I misread the Tiger Woods story so badly over somebody’s shoulder at breakfast. Somehow I understood that he got into an accident while clubbing a gopher in his car.
He can do that. He doesn’t even need a reason.
Still no points for me. In a 29 way tie for 153rd place.
November was very quiet with only one person scoring any points. Departees were:
Name Dead Age Points Votes
Samak Sundaravej 24-Nov 74 26 1
Claude Levi-Strauss 1-Nov 100 0 2
Standings are now:
Name Points Number
1 amarone 401 9
2 Quartz 323 5
3 Captain Lance Murdoch 276 5
4 GIGObuster 258 5
5 Sublight 255 8
6 Ms Whatsit 251 6
7 Critical Mass 249 7
8 Walkabout 241 6
9 MissTake 204 4
10 CowPatty 200 6
11= Etherman 193 5
11= Anne Elk 193 4
13 El Perro Fumando 181 4
14= MadTheSwine 177 5
14= gonzomax 177 4
16 Boyo Jim 176 5
17= Baker 154 4
17= Dolores Reborn 154 4
19 zoog 153 5
20 Shirley Ujest 149 5
21 NurseCarmen 141 4
22 bowler girl 139 4
23= Merkwurdigliebe 138 4
23= SandyHook 138 4
25 imthjckaz 136 5
26 amarinth 133 5
27= Kat 131 3
27= notfrommensa 131 3
27= twickster 131 3
30 Andrew 21 127 4
31 Diogenes the Cynic 124 4
32 MarkF 123 2
33= Carm6773 118 4
33= pseudotriton ruber ruber 118 3
33= Uvula Donor 118 3
36= Annie-Xmas 116 3
36= Justin_Bailey 116 3
36= Ms Macphisto 116 3
36= Omega Glory 116 3
40= The Librarian 112 4
40= VunderBob 112 3
42 Captain Klutz 110 3
43 Jeep's Phoenix 107 3
44= Monstera deliciosa 104 3
44= rolandgunslinger 104 3
44= tarragon918 104 3
47= Drain Bead 100 4
47= phungi 100 3
47= Sternvogel 100 3
50= carnivorousplant 95 3
50= Scoobysnax 95 3
52= Happy Lendervedder 93 5
52= appleciders 93 2
52= Cazzle 93 2
52= Cunctator 93 2
52= Doody Pants* 93 2
52= Jack Batty 93 2
52= nofloyd 93 2
52= Rilchiam 93 2
52= Seeker of Truth & Beauty 93 2
61= Hockey Monkey 91 3
61= tumbleddown 91 3
63 5 time champ 89 4
64 The Vorlon 88 3
65= BACI 83 3
65= Borborygmi 83 3
67= drewbert 81 3
67= cbawlmer 81 2
67= Eleanor of Aquitaine 81 2
67= FarmerChick 81 2
67= katie1341 81 2
67= Little Nemo 81 2
67= Nightingale 81 2
74 Thunder 80 3
75 BiblioCat 78 3
76 BMax 76 3
77 Mona Lott 74 3
78= Clothahump 73 2
78= ErinPuff 73 2
78= Oredigger77 73 2
78= Ragiel 73 2
78= Maus Magill 73 1
83 pohjonen 71 2
84= Ataraxy 66 2
84= cadolphin 66 2
84= Cassie Beth 66 2
84= Cisco 66 2
84= clipper 66 2
84= jali 66 2
84= Kyrie Eleison 66 2
84= ladybug 66 2
84= Long Time First Time 66 2
84= Squonk 66 2
84= want2know 66 2
95 Wallflower 65 3
96 Fear Itself 61 2
97 OtakuLoki 59 2
98 Nutty Bunny 58 2
99 Wile E 57 2
100= fubbleskag 55 2
100= SpazCat 55 2
102 texasoysterman 54 4
103 jtgain 51 2
104= Dosipede 50 1
104= Lok 50 1
104= LouiseE 50 1
104= puppygod 50 1
104= Sattua 50 1
109 labtrash 49 2
110 42fish 43 3
111= critter42 43 1
111= Jaade 43 1
111= Lsura 43 1
111= Mullinator 43 1
111= Robusensei 43 1
111= Sanity Challenged 43 1
111= Tristan 43 1
111= WarmNPrickly 43 1
111= wheresgeorge04 43 1
120= Freddy the Pig 38 1
120= Qwisp 38 1
120= Rodd Hill 38 1
123 Mehitabel 32 2
124= missred 31 2
124= Rico 31 2
126= racer72 27 2
126= vivalostwages 27 1
128 Dung Beetle 25 1
129 WF Tomba 24 1
130= Blalron 23 1
130= discodancer 23 1
130= freckafree 23 1
130= meghan 23 1
130= Mr. Goob 23 1
130= Mudshark 23 1
130= zamboniracer 23 1
137 Hal Briston 22 1
138= BJMoose 17 3
138= Paul in Saudi 17 2
138= SpoilerVirgin 17 1
141= rucciface 14 1
141= stockton 14 1
143= anyrose 12 2
143= EJsGirl 12 1
145 a35362 9 2
146= dwc1970 8 1
146= swampbear 8 1
148= Mahaloth 6 1
148= wolf_meister 6 1
150 Spiff 5 1
151= Tazmanian Devil 3 1
151= Tuckerfan 3 1
153 Buckler of Swashing 0 1
154= 28 others 0 0
55 celebrities have died, representing 6.5% of the total and 16.7% of the votes.
One month to go - let’s hope for a quiet one.
I know you’re running this game, and I really do appreciate the time and effort, but…
What we need in December is a Celebrity Apocalypse! Points, points and more points. There are 5 Death Slackers still to go on my list!
Eight?
I figured the alternates are already out of the picture.
If you want to get hyper-technical, seven. Bettie Page was on my list, but she died in late December last year, so my first alternate Michael Jackson moved up. That one worked out better for me than Michael.
How about another rule change for a future year? If all ten of your primaries die, you get points for any alternates that die too.
I wasn’t thinking of alternates. By my records 5 of your 13 picks have died, leaving 8 further potential point-earners.
And on preview your next post confirms that you are thinking you have 10 people on your list; there are 13.
Well, then, what am I missing? I thought the 13 included 10 ‘primary’ choices and 3 alternates. And the only point of alternates was that if some of your primaries die before January 1, your alternates would move up to become primaries.
Is this wrong? Do you mean I could have put up a list of 16 names, 13 primaries and 3 alternates?
Rule 1:
All 13 count. You can add as many alternates as you like on top of that.
Yup. The main list is 13. Anything above 13 would be alternate. So if you submitted 13 names and one of them died in Dec '08, then you only have 12 valid names on your list
Well shit… this is the fault of liberal society and the media, reducing my attention span and all.
You couldn’t get all the way through the first rule?
That is a short attention span! 
Damn libruls!
How many years have you played? It’s been 13 since like forever.
I thought it had been 13 since Amarone took over last year. 
It’s always been 13, hasn’t it?
It was 13 when I took over - I didn’t change that.