2013 Death Pool

[smackaholic]

Hugo Chavez-Cancer
Lindsey Lohan-OD
Jerry Sandusky-shiv
Aretha Franklin-heart attack
Syrian President Assad-Lead poisoning

[Smackie Chan]

George H.W. Bush - Pneumonia
Zsa Zsa Gabor - Heart Failure
Margaret Thatcher - Alzheimer's
Penny Marshall - Cancer
Kanye West - Puncture wound

[Wolfman]

Stan Lee--ink poisoning
John Madden-- plane crash hitting his bus
Mohammed Morsi---"lead poisoning"
Barbara Bush-- stroke, beating her husband to the finish line
Bob Newhart--laughed to death

[smackaholic]

George H.W. Bush - Pneumonia
Zsa Zsa Gabor - Heart Failure
Margaret Thatcher - Alzheimer's
Penny Marshall - Cancer
Kanye West - Puncture wound

dude, Penny stared down Bsmack and told him to fukk the fukk off. I'm pretty sure that makes her immortal.

[smackaholic]

Check out Chip Ali calling rounds. There should be some sort of bonus for calling the month.

[BSmack]

Stephen Hawking - ALS
Jim Calhoun - Heart Failure
Ronnie Biggs - Stroke
William "The Refrigerator" Perry - Diabetes
Fats Domino - Congestive Heart Failure

Oh, and thanks for taking Penny from my clutches Smackie.

Humbly checked and edited.

[Wolfman]

FYI: .net has bonus points for the month.

Also for Bri--smackaholic has Aretha.

[missjo]

Nelson Mandela - old age
Prince Phillip - old age
Margaret Thatcher - Old age/ Alzheimer related
Macaulay Caulkin - Drug OD
Ali Lohan - Drug OD

[Cuda]

FYI: .net has bonus points for the month.

Also for Bri--smackaholic has Aretha.

and KC Scott already took Cassius Clay

[Wolfman]

Can different posters take credit for people who changed their names ? We need a challenge ruling on this.

[H4ever]

1. Fidel Castro Cancer
2. Jimmy Carter Cancer
3. Hugo Chavez Cancer
4. Muhammed Ali Alzheimers
5. Lyndsay Lohan overdose

[ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2]

Jim Calhoun - Heart Failure

Interesting. The obvious choice would be some sort of cancer (he's survived both prostate and lung cancer thus far.)

[War Wagon]

FYI: .net has bonus points for the month.

I guess they're somewhat more pathetic than T1B then.

Here's an idea... why don't you clowns who get some perverse jollies from participating in a death pool first predict the date of your own.... and then make it happen sooner rather than later.

How many "bonus points" is that worth?

Idiots.

[R-Jack]

Wags - severe butt hurt

[smackaholic]

1. Fidel Castro Cancer
2. Jimmy Carter Cancer
3. Hugo Chavez Cancer
4. Muhammed Ali Alzheimers
5. Lyndsay Lohan overdose

try again, douchebag. 4 of 5 are off the board, jimmah may be as well.

[Terry in Crapchester]

Most of my picks from the previous thread are off the board already.

Glen Campbell -- Alzheimer's
Michael Douglas -- Cancer
Bobby Brown -- Accidental Drug Overdose
Denis Leary -- Lung Cancer
Ronnie Lott -- Suicide

[The Seer]

Jim McMahon - dementia
Ozzie Osborne - Liver raised white flag
Keith Richards - see above
Dick Cheney - hardware malfunction
Mary Tyler Moore - diabetes related


Re: Don't know if the death pool has started.
by The Seer » Thu Dec 20, 2012 6:48 pm

Zsa Zsa Gabor
Jim McMahon
Ozzie Osborne
Dick Cheney
Mary Tyler Moore

[Smackie Chan]

why don't you clowns who get some perverse jollies from participating in a death pool first predict the date of your own

OK...4/20/2061

.... and then make it happen sooner rather than later.

If I make it happen sooner, I'll miss my prediction. What's the point in that?

Why the hate for death pool participants? Sure, it's a bit morbid, but let's face it - everyone dies, participating in the pool doesn't hasten anyone's demise, no one (even the "winner") benefits from playing, nor does anyone suffer any consequences as a result, so it's all just good, clean fun. What's not to love?

[ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2]

Scott Pioli -- bends down to pick up a "rogue" gum wrapper, then falls down a flight of stairs, breaking his neck.





How do you like the game now, Wags?

[Terry in Crapchester]

Here's an idea... why don't you clowns who get some perverse jollies from participating in a death pool first predict the date of your own....

I've got it narrowed down to a year. Sometime between 8/26/2034 and 8/25/2035.

[Smackie Chan]

no one (even the "winner") benefits from playing

What? The winner doesn't get an urn of ashes or a grim reaper poster?!?!

Not sure. Ask BSmack. I assume he won last year's. Have results been tallied yet?

[Van]

Ronnie Lott -- Suicide

Fucker.

[LTS TRN 2]

Exactly. Of all the lie downs listed, Ronnie Lott is the curve ball in the bunch. Unless the post-traumatic bell ringing has precluded his pooning, he's doing pretty good for guy missing half a finger.

[Terry in Crapchester]

Ronnie Lott -- Suicide

Fucker.

Ronnie Lott is one of my all-time favorites. He was a teammate of Joe Montana's, remember?

I was just following through on the trend of defensive big hitters in recent years -- first Dave Duerson, then Junior Seau.

Besides, I prolly wouldn't have had to dig that deep if people hadn't stolen my Mubarak and Poppy Bush picks from the previous thread. :brad:

[MiketheangrydrunkenCUfan]

Matt Pike - drug overdose
Merle Haggard - cancer
Adam "Pacman" Jones - gunshot
Jake "The Snake" Roberts - liver failure
Todd Thompson - tsunami victim

[Smackie Chan]

Margaret Thatcher - Alzheimer's

I believe it was an Alzheimer's-related stroke what got the Iron Lady. At least that's my unofficial preliminary CoD.

[Terry in Crapchester]

Check out Chip Ali calling rounds. There should be some sort of bonus for calling the month.

Don't know about all that, although he was only a few days off on Annette Funicello.

And while no one is pulling a BSmack so far, Chip has the early lead, with two of his selections (Roger Ebert and Annette Funicello) already having bitten the dust.

Using the old scoring method, i.e., 100 - age = base score + 10 point bonus for correct cause of death, here are the standings so far, IIRC:

JSC810: 80 points (Roger Ebert 30 + 10, Annette Funicello 30 + 10)
Smackaholic: 42 points (Hugo Chavez 42, no bonus since cause of death was a heart attack)
Smackie Chan: 23 points (Margaret Thatcher 13 + 10).

Nobody else on the board yet.

I gave Maggie to Smackie rather than missjo since Smackie posted first.

[smackaholic]

That's bullshit on not giving me the bonus for Hugo. Dude died because he had cancer. It may have technically been a heart attack, but, that's the way cancer rolls. It never gets the score, just the assist. I doubt anyone has ever actually died from cancer. They always die because something else fails because it was weakened by cancer. The same as anyone dying of old age.

[Van]

I doubt anyone has ever actually died from cancer.

[R-Jack]

I doubt anyone has ever actually died from cancer.

You're the fucking genius that put it down as the cause of death.

[Shlomart Ben Yisrael]

I doubt anyone has ever actually died from cancer.

No one has ever died from getting shot. It's the loss of blood that follows that is generally the killer.

[smackaholic]

I doubt anyone has ever actually died from cancer.

You're the fucking genius that put it down as the cause of death.

My point is that of course cancer is responsible for the deaths, but the direct cause is something else such as a heart attack, apparently in Hugo's case.

So gimme my mofukkin' points!