# Katy Perry marries Russell Brand: Divorce pool **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 27, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464 "2010-10-27T00:32:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/61 "2010-11-03T15:17:51Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Will it count as a break up if one or the other dies of an OD? How about murder/suicide? > > I’ll say March 8, 2012. I’m a hopeless romantic. > > Regards, > Shodan > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The OP mentions divorce. I think that should be the sole determinant. Yes, this is a divorce pool, not an end-of-marriage pool. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/62 "2010-11-03T17:10:51Z")
I’m going with June 21, 2015, a good 5 years. I think they can make it that long. ---
**Author:** ![batsto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/63 "2010-11-08T19:58:18Z")
Put me down for October 25th, 2011 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/64 "2010-11-08T20:43:44Z")
I don’t know. She kissed a girl, and she liked it. That could go a long way in this type of relationship. Maybe they’ll be the first publicly polyamorous couple out there? ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/65 "2010-11-08T22:27:04Z")
Angelina Jolie used to say the same kind of things. I don’t ever see the tabloids talking about how she’s having hot women over for 3+somes with Brad, and let’s not pretend there would be a shortage of people willing to get it on with them. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![Otara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@Otara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otara)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/66 "2010-11-08T23:21:20Z")
Im going for Oct 25 2013 on the 3 year rule. If its too late, thats life. Otara ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/67 "2010-11-09T03:55:26Z")
Maybe if any two people pick the exact same date, the OP should push the later posting back by one day, or to the next available day after all other picks that have been logged up to then? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/68 "2010-11-12T13:25:12Z")
Is May 12, 2012 open? ---
**Author:** ![ExVoxMachina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@ExVoxMachina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExVoxMachina)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/69 "2010-11-15T02:02:48Z")
September 30th 2012. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/70 "2011-12-30T21:03:05Z")
They’ve just announced they’re splitting due to irreconcilable differences. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/71 "2011-12-30T21:07:29Z")
We have a winner! Missed the mark by one month and two days: **Attack from the 3rd Dimension** : November 28, 2011 ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/72 "2011-12-30T21:37:33Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > We have a winner! Missed the mark by one month and two days: > > **Attack from the 3rd Dimension** : November 28, 2011 Wouldn’t **Elendil’s Heir** win with January 5, 2011? Less than a week off. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/73 "2011-12-30T21:48:23Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > We have a winner! Missed the mark by one month and two days: > > **Attack from the 3rd Dimension** : November 28, 2011 WOOT! > [@RandMcnally](#): > > Wouldn’t **Elendil’s Heir** win with January 5, 2011? Less than a week off. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/74 "2011-12-30T21:53:21Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > Wouldn’t **Elendil’s Heir** win with January 5, 2011? Less than a week off. Check your math again. Elendil was nearly a year off. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/75 "2011-12-30T23:06:29Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > They’ve just announced they’re splitting due to irreconcilable differences. …between Russell Brand and any known concept of a suitable mate for for anyone with sense enough to remember to breathe. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/76 "2011-12-30T23:21:53Z")
**Intergalactic Gladiator** still gets somthing, I say. He didn’t give a specific date, but he said January 2012, so even if it’s as far away in January as possible, he’s only one day further away from today as November 28 if I’m counting correctly. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/77 "2011-12-30T23:51:01Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > Check your math again. Elendil was nearly a year off. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/78 "2011-12-30T23:51:34Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > Check your math again. Elendil was nearly a year off. Alas, I was. Here’s the _People_ magazine story on the split: [Russell Brand Files for Divorce](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20549647,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/79 "2011-12-31T00:59:56Z")
On one hand, I lost the pool. On the other hand, I am available for dinner with Ms. Perry next weekend. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/80 "2011-12-31T02:08:26Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > **Attack from the 3rd Dimension** : November 28, 2011 > **Intergalactic Gladiator** : January \_\_\_, 2012 > > People who did not give a specific date in the month, you have a week to do so or your entry will be disqualified. Sorry, **IG** , your entry was disqualified. **Aft3D** is our winner! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464.md?page=5)