The Dead Pool

[SOC]

4) Corey Fieldman / Corey Haime (same person me thinks)
No they're not ... Corey Feldman and Corey Haim are two different people. Pick one. And you can't have Mandela.

[SOC]

NEWS FLASH: Pope John Paul II is back in hospital suffering a relapse of the flu. For my sake, let's hope it's fatal this time.

[Spotgun]

Who are Duff McKagen and Sheri S. Tepper?

Duff McKagen was playing bass in Guns n' Roses and is now playing in Velvet Revolver.

[SOC]

Don't you think the pope might classify as on deathbed?
It looks like he is now! WOOT!! :pir8dan: :banana: :pumpy:

[StudMuffin]

Sheri S. Tepper is a novelist and Duff McKagen is GnR/VR bassist.

[bund]

No they're not ... Corey Feldman and Corey Haim are two different people. Pick one. And you can't have Mandela.

Corey Feildman and Corey Haim are siamese twins joined at the nose by a big long fat line of coke. I guess as a technicality that would still constitute two people.

I didn't see that Nelson had been taken.

I go with these two amendments

4) Robert Mugabe
5) Prince Phillip

[kleph]

Can people PLEASE check before submitting their lists that their choices are a) available, and b) actually alive? I really don't have the time to be holding everyone's hands. You're all grown-ups, learn to do a little bit of homework. Thanks. :weed:

http://forums.zgeek.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=10918


also, great quote from one of the pope deathwatch stories (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=1&u=/ap/20050224/ap_on_re_eu/pope).

"We are so scared because he has been sick in the past," said Vanessa Animo Bono, 32, a Roman Catholic being treated at Gemelli. "He is one of the few popes who is actually able to listen to people."

well, thats because he is the only one still alive, idiot.

[btwong]

can i change 1 of mine...
can i place J.D. Salinger in place of Tom Oliver?!

Thanks SOC!

[and3w]

SOC, you may be onto a winner here..it's just been announced he has had a trachaeotomy...this is likely to mean he is heavily sedated and on a respirator, at least until he is used to a trache..they don't usually do them for the fun of it..

[and3w]

Ok..I'm in..50 dollar ante?

Bez (just won celebrity Big Bro in UK)
Sean Connery
Michael Jackson
Arthur Scargill
Billy Graham


all the good one's are gone! And a few of them look like my wish list :-)
(Thatcher, Bilke peterson (spl), GWB Snr etc)


Please can I swop Edwyn Collins for Bez?

[kleph]

to make the cool kids even cooler i propose we use the expression "on the roof" to describe any likely candidate for winning.

[Keyser Söze]

Sorry and3w,

Billy Graham is taken as well.

[and3w]

Thanks mate..OK, back to Bez..I'm going to have to ponder the last one

[bronco]

OK! Here's my two bobs worth


Michael Crawford (aka. Frank Spencer)
Brian Johnson (AC/DC)
Axl Rose
Ron Clarke (Aussie Runner)
Don McLean

[DOGG]

i was gonna add 50 cent and letterman but they're already taken. with all the talk of bombing iran, i'm putting Ali Hoseini Khameni on my list.

Am i allowed to update it later or do i have to wait till someone on someone else's list dies?

while editing this, OMG all u cunts took my picks. i'm just gonna chuck politicians on it coz i can't think of any famous people.

1: Ali Hoseini Khamenei (iran leader)
2: Mohammad Khatami (iran leader)
3: Cynthia Mckinney (not sure about this one. US congresswoman)
4: Tabare Vazquez (uruguay prez)
5: Bashar el Assad (syria)

[SOC]

Am i allowed to update it later or do i have to wait till someone on someone else's list dies?

Even thought the game is now closed off for participants to CHANGE their lists, it's still open (until the next death) for new people to join in. As you are joining, you're free to add a 5th person whenever you like. But you can't CHANGE your selections until the next death. :cool:

[kleph]

for anyone looking for a candidate to fill out their list, this woman (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7090143/) is possibly the best selection for the pool in the entire world.

[DOGG]

Even thought the game is now closed off for participants to CHANGE their lists, it's still open (until the next death) for new people to join in. As you are joining, you're free to add a 5th person whenever you like. But you can't CHANGE your selections until the next death. :cool:

Excellent thx for clarification :)

[slavik]

I thought I'd join in on the fun. I've checked against the list on the first page and no one had them.

William Goldman
Leslie Nielsen
Bernie Ecclestone
Sir Jack Brabham
Bobby Fischer

[SOC]

And I hereby promise to update the front page list this weekend. Promise. Cross my heart. I do, I really do.

[Juice Biscuit]

Why the fuck hasn't some cunt died yet?

[wibble]

Why the fuck hasn't some cunt died yet?
That can easily be changed with the aid of a gun and some bullets:)

[and3w]

Shouldn't be long....
"Celebrations this year are overshadowed by concerns about the worsening health of Pope John Paul II, who is expected to sit out Vatican ceremonies.
However he is due to appear by TV link during the traditional Good Friday Way of the Cross procession in Rome.
The 84-year-old Pope left hospital last Sunday following throat surgery. Recovery from the operation has been slower than expected and his doctors have advised him not to attend the ceremony - for the first time in his 26-year papacy."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4381433.stm

[SOC]

YYAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY!!!!!!!

That wil make it a VERY happy easter for me!

[Juice Biscuit]

YYAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY!!!!!!!

That wil make it a VERY happy easter for me!





Meh, word around the confesional booth is that he's only sticking around just to piss you off.

[and3w]

Did anyone have David Kossof?? (Pauls dad, from 'free' for us oldies :-)
he snuffed it..(not paul, obviously, david)

[kleph]

choosing terri schiavo and prince rainier would be a pretty solid lock for someone right now.

[The Cunt]

fuck. Fuck. FUCK!

Paul Hester left a couple of messages for me before the easter break. i knew it was important but i thought i'd get back to him after the long weekend.

the bastard was probably trying to give me the heads up so i could pull off a win.

[The Cunt]

I thought I'd join in on the fun. I've checked against the list on the first page and no one had them.

MisterBishi
thingy
SOC
Pirate
Bostonmess

[Gameboy]

1) John Laws
2) George Clooney
3) Steve Liebman
4) Elizabeth Taylor
5) Michael Moore (hopefully murder suicide with George Bush)

[SOC]

2) George Clooney
:mad:

[StudMuffin]

I want in:

+Duff McKagen
+Michael Douglas
+Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah (of Brunei)
+Hulk Hogan
+Sheri S. Tepper

Havn't seen these guys appear on the 1st page yet... :(

[Jaz]

The pope is getting close

[Nandragon]

hmmmmm what do I win besides reps?

Don't I have the Pope?

Mail all your hairy love trails to.....
Gratuities accepted as well.

[polite]

Don't I have the Pope?



Nandragon
Stevie Wonder
Phyllis Diller
Dick Clark
Jerry Stiller
Bob Denver

How come you picked six?

[Spotgun]

Seems like SOC's finally a winner with the pope!

[Bostonmess]

Bah! Money in the bank.

[StudMuffin]

http://forum.zgeek.com/showthread.php?threadid=32840

SOC wins

[SOC]

I WIN I WIN I WIN I WIN I WIN!!!

It took the old sod long enough ...

[SOC]

Wth the Pope dead (at last) we start a new round, so people can now change their lists if they wish.

I've replaced the Pope with Joseph Barbera (the animation dude)

[s3raph]

I want to change my list to the following:

Osama Bin Laden
Ariel Sharon
Pope John Paul II
Saddam Hussein
Kim Jong Il
Uhm I posted this weeks and weeks ago on page 16

[bronco]

This is my contribution for the new round (about page 17 or 18)




Michael Crawford (aka. Frank Spencer)
Brian Johnson (AC/DC)
Axl Rose
Ron Clarke (Aussie Runner)
Don McLean

[Jaz]

Changing my list to:
Anthony Hopkins
Mel Brooks
Dick Van Dyke
James Earl Jones
Albert Finney

[cub]

1. Eminem
2. Brian 'Head' Welsh (former guitarist from Korn)
3. Pete Jones (dating Kate Moss)
4. Joseph Jackson (Wacko Jacko's dad)
5. Clint Eastwood

[throb]

David Beckham
Marilyn Manson
Gretel Killeen
Lil Kim
Richard Pryor

It would sadden me to see Richard Pryor pass away.

[and3w]

Nah Throb, thats a *wish list* not a dead pool list.....:-)

[btwong]

Can i change my Tom Oliver to Schapelle Corby, or is that abit sadistic?

Don't argue that she is not a celeb. Cause if she gets out her sentence, surely Getaway will offer her a role to jetset around the world with another boogie board!

[SOC]

Uhm I posted this weeks and weeks ago on page 16
Yes, and you were told at the time you could not have the Pope because I already had him. I started this game, and have had the Pope since day one. And one of the rules, also clealy marked since day one, is that you can't have a person on your list that someone else has already chosen.

[kleph]

well, it seems i have had an illegal candidate by opting for christopher lee (who Shootz already has). i would like to take don knotts instead.

[SOC]

REMINDER: Now we've had a death, everyone has until this FRIDAY, April 8, to alter their lists. I'll be closing the game off then. I will also be DELETING all those who haven't selected the full 5 for their lists. You know who you are.

[btwong]

cSince i think Schapelle Corby is a bit morbid, can i get J.D. Salinger instead of Tom Oliver.

Thanks SOC!

[dwarfthrower]

Prince Rainier would be a good pick for someone looking to boost their list... or that might be considered death-bed pickings by some.

[polite]

My new list:

Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Karl Malden

Desmond Tutu

Byron Nelson

Richard Widmark

[kleph]

Prince Rainier would be a good pick for someone looking to boost their list... or that might be considered death-bed pickings by some.

too late. :fu:

[SOC]

And would have been considered deathbed, which is a strict no-no.

[BIGween]

1) Arnold Swartsnegger
2) Jimmy page
3) paul McArtney
4) Leslie neilson
5) Gene Hackman

[slavik]

I've already got Leslie Neilson.

1) Arnold Swartsnegger
2) Jimmy page
3) paul McArtney
4) Leslie neilson
5) Gene Hackman

[dwarfthrower]

slavik has Leslie Nielsen... I presume the fourth entry there refers to the Naked Gun actor.

Edit: Snap

[Sagacious]

I used to play this game with a couple of mates who are GP's with the following variations:

Game lasted all year.

You had to noiminate 12 people

2 had to be under thirty (30)

you got points for the month they died in a january death got 12 points, Feb 11, March, 10 and so on down to Dec with 1.

If one of your thirty year olds died the score was doubled and an extra 10 points added (so a January 29 yo dying was worth 34 points).

Winner on 1 Jan the following year was person with most points and got bottle of goodies nominated at the start of the year.

Rules Re nominations of bottle of goodies were:

Must be single bottle;
Must not be vlaued at more than $600.00;
Must be commercially available.

good fun and had you trawling the obituaries in the morning as local identities and persons of note within the professions we were in were allowed.

Anyway here are my 5 nominees for the dead pool:

Sir Johannes Bijelke Petersen
Ricky May
Kirk Douglas
Jimmy Carter
Muhammad Ali

[SOC]

Bjelke Petersen is already taken, and Ricky May died fucken YEARS ago. Try again.

[Sagacious]

Bjelke Petersen is already taken, and Ricky May died fucken YEARS ago. Try again.
Bugger

I can't believe Ricky May is dead !

I mean he was such a fit and vigorous man

[Sagacious]

Bjelke Petersen is already taken, and Ricky May died fucken YEARS ago. Try again.

OK

what about Ugly Dave Gray and Arthur Beetson

[robedwards99]

I hope I'm not posting this at the wrong time.. is there a wrong time to pick??

Anyhoo..

Jimmy Saville
BB King
Tina Turner
Roger Moore
Pete Doherty

[SOC]

It looks like Deimos could be close to a win with Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, who's currently dying in South Burnett Community Private Hospital in Queensland.

[s3raph]

Dammit, I wanna win. Why the fuck couldn't Rene Rivkin have committed suicide?

[SOC]

Why the fuck don't you buy a sniper's rifle and just shoot the cunt?

[Deimos]

I'll make sure I pay attention this time and actually claim my victory, instead of missing out like last time.

[Jaz]

Hey SOC could you update me please. These were my round 5 changes:

Changing my list to:
Anthony Hopkins
Mel Brooks
Dick Van Dyke
James Earl Jones
Albert Finney

[btwong]

SOC, i have posted a few time to try and get one of my selections changed. I waited for the death of the Pope to ask for my change (in accordance with the rules).

I am wanting to swap Tom Oliver for JD Salinger.

Thanks

[SOC]

Yeah, will update you guys as soon as I can get a net connection that runs faster than .0001kbps!!!

[Deimos]

Looks like Sir Joh kicked the bucket. Linky here (http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200504/s1352171.htm).

[Deimos]

Can I be the first to put in my pick for the next round?
I'd like to fill the hole left by Joh with Warren Buffett - founder of Berkshire Hathaway, multibillionare and world famous investor (I picked him to match my avatar).

My list now looks like this:

Warren Buffett
Shane MacGowan
Marcel Marceau
Elliott Gould
Dawn Fraser

[fastfood]

nice pick Deimos! this reps for you!

I *almost* got Iyad Allawi, but he survived another week ;)

*note to self.. hire better suicide bombers

[Sagacious]

Mypicks were and remain:

Kirk Douglas (b. 09/12/1916) suffered stroke in 1990's wears pacemaker (got my eye on him)
Jimmy Carter (b. 01/10/1924)
Muhammad Ali (b. 17/01/1942) suffers parkinsons disease and dimentia pugulistica
Ugly Dave Gray and (b. 1933)
Arthur Beetson (b. approx 1944) suffers diabetes

[Deimos]

Actually, I'm going to be annoying and make another change before SOC locks it down. I'd like to replace Elliot Gould with Colin Thiele the Australian children's author probably most famous for his book "Storm Boy".
Now my list looks like this:

Warren Buffett
Shane MacGowan
Marcel Marceau
Colin Thiele
Dawn Fraser

[Spotgun]

Can I substitute Helmuth Kohl for King Harald of Norway? Can't seem to find anyone who have allready picked King Harald...

[Henrik]

If it isn't too late...

David Birnie
Paul Gasgoine
Mickey Rooney
Michael Jackson
Colleen Mclulloch

[dwarfthrower]

Mypicks were and remain:

Kirk Douglas (b. 09/12/1916) suffered stroke in 1990's wears pacemaker (got my eye on him)
Jimmy Carter (b. 01/10/1924)
Muhammad Ali (b. 17/01/1942) suffers parkinsons disease and dimentia pugulistica
Ugly Dave Gray and (b. 1933)
Arthur Beetson (b. approx 1944) suffers diabetes

Eeep... try again.

Muhammad Ali has been on my list since day one.

[SOC]

1) Arnold Swartsnegger
2) Jimmy page
3) paul McArtney
4) Leslie neilson
5) Gene Hackman
Leslie Neilson is already taken, by slavik. Pick another ... I believe no one has chose the NEW Pope, Benedict XVI, yet?

[SOC]

Mypicks were and remain:

Kirk Douglas (b. 09/12/1916) suffered stroke in 1990's wears pacemaker (got my eye on him)
Jimmy Carter (b. 01/10/1924)
Muhammad Ali (b. 17/01/1942) suffers parkinsons disease and dimentia pugulistica
Ugly Dave Gray and (b. 1933)
Arthur Beetson (b. approx 1944) suffers diabetes
And Kirk Douglas is on my list, and has been since day one. Pick again.

[Arcane1]

George Bush
Dick Cheney
George Bush
Dick Cheney
George Bush
(Does wishing count?)

[SOC]

If it isn't too late...

David Birnie
Paul Gasgoine
Mickey Rooney
Michael Jackson
Colleen Mclulloch
It's too late for Jacko - someone else has him. Try again...

[Henrik]

Ok I'll sub Prince Phillip for Jacko.

[SOC]

Try again - wibble has Prince Phillip... may I humbly suggest you go and have a read of the comprehensive list that just happens to appear on the first page (http://forum.zgeek.com/showthread.php?t=23714&page=1&pp=30) of this thread?

[The Cunt]

I WIN I WIN I WIN I WIN I WIN!!!

It took the old sod long enough ...

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to SOC again.

I still owe you RIP rep.

And I think this fucking game is rigged.

No one from my list has fucking come close to dying yet.

[SOC]

As I've said before, there's nothing like a bit of good-old DIY ... hint hint

[The Cunt]

I'll PM Directed and have him find out the going rates for hitmen in the Chicago area.

And before I forget, can you fax me your itinerary?

[Sagacious]

Ok Ok my new revised picks are:

James Garner (b. 1928)
Jimmy Carter (b. 01/10/1924)
Michael J Fox (b. 09/06/1961) suffers parkinsons disease
Ugly Dave Gray (b. 1933); and
Arthur Beetson (b. approx 1944) suffers diabetes

[Tintin]

I nominate Pope Benedict XVI, formerly known as Joseph Ratzinger. Don't want to put a hex on anyone else atm. :D

[dwarfthrower]

Ok Ok my new revised picks are:

James Garner (b. 1928)
Jimmy Carter (b. 01/10/1924)
Margaret Thatcher (b. 1925);
Ugly Dave Gray (b. 1933); and
Arthur Beetson (b. approx 1944) suffers diabetes

Dozer already has Maggie Thatcher.

[SOC]

Ok Ok my new revised picks are:

James Garner (b. 1928)
Jimmy Carter (b. 01/10/1924)
Margaret Thatcher (b. 1925);
Ugly Dave Gray (b. 1933); and
Arthur Beetson (b. approx 1944) suffers diabetes
dozer already has Thatcher. May I humbly suggest you go hve a look at the list on the first page of this thread? It took me fucking hours to put that thing together, and nobody pays any fucking attention to it. :mad:

[Henrik]

I didn't notice Phil and Mick when I read it so apoligies.

I'll put down Bez from the happy mondays as my 5th.

[SOC]

I'll PM Directed and have him find out the going rates for hitmen in the Chicago area.

And before I forget, can you fax me your itinerary?
April 30-May 8: Ireland
May 8-May 21: London
May 21-May 31: Vancouver (with a 1-hour stopover at O'Hare airport, Chicago, on the way)
May 31-June 9: New York
June 9-?: London

[Sagacious]

Ok Ok my new revised picks are:

James Garner (b. 1928)
Jimmy Carter (b. 01/10/1924)
Michael J Fox (b. 09/06/1961) suffers parkinsons disease
Ugly Dave Gray (b. 1933); and
Arthur Beetson (b. approx 1944) suffers diabetes

OK OK Fixed already

[dwarfthrower]

This is getting kinda silly... Pagey already has Michael J. Fox.

[SOC]

Sagacious ... please ... GO AND READ THE FUCKING LIST ALREADY!!!

[dwarfthrower]

Perhaps SOC, you would be kind enough to PM him a list of all the people who are still alive, and have not been picked yet.

[SOC]

I didn't notice Phil and Mick when I read it so apoligies.

I'll put down Bez from the happy mondays as my 5th.
Done. :)

[SOC]

I nominate Pope Benedict XVI, formerly known as Joseph Ratzinger. Don't want to put a hex on anyone else atm. :D
Done. You have until Friday to add 4 more to your list, otherwise the new Pope is up for grabs again ... and by default he'll probably go to Sagacious. :)

[Sagacious]

James Garner (b. 1928)
Jimmy Carter (b. 01/10/1924)
Ingmar Bergman (b. 14/07/1918) would get a kick out of being nominated in the dead pool
Ugly Dave Gray (b. 1933); and
Arthur Beetson (b. approx 1944) suffers diabetes


Now Fixed ....as for the comprehensive list I read it several times but obviously each time I missed a name I even did a search on the thread for the names I was going to use but no result. So now fixed.

[Sagacious]

This is getting kinda silly... Pagey already has Michael J. Fox.

Sorry.

Sagacious ... please ... GO AND READ THE FUCKING LIST ALREADY!!!

and Sorry

Perhaps SOC, you would be kind enough to PM him a list of all the people who are still alive, and have not been picked yet.

and Ha fucking ha and Sorry again.

[Juice Biscuit]

I did a search on the list and didn't see him...




So I would like to trade BB for Albert Hofmann

[SOC]

I did a search on the list and didn't see him... So I would like to trade BB for Albert Hofmann
Done ... which means Barbie Bush is up for grabs.

And Sagacious, your list is now locked in. At last. :)

[Juice Biscuit]

Yeah but bitter fucks appear to live forever so she isn't the best choice methinks ;)

[DOGG]

are you gonna add me to the list?

1: Ali Hoseini Khamenei (iran leader)
2: Mohammad Khatami (iran leader)
3: Cynthia Mckinney (US congresswoman)
4: Tabare Vazquez (uruguay prez)
5: Bashar el Assad (syria)

[kleph]

dozer already has Thatcher. May I humbly suggest you go hve a look at the list on the first page of this thread? It took me fucking hours to put that thing together, and nobody pays any fucking attention to it. :mad:

http://forums.zgeek.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=10918

[Z-Man]

I guess I will throw in my list now:


Condolence Rice

Ted Kennedy U.S. senator from Massachusetts from 1962 onward

Robert G. Mugabe President of Zimbabwe

Eminem

Vladimir Putin

[Z-Man]

Originally Posted by SOC
dozer already has Thatcher. May I humbly suggest you go hve a look at the list on the first page of this thread? It took me fucking hours to put that thing together, and nobody pays any fucking attention to it. :swear:

If it makes you feel any better, I double checked.

But honestly it is probably only because I saw your rant here:)

[bronco]

Michael Crawford (aka. Frank Spencer)
Brian Johnson (AC/DC)
Axl Rose
Ron Clarke (Aussie Runner)
Don McLean



I wanna be in the list so no one takes my picks :(

[jacko]

1;Julie Child
2;Leon Askin
3;Joey Bishop
4;Gordon Hinckley
5;Charles Lane
i have added a splash of colour so it's more fun watching people die and not so morbid :banana:

[dwarfthrower]

1;Billy Graham
2;Leon Askin
3;Albert Hofmann
4;Gordon Hinckley
5;jerry Lewis
i have added a splash of colour so it's more fun watching people die and not so morbid :banana:

Nice colour scheme... but checking the list might have been a more productive use of your time:

Keyser Soze already has Billy Graham, Pinger already has Albert Hofmann and repeat already has Jerry Lewis.

[Sagacious]

1;Billy Graham
2;Leon Askin
3;Albert Hofmann
4;Gordon Hinckley
5;jerry Lewis
i have added a splash of colour so it's more fun watching people die and not so morbid :banana:
you know I think you have something there I mean why should death be morbid. We should celebrate their deaths I mean if they die one of us wins and that means +rep and kudos and that is something worth celebrating good on you jacko

[AsterisK]

Peter Costello
Kim Beazley
Condoleeza Rice
Nikki Webster
Nicole Richie

[AsterisK]

actually remove condoleeza rice from mine, and substitute for Jeff Probst, that fag who hosts Survivor

[Sagacious]

Peter Costello
Kim Beazley
Condoleeza Rice
Nikki Webster
Nicole Richie
looks more like a wish list than anything else to me.

[Henrik]

At really late notice can I change Bez to Jack Klugman? (Oscar from 'The Odd Couple')

[Jimma]

I just heard there's a $500k contract out on one of my list! I could go knock him off and not only would I make half a million, I'd get rep for it!

[kleph]

1;Julie Child


julia child is already dead.

[kleph]

benedict is looking better (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-1592856,00.html) than one might think.

[Jaz]

Rene Rivkin just died. s3raph wins.

[s3raph]

w00t!!! I still don't get why he did it, he was worth millions, and millions of dollars. So what if he was stopped from trading ever again, he had a very nice retirement nestegg.

[Juice Biscuit]

w00t!!! I still don't get why he did it, he was worth millions, and millions of dollars. So what if he was stopped from trading ever again, he had a very nice retirement nestegg.



I think the whole 'Mental Illness' thing he had going on may have had something to do with it. ;)

[s3raph]

Ah, I just thought he was clinically depressed (yes I know that counts as a mental illness.)

[pavilion]

w00t!!! I still don't get why he did it, he was worth millions, and millions of dollars. So what if he was stopped from trading ever again, he had a very nice retirement nestegg.

money doesent buy happyness


*statement might not "actually" be true

[s3raph]

Money has always bought me happiness. Its just that the happiness is temporary, you need to keep on spending money to keep your happiness.

[pavilion]

Money has always bought me happiness. Its just that the happiness is temporary, you need to keep on spending money to keep your happiness.


same which is why i cant understand people who have a never ending supply of money or a good level of financal security cant be happy

[s3raph]

I dunno, maybe retail therapy doesn't work for them. It sure does for me though :D I like spending money.

[Tintin]

1. Pope Benedict XVI
2. Cornelia Rau
3. 'Stormin' Norman Schwartzkopf
4. Lynndie England
5. Greg Domaczewicz

[Reprobate]

julia child is already dead.

Jacko's not real good at this game. Of the five nominations 3 have been disqualified.

But his colours were nice. Apparently.

looks more like a wish list than anything else to me.

A real wish list would include at least 3 more politicians.


money doesent buy happyness

But it can buy you an education. Or in the very least a dictionary.

[DOGG]

are you gonna add me to the list?

1: Ali Hoseini Khamenei (iran leader)
2: Mohammad Khatami (iran leader)
3: Cynthia Mckinney (US congresswoman)
4: Tabare Vazquez (uruguay prez)
5: Bashar el Assad (syria)

WELL?

[s3raph]

Why the uruguay prez?

[SOC]

s3raph, in this instance, I think we *really* need to see the body! I personally still don't believe Christopher Skase is dead... :P

[s3raph]

So you're saying that the police who found the body are lying? Besides the fucker already tried to do himself in in prison.

[SOC]

Police are ALL fucking liars! Where's your proof, bucko? You seen pics of the body? Were you at the autopsy? did you *shudder* even pull the trigger man?

[Juice Biscuit]

For fuck sake SOC, stop being such a cunt, I demand to have six selections you cunt.




ps, How much does darkside's avatar look like a matrix version of Mark Latham? Yeah it freaks me out too. http://www.iamviet.com/forum/images/smilies/smilie_pop_eyes.gif

[Reprobate]

ps, How much does darkside's avatar look like a matrix version of Mark Latham? Yeah it freaks me out too. http://www.iamviet.com/forum/images/smilies/smilie_pop_eyes.gif

WHY YOU!!!! :swear:

[DOGG]

Why the uruguay prez?

can't remember lol. proably read something about uruguay. he's just a space filler for now

[kleph]

tabare vasquez was recently the first socialist president elected in uruguay since the military dictatorship. while many journalists have made great stock of the "left" stance of the country's - and the rest of south america's - politics, he is more likely to keep an open market economic philosophy similar to president lula in brazil and president lagos in chile (both elected as a "socialist" candidates).

it is unlikely either will suffer the fate of salvador allende who committed suicide in the wake of pinochete's successful 1973 coup in chile.

still, the first rule of the dead pool is that it could be anybody at anytime...

[BtrFly]

hmm to add to my list, i would like kevin <insert britney spears' name here> whomever her husband is.

also the husband from darling buds of may, david jason...

oh and maggie smith. she is a lovely lady. i dont know if anyone else has her

[s3raph]

Flow scores with the death of courtney love, we have yet another weiner!!

[Juice Biscuit]

Flow scores with the death of courtney love, we have yet another weiner!!



Post the link ;)

[s3raph]

My mistake, apologies, I responded to a hoax it seems.

[Sagacious]

did anyone have Sarah Henderson the author in their list cos she carked it yeterday.

[sperm]

Dammit, I wanna win. Why the fuck couldn't Rene Rivkin have committed suicide?
That post is going to haunt you as the police come around and kick in your door one morning at 3am :aah:

[gooey]

is there someway to tell if you have given rep to a person?

[s3raph]

That post is going to haunt you as the police come around and kick in your door one morning at 3am :aah:
Hey if I was going to be bothered killing him, I would have robbed him at the same time.

[Deimos]

Are we still between rounds after Rene Rivkin? Or are they all locked in place? If we are between rounds can I snag Big Kev (Kevin McQuay) instead of Shane McGowan? (if everything's locked in place then that's cool, I just wasn't sure).

[Juice Biscuit]

I'm going to have to object to the admission of big Kev till his non-death bed status clears.


EDIT: I remove my objection on the grounds that btwong was sent straight from god just to give you the shits. :cool:

[btwong]

i already have Big Kev!

[Deimos]

i already have Big Kev!
Oops, my apologies. I normally check these things but I must not have done a very good job this time. Good luck with it.

[s3raph]

I think we're still between rounds. Speaking of which I still haven't gotten my 200 rep from pirate.

[BIGween]

I'd like to one more to my one short list.

sean connery

[SOC]

I think Connery may already be taken. I'll check later. Also s3raph I'll chase Pirate for your prize. I'll also update the front-page list when I get some time later.

But a reminder, people, that when one of your selction dies you need to provide PROOF - such as a link to a REPUTABLE news source (ie, anything BUT the fucking Sydney Morning Herald cunts) ...

[SOC]

OK, front page list updated ... bigween got connery and dogg finally made it on. everyone has until this friday, may 13, to change their lists. and this time I'm REALLy gonna delete people who don't have a list of 5... i am, promise...

[Spotgun]

I'd like to substitute Burt Bacharach for Ernest Borgnine.

[s3raph]

Ok for my replacement for Rene Rivkin I'm going to go with Charlton Heston.

[bronco]

If DOGG can get in why can't I? :(




Michael Crawford (aka. Frank Spencer)
Brian Johnson (AC/DC)
Axl Rose
Ron Clarke (Aussie Runner)
Don McLean

[gooey]

okay - im going for a complete list overhaul...

Myuran Sukumaran
Andrew Chan
Renae Lawrence
Matthew Norman
Martin Stephens

[primus]

aren't they pretty much guaranteed the death penalty????

[gooey]

aren't they pretty much guaranteed the death penalty????

yep - and there is four left for anyone else who wants a sure thing

[SOC]

Um ... people sitting on death row are kinda against the rules. Try again. :mad:

[SOC]

Ok for my replacement for Rene Rivkin I'm going to go with Charlton Heston.
If you take a good look at the first page of this thread (http://forum.zgeek.com/showthread.php?t=23714), you will see, in the very first post, a list of who has who on their death list. If you look at the 5 names under the heading "SOC" you may just notice that Charlton Heston is among them, and has been since this game began. :p

[s3raph]

Dammit.

[s3raph]

Okay, Arnold Schwartznegger then.

[SOC]

*sigh* ... already taken. PLEASE go and read the list ... thoroughly ... OK?

[s3raph]

Okay, sorry SOC, I didn't think I saw him.

[BtrFly]

lets just say that jennifer aniston is going to die from a broken heart :)

[s3raph]

Okay Bob Hawke, I'm very very sure he isn't already up there.

[Serpent_Girl]

Alrighty, here's my list. :p

Fran Drescher
Winona Ryder
Jim Carrey
Pauline Hanson
Nicole Kidman

[SOC]

Okay Bob Hawke, I'm very very sure he isn't already up there.
Xenex has his ex-wife Hazel, so Bob's yer uncle! :)

[Sagacious]

Xenex has his ex-wife Hazel, so Bob's yer uncle! :)
good ole uncle Bob

[Henrik]

I guess this might be the wrong time to bring it up but is the Dead Pool closed now? If not I want Kylie Minogue for Bez.

[SOC]

Sorry, it closed off on Friday. Better luck next time. BTW, Minogue is now unavailable, seeing as she's been diagnosed with cancer.

[Henrik]

Oh ok didn't know Cancer was part of the rules. Locked in.

[pieman]

Ok my list:
Shabelle Corby (hey theres always a chance. and its more likely then Britney spears)
Fidel el Castro
Carl Williams (gangster guy)
Alphonse Gangito (another gangster)
Pope Benidct the 16th (For the stoopid people: he's the pope)

[jak]

Ok my list:
Shabelle Corby (hey theres always a chance. and its more likely then Britney spears)
Fidel el Castro
Carl Williams (gangster guy)
Alphonse Gangito (another gangster)
Pope Benidct the 16th (For the stoopid people: he's the pope)

To pre-empt SOC snapping and killing you for not reading the front page even though he seems to remind us every 5 posts, the new pope has already been taken by:

tintin
Pope Benedict XVI
Cornelia Rau
'Stormin' Norman Schwartzkopf
Lynndie England
Greg Domaczewicz

[SOC]

Tintin already has Pope Benedict XVI
Xenex has Fidel Castro
Jimma has Carl Williams

Try again, dude...

[pieman]

So instead of those three i now have:
John Popper (fat singer)
Douglas Wood (hostage)
Mark Holden

[pieman]

So instead of those three i now have:
John Popper (fat singer)
Douglas Wood (hostage)
Mark Holden
i Still have:
Shapelle Corby
Alphonse Gangito

[s3raph]

Is he allowed to have someone facing the death penalty, and a hostage held by terrorists?

[Bifrost]

Never mind.

[kleph]

i believe we would be willing to let someone who had a person BEFORE being diagnosed with cancer, convicted to death etc, but not after.

[SOC]

Eggsackertackerly

[SOC]

Is he allowed to have someone facing the death penalty, and a hostage held by terrorists?
No and no. He's gonna have to rethink his list or face eviction from the house... er, I mean game. :fag:

[Blue Midget]

Seeing as I'm a sci-fi freak, four out of five of these following proposals are connected to sci-fi - actually, all of them are.

Robert Wise
Ted Danson
Ian McDiarmid
Tom Baker
Christopher Plummer

Ted Danson hosted some Star Trek thing that I can barely remember, but I know he was there. HUZZAH!

[pieman]

Fine then ill have
John Popper (fat singer)
Alphonse Gangito
David Hicks
Mark Holden
Elton John

[SOC]

*SIGH* ... I'm growing tired of people who don't bother to read the first page of this thread (http://forum.zgeek.com/showthread.php?t=23714&page=1&pp=30) and the list of people already chosen, and who also don't bother to do a simple Google search (http://news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&ned=uk&q=Alphonse+Gangitano&ie=ISO-8859-1) to see if their selection is even alive.

Darkside already has Elton John.
Alphonse Gangitano is dead.
David Hicks is borderline ... I'll have to consult the oracle before I make a ruling.

In the meantime, try again. And please put some thought into it this time. Do some research - it's really not all that hard.

[SOC]

PS: Who the fuck is Shapelle Corby???

[s3raph]

She's an Australian on trial in Indonesia accused of drug trafficking, and facing death. 92% of Australians believe she's innocent.

[SOC]

Then she's inelligible for selection cos she's on death row.

[criminy]

Then she's inelligible for selection cos she's on death row.

No, she's still on trial, and the prosecution has not called for the death penalty.

Having said that, the only reason you would put her on your list would be on the expectation that she might be executed.

[SOC]

Exactly - she's on trial and COULD get the death penalty, which is why I'm not allowing her.

[jak]

*SIGH* ... I'm growing tired of people who don't bother to read the first page of this thread (http://forum.zgeek.com/showthread.php?t=23714&page=1&pp=30) and the list of people already chosen, and who also don't bother to do a simple Google search (http://news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&ned=uk&q=Alphonse+Gangitano&ie=ISO-8859-1) to see if their selection is even alive.

Darkside already has Elton John.
Alphonse Gangitano is dead.
David Hicks is borderline ... I'll have to consult the oracle before I make a ruling.

In the meantime, try again. And please put some thought into it this time. Do some research - it's really not all that hard.

SOC respect to you for your patience. I still shake my head in amazement at how people *still* (despite being told by SOC every 5 posts) manage to fuck up there choices. No excuse really.

[kleph]

suggestion. from now on, if someone submits an ineligible person they can enter the pool but they lose one member of their list. they can get the complete number of entries at the next round but, for the time being, they play with a limited number of contestants.

so, if i enter five people and one is already chosen and one is not eligible. i play with just play with three that round. i cannot get the other two until the next open period of play.

sound good?

[Z-Man]

I'll try thowing in again to this list.



Madonna
Ted Kennedy U.S. senator from Massachusetts
Robert G. Mugabe President of Zimbabwe
Eminem
Vladimir Putin

[Sagacious]

suggestion. from now on, if someone submits an ineligible person they can enter the pool but they lose one member of their list. they can get the complete number of entries at the next round but, for the time being, they play with a limited number of contestants.

so, if i enter five people and one is already chosen and one is not eligible. i play with just play with three that round. i cannot get the other two until the next open period of play.

sound good?

Sounds fair and reasonable to me. I would have been playing with a list of two for a time there under these rules but that would have been my own stupid fault. Thank you for your patience SOC.

[kleph]

ohhh general pinochet (http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8548492), how long must you hold the beckoning portals of hell and my well-deserved reppy goodness at bay?

[Juice Biscuit]

Hows about, if they screw up their nominations, SOC orders a Mass -rep.

[kleph]

because, from there, his powers will grow exponentially until he has the ability to extinguish the sun.

[Juice Biscuit]

You say that like its a bad thing.

[kleph]

crap! (http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/05/19/pinochet/)

[and3w]

I'd pay $, never mind rep for Pinochet NOT to die until he has stood trial and been punished for his wickedness.
2nd best would be a long and lingering death.
3rd best would be a long & lingering death from Alzheimer's, him and that bastard from Guinness (Sanders, was it?) who made a miraculous recovery from Alzheimer's after being found not guilty....my mum died, after a long and horrible time, of Alzheimer's and those cunts use it as an excuse for not being tried for their crimes...they make me sick.

[SOC]

suggestion. from now on, if someone submits an ineligible person they can enter the pool but they lose one member of their list. they can get the complete number of entries at the next round but, for the time being, they play with a limited number of contestants.

so, if i enter five people and one is already chosen and one is not eligible. i play with just play with three that round. i cannot get the other two until the next open period of play.

sound good?
Sounds like a plan to me, mate. Implementation - immediate.

[wibble]

If only people checked the first post, then this wouldn't have been necessary.

[kleph]

speaking of, you prolly should add this rule to the first post when you get a chance, soc.

[SOC]

I will, mate. Too buusy sightseeing in Vancouver right now. Mmmmm, nice mountains!

[The Cunt]

I can't see how anyone can fuck up something as easy as reading the first post and then picking five likely candidates for their Dead Pool submission.

I scoured the thread from front to back and then back to the front again just to be sure that no one had my tentative selections.

Mind you though, that fucker SOC hasn't added mine to his first post list and it's been up for a couple of months.

[criminy]

Looks like repeat wins round 7 with Graham Kennedy. + rep for him.

[dwarfthrower]

he has to claim his prize

[Reprobate]

he has to claim his prize
He did. He smothered Graham Kennedy with a pillow in his sleep.

Oh, you mean make a post here and claim it.

[kleph]

I thought I'd join in on the fun. I've checked against the list on the first page and no one had them.

MisterBishi
thingy
SOC
Pirate
Bostonmess

perhaps you need to go back and re-read the front page again...

You can't pick someone who is on their deathbed, nor can you have ZGeek members on your list. And the person has to be well known enough to warrant an obituary - that's what you need to provide as proof your person has died.

[Juice Biscuit]

http://www.zgeek.com/images/themes/original/buttons/reputation.gif


For the lazy.

[and3w]

I don't know if anyone had him, but I just heard that Ishmael (?) Merchant (1/2 the Merchant/Ivory film making duo; Far Pavillions, etc) has died.
R.I.P.

[repeat]

he has to claim his prize
I have a ticket stub with Graham Kennedy written on it, where do I cash it in?

[SOC]

You are teh winnar. Rep coming your way!

New round is now open. It will close upon my return to the UK (June 9)

[EvilMuppet]

Bud Tingwell
George Bush
the guy who owns hustler but i cant remember his name or if hes dead yet :P
Jed Bush

[kleph]

Bud Tingwell
George Bush
the guy who owns hustler but i cant remember his name or if hes dead yet :P
Jed Bush

to save soc from having an anurism, i will take care of this one.

you need to check the list on the first post of this thread (http://forums.zgeek.com/showpost.php?p=372343&postcount=1) for which persons are taken. bostonmess has george bush, 132k1 has george w. bush. if you cannot remember the name of a person, you can't have them (but, i will let you know, he is not selected yet).

so, at this point you have Bud Tingwell and Jeb Bush (i am giving you the benefit of the doubt on that one). you lose a person this round for selecting someone already chosen. So check who is taken on the official list and submit two more for SOC to add to your selections.

[EvilMuppet]

Ok my bad, ill add Larry Flint and... Brian Naylor (sp?) The newsreader guy.

[kleph]

this hurts us more than it hurts you.

[SOC]

Yes it does. I'm in pain even as we speak.

[repeat]

As I need to add a new person to my list I nominate Don Adams of Get Smart fame assuming he is not already listed.

[Keyser Söze]

I don't know if sisco is still around but Eddie Albert (from Green Acres fame) has just karked it as well.

(http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/27/obit.eddie.albert.ap/)

[Deimos]

Hey, would it be against the rules for me to pick Patrick Stewart now?

[Juice Biscuit]

Yes.

[Henrik]

I would like to change Bez from the Happy MOndays to Oscar (Jack Klugman?) from the TV version of the odd couple if thats righto.

[Z-Man]

Madonna
Ted Kennedy U.S. senator from Massachusetts
Robert G. Mugabe President of Zimbabwe
Eminem
Vladimir Putin

[Agent4096]

Look I'm not sure if I can still get in on this. I'm obviously far away from the ground floor. So I'll tentatively add a list of five.

Richard Widmark American Actor http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001847/
Kofi A Annan UN secretary general
Stan Lee Creator of Super heroes
Dan Rather American News Reporter
Michael Jackson Guilty verdict=suicide, innocent verdict=murder by fanatic.

I've gone for outsiders, considering that I have a lot of ground to make up, and I may not be elligible anyway.

[Juice Biscuit]

At least 2 of your choices have already been selected, I'll let you go and check the first post to see which ones they are.

[jak]

so whats being done as punishment for the "screw ups"? I cant believe there are so many people who cant read/google!

[Henrik]

ummm apart from changing from Bez to Jack Klguman could I also change from Gazza to Gary Ablett Senior?

[s3raph]

so whats being done as punishment for the "screw ups"? I cant believe there are so many people who cant read/google!
What we need is for the Dead Pool to be built into Zgeek. Just for there to be a quick relation on the database that shows names, and who each person has chosen. That way you can just search for anyone with the same choice as you.

[kleph]

how much harder is it to go to the first page of this thread and do a word search through the browser?

[s3raph]

Point taken, the idea hadn't occurred to me.

[kleph]

you certainly are not the only one. :rolleyes:

[Juice Biscuit]

I think the first line on the first post should give a step by step guide on how to use the find tools in IE/FF.


Anything regarding what the thread is actually about should come after that. ;)

[jak]

I think the first line on the first post should give a step by step guide on how to use the find tools in IE/FF.


Anything regarding what the thread is actually about should come after that. ;)

I disagree. If you cant work out how to search this thread then you should be prevented from entering the contest until after the next death has occurred.

(but your sarcasm is duly noted) ;)

[kleph]

right. because the primary problem seems to be people simply ignoring the first post altogether.

[Agent4096]

I did read the first post, twice, and I still screwed up.

Let's try again.


Ernest Borgnine American Actor
Kofi A Annan UN secretary general
Stan Lee Creator of Super heroes
Norman Wisdom British Actor, comedian.
zsa zsa gabor All round crazy bitch

[Spotgun]

I have Ernest Borgnine (but it hasn't been updated on the front page yet).

http://forum.zgeek.com/showpost.php?p=576640&postcount=408

[DOGG]

OK i'm removing Tabare Vazquez (uruguay prez) and replacing with Saparmurat Niyazov (Turkmenistan leader)

Ali Hoseini Khamenei (Iran leader)
Mohammad Khatami (Iran leader)
Cynthia Mckinney (US congresswoman)
Saparmurat Niyazov (Turkmenistan leader)
Bashar el Assad (Syria leader)

[sperm]

Not that I'm playing, but Im surprised no-one has grabbed don chipp ....

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/06/05/1117910184300.html

[DOGG]

well, he's on his deathbed so he's off-limits

[Agent4096]

I did read the first post, twice, and I still screwed up.

Let's try again.


Ernest Borgnine American Actor
Kofi A Annan UN secretary general
Stan Lee Creator of Super heroes
Norman Wisdom British Actor, comedian.
zsa zsa gabor All round crazy bitch

Spotgun says he has Ernie the tooth gap Borg of Nine.

In that case I'll bring in my reserve player. ( I double searched the thread)

Sidney Sheldon, Author Author.

[SOC]

I have Ernest Borgnine (but it hasn't been updated on the front page yet).

http://forum.zgeek.com/showpost.php?p=576640&postcount=408
Sorry, I haven't updated the first post for a while cos I've been away and haven't had Net access. I'm back now, so will get to it in the next couple of days. Promise. :p

[Deimos]

OK, you haven't said it's closed or anything. Can I swap Dawn Fraser for Lester Polfus (commonly known as Les Paul - he had a guitar named after him)?

[Z-Man]

OK, you haven't said it's closed or anything. Can I swap Dawn Fraser for Lester Polfus (commonly known as Les Paul - he had a guitar named after him)?

Les Paul is a GOD and they are immortal

[Deimos]

Les Paul is a GOD and they are immortal
A God, perhaps, but he's also nearly 90 years old (I was surprised to hear that he was even alive at all still) - the guitar, however, will never die.

[kleph]

GAHHHH! so close (http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/06/16/reagan.fall.ap/)!

[Z-Man]

GAHHHH! so close (http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/06/16/reagan.fall.ap/)!

If it was possible I would give you half rep for that.

[kleph]

just DIE ALREADY (http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8853617)!!! you EVIL OLD FUCK!!!!