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North East Quine
Curious beastie
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Virtually the same list as last year, and the year before;
1. Amy Winehouse
2. Tony Blair
3. Margaret Thatcher
4. Elizabeth Taylor
5. Prince Phillip
6. Prince Harry
7. Billy Graham
8. Robert Mugabe
9. Ronnie Wood
10. Radovan Karadzic
11. Asif Zardari of Pakistan
12. George H.W. Bush (born 1924)
13. Mswati III of Swaziland.
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joan knox
Knoxy is my homeboy
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First time I've played... ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
1. Julian Assange [not that I'm a conspiracy theorist...]
2. Alasanne Outtara
3. Nelson Mandela
4. Kim Jong-il
5. Margaret 'this lady's not for turning' Thatcher
6. Sarah Palin
7. Robert Mugabe
8. Fidel Castro
9. Michael Douglas
10. Joan Rivers
11. Lindsay Lohan
12. Terry Pratchett
13. Richard Dawkins
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Porridge
Shipmate
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My first time, too (well, duh).
1. Warren Buffett, philanthropist
2. Kim Jong Il, despot
3. Elizabeth II, monarch
4. Linday Lohan, jailbird
5. Elizabeth Taylor, serial wife
6. Jimmy Carter, former US Prez
7. Barbara Bush, former First Lady
8. Ruth Rendell, novelist (though I hope not)
9. Jules Pfeiffer, cartoonist
10. Sandra Day O’Connor, jurist
11. Dick Cheney, in an undisclosed location
12. Patrick Lahey, US Senator (though I hope not)
13. Austin “Jack” DeCoster, habitual violator of FDA food safety standards whose egg farms had to recall millions of eggs in 2010
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Porridge
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I didn't read other lists before posting, and now am amazed at the number of people who, like me, have included the youthful Lindsay Lohan on their lists. I wonder if our theories concerning her possible demise match as well?
[ 30. December 2010, 21:50: Message edited by: Apocalypso ]
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Spiggott: That everything I've ever told you is a lie.
Moon: That's not true!
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joan knox
Knoxy is my homeboy
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quote:
Originally posted by Apocalypso:
I didn't read other lists before posting, and now am amazed at the number of people who, like me, have included the youthful Lindsay Lohan on their lists. I wonder if our theories concerning her possible demise match as well?
I'm going down the 'Lohan abducted and dissected by aliens' route.
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Cottontail
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1. Christopher Hitchens
2. Michael Douglas
3. Kirk Douglas
4. Julian Assange
5. Peter Tork
6. Richard Attenborough
7. Peter Falk
8. King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand
9. Ronnie Biggs
10. Abdelbaset al-Megrahi
11. Terry Pratchett
12. Aretha Franklin
13. Zsa Zsa Gabor
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Porridge
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quote:
Originally posted by joan knox:
quote:
Originally posted by Apocalypso:
I didn't read other lists before posting, and now am amazed at the number of people who, like me, have included the youthful Lindsay Lohan on their lists. I wonder if our theories concerning her possible demise match as well?
I'm going down the 'Lohan abducted and dissected by aliens' route.
Really? I'm going with "injured in fight with cell-mate, wound gets infected in prison infirmary, appropriate Dx & meds arrive too late" theory.
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Spiggott: That everything I've ever told you is a lie.
Moon: That's not true!
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Mamacita
Lakefront liberal
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1. Bob Barker
2. Jimmy Carter
3. Fidel Castro
4. Maggie Daley (wife of the mayor of Chicago)
5. Kirk Douglas
6. Michael Douglas
7. Roger Ebert
8. Aretha Franklin
9. Erika Gandara, police chief of Ciudad Juarez
10. Billy Graham
11. Christopher Hitchens
12. Henry Kissinger
13. Desmond Tutu
[ 31. December 2010, 00:54: Message edited by: Mamacita ]
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Eloise
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1. Ariel Sharon
2. Steve Jobs
3. Dick Clark
4. Dave Davies
5. Russell Watson
6. Ivica Osim
7. Emadeddin Baghi
8. Hamid Karzai
9. Paul Shan Kuo-hsi
10. Kim Jong-il
11. Ruth Bader Ginsberg
12. David Hasselhoff
13. Abdel Baset al-Megrahi
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Amazing Grace
High Church Protestant
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Man, Mamacita's a past winner, and she's got Ebert on her list. And she's from Chicagoland, where I presume there is local scuttlebutt. I think I'll put him back on my list. Might be bad for Michael Douglas, although the only one I've left off who died was Dan Schorr (memory eternal) and he was ninety-plus.
Kim Jong-Il
Muhammad Ali
Seve Ballesteros
Rev. Billy Graham
Aretha Franklin
Margaret Thatcher
Amy Winehouse
Elizabeth Taylor
Robert Mugabe (how long, Lord???)
Roger Ebert
Stephen Hawking
Christopher Hitchens
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Memory Eternal! Sheep 3, Phil the Wise Guy, and Jesus' Evil Twin in the SoF Nativity Play
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Scarlet
Mellon Collie
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Augie Meyers
Jeffrey MacDonald
Trent Reznor
Micky Dolenz
Philippe Petit
Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme
Green Gartside
Mamie Van Doren
Elizabeth Wurtzel
Daryl Hall
P J O'Rourke
Cliff Barrows
Mickey Gilley
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fletcher christian
Mutinous Seadog
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ok, I'll run with:
Paris Hilton
Britney Spears
Margaret Thatcher
The Pope
Kim Jong Il
Liz Taylor
Ian Paisley
Katherine Jackson
Jennifer Saunders
Dick Cheney
Robert Mugabe
and....
Graham Kendrick
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Staretz Silouan
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Sandemaniac
Shipmate
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Practically the same list as last year, because I've been far too busy gadding around the shop like a decapitated fowl to actually do any research... though a few minutes on the Beeb website's search facility has given me some subs.
1. Aretha Franklin
2. Hugo Chavez
3. Rush Limbaugh
4. Sharif Ahmed (Somali President)
5. Russell Watson
6. Jimmy Armfield
7. Michael Douglas
8. Paul Gascoigne
9. Annemarie van Kesteren (wife of Man U goalie Edwin Van der Sar - so read the Sun for her...)
10. Alan Stanford
11. Bernie Madoff
12. Tony Blair
13. Jerry Lee Lewis (can you tell that I was getting a bit desperate towards the end...?)
Good luck... to some of them!
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marmot
Mountain mammal
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Pretty much the same as last year.
Rush Limbaugh -- just because
Mary Tyler Moore -- aging diabetic (74)
Dick Cheney -- but the devil never dies
Dick Clark -- waiting for the ball to drop
Elizabeth Taylor
Mickey Rooney -- tiny but toxic
Nancy Reagan
Lauren Bacall -- 84
Kirstie Alley
William Shatner -- red-faced, bloated boozebag
Leonard Nimoy -- looking cadaverous
Rachel Zoe -- caftans can hide an eating disorder only so long.
Lindsay Lohan -- they can't keep her in rehab forever.
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Genevičve
Mother-Hatting Cat Lover
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Here's mine (no particular order) as a newbie in this game:
1. Michael Douglas
2. Elizabeth Taylor
3. Zsa Zsa Gabor
4. Aretha Franklin
5. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
6. Nancy Reagan
7. Fidel Castro
8. Rev. Billy Graham
9. Kim Jung-il
10. Christopher Hitchens
11. Allan Arbus (Dr. Sidney Freeman in M*A*S*H)
12. Andy Rooney
13. Lindsay Lohan (sadly, I think she is on a downward spiral)
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Nunzia
Shipmate
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Daniel arap Moi
Ramblin' Jack Elliot
Hugh Hefner
Bristol Palin
Harold Camping
Peter Max
Barbara Bush
Jack Chick
Stan Lee
Kitty Wells
Liza Minelli
Zaha Hadid
Anna Chapman
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Liberty
ship's football fanatic
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Courtney Love
Robert Downey Jr
Eddie Van Halen
Mary-Kate Olsen
Julian Assange
Paris Hilton
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi
John McCain
Michael Douglas
Margaret Thatcher
Track Palin
Hugh Hefner
Muhammad Ali
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Giac
Apprentice
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Not sure if I even know that many celebrities. But I'll give it a shot.
1. Amy Winehouse.
2. Justin Bieber
3. Margaret Thatcher
4. Paris Hilton
5. Bill Oddie
6. Ronnie Corbet
7. Peter Mandelson
8. Prince Charles
9. Robert Mugabe
10. Katie Price
11. Fred Phelps
12. Miley Cyrus
13. Lady Gaga
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Worm in the Grass
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If it's not too late. It's still yesterday in the Americas!!
1. Gough Whitlam
2. Don Burrows (aus jazz musican)
3. Margaret Thatcher
4. Elizabeth Taylor
5. Prince Phillip
6. Dave Brubeck
7. Billy Graham
8. Robert Mugabe
9. Joseph Ratzinger
10. Radovan Karadzic
11. Flo Bjelke-Petersen
12. George H.W. Bush (born 1924)
13. Kirk Douglas
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jlg
What is this place?
Why am I here?
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quote:
Originally posted by Jahlove:
7. Cher - looking a bit strange these days
I think she hit the 'one-too-many' wall for plastic surgery.
(By the way, as a spectator on this thread, I appreciate those of you who annotate your lists, since I don't recognize a lot of the names.)
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The Weeder
Shipmate
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Phil Archer
David Blunkett
Jimmy Carter
Ronnie Corbett
Kirk Douglas
Jimmy Hill
Barack Obama
Prince Phillip
The Queen
Eric Sykes
Mrs Thatcher
Lynda Snell
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Liberty
ship's football fanatic
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quote:
Originally posted by Giac:
Not sure if I even know that many celebrities. But I'll give it a shot.
2. Justin Bieber
Erm, Justin Bieber isn't yet 18, so he's exempt.
My defense for knowing about this is that I used to be a youth leader in the city he lived in part-time. Still, I obviously need help. ![[Disappointed]](graemlins/disappointed.gif)
I am sure you can choose someone else though, if you do it soon
Lib xx
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Sioni Sais
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quote:
Originally posted by The Weeder:
Phil Archer
David Blunkett
Jimmy Carter
Ronnie Corbett
Kirk Douglas
Jimmy Hill
Barack Obama
Prince Phillip
The Queen
Eric Sykes
Mrs Thatcher
Lynda Snell
At least two of the above are fictional (first and last), although some may not realise that. I reckon they are punts for the 'Inside Track' award.
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(Paul Sinha, BBC)
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The Rogue
Shipmate
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Isn't Phil Archer dead as well as being fictional?
Another year and another "bugger" for missing the deadline. ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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Imaginary Friend
Real to you
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For the record, I think we should amend the rules to explicitely say that all picks must be real people. (I'll go and make a change to the OP now.) If anyone has a fictional character, please can you post your replacement as soon as you can. Please don't take advantage of your few extra hours by posting someone who has already died this year. Thanks.
Ditto for anyone who has picked a minor, since the rules do explicitely say that all selections must be over the age of 18. Anyone who has a child in their list has until midnight January 2nd GMT to post their replacement.
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St. Gwladys
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Just heard that Gerry Rafferty is dead.
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"Careful what you say sir, we're on board ship here"
From "New York Girls", Steeleye Span, Commoners Crown (Voiced by Peter Sellers)
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East Price Road
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quote:
Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
Just heard that Gerry Rafferty is dead.
RIP Gerry Rafferty - link here. And well done Gwai - that was quick!
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magnum mysterium
Shipmate
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Australian-flavoured list:
1. Gough Whitlam (prime minister sacked in 1975)
2. Malcolm Fraser (succeeded 1.)
3. Bob Hawke (PM succeeded 2.)
4. Dame Elisabeth Murdoch (Rupert's mum)
5. Rupert Murdoch
6. Brian Henderson (newsreader)
7. Sir Laurence Street (former Chief Justice of NSW)
8. George Cardinal Pell
9. Germaine Greer
10. John Olsen (painter)
11. Sir Zelman Cowen (former Governor-General)
12. Peter Sculthorpe
13. Rolf Harris
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
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magnum - I think you are a bit late. But it is up to the hosts as to whether you will be permitted.
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Lord may all my hard times be healing times
take out this broken heart and renew my mind.
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Tom Day
Ship's revolutionary
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And Dick-King Smith the author has passed away. A shame, as I really enjoyed some of his books - especially The Queens Nose. He was also the guy who wrote the book behind Babe.
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basso
Ship’s Crypt Keeper
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quote:
Originally posted by East Price Road:
And well done Gwai - that was quick!
January 4 is the earliest hit I recall. Gwai, your points are up.
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Queen Mousie
Shipmate
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Dave Nelson, oldest brother of the original television family The Nelson's, featuring Ozzie and Harriet Nelson.
Anyone have his name on their list?
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Light User
Apprentice
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The Bishop of Portsmouth, the Rt Rev Dr Kenneth Stevenson , has died aged 61.
Poor man, I heard him interviewed on Radio 4 early one Sunday morning during the summer. His voice was so tremulous that I decided to put him on my list.
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Japes
Shipmate
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Susannah York has died, aged 72.
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The Rogue
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Nat Lofthouse is now scoring his goals in heaven.
[ 16. January 2011, 21:52: Message edited by: The Rogue ]
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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John Dye passed away. Never would have guessed him. ![[Tear]](graemlins/tear.gif)
He was only 47.
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Scarlet
Mellon Collie
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I'm just noticing in the breaking news as I get online for something else that Sargent Shriver has died. ![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif)
He was the founding director of the Peace Corp and head of the War on Poverty in the '60's. I think he was married into the Kennedy family (brother-in-law to JFK), but this is just an early brief obit without many details.
He was 95.
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Queen Mousie
Shipmate
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The fitness guru Jack Lalane at the age of 96.
Anyone have Jack Lalane on their list?
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basso
Ship’s Crypt Keeper
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Only one. 4 points for exHirsch.
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exHirsch
Apprentice
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who's keeping score. i want to know where I stand?
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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Considering it's still only January, you are bound to be in the top ten. I believe basso is doing the honors, but it is still probably early to expect a fully running scorecard.
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exHirsch, the scoreboard is here. I don't know how often basso updates it, but your points are there already.
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basso
Ship’s Crypt Keeper
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I usually update the scoreboard after I see a post on this thread. Sometimes I'm a day or two behind, but the bulk of the work is getting it set up at the start of the year.
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Imaginary Friend
Real to you
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Admirably fast. ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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Pioneer health and fitness guru Jack Lalanne is now doing his pilates along with Pontius.
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basso
Ship’s Crypt Keeper
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Amanda, you're about 4 days behind Queen Mousie with the report - but it's funny enough that I'm glad you came in anyway.
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