# The Celebrity Death Pool 2009 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262 "2008-12-01T23:40:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 26
**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:** [January 7, 2009, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/501 "2009-01-07T14:22:23Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > The matter of conjoined twins is moot. They’re only separated as infants or toddlers, making them invalid picks because they’re under 18 years old… Not if they’re adults (or _an_ adult by our rules) captured by an evil genius who descides to split them in a sawmill! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/502 "2009-01-07T14:23:21Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Not if they’re adults (or _an_ adult by our rules) captured by an evil genius who descides to split them in a sawmill! If you don’t write a story about that, I might. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/503 "2009-01-07T19:20:07Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > If you don’t write a story about that, I might. Go nuts! It turns out I’m incapable of writing stories longer than one sentence. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/504 "2009-01-07T22:40:58Z")
This is the celebrity death pool so conjoined twins only count when the celebrity one of the two dies. Then they only count as one. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/505 "2009-01-07T23:00:29Z")
What if it’s only like a second set of legs, but they named it anyway? ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/506 "2009-01-07T23:49:05Z")
> [@WarmNPrickly](#): > > This is the celebrity death pool so conjoined twins only count when the celebrity one of the two dies. Then they only count as one. My official ruling is that the second would be the celebrity through acquiring fame for lugging around a connected corpse. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/507 "2009-01-07T23:53:44Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > My official ruling is that the second would be the celebrity through acquiring fame for lugging around a connected corpse. I think I love you based on just that post. 😃 ---
**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:** [January 8, 2009, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/508 "2009-01-08T00:43:15Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > My official ruling is that the second would be the celebrity through acquiring fame for lugging around a connected corpse. What if one of the Kennedy clan gave birth to conjoined twins? ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/509 "2009-01-08T01:09:11Z")
Just by the way, over here is a list of (someone’s) 100 most likely to keel over in 2009. Some good guesses, some not-so-much. [http://www.cinemablend.com/celebrity/The-100-Most-Likely-People-To-Die-In-2009-14401.html](http://www.cinemablend.com/celebrity/The-100-Most-Likely-People-To-Die-In-2009-14401.html) ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/510 "2009-01-08T01:15:40Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > It’s the same as picking an immortal. Speaking of which, do you get points _every_ time an Immortal dies, or only when they get decapitated? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/511 "2009-01-08T01:17:40Z")
> [@Paul in Saudi](#): > > Just by the way, over here is a list of (someone’s) 100 most likely to keel over in 2009. Some good guesses, some not-so-much. > > [http://www.cinemablend.com/celebrity/The-100-Most-Likely-People-To-Die-In-2009-14401.html](http://www.cinemablend.com/celebrity/The-100-Most-Likely-People-To-Die-In-2009-14401.html) The “most likely” label seems odd when the list has people in their mid-seventies rated as only 2% likely to shuffle off. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/512 "2009-01-08T01:59:06Z")
> [@Kat](#): > > Speaking of which, do you get points _every_ time an Immortal dies, or only when they get decapitated? 😃 If they get back up after the autopsy, you don’t get points. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2009, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/513 "2009-01-08T04:07:49Z")
> [@Lok](#): > > If they get back up after the autopsy, you don’t get points. Yup. Movement _during_ the autopsy doesn’t count, it could just be reflex twitching of some sort. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/514 "2009-01-08T05:07:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Speaking of which, do you get points every time an Immortal dies, or only when they get decapitated? I was going to keep picking Dracula every year - he’s always getting staked and then coming back. But then I realized he’s 577 years old - I’d be losing points every time. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/515 "2009-01-08T05:54:05Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I was going to keep picking Dracula every year - he’s always getting staked and then coming back. But then I realized he’s 577 years old - I’d be losing points every time. Points don’t go negative, but it does raise the question of how many times you could count him in one year for the “Quantity not Quality” award. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/516 "2009-01-08T06:40:31Z")
I say I’m going to name a fictional vampire on my list and it’s the math you have issue with? ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/517 "2009-01-08T06:46:04Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I say I’m going to name a fictional vampire on my list and it’s the math you have issue with? Well, it does also break 3 of the 6 rules as to what constitutes a celebrity, but I could let that slide. ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/518 "2009-01-08T09:54:12Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I say I’m going to name a fictional vampire on my list and it’s the math you have issue with? What, are you new here or something? 🙂 ---
**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:** [January 8, 2009, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/519 "2009-01-08T11:41:55Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I was going to keep picking Dracula every year - he’s always getting staked and then coming back. But then I realized he’s 577 years old - I’d be losing points every time. In that case, go with Mickey Rourke. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/520 "2009-01-08T17:05:09Z")
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