Jump to content

SchindlerHaughton

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Content Count

    27

  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by SchindlerHaughton

  1. Posted

    Yeah, he looks really frail, and he's not nearly as energetic as he was in interviews from even a few months ago. He used to have muscle tone, but that seems to be gone now. Behind the makeup, the editing, and the suit, he probably does not look much unlike Steve Jobs in that last picture of him. I give him until his birthday in June, although he could really go any day at this point.

     

    Deadpooling aside, it will be a sad day when he finally goes. He seems like a genuinely nice guy, and it's a shame that he's dying pretty young.

  2. Posted

    i just saw Carter on The Daily Show the other day, and he seemed to be in very high spirits, especially for someone of his age. I wouldn't be surprised if he got to be the longest-lived president (that would be about another 5 years).

     

    Bush may make 90, but he's to the point where the next health episode could easily take him, which could be any day.

  3. Posted

    I'm doing better than I expected to do, especially for my first year- a 4 way tie for 23rd. I'd be in 10th if I made Chavez my joker, and I've pretty much regretted not making him my joker since the very beginning.

  5. Posted

    I decided against Ryan Buell and Ethan Zohn (although I did keep Zohn onboard as an alt) because of age and obit chances (the latter being more true for Buell). I decided against Castro because I didn't feel that his chances of dying this year were all that high. I feel like I should have gotten Patty Andrews though- I feel like I should have switched out somebody like Ali or Mary Tyler Moore for her. I also somewhat regret not making Chavez my joker, as I do feel like he's going to croak this year.

  6. Posted

    Gibb and Dio were both said to be getting better, and they died within the year. Fact is, few people get to be in the type of shape that Chavez was in from cancer and survive more than a year. They may 'get better', but the end result is all the same. Taking his and the secrecy into account, I imagine that he'll still be a hit.

  9. Posted

    Mine is as follows:

     

     

    Team Name: Melon Smashers & Melon Heads

     

    1. Clive James (joker)

    2. Margaret Thatcher

    3. Jerry Lewis

    4. Gallagher

    5. Dick Cheney

    6. Zsa Zsa Gabor

    7. Billy Graham

    8. Bob Dole

    9. Michael Winner

    10. Mary Tyler Moore

    11. Muhammad Al

    12. Hugo Chavez

    13. Prince Philip

    14. George H.W. Bush

    15. Stan Lee

    16. John Derbyshire

    17. Bob Barker

    18. Ray Price

    19. Van Cliburn

    20. Bonnie Franklin

     

    Reserve Picks: Courtney Love, Lindsay Lohan, Ethan Zohn

     

    Gallagher might not get a UK obit, but is an otherwise promising pick. He's my unique pick (hopefully).

  10. Posted

    This might not necessarily be the best idea I've ever had but I'll throw it out there - how about a public vote to decide the 50th place? The Clive Dunn Memorial Poll. Could include various improbables like O'Sullivan, Ozzy, Keith Richards and De Cesaris to take the Clive Dunn spot for a year

     

    Richards is a pretty good idea. After all, many argue that he is immortal.

     

    However, I am a part of the 'let a new Dunn emerge' club. I would not be all opposed to retiring #50 for at least a year, even if it means skipping from #49 to #51 (there's an idea).

  11. Posted

    Less than a week after he was denied the right to die with medical help by the High Court, Tony Nicklinson passed away at home.....

     

    ..... A spokesman for Wiltshire Police said the force would not be investigating his death.

     

    "Police are not involved at all. We can confirm he passed away and it is not a matter for Wiltshire Police," he said.

    "His death certificate has been signed by a doctor, so it is not a matter for Wiltshire Police or the coroner."

    http://news.sky.com/...im-dies-aged-58

     

    Hmmmm.

     

     

    Yes the timing of his passing is suspicious but even if it emerges that his passing was aided I don't think many would be appalled or outraged. His quality of life was almost nil, he was a prisoner in his own mind and it would have been cruel to make him continue living like that.

     

    Word is that he began to refuse food after he got word of the ruling.

  13. Posted

    Bill Clinton is due to give a speech at the DNC soon, you should see how he looks there before you junp to any conclusions based pff a tabloid photo.

     

    Photo of Bill Clinton from last Saturday:

     

     

    BillClintonHHHStatueCeremony640.jpg

     

    Meh. While he doesn't look fantastic, he doesn't look bad. I don't think we need to worry about Clinton for at least a few years.

  15. Posted

    When Clive Dunn dies (as he definitely will at some point in the future, fact fans), will the Deathlist retire in his honour?

     

    I think we should give him some title a bit like the title the North Koreans gave to Kim ll -sung when he died . :P

     

    Make him the eternal #51 when/if he dies. :P

  16. Posted

    I read in the midst of Mel Gibson's latest chapter of his ongoing public and private disintegration that his father Hutton is 93 and suffering multiple health problems. Papa Gibson is a bit of a character in his own right, a one-time champion of Jeopardy and member of the same extreme right wing catholic sect as his boy, also a Holocaust denier and purveyor of numerous anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, including their responsibility for 9/11, naturally.

     

    They should get their own reality show, if Ozzy Osbourne and Hulk Hogan can do it...

     

    Sounds like a good 'no shame' pick, but I don't know if he'd quite pass the notability test.

     

     

    He has his own Wikipedia page, given that Mel Gibson's troubled personal life has come to overshadow his career in recent years think its safe to say that Gibson Sr.'s passing would generate a fair amount of media coverage, not least cause hacks would probably be waiting with baited breath for the poor grieving son's reaction...

     

    Plus he has acquired notoriety without his son's help

     

    Yeah, now that I did a little more research, I don't have much doubt in my mind that he'd get a British obit.

  17. Posted

    I voted for Zsa Zsa Gabor.

     

    I have a wierd feeling you could be right on that one. I feel we are entering a period where many of the 'lingerers' will finally pop off.Plus we're overdue a female death. I expect Gabor to go any day now.

     

    We're overdue for a female death, a lot of the 'lingerers' are starting to pop off, and she's a bit overdue herself. You never know, but, considering that Mubarak looks like he'll croak soon but not in 2012, she's about as good of a bet as there is right now. I have a feeling the next hit might be a less obvious one, but I'd be shocked if Zsa Zsa doesn't turn out to be a 2012 hit.

  19. Posted

    Never heard of him and looking at the lackluster response in this thread, including more than a day after he croaked, not many others have either and if they have they don't seem to really care. The annual list would be a little bit better if there were people who were known not only on both sides of the Atlantic but on both sides of the Pacific as well.

     

    Darn shame the little bugger couldn't have held off until next May and been 90.

     

    Oh well here's hoping his family is well remembered in his last will and testament.

    I think the difference with Sykes is that although he is on the DL, no-one really wanted to see him being a headline act.

     

    He will be sadly missed by those that knew his work and will never be just a satstistic like some of the other members of the DL.

     

    Yeah, there's usually a few people like him that nobody wants to see go outside of the deathlist, and a few people like Brady and (although the response was mixed) Megrahi that people are especially rooting for.

  20. Posted

    I have a feeling that we'll lose at least one more regular this year- we already lost Shamir and Megrahi . I voted for Gabor, but I have a feeling that the next one might be somebody pretty deep on the list rather than a top 10 candidate. Maybe we'll lose Biggs this year.

  22. Posted

    I read in the midst of Mel Gibson's latest chapter of his ongoing public and private disintegration that his father Hutton is 93 and suffering multiple health problems. Papa Gibson is a bit of a character in his own right, a one-time champion of Jeopardy and member of the same extreme right wing catholic sect as his boy, also a Holocaust denier and purveyor of numerous anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, including their responsibility for 9/11, naturally.

     

    They should get their own reality show, if Ozzy Osbourne and Hulk Hogan can do it...

     

    Sounds like a good 'no shame' pick, but I don't know if he'd quite pass the notability test.

     

    What about the two former Argentine dictators, Jorge Videla and Reynaldo Bignone, 86 and 84 respectively? They were both just charged for their complicity in kidnapping babies systematically, and have been given tough sentences. I can't imagine a South American prison would be too kind on an octogenarian.

     

    EDIT: I've just read another article that says the men are already serving life sentences for previous human rights offenses, so this isn't their first trip 'round the block. However, I still think they're two valid points to think about.

    Hmmm.....this could lead to a special genre. People on death lists who are incarcerated.

     

    Pretty sure there already is one

     

    Yeah, there's a few. Off hand, Brady and Mubarak come to mind.

  23. Posted

    Hollie Stevens, the "Queen of Clown Porn", has revealed her breast cancer has spread to her brain and is now terminal.

     

     

    A risky DDP pick? Maybe. She has a (short) Wikipedia page though.

     

    Yeah, I'd pencilled this one in on the (slight) chance she makes it to 2013. I think the Daily Mail would see website hits from covering her death so she'd get the required obit.

    Reach for the rubber eraser. For the sake of cherished childhood memories, I hope Charlie Cairoli never got involved in the seedy world of clown porn.

     

    I think I may have a pretty good DDP draft going, seeing as her and Griffith were both on there (Stevens was #5 I think, Griffith was pretty low). Shame that they couldn't make it to 2013. :(

×

Important Information

Your use of this forum is subject to our Terms of Use

  I accept