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Most of you know how to play but here is the basics of the game. Pick two people that are known to most that you think are going to die in 2008. You can pick sports stars, Actors, politicians, musicians, business leaders, public figures etc. Basically just about anyone that most people would know who they were. At the start of 2009 we can look over the thread and see who won. The prize is $50 that I will send via paypal to the winner. The rule is that you cannot pick someone that has already been picked by someone else. Also if there are multiple winners it will go by when their first pick died. If by chance their first picks died on the same day then we will do our best to get it down to time of day. The earliest death beats out someone later. Get it?

So who do you think is going to kick the bucket this year?


My two picks are: Owen Wilson(Actor) and Amy Winehouse (musician)

Why did you pick Owen Wilson? He seems to be fine now.

I pick Bob Barker (shock!) and Jimmy Carter

Edna parker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_Parker) (oldest living woman)
Tomoji Tanabe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomoji_Tanabe) (oldest living man)

Go Isidoor's dream team, GO! :D

Why did you pick Owen Wilson? He seems to be fine now.

I pick Bob Barker (shock!) and Jimmy Carter

He already tried suicide once. He also doesn't strike me as a quitter. So he may make another go of it.

Artie Lange and Dick Clark(i suspect he already died several years ago and they just Weekend with Bernie him around but i digress...)

I'm going for Nawaz Sharif (Pakistani politician), and Baroness Thatcher (former British PM).

I'm going for Nawaz Sharif (Pakistani politician), and someone else who I'll add when I can think of one.

Just edit your post so that they are together. Will make it easier when going over later on.

You get more points for picking younger people.

All the same.

You get more points for picking younger people.

Two aged 100+ people who just had a bad heart attack and will be dead within minutes of this post.

Amy Winehouse.

Amy Winehouse.

Ahh you did not read the rules. Amy Winehouse has already been picked and you need to pick two to be eligible for the big prize.

Tony Blair (politician), Tom Jones (artist)

Just edit your post so that they are together. Will make it easier when going over later on.

Done.

Robert Byrd(Politician) and Sean Connery (Actor).

BARBARIC!

Robert Byrd(Politician) and Sean Connery (Actor).

BARBARIC!



Not Sean Connery! :(

Edna parker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_Parker) (oldest living woman)
Tomoji Tanabe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomoji_Tanabe) (oldest living man)

Go Isidoor's dream team, GO! :D

Nice! :D

1) John Howard - complete & utter wanker.

2) Paris Hilton - oxygen thief.

Not sure if he counts...He is immortal, anyways.

There can only be one.

QFT :D

Not Sean Connery! :(

Not sure if he counts...He is immortal, anyways.

There can only be one.

Fidel Castro and Pervez Musharraf

Basically just about anyone that most people would know who they were.

Edna parker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_Parker) (oldest living woman)
Tomoji Tanabe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomoji_Tanabe) (oldest living man)

Go Isidoor's dream team, GO! :D

Hmmm... Marrakech II's rules, so if he's OK with those (and he seems to be), but I'd say that's pushing it. ;)

1. Harry Morgan (actor)
2. Peter O'Toole (actor)

One of Britney Spears' progeny.

She'll probably accidently smear one in caramel and mistake it for a pig.

"I jus wan ma caramel pigga..."

Fidel Castro and Pervez Musharraf

Good call.

These blow out any thoughts I had on the subject.

Hugo Chavez and Jackie Chan.

At the start of 2009 we can look over the thread and see who won. The prize is $50 that I will send via paypal to the winner.

I predict with a much much higher level of probability then my choices of who dies that a certain poster quits NS just days prior to the start of 2009 ;)

Marrakech II
New Limacon

Just to make things interesting. If I am right about both, the awarder will not be able to give the prize. At the same time, the award recipient will not be in a position to receive it, so everything should work out.

rosalynn carter and george hw bush.

Hmmm... Marrakech II's rules, so if he's OK with those (and he seems to be), but I'd say that's pushing it. ;)

Yeah those will work. But remember if someone else has both die but one of theirs died before both of yours then you do not win. So not a bad choice however the timing may be off.

I predict with a much much higher level of probability then my choices of who dies that a certain poster quits NS just days prior to the start of 2009 ;)

Hehe I could give 5k but NSG isn't charity. ;)

One of Britney Spears' progeny.

She'll probably accidently smear one in caramel and mistake it for a pig.

"I jus wan ma caramel pigga..."

So you are taking both of Britney's kids? Think about it, they could OD if they get into Britney's coke stash. May not be a bad pick.

Mickey Rooney and Liz Taylor.

Garry Kasparov and Kim Jong-Il.

Garry Kasparov and Kim Jong-Il.

nice one

Yeah those will work. But remember if someone else has both die but one of theirs died before both of yours then you do not win. So not a bad choice however the timing may be off.

Simply wondered if the choices met the "most people would know", criteria. If you're happy, then cool. :D

Simply wondered if the choices met the "most people would know", criteria. If you're happy, then cool. :D

Well I think the litnus test is if the person can be pulled up on the net easily and if it is going to be reported most likely in the news. The oldest people in the world would probably be reported.

George Bush Sr. and to be determined.

Mickey Rooney and Liz Taylor.

Good picks!

Well known, and both crusty old!

Im gonna add Wilford Brimely, and Phyllis Diller.

The Pope!

Jean Stapleton (actress who played Edith on All in the Family) and Mikhail Gorbachev (traitor, i mean, former leader of the USSR)

Fred Phelps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Phelps) (I hope, I hope, I hope!)

The second one will come soon.

Fidel Castro and Pervez Musharraf

:eek: good call.

Queen Liz and Prince Philip...

Both die in a bizarre flower arranging accident involving Prince Chuck and the corgies...

Baroness Thatcher (former
British PM).

Party time!

No more participation?

Sorry I didn't see this earlier.

I pick Britney Spears herself and Mikheil Saakashvili.

Dammit! I read and thought the pope and Musharraf.

They're taken damn it.

David Hicks and Osama Bin Laden.

With the new year almost upon us, I believe Isidoor has 'won', but I'm not sure his picks were entirely in the spirit of the thread. :p

Yes, I remembered this... so? >.>

The Duchess of Alba (she's a reliquary of the Spanish monarchy!)

Lindsey Lohan (she uses drugs like there's no tomorrow!)

What does the winner get?

1. Dick Cheney, not because I think he's particularly likely to die, but because I'd like to see it, and
2. Dick Cheney, who will be revived, and then die again

I misinterpreted the thread title to mean people who will DIE in 2008. I was going to type Heath Ledger and Eartha Kitt.

Now that my head's out of my ass, I'll go with:

Donald Rumsfeld and Betty White.

Is picking Patrick Swayze cheating?

Maybe someone needs to start a Dead Pool 2009 thread since we're almost out of 2008? =p

Maybe someone needs to start a Dead Pool 2009 thread since we're almost out of 2008? =p

Did this, I have.