January 2, 2008 - The Dead Pool
Now that we are into 2008, I can reveal my entries into this year’s DERBY DEAD POOL.
Some blokes in the UK run the Derby Dead Pool. It is an online competition to guess which famous people won't make it to the end of the current year
You list 20 people that you think will die in 2008. The winner last year correctly predicted 10 of his 20 celebrity deaths. You get points based on how they die and how old they were at the time of their death.
SCORING:
The value of the basic death depends on the person's age:
18-29 years: 12 points
30-49 years: 10 points
50-59 years: 9 points
60-69 years: 8 points
70-79 years: 7 points
80-89 years: 6 points
90-99 years: 5 points
100-109 years: 4 points
110+ years: 3 points
On top of this, bonus points are awarded as follows:
Unique pick: +3 if you were the only competitor to pick that person.
Unlucky 13: +2 for a celeb who dies on the 13th of any month.
Unnatural causes: +3 for murder, suicide or accident (but not State executions).
Party pooper: +5 for a celeb who dies on their birthday or Xmas Day.
I had Benazir Bhutto on my 2008 list, but she went four days too early. I struggled on whether to add Ernest Borgnine or Britney Spears.
This year I have 2 entries:
Entry #1 – 1 DEAD IN OHIO
1. John Travolta – flies his own plane (think John Denver)
2. Daniel Baldwin – least talented Baldwin brother, also recently pissed off Alec
3. Duane (Dog the Bounty Hunter) Chapman – his luck will run out, possibly at hands of his own family
4. Steven Fossett – missing for months, but not LEGALLY dead
5. John Paul Stevens – oldest Supreme Court Judge, never read Pelican Brief
6. Wilford Brimley - Heavy-set, superbly-mustachioed US actor in TV, films & commercials, looks 93, is only 73.
7. Bobby Brown – ex-husband of Whitney Houston, been in and out of rehab and jail
8. Zsa Zsa Gabor - Nine-times married, cop-slapping actress. Was in a coma for a while after a collision between her car and a lamp-post on Hollywood's Sunset Boulevard in November 2002. I’m not sure if she ever really emerged from coma.
9. Rev. Billy Graham –will turn 90 in 2008. He was on my 2007 list.
10. Lindsay Lohen – was in and out of Betty Ford more times than Gerald Ford (before he died)
11. Perez Musharraf – he can’t run and he can’t hide forever. He survives assassination attempts as if they were mosquito attacks.
12. Ashley Olsen – possible anorexia or high wind victim
13. I.M. Pei –91 year old architect. He was on my 2007 list.
14. Dick Clark – I get extra points if he dies AS the ball drops on December 31
15. Oral Roberts – will be 90 in 2008
16. Phyllis Diller - will be 140 in 2008
17. Richard Simmons - OK this one is a reach, but I feel lucky.
18. Snoop Dogg – over exposed rapper, has already outlasted most rapper actuarial tables
19. Chris Hanson – will star posthumously in “To Catch A Predator and the Guy That Killed That Smug Host”
20. Britney Spears – dah?
Tomorrow I will post my second entry: 2 Sick Not 2 Quit
Some blokes in the UK run the Derby Dead Pool. It is an online competition to guess which famous people won't make it to the end of the current year
You list 20 people that you think will die in 2008. The winner last year correctly predicted 10 of his 20 celebrity deaths. You get points based on how they die and how old they were at the time of their death.
SCORING:
The value of the basic death depends on the person's age:
18-29 years: 12 points
30-49 years: 10 points
50-59 years: 9 points
60-69 years: 8 points
70-79 years: 7 points
80-89 years: 6 points
90-99 years: 5 points
100-109 years: 4 points
110+ years: 3 points
On top of this, bonus points are awarded as follows:
Unique pick: +3 if you were the only competitor to pick that person.
Unlucky 13: +2 for a celeb who dies on the 13th of any month.
Unnatural causes: +3 for murder, suicide or accident (but not State executions).
Party pooper: +5 for a celeb who dies on their birthday or Xmas Day.
I had Benazir Bhutto on my 2008 list, but she went four days too early. I struggled on whether to add Ernest Borgnine or Britney Spears.
This year I have 2 entries:
Entry #1 – 1 DEAD IN OHIO
1. John Travolta – flies his own plane (think John Denver)
2. Daniel Baldwin – least talented Baldwin brother, also recently pissed off Alec
3. Duane (Dog the Bounty Hunter) Chapman – his luck will run out, possibly at hands of his own family
4. Steven Fossett – missing for months, but not LEGALLY dead
5. John Paul Stevens – oldest Supreme Court Judge, never read Pelican Brief
6. Wilford Brimley - Heavy-set, superbly-mustachioed US actor in TV, films & commercials, looks 93, is only 73.
7. Bobby Brown – ex-husband of Whitney Houston, been in and out of rehab and jail
8. Zsa Zsa Gabor - Nine-times married, cop-slapping actress. Was in a coma for a while after a collision between her car and a lamp-post on Hollywood's Sunset Boulevard in November 2002. I’m not sure if she ever really emerged from coma.
9. Rev. Billy Graham –will turn 90 in 2008. He was on my 2007 list.
10. Lindsay Lohen – was in and out of Betty Ford more times than Gerald Ford (before he died)
11. Perez Musharraf – he can’t run and he can’t hide forever. He survives assassination attempts as if they were mosquito attacks.
12. Ashley Olsen – possible anorexia or high wind victim
13. I.M. Pei –91 year old architect. He was on my 2007 list.
14. Dick Clark – I get extra points if he dies AS the ball drops on December 31
15. Oral Roberts – will be 90 in 2008
16. Phyllis Diller - will be 140 in 2008
17. Richard Simmons - OK this one is a reach, but I feel lucky.
18. Snoop Dogg – over exposed rapper, has already outlasted most rapper actuarial tables
19. Chris Hanson – will star posthumously in “To Catch A Predator and the Guy That Killed That Smug Host”
20. Britney Spears – dah?
Tomorrow I will post my second entry: 2 Sick Not 2 Quit
Labels: Dead Pool
posted by J. Jay @ 11:52 AM
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2 Comments:
Dick Clark looked dead the other night.
Nice call on Britney. You may be on quota by the end of teh month.
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