That would be by way of me asking for a courtesy, not making a demand. The proposed rule was shot down for being unenforceable.
FWIW, MMr.M, since having the addadicktome, Chastity Bono has changed names legally to Chaz.
MeanMt.Mustard, it’a thirteen people, not ten.
Stephe96 didn’t mention his list’s theme of Beatles and associates. I woul dhave included Ringo Starr’s daughter Lee Starkey, who battled a serious form of brain cancer a while back.
I have a list. It’s a nice list, full of old people, young people, self-destructing people. It’s the same list I have used since I started playing this game. But I fear that if I replace any of them, that person will wait until January 1st, chortle quietly, and then die.
Keith Richards
Amy Winehouse
Jerry Lewis
Kim Jong-Il
Bill Clinton
Mary Kate Olsen
Brittney Spears
Fidel Castro
Lance Armestrong
Vladimir Putin
Hamid Karzai
Dick Cheney
Nancy Reagan
Alternates:
Billy Graham
Bernie Madoff
As you need 13, I am going to use all your alternates until I hear otherwise.
I did not know that. Of course, I’m not in any way trying to win this ghoulish contest…
Katy Perry
Jessica Simpson
Justin Timberlake
Britney Spears
Christina Aguilera
Beyonce Knowles
Jennifer Lopez
Nick Lachey
Lance Bass
Natasha Bedingfield
Kelly Clarkson
Lady Gaga
Rihanna
Alts
Taylor Swift
Hilary Duff
Chris Brown
The theme is Teen Pop Idols.
You never fail to deliver.
In HP6, he looked horrid. In the brief bit we see Mr. Dursley, Uncle Vernon looked like he lost a few pounds or a very clever camera angle and spanx.
Doris Day (originally Kappelhoff, later Jorden, Weidler, Melcher, and Comden)
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc.
Brigitte Bardot (sex kitten turned animal activist)
Fidel Castro (muerte will finally come now that his country is beginning to abandon socialismo)
Chubby Checker (born Ernest Evans, father of WNBA player Mistie Bass)
Bob Dylan (it may be the Devil or it may be the Lord, but you gotta meet somebody)
Peter O’Toole (one of his major roles fits the theme)
Paul McCartney (“was in a band besides Wings? I never heard of Wings” is the updated punchline to an old joke)
Ringo Starr (born Richard Starkey, leader of All-Starr Band)
John Glenn (shared a plane with Ted Williams, went up in Friendship 7 alone, served in the Senate with 99 other people at a time)
Christine Keeler (figure in UK’s Profumo scandal)
Sally Ride (first American woman in space)
Bernie Goetz (New York’s “Subway Vigilante”)
Plain text:
Doris Day
Queen Elizabeth II
Brigitte Bardot
Fidel Castro
Chubby Checker
Bob Dylan
Peter O’Toole
Paul McCartney
Ringo Starr
John Glenn
Christine Keeler
Sally Ride
Bernhard Goetz
Theme, in case you haven’t figured it out:
All mentioned directly or indirectly in lyrics to Billy Joel’s We Didn’t Start the Fire. O’Toole played the title role in Lawrence of Arabia, McCartney and Starr were half of the quartet that set off “British Beatlemania”, Keeler was involved in “British politician sex”.
Sorry about that, Amarone.
You’re right; thanks, VunderBob.
Updated list:
My theme: “Please don’t sit on the Queen Anne!”
Mario Batali
Chaz Bono
Aretha Franklin
Jorge Garcia
Jonah Hill
Artie Lange
Rosie O’Donnell
Vincent Pastore
William “Refrigerator” Perry
Randy Quaid
Gabourey Sidibe
Sally Struthers
Reuben Studdard
Alternates:
Kirstie Alley
Kevin Smith
Oprah Winfrey
You’re going to have to explain that one to me.
It’s a fat joke.
My theme: striving for immortality by being on my list.
Connie Newton Needham, actress (Eight is Enough)
Paul Tuttle, OC Choppers
George Karl-Denver Nuggets coach
Mari Hulman George-Indy 500 big shot
Adam Yauch, of the Beastie Boys
Louis Farrakhan
Michael Douglas
Harlan Ellison
Marcia Strassman
Lindsay Lohan
Theresa Heinz Kerry
Elizabeth Edwards
Andy Whitfield – Spartacus: Blood and Sand
Alternates:
Maggie Smith
George Soros
Michael Moore
The clean list:
Connie Newton Needham
Paul Tuttle
George Karl
Mari Hulman George
Adam Yauch
Louis Farrakhan
Michael Douglas
Harlan Ellison
Marcia Strassman
Lindsay Lohan
Theresa Heinz Kerry
Elizabeth Edwards
Andy Whitfield
Alternates:
Maggie Smith
George Soros
Michael Moore
Couldn’t push any of my neo-cons over the edge from my theme last year. New theme this year:
EVANGELICALS WHO NEED TO MEET THEIR MAKER
Tony Alamo – Cult leader and sex with minors
Warren Jeffs – Poligamist – child abuse
Fred Phelps -Westbobo Baptist Church
Charles Manson – Still around
Kent Hovind – Young Earth Christian (extreme) and tax protester
Jim Bakker – Telethief – adultery - corruption
Sun Myung Moon – Cult, tax fraud, corruption
Shoko Asahara – Sarin gas attack in Tokyo - awaiting execution
Jimmy Swaggart – Telethief – adultery - corruption
Robert Tilton – Corrupt televangelist
James Dobson – Focus on Family, hate group, political corruption
Ted Haggard – “Over-repented from his gay prostitute and drugs days”
Joseph Ratzinger – Con man, Cult leader
Clean list with alternates at bottom.
Warren Jeffs
Fred Phelps
Charles Manson
Jim Bakker
Sun Myung Moon
Shoko Asahara
Jimmy Swaggart
James Dobson
Ted Haggard
Joseph Ratzinger
Tony Alamo
Kent Hovind
Robert Tilton
I’ve got other lists if you need a theme: Clinton impeachers (caught doing the same thing), Evil sexy politicians - enough to populate a list from either party, Political/Talk show commentators (yep - Rush, Oberman, Palin, and Carville are in there - you betcha).
Short list:
Kim Jong-il
Kim Jong-chul
Kim Jong-nam
Kim Jong-un
Fidel Castro
Michael Douglas
Roger Ebert
Elizabeth Edwards
Margaret Thatcher
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Blake Fielder-Civil
Amy Winehouse
Courtney Love
Annotated list:
Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-chul, Kim Jong-nam, Kim Jong-un - Reaching for the big points on this one. If there’s a coup in Pyongyang, I’ll score huge.
Fidel Castro, Michael Douglas, Roger Ebert, Elizabeth Edwards, Margaret Thatcher - Perennial favorites. I tried to balance age with reports of ill health.
Zsa Zsa Gabor - A low scorer but I’m hoping for a few safe points here.
Blake Fielder-Civil, Amy Winehouse, Courtney Love - Another longshot. Picking a few young trainwrecks in the hopes of a big score.
If that is a genuine attempt at a theme, I’m not going to accept it. 68% of the US adult population is overweight or obese, 34% obese. That’s too broad a category. It would be like allowing a theme of “men” or “women”. I think we need to be looking at themes that are a tiny percentage of the population.
Unless he dies of natural causes or via “extra-judicial” means (e.g., beaten to death by a guard), you won’t get points for him. See the rule about “persons under sentence of death” on the OP.
I thought about this yesterday. I’m going to do it today.
**If Death Pool did not exist, a normal person could not look at your list and theme them. **
This perhaps isn’t the best metric, but, I think we all know your list isn’t a theme.
Better to institute a rule for this now, before we get more lists.
Well, I never saw the memo about having a theme and my list has been a work in progress for 11 months. Plus, I figured the sarcasm smilies were automagically implied.
Plus, for those with HTG themes and lists, I 'd be whooshed if I wasn’t told about it at the outset.