I need a rules clarification. If I happen to be famous (not telling) and I put myself on my list, then if I commit suicide in order to get the points, would those points be rejected under rule #7?
See also rule 3-e. We may not pick members of the SDMB.
But how would you know for certain?
Stephen King
Tabitha King
Joe Hill (Joseph Hillstron King)
Owen King
Mary Higgins Clark
Carol Higgins Clark
Mary Jane Clark
Yoko Ono
Pattie Boyd
Olivia Harrison
Paul McCartney
Ringo Star
Barbara Bach
Mick Fleetwood
Donald Trump
Vince Dooley
Peter Dinklage
Warren Buffett
Charlie Munger
Bill Russell
Jane Asher
William (refrigerator) Perry
Michael J. Fox
Mel Brooks
Pete Davidson
Mitch McConnell
Alternates:
Phil Spector
Bill Cosby
Jerry Sandusky
Everyone carried over from 2019. They owe me.
Fuck it. Cut/Paste last years. Who cares anymore. Just one change.
I have never scored a single point.
Prince Phillip
Johnny Knoxville
Queen Elizabeth
Charlie Sheen
Steve-O
Travis Pastrana
Bam Margera
Andy Bell
Josh Todd
Bombshell McGee
Danny Bonaduce
Michael Schumacher
Lizzo
Again, a perverse pleasure in sandwiching the Queen between Knoxville and Sheen.
I’m still heeding Happy Lendervedder’s advice to do a clean list, without commentary, lest the Death Mistress give me the stink eye and curse my loins:
Loretta Lynn
Charlie Daniels
Tommy Chong
Jimmy Carter
Donald Trump
Henry Kissinger
Sandy Koufax
Curly Neal
Bobby Bowden
Buzz Aldrin
Clint Eastwood
Fred Silverman
Ron Popeil
Alternates
Al Jaffee
Bill Cosby
Regis Philbin
Hillary Clinton
Stephen King
Bam Margera
Tommy Lasorda
AOC
Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Harvey Weinstein
Tony Bennett
Vladimir Putin
Melissa McCarthy
Chow YunFat
Judy Dench
Jeremy Corbyn
Here’s mine. Now, none of mine croaked in 2019, so I’ll be expecting the folks on my list to try extra hard this year to make it up to me. :dubious:
Alex Trebek
Donald Trump
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
George Zimmerman
Bob Gibson
Olivia Newton John
Cameron Mathison
Frankie Banali
Barry Manilow
Jimmy Carter
Louie Anderson
Bam Margera
Heather Locklear
Alternate: Casey Anthony
It might be interesting to note the top thirteen picks so far. #1 is not even someone who is sick, except perhaps in the head.
Donald Trump 15
Alex Trebek 14
Jimmy Carter 12
Prince Phillip 6
Ruth Bader Ginsburg 6
Bill Cosby 5
Sean Connery 5
Bob Dole 4
Harvey Weinstein 4
Kirk Douglas 4
Olivia Newton John 4
Queen Elizabeth II 4
Tommy Chong 4
Replacing Willie with Tommy Chong. Thanks!
Pat Sajak
Alex Trebek
Bill Cosby
Donald Trump
Tommy Chong
Betty White
Donald Sutherland
Jerry Lee Lewis
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Harvey Weinstein
David Crosby
Michael J. Fox
Elton John
Willie Nelson
Artie Lange
Jack Nicholson
After a big goose-egg year in 2019, I humbly submit the same list this year.
Russell M. Nelson
Dallin Oaks
Henry B. Eyring
M. Russell Ballard
Willie Nelson
Barbara Eden
Tina Louise
Carl Reiner
Joe Walsh
Jimmy Carter
Post Malone
Don McLean
Joni Mitchell
Notes: (1-4) The first four names are leaders of the LDS church. (9) Joe Walsh, the musician (James Gang, Eagles)
George W. Bush
Dana Carvey
Kassie DePaiva
Michael Douglas
Richard Dreyfuss
Gina Lollobrigida
Gerald McRaney
Liza Minnelli
Frankie Muniz
Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh
Randy Travis
Alex Trebek
Brian Wilson
Alternates:
Mikhail Gorbachev
Shirley Knight
Cloris Leachman
Brian Wilson is the Beach Boy
I’m curious if this is a joke or some sort of conspiracy theory. The person posting it has one post. This one. And is a new registrant.
You know, I didn’t notice that about the poster.It is entirely possible this person just stumbled on the Dope and wants to play, but I’d like to see if they are paying close enough attention now to respond.
It’s an odd thread to make your debut in
Sounds like a joke to me. I wonder if he plays another death pool and heard about the SDMB?
I didn’t play last year because I, uh, forgot, but did “score” maybe 3 deaths. So here I am, on time this year, with a list that’s almost the same from 2018
Alex Trebek – game show host
Betty White – actress
Billy Graham - evangelist
Bob Barker – host
Bob Newhart - actor
Carol Burnett – actress/comedian
Charlie Sheen – actor
David Foster - composer
Hosni Mubarak – former president of Egypt
Jimmy Carter – former U.S. president
Pope Benedict – ex-pope
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh – husband of Queen Elizabeth (UK)
Queen Elizabeth II – Current Queen of the UK
Alternates:
David Attenborough – naturalist/host
Richard Simmons – exercise guru
Ruth Bader Ginsburg – Supreme Court justice
Clean list:
Alex Trebek
Betty White
Billy Graham
Bob Barker
Bob Newhart
Carol Burnett
Charlie Sheen
David Foster
Hosni Mubarak
Jimmy Carter
Pope Benedict
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Queen Elizabeth II
Alternates:
David Attenborough
Richard Simmons
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Alex Trebek
Greg Gilbert
Dag Kittlaus
Holly Rowe
Larry Garza
Eddit van Halen
Ivan Julian
Slick Woods
Sam Lloyd
Jamie Otis
Jimmy Carter
Catherine Deneuve
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Alex Trebek
Greg Gilbert, frontman for the Delays
Dag Kittlaus, co founder of Siri
Holly Rowe, ESPN journalist.
Larry Garza, comedian
Eddie van Halen
Ivan Julian of band Richard Hell & the Voidoids
Slick Woods, model
Sam Lloyd, Actor
Jamie Otis, actress
Jimmy Carter
Catherine Deneuve
Billy Graham died in 2018.