# Celebrity Death Pool 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2016, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517 "2016-12-01T07:00:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 104
**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 1, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2061 "2018-01-01T00:05:51Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Just havin’ a little fun. 🙂 🙂 ---
**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 1, 2018, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2062 "2018-01-01T00:07:33Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > You’d have bragging rights for the last 2017 death It would be better if s/he waited six hours. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2063 "2018-01-01T01:47:04Z")
[Prince François, Count of Clermont](Prince François, Count of Clermont), the Dauphin of France, has died at age 56. There is no truth to the rumor that he died on porpoise. ---
**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 1, 2018, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2064 "2018-01-01T02:31:05Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [Prince François, Count of Clermont](Prince François, Count of Clermont), the Dauphin of France, has died at age 56. There is no truth to the rumor that he died on porpoise. Ah, man, you should be arrested for that and locked up. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2065 "2018-01-01T12:21:59Z")
Not a bad year for me - a third straight year of finishing in the top 10 with \>200 points. Plus I got to enjoy being in the lead throughout the summer, even if that lead later turned out to be illusory. It was fun while it lasted! And assuming no last minute revelations, congrats to **carnivorousplant** for the win, and to **basset hound** for bagging the most corpses! ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2066 "2018-01-01T16:23:43Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Just havin’ a little fun. 🙂 Ignore **Plant** – where he lives is like center of Blue Meanie territory. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2067 "2018-01-01T16:55:36Z")
With no more deaths to report in 2017, congrats to the following winners: _Death Pool Winner (Points)_: **carnivorousp** (331 points) _Quantity Not Quality_: **basset hound** (8 picks) _Inside Track With the Grim Reaper_: **phungi** (7 unique picks) _Robbing the Cradle_: **GigoBuster, Team Dirt** (28 points for Jessi Zazu) _Opening Kickoff_: **cardboardbox, Superdude, Labtrash, Andrew 21, GIGOBuster, Dr Girlfriend, Martonio, Mahaloth, FavreCo, Team Dirt, RobotDevilDog, It’s Not Rocket Surgery!, jeezums, Jeep’s Phoenix, Loach, bowler girl, notfrommensa, and Idle Thoughts** (Jan 16th) _Final Hours_: **rucciface** (Dec 29th) _Highest Themed List_: **Dr. Girlfriend** (83 Points) Final Standings below, including those with “less than measurable” points ```auto Rank Name Score Picks(Unique) 1 carnivorousp 331 6(3) 2 phungi 306 7(5) 3 basset hound 303 8(2) 4 Registered@Last 291 7(3) 5 jeezums 256 7 6 bowler girl 245 7(1) 7 RTFirefly 234 4 8 Andrew 21 213 7 9 Captain Klutz 208 4 10 Quartz 176 3(1) 11 GigoBuster 173 4 12 Rocket Surgery! 171 5 13 Tangent 168 4 14 RobotDevilDog 163 5(1) 15 minionkat 153 3 16 Martonio 151 4 17 DeaderThanDead 144 4 18 Team Dirt 138 3 19 Hoopy Frood 121 3 20 FavreCo 112 5(2) 21 Loach 110 3 22 42fish 102 2 22 Hockey Monkey 102 2 22 QueenAnneLace 102 4(1) 25 septimus 95 4 26 J-P-L 92 3 27 Jack Batty 89 3 28 motu 86 2 29 Dr. Girlfriend* 83 3(2) 29 melondeca 83 2 29 Scoobysnax 83 2 32 notfrommensa 82 2 33 Jeep's Phoenix 77 3 34 lel 74 2 35 zoog 73 2 36 cazwhatever 72 2 37 Yllaria 70 2 38 Maus Magill 67 2 39 Clams* 66 1 39 Vunderbob 66 2 41 Biotop 61 3(3) 42 Superdude 58 4 43 cardboardbox 56 2(1) 44 Tit Whistle 54 3 45 Labtrash 51 3(1) 46 bowler guy 50 2 46 Dung Beetle 50 2 48 5 time champ 47 1 48 Eliahna 47 1 48 emcee2k 47 1 48 Happy Lender… 47 1 48 Lsura 47 1 48 NurseCarmen 47 1 48 Sarabellum1976 47 1 48 Squonk 47 1 56 RivkahChaya 43 2 57 Lancia 42 2 58 Idle Thoughts 41 3 59 kayT 39 2 59 rucciface 39 5(1) 59 Spiff 39 2 59 TexCat* 39 1(1) 63 ataraxy22 33 4(2) 63 Mean Mr.Mustard 33 1(1) 63 Mona Lott 33 2 66 DigitalC 32 2 67 Paul in Qatar 31 2 68 Randy Seltzer* 30 2(2) 69 computergeek 29 2 69 Dolores Reborn 29 2 69 Old Wench 29 2(2) 72 Allecher 28 2 72 JohnT 28 2 72 racer72 28 3 72 Taco the cat 28 3 76 Avarie537 24 2 77 amarinth 23 1 77 Borborygmi 23 1 77 freckafree 23 1 77 kopek 23 1 77 Mahaloth* 23 1 82 PaulParkhead 21 1 83 Bayaker* 20 1 83 Clothahump 20 1 83 panache45* 20 1 83 swampbear 20 1 83 Two Many Cats 20 1 88 BACI 19 1 88 Buttercup Smith 19 1 88 maplekiwi 19 1 88 Simmerdown 19 1 88 SpoilerVirgin 19 1 88 Tread* 19 1 94 Nema98 17 1(1) 95 Sternvogel* 16 1(1) 96 GuanoLad 14 2(1) 97 InvisibleChimp* 13 1(1) 98 RollOutTheBrl 12 1 99 cutielemon07 11 1(1) 100 Kitten Mitten* 10 1(1) 100 RandMcnally 10 1 102 Carlos'Weiner 9 1 102 imthjckaz 9 1 102 justmeetee 9 1 102 Little Nemo 9 1 102 Little_Pig 9 1(1) 102 meghan 9 1 102 UncaStuart 9 1 102 Uncle Frank 9 1 102 wolf_meister 9 1 111 Baker 8 1(1) 112 critter42 5 1 113 1b3bz18c9ed269201, Ají de Gallina, AnalogSignal*, Annie X-mas, arara123, Bewildebeest, BobLibDem, boffking, Boggette, Catamount*, CreaseMunky, Czarcasm, Dead Cat*, Eddie The Horrible, El Famous Burrito, EnlightMeditat, eschereal, garygnu, Gatopescado, Hal Briston, irritant, krondys, kunilou, moldmonkey, Mr. Goob, Mudshark, Oakminster*, Personal, Ponch8, Prof. Pepperwinkle, Qwisp, Reepicheep*, RickJay, Saint Cad, Sario, Schnittie*, Shoeless*, smithsb*, Snowboarder Bo, Stephe96*, stockton, The Vorlon, vivalostwages, waem, Wallet*, Whiskey Dickens, zamboniracer, Zyanthia* ``` ---
**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:** [January 1, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2068 "2018-01-01T18:00:29Z")
42nd place? Sweet! I’ll take it. I do have to amend an earlier comment of mine, though. I claimed that this was the first pool I ever scored points in. It’s the second. I forgot about Joey Feek dying of cancer the pool prior to this one. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2069 "2018-01-01T20:33:05Z")
I should be included in the Final Hours award too. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2070 "2018-01-01T21:01:20Z")
11th place, not too bad, and 2 awards; but the points from the _Robbing the cradle_ accolade should be 72. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2071 "2018-01-01T21:53:39Z")
13th place. Better than I’ve done in quite a while. I bumped some survivors from my 2017 list off my new list. I fully expect them to die now, and I apologize. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2072 "2018-01-01T21:54:25Z")
Tied for last. Again. Oh well, there are only two cars on the train you remember: the engine and the caboose. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2073 "2018-01-01T22:12:40Z")
96th. Well. It’s something, and something is better than nothing. This will likely be the best I’ll get for a good while, knowing my luck. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2074 "2018-01-01T22:23:53Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Tied for last. Again. > > Oh well, there are only two cars on the train you remember: the engine and the caboose. They’ve pretty much done away with cabooses. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2018, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2075 "2018-01-01T23:38:12Z")
At least I have company in the handbasket… ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2076 "2018-01-02T00:31:19Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Ignore **Plant** – where he lives is like center of Blue Meanie territory. 😉 Too late, we’ve been chattering back and forth for years now. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2077 "2018-01-02T03:14:42Z")
48th place. Broke the top 50, so I guess that’s…something? ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2078 "2018-01-02T06:05:18Z")
I beat **Swampy**!!! And not like that other time when I had to wear fishnets and spiked heals and pay him extra to do it. 😉 ---
**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 2, 2018, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2079 "2018-01-02T11:08:16Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > I beat **Swampy**!!! And not like that other time when I had to wear fishnets and spiked heals and pay him extra to do it. 😉 You said we would never speak of this! ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2080 "2018-01-02T14:32:19Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > You said we would never speak of this! \ Sorry **Snookums**. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=103) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=105)