2010 Dead Pool.

[Severen13]

1. Nancy Reagan
2. Phyllis Diller
3. Ernest Borgnine
4. Betty White
5. Pete Doherty
6. Corey Haim
7. Macauley Culkin
8. Jimmy Swaggart
9. Jerry Lee Lewis
10. Latoya Jackson

[SengaKitty]

1. Brittany Spears - she can't keep going forever, right? (whippersnapper)
2. Paris Hilton - i know wishful thinking (whippersnapper)
3. Robin Williams - it will be a sad sad day
4. Bill Gates
5. Lindsay Lohan (whippersnapper)
6. George W. Bush, Jr.
7. Kanye West
8. Nelly
9. Fidel Castro
10. Sarah Palin

[AdminAssistant]

1. Fidel Castro
2. Kim Jong-Il
3. Vladimir Putin (killed in bear wrestling match or accidentally shot by Sarah Palin during a hunting trip)
4. Betty White
5. Clint Eastwood
6. Phyllis Diller (wait, she's still alive?)
7. Christian Bale (Whippersnapper - head will explode in anger when a fan yells, "Michael Keaton was a better Batman!!!")
8. Dick Van Dyke
9. Joan Rivers (Body will spontaneously reject all of the plastic surgery and implants ever received)
10. Hugh Heffner

[taxguykarl]

1. Helen Thomas
2. Nichole Ritchie--the drugs will get her sooner or later
3. Jimmy Carter
4. Christopher Lee--86 y.o.
5. Marlon Brando--84 y.o. and overweight
6. Fidel Castro
7. Betty Ford (yes she's alive)
8. Keith Richards
9. Mike Wallace--90 y.o.
10. Bill Ayers

[AdminAssistant]

5. Marlon Brando--84 y.o. and overweight

Brando died in 2004.

STEEEELLLLLLAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!

*ahem*

[Jester]

Wake me up when the Celebrity Scandal 09 points are tallied and then maybe I'll make a list.

Amusingly, I kind of felt this coming. Just as I was logging on to the site today, and I came on this thread, I was thinking, "Wonder how long this will go before someone starts giving me shit for the Celebrity Scandal Pool?" Answer: no time at all.

And you will be happy to know that I am working hard at that. (Translation: I haven't gotten around to it, but plan on doing so in the next week or so.)

So feel free to make your Dead Pool list whenever....keeping in mind that Dead Pools are far easier to score and tally than scandal pools. (In other words, that first one might take me a little time and effort. This one, less so.)

Scott Rothstein (former high powered attorney in South Florida in prison for a federal charges)...considering the crimes this sleazy pig committed, he'd probably commit suicide in prison.

As much as I am in favor of sleazy corrupt lawyers dying in prison, I have to disqualify this selection, as it is not a celebrity. I didn't make many rules for this, but the very first rule starts out with "Pick any ten celebrities...."

(Mind you, I'm still rooting for the fucker, whoever he is, to die slowly and painfully in prison.)

5. Marlon Brando--84 y.o. and overweight

And as has been pointed out, quite dead. I would disqualify this for that reason, but since I never actually said the celebrities you pick need to actually be alive, I'll let it stand if you want to keep it. Just don't expect Brando to keel over again this year. That would be a great acting job, I know, but great as he was, I don't think that the (dead) old boy has it in him.

By the way, New Rule: Any celebrities that enter this particular pool, have themselves as one of their picks, and commits suicide during the year will be disqualified. I won't have anyone in my pool fixing things, damn it! (Even if it's a celebrity I particularly wouldn't mind seeing dead. Like, say, Toby Keith.)

[Jester]

Just a note: I have started working up the results of the Celebrity Scandal Pool. I am about 25% through the entries. Look for something soon....

[SengaKitty]

(Even if it's a celebrity I particularly wouldn't mind seeing dead. Like, say, Toby Keith.)

Shhhh don't speak Toby out of existence!

[Jester]

Fuck Toby Keith. He's an asshole with the personality of a door hinge, not to mention a musical thief.

I know I don't like country music, but this has nothing to do with that. No, there is a special place in my hatred for that shit kicker. And if there is any justice in the world, a special place in Hell for him as well. I would never "speak him out of existence," though. I would prefer for him to have a slow and very painful demise. The sooner the better.

[SengaKitty]

O.O Now tell us how you really feel Jester... :P

[AdminAssistant]

Fuck Toby Keith. He's an asshole with the personality of a door hinge, not to mention a musical thief.

PREACH, son. One of the things I hate about going home is knowing I'll be subjected to that asshole's song stylings because my Mom thinks he's suuuuch a great musician. BLAH. I became a much bigger fan of the Dixie Chicks when Natalie Maines told him he could fuck himself with a rusty screwdriver.

Anyway, back to your regularly scheduled thread.

BTW, Zombie Brando would be freakin' scary. "I coulda been a contender....WANT BRAINNSSSS"

[Spiffy McMoron]

I would disqualify this for that reason, but since I never actually said the celebrities you pick need to actually be alive, I'll let it stand if you want to keep it.

Nope, you made a rule for that already:

3. No one who has already died at the time of your picks is allowed. That's cheesy.

On a semi-related note:

By the way, New Rule: Any celebrities that enter this particular pool, have themselves as one of their picks, and commits suicide during the year will be disqualified. I won't have anyone in my pool fixing things, damn it! (Even if it's a celebrity I particularly wouldn't mind seeing dead. Like, say, Toby Keith.)

Another well-known dead pool out there has a rule that also states that anyone caught killing celebrities for the sole purpose of inflating their pool score is disqualified. Might I recommend that rule as well?

Plus, I'd like to give props to Steverino for picking Hamid Karzai. That's a good call.

[Jester]

PREACH, son. One of the things I hate about going home is knowing I'll be subjected to that asshole's song stylings...

I really don't particularly like or dislike his songs themselves. It's just him that I object to. And for those who are wondering, yes, I have met him. He epitomizes the words "douchebag" and "tool."

BTW, Zombie Brando would be freakin' scary. "I coulda been a contender....WANT BRAINNSSSS"

It would definitely make his other famous line rather creepy.....

"SSSTTTEEELLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!"

Nope, you made a rule for that already...

Okay, so I'm an idiot. Don't I already say that very think to retail clerks anyways? Hell, I'll be the first to admit I'm an idiot. What's your point?

Another well-known dead pool out there has a rule that also states that anyone caught killing celebrities for the sole purpose of inflating their pool score is disqualified. Might I recommend that rule as well?

Hmmm...that's a tough one. On one hand, the ethical competitor in me wants to adopt that rule. On the other hand, the evil fucker in me would not mind seeing people take this game seriously enough to off some of our more annoying celebrities. Tough call......

Plus, I'd like to give props to Steverino for picking Hamid Karzai. That's a good call.

Agreed. Not the usual suspect, and definitely a high risk for survival.

[Rapscallion]

I've seen scores on these based on deducting the picks' ages from one hundred, and awarding the difference in points. Thus, picking someone ninety-nine-years-old will only gain one point, but picking the latest sixteen-year-old singing sensation would - should they cack it - gain eighty-four points.

I've also seen the self-inflating-of-score rule in other pools, and the most amusing to me was one that awarded this if it was sufficiently entertaining, but we don't condone murder here, folks.

Rapscallion

[Jester]

I am still mulling the scoring and how it will work. Since this is strictly for fun, I am not going to overwork it, but there should definitely be more points for a youngster than someone who is being followed around impatiently by Charon. Yes, Mr. Steinbrenner, I'm talking to you.

And I am not condoning murder.

Let me ponder the precise scoring a bit, but don't let that stop you from making picks. It should be obvious to anyone that the less likely a pick is to die this year, the more points they will be worth if they DO croak. Some examples....

Youngsters are worth more than geezers, Vanessa Hudgens would be worth more than Dick Clark.
Healthy livers are worth more than people who engage in high risk activities like drugs and such, so Tim Tebow would be worth more than Tara Reid.
Also, I think the more prominent a celebrity is will make them worth a few more points--Brad Pitt gets you more points than Brad Smith.

And one part of the point system that will be impossible to predict with your picks: the weirder or more bizarre the death, the more points. Dying in your sleep of natural causes: no bonus points. Falling 20 stories to your death naked because you were drugged out of your mind with three hookers and decided to chase the Easter Bunny out the window to get that quart of Mad Dog 20/20 he owes you: major bonus points.

By the way, weird points will only be awarded to deaths that are wholly are partly self-induced. Anyone getting killed tragically but bizarrely by a stalker is not going to get you bonus points. Yes, I know any death is tragic, but stalkers have their own special place in hell, and I will not reward their actions. I may be morbid, but even I have my limits.

I think everyone gets the idea here.