It’s also your party; ultimately you can set the rules any way you like prior to posting the next game announcement.
Proposal #2 would also rule out the likes of Elizabeth Edwards.
If amarone is willing to administer the voting on a rule change, that’s fine.
But let’s make another change, one that will make amarone’s job EASIER. Your entry isn’t counted until you’ve submitted it according to the rules. No numbers, no bullets, no commentary, just the plain Jane vanilla list. And amarone shouldn’t have to nag you to get you to do it, either!
You know where my vote stands. Thanks for pitching it amerone.
Yes, it is sick and twisted. Which is why it’s a good idea.
I’m still lobbying for the Derisive Laughter Award to be given to everyone who scores 0.
And I’ll second the suggestion about you’re not entered until your list conforms to the submission rules.
And check spelling! I saw some upthread that I don’t think is correct.
I don’t really have a problem with the rule per se, but adding it in explicitly on the very last day, with just over 12 hours to go for posting lists, seems like it is a bit last minute.
Last-minute again this year.
- Obama (God, I hope not.)
- Amy Winehouse
- Kim Jong-Il
- Gordon Lightfoot
- Farrah Fawcett
- Shane MacGowan
- Lindsay Lohan
- Hamid Karzai (Afghan president)
- Ernest Borgnine
- Mary Carey (former adult film star)
- Duke of Edinburgh
- Seth Binzer (Crazy Town singer and rehab failure)
- Henry Kissenger
Alternates:
Jimmy Carter
Sean Connery
Liz Taylor
Clean list:
Obama
Kim Jong-Il
Gordon Lightfoot
Farrah Fawcett
Shane MacGowan
Lindsay Lohan
Hamid Karzai
Ernest Borgnine
Mary Carey
Duke of Edinburgh
Seth Binzer
Henry Kissenger
Alternates:
Jimmy Carter
Sean Connery
Liz Taylor
Oops! Forgot two things.
First, many thanks to amarone for going to what must be a hell of a lot of trouble for our sick entertainment;
and, I left off a name in my “clean list.” Here is the proper version:
Obama
Amy Winehouse
Kim Jong-Il
Gordon Lightfoot
Farrah Fawcett
Shane MacGowan
Lindsay Lohan
Hamid Karzai
Ernest Borgnine
Mary Carey
Duke of Edinburgh
Seth Binzer
Henry Kissenger
I then kew.
How about if anyone has a candidate disqualified, and has no alternate, then I give them 48 hours to name a replacement?
This sounds like a good idea; but wouldn’t it mean much more work for you?
Can you suck up, or what?
I don’t think so - I don’t think many picks would get overturned - I doubt it would be more effort than putting in alternates after a late death (e.g. Betty Page).
my medically-challenged list for 2009:
Orlando Thomas - Football Player - ALS
Steve Smith - Football Player - ALS
Stefano Borgonovo - Soccer Player - ALS
Ariel Sharon - Former Isreali PM - Stroke
Kim Jong Il - Korean Military Leader - Stroke
Ted Kennedy - Politician -Brain Cancer
Seve Ballasteros - PGA Golfer - Brain Cancer
Patrick Swayze - actor - Pancreatic Cancer
Roger Ebert - Cancer
Richard Quick - Univ of Auburn Coach - brain tumor
Paul Gascoigne - English Soccer Player - Alcoholic
Peter Falk - Actor - Alzheimer’s dementia
Willie Wood - football player - dementia
Alternates:
John Wooden - NCAA Coach
Any Winehouse - universal mess
Danny Bonaduce - universal mess
Clean List:
Orlando Thomas
Steve Smith
Stefano Borgonovo
Ariel Sharon
Kim Jong Il
Ted Kennedy
Seve Ballasteros
Patrick Swayze
Roger Ebert
Richard Quick
Paul Gascoigne
Peter Falk
Willie Wood
Alternates:
John Wooden
Any Winehouse
Danny Bonaduce
Spelling mistakes are common - I catch many early on, and others show up in the overall celebrity list when I sort by name. Lindsay Lohan, Linsey Lohan; 3 or 4 ways of spelling Britney; and Muhammad Ali has several different spellings. I think I have has as many as four spelling mistakes in a single list.
I do have to get each incidence of a name exactly the same. I often need to edit names that include initials, e.g. O. J. Simpson. My rule is always to include the periods, and to include spaces.
Those things aside, it is very quick for me to process a list (as long as it is unformatted). It takes about 20 seconds. It gets quicker as the month progresses because I only need to copy new names over to the list of celebrities, and there are fewer new picks per list as the celebrity list grows.
I appreciate those of you that remind people about the formatting. I pass over formatted lists and hope that a corrected one gets posted. If it isn’t, I will edit the formatted list myself eventually.
For what is Earl Woods famous in his own right?
This is why I am against these new rules; they are too subjective and ambiguous, and as your predecessor opined, it will make your head hurt.
- Michael Jackson(musician/creep)
- Barack Obama(president elect of US)
- Bobby Robson(Non-american football coach)
- Ian Bady(serial killer)
- Ron Springs(former NFLer)
- Robert Novak(political commentator)
- Jim Saxton(US politician-New Jersey)
- Emilio Navaira III(musician)
- Steve Jobs(Apple)
- Patrick Swayze(actor)
- Farrah Fawcett(poster)
- Fidel Castro(cuban)
- Mindy McCready(country singer)
Michael Jackson
Barack Obama
Bobby Robson
Ian Bady
Ron Springs
Robert Novak
Jim Saxton
Emilio Navaira III
Steve Jobs
Patrick Swayze
Farrah Fawcett
Fidel Castro
Mindy McCready
alt- Elizabeth Dawn
Muhammad Ali
Bob Barker
Fidel Castro
Dick Clark
Richard Dawson
Roger Ebert
Richard Gautier
Andy Griffith
Ed McMahon
Jaye P. Morgan
J.D. Salinger
Joanne Woodward
Dick Van Dyke
Notes:
Jaye P. Morgan (actress who was on “The Gong Show”, among other things)
Richard Gautier (actor who played Hymie on “Get Smart”)
My suggestion has always been that the person’s death needs to be reported by one of the world’s major news sites to count. No coverage = no celebrity. That removes all the tough calls from the person running the game.
Elizabeth Taylor
Michael Jackson
Liza Minelli
Alan Jones
Patrick Swayze
Ariel Sharon
Kirk Douglas
Colleen McCullough
Deanna Durbin
Peter Falk
Amy Winehouse
Shirley Temple Black
Barack Obama
Alt:
Robert Mugabe
Alan Jones is an Australian radio broadcaster. I think the rest are fairly obvious and unambiguous.