# 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:** 38
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/741 "2012-01-22T00:50:39Z")
70 ghouls picked Etta James 47 ghouls picked JoePa Whoever picked both (raises hand joyfully) should be in a tie for second. How big will that two way tie be assuming JoePa will kick the bucket soon? ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/742 "2012-01-22T00:51:46Z")
I thought I had JoePa but I checked and he was on my alternate list. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/743 "2012-01-22T01:04:24Z")
> [@freckafree](#): > > I thought I had JoePa but I checked and he was on my alternate list. :mad: I had to kick him off my list! ---
**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:** [January 22, 2012, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/744 "2012-01-22T01:07:19Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > 70 ghouls picked Etta James > 47 ghouls picked JoePa > > Whoever picked both (raises hand joyfully) should be in a tie for second. > > How big will that two way tie be assuming JoePa will kick the bucket soon? Not so fast, big boy … The 6 of us currently in first who did not pick JoePa will still be tied for 2nd. Bill Janklow was 72. You are actually wondering about how big the tie for 8th would be. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/745 "2012-01-22T01:21:49Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > I didn’t think it would be this quick. The day he was fired, I put him on my list. I knew that he wouldn’t last long with nothing to get up for in the mornings. I didn’t even know he was sick at that time. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/746 "2012-01-22T01:24:33Z")
> [@Registered\_at\_Last](#): > > Not so fast, big boy … The 6 of us currently in first who did not pick JoePa will still be tied for 2nd. Bill Janklow was 72. You are actually wondering about how big the tie for 8th would be. 😕 :eek: :smack: pfoooey. I was thinking you ghouls did not have Etta James. Damn you ghouls 1. 42Fish (who had EJ, BJ and JoePa) T2 5 others (who had EJ and BJ) T7 shitload of others (who had EJ and JoePa including yours truly) Tx bunch of others who EJ only Ty boatload of other who had JoePa only Assuming JoePa dies soon. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/747 "2012-01-22T02:16:39Z")
Count 'em up! [Joe Paterno dies at 85](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20563737,00.html) ---
**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:** [January 22, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/748 "2012-01-22T02:17:58Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > 70 ghouls picked Etta James > 47 ghouls picked JoePa > > Whoever picked both (raises hand joyfully) should be in a tie for second. > > How big will that two way tie be assuming JoePa will kick the bucket soon? We seem to have attracted some riff-raff. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/749 "2012-01-22T02:21:41Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > [Joe Paterno dies at 85](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20563737,00.html) More recent reports are upgrading his condition to “alive”. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/750 "2012-01-22T02:22:42Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > More recent reports are upgrading his condition to “alive”. Yes, I was just coming back in to report that. He’s only “mostly dead,” it seems. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/751 "2012-01-22T02:23:39Z")
2 down 11 to go. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/752 "2012-01-22T02:33:02Z")
As I said upthread, if Paterno dies before any other selected celebrity, it will be 42fish in sole possession of first place. There will be a five way tie for second place(the other five who had Etta and Janklow) Then there’s a twenty-nine way tie for 7th place, those who had Paterno and Etta Following them there’s a 35 way tie for 36th place, those having only Etta Jame. In a 17 way tie for 71st place are those who have only Paterno. Then there’s the rest of you losers. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/753 "2012-01-22T02:59:12Z")
Paterno is like Schrodingers cat. Is he alive or is he dead? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/754 "2012-01-22T03:23:11Z")
I’m not opening _that_ box. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2012, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/755 "2012-01-22T04:54:23Z")
Do I get extra points if he dies more than once? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/756 "2012-01-22T06:28:41Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Paterno is like Schrodingers cat. > > Is he alive or is he dead? It’s hard to tell. Authorities have left the room rather than report on the situation. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/757 "2012-01-22T11:24:22Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Do I get extra points if he dies more than once? I’m pretty sure I have Paterno, so I like this idea! ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/758 "2012-01-22T12:39:08Z")
I had to go look but I had joe Pa as an alternate. I feared I would have to say “I lost my virginity to Joe Paterno”. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/759 "2012-01-22T14:46:28Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > I’m pretty sure I have Paterno, so I like this idea! Riff-Raff. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/760 "2012-01-22T14:58:35Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Riff-Raff. > > 🙂 I’m missing the joke. Help a girl out? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=37) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=39)