# Celebrity Death Pool 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2015, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098 "2015-12-01T05:57:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 90
**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:** [September 14, 2016, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1782 "2016-09-14T10:05:44Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Former Israeli Prime Minister, President and Nobel Laureate Shimon Peres is in a coma following a stroke and is not expected to last much longer. I don’t know if anyone has him, but he’s worth noting. > > I’ll keep you guys posted with any developments. Define “much longer.” The last Israeli PM in a coma lasted quite a while as I recall. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1783 "2016-09-14T12:45:47Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Nobody has him this year, but he could become the successor to Ariel Sharon. I am so going to hell for what I just wrote. Don’t worry, you’ve got plenty of company in that handbasket. We’ll have one, um, hell of a party on the way there 🙂 ---
**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:** [September 15, 2016, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1784 "2016-09-15T12:48:28Z")
[The axe has dropped on Kim McGuire](https://www.gofundme.com/2p3nudws), who played “Hatchet Face” in _Cry Baby_. 40 wasted points. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1785 "2016-09-15T22:42:11Z")
> **[Rose Mofford, first woman to serve as Arizona governor, has died](https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2016/09/15/rose-mofford-arizonas-first-female-governor-has-died/90418304/)** > > "When the state desperately needed healing, she stepped in," recalled Athia Hardt, who served as Mofford's press aide when she was suddenly catapulted to the Governor's Office following Mecham's impeachment. RIP Rose Mofford (and six more points, not that that wasn’t my first thought when I saw this…) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1786 "2016-09-15T23:44:11Z")
One thing I like about giving **lel** those points is that the chart I use didn’t have to make any changes except to their numbers. S/he keeps the same rank. 1 CAMJAY77 482 10 5 2 Fear Itself 389 8 2 3 Registered at Last 332 7 3 4 Team Dirt 262 7 0 5 phungi 235 5 2 6 Quartz 230 5 0 7 RobotDevilDog 188 4 0 8 guylevesque 172 5 1 9 carnivorousplant 168 3 0 9 RTFirefly 168 3 0 11 Captain Klutz 161 3 0 11 Maus Magill 161 3 0 13 GIGObuster 160 4 1 14 Loach 159 3 1 15 basset hound 156 4 0 16 jeezums 154 4 1 17 notfrommensa 152 4 0 18 lel 146 4 2 19 septimus 133 3 0 20 Hoopy Frood 124 3 0 21 Jeep’s Phoenix 122 3 1 22 Hockey Monkey 114 2 0 22 Squonk 114 2 0 22 VunderBob 114 2 0 25 Dung Beetle 110 3 1 26 42fish 107 2 0 26 Andrew21 107 2 0 26 Catamount 107 2 0 26 Mahaloth 107 2 0 26 Mean Mr. Mustard 107 2 0 26 minionkat 107 2 0 26 Shirley Ujest 107 2 0 26 Tangent 107 3 1 34 Happy Lendervedder 106 3 0 35 bowler girl 97 3 0 36 JohnT 96 2 1 37 anyrose 92 3 0 37 Dolores Reborn 92 3 0 37 Jack Batty 92 3 0 40 cardboardbox 87 2 0 40 cazwhatever 87 2 0 40 Eliahna 87 2 0 43 Borborygmi 86 2 0 43 Labtrash 86 2 0 43 MadTheSwine 86 2 0 43 Tit Whistle 86 2 0 43 zoog 86 2 1 48 Flik the Blue 84 3 1 49 It’s Not Rocket Surgery 83 2 0 50 The Vorlon 81 2 0 51 Shoeless 72 3 0 52 BlossomDrearie 71 4 2 53 a35362 66 3 0 53 Clothilde 66 2 0 53 critter42 66 2 0 53 Lsura 66 2 0 53 Mona Lott 66 2 0 58 Casey1505 61 1 0 58 Wallet 61 1 0 60 5 time champ 60 1 0 60 amarinth 60 1 0 60 candide 60 1 0 60 CreaseMunky 60 1 0 60 irritant 60 1 0 60 Little Nemo 60 1 0 60 Lok 60 1 0 60 melondeca 60 1 0 60 Mudshark 60 1 0 60 pachabel 60 1 0 60 Rico 60 1 0 60 Superdude 60 1 0 60 vivalostwages 60 1 0 73 ShaggyZ 54 1 0 74 maplekiwi 47 1 0 75 Baker 46 2 2 76 sir viks 45 3 1 77 Personal 43 1 1 78 Dr. Girlfriend 38 2 0 79 Czarcasm 32 2 0 79 kayT 32 2 0 81 Little Pig 30 3 2 82 Clothahump 26 1 0 82 Hal Briston 26 1 0 82 imthjckaz 26 1 0 82 Reepicheep 26 1 0 82 Schnitte 26 1 0 82 swampbear 26 1 0 82 Winston Smith 26 1 0 82 zadscmc 26 1 0 90 tim-n-va 25 1 1 91 Invisible Chimp 24 2 2 92 Idle Thoughts 19 3 1 93 valfatale 17 1 0 94 kunilou 15 2 1 95 Old Wench 13 1 1 96 Fleetwood 12 1 0 96 J-P L 12 1 0 96 Mr. Goob 12 1 0 99 SpoilerVirgin 11 1 1 100 Stephe96 10 1 1 101 ataraxy22 6 1 0 101 Buttercup Smith 6 1 0 101 kopek 6 1 0 101 meghan 6 1 0 101 Myrtle Beached Whale 6 1 0 101 NotherYinzer 6 1 0 101 PaulParkhead 6 1 0 101 rucciface 6 1 0 101 Spiff 6 1 0 ---
**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:** [September 16, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1787 "2016-09-16T00:19:10Z")
“Number nine”, when the record was turned backwards, became “turn me on dead man” on a Beatles album. That was Our Strange Comment tonight. We now return you to the relatively normal Straight Dope Death Pool. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1788 "2016-09-16T00:21:11Z")
I wonder what, “tied for thirty-seventh,” says when you play it backwards. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1789 "2016-09-16T00:27:04Z")
And what is “seventy-nine”? “Turn me on dead man seven times”? ---
**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:** [September 16, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1790 "2016-09-16T00:34:57Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > And what is “seventy-nine”? “Turn me on dead man seven times”? “Go out and kill a contestant while there is still time.” ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1791 "2016-09-16T00:36:54Z")
Any nominations? Hey, you said you were in 9th place; would I get your spot if I bumped you off??? ---
**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:** [September 16, 2016, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1792 "2016-09-16T00:44:08Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Any nominations? Hey, you said you were in 9th place; would I get your spot if I bumped you off??? I was using “contestants” to mean selected celebrities. We are more likely to get away with that. Whacking a SDMB member calls to mind SDMB suspects. On the other hand, we have a mirror universe Death Pool, promotion through assassination…I wonder what Baker would look like with a beard. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1793 "2016-09-16T02:51:49Z")
Pretty strange, considering I’m female. BTW, only thirty two players are currently pointless. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1794 "2016-09-16T03:41:40Z")
The winner would be awarded their prize posthumously, because, _Death Pool_. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2016, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1795 "2016-09-16T12:15:36Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Pretty strange, considering I’m female. Yes, but we are talking about the Star Trek mirror universe. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1796 "2016-09-16T14:57:24Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > BTW, only thirty two players are currently pointless. Meekly waves hand and hangs head in shame… ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1797 "2016-09-16T15:52:57Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > “Number nine”, when the record was turned backwards, became “turn me on dead man” on a Beatles album. You must be almost as old as I am, to know that shit. 🙂 [The ‘Paul is dead’ hoax](http://beatlesnumber9.com/paulisdeadhoax.html) And because I’m a Rutles fan, [Stig has been dead for ages honestly](http://www.rutles.org/rstig.html). ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1798 "2016-09-16T16:45:23Z")
For the curious I’m still female. Also I’m still alive, but it doesn’t matter since I’m not a celebrity. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1799 "2016-09-16T20:49:12Z")
It matters to me, **lel**. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1800 "2016-09-16T22:28:24Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > One thing I like about giving **lel** those points is that the chart I use didn’t have to make any changes except to their numbers. S/he keeps the same rank. > > 82 Clothahump 26 1 0 WTH? I got points? I honestly don’t know (or remember) who I scored on. I don’t have Alzheimer’s, I just have Partofthetimers. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1801 "2016-09-16T22:34:10Z")
Damn, missed the window while I searched. Looks like it was for Ali. I forgot he was on my list. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=89) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=91)