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2018 Dead Pool
| December 23rd, 2017 at 6:17:12 PM permalink | |
| JimRockford Member since: Sep 18, 2015 Threads: 2 Posts: 971 | Not many participated last year. Shall we try again, same rules? Your 10 predictions are due by 11:59 pm Las Vegas time on December 31. Folks on the list need to have their obit mentioned by the AP. Subtract 100 from the persons age at passing for your score. Smallest total, (i.e, biggest negative total) when the fiireworks go off on January 1, 2019 wins. My picks later.  The mind hungers for that on which it feeds. |
| December 24th, 2017 at 7:09:17 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
So logically a person under age 40 is worth three times a person over age 80. It sounds like the best strategy is to pick 10 very young people . Rappers, Porn Stars and Fashion Designers seem like good categories LIL PEEP - The up-and-coming rapper was just 21 when he died of a Xanax overdose in November 2017. The Notorious B.I.G. died on March 9, 1997, at age 24 MYCHAEL KNIGHT - Knight, fashion designer and former contestant on Project Runway was 39. August Ames,- Canadian pornographic actress, suicide by hanging age 23 |
| December 24th, 2017 at 2:08:52 PM permalink | |
| pew Member since: Jan 8, 2013 Threads: 4 Posts: 1232 | Is there a prize for winning? |
| December 25th, 2017 at 3:42:32 AM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18758 |
Sure.  You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
| December 26th, 2017 at 10:02:02 PM permalink | |
| JimRockford Member since: Sep 18, 2015 Threads: 2 Posts: 971 | My picks: David Crosby Tony Bennett Queen Elizabeth II Jerry Stiller Henry Kissinger George H. W. Bush Arte Johnson Burt Bacharac Phil Spector Wilford Brimley The mind hungers for that on which it feeds. |
| December 26th, 2017 at 10:06:12 PM permalink | |
| JimRockford Member since: Sep 18, 2015 Threads: 2 Posts: 971 | ASDuffman's picks (copied today's post in the 2017 thread): John McCain Chuck Yeager Mort Walker Robert Clary Jaye P. Morgan Abby Dalton Sirhan Sirhan Polly Holiday Elizabeth II/Queen Elizabeth Don Shula Alternate: Jimmy Carter The mind hungers for that on which it feeds. |
| December 27th, 2017 at 4:52:42 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18204 | John McCain Chuck Yeager Mort Walker Robert Clary Jaye P. Morgan Abby Dalton Sirhan Sirhan Polly Holiday Elizabeth II/Queen Elizabeth Don Shula Alternate: Jimmy Carter (reposted so I can quote myself later if needed) The President is a fink. |
| December 27th, 2017 at 5:35:34 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
The people you picked have an average of 13.8 points. It seems as if you have a much better chance of picking ten names under age 50 of people who are known to be sick. If you get one correct than you are more likely to beat this list. But that makes the game a bit morbid.
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| December 27th, 2017 at 7:02:30 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18204 |
I've usually taken my chances with the oldsters. I tried picking Lindsay Lohan a few years back when she seemed headed for certain destruction. Now she seems to have settled down. FWIW nobody seems to have hit much at all in these so in such a small contest why not try to get lucky with a few hitting. The President is a fink. |
| December 27th, 2017 at 8:47:29 AM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 | Here is my list. I'm obviously playing some long shots. Also adding some names I think the world would be a better place without but won't say which ones. John McCain Joe Jackson Bob Dole Bernie Madoff Austin Lee Russell (Chumlee) Donald Trump Dick Cheney Ismael Zambada García (Leader of Sinaloa drug cartel) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Ayman al-Zawahiri I'd like to suggest an optional side pool that costs $20 each, entire pool to the winner. I'll be the first to go in. Totally on the honor system. We'll settle up first thing 2019. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |