eejit 9 Posted January 1, 2009 Here is my team: Henry Allingham Patriarch Pavle Alfonso Antoniozzi Wendy Richard Susan Atkins Bobby Robson James Bevel Bill Stone Fidel Castro Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana Maria de Jesus Patrick Swayze Joanne Evans * joker Tomoji Tanabe Ted Kennedy John Tate Dai Llewellyn Nicholas Winton Robert Novak Norman Wisdom I feel confident in only 12 of them and the rest are just old. Last year I had 7 hits by June, then only one more for the rest of the year Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted January 1, 2009 Carkers Convention 2009 King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand Abdelbaset al-Megrahi Susan Atkins Patricia C Dunn Trudi Endersby Betty Ford Paul ‘Gazza’ Gascoigne Billy Graham Genaro Hernandez Sir Dai Llewellyn - Joker Noel Martin Patriach Pavle Gerry Rafferty Wendy Richard Sir Bobby Robson Bill Stone Patrick Swayze Shih Ming Teh Zdravko ‘Chemical’ Tolimir Norman Wisdom They all appear to have made the start line so Rabbi Philip Berg can keep his wheelchair parked by the subs bench and watch the action. I'm hoping for a few more carkers at the convention than I enjoyed last year. Speaking of the subs bench, I note the presence of one conspiciously dead person on Eejit's team. I'm assuming those nice people running the DDP will carefully remove the remains of Mr Bevel and bring on the sub. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eejit 9 Posted January 1, 2009 Doh, thanks MPFC, I didn't notice him slip away there on the 19th. My sub was Thatcher - though I don't really have any confidence in her paying up this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted January 1, 2009 Bevel's qualifying obit didn't appear and I was another one who had him down on my DDP list, so it's probably a let off for you Eejit. Re Thatcher, I share your concerns cos she's always had a stubborn streak. Doubt there'll be much of a problem gathering the kind of news coverage that'll count for points though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Football 0 Posted January 1, 2009 Alex Higgins Allegra Versace Annette Funicello Bhumibol Adulyadej Billy Graham Bobby Robson Ertul Osman Osmanoglu Farah Fawcett Arthur McIntyre Gough Whitlam HRH Jean Benoit Guillaume Robert Antoine Louis Marie Adolphe Marc d'Aviano Liz Dawn Melissa Bell Norman Wisdom Richard Attenborough Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Than Shwe Wendy Richard Yitzhak Shamir Zsa Zsa Gabor Versace being the joker. Castrol will never die. Sharon will never be turneed off. And Thatcher would just be a wish list. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted January 1, 2009 Just an idea, like. Once we've finished our show and tell this thread could be redundant but what about if we kept it going a little longer with a competition? Death Race 2009. Really simple, every time one of our picks dies we score points equivalent to the number of full days left in the year. So - for example - if Susan Atkins dies today, everyone picking her gets 364 points. The winner is the first person to 2009 points, in the event of one death tipping more than one winner over the magic number the winner is the one who clears 2009 points by the biggest margin. Oh aye, and any death counts, so even if your picks don't score on the DDP, they score here. I think we'll have a winner in six to eight weeks. Whaddya reckon? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Newstreet Boys Death Squad 0 Posted January 1, 2009 A fairly conservative (but international) list for The Newstreet Boys Death Squad. Hoping to improve on a mediocre 2008! Henry Allingham Bobby Robson Yitzhak Shamir Ronnie Biggs Vera Lynn King Sihanouk of Cambodia Billy Graham Kim Jong Il Patrick Swayze Edward Kennedy Sir Dai Llewellyn (joker) Johan Ferrier Seve Ballesteros Ramaswamy Venkataraman Betty Ford Fidel Castro JD Salinger Steve Jobs Joseph Kony Paul Gascoigne Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BCAlum2000 42 Posted January 1, 2009 A fairly conservative (but international) list for The Newstreet Boys Death Squad. Hoping to improve on a mediocre 2008! By my standards, I thought 2008 was a pretty bad year for celebrity deaths. Probably the worst since 2003 and though not quite up there with 1997 (the year when Princess Diana, Chris Farley, Notorious BIG, Gianni Versace, and John Denver died), it was still pretty bad. In 2008, we have lost true cinema legends (Paul Newman, Charlton Heston), talented and remarkable filmmakers (Sydney Pollack, Anthony Minghella), actors on the brink of true superstardom (Heath Ledger, Bernie Mac), TV stars (Estelle Getty, Suzanne Pleshette, Harvey Korman, Dick Martin), literary masters (Michael Crichton), pioneers of comedy (George Carlin), music (Isaac Hayes, Bo Diddley), and special effects (Stan Winston), influential newsmakers (Tim Russert, Tony Snow and for the Brits, Carol Barnes), stars from Hollywood's Golden Age (Van Johnson, Richard Widmark), and even cult cinema icons (Vampira, John Phillip Law, Beverly Garland). I think 2009 will be rather light in terms of celebrity deaths. I don't know why. Anyway, to stop rumbling, here's me list for 2009 (of course it will be revised): Fidel Castro Kim Jong-il Robert Mugabe Tony Curtis Dominic Dunne Robert Novak Margaret Thatcher Billy Graham BB King Amy Winehouse Annette Funicello Gloria Stuart John Wooden Zsa Zsa Gabor Ariel Sharon Elizabeth Taylor Kirk Douglas Patrick Swayze Ted Kennedy Farrah Fawcett (Joker/Wildcard) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boleyn 1 Posted January 1, 2009 Mohammed Al Fayed Muhammad Ali Fidel Castro Liz Dawn Clive Dunn Zsa Zsa Gabor Diego Maradona Robert Mugabe Patrick Moore Denis Norden Barack Obama Paul Ogrady Greg Page Les Paul Wendy Richard Ariel Sharon Patrick Swayze Margaret Thatcher Allegra Versace Norman Wisdom. I can't remember who my joker is i think it was Obama. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted January 1, 2009 My team's not very exciting: Susan Atkins (joker) Bobby Robson Wendy Richard Paul Birch Robert Novak Edward Kennedy Patrick Swayze Norman Wisdom Ronnie Biggs Eunice Kennedy Steven Hill Patriarch Pavle Edwin Morgan Vasily Aleksanyan Billy Graham Joe Weider Ron Santo Tony Hart Milivoj Ašner Gabriel Garcia-Marquez Sub was Dolores Hope... figure she might peg it at 100 like her husband. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,799 Posted January 1, 2009 Betty Ford Michael Foot Billy Graham Norman Wisdom David Crosby Bobby Robson Eunice Kennedy Shriver Edward Upward Ariel Sharon Ronnie Biggs Patrick Swayze Eric Sykes Tony Hart Margaret Thatcher Paul Gascoigne - joker Harry Morgan Kirk Douglas Dai Llewellyn JD Salinger Zsa Zsa Gabor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,904 Posted January 1, 2009 Ok. I may as well post mine. I'm mightily pissed off for dropping Suzman. This is my team 1 Susan Atkins (joker) 2 George Blake 3 Fidel Castro 4 Kirk Douglas 5 Christiane Felscherinow 6 Michael Foot 7 Helen Forrester 8 Annette Funicello 9 Rev Billy Graham 10 Tony Hart 11 Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski 12 Sir Frank Kermode 13 Ricardo Montalban 14 Patrick Moore 15 Sir John Mortimer 16 Hiroo Onoda 17 Marcel Reich-Ranicki 18 Ariel Sharon 19 Patrick Swayze 20 Sir Norman Wisdom Sub - Kenneth Anger Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eejit 9 Posted January 1, 2009 Just an idea, like. Once we've finished our show and tell this thread could be redundant but what about if we kept it going a little longer with a competition? Death Race 2009. Really simple, every time one of our picks dies we score points equivalent to the number of full days left in the year. So - for example - if Susan Atkins dies today, everyone picking her gets 364 points. The winner is the first person to 2009 points, in the event of one death tipping more than one winner over the magic number the winner is the one who clears 2009 points by the biggest margin. Oh aye, and any death counts, so even if your picks don't score on the DDP, they score here. I think we'll have a winner in six to eight weeks. Whaddya reckon? Love it, good thinking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted January 1, 2009 1. Ted Kennedy 2. Eunice Kennedy Shriver 3. Wendy Richards 4. Sir Bobby Robson 5. Dominick Dunne 6. Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi (Joker) 7. Alex Higgins 8. Sir Dai Llewellyn 9. Susan Atkins 10. Patrick Swayze 11. Ian Brady 12. Ian Cundy 13. Sir Norman Wisdom 14. Kim Jong-il 15. Edwin Morgan 16. Ronnie Biggs 17. Rev. Billy Graham 18. King Sihanouk 19. Iain McColl (Actor) 20. Robert Mugabe Should be fun. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted January 1, 2009 Forgotten all mine already Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grobler 35 Posted January 1, 2009 Forgotten all mine already Now you aren't taking this seriously...are you ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted January 1, 2009 Forgotten all mine already Now you aren't taking this seriously...are you ? I'll wait until it gets posted on the DDP site, then I'll post the names Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grobler 35 Posted January 1, 2009 Forgotten all mine already Now you aren't taking this seriously...are you ? I'll wait until it gets posted on the DDP site, then I'll post the names ooh...you tease.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
honez 79 Posted January 1, 2009 DDP? Never heard of it. That's my story and I'm sticking to it after last year's effort. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Grendel 139 Posted January 1, 2009 The lucky 20 that made my list are as follows: Norman Wisdom Seve Ballesteros Paul Gascoigne Patrick Swayze Kirk Douglas Barack Obama Leonard Skinner Harry Morgan Patrick Moore Olivia de Havilland Gloria Stuart Farrah Fawcett Fats Domino Bobby Robson Rev. Ian Paisley Michael Foot Betty Ford Peter Tobin Ravi Shankar Tony Hart (joker) I say 'lucky' as I fully expect them all to still be alive on 1st Jan. 2010, as I have said many times before, I am the kiss of life to anyone I pick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,904 Posted January 1, 2009 The lucky 20 that made my list are as follows: Norman Wisdom Seve Ballesteros Paul Gascoigne Patrick Swayze Kirk Douglas Barack Obama Leonard Skinner Harry Morgan Patrick Moore Olivia de Havilland Gloria Stuart Farrah Fawcett Fats Domino Bobby Robson Rev. Ian Paisley Michael Foot Betty Ford Peter Tobin Ravi Shankar Tony Hart (joker) I say 'lucky' as I fully expect them all to still be alive on 1st Jan. 2010, as I have said many times before, I am the kiss of life to anyone I pick. Me too. It's when I take them off that they start dropping. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinegar Tits 606 Posted January 2, 2009 Mine are in my signature. There seems to be a lot of similar names this year - could this be one of the least diverse years there's been? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Miser 18 Posted January 2, 2009 MY TEAM Eunice Kennedy Shrive Wendy Richards Fidel Castro Umaru Yar'Adua James Garner Susan Atkins (joker) Anne Francis Abdul Aziz al-Hakim Robert Novak Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi Ted Kennedy Patrick Swayze Bobby Robson Steve Jobs Bingu wa Mutharika Seve Ballesteros Kim Jung-il Zeljko Sturanovi Annette Funicello Allen Shellenberger Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ethnic cleansing 26 Posted January 2, 2009 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- teamname: Ethnic Cleansing celebname1: henry allingham celebname11: teodoro obiange nguema celebname2: j.g.ballard celebname12: sir norman wisdom celebname3: bob novak celebname13: johannes heester celebname4: wendy richards celebname14: dai liewellyn celebname5: patriarch pavle celebname15: edward kennedy celebname6: patrick swayze celebname16: alfonso antoniozzi celebname7: steve jobs celebname17: susan atkins celebname8: harry patch celebname18: farrah fawcett celebname9: edwin morgan celebname19: kevin mcghee celebname10: sara douglass joker: j10 celebname20: sir bobby robson celebnamesub: patrick manning --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.1/1870 - Release Date: 12/31/2008 8:44 AM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,197 Posted January 2, 2009 Peter Arundell JOKER Evelyn Dall Basil D'Oliveira Ahmad Fatfat Sir Cosmo Haskard Pat Hingle General Wojciech Jaruzelski Ingemar Johansson Erland Josephson Miriam Karlin Helmut Kohl Stephen Lewis Edwin Morgan John Mortimer Little Richard Wendy Richard Ieng Sary Gloria Stuart Zeljko Sturanovic Patrick Swayze A much toned & watered down team from me, but a lot of the favourites are there... I have very high hopes for Arundell (chronic lung disease), Hingle (blood cancer) and Dall (dementia & other problems) to score well... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
