15 September
Nobody sends baby to the coroner!
Patrick Swayze has finally stopped teasing us, dropping a generous 43 points into the pot for Simone, Dave, Holly, Philippa, Mike, Mary, Hayden and Richie. You can see now why next year I’ll be enforcing a ‘no duplicates’ rule. So much glory just shouldn’t be shared among so many.
Will update the scoreboard later today. In the meantime, start working on your picks for next year. I’ll be opening the tote earlier than usual this year, and it’ll be a first-come-first-served affair. Don’t say I didn’t warn you!
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26 August
So long, Teddy – we hardly knew ye.
23 points to Kirsten, BJ, Neil and Mary. Diddley squat for me.
You may note that Ted Kennedy is the second pony I dropped from my picks at the start of the year, but the first one to point it out loses all their points for the year. The judge has spoken. I AM THE LAW!
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26 June
Outstanding! MJ and Farrah drop 88 points into the pot in just a few hours. Most generous.
Putz of the Day award goes to yours truly for ignoring the age-old advice of always going with your gut. Looking back to December’s kick-off email, my original picks were:
1. Imran Khan
2. Amy Winehouse
3. Ted Kennedy
4. Kirk Douglas
5. Fidel Castro
6. Kim Jong-il
7. Nancy Reagan
8. Margaret Thatcher
9. Phyllis Diller
10. Farah Fawcett
Compare that list with what you see below. See anything missing? Knowing my luck Phyllis Diller will croak any day now too. *sigh*
Oh well, congrats and points to (draws deep breath):
Picked MJ, 50 pts: BJ, Michelle, Dave, Shannon, Lorraine, Hayden
Picked Farrah, 38 pts: Simone, Mike
Nobody hit the double so it’s still anybody’s race. Good luck and happy hunting!
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5 January
I’ve had a few late entries come in over the past few days, and in my infinite benevolence I’ve decided to keep the tote open until the end of January to cater for all you lucky buggers taking extended vacations. However, out of consideration for those who managed to get their picks in on time, I’m placing an additional restriction on latecomers:
From here on in, only new ponies will be accepted. If somebody else has already picked him or her, tough shit – you should have gotten in earlier
I’m actually considering applying a first-in-first-served, no duplicates rule for the entire pool in 2010. It hardly seems fair that people who get their picks in good and early have to share the points and glory with the vultures who come in late and seem to just grab the likeliest candidates from other people’s picks. Then again, is not a dead pool by its very nature all about rewarding vultures and carrion-like behavior? Leave it with me and we’ll thrash out a ruling over the year.
The judge has spoken. I AM THE LAW!
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1 January
Righto! 2009 is off with a hiss and a roar, so here’s hoping for a bumper crop. Thanks to all who got their picks to me good and early. I’m feeling benevolent, so will keep the tote open a while longer. Be warned though, that I’m taking a hard line on rule #3: Ponies must be famous or infamous.
The following picks have been disallowed under rule #3 and will earn zero points, kudos or bragging rights should they pop their clogs sometime during the next 365 days:
- Graham Burton
- Rose Porteous
- Muntadharal al-Zeidi
The judge has spoken. I AM THE LAW!
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16 December
Is it really that time again? Santa Claus will be back in just a few days, yet it seems like days since he last did the rounds. Maybe that’s because the year is normally punctuated by the grim reaper swinging in every few weeks to work on the Oscar Show’s memorial reel, but the crop this year has been abysmal. Four Five** lousy hits? Pathetic.
**December 18: Mark ‘Deep Throat’ Felt breaks James’s duck with an early Christmas present of 5 points. A Christmas miracle? (Howdy Ho!)
Anyhoo, we can but hope for better next year, and some of this year’s form ponies still look like they’re circling the drain so (touch wood) we may be in for a bumper harvest. Get me your picks asap (fill in the form below) and let’s get ‘09 off with a hiss and a roar (hopefully followed by a bunch of obituary specials on E!).
It’s simple:
- Pick 10 celebs you think will kick the bucket next year.
- Send them to me (the names, not the celebs themselves – with the possible exception of Pauley Perrete. If you have Pauley Perrete, let me know and I will break my ‘keep those crazy bastards away from me’ rule and send you my home address). All other entries must be delivered to me via email. If you can’t figure out how to get an email to me, please stop right now. You are too stupid to take part in my beloved dead pool.
- When some lucky punter’s pony ’shuffles off their mortal coil’, they receive (100- the pony’s age) points.
- Ten ponies per player. Period.
- Ponies must be alive at 0001hrs CST on Jan 1, 2009. If you picked Ed Hilary or Charlton Heston stiff shit.
- Ponies must be famous or infamous: Dana Reeve wasn’t, Maddox Jolie isn’t
- Points are allocated by the formula (100 – age at death)
- The pony has to be declared dead to score. Brain death isn’t enough… someone has to pull the plug.
- Two categories: Most hits and Most points
- No prizes shall be awarded, but all will acknowledge the winner to be the “Most Cynical Bastard”, who may use the initials “MCB” after their name in perpetuity
- Scoring ends 2359hrs CST Dec 31, 2009
- The ultimate source of truth is the Dead People Server
- If you decide to *ahem* take matters into your own hands, the points DO count. However, I can’t promise not to squeal when the cops come a-knocking. I’m too young and pretty to go to prison. Maybe one of those white-collar-conjugal-visit prisons, but certainly not a blue-collar-pound-me-in-the-ass prison. No way, no how.
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SCOREBOARD
Stu (0)
Kirsten (23)
Simonne (81)
Andrew H (0)
Sian (0)
BJ (73)
Cam (0)
Michelle (50)
Neil (23)
Graeme (0)
Margaret (0)
Holly (43)
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Dave (93)
Philippa (43)
Mike (81)
Mary (66)
Andrew G (0)
Jon (0)
Sam (0)
Shannon (50)
Des (0)
Lorraine (50)
Hayden (93)
Sarah D (0)
Richard N (43)
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