I was tempted to retire after the banner year that was 2009, but I was convinced to continue competing. If it worked for Brett Favre so many times, I guess it’ll work for me.
Hamid Karzai - President of Afghanistan
Courtney Love - “musician”, “actress”
Pope Benedict XVI - Pope, recently tackled
Rush Limbaugh - Big fat idiot. [cite]
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi - Lockerbie Bomber
Zelda Rubinstein - the organist in Sixteen Candles
Urban Meyer - former(?) Florida Football head coach
Kim Jong-Il - North Korea’s leading consumer of women’s sunglasses
Bob Barker - beloved host of The Price is Right
Fidel Castro - maybe he’s already dead?
Richard Dawson - Host of many game shows and kisser of many women
Nicolas Sarkozy - President of France
Ariel Sharon - Former Israeli Prime Minister, in a coma for years
Alternates:
Eli Wallach
Nancy Reagan
Barbara Bush (Former First Lady, not former First Daughter)
Margaret Thatcher
Plain List
Hamid Karzai
Courtney Love
Pope Benedict XVI
Rush Limbaugh
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi
Zelda Rubinstein
Urban Meyer
Kim Jong-Il
Bob Barker
Fidel Castro
Richard Dawson
Nicolas Sarkozy
Ariel Sharon
Alternates:
Eli Wallach
Nancy Reagan
Barbara Bush
Margaret Thatcher
My only access is from someone else’s blackberry which is a very frustrating experience so will not post anything todau other than my list unless I find a proper PC.
Rush Limbaugh
Muhammad Ali
Stephen Hawking
Aretha Franklin
Brian Lenihan
Orlando Thomas
Courtney Love
Amy Winehouse
Peter Falk
Pete Doherty
George Jones
Harry Knowles
Zelda Rubinstein
Alt:
Tom Sizemore
Jeff Conaway
Rush Limbaugh – b. 12 January 1951.
Muhammad Ali – b. 17 January 1942.
Stephen Hawking – b. 8 January 1942.
Aretha Franklin – b. 25 March 1942.
Brian Lenihan – b. 21 May 1959.
Orlando Thomas – b. 21 October 1972.
Courtney Love – b. 9 July 1964.
Amy Winehouse – b. 14 September 1983.
Peter Falk – b. 16 September 1927.
Pete Doherty – b. 12 March 1979.
George Jones – b. 12 September 1931.
Harry Knowles – b. 11 December 1971.
Zelda Rubinstein - b. no earlier than 1933
Alternates (for the next 12 hours and change):
Tom Sizemore – b. 29 September 1964. (Drugs, alcohol, domestic violence)
Jeff Conaway – b. 5 October 1950. (Drugs, alcohol)
Shirley I skimmed through the list I’ve been keeping, which goes up to post #336, and if I judged names correctly the ratio of men to women is about 79% to 21%.
Randy Travis
Paul Allen
Kathryn Joosten
Ernie Harwell
Teresa Heinz
Al Davis
John Madden
Rush Limbaugh
Roger Ebert
Urban Meyer
Abdel Baset al-Megrahi
Zelda Rubinstein
Reverend Donald Wildmon
Fine, I’ll jump on the Rush bandwagon - if I’d chosen not to decide, I still would have made a choice. Art Donovan (who I’d never heard of until I used the NFL hall of fame site to fill out the team) is out, Rush is in.
William (Refrigerator) Perry
Jerry Ball
Tony Mandarich
Art Shell
Dwight Stephenson
Dan Dierdorf
David (Deacon) Jones
Jim Burt
Fred Smerlas
Ed Lee (Too Tall) Jones
Rush Limbaugh
Bill Russell
Muhammad Ali
All former NFL linemen except Russell, Ali, and Limbaugh
Marty Allen
Barbara Bush
Jerry Lewis
Muhammed Ali
Fidel Castro
Bob Barker
Olivia de Haviland
Andrew Lloyd Weber
Zelda Rubenstein
Rush Limbaugh
Queen Elizabeth II
Marcia Strassman
Dick Clark
my alternates remain the same
eta - again , to clarify, the Barbara Bush to which I refer is the former FL, wife of GHWB
Jumping on the Rush/Zelda bandwagons, bumping Darlene Cates and Elizabeth Edwards to the alternates
Rush Limbaugh
Zelda Rubinstein
Ronnie Biggs
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Kim Jong-il
Roger Ebert
Abdelbaset Ali Mohammed Al Megrahi
Doug Fieger
Seve Ballesteros
Maura Tierney
Jason Becker
Orlando Thomas
Pete Doherty
Alternates:
Elizabeth Edwards
Darlene Cates
Lawrence Eagleburger
Poor Amarone, everyone including me is jumping on the Zelda Rubinstein bandwagon. Please add her and remove Tiger Woods from my list. The revised list is:
Amy Winehouse
Dick Cheney
Kirk Douglas
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Elizabeth Edwards
Orlando Thomas
Dennis Hopper
Don Imus
Zelda Rubinstein
Johnny Hallyday
Maura Tierney
Bryant Gumbel
Shane MacGowan
Alternates:
Britney Spears
Keith Richard
David Hasselhoff
Please note that I also corrected the spelling of Shane MacGowan.
alternates
Ben Stiller- actor
Ian Brady-Serial killer
Barack Hussein Obama
Michelle Obama
Bryant Gumbel
Ron Springs
Rush Limbaugh
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi
Ronnie James Dio
Orlando Thomas
Michael Crabtree
David Hasselhoff
Dennis Hopper
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Zelda Rubinstein
Vasily Aleksanyan
Chi Cheng
Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrah
Orlando Thomas
Steve Smith
Mark Mangino
John Wesley “Johnny Lam” Jones
Douglas Fieger
Steve Jobs
Moussa Dadis Camara
Leonard Peltier
Grizz Chapman
Eleanor Mondale
Did anyone have Zelda on the list before the announcement about her being taken off life support? If she kicks the bucket in the next couple of days, I’d put an asterisk by the ones who jumped on the bandwagon, and I’d even suggest picking an alternate “opening kickoff” winner (encroachment on the play).
Steven Tyler
Gavin McLeod
Hal Holbrook
Eli Wallach
Jack Welch
Gene Wilder
Peter Fonda
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Warren Beatty
Pelé
Juan Carlos I of Spain
Charley Pride
Carol Burnett
Orlando Thomas - Football Player
Steve Smith - Football Player August 30, 1964
Stefano Borgonovo - Soccer Player
Scott LeDoux - retired boxer, politician
Pete Doherty - druggie
Seve Ballasteros - PGA Golfer
Sara Payne - same one everyone else listed
Zelda Rubenstein - hold out for a few more hours
Bryant Gumble - TV host
Steven Jobs - Apple CEO
Ethan Zohn - winner of Survivor Africa
Elanor Mondale - TV/Radio host, daughter of former VP
John Hartson - Wales footballer
Alternates:
Kim Jong Il - Korean Military Leader
Peter Falk
Paul Gascoigne - English Soccer Player
Clean List:
Orlando Thomas
Steve Smith
Stefano Borgonovo
Scott LeDoux
Peter Doherty
Seve Ballasteros
Sara Payne
Zelda Rubenstein
Bryant Gumble
Steven Jobs
Ethan Zohn
Elanor Mondale
Josh Hartson
Gary Coleman
Arty Lange
Gary Busey
Fidel Castro
Verne Troyer
Mary-Kate Olson
Courtney Love
Ginger Baker
Mel Gibson
Pamela Anderson
Steve Jobs
Joe Walsh
Caloline Kennedy
