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Thread: Circus: 2003 (First Annual) Ship of Fools Celebrity Death Pool
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Legodude_uk
Protector of Zebras
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Anyone have Emlyn Hughes ?
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Tom Day
Ship's revolutionary
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Nope, again. It seems that I have given 13 people the gift of life this year...
Tom
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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Originally posted by Tom Day:
Nope, again. It seems that I have given 13 people the gift of life this year...
Tom
Likewise. All my choices seem determined to hang onto this mortal coil...
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Amazing Grace*
Shipmate
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quote:
Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
Looks like lots of people are going to add to their scores soon...
This just in - claim your twenty-five points if you had him on your list.
Charlotte
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Gremlin
Ship's Cryptanalyst
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quote:
Originally posted by Amazing Grace:
quote:
Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
Looks like lots of people are going to add to their scores soon...
This just in - claim your twenty-five points if you had him on your list.
That would be:
- Ken
- ebeth
- Nunc Dimittis
- KenWritez
- Lurker McLurker™
- Amazing Grace
- Mamacita.
Gremlin
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Amazing Grace*
Shipmate
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Looks like Mamacita may be in front of the pack here both in points and picks ... although ebeth may have her on the picks ... is it time for a points-and-picks roundup?
I have two picks and 32 points.
Charlotte
[ 11. November 2004, 14:29: Message edited by: Amazing Grace ]
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Mamacita
Lakefront liberal
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By my reckoning I've got 40 points and 3 picks (Reagan 7; Archibald Cox 8; Arafat 25).
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splosh
Shipmate
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THis thread was started on the 1st December last year. Are we going to have another annual Ship of Fools Celebrity Death Pool for next year?
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Tom Day
Ship's revolutionary
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Originally posted by splosh:
THis thread was started on the 1st December last year. Are we going to have another annual Ship of Fools Celebrity Death Pool for next year?
Maybe I'll be more successful this year.
Yes we will, I will starta thread nearer the time and label it accordingly.
Tom
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Gremlin
Ship's Cryptanalyst
# 129
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Only one more week to go... I wonder if anyone of note will pop off during this festive week?
Gremlin
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Garfield
Ship's cat
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Anyone got any totals?
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Faithless (the group, not my disposition)
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Tom Day
Ship's revolutionary
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Originally posted by Garfield:
Anyone got any totals?
Will do some later on tonight / tommorow if I get the chance. If someone else gets there before me I won't be upset ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Tom
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babybear
Bear faced and cheeky with it
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Gremlin is working on it There were 218 people to die and he only has to acertain the vitality of a further 40.
He hopes to post here later today.
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Scot
Deck hand
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I've been working on it, too. I have about 55 names left to confirm. The US/UK factor is a real pain.
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Gremlin
Ship's Cryptanalyst
# 129
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Right, thanks to help from Scot to eliminate some of the survivors, I've got the results all added up:
RuthW : 4 pts
Eigon : 5 pts
Stoo : 7 pts
Bessie Rosebride : 7 pts
Uriel : 18 pts
Nunc Dimittis : 25 pts
Lurker McLurker : 25 pts
Siegfried : 27 pts
Lyda Rose : 27 pts
ebeth : 30 pts
Ken : 32 pts
Amazing Grace : 32 pts
Kenwritez : 32 pts
Mamacita : 40 pts
So we declare Mamacita as the evil predictress of death! ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif) She also wins the Quantity Not Quality Award extraneous category for the most predicted deaths, in this case a mere 3.
Also Uriel wins the Inside Track with the Grim Reaper Award for the first death - Sir Peter Ustinov.
Thanks to everyone for playing. This thread will stay open for a few days for congratulatory posts and gloating by the 'winners'.
Gremlin, Circus Host
P.S. for the record:
Alistair Cooke : 5 pts
Archibald Cox : 8 pts
Fay Wray : 4 pts
Marlon Brando : 20 pts
Peter Ustinov : 18 pts
Ronald Reagan : 7 pts
Yasser Arafat : 25 pts
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Ann
Curious
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Originally posted by Gremlin:
Right, thanks to help from Scot to eliminate some of the survivors, I've got the results all added up:
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Did that add to anyone's scores?
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RuthW
liberal "peace first" hankie squeezer
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Originally posted by Gremlin:
RuthW : 4 pts
Darn shame I'm not playing this year ... think of the lives I could have saved. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Scot
Deck hand
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quote:
Originally posted by Ann:
Did that add to anyone's scores?
Don't you wish you'd sent me something nice for Christmas?
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Mamacita
Lakefront liberal
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So we declare Mamacita as the evil predictress of death! She also wins the Quantity Not Quality Award extraneous category for the most predicted deaths, in this case a mere 3.
[Acceptance speech mode ON]
I'd like to thank the late, venerable Archibald Cox, Watergate-era hero, for giving me the 8-point edge over ken, kenwritez, and Amazing Grace, all of whom had matched my other winning guesses of Arafat and Reagan and who are locked in an um, three-way for second place.
I'd like to not thank my wild-card guess, Courtney Love, for entering rehab again, thereby depriving me of a whopping 60 points whilst ensuring that the qualifier "quantity not quality" besmirches my otherwise impressive victory.
Finally, I encourage those vying for the 2005 title to carry on, unencumbered by my competition. I may be able to pick 'em, but I can't tell the difference between GMT and EST and missed the deadline. Courtney Love, by the way, was not going to be on my new list.
[Acceptance speech mode OFF.]
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Woo-hoo, Mamacita!
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Amazing Grace*
Shipmate
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Brava! Brava! Well done Mamacita.
I feel much better about not putting La Love on my '05 list. That woman is a train wreck waiting to happen.
I'd like to see yours ... if some kind host won't relent and let you enter late, perhaps you could post it here.
Charlotte (who, given last year's results, should have given BB King the Gift of Life in '05)
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ReverendMike
Fine rebel indeed
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Originally posted by Mamacita:
I'd like to not thank my wild-card guess, Courtney Love, for entering rehab again, thereby depriving me of a whopping 60 points whilst ensuring that the qualifier "quantity not quality" besmirches my otherwise impressive victory.
Finally, I encourage those vying for the 2005 title to carry on, unencumbered by my competition. I may be able to pick 'em, but I can't tell the difference between GMT and EST and missed the deadline. Courtney Love, by the way, was not going to be on my new list.
Rehab is for quitters and Ms Love (IMO) is no quitter. She is made of tougher stuff.
Therefore, I am proud to have her on my 2005 list. If need be, she will be on my 2006 list as well.
(Yeah, its a sick world and I'm a happy guy...)
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Gremlin
Ship's Cryptanalyst
# 129
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Posted
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Originally posted by Amazing Grace:
I'd like to see yours ... if some kind host won't relent and let you enter late, perhaps you could post it here.
Relent? A host? Nah! It's the only chance we get to be even vaguely unreasonable
Gremlin
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Tom Day
Ship's revolutionary
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Well, it's been The Circus's longest running thread and now I think it is time to put it to rest in Limbo.
Tom Day
Circus Host
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