Celebrity Death Pool

_blank_ · 17-06-2008 01:43PM #1

Would anyone be interested in joining, or helping to set up, a Celebrity Death Pool on Boards.ie?

What is it?

Well, simple really. If you join you predict two celebrities who will die within the next year.

But I could pick someone really old...

Yes, you could, but this is a game which involves point scoring, which is yet to be worked out, but could go something like this:

>80 = 1 Point (ie Pope Benedict XVI)
Has a Terminal Illness, already diagnosed (ie Patrick Swayze) = 1 Point
>65 = 5 Points
> 50 = 10 Points
> 40 = 15 Points
> 30 = 25 Points
>20 = 35 Points
0-20 = 50 Points

So, anyone interested?

Sabre0001 · 17-06-2008 01:47PM

Someones been watching CSI re-runs...

Seems terribly morbid though and I don't think I could be waiting for the news HOPING that someone would kick the bucket.

(Remember though - it's cheating to murder them yourself!

)

beautiation · 17-06-2008 01:48PM

What if Maddy is confirmed dead but they don't know when she died?
If that doesn't count I'll have:
Ted Kennedy
Bobby Robson

Nichololas · 17-06-2008 01:53PM

Made one at the start of the year, here's hoping Britney Spears dies within in the next 5 days.. :pac:

c - 13 · 17-06-2008 01:56PM

There was one run about a year or two ago on here, I missed out on getting my steve irwin points by a couple of days. Talk about gutted.

I think the way it was scored last time was you couldnt pick someone diagnosed with a life threatening condition already and that the score for the person was 100 - Persons age = Score. Person with the highest points = winner.

Keano · 17-06-2008 02:00PM

I'll take Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty.

Easy points.

token56 · 17-06-2008 02:02PM

Your Ma, because shes a celebrity in my bed.

Sorry had to be done carry on.

Miguel_Sanchez · 17-06-2008 02:16PM

Does dead on the inside count at all?

Quality · 17-06-2008 02:19PM

That is a terrible idea.:eek:

Send it to Lolocaust.

c - 13 · 17-06-2008 02:31PM

Quality wrote: »

That is a terrible idea.:eek:

Send it to Lolocaust.

If its good enough for Harry Callahan to work on then god-dammit its good enough for after hours.

Kold · 17-06-2008 02:39PM

I think there should be some sort of odds system. Maybe we could get Paddy Powers in?

Ill go with: Osama Bin Laden and let's say... Brandon Flowers (who I'd be happy to see die)

humanji · 17-06-2008 02:46PM

c - 13 wrote: »

If its good enough for Harry Callahan to work on then god-dammit its good enough for after hours.

Amen to that!

I'm doing one on another forum where you pick 10 people. Makes it more interesting. I have Britney down for a murder/suicide with her kids, but she doesn't seem to be as nuts anymore

c - 13 · 17-06-2008 02:53PM

humanji wrote: »

Amen to that!

I'm doing one on another forum where you pick 10 people. Makes it more interesting. I have Britney down for a murder/suicide with her kids, but she doesn't seem to be as nuts anymore

Actually is there more points if you get the way they die correct as well ? Also i'd prefer 10 as well. Though i'm having problems coming up with one at the moment.

17-06-2008 03:00PM

Frank Skinner had a great skit on this years ago. 'Twas feckin hilarious.....

It went along the lines of:

"The amount of money I've seen thrown away on the Queen Mother.....oooh....and of course once you back her you'll always have to keep backing her.......'same again this year Joe?'........'I s'pose so, she has to drop some time'......she's a bit like Spain in football tournaments that way"

Of course now she's dead it's not quite the same.

Anyway, I'll take David Attenbrough and Fidel Castro

Gone West · 17-06-2008 03:08PM

mordeth and winters
*gets spade*

I pick Stan Winston.

elmolesto · 17-06-2008 03:20PM

DesF wrote: »

Would anyone be interested in joining, or helping to set up, a Celebrity Death Pool on Boards.ie?

What is it?

Well, simple really. If you join you predict two celebrities who will die within the next year.

But I could pick someone really old...

Yes, you could, but this is a game which involves point scoring, which is yet to be worked out, but could go something like this:

>80 = 1 Point (ie Pope Benedict XVI)
Has a Terminal Illness, already diagnosed (ie Patrick Swayze) = 1 Point
>65 = 5 Points
> 50 = 10 Points
> 40 = 15 Points
> 30 = 25 Points
>20 = 35 Points
0-20 = 50 Points

So, anyone interested?

I'm interested. The point system makes sense.

My picks are :

Amy winehouse
Lewis Hamilton

chuci · 17-06-2008 03:36PM

im in id have to go with amy whinehouse, pete doherty, and amys husband bake thing-a-ma-gigy and throw in a britney spears too.

Dudess · 17-06-2008 03:41PM

I seem to have a particular "gift" not unrelated to this topic: the night before Johnny Cash died, I was talking about him with my brother; a few hours before Nina Simone died, I was talking about her with a mate; the night before Charlton Heston died, I was talking about him with my mum.

_blank_ · 17-06-2008 03:42PM

Dudess wrote: »

I seem to have a particular "gift" not unrelated to this topic: the night before Johnny Cash died, I was talking about him with my brother; a few hours before Nina Simone died, I was talking about her with a mate; the night before Charlton Heston died, I was talking about him with my mum.

Don't you ever talk about me.

EVER.:mad::mad:

c - 13 · 17-06-2008 03:43PM

Shit your a dead cert to win then Dudess

Ill get my coat

Dudess · 17-06-2008 03:45PM

DesF wrote: »

Don't you ever talk about me.

EVER.:mad::mad:

Well at least I seem to only kill people who are fairly old and have lived their life...

_feedback_ · 17-06-2008 03:51PM

token56 wrote: »

Your Ma, because shes a celebrity in my bed.

Sorry had to be done carry on.

Yeah, yore ma had to be done alright.

Pity though, she was rubbish.

GirlInterrupted · 17-06-2008 03:55PM

I can see how this would be fun alright, but I wouldn't ever want to be glad someone died because it proved me right.......and I would be:)

_feedback_ · 17-06-2008 03:58PM

On topic though, If there were 10 to choose, I'd choose a load of 1 point terminally ill people. That way I'm almost guaranteed to get 7/8 points. Everyone else is still lagging behind going on the young healthy folk getting hit by a bus theory.

1. Ronnie Drew

Dizzyblonde · 17-06-2008 04:25PM

Dudess wrote: »

I seem to have a particular "gift" not unrelated to this topic: the night before Johnny Cash died, I was talking about him with my brother; a few hours before Nina Simone died, I was talking about her with a mate; the night before Charlton Heston died, I was talking about him with my mum.

Gifted......or a jinx? :eek:

Just joking - I say Robbie Williams, he's always struck me as a tragic character.

5starpool · 17-06-2008 04:43PM

Are there any of those Kennedys left? I'll take all of them.

17-06-2008 05:05PM

I'll take John Terry & Peter Cech.

KnifeWRENCH · 17-06-2008 05:11PM

Oh this sounds fun!

I'll take Shane MacGowan and Lindsay Lohan.

*runs to buy voodoo dolls*

Dlite · 17-06-2008 05:14PM

This is so wrong..... can't help myself.....

I'll take Paul Gascoigne... gets drunk, dresses up as big bird, tries to fly off the top of the Ritz Hotel.:eek:

Odds please...

Dlite · 17-06-2008 05:20PM

Dudess wrote: »

I seem to have a particular "gift" not unrelated to this topic: the night before Johnny Cash died, I was talking about him with my brother; a few hours before Nina Simone died, I was talking about her with a mate; the night before Charlton Heston died, I was talking about him with my mum.

You should rent Atonement and discuss Keira Knightley at length .... please:D

Kold · 17-06-2008 05:35PM

Dlite wrote: »

You should rent Atonement and discuss Keira Knightley at length .... please:D

Dibs on the corpse.

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