# 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:** 54
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1061 "2014-03-20T16:19:03Z")
Fred Phelps is gone at 84 > **[Founder of Westboro Baptist Church, ‘arguably the most obnoxious and rabid...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/fred-phelps-sr-leader-of-westboro-baptist-church-dies-at-84/2014/03/20/a0c5cd30-ae2b-11e3-a49e-76adc9210f19_story.html)** > > Phelps’s church drew international scorn but was protected by Supreme Court as an exercise in free speech. May the lord tells him to pull his finger. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1062 "2014-03-20T17:41:11Z")
Shame…guy was a hell of a swimmer, that’s for sure. And a lot older than I thought. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1063 "2014-03-20T17:48:19Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Fred Phelps is gone at 84 > > [http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/fred-phelps-sr-leader-of-westboro-baptist-church-dies-at-84/2014/03/20/a0c5cd30-ae2b-11e3-a49e-76adc9210f19\_story.html](http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/fred-phelps-sr-leader-of-westboro-baptist-church-dies-at-84/2014/03/20/a0c5cd30-ae2b-11e3-a49e-76adc9210f19_story.html) > > May the lord tells him to pull his finger. I hope people come to his funeral and hold up signs reading “GOD HATES FRED BUT LOVES IRONY.” ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1064 "2014-03-20T18:00:42Z")
The most delicious 16 points ever! ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1065 "2014-03-20T18:16:56Z")
I’ll take some of those points too. My theme is off and running - need more old religious farts to kick off. Are they going to electrify his grave site - prevent people from pissing on it? ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1066 "2014-03-20T18:20:25Z")
[Lawrence Walsh, Iran-Contra Prosecutor, Has Died](http://news.google.com/news/url?ct2=us%2F1_0_s_9_1_a&sa=t&usg=AFQjCNHViZZ5Gm9fUI2v6YBrtya0oF4fzg&cid=43982353146747&url=http%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2FPolitics%2FwireStory%2Flawrence-walsh-iran-contra-prosecutor-died-22986184&ei=-zArU9ieCMy4mQK12QE&rt=SECTION&vm=STANDARD&bvm=section&did=7572808269328581128&sid=en_us%3An&ssid=n) Alas, 102 at death. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1067 "2014-03-20T18:55:11Z")
Anyone get their cherry popped by Fred? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1068 "2014-03-20T19:46:26Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Anyone get their cherry popped by Fred? That is just _ **SO** _ wrong… ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1069 "2014-03-20T20:23:51Z")
we’re gonna need a bigger handbasket ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1070 "2014-03-20T20:42:51Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Anyone get their cherry popped by Fred? This is strange, but every single person who chose Fred was a virgin in this year’s game. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1071 "2014-03-20T20:51:28Z")
1 bowler girl 54 1 1 2 Randy Seltzer 51 1 0 2 Shaggy Z 51 1 0 4 Quartz 40 1 1 5 Fleetwood 39 3 1 6 Fear Itself 38 1 1 7 Registered at Last 36 1 1 8 Schnitte 30 2 0 9 The Vorlon 26 1 1 10 SCAdian 25 2 1 11 guylevesque 24 2 0 12 12543 16 1 0 12 Allecher 16 1 0 12 Bewildebeest 16 1 0 12 Face Intentionally Left Blank 16 1 0 12 Jeep’s Phoenix 16 1 0 12 Mona Lott 16 1 0 12 Oakminster 16 1 0 12 panache45 16 1 0 12 santorum 16 1 0 12 Shirley Ujest 16 1 0 12 smithsb 16 1 0 23 amarinth 15 1 0 23 anyrose 15 1 0 23 arara123 15 1 0 23 Archeonomist 15 1 0 23 ataraxy22 15 1 0 23 critter42 15 1 0 23 Gleena 15 1 0 23 imthjckaz 15 1 0 23 jtgain 15 1 0 23 Labtrash 15 1 0 23 MadTheSwine 15 1 0 23 Maus Magill 15 1 0 23 notfrommensa 15 1 0 23 racer72 15 1 0 23 Sami41 15 1 0 23 Sarabellum1976 15 1 0 23 SpazCat 15 1 0 23 Squonk 15 1 0 23 Tazmanian Devil 15 1 0 23 TexCat 15 1 0 23 tim-n-va 15 1 0 44 Borborygmi 11 1 1 45 Dung Beetle 9 1 0 45 Kolak of Twilo 9 1 0 45 rucciface 9 1 0 45 Tread 9 1 0 49 Paul Parkhead 6 1 1 ---
**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:** [March 20, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1072 "2014-03-20T20:53:56Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > This is strange, but every single person who chose Fred was a virgin in this year’s game. It’s enough to make one believe in G-d. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1073 "2014-03-20T20:54:00Z")
I need more points. C’mon, list folk, die already! ---
**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:** [March 20, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1074 "2014-03-20T20:55:07Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > I need more points. C’mon, list folk, die already! Buck fever. This forum requires that you wait 60 seconds between posts. Please try again in 5 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1075 "2014-03-20T21:03:17Z")
Why fries me is that I had both Phelps and Sid Caesar on my future picks list ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1076 "2014-03-20T22:37:08Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > That is just _ **SO** _ wrong… And yet it feels so right. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2014, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1077 "2014-03-20T22:56:37Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > It’s enough to make one believe in G-d. > :rolleyes: Tell me about it!!! Not only is it Fred Phelps Death Day, it’s also the first day of Spring _and_ the UN International Day of Happiness! ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1078 "2014-03-20T23:15:39Z")
Writer [Khushwant Singh](http://m.timesofindia.com/india/Khushwant-Singh-journalist-and-writer-dies-at-99/articleshow/32352917.cms) dead at 99. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1079 "2014-03-21T04:11:06Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Anyone get their cherry popped by Fred? He’s my first points in 4 years. That oughta count for something. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1080 "2014-03-21T16:58:27Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Tell me about it!!! Not only is it Fred Phelps Death Day, it’s also the first day of Spring _and_ the UN International Day of Happiness! And Mr. Rogers’ birthday. Maybe the two cancel each other out? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=53) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=55)