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I really doubt Ronnie Wood....

Can an Admin please change the title to something proper like Who Will Be THE NEXT RS To Die?.....it ignores Brian Jones, at the very least. ‘Guest Tom Green’ was an idiot when he created the thread. That’s why guests should never ever be allowed to create a thread. Nor anyone in their first 90 days of membership.

I too would love to meet both Olivia de Havilland and Dick van Dyke. It would be interesting to hear about the old Hollywood as well as their thoughts on the current state of the film Industry.

#30, in part to thank him for sending me a signed photo last year in response to my fan mail.

And I like to share my thoughts on what I think on other people's team, just for fun. I already mentioned that I really like gcreptile's team; very risky, but may turn out to be very rewarding. And even with him being unlucky with having Monson and Redstone join his main team after Dudley's and Willow's demise, I still think he could win. People have won in the past with having old people who didn't make the drop 40 as recently as last year, so not all is lost. I think one of the other riskiest teams this year is DevonDeathTrip. He went for a lot of oldsters with minimal 40 chances (Blanco, Lorimer) and even went with a lot of names that he has brought up on the forum himself (Clegg, Remigino, Goldberg). Along with his two potential uniques, I think this might have DevonDeathTrip go back to his glory days. Death Impends, while never in doubt to be a strong team, looks strong and might be a 20/20 team this year. While I honestly have no idea who Laura Barry is even though I tried looking her up after you announced your team, I absolutely love your Cynthia Heimel pick. Very much a name that goes for one of my interests (feminism), and honestly would have made a spot in my B Team if I had known about her. I did know about David Shutts, but he was one of those names that I looked at but completely ignored afterwards, so no doubt that he'll score points for you now... RadGuy, you say you might not make the top 20, but I say that's a strong team right there imo. Some interesting punts, and once again, has a lot of old people with minimal drop 40 chances like DevonDeathTrip with no FFBI types. Honestly, I like that some of the contenders are completely moving away from FFBI in general. Speaking of that, Toast has always been one of those people who avoids FFBI, and I think she has a strong team to prove that you don't actually need FFBI to do very well in the DDP. Some strong picks on her team (honestly, why didn't the committee plump for Willie Nelson), and I love to see a team with mainly well known celebrities in the top ten. Grim Up North looks like on paper to be this years rookie of the year. Of course, I haven't seen many other rookie teams, but he does a decent enough job with other dead pools that I think he'll be fine here. And finally, the Dead Cow. This year is actually going to be quite interesting between you and me, especially since we share 14/20 picks (it was 13 but Willow unfortunately died before the starting, but she may not receive a QO by the looks of it anymore). So it's a game between Youngs/Tapie/Stiles/Willesee/Falkholt/Toothill vs Forster/Fraser/Jowell/Nolan/Smith/Stefansson. Really going to be a tight game between us, though I think you have the better team especially with Youngs and Stiles. Not to mention if one of our shared picks don't obit, we'll both fall behind. Some very great teams this year, and as I said before, I think it'll be a while before we can guess the true contenders...

We can arrange that ;-)

They might not right now, but for anybody using the threads as a reference later on it would be helpful to post deaths in the appropriate thread.

Made a Venn-diagram over the three main types of deathpooling picks and how they intersect. Using this as a template, where do your picks fit in? Cancer mums: Those who are neither famous (in the traditional meaning of the word) nor old, but quite ill or even terminal. Obitability is a toss-up, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. List of the Lost: Those who are both old and ill, but lack the necessary fame to get obits when they do die. Theme team fillers: Similar to the above, except there are no known health issues (other than old age). Usually used to fill out remaining spots for theme teams. The worst kind of picks for ambitious deathpoolers. Olivia de Havilland: Famous old people that have no problems with their health. The kind pick that tends to stay on the DeathList for years and years by virtue of their fame. Non-serious picks, i.e. Bieber: Usually wishful thinking, and/or not really taking the competition seriously. Could also be part of some theme teams. DL-types: Look up the word "deathlisty" in the DeathList glossary lexicon at your local library, and this is what you will see: Someone who is both old enough, sick enough and famous enough to be a prime candidate for the committee. Title-winning picks: These are the ones that guarantee high scores by being terminally ill, relatively young and left a sufficient mark in Britain to get a write-up in newspapers such as BBC.

INVERSE DEAD POOL 2018 Right, another new year, another year of guessing which of the creme de la creme amongst DDP nominations will dodge Mr. Reaper's surly grasp for the next twelve months. After doing a solid job as host for the past few years, The Dead Cow has chosen to step down and pass the baton to me. Despite a few easy bets for survival like Donald Trump and Val Kilmer, 2017 was brutal for the IDP with 20 deaths, more and more dead certs occupying the top 50, and many teams keeping misguided faith in the continued survival of Daisy Berkowitz and Helen Fawkes. drol won with 25 points, a commendable result considering no one else finished under 40 and only two other teams under 50. Rules From the list of the 50 most popular DDP picks of 2018, pick a team of 25 names who you think will survive the year. Rank your list in order of least likely to die to least least likely to die. Post your team in this thread. If someone dies and they are listed on your team, then you will receive points according to their position. If your #1 pick dies you'll receive 25 points, whilst if your #25 pick dies you'll receive 1 point. If someone dies and they are not on your list, then you receive no points. NEW RULE: In case one of the names available for entry dies before the submission deadline, you are allowed to have one sub. The sub can be anyone from the top 50 or the 51st most popular name, who will be revealed alongside the top 50. The 51st name can not be part of the original 25 if no one dies. In the case of one of your original team dying pre-deadline, the sub goes into 25th place by default, but you are allowed to change the position of the new pick. If the above scenario happens, you are also allowed to name a new sub and I will reveal the 52nd most popular name. Whoever has the lowest score at the end of the year is the winner. Credit to Toast for inadvertently coming up with a peach of a topic description, and of course, credit to Spade for creating this wonderful game. Credit to Dead Cow for his job as previous host, having a well-organized OP to C&P for this year, and the idea for a "dies during entry period" rule. Previous Winners 2017 - drol 2016 - Pedro67 2015 - Death Impends 2014 - Bibliogryphon 2013 - N/A 2012 - Esturian Float 2011 - Garn2 Top 50 Alberto Fujimori Angela Lansbury Aretha Franklin Betty White Bob Barker Bob Dole Catherine Nevin Charlotte Rae Chris Rea Clive James Dean Francis Denis Norden Devin Lima Dick Van Dyke Donald Trump Doris Day Fernando Ricksen George H. W. Bush Sr Greg Gilbert Henry Kissinger Jill Gascoine Jimmy Carter Jimmy Greaves John McCain Kirk Douglas Leah Bracknell Leslie Phillips Liam Miller Linda Nolan Little Richard Marieke Vervoort Nobby Stiles Olivia de Havilland Olivia Newton-John Paul Gascoigne Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Prince Philip Prunella Scales Queen Elizabeth II Rev Billy Graham Robert Mugabe Simon Ricketts Stan Lee Stefan Karl Stefansson Stephen Hawking Terry Jones Tessa Jowell Val Kilmer Valerie Harper Vera Lynn #51 Carol Channing ENTRY PERIOD IS CLOSED

Strange times indeed.

... Ever walked into a thread and felt like you've had a stroke or something? That's me.

Joint 10th in the theme league with BBC Heaven. Not bad. Not as obvious a selection as Bruce Forsyth to boost the scoring for the team in 2018 though. Will struggle to keep up with that expectation. It would have been disappointing if no one had picked Prof. Heinz Wolff though. The Great Egg Race was a fantastic show. Right up there with the Adventure Game. Anyway, thanks for running the show TMIB!

The teacher was telling the kids about the birds and the bees and she explained that when a man and a woman meet and fall in love, nine months later the stork usually brings them a little baby from its nest.Little Johnny at the back of the class put his hand up and asks the teacher, "Are you sure about the stork, miss? I think you’re getting your birds mixed up cos my big sister just got a little baby.... and she said it was from a "shag" in Scarborough.

You won't get a new kidney if you have a functional one https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/kidney-transplant/about/pac-20384777

In a year that did not have a lot of huge celebrities die, I will go with Mary Tyler Moore.

^^^^Astronauts thread for this pish.....

You’re holding msc captive? That’s disturbing to think about...

Cmon Y-Dub.....if you ain't gonna put her in the Scrabble thread, by God I will. You deserve the points. SC

Good to know you are still here too, deathers.

FFS!! Say what you mean!!

What is this, Animal Farm?