# The Celebrity Death Pool 2010 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2009, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574 "2009-12-01T11:44:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 106
**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:** [December 7, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2101 "2010-12-07T00:27:37Z")
49 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:** [December 7, 2010, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2102 "2010-12-07T05:18:50Z")
> [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > Elizabeth Edwards hears the approach of the Grim Reaper. Oh man, if she holds on for a few more weeks, she can be next year’s Zelda Rubinstein, for a bunch more points. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Klutz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captain_klutz/32/4993_2.png) [@Captain\_Klutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Klutz)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2103 "2010-12-07T07:23:40Z")
[Norman Hetherington](http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/12/06/3086216.htm), the puppeteer behind Mr Squiggle (Australia’s longest running children’s TV show) dies at 89. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2104 "2010-12-07T10:14:59Z")
> [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > Elizabeth Edwards hears the approach of the Grim Reaper. As long as she keeps him at bay for 4 weeks, we’re cool… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2105 "2010-12-07T14:21:41Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Oh man, if she holds on for a few more weeks, she can be next year’s Zelda Rubinstein, for a bunch more points. **Paging DEAD POOLERS for the Elizabeth Edwards BandWagon** Woooooooo! ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2106 "2010-12-07T14:26:17Z")
I love you guys. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2107 "2010-12-07T14:56:52Z")
Crap! When I was making my list of “people whose initials are the same letters” a year ago, I didn’t even think of her and went instead with Emilio Estavez.:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2108 "2010-12-07T15:10:46Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > **Paging DEAD POOLERS for the Elizabeth Edwards BandWagon** Quit shoving, there’s room for everybody! ---
**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:** [December 7, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2109 "2010-12-07T15:24:04Z")
I, personally feel sorry for her, and indeed for the loss of any life. Why, I think she should continue fighting; continue treatment. For at least another four weeks anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2110 "2010-12-07T15:39:52Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Crap! When I was making my list of “people whose initials are the same letters” a year ago, I didn’t even think of her and went instead with Emilio Estavez.:smack: Yes, but you got much Respect for it. C.F. my 2011 list, I have even more respect for your your double initials list. You are now telling me that it still hurts as much, even after [for the most part] abandoning most of the choices in the game outright? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2111 "2010-12-07T16:07:22Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Quit shoving, there’s room for everybody! Like a [Bangladesh Ferry Ride!](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41149000/jpg/_41149721_overc.jpg&imgrefurl=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4548637.stm&h=250&w=203&sz=13&tbnid=DZvroAhwbt-BlM:&tbnh=111&tbnw=90&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbangladesh%2Bferry&zoom=1&q=bangladesh+ferry&hl=en&usg=__x8-uzQK7IRV7mA8OLQFNkLD5dJA=&sa=X&ei=71v-TLboGsiYnAfI3unVCQ&sqi=2&ved=0CCUQ9QEwAw) ---
**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:** [December 7, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2112 "2010-12-07T16:14:49Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > Like a [Bangladesh Ferry Ride!](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41149000/jpg/_41149721_overc.jpg&imgrefurl=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4548637.stm&h=250&w=203&sz=13&tbnid=DZvroAhwbt-BlM:&tbnh=111&tbnw=90&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbangladesh%2Bferry&zoom=1&q=bangladesh+ferry&hl=en&usg=__x8-uzQK7IRV7mA8OLQFNkLD5dJA=&sa=X&ei=71v-TLboGsiYnAfI3unVCQ&sqi=2&ved=0CCUQ9QEwAw) Man, that’s cold. You should be ashamed of yourself! Any of them celebrities? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2113 "2010-12-07T17:19:34Z")
I wonder what the odds are that Elizabeth Edwards makes it to 2011. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2114 "2010-12-07T17:24:09Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Man, that’s cold. You should be ashamed of yourself! > Any of them celebrities? Unfortunately for us, you become a celebrity in Bangladesh only if you survive a ferry ride. Or a flood. Or a famine. Each year’s fresh crop of celebrities gets mown down the next year. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2115 "2010-12-07T17:28:25Z")
That must make for one helluva Bangladesh Celebrity Death Pool! ---
**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:** [December 7, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2116 "2010-12-07T17:30:58Z")
The problem is, they are all members, and you can’t list other members. And usually the ones who put up a list are dead by next December anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2117 "2010-12-07T18:47:32Z")
If I counted right 24 people have Ms. Edwards for 2010. If she keeps hanging in there I wonder what it will be for 2011? ---
**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:** [December 7, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2118 "2010-12-07T18:54:16Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > If I counted right 24 people have Ms. Edwards for 2010. If she keeps hanging in there I wonder what it will be for 2011? Bloody Cherry Pickers! and one damn point less! ☹ ---
**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:** [December 7, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2119 "2010-12-07T21:17:50Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > If I counted right 24 people have Ms. Edwards for 2010. If she keeps hanging in there I wonder what it will be for 2011? Thanks for the reminder. I had forgotten she’s on my list this year. Whoo hoo! Liz baby, you’ve fought the good fight, but your husband betrayed you. Why prolong the agony? ---
**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:** [December 7, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2120 "2010-12-07T21:19:07Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > …and one damn point less!( Not necessarily – it depends on her birth date and death date. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=105) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=107)