# The Celebrity Death Pool 2011 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2010, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523 "2010-12-01T09:16:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 53
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1041 "2011-04-09T20:56:52Z")
**Bewildebeest and Maus Magill** , y’all caused beer snortage. HEE! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1042 "2011-04-10T11:58:25Z")
> [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > Ask and you shall receive. 😉 > > “Get up, get up out of your chairs, go to the window, throw the window open, stick your head out and yell I’M MAD AS HELL AND I’M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!” > > Sidney Lumet, Director of American Film Classics, Dies at 86 > [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/movies/sidney-lumet-director-of-american-classics-dies-at-86.html?\_r=1](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/movies/sidney-lumet-director-of-american-classics-dies-at-86.html?_r=1) I’m **AS** mad as hell…that no one remembers this quote verbatim. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1043 "2011-04-10T12:00:23Z")
But Yes, I saw Network for the first time in the past year or two. Blew me out of the water how much they nailed it. Reminded me of Daily Show [Colbert’s This Week in God.] more than “”“real”"" news, but I couldn’t believe how topical Network remains. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1044 "2011-04-10T15:27:35Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > But Yes, I saw Network for the first time in the past year or two. Blew me out of the water how much they nailed it. Reminded me of Daily Show [Colbert’s This Week in God.] more than “”“real”“” news, but I couldn’t believe how topical Network remains. Remarkable how they channeled Fox and Glen Beck so many years ago. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1045 "2011-04-10T15:28:45Z")
[Gil Robbins, folk singer and former member of The Highwaymen, dead at 80.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110410/ap_en_ot/us_obit_gil_robbins) ---
**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:** [April 13, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1046 "2011-04-13T13:35:20Z")
This simply will not do. Beer snorting and taxes aside, the Grim Reaper appears to be on vacation, like some kind of overpaid city employee who should be denied a living wage in favor of some billionaire’s wallet. Enough is enough. If there’s not a Biblical amount of celebrity bodies by Easter, then everyone will soon be at the mercy of Cthulhu or some other Great Old One. It’s time to apease the Elder Gods and demand human sacrifice. Tie Zsa Zsa to a stake and burn the witch! ---
**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:** [April 13, 2011, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1047 "2011-04-13T14:15:18Z")
Zsa Zsa’s trying, but it’s like she’s running a three legged race with two legs missing. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1048 "2011-04-13T14:26:08Z")
I have nothing against Zsa Zsa’s leg. The trouble is, neither does she. Regards, Shodan ---
**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:** [April 13, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1049 "2011-04-13T15:04:06Z")
You mean the one in the landfill? ---
**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:** [April 14, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1050 "2011-04-14T02:56:40Z")
Promising news for [Derryn Hinch](http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/lifestyle/people/hinch-zaps-one-cancer-finds-another-20110413-1ddcx.html)…and me. ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1051 "2011-04-14T04:35:06Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > But Yes, I saw Network for the first time in the past year or two. Blew me out of the water how much they nailed it. Reminded me of Daily Show [Colbert’s This Week in God.] more than “”“real”“” news, but I couldn’t believe how topical Network remains. Yeah, I saw it within the last year, and it really is scary how prescient it was. I can imagine people seeing it years from now and wonder what the big deal about it was. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1052 "2011-04-14T13:50:39Z")
Since the Doper Grim Reapers appear to need a fix, I will post the death of [Golf Digest Co-Founder, Jack Barnett](http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-tours-news/blogs/local-knowledge/2011/04/golf-digest-co-founder-barnett-dies-at-89.html), died earlier this week at age 89. Maybe the withdrawal pains will subside for a couple of hours. I’m doing all I can. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1053 "2011-04-14T15:05:40Z")
If you were doing all you can, you would go out and kill a Celebrity. A big name one. One that would be in the headlines for weeks. Someone like Michael Jackson. Too bad OJ’s locked up. I kid, I kid. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1054 "2011-04-14T15:14:07Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > If you were doing all you can, you would go out and kill a Celebrity. Breaks rule 8 and would result in disqualification. Not that that’s the only reason not to do it. I think… ---
**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:** [April 14, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1055 "2011-04-14T15:27:26Z")
> [@Rule 8](#): > > Any poster who kills or otherwise contributes to the death of any celebrity mentioned in this thread is disqualified. You are disqualified only if you kill a celebrity mentioned in this thread. So kill one who is not mentioned in this thread, and you will not be disqualified. Granted, disqualification would be the least of your problems in such a scenerio, and I am not really encouraging it ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1056 "2011-04-14T15:29:56Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > You are disqualified only if you kill a celebrity mentioned in this thread. So kill one who is not mentioned in this thread, and you will not be disqualified. True, but if you announce the death in order to give the DP ghouls their fix, it then becomes mentioned, albeit post mortem. We many need to get SCOTUS to rule on that one. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1057 "2011-04-14T15:30:21Z")
But if someone killed a celebrity, the celebrity likely would _be_ mentioned in this thread. It’s like being on a Möbius strip! ETA: See, if **Amarone** and I both think of it, it’s not just reactionary! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1058 "2011-04-14T16:42:00Z")
Would I be DQed if I killed a celebrity that I did not pick. Suppose I want help a buddy out? I want to do good deeds for my fellow dopers. FTR, I was a former boy scout, but I never did get my merit badge for altruistic homicide. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1059 "2011-04-14T17:13:05Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > I was a former boy scout Does that mean you are no longer a former boy scout? Hey, it’s so quiet on the death front that I have to find something to do. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1060 "2011-04-14T17:59:35Z")
I guess “ **was** a **former** boy scout” is redundant. FTR, [Danny Fiszman](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8451701/Danny-Fiszman.html), a diamond dealer and part owner of a soccer team in Europe, dead at age 66. Grim Reaper is not on Holiday. Just keeping a low profile. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=52) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=54)