# 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:** 88
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1742 "2011-07-15T17:13:02Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Which means that more than half the entrants have now scored points this year. Not the good half. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1743 "2011-07-15T17:55:21Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Not the good half. There’s a Good Half? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1744 "2011-07-15T19:01:56Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > There’s a Good Half? “good” as in “cool” “hip” “best”; not as in the antonym to evil 😉 (where’s the devil smiley when you need him?) ---
**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:** [July 15, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1745 "2011-07-15T19:13:08Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > “good” as in “cool” “hip” “best”; not as in the antonym to evil But everyone knows that Good is Dumb and Evile is Cool. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1746 "2011-07-15T19:30:47Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > But everyone knows that Good is Dumb and Evile is Cool. > 😕 Evil is not cool. Chaotic Mischief is cool. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1747 "2011-07-15T19:50:47Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Evil is not cool. Chaotic Mischief is cool. So Evile is, what, chopped liver? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1748 "2011-07-15T20:01:04Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > So Evile is, what, chopped liver? [yes](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3286/2647030704_10b5496bb0.jpg). (or maybe it’s the other way around?) (jk - love the stuff) ---
**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:** [July 15, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1749 "2011-07-15T20:13:19Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > [yes](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3286/2647030704_10b5496bb0.jpg). My Dog Likes this (thumbs up) ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1750 "2011-07-17T02:23:59Z")
Pretty sure nobody had her but [Googie Withers](http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/jul/16/googie-withers-obituary) has passed away at the age of 94. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1751 "2011-07-17T18:04:38Z")
Mubarak is reported to be in a coma. Does anybody have him? He is 83. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1752 "2011-07-17T18:09:45Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Mubarak is reported to be in a coma. Does anybody have him? He is 83. Unique pick for **Maus Magill**. ---
**Author:** ![Critical\_Mass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@Critical\_Mass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical_Mass)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1753 "2011-07-17T19:09:12Z")
And Mubarak is now [awake.](http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/07/17/egypt.mubarak/index.html?hpt=hp_p1) > [@](#): > > He is now stable after suffering a coma that did not last long Sorry, no points there. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1754 "2011-07-17T20:26:14Z")
that was no coma - that was a nap ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1755 "2011-07-17T20:35:10Z")
Effin’ tease. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1756 "2011-07-17T21:21:00Z")
He is almost dead. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1757 "2011-07-17T21:42:53Z")
Aren’t we all? ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1758 "2011-07-17T22:13:06Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Effin’ tease. I prefer his tease to Ariel Sharon’s. At least Mubarak had the decency to wake up if he’s not going to die. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1759 "2011-07-17T22:35:48Z")
Maus Magill has Mubarak Well, I should have looked upthread first before posting this. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1760 "2011-07-18T13:22:40Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > He is almost dead. He and Sharon have been almost dead for years now. I wish they’d get. On with it. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1761 "2011-07-19T10:59:42Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > He and Sharon have been almost dead for years now. I wish they’d get. On with it. ah, that may well be but Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=87) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=89)