolf Harris
4) Pele
5) Baroness Trumpington
6) Bruce Forsythe
7) George H W Bush
8) Prince Phillip
9) Mark “The Undertaker” Calaway
10) Tracey Emin
11) Brian Matthew
12) Paul Gambaccini
13) Jimmy Tarbuck
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Irrelevant piece of trivia but Baroness Trumpington once offered to give me a bath! I declined at the time as the local chain gang [Mayor and Lady Mayoress] were present - and I'm a shy, retiring type.
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Piglet
Islander
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quote:
Originally posted by Barefoot Friar:
... experienced death pickers ...
Are they any relation of the Death Eaters in the Harry Potter books? ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Wet Kipper
Circus Runaway
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I think I last played this in 2011, when one of my Regular "survivors", Peter Falk, actually got me some points. I'd like to say that it's out of respect for him that I haven't played since. More like I forget to organise myself before the end of the year
So here's my new list of Survivors, with Robert Downey Jr (he seemed such a sure bet 8 years ago) getting back in, using Columbo's place. Seems like none of my other regulars* - have died in the interim, so I haven't "lost out" by not playing all these years ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
Buzz Aldrin
Ursula Andress
Bernie Ecclestone
Robert Downey Jr.
Lou Ferrigno
Aretha Franklin
Elliott Gould
Shane McGowan
Gary Numan
Delia Smith
Adam West
Roy Wood
Stanley Baxter
*ETA - I've been playing since 2008, so how's that for an experienced "death picker" ?
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Stejjie
Shipmate
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Never had a go at this before, but here's my list (which may end up being a mish-mash of those that others have posted):
1) HM The Queen
2) Prince Charles
3) Sir Bruce Forsyth
4) Kim Jong-un
5) Paul "Gazza" Gascoigne
6) Justin Bieber
7) Terry Pratchett
8) Michael Schumacher
9) Sir Bobby Charlton
10) Dennis Skinner
11) Sir Christopher Lee
12) Nigel Farage
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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Here goes:
1. Benedict, Pope Emeritus
2. Robert Schuller
3. Valerie Harper
4. Fidel Castro
5. Burt Reynolds
6. Mary Tyler Moore
7. Bret Michaels
8. Stephen Hawking
9. Glen Campbell
10. Mamnoon Hussain
11. Rush Limbaugh
12. Danny DeVito
13. Fuad Masum
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Dal Segno
al Fine
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An attempt to have a list stuffed with people that are not in other people's lists.
Tony Blair (ex PM of UK)
Gordon Brown (ex PM of UK)
Bob Hawke (ex PM of Oz)
Malcolm Fraser (ex PM of Oz)
Geoffrey Palmer (ex PM of NZ)
Jim Bolger (ex PM of NZ)
George HW Bush (ex President of USA)
George W Bush (ex President of USA)
Benedict XVI (ex Pontiff)
Teresa May (current home secretary of UK)
Ben Elton (author)
Neil Gaiman (author)
Terry Pratchett (author)
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Hedgehog
Ship's Shortstop
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This year I decided to go with Baseball Hall of Famers. The years listed after the names are the years of birth. And some are on the "You mean they aren't already dead?????" list.
- 1. Bobby Doerr (1918)
2. Red Schoendienst (1923)
3. Yogi Berra (1925)
4. Tommy Lasorda (1927)
5. Jim Bunning (1931)
6. Henry "Hank" Aaron (1934)
7. Bill Mazeroski (1936)
8. Brooks Robinson (1937)
9. Willie McCovey (1938)
10. Gaylord Perry (1938)
11. Steve "Lefty" Carlton (1944)
12. Mike Schmidt (1949)
13. Cal Ripken, Jr. (1960)
In advance, I apologize to all the people who I have left off from my previous year's list because I realize that they will now all start dropping like flies.
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The Rogue
Shipmate
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Which is why we have the new award.
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1 Nancy Reagan
2 Prince Philip
3 Tom Baker
4 Nicholas Parsons
5 Stephen Hawking
6 Fidel Castro
7 Terry Pratchett
8 Robert Mugabe
9 Michael Schumacher
10 Muhammad Ali
11 Pope Emeritus Benedict
12 Clive James
13 Ronnie Corbett
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The Rogue
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Only a few more days to get your list in. This year I am using a list of winners of the Booker Prize for Fiction for my inspiration.
1. Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul
2. John Peter Berger
3. David Rhames Storey
4. Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie
5. Thomas Michael Keneally
6. John Maxwell Coetzee
7. Anita Brookner
8. Keri Hulme
9. Penelope Liveley
10. Peter Philip Carey
11. Kazuo Ishiguro
12. Dame Antonia Susan Duffy (AS Byatt)
13. Ben Okri
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If everyone starts thinking outside the box does outside the box come back inside?
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Okay, here we go.
1. Sam Simon
2. Rob Ford
3. Alberto Fujimori
4. Paul Gascoigne
5. Leonard Nimoy
6. Muhammed Ali
7. Clive James
8. Liz Dawn
9. Chris Woodhead
10. Hosni Mubarak
11. Hugh Jackman
12. Phil Spector
13. George Bush Sr
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Bob Two-Owls
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I've got a little list...
1. Tony Blair
2. David Cameron
3. Alex Salmond
4. Ex-Pope Benedict XVI
5. Derek Jacobi
6. Justin Bieber
7. Stephen Hawking
8. John "Ozzy" Osbourne
9. John Cleese
10. Peter Sallis
11. Jean Alexander
12. Russ Abbott
13. Burt Kwouk
Got a bit lost at the end so googled Last of the Summer Wine. Not many points in it but a good chance...
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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I think I only scored with Ian Paisley this year ...
Sorry to return to this late, but did you ever expect to write this sentence, WW? ![[Snigger]](graemlins/snigger.gif)
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1. George H. W. Bush
2. Leon Brittan (politician)
3. Tony Blair
4. Muhammed Ali
5. Michael Douglas
6. Miley Cyrus
7. Pope Benedict
8. Ian Brady
9. Paul Gascoigne
10.Robert Mugabe
11. Vladimir Putin
12. Bashar al-Assad
13. Rolf Harris
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Jeremy Clarkson
Val Doonican
Michael Douglas
Bruce Forsyth
Barry Manilow
Robert Mugabe
Ennio Morricone
Paul McCartney
Terry Pratchett
Harry Styles
Anne Robinson
Rolf Harris
Justin Beiber
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1. Muhammad Ali
2. George H. W. Bush
3. Amanda Bynes
4. Jimmy Carter
5. Dick Cheney
6. Desmond Tutu
7. Aretha Franklin
8. Billy Graham
9. Valerie Harper
10. Lindsay Lohan
11. Pope Francis
12. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
13. Francis Cardinal George
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Welease Woderwick
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Originally posted by Rev per Minute:
quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I think I only scored with Ian Paisley this year ...
Sorry to return to this late, but did you ever expect to write this sentence, WW?
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Wot a'norrible thought!
I think this is one of those rare occasions when I can usefully use that old, and rather yukky, expression:
quote:
I wouldn't even touch him with yours, let alone mine!
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Mine are all still alive and I’m too lazy to think of anyone else. They can ride, with a couple of sick-looking adjustments. They’re mostly rather despotic and not very nice people.
1. King Mswati III of Swaziland
2. Fidel Castro
3. Hosni Mubarak
4. Mullah Fazlullah
5. King Bhumibol of Thailand
6. Silvio Berlusconi
7. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
8. Islam Karimov
9. Nursultan Nazarbayev
10. George Bush Snr
A few non-despotic picks:
11. Michael Douglas
12. Ben Jonson (Olympic cheat and famous anabolic steroid abuser - bad for the heart)
13. Peter Stringfellow (long shot - but I personally have a theory that he's dead already and just hasn't stopped moving about)
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