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Thread: 2016 Ship of Fools Celebrity Death Pool
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The Rogue
Shipmate
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Right, here goes, then. 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 2016. That is, starting from 00.01 UTC (GMT, really) on January 1st 2016 and ending at 23.59 UTC on December 31st 2016, 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 points.
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. Of course, by definition all Darwin Awards are 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 2015. No entries will be accepted after this time. No exceptions - you've got nearly a month, after all. 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 2016.
Quantity Not Quality Award: given for picking the most people who croak in 2016, regardless of their points value.
Sudden Death: given for picking the last death of 2015.
Why Does it Always Happen to Me: given to the person who changes the most 2015 picks who then die in 2016. To qualify for this award you must have entered lists for both years.
Because this has been running for a number of years there are several questions and complaints in people's minds which may or may not get said out loud 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. Personally one of the things I like about this game is the positive things that are said about all manner of people who die, whether they are on someone's list or not.
There are no prizes although all winners will be entitled to place a bragging comment in their sig.
I will keep records through the year and will occasionally post scores and other interesting facts.
Good luck to all players and bad luck to your nominees!
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Doublethink.
Ship's Foolwise Unperson
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- 1 Bashir Al Assad
- 2 Mary Berry
- 3 Patrcia Routledge
- 4 Mary Archer
- 5 Sepp Blatter
- 6 Donald Trump
- 7 Elvis Presley
- 8 Mike Tyson
- 9 Peter Suttcliffe
- 10 Joan Bakewell
- 11 Queen Elizabeth II
- 12 Oscar Pistorious
- 13 Brittany Spears
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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As I am pointless [take it any way you want] I'll opt for the same as last year:
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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Schroedinger's cat
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quote:
Originally posted by Doublethink.:
7 Elvis Presley
I think, officially, according to the rules of this game, he is already dead.
I believe, to enter this competition, he would have to be officially declared not dead first. But I am not the arbiter of acceptability.
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The Rogue
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The rules don't specify that all your choices must be alive at the start of the year and, indeed, the fact that one of them is already dead is the only grounds for making any changes. However, including a person in such a state does reduce your chances of success by the end of 2016.
Perhaps Doublethink is hoping that the various crackpot ideas that he isn't actually dead are correct but that he will emerge and die (again) next year. This is a high risk strategy and I do wonder if the potential gain of just nineteen points is worth that risk.
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Uncle Pete
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Death comes to the Ship (Uncle Pete’s version)
The same list as last year, minus one (belatedly claimed on 2015 thread) I added the Last Trump.
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
Lloyd Robertson
Jean Chretien
George Herbert Walker Bush
Donald Trump
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Doublethink.
Ship's Foolwise Unperson
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quote:
Originally posted by The Rogue:
The rules don't specify that all your choices must be alive at the start of the year and, indeed, the fact that one of them is already dead is the only grounds for making any changes. However, including a person in such a state does reduce your chances of success by the end of 2016.
Perhaps Doublethink is hoping that the various crackpot ideas that he isn't actually dead are correct but that he will emerge and die (again) next year. This is a high risk strategy and I do wonder if the potential gain of just nineteen points is worth that risk.
I like to live on the edge.
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Sioni Sais
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I'm ditching the theme and going for those I consider halfway likely.
1. Donald Trump
2. Robert Mugabe
3. Pete Doherty
4. Keith Richards
5. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
6. Khloe Kardashian
7. Alex Ferguson
8. Marcus Trescothick
9. Stephen Hawking
10. Silvio Berlusconi
11. George W Bush
12. Vladimir Putin
13. Paul Gascoigne
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Baker
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# 18458
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Hugh McElhenny
Anthony Hopkins
Avram Hershko
Sarah Miles
Alex Ferguson
Andy Summers
Ben Kingsley
Diane von Furstenberg
Pius Ncube
Tim Matheson
Burton Cummings
Rene Robert
Viktor Mikhailovich Afanasieyv
In case any of the above picks get nailed to the perch before 12/31/2015, I have alternates standing by.
Commentary, in order, for above
1)NFL player
2)“Well hello Clarice!” Arguably the best male English speaking actor
3)Israeli biochemist, Nobel laureate
4)She gave an inspired performance in Ryan's Daughter (1970) and appeared in The Servant.
5)Football manager who led Manchester United from 1986 to 2013, won the European cup twice, and became a knight in 1999.
6)Singer and guitarist with The Police and also has recorded more than ten solo albums.
7)He won a Best Actor Academy Award for his role in Gandhi in 1983.
8)International fashion designer, best known for her women’s wear and accessory lines.
9)Zimbabwean civil rights advocate, Roman Catholic archbishop
10)Actor who appeared in Animal House and provided voices for characters in TV's Johnny Quest.
11)Canadian lead singer of The Guess Who, credited with songs like "American Woman" and "These Eyes."
12)NHL player
13)Russian cosmonaut
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Justin Beiber
George Carey
Jeremy Clarkson
Michael Douglas
Bruce Forsyth
Rolf Harris
Katie Hopkins
Barry Manilow
Robert Mugabe
Ennio Morricone
Paul McCartney
Anne Robinson
Harry Styles
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Kittyville
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Robert Mugabe
Bob Hawke
Paul Keating
Sister Wendy
Kirk Douglas
Zayn Malik
Bono
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Ivan Milat
Joanna Lumley
Ken Livingstone
Peter Robinson
Gerry Adams
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Hedgehog
Ship's Shortstop
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So, same baseball-themed list as last year, but substituting for the one correct name I had in 2015 (Yogi Berra, RIP). Birth years after the name.
1. Bobby Doerr (1918)
2. Red Schoendienst (1923)
3. Tommy Lasorda (1927)
4. Jim Bunning (1931)
5. Henry "Hank" Aaron (1934)
6. Bill Mazeroski (1936)
7. Brooks Robinson (1937)
8. Willie McCovey (1938)
9. Gaylord Perry (1938)
10. Steve "Lefty" Carlton (1944)
11. Rod Carew (1945)
12. Mike Schmidt (1949)
13. Cal Ripken, Jr. (1960)
The new name is Rod Carew. At the end of November it was announced that he needs a heart transplant. I am hoping that, by naming him, I can give him the kiss of life.
If, however, he should shuffle off this mortal coil before 2016 dawns, then my backup name will be Nolan Ryan (1947).
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Sipech
Shipmate
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This year, I'm going for the Why Does it Always Happen to Me award, so am having a complete change. This year's kiss of life therefore goes to:
1. Jimmy Carter (former American president)
2. Harper Lee (author)
3. Vera Lynn (Forces' sweetheart)
4. Guy Martin (tv presenter and motorbike racer)
5. Jurgen Moltmann (theologian)
6. Prunella Scales (actress)
7. James Randi (former magician, professional debunker)
8. Baroness Trumpington (grumpy Conservative peer)
9. Max von Sydow (actor)
10. Jimmy Greaves (former footballer)
11. Desmond Tutu (owner of the most infectious laugh ever)
12. James Watson (co-discoverer of DNA)
13. Frank Williams (actor most famous as the vicar from Dad's Army)
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Welease Woderwick
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# 10424
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<tangent> I have a soft spot for Baroness Trumpington - as I have said before not many people get offered a bath by a lady peer! She certainly is grumpy sometimes in public but she is a complete sweetie - despite her appalling political views. </tangent>
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Baker
Shipmate
# 18458
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Sipech, on another board where I also play a Death Pool I have three of your names, Vera Lynn, Desmond Tutu, and Max von Sydow. I am firmly convinced that my choice of Lynn is what is keeping her alive.
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Jack the Lass
Ship's airhead
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I'm one of those whose list has meant the kiss of life for all 13 on my list in 2015, so I may as well recycle it for 2016 too.
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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The Phantom Flan Flinger
Shipmate
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Mine are all carried forward from last year:
1) Ringo Starr
2) Keith Richards
3) Rolf Harris
4) Pele
5) Baroness Trumpington
6) Bruce Forsyth
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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Leorning Cniht
Shipmate
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After fewer points than Jemini, I'm going to change a few names.
1. Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
2. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
3. Salah Abdeslam
4. HRH The Prince of Wales
5. HRH The Duchess of Cornwall
6. Michael J Fox
7. Charlie Sheen
8. The Lord Howard of Lympne
9. The Lord Kinnock
10. Alex Salmond MSP
11. Muhammad Ali
12. Shia LaBoeuf
13. HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand
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Piglet
Islander
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OK, here goes with my usual mix of "kiss-of-life" and "why-isn't-he-dead-yet" - I'll leave you to decide which is which:
1. HM Queen Elizabeth II
2. HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
3. His Holiness Pope Francis
4. Robert Mugabe
5. Gerry Adams
6. Kim Jong-un
7. Dr. Francis Jackson (Organist Emeritus, York Minster)
8. Sir Bob Geldof
9. Michael J. Fox
10. Martina Navratilova
11. Pete Doherty
12. Justin Bieber
13. Lindsay Lohan
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
# 333
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Since my last year's list is perfectly unused, I shall roll it out again. These are the lucky ones, aren't they?
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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Kyzyl
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1. HM The Queen
2. Prince Phillip
3. Jimmy Carter (yes, I know, good scan, but he's still 90 something)
4. George H. W. Bush
5. Donald Trump
6. Barack Obama (5 & 6 because my country has gone mad)
7. Desmond Tutu
8. Vladimir Putin
9. Michael J. Fox
10. Fidel Castro
11. Betty White
12. Harper Lee
13. Walter Mondale
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Trudy Scrumptious
BBE Shieldmaiden
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Haven't played this game for awhile but I've decided to try a novel approach this year:
1. Kim Kardashian
2. Kourtney Kardashian
3. Khloe Kardashian
4. Kris Jenner
5. Kylie Jenner
6. Kendall Jenner
7. Kris Jenner
8. Caitlyn Jenner
9. Kanye West
10. Rob Kardashian
11. Lamar Odom
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Baker
Shipmate
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Trudy you only have ten people on your list. You posted eleven names but Kris Jenner is a duplicate.
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Trudy Scrumptious
BBE Shieldmaiden
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Ah, so I did. I didn't mean to imply that I expected her to die twice, or anything. There are, indeed, only ten unique names on the list. Those names all blur together after awhile.
[ 09. December 2015, 21:06: Message edited by: Trudy Scrumptious ]
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
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quote:
Originally posted by Trudy Scrumptious:
Ah, so I did. I didn't mean to imply that I expected her to die twice, or anything. There are, indeed, only ten unique names on the list. Those names all blur together after awhile.
You can also add another three names of people you really want to die this next year. Which is, I assume, the principle behind your list.
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Trudy Scrumptious
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quote:
Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
quote:
Originally posted by Trudy Scrumptious:
Ah, so I did. I didn't mean to imply that I expected her to die twice, or anything. There are, indeed, only ten unique names on the list. Those names all blur together after awhile.
You can also add another three names of people you really want to die this next year. Which is, I assume, the principle behind your list.
No, the rules say "up to" 13 and I'm fine with 10. I don't want to start adding people whose connection with the Kardashians is tenuous at best.
And I don't actually WANT them to die, though I'd love it if they all entered a religious order in which they had to take a vow of silence and a vow never to be photographed or appear on video again. I just thought clustering my picks around a single family might produce an interesting result -- increase the odds that one out of that clan might not see 2017 (Lamar is the likeliest choice, obviously, at this point). Of course if there was a katastrophe on the set of Keeping up with the Kardashians, imagine the points I'd make!!
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Lyda*Rose
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A few changes:
1. Benedict, Pope Emeritus
2. Mamnoon Hussain
3. Valerie Harper
4. Fidel Castro
5. Rip Torn
6. Mary Tyler Moore
7. Bret Michaels
8. Stephen Hawking
9. Glen Campbell
10. Bashar al-Assad
11. Phil Lesh
12. Kim Jong-un
13. Fuad Masum
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Spike
Mostly Harmless
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Only one of mine croaked last year, so only one change.
Windsor Davies
Tommy Steel
Prince Philip
Barry Humphries
Caroline Aherne
Ken Dodd
Bruce Forsyth
Prince Charles
Nicholas Parsons
Lemmy
Billy Connolly
June Whitfield
Roy Hudd
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Sandemaniac
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Given that I took a regular off who decided to spite me by carking it, and my reserve died as well, both giving me nul points as a result, I think I'm going to have to do a Uriel and trawl the news pages...
AG
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Barnabas62
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1. Jimmy Carter
2. Prince Philip
3. Stephen Hawking
4. David Attenborough
5. Bruce Forsythe
6. Cliff Richard
7. Peter Alliss
8. John Madden
9. Norman Tebbitt
10. John Paul Stevens
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
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quote:
Originally posted by Sandemaniac:
Given that I took a regular off who decided to spite me by carking it, and my reserve died as well, both giving me nul points as a result, I think I'm going to have to do a Uriel and trawl the news pages...
AG
That sort of dedication gives this game a bad name.
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Shipmate
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1. The Queen
2. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
3. Imran Khan
4. Jacob Zuma
5. Robert Mugabe
6. Joseph Kony
7. Lewis Hamilton
8. Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour
9. Abu Muslim al-Turkmani
10. Abu Ali al-Anbar
11. Paul Gascoigne
12. Colin Meads
13. Joseph Ratzinger
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
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1. Billy Graham
2. Pope Emeritus Benedict
3. HM Queen Elizabeth II
4. Paul Gascoigne
5. Robert Mugabe
6. Lemmy Kilmister (Motorhead)
7. Michael Crawford
8. Martin Landau
9. Prince Philip
10. Stephen Hawking
11. Dick Van Dyke
12. Bernard Cribbins
13. Bruce Forsyth
I think they are still all alive. I do seem to be very good at finding the resilient ones.
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Sandemaniac
Shipmate
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quote:
Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
That sort of dedication gives this game a bad name.
OI! I resemble that remark!
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Curiosity killed ...
Ship's Mug
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The year I hoped that my list would give the kiss of life to people I liked was the year I won. I am really not sure it works as a tactic.
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Pomona
Shipmate
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I am not usually a denizen of The Circus, but...
1. Billy Graham
2. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
3. Princess Michael of Kent
4. Olivia deHallivand
5. Nancy Reagan
6. Jonathan Rhys Meyers (played Henry VIII in The Tudors)
7. John Hurt
8. Caroline Aherne
9. George Michael
10. Prince Andrew
11. Alex Ferguson
12. Burt Bacharach
13. George Bush senior
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Og: Thread Killer
Ship's token CN Mennonite
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Hmmm....need to replace one. Most of these people are getting up there.
1. Steve Guttenberg (bad actor)
2. Robert Mugabe
3. Burt Bacharach
4. Stephen Sondheim
5. Andre Previn
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)
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It was only a joke. A reflection on the fact that most people don't make huge efforts to find people they think will win.
People can play however they want.
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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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St. Gwladys
Shipmate
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Queen Elizabeth
Prince Phillip
Bruce Forsyth
Peter Sallis (Wallace)
Desmond Tutu
Kim Jong-un
Mohammed Ali
Elton John
Stephen Hawking
Billy Connolly
Billy Graham
Shirley Bassey
Some I'd be pleased to get points for, some I'd be sad to get points for
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Apprentice
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Rabbi Lionel Blue
Halaevalu Mata'aho 'Ahome'e (Tonga's Queen Mother)
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,
Sister Wendy Beckett
Little Richard
Fr Lazarus El-Anthony (Coptic monk and anchorite)
Leonard Casley (Prince of Hutt River Province micro-nation)
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Eric Lubbock, Lord Avebury
Chuck Blazer (Banned FIFA executive)
Howard Marks
Jakucho Setouchi (Japanese author & nun)
Jenny Diski
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Cottontail
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Brian Blessed
Val Kilmer
Robbie Coltrane
Clive James
Prunella Scales
John Hurt
Liz Dawn
Phil Spector
Paul Gascoigne
Nichelle Nichols
Rob Ford
Muhammed Ali
Billy Connolly
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For the last few years, have only remembered about putting a list up on 1st Jan....this year have remembered earlier. Random, male heavy list from me.
Prince Philip
Justin Timberlake
Bear Grylls
Donald Trump
Jimmy Carter
Hugh Jackman
Nigel Garage
Pope Francis
Alex Salmond
Geoffrey Boycott
Willie Nelson
Mary Berry
Nigel Lawson
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la vie en rouge
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Last year’s lone casualty has been replaced. The others can ride because I’m too lazy to think of anyone else.
1. King Mswati III of Swaziland
2. Fidel Castro
3. Hosni Mubarak
4. Mullah Fazlullah
5. King Bhumibol of Thailand
6. Silvio Berlusconi
7. Than Shwe
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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Tree Bee
Ship's tiller girl
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Having drawn a blank this year I've replaced half of my names:
1 Coltrane, Robbie
2 Douglas, Michael
3 Fox, Michael J
4 Franklin, Aretha
5 Hallenga, Kristin
6 Jackson, Janet
7 James, Clive
8 John, Elton
9 Marks, Howard
10 Maynard, Bill
11 Minnelli , Liza
12 Robbins, Ted
13 Spector, Phil
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— Woody Guthrie
http://saysaysay54.wordpress.com
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1. Princess Alexandra
2. Muhammed Ali
3. President Assad
4. Johan Cruyff
5. Miley Cyrus
6. Paul Gascoigne
7. Stephen Hawking
8. Clive James
9. Nigella Lawson
10. Jamie Oliver
11. Vladimir Putin
12. Pope Benedict
13. Donald Trump
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Spike
Mostly Harmless
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I had Lemmy on my list for 2016. What do I do now?
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
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You nominate a replacement. I will replace him with Boy George.
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Lord may all my hard times be healing times
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Wet Kipper
Circus Runaway
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Originally posted by Spike:
I had Lemmy on my list for 2016. What do I do now?
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All entries must be submitted on this thread no later than 23.59 UTC on December 31st 2015. No entries will be accepted after this time. No exceptions - you've got nearly a month, after all. 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.
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Wet Kipper
Circus Runaway
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well, I've gone for a bit of "half and half", replacing 6 of my regulars with someone else, tempted by the newer award.
In the end, this probably means I'm saving 19 people from death instead of just 13
I've included the names of the substitutions to make it easier to track:
1. Buzz Aldrin
2. Ursula Andress
3. Sir Stirling Moss (was Bernie Ecclestone, but I'm fed up giving him a kiss of life. He'll probably die in 2017 once I've removed him completely)
4. Ringo Starr (was Robert Downey Jr).
5. Lou Ferrigno
6. Aretha Franklin
7. Elliott Gould
8. Michael Crawford - "Oooh, Betty"- (was Shane McGowan)
9. Scott Glenn (was Gary Numan)
10. Rustie Lee (was Delia Smith)
11. Adam West
12. Paul Gadd - Gary Glitter - (was Roy Wood)
13. Stanley Baxter
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