HARE'S DEATH POOL 2025

[Steve 680]

7 hours ago, Gooseberry Crumble said:

ALAN OSMOND 

ANN WINTERTON

BERNIE ECCLESTON 

BILL ODDIE

BRYAN ORGAN 

CANDI STATON 

CHRISTIANE KUBRICK 

CHUBBY CHECKER 

CLIVE REVILL 

DANIELLA WESTBROOK 

EILEEN DERBYSHIRE 

FAITH BROWN 

GEORGE DAVIES  (fashion designer ASDA)

GLORIA STEINEM 

GRAHAM NASH 

JOHN HAMILL 

KEN SPRAGUE 

LORETTA SWIT 

NORA ROBERTS  (Novelist)

ROY CHUBBY BROWN 

SALLY JESSE RAPHAEL 

SEPP BLATTER 

TOM OLIVER ( australian actor)

TOMMY STEELE 

ZAC EFRON 

 

SUBS 

 

ISABEL PERON 

PRUNELLA SCALES 

 

 

Here is my effort for this year's Hares pool!

Many thanks and appreciation to you for running this game again. 

@Gooseberry Crumble I presume the Ken Sprague you are referring to is the businessman? As the cartoonist died back in 2004. 

[An Fear Beag 1,609]

37 minutes ago, Steve said:

@Gooseberry Crumble I presume the Ken Sprague you are referring to is the businessman? As the cartoonist died back in 2004. 

 

Ken Sprague the businessman is also Ken Sprague the bodybuilder, and Ken Sprague the gay porn actor.

So yeah,  I thinks it's a fair assumption that is the Ken Sprague that Gooseberry was referring to .

 

[YoungWillz 21,375]

1 minute ago, An Fear Beag said:

 

Ken Sprague the businessman is also Ken Sprague the bodybuilder, and Ken Sprague the gay porn actor.

So yeah,  I thinks it's a fair assumption that is the Ken Sprague that Gooseberry was referring to .

 

Apricot Crumble pick for this year's DDP. It's the bodybuilder/gay porn actor/nude model/school teacher guy, fair to assume! 

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,401]

2 hours ago, Steve said:

@Gooseberry Crumble I presume the Ken Sprague you are referring to is the businessman? As the cartoonist died back in 2004. 

Correct!

[Thatcher 2,579]

Thanks for running this pool again!

 

My picks as follows:

BERNADETTE CHIRAC

BOB GURR

CHUCK GRASSLEY

CINDY BIRDSONG

DENNIS SKINNER

ESTHER RANTZEN

FRANKIE VALLI (joker)

IMELDA MARCOS

JAMES MACKAY, BARON OF CLASHFERN

JAMES WHALE

JIM LOVELL

JOANNE WOODWARD

JUDY LOE

JULIE GOODYEAR 

JULIE WALTERS

KATHERINE JACKSON

LEONARD BARDEN

LINDA NOLAN

MARGARET CALVERT

MICHAEL CURRY

MICHAEL EAVIS

POPE FRANCIS

ROBERT WORCESTER

THEODORE MCCARRICK 

TOM BAKER

 

Subs:

BRENDA MILNER

JACQUES PEPIN

JIM IRSAY

NEVILLE STAPLE

NODDY HOLDER

[An Fear Beag 1,609]

9 hours ago, Thatcher said:

Thanks for running this pool again!

 

My picks as follows:

 

LEONARD BARDERN 



 

Thanks for the entry.

 

I cannot find a Leonard Bardern so I am going to assume you mean chess grandmaster Leonard Barden, unless I hear otherwise. 

[An Fear Beag 1,609]

22 hours ago, An Fear Beag said:

 

Oh my! - that is quite the faux pas. I am actually embarrassed for you.

 

And then to make matters worse, later in the list you managed to spell "Syd" wrong 

 

You are having quite the 'mare, mate. I will be surprised if you are able to show your face around here for some time. But don't worry, people will forget eventually. Sure, you might occasionally hear people stifling laughter and muttering "composer" as you pass by, but pay no heed to them. You are better than all of them put together!

 

Anyhow, all good with the team, and Alan Bergman (Lyricist) takes his place on it. 

 

 

On another note, when did it become unacceptable to use the word "snig,gering" as I had originally intended in that post? (I took it out, rather than add in the comma as I have done there). Are normal words to be banned because they contain an unacceptable combination of letters in the middle of them? Ordinarily I am quite happy to attach myself to the WOKE brigade, but that is just ridiculous. 

[MariNisia 4,265]

@An Fear Beag... Thanks for this pool and for your excellent work as a host.

 

My list:

 

ALAN GREENSPAN

DAI HENWOOD

DAN RATHER (joker)

ED MICKELSON

FELICIA FARR

FRANK LAYDEN

GENE HACKMAN

HUBIE BROWN

HY EISMAN

JOAN PLOWRIGHT

JOHN ASTIN

LEROY VAN DYKE

LOUIS BEGLEY

MARV LEVY

MICHAEL FRAYN

NANETTE NEWMAN

NED JARRETT

NICHOLAS PILEGGI

NICHOLAS WOLTERSTORFF

NOAM CHOMSKY

ROSEY GRIER

TOM LEHRER

WALTER BRANDMÜLLER

WERNER ARBER

WILLIAM H. WEBSTER

 

Subs:

RUTH SLENCZYNSKA

AKIHITO

GLORIA WHELAN

JOANNE WOODWARD

JULIE NEWMAR

 

Good luck to everyone.

[An Fear Beag 1,609]

A little under three days to go until the game commences, and so far we have 35 players on board. A long way to go to reach last years record entry of 65 players. 

So far, I am missing entries from the following who played last year. Still load of time to submit a team, and of course new players are very welcome to join.

 

@Book

@BuffaloPhil

@Charles De Gaulle @chel @diego @drol @etib80 @Etushispushingupdaisies @Famous6Eva @Funeralopolis @gcreptile @Ghostofchristmaspast @Grim Up North @Hell @Imelda @John Key @nantonian2013 @Pedro67 @Prophet @RadGuy @Salmon Mousse @Shamalka Amarasekera @The Old Crem @ThereWillBeDeaths7 @time

@Toast @Torva Messor   @TQR @tracy @wannamaker @WhoamI @WillyWonka422 @Young One @Zsa Zsa's leg

[time 8,701]

I wasn't going to enter but as with all my teams everywhere, there's minimal research involved, so here goes

 

Ann Hamilton
Ann Haydon-Jones
Arthur Cox
Billy Mills
Bob Langley 
Bobbie Gentry
Bonnie Bramlett
Clarence Carter
Dyan Cannon
Edgar Winter

Frank Blunstone

Graham Kerr  <,<<<<<<<< Joker
James Cosmo
Jean-Claude Killy
Jimmy Melia

John Gorman

Julie Andrews

Jürgen Prochnow

Laurence Fox
Louis Mellis
Michael Aspel

Rita Moreno
Roger McGough
Terry Cox (Pentangle)
Yves Saint-Martin
    
Subs    

Al Pacino

Harvey Keitel

Joe Pesci

Martin Scorsese

Robert De Niro

[etib80 84]

My list :

ALAN GREENSPAN

BERNADETTE CHIRAC

BERNIE ECCLESTONE

BRIGITTE BARDOT

BUZZ ALDRIN

DAVID ATTENBOROUGH

DICK VAN DYKE

EDDIE JORDAN

EVA MARIE SAINT

GIORGIO ARMANI

HARVEY WEINSTEIN

JEAN-MARIE LE PEN (joker)

JIMMY CARTER

JOANNE WOODWARD

JUAN CARLOS, King of Spain

KEITH RICHARDS

LINE RENAUD

MEL BROOKS

RITA MORENO

ROBERTA FLACK

ROD LAVER

SOPHIA LOREN

TIPPI HEDREN

WARREN BUFFET

YVONNE CHOQUET-BRUHAT

 

Subs (by order)

VANESSA REDGRAVE

CHRIS HOY

YOKO ONO

POPE FRANCIS

KING CHARLES III

 

[An Fear Beag 1,609]

4 hours ago, time said:

I wasn't going to enter but as with all my teams everywhere, there's minimal research involved, so here goes

 

Ann Hamilton

 

To be honest, I am not sure that this is a pool that rewards a lot of research. A bit of common sense, and a lot of luck are probably more important. 

 

As it is largely the same team as last year, I assume that this is still Ann Hamilton the British actress, rather than the American artist who comes up first on a Google search. 

[Etushispushingupdaisies 138]

5 hours ago, An Fear Beag said:

A little under three days to go until the game commences, and so far we have 35 players on board. A long way to go to reach last years record entry of 65 players. 

So far, I am missing entries from the following who played last year. Still load of time to submit a team, and of course new players are very welcome to join.

 

@Book

@BuffaloPhil

@Charles De Gaulle @chel @diego @drol @etib80 @Etushispushingupdaisies @Famous6Eva @Funeralopolis @gcreptile @Ghostofchristmaspast @Grim Up North @Hell @Imelda @John Key @nantonian2013 @Pedro67 @Prophet @RadGuy @Salmon Mousse @Shamalka Amarasekera @The Old Crem @ThereWillBeDeaths7 @time

@Toast @Torva Messor   @TQR @tracy @wannamaker @WhoamI @WillyWonka422 @Young One @Zsa Zsa's leg

I'll come over soon, I need to figure out my picks, because I can only think of 7 team members. I'm now scrambling to find those worthy.

[Salmon Mousse 476]

6 hours ago, An Fear Beag said:

A little under three days to go until the game commences, and so far we have 35 players on board. A long way to go to reach last years record entry of 65 players. 

So far, I am missing entries from the following who played last year. Still load of time to submit a team, and of course new players are very welcome to join.

 

@Book

@BuffaloPhil

@Charles De Gaulle @chel @diego @drol @etib80 @Etushispushingupdaisies @Famous6Eva @Funeralopolis @gcreptile @Ghostofchristmaspast @Grim Up North @Hell @Imelda @John Key @nantonian2013 @Pedro67 @Prophet @RadGuy @Salmon Mousse @Shamalka Amarasekera @The Old Crem @ThereWillBeDeaths7 @time

@Toast @Torva Messor   @TQR @tracy @wannamaker @WhoamI @WillyWonka422 @Young One @Zsa Zsa's leg

 

Strongly leaning towards retiring from death pooling, in general, so I'm out for this year.

[Steve 680]

4 minutes ago, Salmon Mousse said:

 

Strongly leaning towards retiring from death pooling, in general, so I'm out for this year.

That's ashame especially when 2025 looks like it could be a busy year for dead poolers especially with the plethora of potential candidates and low hanging fruit lingerers. Hope you decide to stay. 

[BuffaloPhil 964]

Should have mine done today - or by the deadline at the very least!

[Charles De Gaulle 502]

 

Brian Blessed

Chevy Chase 

David Irving 

David Lynch

Dolph Lundgen 

Duke Of Kent

Edie McClurg

Eugenia Cooney joker

Frank Caprio

Frank Valli

Gene Hackman

Joanne Woodward

Jose Mujica

King Salmon

Mathair Muhammad 

Phil Collins 

Prunella Scales

Roberta Flack

Ruth Buzzi

Sonny Rollins

Ted Turner 

Tippi Hedren

Vanessa Redgrave

Valerie Perrine

Zhu Rhongji 

[BuffaloPhil 964]

This afternoon turned out quieter than expected, so here's my team. Thanks for running it again AFB.

 

Agnes Keleti

Anne Baker

Brenda Milner

Caron Marsh Doll

David Irving

Diana Armfield

Elizabeth Kelly

Esther Rantzen

Frank Caprio

Frankie Valli

Georg Koch

Ian Smith

Jimmy Carter

John Hemingway

Johnnie Walker

Kaiti Grey

Linda Tirado

Louis Farrakhan

Marita Camacho Queiros (Joker)

Peter Yarrow

Roberta Flack

Ryne Sandberg

Steve Gleason

Theo Burrell

Violeta Chamorro

 

Subs

Steve McMichael

Isabel Veloso

Emily Willis

Sophie Kinsella

[Famous6Eva 39]

Audrey Dalton

Brian Blessed

Brian Hyland

Dumitru Curta

Dominique Fernandez

Donald Trump

Esther Rantzen

Gemma Cuervo

Gunilla Poppe

Humberto Cruz

Ice Spice

Isabel Ruth

Inna Ryskal

Jane Rossington

Joni Mitchell

Krystyna Zachwatowicz

Larisa Latynina

Luis Pascual Dri

Nancy Pelosi

Miki Manojlović

Nanette Newman

Nikita Dragun

Okaga Hayashi

Rudolf Schuster

Selma van de Perre--------------joker

 

subs

Chief Keef

Denis Law

Jose Mujica

Young Chop

Angie Dickinson

 

[nantonian2013 52]

Abdullah The Butcher (Joker)

Antonia Fraser

Buzz Aldrin

Charles Burrell

Clive Brittain

David Irving

Glenn Hall (Ice Hockey)

James Whale

Jim Ross

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kate Keltie

Katherine Jackson

Milos Zeman

Nigel McCrery

Nigel Starmer-Smith

Noam Chomsky

Noddy Holder

Peter Chapple-Hyam

Robin Lehner

Ronald Draper

Sallie Krawchek

Sonny Rollins

Sophie Kinsella

Tippi Hedren

Yoko Ono

 

Subs:

 

Sly Stone

Sam Neill

Lula

Jean Chretien

Bob Pettit

Paul Biya

 

 

[An Fear Beag 1,609]

5 hours ago, Salmon Mousse said:

 

Strongly leaning towards retiring from death pooling, in general, so I'm out for this year.

Sorry to hear that - another fine dead-pooler bowing out. Well, if you change your mind, you have another 48 hours to cobble something together.

[An Fear Beag 1,609]

4 hours ago, Charles De Gaulle said:

1. Eugenia Cooney (joker)

2. Roberta Flack

3. King Salmon

4. Jimmy Carter

5. Joanne Woodward

6. Prunella Scales

7. Mathair Muhammad 

8. Gene Hackman

9. Ruth Buzzi

10. Ted Turner

11. Vanessa Redgrave

12. Frank Caprio

13. Valerie Perrine

14. Zhu Rhongji 

15. Sonny Rollins

16. Dolph Lundgen

17. Duke of Kent

18. Chevy Chase.

19. Edie McClurg

20. Frank Valli 

21. David Lynch

22. Brian Blessed

23. David Irving

24. Phil Collins.

25. Tippi Hedren

     

.       List picks in alphabetical order of FIRST name. I realise that I am the only host who asks this and I don’t care. I am a special, unique individual.

·       Put names in Capital letters.

·       Do not put numbers in front of the name. 

 

I suppose it was too much to expect a French person to follow any rules 

 

[An Fear Beag 1,609]

4 hours ago, BuffaloPhil said:

Subs

Steve McMichael

Isabel Veloso

Emily Willis

Sophie Kinsella

Thanks for the entry Phil.

 

All good with the main team. However Isabel Veloso has already been banned from this (and just about every other) pool, so should you lose two picks in the next 48 hours, Emily Willis will move up to your main team. A porn star- now that is real celebrity!

[time 8,701]

6 hours ago, An Fear Beag said:

 

To be honest, I am not sure that this is a pool that rewards a lot of research. A bit of common sense, and a lot of luck are probably more important. 

 

As it is largely the same team as last year, I assume that this is still Ann Hamilton the British actress, rather than the American artist who comes up first on a Google search. 

Yes her from Morecambe and Wise

[BuffaloPhil 964]

1 hour ago, An Fear Beag said:

Thanks for the entry Phil.

 

All good with the main team. However Isabel Veloso has already been banned from this (and just about every other) pool, so should you lose two picks in the next 48 hours, Emily Willis will move up to your main team. A porn star- now that is real celebrity!

 

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