# The Celebrity Death Pool 2007 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 2, 2006, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620 "2006-12-02T22:07:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 49
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/961 "2007-07-12T00:30:26Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] **SCORE!!!** I mean, how awful! **I’M ON THE BOARD!!!** I mean, rest in peace Lady Bird. **WOOHOO!!!** I mean, condolences to the family. [/QUOTE] I was coming in to say this exact thing. :o ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/962 "2007-07-12T01:50:17Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] criminy - I thought she died years ago [/QUOTE] Jeez, me, too. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/963 "2007-07-12T03:47:17Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] [7th grader] Heh…check it out… **swampy** scored with Lady Bird Johnson…he lost his cherry to her…hehe… [/7th grader] [/QUOTE] So did I. I guess it was a threesome 😃 I finally scored this year! Yee-ha! Oh yeah, condolences to Mrs. Johnson’s family and all that. ---
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/964 "2007-07-12T04:30:42Z")
[QUOTE=amarone] > [@Cazzle](#): > > Stan Zemanek in his final hours according to his wife in this story. That will be 40 more points to RQ. [/QUOTE] [He died about 2.45am (AEST) today, July12, 2007](http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22061190-5003402,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/965 "2007-07-12T05:09:57Z")
Ladybird scores me 6 too. Her and Benny Parsons gives me two picks in my first yaer playing. Wonder if LBJ ever held her by the ears… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/966 "2007-07-12T05:37:23Z")
**if6was9** > [@](#): > > Wonder if LBJ ever held her by the ears… It’s probably what led to her “premature” death at a mere 94 years of age. I’m on the board now too. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/967 "2007-07-13T02:11:03Z")
[QUOTE=Diceman] So did I. I guess it was a threesome 😃 I finally scored this year! Yee-ha! Oh yeah, condolences to Mrs. Johnson’s family and all that. [/QUOTE] It’s starting to get crowded in here… When Castro kicks off, we’re gonna need a lot of K-Y… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/968 "2007-07-13T02:22:19Z")
gawddamn cherry. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/969 "2007-07-13T02:31:45Z")
Jeez, when Castro bites it, so many cherries will pop that the earth’s rotation may be affected. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/970 "2007-07-13T02:44:04Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] Jeez, when Castro bites it, so many cherries will pop that the earth’s rotation may be affected. [/QUOTE] Nah, the massive party in Miami will cancel out the effect. They’ve probably already got about a million t-shirts showing Castro burning in Hell stashed away somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/971 "2007-07-13T02:56:59Z")
[QUOTE=Diceman] Nah, the massive party in Miami will cancel out the effect. They’ve probably already got about a million t-shirts showing Castro burning in Hell stashed away somewhere. [/QUOTE] Ahhh, you mean a variation of a nuclear winter scenario, with the smoke blotting out the sun’s warmth. Yes, yes, I see it! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/972 "2007-07-13T03:18:42Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] Ahhh, you mean a variation of a nuclear winter scenario, with the smoke blotting out the sun’s warmth. Yes, yes, I see it! [/QUOTE] It’s a two-fer! An eeeeeevil dictator dies AND mankind’s long yearning is finally accomplished in one fell swoop! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/973 "2007-07-13T03:25:04Z")
[QUOTE=Enfant Terrible] It’s a two-fer! An eeeeeevil dictator dies AND mankind’s long yearning is finally accomplished in one fell swoop! [/QUOTE] Our long yearning for universal genocide and mass death? Yup, sounds right. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/974 "2007-07-13T03:27:26Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] Our long yearning for universal genocide and mass death? Yup, sounds right. [/QUOTE] As appropriate as this sounds given mankind’s history, I was referring to our collective dream to destroy the Sun. Sol! You bastard! We’ll have ye yet! ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/975 "2007-07-13T16:08:49Z")
Damn. I had Lady Bird Johnson _last_ year. Still got my cherry. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/976 "2007-07-13T16:15:49Z")
[QUOTE=Enfant Terrible] As appropriate as this sounds given mankind’s history, I was referring to our collective dream to destroy the Sun. Sol! You bastard! We’ll have ye yet! [/QUOTE] Enh – it would score well into the negative numbers. **shrug** ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/977 "2007-07-13T19:35:07Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Enh – it would score well into the negative numbers. **shrug** [/QUOTE] Obviously you’re not the owner of [Springfield’s nuclear power plant.](http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:fAUT10pZ5NkJ:www.snpp.com/episodes/2F16.html+%22man+has+yearned+to+destroy+the+sun%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us) ---
**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:** [July 13, 2007, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/978 "2007-07-13T22:12:38Z")
[NBA/ABA player/coach Larry Staverman is dead at 70](http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070712/SPORTS04/70712041) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/979 "2007-07-13T22:53:23Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Obviously you’re not the owner of [Springfield’s nuclear power plant.](http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:fAUT10pZ5NkJ:www.snpp.com/episodes/2F16.html+%22man+has+yearned+to+destroy+the+sun%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us) [/QUOTE] I was referring to the age of the sun – it being far enough above 100 years that it would score in negative numbers. ---
**Author:** ![Critical\_Mass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@Critical\_Mass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical_Mass)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/980 "2007-07-15T15:46:00Z")
Well, I’m personally saddened from hearing of the death of [John Ferguson](http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/story.html?id=99300a04-1624-478e-8368-a19c2dfc4f9d&k=67488), but 32 points for me! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=48) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=50)