I am plowing through 365 days of Google alerts.
:dubious:
We bide our time.
Kaiser Wilhelm signed photographs with the phrase, “I bide my time.”
Just sayin’.
Hence the scream?
I am not aware that the Kaiser, psychopathic creature that he was, screamed.
He lived in the Netherlands well into the Second World War where despite prohibitions from Hitler, German officers visited him.
Do you even internet?
That’s fine, but which Skrillex do you mean?
mmm
I failed to make the 2014 game: I was talking on the phone and suddenly I saw it was ten till midnight, and I had no list (except my old one, which did not look promising). So, I shall get in early this time, with a sorta semi-random list.
descriptions (to avoid ambiguity):Black Sabbath Drummer
Director of Gallipoli
Flautist in Focus
Iranian Supreme Leader
Japanese Emperor
Brazilian Futbol star (Edson Arantes do Nascimento)
Polish Solidarity Leader
Outspoken Rationalist (husband of Lalla Ward)
Nicaraguan Presidente
Leader of Zimbabwe
Greek Musician (Evangelos O. Papathanassioui)
King of Thailand (Bhumibol Adulyadej)
Chess Grandmaster
namesBill Ward
Peter Weir
Thijs van Leer
Ali Khamanei
Akihito
Pele
Lech Walesa
Richard Dawkins
Daniel Ortega
Robert Mugabe
Vangelis
Rama IX
Boris Spassky
alts:
Pervez Musharraf
Pedro Almoldovar
Jackie Chan
Not much in the way of points in there, but at least I have something put in.
I try to avoid it.
I think you are all going to wait, aren’t you? Till the last day, right? The DeathMistress doesn’t mind working on her birthday, but have a heart!
Baker, with great power comes great responsibility.
(Thank you once again for doing this.)
:D:)
Don’t kill yourself getting it all together.
hmmm …
Oh. Damn rules.
Marilyn Manson
Chuck Woolery
Bob Barker
MC Hammer
Joe Piscapo
Barry Williams
Peri Gilpin
Rhea Perlman
Nancy Cartwright
David Schramm
Condoleezza Rice
Stevie Wonder
Frank Oz
Alternates:
James Earl Jones
David Prowse
Paul Young
My first themed list. Thankfully, I’m awful at this anyway.
Pope Benedict XVI
Steve Young
Raul Castro (former AZ governor, not the Cuban guy)
George H. W. Bush
George Deukmijan
Justin Bieber
Tony Stewart
Clint Eastwood
Bernie Kosar
Ralph Hall
Cuauhtemoc Cardenas
CeeLo Green
Al Sharpton
Alternates:
Pope Francis
Jimmy Carter
Dammit, I’m in.
[ol]
[li]George R. R. Martin, 66, author[/li][li]Silvio Berlusconi, 78, Italian politician[/li][li]James Earl Jones, 83, actor (please let me be wrong!)[/li][li]Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 88, British monarch[/li][li]Macaulay Culkin, 34, actor[/li][li]Diane Rehm, 78, radio show host[/li][li]Timothy Poole, 43, sex offender who won the lottery[/li][li]Dan Rather, 83, news anchor/journalist[/li][li]Rupert Murdoch, 83, media tycoon[/li][li]Henry Kissinger, 91, U.S. Secretary of State[/li][li]Richard Simmons, 66, fitness celebrity[/li][li]Fidel Castro, 88, Cuban politician[/li][li]Shirley MacLaine, 80, actress[/li][/ol]
Could you please do me a favor and post this list again, without the numbers and commentary? You can see the OP for instructions.
Theme: A List of Evilness (IMO, most sadly still around from 2014 list)
*Anders Behring Breivik - Norwegian mass murderer
*Kim Jong-un - Supreme Leader of North Korea
*Charles Manson - Cult leader
*Robert Mugabe - President of Zimbabwe
*Bernard Madoff
*Dick Cheney - Former American Vice President
*Charles Taylor - Former President of Liberia
*Casey Anthony - Acquitted of killing her 2 year old daughter
*Pedro Lopez - Columbian serial killer
*Omar al-Bashir - President of Sudan
*Mengistu Haile Mariam - - Ethiopian politician, responsible for millions of deaths
*Vladimir Putin - President of Russia
*Than Shwe - Senior General of Burma
Plain List:
Anders Behring Breivik
Kim Jong-un
Charles Manson
Robert Mugabe
Bernard Madoff
Dick Cheney
Charles Taylor
Casey Anthony
Pedro Lopez
Omar al-Bashir
Mengistu Haile Mariam
Vladimir Putin
Than Shwe
Bill Clinton
George R. R. Martin
Rihanna
Ashton Kutcher
Britney Spears
Mike Tyson
Kirk Cameron
Anna Chapman
George Zimmerman
Edward Snowden
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Bill Nye
Dick Cheney
Robert Griffin III
If I win, it will be because of suicides. There are a few on the list who I just have a hunch about, without any real reason, (like Robert Griffin and Bill Clinton). We’ll see. Good luck!
My list:
Betty White – actress
Billy Graham - evangelist
Fidel Castro - ex-president of Cuba
George H.W. Bush - former US president (Bush the Sr)
Hosni Mubarak – former president of Egypt
Jerry Lewis - actor/comic
Jimmy Carter – former U.S. president
John McCain - senator
Mary Tylar Moore – actress
Muhammad Ali – former boxer
Nancy Reagan – former first lady (US)
Valerie Harper – actress
Zsa Zsa Gabor – actress
Alternates:
Gordie Howe – hockey great
Kirk Douglas - actor
Liza Minnelli – singer/actress
Clean list:
Betty White
Billy Graham
Fidel Castro
George H.W. Bush
Hosni Mubarak
Jerry Lewis
Jimmy Carter
John McCain
Mary Tylar Moore
Muhammad Ali
Nancy Reagan
Valerie Harper
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Alternates:
Gordie Howe
Kirk Douglas
Liza Minnelli