Yes, once again it’s that time of year. Time to guess which celebrities will die in the year 2000. The rules are simple.
1 - You get ten picks. Anyone who posts more than ten picks will only have their first ten picks count towards point scoring and will be subject to general ridicule for their inability to count.
2 - Each pick you make who dies in the year 2000 gives you 100 points minus their age at death.
3 - All picks must be posted by the start of the new year.
4 - Celebrity status will be determined loosely. In case of disagreement, a majority vote of the posters will be binding.
5 - Persons currently under sentence of capitol punishment will only be valid for scoring points if they die by means other than official execution.
6 - Any poster who kills or otherwise contributes to the death of any celebrity mentioned in this thread will be disqualified.
7 - This contest is void wherever good taste prevails.
So here are my ten choices:
Leo DiCaprio
Snoop Dogg
Kirk Douglas
Robert Downey Jr
Kate Moss
Richard Pryor
Roseanne
Anna Nicole Smith
Elizabeth Taylor
Scott Weiland
Gee, if “disqualification” is the worst I can expect, I may have to pay a visit to my local gunsmith.
Let’s see…
Larry King
Ronald Reagan* (a gimme)
Jimmy Carter*
Mick Jaggar
Loretta Lynn
James Doohan
Tito Jackson
Walter Cronkite
Michael Stipe
Will Farrell (obligatory SNL cast member)
*Department of CYA: I would like to let all those in the intelligence community that I have no intention of offing former presidents. Please return to regular levels of surveilance on yours truly. Thank you.
Britney Spears
Tiger Woods
Queen Elizabeth II
Pope John Paul II
Mohammad Ali
Dr. Laura S.
a random member of the Kennedy clan
Billy Graham
Elizabeth Taylor
Barry Manilow
Bill Gates (due to non Y2k compliance)
Magic Johnson
Johnny Carson
Robert Downey Jr.
Norm MacDonald
Callista Flockhart
Barbara Walters
Shelly Winters
Roseanne
Stephen Hawking
Sue from El Paso
Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.
The Pope
Bob Hope
Kenneth Branagh
Joan Rivers
Ex-President Jimmy Carter
Steven Spielberg (total surprise)
James Garner
One of those members of those harmony singing bands from a year or two back.
Mariah Carey
Jack Klugman
Pope John Paul II
George Harrison
Pat Nixon
A member of the X-men
Sean Connery
Andy Rooney
Keith Richards
Ben Stern (Howard’s Dad)
Elizabeth Taylor
and (please, please, please)
every single one of those flippin’ Pokemon.
Frankie Goes to Hollywood Singer Holly Johnson (HIV)
Wild Guesses…
7. Golfer John Daly (DWI)
8. NBA Star Charles Barkley (Gun Incident)
9. Actor Jackie Chan (Stunt Accident)
10.“Barney Miller” actor Abe Vigoda (Finally)
Ronald Reagan
Mohammed Ali
Katherine Hepburn
Scott Wieland
Charlton Heston
Art Garfunkle
Elia Kazan
Brian Wilson
Fidel Castro
Leonard Nimoy
She caught your eye like one of those pointy hook latches that used to dangle from screen doors and would fly up whenever you banged the door open again.
And another thread did point out that ChiefScott was out of town recently.
We may have to subject him to rule #6 - Any poster who kills or otherwise contributes to the death of any celebrity mentioned in this thread will be disqualified.
YOU ALL FORGOT THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE: ELVIS!!
I predict that the King will succumb in late 2000. The funeral will be held in the Woonsocket (RI) 7-11, where he spent most of the last 20 years.
She caught your eye like one of those pointy hook latches that used to dangle from screen doors and would fly up whenever you banged the door open again.
She caught your eye like one of those pointy hook latches that used to dangle from screen doors and would fly up whenever you banged the door open again.