# The Celebrity Death Pool 2012 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2011, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679 "2011-12-01T06:00:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 133
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2642 "2012-10-31T23:10:08Z")
3 cheers for **Baker** volunteering again! ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2643 "2012-10-31T23:28:48Z")
Yay, **Baker**! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2644 "2012-11-01T01:15:10Z")
I 4th \*\*Baker’\*\*s 2nd term as Death Mistress. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2645 "2012-11-01T01:26:05Z")
One more vote here for Baker! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2646 "2012-11-01T01:32:39Z")
My inner 11-year-old finds it funny I’m in 69th place… 😃 And yay for Baker being Deathmistress again! ---
**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:** [November 1, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2647 "2012-11-01T01:36:36Z")
I like cookies and I like the idea of Baker being our Death Mistress again. Thanks for all your work on this! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2648 "2012-11-01T01:39:00Z")
**Baker** -I’m partial to chocolate chip or oatmeal raisin. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2649 "2012-11-01T02:05:01Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > 3 cheers for **Baker** volunteering again! The Cute One cannot be wrong! ---
**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:** [November 1, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2650 "2012-11-01T02:13:53Z")
Did all those folks at 57th, 65-2-0 have the same picks? 27th…I am wearing a bag over my head. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2651 "2012-11-01T02:20:26Z")
Yep, those were all Robin Gibbs and Etta James pickers. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2652 "2012-11-01T02:28:00Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Yep, those were all Robin Gibbs and Etta James pickers. Christ, I liked Etta James and Koko Taylor too much to pick them. That will teach me. At Last. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2653 "2012-11-01T02:35:54Z")
Am I the only one with my combo? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2654 "2012-11-01T09:17:45Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Am I the only one with my combo? Yep! ---
**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:** [November 1, 2012, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2655 "2012-11-01T10:17:38Z")
Yay for **Baker** continuing to be our DeathMistress! Also, and I know this personally, yay for **Baker** cookies! They’re the bestest! ---
**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:** [November 1, 2012, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2656 "2012-11-01T12:46:06Z")
Ooo - Cookies. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2657 "2012-11-01T13:06:16Z")
Hooray for **Baker**! Thanks for doing an awesome job! BTW winning ghouls love cookies too 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Quarter\_Lane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c68b51/32.png) [@Quarter\_Lane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quarter_Lane)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2658 "2012-11-01T13:39:03Z")
Hee hee. I’m so awesome I’m in 34th place and 122nd place simultaneously. Oh, wait. I guess if I really were awesome I’d figure out how to be 1st and 2nd. Maybe I can split my personality and submit two lists next year? No? didn’t think so. (mmmmm. Cookies. I vote yes to cookies.) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2659 "2012-11-01T19:33:00Z")
> [@Quarter\_Lane](#): > > Hee hee. I’m so awesome I’m in 34th place and 122nd place simultaneously. Oh, wait. I guess if I really were awesome I’d figure out how to be 1st and 2nd. Maybe I can split my personality and submit two lists next year? No? didn’t think so. > > (mmmmm. Cookies. I vote yes to cookies.) Oops, I’ll get that changed when I get home. I’m glad I have you folks to look out for me. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2660 "2012-11-01T19:39:02Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > This was my first year, and I would like to be DeathMistress again. Does anyone have any problems with this? I have very big thought on this. Baker should do it again. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2661 "2012-11-01T19:44:09Z")
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