The Celebrity Death Pool 2006

This is the first time I’ve even ever looked at the Death Pool thread, because my guilt made me shy away in horror. :eek: However, it doesn’t feel as awful as I thought it might be. Ya know, I don’t guess there’d be jumping up and down or any confessions that it’s your fault. So, I think I’m going to play next year. My question is, if I limit the list to nothing but people I don’t like, will I harbor less that belief that I personally got them offed anyway? I mean, I don’t think I’d have any problem, um, cheering the death of ol’ Phred, but someone I adore (like Steven Tyler – who I’d never, ever put on there!) would probably send me over the edge.

Yeah, I know. I’m already there. Still. :stuck_out_tongue:

Therefore, can anyone help out another DP virgin and let me know if the delicate sensibilities can be overcome (or ignored)? Gracias.

I only picked celebs who are (or were :cool: ) unhealthy and physically suffering. You can’t feel guilty if death ends such suffering, right? It can feel quite rewarding actually.

My DP list consists mostly of people I admire who I hope live out the year.

I figure, my bad luck in winning things will protect them.

And if they all drop dead this year, I can find a bright side to what would otherwise bum me out terribly.

<snerk>

Yes, we call that the Sting Effect. :smiley:

Thanks for all the help guys. Ah, I suppose then I’ll be getting a list ready and checking it twice.

See? We’re no different from Santa! :stuck_out_tongue:

Just to make sure that you understand - You do realize you’ll have to wait until the next Death Pool starts on January 1 2007, right?

Yep, I do. But I’m sure it never hurts to take notes on strategies and plan ahead. Besides, just today I learned that Wilson Pickett and my first thought (besides it being sad) was I bet the update email from the board comes from someone posting about it in the DP thread.

Yet, it looks like I’m the first. Is that a different kind of cherry popped? I ask in all morbidity. :eek:

Nah, that ain’t a cherry poppin. That’s just a gentle nudge.

Maybe not a cherry popped, exactly. But a loss of innocence all the same…

You misspelt Satan.

:smiley:

Cleans throat…Nope

Sorry Ms. Annie. My search abilities seem to be lacking at best. :stuck_out_tongue: However, I’m pretty sure (I think, I think, I think) I was the first to mention it in this thread. Does that count for anything? Rolling the old cherry around or something? Poking it with a stick (hehehehe)?

:o

Wilson Pickett? did anyone have

freakin coding gerbils

As Veuve_ClicquotNJ has already posted in Cafe Society, actor Anthony Franciosa has died at the age of 77. One of Franciosa’s ex-wives, actress Shelley Winters, passed away last weekend.

This has Rachm Qoch written all over it. An obscure world leader with cancer.

Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova

He was 61.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/20/obit.franciosa.ap/index.html