# 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:** 84
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1661 "2010-09-22T15:14:06Z")
I mentioned the Death Pool on another board I go to, and was told that I am “scary and dark.” People! We’re not _actually killing_ the celebrities! That would be against the rules. We’re just betting on them to croak! Big difference. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1662 "2010-09-22T16:18:25Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > We’re not _actually killing_ the celebrities! That would be against the rules. That would make a great sig. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1663 "2010-09-22T18:37:40Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > I mentioned the Death Pool on another board I go to, and was told that I am “scary and dark.” People! We’re not _actually killing_ the celebrities! That would be against the rules. Only if you get caught 😉 ---
**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:** [September 22, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1664 "2010-09-22T23:07:13Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > > [@MsWhatsit](#): > > > > I mentioned the Death Pool on another board I go to, and was told that I am “scary and dark.” People! We’re not _actually killing_ the celebrities! That would be against the rules. > > Only if you get caught 😉 Only when the jury comes back with a guilty verdict. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1665 "2010-09-23T00:10:57Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > > [@Manduck](#): > > > > Only if you get caught 😉 > > Only when the jury comes back with a guilty verdict. Nah, Amarone would disqualify you upon arrest. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1666 "2010-09-23T00:21:37Z")
But what about the appeals process? ---
**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:** [September 23, 2010, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1667 "2010-09-23T00:45:18Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > But what about the appeals process? I think Twicks likes chocolate, but you probably need to pay Amarone on Paypal. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1668 "2010-09-23T01:10:32Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > > [@MsWhatsit](#): > > > > We’re not _actually killing_ the celebrities! That would be against the rules. > > That would make a great sig. 🙂 I think it should be our motto. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2010, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1669 "2010-09-23T01:12:01Z")
Yes, yes! We need a seal, and a secret decoder ring, too! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1670 "2010-09-23T02:47:08Z")
[Jackie Burroughs](http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2010/09/22/jackie-burroughs-obit.html), 71, has died of stomach cancer. She played Aunt Hetty in “Road to Avonlea”. Her last role was in “Small Town Murder Songs” which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month. I saw it there and she had a great cameo role. And my 2011 long list just got shorter. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1671 "2010-09-23T03:20:19Z")
The original Crocodile Hunter, [Malcolm Douglas](http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8001750/malcolm-douglas-killed-in-car-crash), has been killed in a car accident on his property in Western Australia. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1672 "2010-09-23T03:34:02Z")
[Blockbuster is on Life-support.](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39311334/ns/business-retail/) Oh. it isn’t? Oh, you figured it would anyway, and it’s not really news? I just thought it would have happened sooner. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1673 "2010-09-23T03:37:49Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > > > But what about the appeals process? > > I think Twicks likes chocolate, but you probably need to pay Amarone on Paypal. Twicks likes Twix? ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1674 "2010-09-23T08:26:24Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > > > I think Twicks likes chocolate, but you probably need to pay Amarone on Paypal. > > Twicks likes Twix? I don’t know, but if Amarone likes amarone it will be a lot cheaper to bribe Twicks. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1675 "2010-09-23T15:43:47Z")
Don’t make Christine O’Donnell cry. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2010, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1676 "2010-09-24T04:23:41Z")
[Eddie Fisher dead at 86](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100924/ap_en_ce/us_obit_eddie_fisher). ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1677 "2010-09-24T12:28:23Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > [Eddie Fisher dead at 86](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100924/ap_en_ce/us_obit_eddie_fisher). I have him dead at 82, [Eddie Fisher](http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/39337582) but I don’t have him on my list, so those four points can go either way for all I care. Still, Mr Liz Taylor will not be forgotten… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1678 "2010-09-24T20:22:24Z")
Well, plus Princes Leia’s dad. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1679 "2010-09-24T20:49:13Z")
OMG! Darth Vader’s dead?!? ---
**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:** [September 24, 2010, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1680 "2010-09-24T22:16:56Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > OMG! Darth Vader’s dead?!? [Noooooooooooooooo!!!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWaLxFIVX1s) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=83) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=85)