Alt Obituaries Deadpool

[En Passant 3,741]

6 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:

I get the feeling of a calm before the storm feeling with March. There's definitely a lot of people that make me wonder how they lasted so long, so I suspect April will have a couple of major deadpooling deaths...

Don't get me wrong here Joey,  you play the game and I don't, I just snipe from the edges because it amuses me, I can't be asked with actual research. But these posts about 'feeling' this death or that might or might not occur? Surely of all places this forum is about certainty not a tarot session for mystics anonymous?

 

There's a feeling in the air, can't put my finger on it, somebody's gonna die.

[alt obits guy 3,371]

It's possible April will be busy.  There are a few popular picks who've already seen the inside of a hospital in 2018 and a few others who've not been in the news at all, despite terminal illnesses.   That can sometimes be a precursor to passings.

 

[En Passant 3,741]

I don't know why I bother*.

Possible April will be busy? There's 7.5 billion people on this planet, some of them will die next month (not pass, move on, or some other platitude. Actually die, cease to be, become an ex-person, or parrot), some of them will be famous. Maybe. 

 

*Doubtless nor does anyone else.

 

PS: I bet if I started an 'I've seen passings over to the other side coming in the next month in my tealeaves,' thread it'd last all of 15 minutes. Rightfully so. 

 

[YoungWillz 21,044]

 

[En Passant 3,741]

2 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

 

And you can fuck off as well.  

[YoungWillz 21,044]

Just now, En Passant said:

And you can fuck off as well.  

Everybody had a hard year.....

[En Passant 3,741]

Oh heck Wills, I don't doubt it. I've admitted I cba with the work to actually play. But lets face it, that's no excuse for peering at the astrology page of Murdochs' finest, (or some equivalent) as a fix for it.

Nor any reason for posting it.

[msc 18,467]

I refer you all to my late grandad. "There's people dying today that have never died before!"   Nods.

[Toast 16,140]

1 hour ago, En Passant said:

There's 7.5 billion people on this planet, some of them will die next month (not pass, move on, or some other platitude. Actually die, cease to be, become an ex-person, or parrot)

Thank you.   I too cringe at these timid euphemisms.   "Passed".  Passed what?  An exam?  Driving test?  Wind?

This site of all places should be a haven where the members are not afraid to use the word "died".

[Toast 16,140]

Oh, and YW, I see your Beatles and raise you

 

 

[msc 18,467]

18 minutes ago, Toast said:

Thank you.   I too cringe at these timid euphemisms.   "Passed".  Passed what?  An exam?  Driving test?  Wind?

This site of all places should be a haven where the members are not afraid to use the word "died".

 

"We're just talking techniques. I say it's best to just get it over with quickly. Your husbands dead, and he's not coming back! Get used to it!"

"Ah yes, but sometimes a few little hints help, like, remember how your husband used to love a good laugh?"

 

I swear, sometimes it feels like 20 odd years of watching Father Ted was the perfect intro to any debate on this site.

[YoungWillz 21,044]

@Toast I'll see your Boston and re-raise you this:

 

 

[drol 11,946]

This period has been awfully quiet after the death of Vietnam PM Phan Van Khai (which was big only for me and his family) so someone known is due to die in a short period (today or tomorrow). I don't mean household names, but old Hollywood actors, state leaders, Nobel Prizes (Paul Boyer lost his son in January, I thought he would be gone by now and I have inside knowledge Leon Lederman has been in the final stages of dementia for months) or popular DDP picks. Yes, it's been all quiet for a bit.

[Toast 16,140]

9 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

@Toast I'll see your Boston and re-raise you this:

 

 

 

Ah, but

 

 

[Spade_Cooley 9,527]

Don't mind me, just postcounting

 

 

[YoungWillz 21,044]

I've a ton of these but the derailing of this thread might get me in trouble!

[Toast 16,140]

50 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

I've a ton of these but the derailing of this thread might get me in trouble!

I've a feeling you might be right.

[msc 18,467]

I've a feeling that the death of Zell Miller has put me above the fearful Gerard Tierney, however briefly. And it's not just an illusion (carrying on the TOTP82 theme?) for I have seen the leaderboard!  My first ever unique pick in the Alt Obits, and it was a fluke. Still looking for that first ever DDP unique hit.

 

Joey 76

Alt Obits Guy 71

msc 66

Terminator Tierney 63

Drol 56

deadsox 45

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gcreptile 27

Toast 26

Wormfarmer 15

Death Impends 10

[Death Impends 7,975]

It's been a while since I got any AO unique hits, but I like some of my past ones. Aaron Shikler, Gregory Walcott, Arthur Rankin Jr...

[Joey Russ 7,227]

There are some people on my team that I think will likely be unique when they eventually pass, but some of them will likely be a wrong guess (Spanky Manikan, for example, turned out to be a trio with two of Alt Obits finest deadpoolers). Still, I wasn’t expecting Mark E Smith to be unique, so one or two of them may surprise me...

[Joey Russ 7,227]

Congrats on the solo with John Lambie drol. 

[Joey Russ 7,227]

Drol’s currently in third due to Lambie. Hm, could see him going ahead of me for a short time while some of my more ill folk that we don’t share linger on...

[Joey Russ 7,227]

Congrats on the solo with Mitzi Shore gcreptile. 

[gcreptile 10,972]

Thanks. VERY surprised.

[Joey Russ 7,227]

On 1/3/2018 at 11:12, gcreptile said:

I am pleased with my entrance into this competition. But with my first team, I erred on the side of caution:

 

1. Arap Moi, Daniel (former president of Kenia)

2. Benedikt XVI (ex-pope)

3. Blanco. Kathleen (Louisiana governor during Katrina)

4. Bush, Barbara (former first Lady)

5. Bush, George H. W. (former US president)

6. Chirac, Jacques (former french president) 

7. Douglas, Kirk (legendary Hollywood actor)

8. Graham, Billy (premier evangelist)

9. Goldberg, Denis (south African civil rights activist)

10. Holm, Ian (Bilbo Baggins, Ash in Alien, etc, The Fifth Element, etc...)

11. Jackson, Joe (Jackosn family patriarch)

12. José, José (mexican singer and multiple grammy nominee) 

13. Keneally, Thomas (writer of the original novel of "Schindler's List")

14. Kumar, Dilip (Bollywood legend)

15. Kusama, Yayoi (eccentric japanese artist)

16. Lima, Devin (member of 90's boyband LFO)

17. Littlefeather, Sacheen (the native american woman who accepted Marlon Brando's Oscar)

18. Masekela, Hugh (South African world music pioneer, and jazz musician)

19. McCain, John (Senator and US presidential candidate, war hero)

20. Monson, Thomas S. (head of the Church of the Latter Day Saints) 

21. Naipaul, V. S. (winner of the Nobel prize for literature in 2001)

22. O'Connor, Sandra Day (first woman on US supreme court)

23. Ozawa, Seiji (veteran conductor)

24. Pelé (soccer legend)

25. Perez De Cuellar, Javier (former chief secretary of the United Nations)

26. P-Orridge, Genesis (queer artist, and industrial musician as member of Throbbing Gristle)

27. Prowse, David (the body of Darth Vader)   

28. Rae, Charlotte (beloved sitcom actress, "Facts of Life")

29. Rea, Chris (UK soft rock musician)

30. Redstone, Sumner (former CEO of Viacom)

31. Remigino, Lindy (two-time gold medal winner at the 1952 Olympics)

32. Savage, Conway (member of the "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds")

33. Shore, Mitzi (veteran US stand-up comedian)

34. Tsvangirai, Morgan (chief opponent of Robert Mugabe)

35. Trintignant, Jean-Louis (french actor with a 60-year career)

36. Von Dohnanyi, Christoph (famous conductor)

37. Walters, Barbara (US TV journalist)

38. Watson, James D. (discoverer of DNA)

39. Wouk, Herman (author, The Caine Mutiny)

40. Zeffirelli, Franco (film, theatre and opera director)

Ngl, even though you’re probably not gonna win, I really like your team. Apart from Lima (who’s notable for being in a boy band, which I generally hate), all interesting people imo. I think in dead pooling, if you’re not aiming to win the whole thing, then selecting a team of interesting individuals is the way to go...