# For whom does the bell toll?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-whom-does-the-bell-toll/258491
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [August 5, 2004, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-whom-does-the-bell-toll/258491 "2004-08-05T18:32:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@bulletproofcoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bulletproofcoffee)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2004, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-whom-does-the-bell-toll/258491/1 "2004-08-05T18:32:40Z")
One thing that I’ve been noticing over the last little while is that there are a lot of important people who are getting very old. Me and my brother have a little bet going on and I want to see what you guys think. Two questions:
1. Who is going to die first?
(a) Pope JP II
(b) Fidel Castro
© Boris Yeltsin
2. What will they die from?
Personally I see JP croakin it first, then Boris, but my brother is totally convinced that Fidel is at death’s door. And I think that JP will die from falling asleep during a ceremony and falling off the balcony, Fidel from falling asleep while smoking a cigar and setting himself on fire, and Yeltsin from falling asleep while drunk and choking on his own vomit.
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### Author:  [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-whom-does-the-bell-toll/258491/2 "2004-08-05T18:42:58Z")
I believe you were aiming for MPSIMS instead of Great Debates. You can see a list of the forum descriptions here:
> **[Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/)**
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> Fighting Ignorance Since 1973
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### Author:  [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2004, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-whom-does-the-bell-toll/258491/3 "2004-08-05T19:23:24Z")
You might be interested in the [Celebrity Death Pool 2004](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=226569).
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### Author:  [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2004, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-whom-does-the-bell-toll/258491/4 "2004-08-05T20:58:24Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#):
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> You might be interested in the [Celebrity Death Pool 2004](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=226569).
How can I have missed those threads for so long???
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### Author:  [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2004, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-whom-does-the-bell-toll/258491/5 "2004-08-06T02:40:28Z")
Moved from Great Debates to MPSIMS. There’s no debate here.
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### Author:  [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-whom-does-the-bell-toll/258491/6 "2004-08-06T15:53:25Z")
NO ONE knows but everyone will die!
Only two persons have made it out of this world alive, Enoch & Elijah, if you believe the Bible.
The Sun may not come up tomorrow, the world may be destroyed in some other way, you could have a stroke, heart attack, or be murdered.
Be Prepared!
As Alfred E. Newman said, “What? Me worry?”
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### Author:  [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-whom-does-the-bell-toll/258491/7 "2004-08-06T19:52:19Z")
As John Donne was heard to say in the Pit:
> [@John Donne](#):
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> It tolls for thee, motherfucker.
😉