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Thread: Circus: 2013 Celebrity Death Pool: Kicking the Dust, Biting the Bucket
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Japes
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Peter O'Toole has died, aged 81.
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Hedgehog
Ship's Shortstop
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quote:
Originally posted by Japes:
Peter O'Toole has died, aged 81.
Soooooo, I should probably not put him on my 2014 list, then.
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Sandemaniac
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Nor should you put Joan Fontaine down.
AG
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Piglet
Islander
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She would have been on my "I thought they'd been dead for years" list.
Now I think about it, I was rather surprised that Peter O'Toole hadn't ...
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Pigwidgeon
Ship's Owl
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Doomsday has finally come for Harold Camping.
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~Tortuf
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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To be honest, I was a little disappointed to find out that Justin Bieber was only retiring at 19 (81 points! Man who makes bad decisions and does dumb things worth 81 points! I thought I had a lock!). Being evil is partly why we play the game.
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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Our little man is growing up and is announcing his first "retirement". How sweet! ![[Tear]](graemlins/tear.gif)
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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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Ye Olde Motherboarde
Ship's Mother and Singing Quilter
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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
Doomsday has finally come for Harold Camping.
Darn I'm going to miss counting down to Doomsday every year. Wonder who will follow him and make crazy predictions and then watching them being shot down? ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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And why doesn't anyone take Christ's words seriously about no one knowing the time, not even him? quote:
“But about that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Beware, keep alert; for you do not know when the time will come. Mark 13:32,33
Here endeth the tangent.
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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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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
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Maybe we should have an annual thread predicting the end of the world, and whoever gets the most catastrophic day wins?
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Lord may all my hard times be healing times
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Cottontail
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I seem to be having a late surge. After a quiet year, two in the last few days.
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The Rogue
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quote:
Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
Maybe we should have an annual thread predicting the end of the world, and whoever gets the most catastrophic day wins?
If anyone does correctly predict the end of the world, how will we congratulate them? Perhaps the Ship will keep afloat during all the turmoil.
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If everyone starts thinking outside the box does outside the box come back inside?
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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Al Goldstein, noted pornographer and publisher of Screw magazine, is most likely not experiencing the ecstasy he had hoped for.
Once, when asked if he believed in God, Goldstein replied, "God is your need to believe in some super being. I am the super being." Isn't that pretty much what Lucifer's reasoning must have been?
He died of renal failure. I respectfully submit that this goes to argue for the existence of God, as clearly he was full of p-ss.
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St. Gwladys
Shipmate
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Heard on the radio, David Coleman, sports commentator, has died.
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"Careful what you say sir, we're on board ship here"
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Pigwidgeon
Ship's Owl
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I doubt anyone had him (and he wouldn't have scored many points), but Mikhail Kalashnikov, Creator of AK-47, has died at 94.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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I can't find a cause of death, but had he died of gunshot wounds it definitely would have gone to prove the existence of God.
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"I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr.
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
# 64
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From the reports I have seen, he died of old age. Which is ironic, given how many people failed to reach old age due to his invention.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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Andy Granatelli, former race car driver and spokesperson for STP oil treatment, has lubricated his way through the Pearly Gates.
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"I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr.
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ArachnidinElmet
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And slipping in under the wire of 2013, John Fortune of Bremner, Bird and Fortune fame has slipped away.
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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Happy 2014! This (last?) year's game is now OVER. I look forward to hearing final scores from The Rogue, as well as winners, losers (hi there!), and various other stats. This thread will be kept open for a while longer for stats and congratulations—but our next round has already begun.
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“Therefore, let it be explained that nowhere are the proprieties quite so strictly enforced as in men’s colleges that invite young women guests, especially over-night visitors in the fraternity houses.” Emily Post, 1937.
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The Rogue
Shipmate
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Thanks, Ariston. I'll give it a day or so in case anybody dies without realising it straight away.
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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[ahem]
point of information, sir. 2013 isn't over for awhile yet. if someone were to kick the bucket in the next 9 hours or so in California, it would still count. not to mention Alaska or Hawaii.
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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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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
# 10894
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Point of counterinformation, courtesy The Rules: we already thought of that. The game started at 00:00:00 UTC on 1 January 2013, and ended at 23:59:59 on 31 December UTC—which is odd to write from here, where it's currently 6:13 in the evening. However, since we're judging by a specified time zone where it's already 2014, the game's over.
Yes, it could cause a time paradox. Oh well. Perhaps the 2015 rules will include a special "blue box" provision accounting for such things.
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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AH. I was remembering getting my entries in years ago at something like 10 to midnight, but perhaps that was midnight UTC time.
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Evil Dragon Lady, Breaker of Men's Constitutions
"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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The Rogue
Shipmate
# 2275
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Coming soon.
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Sioni Sais
Shipmate
# 5713
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FWIW I think it wise to wait a few days for late notifications.
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(Paul Sinha, BBC)
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The Rogue
Shipmate
# 2275
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There's been a few days now so here goes.
Of the 268 celebrities chosen a grand total of 16 actually co-operated. They were:
Michael Winner 23 points
Patty Andrews 6 points
Reg Presley 29 points
Hugo Chavez 42 points
Lilian Davies 3 points
Frank Thornton 8 points
Roger Ebert 30 points
Annette Funicello 30 points
Margaret Thatcher 13 points
Henry Cecil 30 points
Masao Yoshida 42 points
Hakimullah Mehsud 66 points
Doris Lessing 6 points
Michael Weiner 49 points
Nelson Mandela 5 points
Ronald Biggs 16 points
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The Rogue
Shipmate
# 2275
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Shipmate scores are:
la vie en rouge 137 points
Gwai 132 points
Amazing Grace 90 points
Mamacita 90 points
Cottontail 76 points
Caissa 60 points
comet 55 points
Niteowl 55 points
Timothy the Obscure 55 points
Tree Bee 52 points
Eloise 47 points
Og: Thread Killer 47 points
Sparrow 43 points
balaam 42 points
Campbellite 42 points
JFH 42 points
Sandemaniac 42 points
kankucho 29 points
Auntie Doris 18 points
ChaliceGirl 18 points
Grits 18 points
Heavenly Anarchist 18 points
Jack the Lass 18 points
Matt Black 18 points
piglet 18 points
Schroedinger's cat 18 points
Spike 18 points
St Everild 18 points
St Gwladys 18 points
Gussie 13 points
Imersge Canfield 13 points
Japes 13 points
North East Quine 13 points
PeteC 13 points
Sioni Sais 13 points
Welease Woderick 13 points
Light User 9 points
Hedgehog 0 points
Ariston 0 points
Hart 0 points
jedijudy 0 points
Lyda*Rose 0 points
maleveque 0 points
Queen Mousie 0 points
The Rogue 0 points
Well done, la vie en rouge.
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The Rogue
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The Inside Track with the Grim Reaper Award goes to Tree Bee for picking Michael Winner.
The Quantity not Quality Award goes to Gwai who had five correct guesses.
The Sudden Death Award is shared by kankucho, Cottontail and la vie en rouge for picking Ronald Biggs.
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
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Ive always thought that people shouldn't mess with Gwai....
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lilBuddha
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Someone should check her, and la vie en rouge, travel patterns for the last year....
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Hallellou, hallellou
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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Suddenly, I'm wondering if those games of Mafia weren't really training.
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Tree Bee
Ship's tiller girl
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Pretty pleased with coming tenth, and the Inside Track award! ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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— Woody Guthrie
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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You seem to leave the way open there to kill people for other reasons - but then as you are a Purg Host I think that is entirely reasonable!
P.s. - do you want me to send you a copy of my list?
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Cottontail
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After a dismal year, a very late surge took me into 5th place! I am highly pleased with that, and especially with the Sudden Death award. A respectable showing, and without any help from the CIA (as far as I know).
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Piglet
Islander
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quote:
Originally posted by Gwai:
... If it helps, I missed the deadline this year ...
That'll improve the odds for the rest of us. ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
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The Rogue
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Is there a hall of fame?
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Sioni Sais
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quote:
Originally posted by la vie en rouge:
I don’t think I’ve entered a particularly competitive team this year. This is partly because I figure winning two years in a row makes one look like a sicko ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
I've just had a look at your 2014 pick and there aren't many longshots in that 13; some would be grateful for any Kiss of Life going their way.
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Amazing Grace
High Church Protestant
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quote:
Originally posted by The Rogue:
Is there a hall of fame?
I know that Mamacita, Gwai, and I have won at least once. I can't remember if I've won twice.
I got two on one day in 2009. Has that happened to anyone else? (Yeah, I was looking over my shoulder for about a week.)
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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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comet
Snowball in Hell
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I don't think I've ever won, but I got the inside track award once. I remember because it was weird. one day, while making my list, Ricardo Montalban popped into my head for some reason, hadn't thought of him for years. a few days after the new year, he bit the big one. it's like God was guiding my hand.
However fucked up that bit of divine guidance might be.
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Evil Dragon Lady, Breaker of Men's Constitutions
"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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Caissa
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Very pleased with coming fifth on the strength of Margaret Thatcher, Nelson Mandela and Hugo Chavez.
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Caissa
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Make that sixth not fifth. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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