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Okay. Ya'll probably know what a death pool is, but for those of you don't here's the rules. Choose 40 people who you think may shuffle off this mortal coil before December 31st, 2011 and post your list. You get points for each one that does, in fact, die. How many points? That depends on the age of the deceased. For every year hey are below 100, you get 1 point. So if your latest deadee is 98, that's 2 points. If your latest deadee is 18, that's 82 points. Simples! you'll have to keep track of the fatalities yourself, because I'm lazy. However, here's my list of 40. Overlap in lists is expected, but try and switch it up some.

1. Zsa Zsa Gabor (Actress)
2. Ric Flair (Wrestler)
3. Owen Wilson (Actor)
4. Robert Duvall (Actor)
5. William Shatner (Actor)
6. Paris Hilton (Rich White Bitch)
7. Hugh Hefner (Dirty Old Man)
8. Stan Lee (Comics Legend)
9. Pat Robertson (Evangelist)
10. George H.W. Bush (President)
11. Michael Douglas (Actor)
12. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Basketball Player)
13. Roger Ebert (Film Critic)
14. Benedict XIV (Pope)
15. Danny Baker (UK Radio DJ)
16. David Letterman (Talk Show Host)
17. Martina Navratilova (Tennis Player)
18. Kevin Nash (wrestler)
19. Andy Bell (Musician)
20. Prince Philip (Duke of Edinburgh)
21. Axl Rose (Guns N Roses)
22. Mark Henry (Wrestler)
23. Terry Pratchett (Author)
24. Peter Falk (Actor)
25. Margaret Thatcher (Blight upon Great Britain)
26. Ken Watanabe (Actor)
27. Pamela Anderson (Breast Delivery System)
28. Steven Tyler (American Idol judge)
29. Annette Funicello (Actress/singer)
30. Miley Cyrus (Spawn of Billy Ray)
31. Bret Hart (Wrestler)
32. Dick Clark (TV Host)
33. Iggy Pop (Musician)
34. Eddy Curry (Knicks player)
35. Amy Winehouse (Singer)
36. Jake "The Snake" Roberts (Wrestler)
37. Stephen Hawkng (Physicist)
38. Dynamite Kid (Wrestler)
39. Ace Frehley (KISS)
40. Jon Voight (Actor)

chaplaingrabthar wrote:
28. Steven Tyler (American Idol judge)

That's what he's really known for?

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:

chaplaingrabthar wrote:
28. Steven Tyler (American Idol judge)

That's what he's really known for?

Well, he did quit the band for it.

chaplaingrabthar wrote:

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:

chaplaingrabthar wrote:
28. Steven Tyler (American Idol judge)

That's what he's really known for?

Well, he did quit the band for it.

I agree with Cannerus, hes a BIT(read that in a HIGH voice) more known because of other things......that are not American Idol. Infact this is news to me

chaplaingrabthar wrote:25. Margaret Thatcher (Blight upon Great Britain)

How is she a blight upon Great Britain?

Goliath wrote:

chaplaingrabthar wrote:25. Margaret Thatcher (Blight upon Great Britain)

How is she a blight upon Great Britain?

Your either trolling, a rampant tory or have no idea about 20th century British history.

Oh man, Im getting the feeling that some pitchforks and torches are being assembled

why isn't Justine Bieber in there? some angry bloke will kill him eventually.

Or...Has me bringing up Justine Bieber ruined this thread?

Please Thatcher...

Guys, I know that Steven Tyler is far more well known for Aerosmith than he ever will be for American Idol. I'm a fan of the band, after all. some of the descriptions are a little troll-esque, just because I thought a few would be amusing to switch up.

As for my description of Thatcher, all I'll say is

a)I'm not a Tory
b)Section 28
c)Poll Tax

corpsesarefun wrote:

Goliath wrote:

chaplaingrabthar wrote:25. Margaret Thatcher (Blight upon Great Britain)

How is she a blight upon Great Britain?

Your either trolling, a rampant tory or have no idea about 20th century British history.

Yeah, evil witch, coming along and fixing the economy of a country that was on the brink of going bankrupt, making it one of the wealthiest and most influential countries on earth again....

*shakes fist*

Wait..


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Also, Lyndsey Lohan.

CAF, dont turn this into a politics thread.

Thatcher was one of the best PM we ever had though.. just so you know.

PITT THE ELDER!!!!1!

1: Adam Sandler (Bane of my existence.)
2: Trey Parker (Prophet)
3: Matt Stone (Prophet)
4: Chris Barnes (Inventor of death metal)
5: Alessio Cavatore (Heretic and defiler)
6: Seth Green (Savior of cartoon network)
7: George Soros (Terran Sith Lord)
8: Anna Chapman (Spy who I would forgive because she's so hot)
9: George Noory (Radio host and friend to the fringe)
10: Alex Jones (Fearmonger)
11: David Wilcock (Supreme being)
12: Gene Simmons (Soros' Padawan)
13: Christopher Lee (Master thespian) I know, I may very well LOSE points on this one,
14: Ghengis Connie (Never trust the loyalty of a pack of hungry weiner dogs!!!)
15: Seth McFarlane (Creator of Family Guy)
16: Ralphie May (Fattest comedian in the world)
17: Gabriel Iglesias (Second fattest comedian in the world)
18: Henry Rollins (Cultural icon)
19: Melvin Ira Wright III (Old friend from high school, extremely stupid and cantankerous)
20: Kindra Arneson (Whistleblower and voice of the gulf oil catastrophe)
21: James Hong (Actor) Another one I may lose points on...
22: Jesse Jane (Adult film goddess)
23: Ben Bernanke (Another Sith Lord)
24: Chuck Berry (Rock-n-roll pioneer)
25: Jay Z (Hip hip gazillionaire)
26: Chuck Norris (Another supreme being)
27: Mr. T (Chuck Norris' padawan)
28: George Foreman (That's six-in-one because I didn't specify which one! )
29: Julian Assange (Another prophet)
30: Eminem (Another hip hop gazillionaire)
31: Vincent Kennedy McMahon (Wannabe wrestling impresario)
32: Eric Bischoff (The creator of WCW and the real inventor of the TV wrestling empire!)
33: Charlie Sheen (Actor, professional trainwreck)
34: Sylvester Stallone (Actor, writer, director)
35: Randy Travis (Musician, actor)
36: Tommy Lee (Musician)
37: Breckin Meyer (Actor)
38: Henry Paulson (Soros' old padawan)
39: Fred Phelps (Slime-encrusted anal wart on the taint of America)
40: The guy in that insurance ad who says "What if mother won't let you drive?" (Lamest human being on Earth)

There now. Let's just see, shall we?

These lists are way to long to be interesting. List enough people you're bound to hit a few by accident. Prune ti down to 5~10 names and come back.

Yeah I've played this before and it's like only ten people you pick. not 40. 40 is waaay to much.

Ahtman wrote:These lists are way to long to be interesting. List enough people you're bound to hit a few by accident. Prune ti down to 5~10 names and come back.

I agree, try 10. Ill tag along on ten. Just so I can call it first, Im taking this thread as my #10. Simply because in a years time, no one will remember it even exists. So when I pull it from the depths of necro...... Ill have the last laugh

I've played it before as the Fatal 50. Thought cutting it down to a fatal Forty would be sufficient

Fatal 10-ty....... sounds great to me

Can I just pick dakka usernames?

Yup, I agree with 10. I can hardly think of 40 famous people, full stop!

1)Lindsey Lohan (Drugs)
2)Julian Assange ('Accident')
3)Kerry Katona (Drugs again)
4)Richard Branson (He's always doing dangerous gak)
5)Barack Obama (Yeah, I said it!)
6)Tony Hayward (Former Head of BP...)
7)Pete Doherty (More Drugs)
8)Amy Winehouse (Drugs/Booze)
9)David Bowie (Sadly, he's not been well in recent times...)
10)Michael Douglas (Cancer)

corpsesarefun wrote:

Goliath wrote:

chaplaingrabthar wrote:25. Margaret Thatcher (Blight upon Great Britain)

How is she a blight upon Great Britain?

Your either trolling, a rampant tory or have no idea about 20th century British history.

I'm obviously trolling.

That's why she was voted in for 3 terms, because she destroyed britain, lost the falklands, and a thousand other crimes.

Oh Wait.

And it was actually a question, I'm genuinely interested as to why he believes her to be a blight upon Britain.

Too much work.

All you overly wound-up brits need to get a hobby or something. Oh, wait...

Dick Clark isn't long for this world.

That's my one. The other 39 are going to have to wait a bit.

Goliath wrote:

corpsesarefun wrote:

Goliath wrote:

chaplaingrabthar wrote:25. Margaret Thatcher (Blight upon Great Britain)

How is she a blight upon Great Britain?

Your either trolling, a rampant tory or have no idea about 20th century British history.

I'm obviously trolling.

That's why she was voted in for 3 terms, because she destroyed britain, lost the falklands, and a thousand other crimes.

Oh Wait.

And it was actually a question, I'm genuinely interested as to why he believes her to be a blight upon Britain.

Ask the miners.....
He is not the only one who believes her to be a blight upon Britain....Many many many more do.

Are we doing 10 or 40?

Pete Doherty (drug addict)
Thatcher (milk snatcher)
Kim Jong-il (nuclear obsessed tinpot dictator)
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi (coffin-dodging pseudo terrorist)
Amy Winehouse (birdnest haired wino)
Lindsay Lohan (a young entry to polish herself off young!)
Silvio Berlusconi (Italy's best known playboy)
Bruce Forsyth (King Tutankhamun lookalike)
Denis Norden (King Tutankhamun's grandfather)
Nelson Mandela (jailbird turned good)

Albatross wrote:PITT THE ELDER!!!!1!

LORD PALMERSTON!!!!

Howard A Treesong wrote:Are we doing 10 or 40?

Do as many as you want, I'll figure out a system to normalize points (probably a kind of multiplier) to an arbitrary scale.

Tyson. Wait a minute.....