With the demise of Benazir Butto, I am using the alternates for drewbert (Angela Lansbury), Ms Macphisto (Jimmy Carter) and 42fish (Kirk Douglas).
Ritter - you need to declare a replacement.
I had Bhutto in 2007! Finally got some points for the year. Unique pick too.
There’s nothing incorrect about it. It’s a meaning of the word. If older words are inherently better than newer words, that means you shun “yours” in favor of “thine”, right?
No?
Then kindly stuff it.
Ah, so you’re an expert on American attitudes toward language now. Except–funny thing–you have no idea what you’re talking about. Schoolmarm prescriptivism has just as much of a foothold here as in the UK–if not, possibly, more–and it doesn’t make a lick of sense here either. Of course, here, the prescriptivists replace “Americans” with “black people”, “young people”, “foreigners”, “Californians”, etc.
No, no, you’re right, totally different.
Do me a favor and go get yourself a clue before you come back.
Maybe this is the one thread where I can be some sort of moderator. Can we please focus on the task of predicting deadness. If you two guys want to take it further, please go out to the car park/parking lot. Or the pit.
Fidel Castro
Woody Allen
James Garner
Adam ‘Pacman’ Jones
Courtney Love
Chuck Yeager
Charles Manson
Billy Graham
Steven Hawking
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
BB King
Paul Newman
Robert Mugabe
Alternates
Mary Tyler Moore
Queen Elizabeth II
Vladimir Putin
Hostile Dialect and GuanoLad, please take the debate over language usage to Great Debates (if you wanna have a discussion) or the Pit (if you wanna just yell at each other).
Telling others to ‘stuff it,’ Hostile Dialect, is inappropriate in MPSIMS. And, GuanoLad, I appreciate you recognizing the hijack, but taking a dig at Americans–or any other group of people–on the way out isn’t the best way to end the hijack; it’s bound to stir up a response.
So, you know, hijack over. Back to the thread.
Ariel Sharon
Albert Hofmann
Claude Levi-Strauss
Abe Vigoda
Kirk Douglas
Micky Rooney
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Roger Ebert
Henry Kissinger
Betty Ford
Adam Bernard “Pacman” Jones
Roman Gabriel (former NFL QB)
Danny Bonaduce
Paul Wilson
Billy Graham
Harry Morgan
Jiang Zemin
Art Linkletter
Paul Wight
Eli Wallach
Peter Falk
Abe Vigoda
Les Paul
C. Everett Koop
Glen Benton
Michelle Trachtenburg
Well, last year I had Pavarotti and Lady Bird Johnson, so I had some points for a change. I’ve kept the same list as before, only replacing those who actually died.
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Paul Willson He’s quite overweight, so it’s quite possible.
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Billy Graham - Sad to seem him go, but he’s 89 already.
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Harry Morgan - I love Col. Potter and will really feel bad about this one.
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江泽民 Unlikely, but it could happen and is worth 20-21 points.
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Art Linkletter I actually doubt this one, but it could definitely happen.
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Paul Wight - Big Man = Big Points.
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Eli Wallach - Had him 3 years ago. I figure he’s got to go.
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Peter Falk - He smokes like a fish. Whatever that means.
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Abe Vigoda I can’t believe I didn’t have him in previous years.
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Les Paul - Time to switch to electric harp, Les.
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C. Everett Koop Hey, had you smoked, you would not have made it this far.
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Glen Benton I thought you were going to off yourself at age 33?
And finally, my annual pick that I go with every single year for big points.
- Michelle Trachtenberg - I don’t want her dead. I just like the idea of getting big points off a random pick
FTR, Michelle Trachtenberg can put her pick on my big points any time she wants to.
Ariel Sharon
Fidel Castro
Prince Phillip of Edinburgh
Muhammed Ali
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Dick Cheney
John Goodman
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Farah Fawcett
Stephen Hawking
Anne McCaffrey
James Earl Jones
Elizabeth Edwards
Alternates:
Margaret Thatcher
Elizabeth Taylor
My list:
Bobby Brown
Sylvia Browne
Hugo Chavez
Roger Ebert
Elizabeth Edwards
Farrah Fawcett
Estelle Getty
Andy Griffith
Jack Klugman
Pauline Phillips
Suzanne Pleshette
Joan Van Ark
Eddie Van Halen
Alternates in order of preference:
Fidel Castro
William Schallert
Britney Spears
By Bobby Brown, I mean the singer formerly married to Whitney Houston, not the makeup professional. Pauline Phillips is the original Dear Abby.
The joint list of SpoilerVirgin and psychobunny:
Ruben Studdard
Courtney Love
Nolan Miller
Elizabeth Taylor
Judith Krantz
Fidel Castro
Vidal Sassoon
Liza Minelli
John McLaughlin
Gina Lollabridgida
Chuck Norris
Soupy Sales
Annette Funicello
Alternate:
Dick Clark
I’d like to wait until a little closer to new year’s eve, but I’m going to be off-line for the next week.
Thanks for picking up the torch amarone
Happy New Year - Good luck in 08
Tyrone Jones – CFL linebacker
Robin Roberts – ABC News
Farrah Fawcett
Amy Winehouse
Jerry Lewis
Randy Pausch
Don Wittman - CBC
Charlton Heston
Stephen Stills
Archbishop Christodoulos
Fidel Castro
Ronnie Biggs
Queen Elizabeth
Alternates
Dick Cheney
John Goodman
Ozzy Osbourne
Tyrone Jones
Robin Roberts
Farrah Fawcett
Amy Winehouse
Jerry Lewis
Randy Pausch
Don Wittman
Charlton Heston
Stephen Stills
Archbishop Christodoulos
Fidel Castro
Ronnie Biggs
Queen Elizabeth
Alternates
Dick Cheney
John Goodman
Ozzy Osbourne
Here’s mine:
Pete Doherty
Farrah Fawcett
Mitzi Gaynor
Wink Martindale
Liza Minnelli
Jaye P. Morgan
Bettie Page
Ron Popeil
William Safire
Vidal Sassoon
Phyllis Schlafley
Paul Verhoeven
Amy Winehouse
Alternate: Joyce Brothers
Plaintext List:
Edmund Hillary
Elizabeth Taylor
Muhammad Ali
Arnold Palmer
Mandy Patinkin
Mel Brooks
Britney Spears
Earl Scruggs
John Madden
Eli Wallach
Mickey Rooney
Jalal Talabani
Pervez Musharraf
Alt:
Bob Barker
R. Lee Ermey
Fancy List:
- Edmund Hillary - First to top Everest (July 1919)
- Elizabeth Taylor - Perfumer and Queen of Ancient Egypt (February 1932)
- Muhammad Ali (aka Cassius Clay) - Legendary Boxer (January 1942)
- Arnold Palmer - Golfer and refreshing beverage namesake (September 1929)
- Mandy Patinkin - His name was Inigo Montoya (November 1952)
- Mel Brooks - I really hope the 2000 Year Old Man doesn’t get me any points (June 1926)
- Britney Spears - World’s Greatest Mother and candid crotch shot enthusiast (December 1981)
- Earl Scruggs - Bluegrass musician (January 1924)
- John Madden - Senile old parody of a football commentator, who goes on long rants about how much he enjoys pulled pork sandwiches during prime time network broadcasts. Mmm, pulled pork sandwiches. Y’know, Al, I love coming to Carolina Panthers home games because there are more restaurants serving really good pulled pork sandwiches in the two blocks around the stadium than there are in the rest of the country combined. I like mine with a nice, tangy barbecue sauce and a soft roll that has a bit of a tough crust. That way, it’s still possible to pick it up and eat. Oh, hey, one of the teams just scored a touchdown on a double end-around. Anyway, a great side dish for a pulled pork sandwich is… (April 1936)
- Lee Marvin - Actor and Marine vet (I can’t make a joke at Lee Marvin’s expense, or he might kick my ass) (February 1924)
- Mickey Rooney - Former child actor, current crotchety old man (September 1920)
- Jalal Talabani - President of Iraq (November 1933)
- Pervez Musharraf - President of Pakistan (August 1943)
Alternates:
A1. Bob Barker - Come on down, you’re the next contestant on Celebrity Death Pool! (December 1923)
A2. R. Lee Ermey - Who am I kidding? The only way he’s dying is something cool like an airplane explosion or knife fight (March 1944)
No comments this year, just the list.
Ariel Sharon
Fidel Castro
Nancy Reagan
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Britney Spears
Sid Caesar
Gene Wilder
Teri Garr
Pat Summerall
Jose Carreras
Terry Jones
Richard Dawson
Bob Barker
Alternates:
Eli Wallach
Judi Dench
(ETA: Terry Jones was one of the Monty Python boys - name seems kinda generic, so I thought I’d clear it up)
Lee is in no position to kick anyone’s ass. I will use Eli Wallach from your plain list.
That was weird. Has he made a comeback since 1987?
Damnit, that’s what I get for waking up and posting tired. Scratch Marvin (really, what the hell was I thinking?) and scratch Wallach. Go with Bob Barker.
No comments, just the list:
William F. Buckley
Pamela Anderson
George Steinbrenner
Amy Winehouse
Bob Guccione
Gordie Howe
Bill Parcells
Stephen Hawking
Wilford Brimley
John Paul Stephens
Alternate: Liza Minelli