# Celebrity Death Pool 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2013, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193 "2013-12-01T06:00:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 29
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/561 "2014-01-08T14:20:33Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > I’m on the scoreboard with 40 points! Paul Goggins has died aged 60. > > [MPs on all sides pay tribute to 'kind, brilliant' Labour MP Paul Goggins | Labour | The Guardian](http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jan/08/labour-mp-paul-goggins-dies) And we have the opening kickoff!! WTG, **Quartz**! > [@Gyrate](#): > > Not much point, what with him giving you -6 points. Nah, points = max(0, 100-age). Can’t get negative points. And while there’s no point in picking centenarians for the main competition, they count towards the ‘quantity, not quality’ award. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/562 "2014-01-08T15:38:22Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > I’m on the scoreboard with 40 points! Paul Goggins has died aged 60. > > [MPs on all sides pay tribute to 'kind, brilliant' Labour MP Paul Goggins | Labour | The Guardian](http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jan/08/labour-mp-paul-goggins-dies) Dang. Also, I’m totally envious of anyone with Dennis Rodman on their list. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/563 "2014-01-08T17:29:54Z")
I’ve been kicking myself…it never occurred to me that I should have put Rodman on my list until yesterday. He’s bound to say the wrong thing sooner or later. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/564 "2014-01-08T17:35:40Z")
What am I missing about Rodman? Sure, he’s an idiotic loudmouth who likes to visit North Korea. But I don’t see where anyone thinks he’s more likely to die as a result. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/565 "2014-01-08T17:42:31Z")
Kim Jong Un seems to be the type who uses rather extreme measures to deal with perceived problems…I think it’s just a matter of time before he tires of Rodman. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/566 "2014-01-08T17:59:14Z")
Kim definitely pulled out the Batshit card and threw it on the discard pile by having his uncle executed by a dog pack. I don’t think Rodman realized how much fire he’s been playing with. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/567 "2014-01-08T18:24:00Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > What am I missing about Rodman? Sure, he’s an idiotic loudmouth who likes to visit North Korea. But I don’t see where anyone thinks he’s more likely to die as a result. It would be unfortunate if Kim were to get intelligence that Rodman was working for the CIA. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/568 "2014-01-08T18:53:04Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Kim Jong Un seems to be the type who uses rather extreme measures to deal with perceived problems…I think it’s just a matter of time before he tires of Rodman. I think there was a quote attributed to Josef Stalin, whether it’s true or not I don’t know. \*“If a man gives you problems, remember, no man, no problem.” \* ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/569 "2014-01-08T18:58:48Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > I think he was my one unique pick too - someone else followed me with Mario Oriani-Ambrosini. Enjoy your first place standing!!!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/570 "2014-01-08T19:03:32Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Kim definitely pulled out the Batshit card and threw it on the discard pile by having his uncle executed by a dog pack. [That was a hoax](http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/watch/debunktion-junction-excepting-pizza-edition-108601923710). It was published first on a (Chinese) satire site and then picked up and printed whole on a (Chinese) tabloid site. Uncle was killed by a firing squad. Story starts at about the 4-minute mark, but I don’t think you can fast-forward to that. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/571 "2014-01-08T19:18:47Z")
Ah - Good… I guess. That means he’s still holding the Batshit Crazy card. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/572 "2014-01-08T21:30:24Z")
Still tied for second! 😃 With only 164 other Dopers. 🙂 > [@Morgyn](#): > > [That was a hoax](http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/watch/debunktion-junction-excepting-pizza-edition-108601923710). It was published first on a (Chinese) satire site and then picked up and printed whole on a (Chinese) tabloid site. Uncle was killed by a firing squad. Story starts at about the 4-minute mark, but I don’t think you can fast-forward to that. Sounds like a steal from the Jack Handy line, “It’s sad that a family can be torn apart by something as simple as a pack of wild dogs.” It’s one thing for Kim to toss another NK citizen in front of the firing squad, including his own uncle. If nobody in a position of power elsewhere gives a shit that he’s starving his own citizenry to death, nobody like that has a reason to give a shit about who loses out, or how, in his palace intrigues. But it would be jacking up the insanity by a few levels to kill a foreigner. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/573 "2014-01-08T21:49:21Z")
To the poster who contacted me about one of their choices, at 3:01PM today, CST: I tried sending you a PM, then an email, explaining the issue, but it says you have chosen not to recieve PM’s or emails. Basically, my decision stands. If you want a fuller explanation, tell me how to contact you privately. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/574 "2014-01-08T21:54:52Z")
You look stunning in jack boots, Baker. Stunning! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/575 "2014-01-08T22:04:10Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > You look stunning in jack boots, Baker. > Stunning! 🙂 We need a “blushing demurely” smiley!😃 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/576 "2014-01-08T22:42:24Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > You look stunning in jack boots, Baker. > Stunning! 🙂 I think the riding crop is just the right accessory! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/577 "2014-01-09T00:38:41Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > I think the riding crop is just the right accessory! I dunno…I may suck up and buy her one with a skull on the handle. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/578 "2014-01-09T00:44:57Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I dunno…I may suck up and buy her one with a skull on the handle. Skulls are so last year! What about a kitten, you know, _Kitten With a Whip_? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/579 "2014-01-09T00:47:04Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Skulls are so last year! > > What about a kitten, you know, _Kitten With a Whip_? You can never go wrong with Ann Margaret ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/580 "2014-01-09T00:54:29Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Skulls are so last year! > > What about a kitten, you know, _Kitten With a Whip_? I’ll check out web stores! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=30)