Death Pool 2007™

[streety]

As the new year nears, people thoughts inevitably turn to which celebrities will snuff it in the next 12 months. To that end, here is the all new...

W&B DEATH POOL 2007™

LEAGUE TABLE
[61] HEAVY T ■ Micheal J Fox ■ Ashley Olsen ■ Louie Anderson ■ Fidel Castro ■ Anna Nicole Smith [39]
[6] THE BASSTARD ■ Margaret Thatcher ■ Pete Doherty ■ Fidel Castro ■ Michael J Fox ■ Lady Bird Johnson [94]
[0] STREETY ■ Ariel Sharon ■ Dick Cheney ■ Muhammad Ali ■ Harold Pinter ■ Britney Spears
[0] GRUFF ■ Mickey Rooney ■ Dick Van Dyke ■ Henry Kissinger ■ David Frost ■ Kim Jong-il
[0] ZOIDBERG ■ Pope Benedict XVI ■ Osama Bin Laden ■ Fidel Castro ■ Doug Ellis ■ Dick Cheney
[0] ANGRYPAUL ■ Gary Coleman ■ Paul Newman ■ Dennis Norden ■ June Brown ■ Bruce Forsyth
[0] FUNKYMUNKY ■ Ian McKellen ■ Paul Daniels ■ Sean Connery ■ Noel Edmonds ■ Gary Moore
[0] BAPPEL ■ Micheal Jackson ■ Jack Nicholson ■ Whitney Houston ■ Eminem ■ The Queen
[0] EVIL-FLAGPOLE ■ John Cleese ■ Keith Richards ■ Kilroy ■ Bill Cosby ■ Clive Dunn
[0] [MURRAY] ■ Bobby Robson ■ Ronnie Corbett ■ George Bush Snr ■ Burt Bacharach ■ Bruce Forsyth
[0] CRYOMANIAC ■ Pete Doherty ■ Kim Jong-il ■ Dakota Fanning ■ Fidel Castro ■ Ariel Sharon
[0] BIONIC SHEEP ■ Osama Bin Laden ■ Pete Doherty ■ Sean Connery ■ Pete Townshend ■ Mick Jagger
[0] THE NOISE ■ Dick Cheney ■ Michael J Fox ■ Pope Benedict XVI ■ Fidel Castro ■ Sean Connery
[0] FLAVA DAVE ■ Tim Lovejoy ■ Margaret Thatcher ■ Alex Ferguson ■ Julian Simmons ■ Michael Winslow
[0] M00B ■ Fidel Castro ■ George Bush Snr ■ 50 Cent ■ Martha Stewart ■ Jimmy Carter
[0] MACCA ■ Paul Gascoigne ■ George Foreman ■ Prince ■ Bruce Forsyth ■ Liam Neeson
[0] TERRORBITE ■ Dennis Norden ■ Clint Eastwood ■ Ronnie Corbett ■ John McCririck ■ Bruce Forsyth
[0] EXTREMITY ■ Madonna ■ The Queen ■ Oprah Winfrey ■ Stephen Hawking ■ Pele
[0] SMARTIE ■ Ariel Sharon ■ Peter O'Toole ■ Patrick Moore ■ Michael J Fox ■ Gary Glitter
[0] SCRUMPOPOLIS ■ Tony Benn ■ Ian Paisley ■ Jimmy Saville ■ Prince ■ Howard Brown
[0] MIDGET ■ Stephen Fry ■ Pete Doherty ■ Kylie Minogue ■ John Travolta ■ Al Pacino
[0] STUPIDDUMDUM ■ Queen ■ Bill Gates ■ Ronnie Corbett ■ Ringo Starr ■ George W. Bush
[0] TROLLHAMMER ■ Jennifer Aniston ■ Ronan Keating ■ Michael Jackson ■ Snoop Dogg ■ Tony Blair
[0] DETDANDMAN ■ George Michael ■ Courtney Love ■ Paris Hilton ■ Britney Spears ■ Kate Moss
[0] ARCHBISHOP_JOSH ■ Muhammad Ali ■ Osama Bin Laden ■ Ariel Sharon ■ Ronnie Biggs ■ Patrick Moore
[0] PAUL12345 ■ Andrew Flintoff ■ Ronnie O'Sullivan ■ John Reid ■ Nouri al-Maliki ■ George Michael
[0] CARBON SNIPER ■ Osama Bin Laden ■ Kim Jong-il ■ Stephen Hawking ■ The Queen ■ David Hasselhoff
[0] TAYSMITH ■ Ariel Sharon ■ Kirk Douglas ■ Patrick Moore ■ Lindsay Lohan ■ Pete Doherty
[0] BOYINABOX ■ Jimmy Carter ■ Neil Armstrong ■ Diego Maradona ■ Mikhail Kalashnikov ■ Arthur C Clarke
[0] CARPEFULA ■ Gore Vidal ■ Liza Minnelli ■ Tony Curtis ■ Harold Pinter ■ Prince Philip
[0] RUBBERFISHY ■ Gorden Kaye ■ George W. Bush ■ Prince Harry ■ Sylvester Stallone ■ Jimmy Carter
[0] GIANTALBINO ■ Pete Doherty ■ Abu Hamza ■ Ian Huntley ■ Richard Branson ■ Jenny Bond
[0] YNNEKKENNY ■ Des O'Connor ■ George Bush Snr ■ Nelson Mandela ■ Christopher Lloyd ■ Tina Turner
[0] RADIOACTIVEHAM ■ Patrick Moore ■ Muhammad Ali ■ John Cleese ■ Des Lynam ■ Margaret Thatcher
[0] MISTER QWERTY ■ John Travolta ■ Ricky Tomlinson ■ Wendy Richards ■ Cherie Blair ■ Terry Wogan
[0] MRS PATTY POTATO ■ Amy Whinehouse ■ Michael Fish ■ Don Goodman ■ Angus Deayton ■ Fred Williamson
[0] MOOSEY ■ Zsa Zsa Gabor ■ Aretha Franklin ■ June Brown ■ Lindsay Lohan ■ Amy Whinehouse
[0] SWAMPMONKEY ■ Amy Whinehouse ■ Pete Doherty ■ Michael J Fox ■ Diego Maradona ■ Britney Spears
[0] COX ■ Owen Wilson ■ Albert Hoffman ■ Harold Pinter ■ Norman Wisdom ■ Ronnie Biggs

KEY
substitutions in yellow ■ deaths in white

The rules are simple. You propose five celebrities you believe will croak before 2359 on December 31st 2007 and if you're right, you'll be given points. The player with the most points at midnight on 31st December/1st January 2007/08 will be the winner.

THE RULES



Every entrant must submit a list of five celebrities who they believe will pass away before midnight on 31st December 2007.
All chosen celebrities must be human and must be real people (ie no characters from soaps or film)
All chosen celebrities must be named in the entry (ie no entires of Pope What's-his-name or "the oldest man in the world") - If they are a celebrity who is not likely to be recognised by the majority of the entrants, please add a simple not to explain who (s)he is (ie "Margaret Thatcher - ex-British Prime Minister").
Anyone caught murdering their target will be sent to bed without any supper and will not receive their Death Pool points (and you may also face up to life imprisonment or even the death penalty depending on where you live). Other entrants will receive their points as normal.
In order to qualify as a celebrity, the entrant must be famous enough to get an obituary in a major British/American newspaper or on the BBC website upon their death.
Up to two substitutions may be made throughout the year (one substitute only if you enter after 2359 on 15th June 2007), although a points penalty will be imposed if this person then dies. A person cannot be substituted after it is widely announced that they are terminally ill or have been hospitalised after suffering serious injuries in an accident. This rule also applies to new entrants
In the event of a tie at the end of the competition, the winner will be the entrant with the highest number of correct nominations through the year. If it is still a tie, the player with the lowest average age for their dead entrants will be the winner. If it's still a tie, then it's a draw. This game really isn't that important.
You canot pick someone who has been sentenced to die within the next year. If their penalty is reduced you will be allowed to pick them.

HOW TO SCORE POINTS



When a person dies, anyone who has nominated them in their list will receive 100 points minus the age of the person when they die (ie, a 50 year old will be worth 50 points, a 60 year old 40 points etc). A 100+ year old is worth 1 point.
If the five people in your list die in the order you have listed them, a bonus of 100 points will be given.
If all five celebrities in your list die, but in a different order to your entry then 50 bonus points will be given.
If the dead celebrity is a substitution, 1/3 of their points will be docked.


HOW TO ENTER



Pick 5 celebrities who you think will die before 31st December 2007 which adhere to the rules.
Post or PM me your chosen 5.


DUE TO CURRENT ILLNESSES YOU CANNOT CHOOSE



Fidel Castro


Any thoughts/comments etc before the game starts on January 1st?

Game starts January 1st @ 00:00GMT

[Bosnod]

I think maybe a year is too long to find who wins and with only two substitutes allowed surely the thread will be regularly dissappearing off the front page and need many many bumps.
A person cannot be substituted after it is widely announced that they are terminally ill or have been hospitalised after suffering serious injuries in an accident.
This is a good rule though.

[streety]

I think maybe a year is too long to find who wins and with only two substitutes allowed surely the thread will be regularly dissappearing off the front page and need many many bumps.

This is a good rule though.
It will need many bumps but I hope people enter during the year.
I have seen this done successfully on another forum, so I hope the same happens here.

[Bappel]

Edited:
Taken away my list. I forgot about the thing where not to post list before new years eve.

[bmfy.]

Don't bother with nominations before New Year Day, it'll confuse things if one dies before then.

Micheal Jackson (beaten by some crazy mother)
Jack Nicholson (Natural, heart attack??)
Whitney Huston (Drugs)
Eminem (Pisses someone off that shoots him or something)
and
The queen of England (Age)

Well there is my list

:confused:

I'll probably give it a go.

[Bappel]

Argh I forgot to read that. I'll repost it later

[streety]

Edited:
Taken away my list. I forgot about the thing where not to post list before new years eve.
I changed that rule just after you posted.
You don't have to put a reasoning with your list.

[Bappel]

But i leked to put a reason. more fun that way. And if it really happens like I wrote there would be fun to say that I'm psychic!

[Tweekish]

As morbid as this is, count me in!

[Roxit]

Here is the start of my list. I will fill it in as I think more about it.

1. Saddam Hussein - A Really Naughty Boy (so I guess I can't have him. Will remove when I have full list)
2.
3.
4.
5.

[Fraek]

It's difficult for me to know what celebrities you Brits like... ...but I guess I'll have a whack at it.

Don't bother with nominations before New Year Day, it'll confuse things if one dies before then.Ah, up until I read this I thought this was "Nominate five celebrities who you think'll be dead before January 1st 2007", but the 2008 deadline (no pun intended) makes a lot more sense.

[Qu1f]

Ill join in, sounds like a lot of fun.

:)

[streety]

Here is the start of my list. I will fill it in as I think more about it.

1. Saddam Hussein - A Really Naughty Boy (so I guess I can't have him. Will remove when I have full list)
I am not allowing Saddam to be included as he has been sentenced to death...

[waggit]

Dang

[basstard]

I am not allowing Saddam to be included as he has been sentenced to death...

Darn, heh. He was going to me on my list too.

[gruff]

Yeah I'll enter this, got a few in mind who surely won't survive the year.

[The Noise]

do we post our list on here or do we send it to you?

[streety]

do we post our list on here or do we send it to you?

HOW TO ENTER



Post or PM me your chosen 5.


:)

[Bosnod]

I think I'll give it a go, it will probably be worth subscribing to this thread so we can keep track when it falls back pages.

[Cryomaniac]

I'll have a go, and probably choose younger people in an all or nothing type idea....

[streety]

Well Saddam has been executed. So my ruling doesn't really matter anymore.

[ZOIDBERG]

Just a suggestion, but I think the substitutions need changing. For a start, it seems that you lose points for having your substitution die when you replace someone with them... or maybe I just read that wrong. I thought you could always have 5 people; i.e. when one of your people dies they are replaced?

I'm in though :)

[kotu]

I think it would be a really great idea if vast cash prizes were awarded to the winner

hehehe :twisted:

[streety]

Just a suggestion, but I think the substitutions need changing. For a start, it seems that you lose points for having your substitution die when you replace someone with them... or maybe I just read that wrong. I thought you could always have 5 people; i.e. when one of your people dies they are replaced?

I'm in though :)
No you don't lose points. You just get a percentage rather than the whole amount. You don't replace someone who had died with a sub, you replace someone who is looking rather well and isn't going to snuff it.

[ZOIDBERG]

I meant replacing people as a suggestion, sorry.

[streety]

I meant replacing people as a suggestion, sorry.
Don't apologise... ^_^
Happy New Year. On with the dead people...

[gruff]

1. Mickey Rooney (actor)
2. Dick Van Dyke (actor)
3. Henry Kissinger (ex-politician)
4. Sir David Frost (broadcaster)
5. Kim Jong-il (dictator)

[streety]

The first couple of entries are in. Thanks for that. We need more though to make this a bit more competitive.

I will do my list in due course...

[AngryPaul]

I'm just finalising my list....

[basstard]

1. Margaret Thatcher [Great Shafter Of The British People]
2. Pete Docherty [Lead Drugtaker Of Some Band]
3. Fidel Castro [Head Cuban Communist]
4. Michael J Fox [He Of Back To The Future Fame]
and 5. Lady Bird Johnson [Wife Of Former US President Lyndon B Johnson].

Two Brits, two Americans and a Cuban. Not a bad mix.

[Bosnod]

1. Sir Ian McKellen.
2. Paul Daniels
3. Sean Connery - although I really hope not.
4. Noel Edmonds - shot by dangermouse :P.
5. Gary Moore

[Tweekish]

I need to whittle my list down to a final five. So many people who could kick the bucket.....

[Bappel]

Micheal Jackson (beaten by some crazy mother)
Jack Nicholson (Natural, heart attack??)
Whitney Huston (Drugs)
Eminem (Pisses someone off that shoots him or something)
and
The queen of England (Age)

Well there is my list again

[Roxit]

1. John Cleese
2. Keith Richards
3. Kilroy Silk
4. Bill Cosby
5. Clive Dunn

[[murray]]

1. Sir Bobby Robson
2. Ronnie Corbett
3. George Bush Senior
4. Burt Bacharach
5. Bruce Forsyth

[Cryomaniac]

Pete Doherty (before his 28th birthday! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club))

Kim Jong il (North Korean leader)

Dakota Fanning (should bring the average age down...)

Fidel Castro

Ariel Sharon (Damn, if he survives another year, I might believe the conspiracy that he's already dead)

[streety]

We have 9 entrants now, not including me. Some people have gone for the same celebs.

Interesting....

-EDIT-
If you would like some help. TRY HERE (http://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2006/celebs_index.html)

[Smidge91]

1. 50 Cent (He's been shot 'times'... someone wants to make it double figures.)
2. Paris Hilton (poisonous lipstick)
3. Ronnie Biggs
4. Mark Felt
5. Kim Jong Il (similar to Haddam Sussein)

3. and 4. are only there because the winner of last years competition (streey's link) has put them :)

[bionic sheep]

I'll take a shot at this;

- Osama Bin Laden (They still have a chance, I guess)
- Pete Doherty (Silly sod)
- Sean Connery (Bless)
- Pete Townshend (I love him, but he's getting on a little)
- Mick Jagger (If I have the Who down, I have to get their opposite numbers in somewhere)

[Roxit]

I have a big urge to change one of mine to the old fat guy who at the moment I write this, is going into the Big Brother House. All he can seem to say is "Big Pete".

[AngryPaul]

And look like he won't make it to see Day 2.

[[murray]]

Pete Doherty (before his 28th birthday! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club))

Kim Jong il (North Korean leader)

Dakota Fanning (should bring the average age down...)

Fidel Castro

Ariel Sharon (Damn, if he survives another year, I might believe the conspiracy that he's already dead)

The problem with Pete Doherty is that everyone else who died at 27 was talented, and Pete Doherty is just a cock.

[streety]

I have 13 people in my list so far. It is hard picking 5...

New players have been added to the league table.

[streety]

TV's Magnus Magnusson dies at 77
The former presenter of BBC TV's Mastermind programme, Magnus Magnusson, has died at the age of 77.

RIP

[[murray]]

We missed an absolute sitter, there, if we'd thought about it...

[The Noise]

1.Cheney(as in the dick)
2.i don want it to happen but maybe George Carlin
3.The new pope(idk y)
4.Fidel Castro
5.Sean Connery(i wish it wasnt true)

[Flava Dave]

1. Tim Lovejoy
2. Margaret Thatcher
3. Sir Alex Ferguson (It'll turn out the red nose was a tumour)
4. That Julian gimp off UTV (none of you who live outside Northern Ireland will know who he is, but trust me, he's worse than Hiroshima)
5. The guy off Police academy who makes the noises.


*crosses fingers*

[streety]

4. That Julian gimp off UTV (none of you who live outside Northern Ireland will know who he is, but trust me, he's worse than Hiroshima)
5. The guy off Police academy who makes the noises.

Could you elaborate on these 2 please. There are lots of people that make noises in Police Academy and the other person is on the vague side...

[Flava Dave]

http://julian.utvinternet.com/julian.gif

Julian Simmons.


and...

Michael Winslow (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0935498/)

[Bosnod]

5.Sean Connery(i wish it wasnt true)

Are two people allowed the same person?

[gruff]

Yes.

[streety]

League Table Updated.
Here is my list...

1. Ariel Sharon
2. Dick Cheney
3. Muhammad Ali
4. Harold Pinter
5. Rowdy Roddy Piper

[HeavyT]

1. Micheal J Fox (celeb)
2. Ashely Olsen (celeb)
3. Louie Anderson (celeb)
4. Fidel Castro (dictator)
5. Anna Nichole Smith (celeb)

[streety]

Updated with Heavy's list. Anyone else want to join?

[Roxit]

5. Rowdy Roddy Piper


Isn't he ill so your not allowed to choose him? Or is it the level of illness they have.

[streety]

Isn't he ill so your not allowed to choose him? Or is it the level of illness they have.
You could choose anyone who is ill. You just can't substitute someone in if they become ill, for example, when someone is diagnosed with an illness.

Heavy T just chose Michael J Fox who like my choice, Muhammad Ali has been diagnosed with Parkinson's.

There are lots of dead pool's around, see here (http://www.deathlist.net/forums/) to see how unoriginal my idea was ^_^

[Flava Dave]

I just picked people who I wouldn't mind seeing dead. So I deserve to win because it'll make me so much happier than if anyone else won.

[Extremity]

Madonna, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ariel Sharon, Fidel Castro, Pelé(Brazillian footballer, arguably the best ever.)

[The Noise]

5. Rowdy Roddy Piper
am i allowed to change my list because i didnt know we could have people like that

[m00b]

1. Fidel Castro
2. George Bush Sr.
3. 50 Cent
4. Martha Stewart
5. Jimmy Carter

[Cryomaniac]

']The problem with Pete Doherty is that everyone else who died at 27 was talented, and Pete Doherty is just a cock.

Kurt Cobain's talent for anything other than lyrics and taking heroin is arguable at best, which makes Pete Doherty pretty similar.

[Macca]

1. Paul Gascoigne (AKA Gazza)
2. George Foreman
3. Prince, the artist formerly known as the artist formerly know as Prince.
4. Bruce Forsyth
5. Liam Neeson

[streety]

am i allowed to change my list because i didnt know we could have people like that
If you want to have him in you will have to make a substitution. I personally don't think he will pass away this year. There is a high recovery rate from his illness.

League Updated with new entrants.

[streety]

No more entrants for Fidel Castro and Michael Winner will be accepted while they stay in their present conditions.

[streety]

Terrorbite now added to the list of entrants.

If you still want to join, you can do by PM or posting your list.

PS. \o/ sticky

[Extremity]

1.Madonna,
2.The Queen
3.Oprah
4.Stephen Hawking
5.Pelé

[Smartie]

Here are mine...

1. Ariel Sharon
2. Peter o'toole
3. Patrick Moore
4. Michael J Fox
5. Gary Glitter

[Scrumpopolis]

Tony Benn, Ian Paisley Sr. Jimmy Saville, Prince, Howard Brown (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Brown)

[streety]

League Table Updated.
I knew someone from the WWF/WWE would go this year. Picked Rowdy Roddy Piper but recently Bam Bam Bigelow passed away.

He was very entertaining, back in the day. RIP.

[gruff]

http://www.sptimes.com/2005/11/17/images/large/FLO_1_td17bam1_227751_1117.jpg

Only 45. RIP.

[ZOIDBERG]

Anna Nicole Smith dies aged 39 (http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/08/anna.nicole.collapses/index.html)

61 for T. Don't know her, but RIP.

[Smartie]

She was married to an american millionaire and got his millions, which the family contested.
Funnily enough I thought about choosing her this afternoon but didn't. There's an ironing for you.

[streety]

61 points for Heavy T.
Anna Nicole Smith RIP

[Bappel]

Congrats Heavy_T

Many people that has chosen Fidel Castro. Why did you guys choose him? We arent allowed. Didnt you read the rules?

[ZOIDBERG]

Congrats Heavy_T

Many people that has chosen Fidel Castro. Why did you guys choose him? We arent allowed. Didnt you read the rules?
That was rule was put in after I (and the others I guess) chose him.

Looking at the list, 4 of my 5 people were later chosen by others. A good sign for me? :)

[Bappel]

Oh ok. But still.

Wonder who will score next time?

[streety]

Many people that has chosen Fidel Castro. Why did you guys choose him? We arent allowed. Didnt you read the rules?
THE RULES



Up to two substitutions may be made throughout the year (one substitute only if you enter after 2359 on 15th June 2007), although a points penalty will be imposed if this person then dies. A person cannot be substituted after it is widely announced that they are terminally ill or have been hospitalised after suffering serious injuries in an accident. This rule also applies to new entrants


The entrants who selected Fidel Castro before his condition got worse are ok. Not sure on Michael Winner's health. I will need to have a look and see if people can now select him...

[HeavyT]

Woohoo.

Thanks Anna! May you rest in peace.

[The Noise]

can i substitute Micheal J Fox for George Carlin?

[streety]

can i substitute Micheal J Fox for George Carlin?
Done.

Midget has been added to the League Table...

[streety]

SUBSTITUTION
Rowdy Roddy Piper > Tammy Faye Messner Britney Spears

Changed the previous substitution due to breaking the "terminally ill" rule.

[Flava Dave]

Tammy Faye Messner

Who?

[Smartie]

Who?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_Faye_Bakker


However, she's been terminally ill with lung & colon cancer for a while now. Is that allowed?

On March 13, 2006, she appeared again on a Larry King Live broadcast on CNN and stated that she was suffering from stage 4 lung cancer and was continuing treatment for it. She also mentioned having difficulty swallowing food, suffering panic attacks, and substantial weight loss.
A "Talk of the Town" item in the October 2, 2006 issue of The New Yorker stated that she was dying in hospice care.
A December 10, 2006 item in Walter Scott's column in Parade reported her son Jay was "at a North Carolina hospice with his mom, [who is] gravely ill with colon cancer" ([1]).

Up to two substitutions may be made throughout the year (one substitute only if you enter after 2359 on 15th June 2007), although a points penalty will be imposed if this person then dies. A person cannot be substituted after it is widely announced that they are terminally ill or have been hospitalised after suffering serious injuries in an accident. This rule also applies to new entrants

[streety]

Don't want to break my own rules (even though she will be gone soon RIP). I will put in Britney instead of her...

[Smartie]

Sorry to wee on your bonfire... :P

[streety]

Doesn't matter. I was looking through the deathlist forums and it seems like she is going to be leaving us pretty soon. Didn't know who she was though and that she was terminally ill.

[Cryomaniac]

I'm toying with the idea of substituting someone for Britney, but I have the feeling my original pick would die if I did.

[streety]

Tv's John Inman dies at 71,
Famed for the catchphrase "i'm free" in Are You Being Served, he died from Hepatitis A after being ill for a while.

RIP

[Bappel]

Any lucky bastard that scored a point?

He was some sort of british Tv dude right?

[streety]

Yeah he played Mr Humphries in Are You Being Served. CLIP (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzwU1aMomDg)

Noone had him.

[stupiddumdum]

let me play
1)The Queen> 2)Bill Gates> 3)Ronnie Corbett > 4)Ringo Star> 5)Georgie porgie dubuya Bush
Reasons:
1) Very old
2) Rumours that I heard...
3) I have a feeling
4) 2 down, 2 to go
5) Will be killed in mass explosion from Iraqis, Iranis, Pakis, Afghanis e.c.t.

[streety]

Bush
Which one? George W? George? Kate?

[terrorbite]

I think he means Basil.

Also, I'd like to sub my Kate Moss (dunno why I chose her) for Bruce Forsythe please.

[streety]

I think he means Basil.

Also, I'd like to sub my Kate Moss (dunno why I chose her) for Bruce Forsythe please.
Good game. Good game.

Will do it later.

[stupiddumdum]

I wanted george dubuya who f***** up America......... More than it was already

[streety]

League Table Updated
Welcome stupiddumdum. Not much action going on at the moment.

If you wish to sign up, read the first post.

[Midget]

And now he's banned. :/

[ZOIDBERG]

Heh, that's both the stickied games he's out of then.

[streety]

What a stupid dum dum. Laugh if he wins now.

[stupiddumdum2]

League Table Updated
Welcome stupiddumdum. Not much action going on at the moment.

If you wish to sign up, read the first post.
Can I have my choices back I'm in it again.

[Trollhammer]

Jennifer Aniston: Car accident
Ronan keating: Miracle! (If one has such luck)
Michael Jackson: Illness
Snoop Dogg: Gang war
Tony Blair: Dunno, some terrorist attack

[streety]

Can I have my choices back I'm in it again.
I have kept you in the competition out of interest. You will be banned again though for having duplicate accounts. :rolleyes:

-EDIT-
Trollhammer added to league. Welcome.

[detdandman]

George Michael
Courtney Love
Paris Hilton
Britney Spears
Kate Moss

[streety]

Why does this thread attract people who are about to be banned?
I will add you. Now change your spamming ways...

[Trollhammer]

Trollhammer added to league. Welcome.
Thanks!

[detdandman]

Why does this thread attract people who are about to be banned?
I will add you. Now change your spamming ways...
Deal

[archbishop_josh]

Im gonna say...

1. Mohamed Ali :(
2. Osama Bin Laden
3. Ariel Sharon
4. Ronnie Biggs
5. Patrick Moore :(

[Paul12345]

How did I not see this thread before now? Ah well better late than never, I'll have a pop.

1. Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff (Liver failure\ drowning after falling off a pedalo)
2. Ronnie O'Sullivan (He's up and down like a roller coaster, might top himself)
3. John Reid (Home Secretary to avoid confusion with any other John Reid)
4. Nouri al-Maliki (Iraqi PM)
5. George Michael (Dunno why, just got a funny feeling)

Cheers Streety.

[streety]

New players entered.
Still not much action. Only one person has scored points so far. I may change the rules slightly. If the first person on your list dies first then you get bonus points rather than getting bonus points when all 5 die in order.

How does that sound?

[ZOIDBERG]

I thought it'd be pretty much impossible to get them all in order, so I'm all for it.

[terrorbite]

Yeah, I thought we just got points for any of them dying in any order.

[streety]

Deal
I thought we had a deal... :rolleyes:

[streety]

LEAGUE TABLE UPDATED
Carbon Sniper added to the League. Welcome...

I will look into changing the points system so there are more chances to score.

[terrorbite]

Boris Yeltsin is dead. Shame nobody had him :D

[AngryPaul]

They all seem so obvious once theyve gone. >_<

[streety]

I know. I had a look an hour ago to see if anyone had died recently and there wasn't anything.

RIP Boris.

[Taysmith]

Too late to join? I guess not, so I'll work up a list

1. Ariel Sharon
2. Kirk Douglas
3. Patrick Moore

And now some wild guesses to hopefully score high points

4. Lindsay Lohan
5. (This feels barbaric) but is Alan Johnston allowed? If not, my 5th choice is Pete Doherty

[Boyinabox]

If it isn't too late to join I'd like to claim the following:

1. Jimmy Carter
2. Neil Armstrong
3. Diego Maradona
4. Mikhail Kalashnikov (inventor of the AK-47)
5. Arthur C Clarke

Edit:\ Removed John Major as he was a crap choice (and a crap Prime Minister)

[gruff]

Removed John Major as he was a crap choice (and a crap Prime Minister)

I don't want to be picky, but given your DOB, how can you make that statement? I think people should give Major a break. Don't forget the British public voted Conservative again, even after Thatcher.

[carpefula]

Ohh I would love to enter.

1. Gore Vidal
2. Liza Minnelli
3. Tony Curtis
4. Harold Pinter
5. Prince Philip

It was hard coming up with five, so the last one is more of a joke to be hoenst. Does it matter if someone else has picked someone that you have?

[ZOIDBERG]

Nah, four of mine have been chosen by others.
No-one for Deadly Doug?

[Boyinabox]

I don't want to be picky, but given your DOB, how can you make that statement? I think people should give Major a break. Don't forget the British public voted Conservative again, even after Thatcher.

I've got nothing against Thatcher, she ended years of continuous civil unrest from many public sectors that held British life by gunpoint (miners strikes, firemen strikers, morgue strikes, etc), set Britain on some semblance of economic recovery and help assert Britain's continuing role as a great power during the Falkland's war.

All we got from Major was Black wednesday and a few Spitting Image jokes.

And yes, I do remember watching him on telly during his time in office. It was just before Playdays came on at 3pm. :D

[Dyakson]

I don't want to be picky, but given your DOB, how can you make that statement? I think people should give Major a break. Don't forget the British public voted Conservative again, even after Thatcher.
That was Neil Kinnock's most memorable acheivement - to lose an election to John Major... "We're a'right!!" isn't the best thing to shout out at the party conference, look you. Major was a pillock though. He got totally shafted by the EC over the Maastrict treaty. He specifically requested that something specific be included the treaty - I forget what exactly - and the Europeans assured him that the treaty would include it. The government collectively failed to read the document thoroughly (or at all in many cases), Major signed it, and then it turned out that whatever-it-was that Major wanted to preserve was actually abolished in the small print.

His government also privatised the railways in an absolutely horrific manner and established the wretched Private Finance Initiative.

[gruff]

I've got nothing against Thatcher, she ended years of continuous civil unrest from many public sectors that held British life by gunpoint (miners strikes, firemen strikers, morgue strikes, etc), set Britain on some semblance of economic recovery and help assert Britain's continuing role as a great power during the Falkland's war.



However, she was responsible for the devolution of Wales, which is now the poorest country in the UK. She had it in for the Welsh from the beginning.

[Smartie]

Alan Ball (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6590715.stm), World Cup '66 winner, dies at 61.

No-ones got him either

[streety]

UPDATED LEAGUE TABLE WITH NEW PLAYERS

[Boyinabox]

You left me off the list.

[rubberfishy]

yay :)

[streety]

You left me off the list.
Thanks for reminding me.

[Taysmith]

And me...

[streety]

Done.

[reggie]

???

[streety]

???
Welcome to the thread Question Mark King. How can we help you on this fine day?

[tima]

Welcome to the thread Question Mark King. How can we help you on this fine day?

Successor of the Toast King?

I can see the series.. On The Mark

[terrorbite]

Bernand Manning (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6765093.stm) is dead.

Nobody had him. Damn.

[streety]

I always wonder when I see a post in this thread. Thought it was going to be someone putting Michael Barrymore in their lineup.

RIP Bernard. Racism won't be the same without you.

[duckmanTTF]

Surely at some stage someone is going to get more points.

Its threads like this that make you realise how many famous people there are - lots of them have died and no-one here thought of them. Maybe that's a harsh way of looking at it.

[Boyinabox]

I picked a crappy list as I don't particularly wish any of my selections to die any time soon. :\

[streety]

I picked a crappy list as I don't particularly wish any of my selections to die any time soon. :\
You can always substitute...
I wish I didn't put Britney Spears in now, she's on the road to recovery.

[gruff]

Damn.

[streety]

Every year a wrestler dies, picking the right one is hard...
Bye Bye Benoit. You nasty pasty.

[Oi Scout]

Can I join?
I've got a list.

Pete Doherty
Abu Hamza
Ian Huntley
Richard Branson
Jenny Bond

[gruff]

Just out of curiosity, why Richard Branson?

[Oi Scout]

Just out of curiosity, why Richard Branson?

um cus i couldnt think of anyone else,
and my mate told me that he was invited to Richard Bransons birthday party when he was aged four, I'm not sure I believe it but it put the name in my head.

[Taysmith]

and my mate told me that he was invited to Richard Bransons birthday party when he was aged four, I'm not sure I believe it but it put the name in my head.

He may well have been. It wasn't a "birthday party" as such but all those with Virgin Atlantic gold cards got invites to one of his birthdays out in the country. I was about 6 when I went there with my mum, he came via an air balloon.

[streety]

Can I join?
I've got a list.

Pete Doherty
Abu Hamza
Ian Huntley
Richard Branson
Jenny Bond
Yes you can join. I will update the league list...

[Oi Scout]

Does this game ever leave you wishing someone would hurry up and die?

[streety]

Does this game ever leave you wishing someone would hurry up and die?
It's not as bad as seeing there is a post in the thread and wondering who has croaked.

PS. Sorry for bumping.

[ynnekkenny]

i think im gonna join if thats ok... if not then eh i suppose thats ok too i guess

Des O'Connor
George H. W. Bush
Nelson Mandela
Christopher Lloyd
Tina Turner

thats my five I stand as much chance as anyone else...

[streety]

LEAGUE TABLE UPDATED

[RadioactiveHam]

Joining(If that's ok)
1.Patrick Moore
2.Muhammad Ali
3.John Cleese
4.Des Lynam
5.Margret Thatcher

[ynnekkenny]

RIP Mike Reid (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6921549.stm)

and before we all check - no-one has him...

[streety]

I am sad now :(

RIP Mike

[Boyinabox]

I have the feeling that this could easily end with Heavy T having won due to nobody elses choices snuffing it.

[RadioactiveHam]

That'd be Awful :(

Joint 2nd though :D

[streety]

I have the feeling that this could easily end with Heavy T having won due to nobody elses choices snuffing it.
I was thinking that. Might have to throw in a bonus selection for everyone.

[Dr Phil]

If some one dose it agen we should ba alowed to chose 7 or 8 people.

[HeavyT]

Yeah, unles some people start kickin' the ole bucket, it looks like I'll win the grand prize of an all expense paid trip to Hawaii courtesy of Streety.

I kinda picked a good one as well, ANS was pretty young, giving me hella good points.

[streety]

If some one dose it agen we should ba alowed to chose 7 or 8 people.
We'll have to wait until next year.
It's a good thing hardly anyone is dying though. Last thing I wanted was Ali to die.

[Bosnod]

If some one does this again we should be allowed to choose 7 or 8 people.

English?

[feeshy]

^ If there's a Death Pool next year, then everyone should get more than 5 choices (as nobody seems to be snuffing it).

Or maybe an extra provision could be created for injuries, serious illness, etc?

[Mister Qwerty]

Joining if that's okay. :D

1) John Travolta
2) Ricky Tomlinson
3) Wendy Richards
4) Cherie Blair
5) Terry Wogan

[streety]

UPDATED

[Garry3]

Another late entry if that's ok Mr Street :)

1) Amy Winehouse (musician)
2) Michael Fish (weather forecaster)
3) John Goodman (actor)
4) Angus Deayton (TV presenter / actor)
5) Fred Williamson (actor)

[RadioactiveHam]

A Death...

Lady Bird Johnson (http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/07/11/obit.lady.bird/index.html)

The Basstard Has Her btw, Diddn't see anyone else though

[Moosey]

1) Zsa Zsa Gabor.
2) Aretha Franklin.
3) June Brown (Dot Cotton).
4) Lindsay Lohan.
5) Amy Winehouse.

Edit: Zsa Zsa had a stroke sometime in 2005 but is said to be making a good recovery. Is it still OK to have her on the list?

[terrorbite]

The Basstard Has Her btw, Diddn't see anyone else though
Wow. Someone else has got some points! Yay!

[Boyinabox]

Oh no, joint 3rd. :(
Please drop dead soon Maradona, you're the only person on my list I don't care for.

[HeavyT]

That trip to Hawaii is mine!!

[streety]

TABLE UPDATED

[gruff]

Oh no-one mentioned that guy who was to do with Happy Mondays and Joy Division who died recently.

[Boyinabox]

Not wanting to jump the gun here but it seems quite likely that the aviator and explorer, Steve Fossett has just died in a plane crash. :(
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/04/fossett.missing/index.html

I don't know if anyone has him down on their lists though.

[ZOIDBERG]

Not wanting to jump the gun here but it seems quite likely that the aviator and explorer, Steve Fosset has just died in a plane crash. :(
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/04/fossett.missing/index.html

I don't know if anyone has him down on their lists though.
Nobody does.

[Boyinabox]

I'm beginning to have the feeling that I should change one of my people to a stunt driver/daredevil/record breaker just so I can get at least some points by the end of the year.

(How morbid)

[swampmonkey]

Amy Winehouse
Pete Doherty
Micheal J Fox
Diego Maradonna
Britney Spears

[AngryPaul]

I just looked at my choices and saw Dennis Norden. Then thought "why would I have thought that the multi-coloured haired basketball player will die soon?"

Then I remembered that was Dennis Rodman.

[CoX]

Hope its not too late to join!

Owen Wilson (a.k.a Hansel, fashion model)
Albert Hoffman (inventor of LSD)
Harold Pinter (wrote plays about Scousers)
Norman Wisdom (comedian)
Ronnie Biggs (great train robber)

If Norman Wisdom isn't allowed, cos I just looked him up on Wikipedia and he has some form of Alzheimer's, I'll have Mickey Rooney (actor) instead.

[RadioactiveHam]

Pavaroti = Dead

[feeshy]

Doesn't look like anyone had him either...

[streety]

LEAGUE TABLE UPDATED

[Paul12345]

Anita Roddick dead at 64.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6988343.stm

Nobody had her from looks of things.

[Taysmith]

Don't suppose I can change to Colin McRae before it gets confirmed? :p

[gruff]

I hope not...

R.I.P. Colin McRae

http://i12.tinypic.com/62xuzqh.jpg

August 1968 - September 2007

[Mullet]

i'll join if thats ok?

1. Pope Benedict XVI
2. Osama Bin Laden
3. The Queen
4. Michael Jakson
5. Bruce Forsyth

[shoopieshooz]

I'm thinking John CLeese, Bob geldof, George bush, Margaret Thatcher and Stev-O

[streety]

I will update the table soon...

[Pie-Badger-Man]

You know what, I havn't entered yet so if its not too late, why not? I think i'm having a pretty good feeling about

The Queen, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Keith Richards, Michael Parkinson, Ozzy Osbourne*

*I Feel lucky hes finally gonna kick the bucket..

[Boyinabox]

I think Heavy T is going to storm away to victory here, unless a lot of people on this list die in the next 3 days,

[Roxit]

if this is done again, I should think we need more picks than 5

[Ozzylator]

I reckon this should carry on over to 2008, with the chance for expansion to 10 entries per player, including another five for those who have already entered for 2007.

[HeavyT]

I reckon you should stfu.

:P

[gruff]

So what happens now?

[Midget]

heavyt won

i guess streety/someone could make a deathpool 2008

[HeavyT]

The all expense-paid trip to Hawaii is mine! All mine!

Bwauhahahaha

[streety]

I should really get back to posting on here...

Death Pool 2008 will be with us shortly. New rules and shinyness :)

[ynnekkenny]

Death Pool 2008 will be with us shortly. New rules and shinyness :)

good stuff :)

[streety]

CONGRATULATIONS HEAVY T

Who wins last years Death Pool with 61 points. A new game will be appearing shortly...