Cowboy Ronnie 78 Posted October 11, 2007 Time to make official a bandied-about idea which is to have an alternative DL 2008 that will be a list of those who statistically aren't that likely to die next year, but would be fun to select anyway. It will harken back more than a little to the spirit of the original list, and will very definitely not be a list of semi-obscure 90 year olds. A few suggested stipulations: 1. no one over the age of 60. We could make it 50, but I want to nominate the Hoff, and I think he's over 50; 2. non humans should be ok. Mono wants to put Belgium forward which I'd happily second. A few people have asked about animals, which would be ok too; 3. there should be some no low-hanging fruit rules, so if some famous 22 year old happens to be on death row with a confirmed execution date, they should be left off; 4. let's strive to have a list of the unarguably famous, e.g. Amy Winehouse's hubby is about as unfamous as I'd want it to go; 5. one "any one" nomination would be good, as long as it stays within the parameters of the original "any one Beatle" nomination in that it can't be too wide a pool and it can't be too safe a bet (there were three living Beatles when the pick was made, all of whom were in pretty decent health at the time); Nominations, suggestions of other rules guidelines, etc welcome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted October 11, 2007 I'm going for Alain Robert, 42, the chap who climbs tall buildings without safety equipment. I know you're a bit of a purist, CR, but he is bloody famous. Or he will be bloody and famous when he falls of a skyscraper. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Monoclinic 39 Posted October 11, 2007 Any one Spice Girl - or is Gerry over 60? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Advisor Posted October 11, 2007 OK Ronnie I mainly agree with your standard set of rules besides the animal suggestion which I'm not crazy about. Figure a list of (25) celebrities under the age of 60 or (65) who either live - dice rolling lives or who are shooting heroin or you just completely hate them 'ex In no exact order since I'm thinking right here off the top of my head. I'm going for the 'Anna Nicole Smith' kind of shocker. 1. Joanie Laurer - better known as 'Chyna' from wrestling who has had various drug problems and the list hits the floor. 2. Mike Tyson - He has a tattoo on his face. His nose will look like Darryl Strawberry soon. He has a speech impediment. 3. Artie Lange - Stand up comedian and radio personality. A modern Chris Farley who is now off heroin but over 300 pounds. 4. Courtney Love. She's just crazy. 5. The crew from 'Jack Ass' I know Johnny Knoxville is one of the prime contributers. It's waiting to happen. Now I'm not for any of these young Hollywood magazine queens, because I feel disgusted giving them attention since I doubt any of them are going to drop dead. All in all I think it's a good idea, just with some reasonable rules. No countries and no animals. Or 'maybe' one animal but no countries. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,201 Posted October 11, 2007 1 Gazza 2 Diego Maradona 3 Britney Spears 4 Pete Doherty 5 Amy Winehouse 6 Jocky Wilson (Darts player) 7 Alex Higgins 8 Tony Blair 9 Pervez Musharraf 10 Jacques Villeneuve 11 Anton Ferdinand (Colossally stupid & drives fast cars.. look at QPR's Ray Jones..) 12 George Michael 13 Eddie Van Halen 14 Doku Umarov 15 Caroline Aherne 16 Ian Huntley 17 Princess Anne 18 Morgan Tsivingarai 19 Whitney Houston 20 Charlie Sheen 21 Michelle Rodriguez 22 Tom Sizemore 23 Sir Salman Rushdie 24 Shane McGowan 25 Iggy Pop 26 Mike Gregory 27 Barack Obama 28 Ashley & Mary Kate Olsen 29 Ozzy Osbourne 30 Ronnie O'Sullivan 31 Norman Whiteside 32 Kate McCann 33 Niki Lauda 34 Tommy Lee 35 Jeremy Kyle 36 Lindsey Lohan 37 Courtney Love 38 Ray Kennedy 39 Billy Joel 40 Prince Harry 41 Janez Drnovsek 42 Jeremy Clarkson 43 Robbie Coltrane 44 David Boon 45 Bobby Brown 46 Keith Allen 47 Nouri Al- Maliki 48 Leslie Ash 49 Gil Scott-Heron 50 Clive Dunn Please send the cheque in the post... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,689 Posted October 11, 2007 A few others that have been discussed, and not mentioned by OoO: Paris, Mindy Mac, Jeff Healey, Tommy Smith, Owen Wilson, Paul Fox, Terri Garr, Andy Fordham, Philip Chevron, Seve, Grete Waitz, Grant Achatz, Langham, Dawn French, Toni Braxton, Osama. God, why the f**k am I doing this?! I've caught all this listomania bollocks off all you boring twats, haven't I? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,904 Posted October 11, 2007 Could we have some conjoined twins on. It would be a first (possibly) in the history of dead pools These might be an idea? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lori_and_Reba_Schappell Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,201 Posted October 11, 2007 God, why the f**k am I doing this?! I've caught all this listomania bollocks off all you boring twats, haven't I? Bwa Ha Ha! Another victim! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Madame Defarge 21 Posted October 12, 2007 Any one of... Crosby, Stills & Nash? Or any one of the Stones (only because Keef doesn't like being left off of deathlists.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,799 Posted October 12, 2007 Anyone of the cast of Eastenders? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gunjaman5000 30 Posted October 12, 2007 I should like to nominate Fernando Alonso. Mad as a Spaniard and jealous like a school girl, there's a strong possibility he'll try a bit too hard to get past Lewis Hamilton at the final corner making it his final corner. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Godot 149 Posted October 12, 2007 Bear Grylls is not going to die of old age, not yet anyway. Neither is he likely to die from his "death defying" stunts. But, who knows, he might just fall under a bus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cowboy Ronnie 78 Posted October 12, 2007 These are excellent suggestions, and to address DDT's nominee, that annoying Spider Man guy definitely pops up on the news enough that he passes the fame test. Also, if he were to die in 2008 it would likely be because he fell several thousand feet to his death, and that would make the pages of all the world's papers. Hopefully the TV news too if there's video highlights, which in this day and age I'd pretty much expect. Please keep the nominees coming in, and maybe we'll work up a few drafts lists and get some overall consensus for at least 25 or so of the names. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anubis the Jackal 77 Posted October 12, 2007 Richard 'The C-word' Branson LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Oct. 11, 2007 (NBC) -- An amazing Las Vegas publicity stunt almost ended in disaster Wednesday night for British billionaire Sir Richard Branson. Branson fell 40 stories from the top of the Palms Hotel to kick off the launch his latest multi-billion dollar enterprise, an extension of his low-cost airline Virgin America. But Branson came down faster than anyone expected. In the middle of the fall, a gust of wind slammed his backside and left hand into the side of the building. It nearly ripped his pants off and caused some painful but not serious injuries. Hopefully. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Star Crossed 33 Posted October 12, 2007 Branson. ... Branson fell ... Branson came ... It nearly ripped his pants off and caused some painful but not serious injuries.Hopefully. The only time Branson stops making a C-word of himself these days, is when he takes a short break to be a self-aggrandizing, megalomaniacal C-word elsewhere. I'd like to submit the following scenario: Steve Fossett is found, alive and well. He and Branson embark on another epic edge-of-space balloon extravaganza. Mid-flight, (insert mechanical malfunction here) and Branson plummets earthwards, landing squarely on top of Rupert Murdoch as he applies his morning haemorrhoid cream, killing both of the c**ts. Steve Fossett embarks on another epic ballooning adventure, accompanied by gastro-C-word Jamie Oliver filming a "live, wecord-bwaking edge-of-thpace cookewy lethon". The "lethons of hithtory" not learned sufficiently well, however, (insert improbable but nonetheless satisfying mechanical malfunction here) and Jamie's oxygen supply is cut off. Literally dozens of his fans watch him slowly suffocate, separated from a smirking Steve Fossett's oxygen-rich half of the gondola/capsule by the thickness of a toughened-glass partition (installed to prevent the smell of freshly-chopped shallots from tearing-up Fossett's eyes as he navigates), live on tv. One grief-crazed Jamie Oliver fan takes up arms and storms the set of the Ready Steady Cook Christmas Special, needlessly (but rather pleasingly) ending the careers, and lives, of Gary Rhodes, Ainsley Harriot, Anthony Worrell-Thompson and a few other professional arseholes I can't remember right now. Somewhere in the midst of this commotion, the ubiquitous king of smug James Nesbitt is felled by a stray bullet, the bloody ricochet striking Pete Doherty to the temple, killing him almost instantly. Doherty falls, syringe-first, into Vanessa Feltz's lap. She pours her freshly-purchased half-gallon cup of McDonald's coffee into the lap of the gentleman sat to her immediate left, one Simon Cowell. It's alright though, folks, it doesn't kill him; it just causes horrendous burns and permanent disfigurement. In shock, his left arm swings out violently, breaking Graham Norton's nose; an injury from which he later dies. Somewhere else in the midst of all this, Alastair Campbell's cold, evil heart is impaled by the pointed end of a falling anvil. Upon hearing the news of this mass fatality, Ant & Dec carry out a suicide pact, shoving paracetamol up each other until they burst. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Monoclinic 39 Posted October 12, 2007 Branson. ... Branson fell ... Branson came ... It nearly ripped his pants off and caused some painful but not serious injuries.Hopefully. The only time Branson stops making a C-word of himself these days, is when he takes a short break to be a self-aggrandizing, megalomaniacal C-word elsewhere. I'd like to submit the following scenario: Steve Fossett is found, alive and well. He and Branson embark on another epic edge-of-space balloon extravaganza. Mid-flight, (insert mechanical malfunction here) and Branson plummets earthwards, landing squarely on top of Rupert Murdoch as he applies his morning haemorrhoid cream, killing both of the c**ts. Steve Fossett embarks on another epic ballooning adventure, accompanied by gastro-C-word Jamie Oliver filming a "live, wecord-bwaking edge-of-thpace cookewy lethon". The "lethons of hithtory" not learned sufficiently well, however, (insert improbable but nonetheless satisfying mechanical malfunction here) and Jamie's oxygen supply is cut off. Literally dozens of his fans watch him slowly suffocate, separated from a smirking Steve Fossett's oxygen-rich half of the gondola/capsule by the thickness of a toughened-glass partition (installed to prevent the smell of freshly-chopped shallots from tearing-up Fossett's eyes as he navigates), live on tv. One grief-crazed Jamie Oliver fan takes up arms and storms the set of the Ready Steady Cook Christmas Special, needlessly (but rather pleasingly) ending the careers, and lives, of Gary Rhodes, Ainsley Harriot, Anthony Worrell-Thompson and a few other professional arseholes I can't remember right now. Somewhere in the midst of this commotion, the ubiquitous king of smug James Nesbitt is felled by a stray bullet, the bloody ricochet striking Pete Doherty to the temple, killing him almost instantly. Doherty falls, syringe-first, into Vanessa Feltz's lap. She pours her freshly-purchased half-gallon cup of McDonald's coffee into the lap of the gentleman sat to her immediate left, one Simon Cowell. It's alright though, folks, it doesn't kill him; it just causes horrendous burns and permanent disfigurement. In shock, his left arm swings out violently, breaking Graham Norton's nose; an injury from which he later dies. Somewhere else in the midst of all this, Alastair Campbell's cold, evil heart is impaled by the pointed end of a falling anvil. Upon hearing the news of this mass fatality, Ant & Dec carry out a suicide pact, shoving paracetamol up each other until they burst. Can Anthea Turner be a guest on Ready Steady Cook that day? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cowboy Ronnie 78 Posted October 12, 2007 I kinda like Simon Cowell, who has no problem calling bullshit when he sees it. He's probably done more for British credibility in the US than the likes of Oasis, Blur, Hugh Grant, Robbie Williams, and Take That combined. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,904 Posted October 12, 2007 Branson. ... Branson fell ... Branson came ... It nearly ripped his pants off and caused some painful but not serious injuries.Hopefully. The only time Branson stops making a C-word of himself these days, is when he takes a short break to be a self-aggrandizing, megalomaniacal C-word elsewhere. I'd like to submit the following scenario: Steve Fossett is found, alive and well. He and Branson embark on another epic edge-of-space balloon extravaganza. Mid-flight, (insert mechanical malfunction here) and Branson plummets earthwards, landing squarely on top of Rupert Murdoch as he applies his morning haemorrhoid cream, killing both of the c**ts. Steve Fossett embarks on another epic ballooning adventure, accompanied by gastro-C-word Jamie Oliver filming a "live, wecord-bwaking edge-of-thpace cookewy lethon". The "lethons of hithtory" not learned sufficiently well, however, (insert improbable but nonetheless satisfying mechanical malfunction here) and Jamie's oxygen supply is cut off. Literally dozens of his fans watch him slowly suffocate, separated from a smirking Steve Fossett's oxygen-rich half of the gondola/capsule by the thickness of a toughened-glass partition (installed to prevent the smell of freshly-chopped shallots from tearing-up Fossett's eyes as he navigates), live on tv. One grief-crazed Jamie Oliver fan takes up arms and storms the set of the Ready Steady Cook Christmas Special, needlessly (but rather pleasingly) ending the careers, and lives, of Gary Rhodes, Ainsley Harriot, Anthony Worrell-Thompson and a few other professional arseholes I can't remember right now. Somewhere in the midst of this commotion, the ubiquitous king of smug James Nesbitt is felled by a stray bullet, the bloody ricochet striking Pete Doherty to the temple, killing him almost instantly. Doherty falls, syringe-first, into Vanessa Feltz's lap. She pours her freshly-purchased half-gallon cup of McDonald's coffee into the lap of the gentleman sat to her immediate left, one Simon Cowell. It's alright though, folks, it doesn't kill him; it just causes horrendous burns and permanent disfigurement. In shock, his left arm swings out violently, breaking Graham Norton's nose; an injury from which he later dies. Somewhere else in the midst of all this, Alastair Campbell's cold, evil heart is impaled by the pointed end of a falling anvil. Upon hearing the news of this mass fatality, Ant & Dec carry out a suicide pact, shoving paracetamol up each other until they burst. Can Anthea Turner be a guest on Ready Steady Cook that day? And Kerry Katona too. Please? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest_Star Crossed_* Posted October 12, 2007 'Can't log in' reminds me of when I first joined this bloody friggin forum. This is my letter of rules which I dearly hope can be approved by the grand committee. 1. 'A list of twenty five' entrants. All whome could possibly achieve the all-mighty obituary. 2. Quality O quality. I will commit ever lasting sin if I find this list is whorish. I will be like Ponchos Pilot in a verbal sense, I will be swerving out toilet words like the swerve of a fifteenth century torch in the face of a suspected fruit snatcher. I will be like a Cathlic boy who on one Sunday just told his mother 'f**k you bitch' I'm sleeping late. If feces such as this was ever to transcended into my world and if one were to get a glance at my ripe face, you would be able to see the cocaine at work in my eyes. 3. The 'Any one Beatle' method can be the joker at slot twenty five. The 'Jack Ass cast' is a brilliant suggestion and it should be enriched on the surface of high consideration. The addition of 'countries' should arouse the bright minded souls who roam the floor of this gigantic rock that we label earth. Although I for one must object the addition of much hated countries, for if we could add countries other boundaries would be doors open for suggestion. If that were the agreement I would try and persuade the concept of 'sales man' who knock on your door until their fists bleed. They knock on your door like peasant children who are desperate for warm milk and stale rye bread. In my life this intolerant act has taken course and being one who enjoys the relaxation of silence, I marched to the opening of my kingdom and I RIPPED THOSE c**ts A NEW ASSHOLE c**ts. So in all fairness - No countries. 'At this very moment I must confess that I was pinched on my thigh by Fellatio Nelson here in the twilight of early evening. Fellatio Nelson has retreated with a stroll and a get back stair that can be in comparison to a Kings 'most valued' Knights hooker. The horizon of realization has just overwhelmed me as if I have just been angelically stroked on my ' scratched coffee table forehead which has more lines then 'Lindsay Lohan has in front of her on a Saturday night' At this very moment I felt like Lou Gehrig 'No I don't have a disease named after me' I felt like the luckiest man in the world. At this very moment I stand up with my hands pointing to the heavens in gushing grace. I feel as if the world as I know it is breaking free - from me. I swiftly rock my head ----- From Left---- To Right The song from the cars 'It's Magic' plays in high Def. 'It must be Fellatio Nelson' I murmur to myself I feel as if a happy ending to a long running sitcom had entered my life, but then again I felt as if I were only at the premier. I felt as if 'for just a moment' that I were Drew Carey at the premier of the Drew Carey show with the back round sound of 'Cleveland Rocks' The glory is in jeopardy as ... knocking echoes from behind my front door. I approach And as I aggressively turn the knob (The End) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Star Crossed 33 Posted October 12, 2007 That's my best BS impression yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted October 13, 2007 Next year's list should be: 1. Fidel Castro 2. Ariel Sharon 3. Boris Efimov 4. Tony Snow 5. Annette Funicello 6. Sydney Pollack 7. Albert Hoffmann 8. Oscar Neimeyer 9. Claude Levi-Strauss 10. Anita Page 11. Robert Mugabe 12. Ronnie Biggs 13. Hugues Cuenod 14. Isabel Peron 15. Suharto 16. Barbara Kent 17. Maureen O'Hara 18. Mark Felt 19. Frank Cady 20. Dom Mintoff 21. Eli Wallach 22. Yitzhak Shamir 23. Nelson Mandela 24. Olivia De Haviland 25. Kirk Douglas 26. Elizabeth Taylor 27. Margarete Thatcher 28. Vera Lynn 29. Patrick Moore 30. Muhammad Ali 31. Karl Malden 32. R. Sargent Shriver 33. Mitch Miller 34. Ian Huntley 35. JD Salinger 36. Dino de Laurentis 37. Jake Lamotta 38. Jeff Healey 39. Johannes Heesters 40. Luise Ranier 41. Levi Stubbs 42. Donna Fargo 43. Phyllis A. Whitney 44. Frederica Sagor Maas 45. Lena Horne 46. Fats Domino 47. Abdul Aziz al-Hakim 48. Barbara Streisand 49. Captain Beefheart 50. Clive Dunn Post repaired [HCW] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Godot 149 Posted October 13, 2007 Of course there's always a chance the rubber band might snap one day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted October 13, 2007 How about this prize C-word..... How this bastard is still alive I'll never know... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Godot 149 Posted October 13, 2007 How about this prize C-word..... How this bastard is still alive I'll never know... MacKenzie is a foolish man. Obviously he has never read P G Wodehouse: "It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth in Asia 1,087 Posted October 14, 2007 don't forget Gordon Ramsay ... and anyone else who prostitutes limited talent for reality TV, but especially him Share this post Link to post Share on other sites