# I need a dead celeb **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 7, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-dead-celeb/167101 "2003-04-07T17:21:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-dead-celeb/167101/21 "2003-04-07T20:43:06Z")
> [@](#): > > The John Holmes Big Bat All-Stars > hrh > [@](#): > > Since you’re a team, you should be the James Gang. He’s looking for an individual nickname for himself, not a name for the team. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-dead-celeb/167101/22 "2003-04-07T21:28:22Z")
How much you willing to pay? _:::reads entire OP and thread:::_ Oh, never mind… ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-dead-celeb/167101/23 "2003-04-08T02:39:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cpgoose \* > \*\*That’s why I said “double meaning”… > meaning (1) Homer (dead) and (2) Homer Simpson (immortal). > \*\* You’re not aware of a third meaning, not unconnected to the game of softball? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![cpgoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@cpgoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cpgoose)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-dead-celeb/167101/24 "2003-04-08T13:05:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \* > \*\*How much you willing to pay? > > _:::reads entire OP and thread:::_ > > Oh, never mind… \*\* :smack: 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cpgoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@cpgoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cpgoose)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-dead-celeb/167101/25 "2003-04-08T13:09:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Manduck \* > \*\*You’re not aware of a third meaning, not unconnected to the game of softball? :dubious: \*\* homerun:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Vixenation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/278dde/32.png) [@Vixenation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vixenation)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-dead-celeb/167101/26 "2003-04-08T15:00:19Z")
**widdershins** wrote: > [@](#): > > Jackie Gleason - You’d be “The Great Ones” This is funny, I have friends who formed an intramural softball team two weeks ago and called it just this. Not sure if Jackie Gleason was the inspiration behind the name, though. ---
**Author:** ![cpgoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@cpgoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cpgoose)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-dead-celeb/167101/27 "2003-04-14T20:28:55Z")
Wahoo…I stuck with Homer. We’re getting jerseys and everything. Now we need a team symbol for “the dead celebrities”. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-dead-celeb/167101/28 "2003-04-14T20:36:11Z")
How about “D.C.” inside of a tombstone? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-dead-celeb/167101/29 "2003-04-14T22:15:49Z")
Elvis. Then they can call you “The King”. ---
**Author:** ![cpgoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@cpgoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cpgoose)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-dead-celeb/167101/30 "2003-04-15T13:12:41Z")
haha…at the moment, I’m trying to make the initials “DC” out of the stitching on the softball…I think that would look cool. Although I’m having problems with the stitching…look… [http://www.angelfire.com/nj4/cpgoose/softball.html](http://www.angelfire.com/nj4/cpgoose/softball.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-dead-celeb/167101.md?page=1)