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Thread: 2014 Celebrity Death Pool
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Sioni Sais
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Changed mutatis mutandis.
1. Prince Philip
2. Robert Mugabe
3. Pete Doherty
4. Keith Richards
5. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
6. Tom Baker
7. Alex Ferguson
8. Clive James
9. Stephen Hawking
10. Silvio Berlusconi
11. George W Bush
12. Vladimir Putin
13. Paul Gascoigne
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Light User
Apprentice
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This year's bunch of deadpooling desperados:
1) Sister Wendy Beckett
2) Stuart Hall
3) Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI
4) Clive James
5) Mother Delores Hart
6) Dustin Hoffman
7) Patriarch Mesrob II of Constantinople
8) Lemmie Kilminster
9) Rabbi Lionel Blue
10) Rev Ian Paisley
11) Lord James Molyneux
12) Rev Fred Phelps
13) Claudio Abbado (Conductor)
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Sparrow
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Here are mine:
1. Robert Mugabe
2. President Assad of Syria
3. Kirk Douglas
4. Paul Gascoigne
5. Russell Brand
6. Fidel Castro
7. Duke of Edinburgh
8. Bruce Forsyth
9. Dawn French
10. Gary Glitter
11. Denis Healey
12. Salman Rushdie
13. Peter Salllis
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Schroedinger's cat
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In an attempt to help others, Michael sadly might be worth a punt for this list. The news does not sound good.
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la vie en rouge
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After a particularly successful 2013, several exciting new opportunities have opened up on my list of the despotic and disreputable. The survivors can ride because I’m too lazy to think of anyone else.
Therefore my unlucky 13 looks like this:
1. King Mswati III of Swaziland
2. Fidel Castro
3. Hosni Mubarak
4. Mullah Fazlullah
5. Silvio Berlusconi
6. Bashar al-Assad
7. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
8. Islam Karimov
9. Nursultan Nazarbayev
And a few non-despotic picks:
10. Michael Douglas
11. Paul Daniels (just because)
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)
(It turns out that I’m a big softie after all – I don’t have the heart to put Michael Schumacher on the list ![[Tear]](graemlins/tear.gif) )
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St. Gwladys
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I'm not! Can I swop Michael Schumacher for John Cleese?
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From "New York Girls", Steeleye Span, Commoners Crown (Voiced by Peter Sellers)
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Sarasa
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# 12271
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1. Robert Mugabe
2. Alan Sugar
3. Fats Domino
4. Little Richard
5. Jerry Lee Lewis
6. Rabbi Lionel Blue
7. Christian Bale
8. Pete Townsend
9. Roger Daltrey
10. Fidel Castro
11. Pete Seeger
12. Bruce Forsyth
13. Vince Cable
More or less the same as last year - luck fina;;y ran out for Margaret Thatcher.
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Auntie Doris
Screen Goddess
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1. Ken Dodd
2. Prince Philip
3. Val Doonican
4. Michael J Fox
5. Michael Schumacher
6. Lesley Phillips
7. Fidel Castro
8. George Michael
9. Miley Cyrus
10. Murray Walker
11. Billy Graham
12. Muhammad Ali
13. George Bush Snr
Happy 2014 to my candidates ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Auntie Doris x
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Schroedinger's cat
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quote:
Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
I'm not! Can I swop Michael Schumacher for John Cleese?
I believe changing is not allowed. I am off to kill one of my picks* so I can swap Michael in.....
*I don't lose any points for killing them off before the new year, so I?
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An die Freude
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So, another year, another list. I suppose my lack of interest in Hollywoodies and excessive interest in world politics may have influenced my list. If any of my choices are deemed to be too obscure, please tack on Paris Hilton at the end.
1. Omar Treviño Morales
2. General Choe Ryong-hae
3. General Kim Jong-gak
4. Kim Jong-Un
5. Michael Schumacher
6. Justin Bieber
7. Lindsay Lohan
8. Miley Cyrus
9. Bashar Al-Assad
10. Mohammed Morsi
11. Dokka Umarov, Chechen rebel leader in a country hosting the Olympics
12. Mokhtar Belmokhtar
13. Vladimir Putin
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The Rogue
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St Gwladys, I agree with Schroedinger's cat's analysis of the changing name issue and can confirm that his proposed action will be allowed under the rules although if he kills off someone on his 2013 list then those points will not be allowed.
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Amazing Grace
High Church Protestant
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1) Hosni Mubarak
2) Fidel Castro
3) Bashar al-Assad
4) George HW Bush
5) Mohammed Morsi
6) Michael Schumaker
7) Rev Ian Paisley
8) Valerie Harper
9) Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
10) Rev. Billy Graham
11) Mohammed Ali
12) Kyle Buell
13) Lindsay Lohan
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Curiosity killed ...
Ship's Mug
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I deliberately leave compiling a death list late to allow for recent events:
- John McVie - Fleetwood Mac
- Michael Schumacher
- Valerie Harper
- Randy Travis - country singer
- Nick Cannon (Mr Mariah Carey)
- Sally Farmiloe - (Howard's Way actress, had an affair with Jeffrey Archer)
- Lindsay Lohan
- Paul Gascoigne
- Mohammmed Ali
- Steve Tyler (guitarist from Aerosmith)
- Mullah Fazlullah (Taliban leader)
- Samantha Lewthwaite (White Widow)
- Wilko Johnson
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Sandemaniac
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Once again, desperately scraping in under the wire!
Having to make a substitution as Hugo Chavez, bless him, shuffled off in March, so...
1. Aretha Franklin
2. Bashar Al-Assad
3. Rush Limbaugh
4. Sharif Ahmed (Somali President)
5. George H W Bush
6. Jimmy Armfield
7. Michael Douglas
8. Paul Gascoigne
9. Hilary Clinton
10. Alan Stanford
11. Bernie Madoff
12. Tony Blair
13. Jerry Lee Lewis
AG
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Organ Builder
Shipmate
# 12478
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I missed doing this last year and regretted it all year! So here is my list:
1. Michael Schumacher
2. Pope Benedict XVI
3. Fidel Castro
4. Tony Benn
5. Billy Graham
6. Clive James
7. Michael Douglas
8. Valerie Harper
9. Stephen Hawking
10. Robert Mugabe
11. Mohammed Morsi
12. Hosni Mubarek
13. George HW Bush
I don't think any of them are dead yet...but some of them are barely hanging on. If my record from the past continues, this will give some of them the Zsa Zsa Gabor Kiss of Life Award.
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The Rogue
Shipmate
# 2275
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Just over five hours left to nominate.
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The Rogue
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# 2275
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Amazing Grace tells me by pm that she meant to say Ryan Buell when she typed Kyle Buell. As I can't find a celebrity called Kyle Buell I will accept the change as non-existence can be interpreted as a variety of being dead.
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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TEN MINUTES REMAINING
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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Happy 2014! The time for entries or changes is now CLOSED.
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The Rogue
Shipmate
# 2275
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Thanks, Ariston. I can report already that there are forty three entries and that if all our chosen celebrities were to die today comet would score most points by a long way - 954 points with JFH in second place on 724 points. Amazing Grace and Campbellite would, remarkably, share third place with 676 points despite the fact that they only have three nominations in common.
Everyone would share the "Inside Track With The Grim Reaper" award and the "Sudden Death" award and everyone except Kysyl (who only made eleven nominations) would share the "Quantity Not Quantity" award.
However, if that were to happen the secret services of several countries would be investigating the Ship and all her crew so let's hope that it doesn't.
Let battle commence!
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Og: Thread Killer
Ship's token CN Mennonite
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Game on
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I wish I was seeking justice loving mercy and walking humbly but... "Cease to lament for that thou canst not help, And study help for that which thou lament'st."
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Og: Thread Killer
Ship's token CN Mennonite
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What?!
Nobody's died in the last 12 hours?
Humph......
Og goes hunting for lawn bowl's coverage on a live stream in order to feed his need for competitive fury.
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The Rogue
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Not on anyone's list so I don't have to determine the exact time (and year) of death. Phew.
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Hedgehog
Ship's Shortstop
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Actor James Avery has died.
Meanwhile, Barbara Bush and Ariel Sharon are both in the hospital.
Probably different hospitals.
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Caissa
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Reports indicate that I will soon be getting points for Ariel Sharon.
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Timothy the Obscure
Mostly Friendly
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Phil Everly, RIP ![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif)
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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quote:
Originally posted by Caissa:
Reports indicate that I will soon be getting points for Ariel Sharon.
Ithought he was dead years ago!
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
# 64
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quote:
Originally posted by Caissa:
Reports indicate that I will soon be getting points for Ariel Sharon.
Maybe. He might still hang on for decades.
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Lord may all my hard times be healing times
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la vie en rouge
Parisienne
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
quote:
Originally posted by Caissa:
Reports indicate that I will soon be getting points for Ariel Sharon.
Ithought he was dead years ago!
I had him on my list for years but got bored waiting for them to switch him off.
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Sioni Sais
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Simon Hoggart, parliamentary sketch writer and broadcaster has died, aged 67.
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Heavenly Anarchist
Shipmate
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quote:
Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
Simon Hoggart, parliamentary sketch writer and broadcaster has died, aged 67.
![[Frown]](frown.gif) I loved his writing.
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The Rogue
Shipmate
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Now that the 2013 event has finished I will be analysing our picks for this year. As part of that I will pm everyone with who I think they have selected over the next few days. Please do reply and confirm or otherwise.
Pointless statistics will appear here in due course.
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Japes
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Ariel Sharon has died.
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Caissa
Shipmate
# 16710
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15 points for me.
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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15 points, and an Inside Track with the Reaper award! Well done!
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Piglet
Islander
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Did anybody have Trigger?
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If it's a boy, they're calling him Rodney, after Dave
RIP
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Sioni Sais
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# 5713
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
Did anybody have Trigger?
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If it's a boy, they're calling him Rodney, after Dave
RIP
That's very sad. Pancreatic cancer too, which is a real bastard.
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The Rogue
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# 2275
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The Ship of Theseus will always be known as Trigger's Broom.
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lilBuddha
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# 14333
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Well, if he's looking for a new manager...
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Hallellou, hallellou
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Conductor Claudio Abbado is hearing music of a different sort.
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Sioni Sais
Shipmate
# 5713
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Despite his career as a journalist and MP and setting a world 5,000 metre record, Sir Christopher Chataway who died yesterday age 82, is best known for his performance in a race he didn't win (Sir Roger Bannister won, in the first sub-four minute mile).
2014's looking a prolific year for deaths already.
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An die Freude
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# 14794
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Damn it, I had a hunch something like this would happen, but didn't dare to go full out on a single event like that!
( for everyone in that sad country that is North Korea)
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Formerly JFH
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Lyda*Rose
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Dear God.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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And this is Dennis Rodman's good friend and really nice guy? I wonder what Rodman is thinking now . . . if he thinks at all.
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Ann
Curious
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quote:
Originally posted by JFH:
Damn it, I had a hunch something like this would happen, but didn't dare to go full out on a single event like that!
( for everyone in that sad country that is North Korea)
They appear to have missed a nephew ...
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Sioni Sais
Shipmate
# 5713
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quote:
Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
And this is Dennis Rodman's good friend and really nice guy? I wonder what Rodman is thinking now . . . if he thinks at all.
I expect Rodman is shitting himself at the possibility of anything he did or said being interpreted unfavourably.
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