PM me your list of 50 names, pb.

Is he a friend of YOURS, or a friend of OURS?

The list is in my basement, filed under "wedding gifts."

I've got 2 people on my list so far...

The deadline is the end of this year right? I haven't even started.

Its due before 11:59 p.m., December 31st. There's still plenty of time to research it.

We have six participants so far*. There are a few names that appear on mostly everyone's list. TIS and I have 20 names in common, which looks like the most (in common).

There is (at least) one name so far that appears on everyone's list.

*The six, so far, are:
TIS
klydon
Beth E
dontomasso
Don Cardi
SC

Hillary?

Now there's a good side bet.




TIS

Ann Coulter. I'd like to see just that one go, and happily lose the rest of the game.

Duff or Clinton?

Eleven days left to get your lists done.

Remember, if you want to participate, PM me your list before January 1st. Please DO NOT discuss your picks in public before that.

SIX DAYS LEFT TO SUBMIT YOUR LIST

If you want to participate in the pool, PM me your list BEFORE MIDNIGHT ON DECEMBER 31ST.

I thought it would be, but I cruised through it in no time!

I actually brought this topic up with my family at Christmas dinner. My 93 year old grandmother was the most interested.

I had another name in mind (from the same genre)that we "might" all have put on our lists. I'll reveal it once SC posts our list.

Btw SC,will you be PMing us all the lists, or posting them in thread?

You know what's kind of weird? How do we react when someone on our lists passes away? Somehow cheering doesn't quite seem appropriate ya know?

SC, you and I have 20 names the same???? Well if that twenty goes, and we tie, do we have a run-off?

TIS

I'll post everyone's lists in this thread.



You post the standard "R.I.P." message, say something nice about them and (privately) go "WoooHooo".



Popguns at 20 paces.

Dunno why, but I find this funny. God bless her!

ANyone have Benazir Bhutto on their 2008 list?

DT,

I wondered the same thing. I did NOT have her on my list. I assume if I did, I'd simply add another name and cross her off.

Gee, this kind of death is sad. We never know what's gonna happen and/or who's gonna die in the coming year do we?


TIS

Nobody had her on their list.

BTW - We now have seven participants (Geoff joined a few days ago).

Also, if someone else "famous" dies before New Year's, and they're on someone's list, they should NOT be counted, and that participant should not be allowed to make a substitution on their list. However, since this was not pointed out before some lists were submitted, we'll have to allow a substitution to be made.

Last year, when I was making my list for 2007, I had included Gerald Ford. Ford died on December 26th, so he wasn't eligible for the list, but I hadn't submitted my list yet (so I was able to make a substitution).

So again, IF you have a name that dies before New Year's, that name won't count as a 2008 death BUT you will be allowed to substitute another name for your list.

That's good news. But now I have to root for a premature demise because I thought of a good one that I neglected to include in my list.

Good luck to all, both the participants and those, whose names appear on their lists.

I have thought of a bunch since I sent in my list, and I did hedge with some younger people as someone suggested, but if anyone buys the farm between now and next week, I guess we can make revisions. I think I had everyone in the middle east except Bhutto.

TWO DAYS LEFT IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE

Your list of 50 names must be submitted before midnight on New Year's. PM your list to me.

Random Dead Pool Whoring

What if six months go by and nobody gets to scratch a name off their list? Bummer!!! It seems to me, to even get 3 names in a year is good, no?


TIS

Geez, TIS, you can't wait for them to die!!

A lot of us seven in this group have common names and I'd be very surprised if a few of those names don't buy the farm in '08.

The group I'm in now (for 2007) has the leader with 14 "kills". I have eight this year.

You better get busy. You only have a few days left.

Did the leader get any long-shot picks right, like, of anyone under 65? Sixty-five is my youngest pick, the rest are way older than that. I was only looking at "natural causes" I guess...

Logically and realistically I would think the majority of those who pass away in any given year will be older. However, there are always the people who may have had health problems, drug problems, suicidal etc. that has no age limit, that could also meet their demise.

Also, let's not forget those that come as a total shock be it for whatever reason the pass away. Every year that happens (i.e. Anna Nicole Smith and the wrestler who recently passed away)

TIS

I love that smile at the end!

Ha ha ha!!!I really didn't realize I put that in such an inappropriate spot. That's terrible.


TIS