# The Celebrity Death Pool 2004 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359 "2003-12-01T22:29:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 27
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/521 "2004-08-09T21:20:23Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > But nobody picked him. šŸ˜ƒ Just how many times have you typed ā€œBut nobody picked him/herā€ in this thread? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/522 "2004-08-10T02:41:52Z")
Wooooo Hooooooo! My ape-whisperer _finally_ came in after, whatā€¦6 freaking years! Iā€™m on the boards, in kinda in con-ten-tionā€¦only if I hit an incredible stupendeous ultraorgasmic tri-fec-ta. A gal can dream. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/523 "2004-08-13T15:37:58Z")
According to CNN, Julia Child has died at age 91. (And a world of plump, juicy chickens breathed a sigh of relief.) ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/524 "2004-08-13T15:50:12Z")
> [@DeVena](#): > > According to CNN, Julia Child has died at age 91. The one person on my list that I was kinda hoping to be wrong about. ---
**Author:** ![robgruver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@robgruver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robgruver)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/525 "2004-08-13T16:48:18Z")
I find it funny that 10 minutes ago I read about Julia Child keeled over and this thread pops up again. šŸ˜ƒ Ahhhhā€¦ the joys of life. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/526 "2004-08-13T17:24:20Z")
With the death of Julia Child, the following eleven contestants pick up nine points each: **earthpuppy** and **Mudshark** are still tied with 54 points each, but are now in third place! **Uvula Donor** now has 30 points. **Munch** now has 29 points. **Cicada2003** now has 19 points. **BiblioCat mishaa Nurse Carmen** and **Wicked Blue** - now have 16 points. and welcoming two newcomers to the scoreboard: **Ataraxy** and **JavaMaven1** - tied with 9 points each. Congratulations, scorers! ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/527 "2004-08-13T17:25:59Z")
> [@robgruver](#): > > I find it funny that 10 minutes ago I read about Julia Child keeled over and this thread pops up again. šŸ˜ƒ Every time Death swings his scythe, this thread gets bumped. It must be sitting too close. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/528 "2004-08-13T18:20:06Z")
Since Iā€™m scoring so well with my first wading into the death pool, I gotta know: Is there any special recognition for those who make it through the year with 0? (publicly awarded derisive laughter would be good enough, because Iā€™m a budding attention ho) ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/529 "2004-08-13T19:58:48Z")
Yeahā€¦weā€™ll all just perform a group snicker at ya. šŸ˜› Iā€™m already thinking ahead to next yearā€™s game. Iā€™m afraid that with the move to subscriptions, weā€™ll get only about 15 submissionsā€¦ I hope we can recruit some new players come December! _hint, hint_ ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/530 "2004-08-13T20:35:46Z")
Iā€™ve already got a list Iā€™m working on. Youā€™re intending to use the same rules as this year, right? ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/531 "2004-08-13T21:24:43Z")
Yup. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/532 "2004-08-13T21:53:09Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Yeahā€¦weā€™ll all just perform a group snicker at ya. šŸ˜› > > Iā€™m already thinking ahead to next yearā€™s game. Iā€™m afraid that with the move to subscriptions, weā€™ll get only about 15 submissionsā€¦ If it makes you feel better, this thread is the reason I got a subscription. I donā€™t know if thatā€™s lame or something to be proud of. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/533 "2004-08-13T22:29:34Z")
Iā€™ll be here too. I donā€™t think a narrower playing field takes any of the fun out the game myself. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/534 "2004-08-14T00:31:17Z")
How many of this yearā€™s poolers didnā€™t cough up the $5/$10/$15? ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/535 "2004-08-14T19:43:41Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > How many of this yearā€™s poolers didnā€™t cough up the $5/$10/$15? I did a quick scroll-through of this years entries. Roughly 25 lists were submitted by poolers who now have either GUEST or MEMBER under their names instead of CHARTER MEMBER. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/536 "2004-08-14T20:27:35Z")
I think we ought to have a ā€œbonus pointsā€ system for people who can guess how many new threads will be started when an individual celebrity dies. Or maybe take away points for anyone who starts a duplicate thread. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/537 "2004-08-14T20:33:27Z")
Not very likely that anyone picked him, but Nobel Prize winning poet Czelaw Milosz is dead at 93. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/538 "2004-08-14T20:35:31Z")
Nope, nobody picked him. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/539 "2004-08-15T23:40:51Z")
> [@Sean Factotum](#): > > Iā€™ve already got a list Iā€™m working on. Me too. I have around forty people that I think might die next year. It is going to be very hard to narrow it down to 13. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/540 "2004-08-16T13:52:07Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > How many of this yearā€™s poolers didnā€™t cough up the $5/$10/$15? My significant other, **Ebola Gay** , falls into this category. Sheā€™s very conflicted now, as she just made a very impressive debut in the SDMB Death Pool with the 44 points she scored with the death of Rick James. For now, sheā€™s not going to pony up the dough, in large part because she was a very infrequent poster anyway. But if she wins the SDMB 2004 Death Pool, you can bet your life (heh, heh) sheā€™ll re-register and send in the required cash to the Chicago Readerā€¦ just so she can bask in the glory of the copious adulation that will come her way for winning such a prestigious competition. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359.md?page=28)