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Thread: Circus: 2009 Ship Of Fools Celebrity Death Pool game thing
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antSJD
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I'm gutted that I missed the entrance to this game as I only found it today, not being a regular Circus visitor. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
However, I thought I would let you know that Dave Dee has died.
No idea who he is I must admit. Before my time.
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basso
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Petrified is in.
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philip99a
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If I die, can I double my points? ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Lyda*Rose
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Originally posted by philip99a:
If I die, can I double my points?
Maybe if your obit runs in a major media outlet.
Oh, well, I expect we could honor you with a Special Memorial Award.
But remember, you can't kill the subject of the points unless it's a matter of war or policing. So it won't count if you hang yourself, but you are safe (so to speak) if you throw yourself on a live grenade someone else threw. ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
[ 10. January 2009, 02:56: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
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Originally posted by philip99a:
If I die, can I double my points?
I suspect that in that case, you may have other things to worry about. Like being dead.
I think some brave shipmate should go and kill some of the most selected people. OK, they won't score anything, but at least some of us will.
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Spike
Mostly Harmless
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That may just be forbidden under Rule 6
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philip99a
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Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
Only for the person who did the killing.
Have you never heard of incitement?
Listen to Spike; he didn't get that name for nothing!
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Rev per Minute
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Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
but you are safe (so to speak) if you throw yourself on a live grenade someone else threw.
![[Eek!]](eek.gif) This must be some new meaning of the word 'safe' that I have never previously heard of (with apologies to Douglas Adams)
Phil, I knew you were looking at a new job, but this sounds like a desperate solution!
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philip99a
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Is it the Grim Reaper Inside Track award to Wet Kipper for foretelling the demise of David Vine, UK sports broadcaster??
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Lyda*Rose
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Looks like it, doesn't it?
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Sandemaniac
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No points to anyone (or off for Uriel) for Bill Stone.
God rest you, Bill.
AG
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basso
Ship’s Crypt Keeper
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Originally posted by philip99a:
Is it the Grim Reaper Inside Track award to Wet Kipper for foretelling the demise of David Vine, UK sports broadcaster??
Yup. He beat last year's mark by a week.
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philip99a
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Originally posted by basso:
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Originally posted by philip99a:
Is it the Grim Reaper Inside Track award to Wet Kipper for foretelling the demise of David Vine, UK sports broadcaster??
Yup. He beat last year's mark by a week.
Cool.
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We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time T. S. Elliot (Four Quartets)
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Wet Kipper
Circus Runaway
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shame I first predicted it back in late 2005. Not so much "inside track" as perseverance.
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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I live in fear that names I had on my list for two or three years, but which I dropped, will kick off.
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"Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano
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Sir Kevin
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Did anyone have Freddie Hubbard the jazz trumpeter? I had a front-row seat when I saw him at Pacific Beach in San Diego in 1977. It made me sad; he died last week.
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Legodude_uk
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38 points up for grabs if anyone had Sir Dai Llewellyn
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Sir Kevin
Ship's Gaffer
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How old was he? Mr. Hubbard was around 70 - too young!
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If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession.
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Mad Geo
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I just want to say that I rue not having put Steve Jobs on my list.
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philip99a
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quote:
Originally posted by Mad Geo:
I just want to say that I rue not having put Steve Jobs on my list.
Similarly, I wish I'd chosen Sir John Mortimer.
Tick, tick, tick.
In the same vein as this thread, I found The Death List grimly amusing this evening. An archive of their choices dates back to 1987. Clive Dunn was on that first list ..... and he's on this year's too!
The site claims their game was invented in the student bar of Warwick University. They have 50 names each year chosen by a committee, only 25 of which can have been on last year's list. I prefer our version, natch.
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
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Originally posted by Mad Geo:
I just want to say that I rue not having put Steve Jobs on my list.
If he makes it through this year, he is a good choice for next.
Why couldn't he have made the announcement in December, instead?
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Light User
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Originally posted by philip99a:
quote:
Originally posted by Mad Geo:
I just want to say that I rue not having put Steve Jobs on my list.
Similarly, I wish I'd chosen Sir John Mortimer.
Tick, tick, tick.
In the same vein as this thread, I found The Death List grimly amusing this evening. An archive of their choices dates back to 1987. Clive Dunn was on that first list ..... and he's on this year's too!
The site claims their game was invented in the student bar of Warwick University. They have 50 names each year chosen by a committee, only 25 of which can have been on last year's list. I prefer our version, natch.
Thank you for your kind comments about Death List. Please feel free to join us, we could do with some intelligent new blood.
It's not all death, death, death on the site. Some of us try to be funny as well.
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Rev per Minute
Shipmate
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Rumpole's creator has gone - RIP Sir John.
Someone had him on their list? 15 points I make it
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philip99a
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Originally posted by philip99a:
quote:
Originally posted by Mad Geo:
I just want to say that I rue not having put Steve Jobs on my list.
Similarly, I wish I'd chosen Sir John Mortimer.
Tick, tick, tick.
I'm smokin' but he's not on my list. Shame.
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We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time T. S. Elliot (Four Quartets)
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
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Originally posted by Mad Geo:
I just want to say that I rue not having put Steve Jobs on my list.
If he makes it through this year, he is a good choice for next.
Why couldn't he have made the announcement in December, instead?
Maybe because he has been lurking and didn't want us to have any free points? ![[Two face]](graemlins/scot_twoface.gif)
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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*sigh* I wonder why I took Mr. Montalban off my list? If I had kept him, it might have been the kiss of life for him. ![[Tear]](graemlins/tear.gif)
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Timothy the Obscure
Mostly Friendly
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Andrew Wyeth RIP.
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Sandemaniac
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Tony Hart has died - the man who inspired thousands, if not millions, of young Britons to try to draw.
I tried my best for you Tony, but just had too many thumbs. God rest you.
AG
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
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Originally posted by Sandemaniac:
Tony Hart has died - the man who inspired thousands, if not millions, of young Britons to try to draw.
That is very sad - he was an real inspiration to many that art was accessible and worthwhile, not to mention fun.
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
Damn, I've got 17 points. That wasn't supposed to happen.
It's your name. It does rather give the game away.
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Lyda*Rose
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Originally posted by Timothy the Obscure:
Andrew Wyeth RIP.
I always thought ol' Andrew got a bad rap in the art world. To me, his realistic paintings are on par in human meaning with Edward Hopper's.
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basso
Ship’s Crypt Keeper
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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
Damn, I've got 17 points.
And 17 for The Phantom Flan Flinger.
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Timothy the Obscure
Mostly Friendly
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Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
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Originally posted by Timothy the Obscure:
Andrew Wyeth RIP.
I always thought ol' Andrew got a bad rap in the art world. To me, his realistic paintings are on par in human meaning with Edward Hopper's.
In the NPR obit, someone said "He wasn't just a realist--he was a magical realist" and I understood why I liked him.
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The Phantom Flan Flinger
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Originally posted by basso:
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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
Damn, I've got 17 points.
And 17 for The Phantom Flan Flinger.
My first points in 2 years of playing the game.....sad to see Tony go though.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Danger, Will Robinson. Bob May died yesterday. I don't remember seeing him on anyone's list, though.
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comet
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Originally posted by basso:
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Originally posted by Mad Geo:
Mr. Rourke from Fantasy Island!
12 points for comet.
I just heard this morning! OMG! I've broken my, what, 4 year streak of not getting a single point?
holy freakin' cow!
and on top of that, Senior Montalban was a strange addition to my list. I woke up one morning thinking his name and deciding I needed to add him. ![[Ultra confused]](graemlins/confused2.gif)
I think I'm channeling aliens who want to play the death pool.
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"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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Sandemaniac
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Mahmut Aygun, the man who fed a billion drunks, a trillion pavements and as many pigeons has died.
AG
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Sandemaniac
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A man who, slightly oddly, was most famous for not being fellow commentator Harry Carpenter:
Reg Gutteridge.
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Mad Geo
Ship's navel gazer
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John Updike
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basso
Ship’s Crypt Keeper
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Originally posted by Mad Geo:
John Updike
24 points for Kepler's Puppet.
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Kepler's Puppet
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Darn it! I liked his books. But at least I get the sick satisfaction of actually getting points this year.
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