It would be better if s/he waited six hours.
[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:
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!
Ignore Plant – where he lives is like center of Blue Meanie territory. 
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
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*
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.
I should be included in the Final Hours award too.
11th place, not too bad, and 2 awards; but the points from the Robbing the cradle accolade should be 72.
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.
Tied for last. Again.
Oh well, there are only two cars on the train you remember: the engine and the caboose.
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.
They’ve pretty much done away with cabooses.
At least I have company in the handbasket…
Too late, we’ve been chattering back and forth for years now.
48th place. Broke the top 50, so I guess that’s…something?
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!
<hangs head> Sorry Snookums.
