Dead Pool 2012

[RoryN]

I just got here and it appears that my first chance to use the ignore function has arrived begging to be on the list!

Never fails. Get them talking, and they reveal themselves. Hi, alt. Might as well add yourself to the Dead Pool.

Back to the game...

 

[Lorilei]

I didn't realize most of these people were still alive, to be honest.

 

[RoryN]

I didn't realize most of these people were still alive, to be honest.

Lots of people say that about Richard Dawson. I've won money with him.

 

[Lorilei]

Lots of people say that about Richard Dawson. I've won money with him.

I thought Olivia de Haviland was long gone.

 

[Loves_Spam]

I thought Olivia de Haviland was long gone.

Very cute AV pic! If I lived anywhere near Georgia I would be all over your peaches girl!

 

[jeninflorida]

Good catch. I'm pretty sure that Jen meant Hugo Chavez. All Puerto Ricans look alike to those right-wingers...

Sorry but this says more about you and your "character"

 

[jeninflorida]

Lots of people say that about Richard Dawson. I've won money with him.

are you saying Mr. Dawson is part of the dead pool cuz he's a racist? or is the dead pool racist?

 

[Brains_N_Boobs]

1. Robin Gibb
2. Zsa Zsa Gabor
3. Kirk Douglas
4. Etta James
5. Fidel Castro
6. Olivia De Havilland
7. Prince Phillip
8. Nancy Reagan
9. James Garner
10.Jane Fonda

Bonus: David Hasselhoff

 

[Lorilei]

I'm having a hard time narrowing it down. It's a nail-biter.


And yes. Hasselhoff would be a bonus!

 

[RoryN]

How about a 1-point bonus for posters who were the first to have the celeb in their lists?

 

[HB1965]

I'm having a hard time narrowing it down. It's a nail-biter.


And yes. Hasselhoff would be a bonus!

I had him as mine last year but some how the fucker still held on.

 

[Lorilei]

1. Muhammad Ali
2. Dick Clark
3. Joe Paterno
4. Redmond O'Neal
5. Michael Douglas
6. Willard Scott
7. Zsa Zsa Gabor
8. Doris Day
9. Rosalynn Carter
10. Tanya Tucker

Bonus pick: Nicolas Cage

 

[HB1965]

1. Muhammad Ali
2. Dick Clark
3. Joe Paterno
4. Redmond O'Neal
5. Michael Douglas
6. Willard Scott
7. Zsa Zsa Gabor
8. Doris Day
9. Rosalynn Carter
10. Tanya Tucker

Bonus pick: Nicolas Cage

I can see Paterno now that his career is over and in such a way. Like Bear Bryant he probably won't be able to handle retirement.

 

[RoryN]

I can see Paterno now that his career is over and in such a way. Like Bear Bryant he probably won't be able to handle retirement.

Yup. The cancer isn't gonna help, either.

In terms of retirement being a killer, look to Andy Rooney and Charles M. Schulz. Dead within days.

 

[Wrong Element]

I thought Olivia de Haviland was long gone.

She's been in my dead pool so long, I'm starting to think she's going to outlive me.

My picks will be up...er, eventually. I may as well just re-post last year's list, since everyone on it is still breathing.

 

[RoryN]

I may as well just re-post last year's list, since everyone on it is still breathing.

That strategy is usually (but not always) a mistake.

There's a reason they're still around. Tough ol' birds.

 

[Wrong Element]

That strategy is usually (but not always) a mistake.

There's a reason they're still around. Tough ol' birds.

Be that as it may, I am both lazy and stubborn.

My pool for 2012 is identical to my pool for 2011, except that I am removing Michael Douglas, who seems to have weathered the health storm.


Mike Wallace
Mickey Rooney
Kirk Douglas
President Zardari of Pakistan (third straight year)
Olivia de Havilland (ditto)
Dick Cheney
Chuck Berry
Jim Wright (the former House speaker)
Stanley Kauffmann (ageless film critic...until he isn't ageless)
Don Pardo


Wild card: Who else? Charlie Sheen. Just because they seem to be courting death doesn't mean they can't actually die (e.g. Amy Winehouse).

 

[Hooey_rorynALT]

No I didn't; Rob did.

Hooey! Am I every a dummy, getting fooled into revealing that I am really rob down south and I tried to use my alt to deflect the attention I get for my fascination with racism and death! Hooey I really don't fool anyone here but myself! (and my alts like rob down south and my great lover alt) Hooey!

Where is the pik-a-nik basket Boo Boo! Hooey!

 

[Hooey_rorynALT]

Never fails. Get them talking, and they reveal themselves. Hi, alt. Might as well add yourself to the Dead Pool.

Back to the game...

Hooey! What a dummy I am! It took me several posts to even realize I was arguing with an alt! Oh, the shame, and to top it all off I proved what an idiot I am by not knowing that Christmas trees have light bulbs on them. Hooey! Will I ever be able to live this down! Hooey!


Where is the pik-a-nik basket Boo Boo!

 

[Hooey_rorynALT]

Hooey! I am such a dumb-dumb! Hooey!

I'm so stupid I even forgot to make my picks! Hooey!

Ok, now with my alts I have extra chances to win, even though rob said no one would cheat at this game. Hee hee, Hooey! I'm such a dummy I don't think anyone will notice. Hooey!


1 Oscar Niemeyer
2 Olivia De Havilland
3 Robin Gibb
4 Yitzhak Shamir
5 Zsa Zsa Gabor
6 Kirk Douglas
7 Helmut Schmidt
8 Patty Andrews
9 Clive Dunn
10 Herman Wouk

Bonus Pick Roseanne Barr

 

[eyer]

Good job, OP...

...nice to know there's a thread where the revelers of the culture of death can gather together to worship.


[The stuff one misses via ignore...]

 

[Batch]

Go Culture of Death!!

 

[Sean]

1. Margaret Thatcher (this year, please!)
2. HRH Prince Phillip
3. Nelson Mandela
4. Gore Vidal
5. Noam Chomsky
6. Sandy Gall
7. Wilbur Smith
8. Henry Kissinger
9. Sean Connery
10. Kim Jong Un

wildcard: Jeremy Clarkson, shot in the head while filming in the USA.

 

[Wok]

1. Margaret Thatcher (this year, please!)
2. HRH Prince Phillip
3. Nelson Mandela
4. Gore Vidal
5. Noam Chomsky
6. Sandy Gall
7. Wilbur Smith
8. Henry Kissinger
9. Sean Connery
10. Kim Jong Un

wildcard: Jeremy Clarkson, shot in the head while filming in the USA.

That would make things a little interesting.

 

[Sean]

That would make things a little interesting.

I'm banking on some of the old guard being less than amused at the heir apparent.