Looks like that’s a second unique pick for me.
Wow, glad I purposely stayed away from this this weekend.
Happy if folks want to change/ clarify the rules, but we have done this argument before. Rule changes should be done before the games begin or we are asking for chaos and a crazy amount of work for our Death Mistress to updates lists disallowing anyone without a Wikipedia page.
For the record I checked all the other scoring deaths this year and Bobby Hehir also lacked a wikipedia page. So if you want to disallow Jason Smith, I would suggest that we also disallow him (2 others scored with him, @phungi and @Happy_Lendervedder )
If it will appease the angry mob I am content to forgo my points for those two celebrities. I assume my alternates (which have wikipedia pages) would move up.
No one is arguing we change rules mid-year, nor is there an argument being made to disallow your or any picks, regardless of who has a wiki page or doesn’t. Relax, congrats on taking the lead!
Some of us are just discussing the rules as they currently are, and wondering if there’s room to clarify things for the future. Others are saying don’t change anything.
This. No question, you don’t change the rules of a game after it’s begun.
Could we get back to the dying?
It looks like Hillary nabbed another one.
Loach gets points for Mortensen
| 1 | Registered at Last | 135 | 3 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | candide | 88 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Captain Klutz | 88 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | critter 42 | 88 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Kitten Mitten | 88 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Happy Lendervedder | 85 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | phungi | 85 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Loach | 79 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | GIGObuster | 72 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Dung Beetle | 50 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Hoopy Frood | 50 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 50 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | jeezums | 50 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Little Nemo | 50 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Lord Feldon | 50 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Mean Mr. Mustard | 50 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | RobotDevilDog | 50 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | RTFirefly | 50 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Superdude | 50 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | J-P L | 38 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | xizor | 38 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Pardel-Lux | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MarkF2004 | 20 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Allecher | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Biotop | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Monstera delciosa | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Howard Hiatt, part of the team that discovered messenger RNA (mRNA) which revolutionized vaccine technology in that it was no longer necessary for all vaccines to use weakened/dead viruses in order to be effective, most recent examples being the Covid-19 vaccines.
Also…
It’s possible those of you picking Pope Francis will win points this year:
Seven players have Pope Francis
Poop! I picked Pope Palpatine and he already popped.
They don’t make Popes like they used to.
Bummer … I just saw this. I love that band. I’ve seen the four or five times. He was such a laid back cool drummer.
My mom. 9 points. You have never heard of her, but her surname was unique in the nation.
Oh, no! My deepest condolences.
Thank you.
Two baseball ones: U. L. Washington, SS for George Brett’s Royals, and Ed Ott, backup C for the 1979 We Are Family Pirates.
Washington was on first base when Brett hit the famous ‘pine tar’ home run against the Yankees in 1983.
Washington played in the 1980 World Series when KC lost to the Phillies, but was traded prior to the 1985 season, the year in which the Royals won the series over the Cardinals.