Slave to the Grave 26 Posted January 1, 2010 I haven't had confirmation for my dragged together at the last minute team either, carefully assembled whilst cooking dinner and playing Raving Rabbids with the children. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted January 1, 2010 I haven't had confirmation for my dragged together at the last minute team either, carefully assembled whilst cooking dinner and playing Raving Rabbids with the children. Well it's in my temp folder, waiting to be processed... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted January 1, 2010 Here's my team of A list celebs . I'm hoping for a couple of unique picks this year. Hakimullah Mehsud (Joker) Abdelbaset Al-megrahi Brian Lenihan John Calley Penny Marshall Ronnie James Dio Laurent Fignon Queen Fabiola Kate McGarrigle Paul Vincenzi Joe Stone Ferlin Husky George Kimball Donald Neilson Dr William Stanton Chris Sanigar Raymond Hewlett Steve New Chris Woodhead Richie Hayward Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
football_fan 42 Posted January 1, 2010 Hakimullah Mehsud (Joker) Pakistan's Taliban leader. That is a risky pick, but would be a huge payoff if he gets killed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Garn2 34 Posted January 1, 2010 My half-hearted, first ever DDP entry... 1. Abdelbaset Al Megrahi (Joker) 2. Ronnie Biggs 3. Ronnie James Dio 4. Laurent Fignon 5. Annette Funicello 6. Ruth Bader Ginsburg 7. David Hart 8. Raymond Hewlett 9. Dennis Hopper 10. Kathryn Joosten 11. Frank Kelly 12. Jack Kyle 13. Stephen Lewis 14. Simon MacCorkindale 15. James Randi 16. Zelda Rubinstein 17. Joe Stone 18. Elizabeth Taylor 19. Sir Norman Wisdom 20. Chris Woodhead Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marinade 18 Posted January 1, 2010 Hello MiB - how many Cardinal Dalys did you get, then? He must have been a couple of hours from making it to 2010. You should have got one from me, at any rate (People I Think Might Die in 2010 United). Step up, sub Vera Lynn... Good luck running t'ing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ImissMontpellier 73 Posted January 1, 2010 I'll add Bernard Madoff Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted January 1, 2010 Just submitted my team with about an hour to go. Left out some riskier picks like Ethan Zohn (seems to be cancer-free), Jenn Lyon, Moe Benoit, Jim Stynes, Paul Quarrington, Nick Charles, John Shelton Wilder (low chance of obit), Laurent Fignon and Jose Alencar (cancers stable or in remission), which has unfortunately left me with a lot of old people... guess I wasn't feeling much into risk taking. I even put my joker on Rubinstein. Happy New Year everyone! Dead now. I doubt anyone took a chance on him, as he's unlikely to even make national news. Anyhow, here's my 2010 DDP Team: 1) Abdelbaset Al Megrahi 2) Vasily Aleksanyan 3) Milivoj Asner 4) Ronnie Biggs 5) Gabriel Garcia Marquez 6) Rev Billy Graham 7) Ernie Harwell 8) Stephen Hawking 9) Steven Hill 10) Dolores Hope 11) Dennis Hopper 12) Jack Kyle 13) Simon MacCorkindale 14) Edwin Morgan 15) Hiroo Onoda 16) Zelda Rubinstein (JOKER) 17) Ron Santo 18) William Tenn 19) Otto von Habsburg 20) Sir Norman Wisdom A conservative list, nothing too risky. I'm hoping that William Tenn (link for those wondering why I'd choose an obscure 90 year old) will get an obit on account of him being born British, but I reckon that it's a bit of a silly chance to take given that his age won't yield many points. I think it was more about improving my chances of getting a unique pick in there who actually has a fair chance of dying... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IKYWN 6 Posted January 1, 2010 Here's mine. A few favourites and Helen Baxendale added just because she is young and celebrities have a habit of dying when they're not meant to. Christian Bale is the Joker for much the same reason. If you see either of them crossing the road, don't brake. Team name: Death Stalks United Team members: 1) Abdelbaset Al Megrahi 2) Christian Bale (JOKER) 3) Trevor Bannister 4) Helen Baxendale 5) Pope Benedict XVI 6) Chuck Berry 7) Ronnie Biggs 8) Fidel Castro 9) Ronnie James Dio 10) Clive Dunn 11) Stephen Hawking 12) Steve Jobs 13) Sir Elton John 14) Mikhail Kalashnikov 15) B. B. King 16) Patrick Moore 17) Prince Philip 18) Ariel Sharon 19) Steven Spielberg 20) Sir Norman Wisdom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,624 Posted January 1, 2010 My team: (Time's-Up Team) 1) Abdelbaset Al Megrahi 2) Ray Alan 3) Jean Alexander 4) Kenny Baker 5) Dora Bryan 6) Brian Close 7) Doris Day 8) Olivia de Havilland 9) John Edrich 10) Michael Foot 11) John Glenn 12) Sheila Mercier 13) Ron Moody 14) Ronald Neame 15) Peter O'Toole 16) Marguerite Patten (JOKER) 17) Prince Philip 18) Margaret Thatcher 19) Desmond Tutu 20) Jimmy Young I know they're all pretty old but my excuse is that its my first time and I didn't understand read the scoring system. Still, I always believed in quantity, rather than quality! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Moosey 3 Posted January 1, 2010 Well, seeing as everyone seems to be doing it, here's the voting from Impaled on the Antlers of Doom 1) Abdelbaset Al Megrahi 2) Philip Carlo 3) Henry Cecil 4) Winston Churchill 5) Gene Colan 6) John Demjanjuk 7) Ronnie James Dio 8) Sara Douglass 9) Laurent Fignon (JOKER) 10) Annette Funicello 11) Seán Garland 12) Eydie Gormé 13) Shaun Greatbatch 14) Kristin Hallenga 15) Ernie Harwell 16) Stephen Hawking 17) Simon MacCorkindale 18) Penny Marshall 19) Zelda Rubinstein 20) Jim Stynes Spent a lot of time stealing other people's research off Deathlist, so here's hoping it was worth it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted January 1, 2010 Hello MiB - how many Cardinal Dalys did you get, then? He must have been a couple of hours from making it to 2010. You should have got one from me, at any rate (People I Think Might Die in 2010 United). Step up, sub Vera Lynn... Good luck running t'ing. 43 were inputted, with a few on the teams yet to be inputted and a bloody dog it was too... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted January 1, 2010 This is my list. I'm not expecting much from it. It could have been a tad better had I not submitted it so early. Ronnie James Dio Al-Megrahi (Joker) Kristin Hallenga Ronnie Biggs Edwin Morgan Bhumibol Adulyadej Fidel Castro Norman Wisdom Sihanouk Stephen Hawking Tim Hart Peter Falk John Demjanjuk Simon MacCorkindale Dennis Hopper William C. Wolfe Elizabeth Taylor Queen Fabiola Penny Marshall Donald Neilson Tim Hart appears to have died on the 24th December 2009. Prick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted January 1, 2010 This is my list. I'm not expecting much from it. It could have been a tad better had I not submitted it so early. Ronnie James Dio Al-Megrahi (Joker) Kristin Hallenga Ronnie Biggs Edwin Morgan Bhumibol Adulyadej Fidel Castro Norman Wisdom Sihanouk Stephen Hawking Tim Hart Peter Falk John Demjanjuk Simon MacCorkindale Dennis Hopper William C. Wolfe Elizabeth Taylor Queen Fabiola Penny Marshall Donald Neilson Tim Hart appears to have died on the 24th December 2009. Prick. My replacement was Zelda Rubinstein....you don't have to check...it certainly wasn't Richard Attenborough... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banshees Scream 110 Posted January 1, 2010 I wish everyone the best of luck. Abdelbaset Al Megrahi Keith Bradshaw Phillip Carlo Yao Defen Ronnie James Dio Basil D'Oliveira Laurent Fignon Kristin Hallenga Raymond Hewlett Dennis Hopper Gary Kelly Brian Lenihan Simon MacCorkindale Donald Neilson Zelda Rubinstein Yitzhak Shamir Robert Sargent Shriver Dr William Stanton Zeljko Sturanovic Sir Norman Wisdom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boleyn 1 Posted January 1, 2010 Two of us use this account so two teams: Clarence Clemons Elizabeth Taylor Joan Bennett Kennedy Kim Jong Il Ariel Sharon Stephen Hawking Al Molinaro Ernest Borgnine Anna Wing Ian Huntley Kirk Douglas Debbie Mathers Melissa Bell Lindsay Lohan Alex Higgins Muhammad Ali Nancy Reagan Maura Tierney Asa Briggs. Second: Norman Wisdom Jerry Lewis Zsa Zsa Gabor Robert Sargent Shriver Betty Ford Peter Falk Gloria Stuart Ian Brady Ferlin Husky Margaret Thatcher Miep Gies Michael Gough Michael Foot Denis Norden Jack Klugman Cardinal Roger Etchegaray Abdelbaset Al Megrahi Ronnie Biggs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted January 1, 2010 Mmm...I didn't enter but had I done so my hypothetical team (all plucked out of the air - hardly heard of most of them) would have been this one with plenty of subs in case some had died. 1. Laurent Fignon (j) 2. Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi 3. Ruth Bader Ginsburg 4. Kathryn Joosten 5. Vincent Siew 6. Frank Deasy 7. John Hartson 8. Troy Aikman 9. Simon MacCorkindale 10. Sevi Ballesteros 11. Sara Payne 12. Ronnie Biggs 13. Steve Prescott 14. Ronnie James Dio 15. Zelda Rubinstein 16. Frank Kelly 17. Zeljko Sturanovic 18. Rabbi Lionel Blue 19. Denis Hopper 20. Henry Cecil Subs: 1. Billy Graham 2.Basil D'Oliveira 3.Peter O'Toole Moosey I'm fascinated at your passion for Sara Douglass. She looks pretty well to me. Do enlighten us. She's got a better chance of scoring Moosey points than Frank Deasy has of getting you any. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tomb raider 9 Posted January 1, 2010 She's got a better chance of scoring Moosey points than Frank Deasy has of getting you any. If already dead people would score points on the DDP, it would make the contest even more interesting... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tomb raider 9 Posted January 1, 2010 (...)18. Rabbi Lionel Blue (...) Never heard of the guy, so I wikied him. Did you know there was a wiki-thread called 'Queer theologians'?! It includes a guy named 'Bumgardener'... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Geronimo 3 Posted January 2, 2010 Mmm...I didn't enter but had I done so my hypothetical team (all plucked out of the air - hardly heard of most of them) would have been this one with plenty of subs in case some had died. 1. Laurent Fignon (j) 2. Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi 3. Ruth Bader Ginsburg 4. Kathryn Joosten 5. Vincent Siew 6. Frank Deasy 7. John Hartson 8. Troy Aikman 9. Simon MacCorkindale 10. Sevi Ballesteros 11. Sara Payne 12. Ronnie Biggs 13. Steve Prescott 14. Ronnie James Dio 15. Zelda Rubinstein 16. Frank Kelly 17. Zeljko Sturanovic 18. Rabbi Lionel Blue 19. Denis Hopper 20. Henry Cecil Subs: 1. Billy Graham 2.Basil D'Oliveira 3.Peter O'Toole Moosey I'm fascinated at your passion for Sara Douglass. She looks pretty well to me. Do enlighten us. She's got a better chance of scoring Moosey points than Frank Deasy has of getting you any. Shit. Not that it matters. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted January 2, 2010 Well, here's mine, for what it's worth.. They're Dead, Y'Know! Abdelbaset Al Megrahi Jose Alencar Bob Block Stefano Borgonovo Liz Carse Laurent Fignon (JOKER) Sir Paul Fox Ruth Bader Ginsburg Kristin Hallenga Richard Hoggart Ian Holm Dennis Hopper Stephen Lewis Penny Marshall Donald Neilson Jack Rollins Lord Snowdon Adolfo Suarez Gore Vidal Adam Yauch Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deadsox 894 Posted January 2, 2010 Here's mine: Deceased Hose Abdelbaset al Megrahi (Joker) Jose Alencar Seve Ballesteros Irwin Barker Ronnie Biggs Jane Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Surbiton Laurent Fignon Annette Funicello Kristin Hallenga John Hartson Ernie Harwell Stephen Hawking Raymond Hewlett Dennis Hopper Kim Jong Il Kathryn Joosten Eydie Gorme Penny Marshall Edwin Morgan Barry Reckford Good Luck everyone! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,904 Posted January 2, 2010 Here's mine 1) Abdelbaset Al Megrahi (JOKER) 2) George Blake 3) Fidel Castro 4) Kirk Douglas 5) Christiane F 6) Michael Foot 7) Helen Forrester 8) Annette Funicello 9) Bob Godfrey 10) Rev Billy Graham 11) General Wojciech Jaruzelski 12) Irving Kanarek 13) Sir Frank Kermode 14) Patrick Moore 15) Donald Neilson 16) Hiroo Onoda 17) Marcel Reich-Ranicki 18) Ariel Sharon 19) Gil Taylor 20) Sir Norman Wisdom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,203 Posted January 2, 2010 Interesting, Handy, I wondered if someone would pick Gilbert Taylor - always on my radar, but never quiet close enough to make the top 20. Sorry for the delay in naming my team - I had no idea who I put in! Having found it the team was: Dr. Willie Stanton JOKER Dennis Hopper Simon MacCorkindale Dora Bryan Donald Nielson Yitzhak Shamir (he'll be on there for ever....) Ernie Harwell Basil D'Olivieria Abdelbaset al Megrahi Edwin Morgan Laurent Fignon Sir Norman Wisdom Victor Mears Ronnie James Dio Brian Flowers Raymond Hewlett Sid Caesar Savvas Andrea David Wynne Luis Echverria Less unique picks than before I think, but I might have sneaked in three I hope. For obvious reasons, a much stronger team than the last few years - or at least I hope it is... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted January 2, 2010 Savvas Andrea Peter Andre's dad? Any particular reason OoO? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites