MMXVII - The Dead Pool

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Countdown timer link:

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/newyear?p0=4365

Cool. Troll Station is on GMT.

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Just an onlooker hereā€¦
Isnā€™t that 12 on @wisconsinplattā€™s list? :thinking:

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Well spotted, thanks!
My focus is usually pretty bad and itā€™s been just awful at the moment. Nice catch. :thumbsup:

If I donā€™t hear from @wisconsinplatt in time, Iā€™ll use @discbot to remove 2 random picks.

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Sorry. I thought Iā€™d done my final winnowing and I have not.

Letā€™s take off Emma Watson and Soulja Boy

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Okay so I checked and itā€™s 18h51m, 31 December 2016 UTC as I type this.
I am submitting an ALTERNATE, if it turns out that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadiā€™s been dead for months and Daesh didnā€™t feel like sharing the good news. Or for any celeb, really, who popped off unexpectedly early (cf. Piers Sellers), I submit the
ALTERNATE to my Brexit Brigade:

Steven Patrick Morrissey, mopester and eternal Sparks fan.

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My 5-hour backup is Amy Crehore.

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Thanks for the ā€˜likeā€™. Iā€™m treating it as a ā€˜timestamp confirmation.ā€™ ETA: you should treat my like as a timestamp too. I know your time zone.

For when UTC 1 January 00h00m begins, LET THE GAMES BEGIN

As for 2016:

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Hereā€™s my entries at 20:56UTC on 31st December 2016:

  1. HRH The Queen
  2. Peter Higgs (he of the boson)
  3. Stephen Fry
  4. Roger Moore
  5. Vera Lynn
  6. Jimmy Carter
  7. Henry Kissinger
  8. Noam Chomsky
  9. Brian Blessed
  10. Hugh Hefner
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Added.

Still time for anyone else wishing to play!

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Al Pacino
Ian McKellan
Shirley MacLaine
Susan Sarandon
Frances McDormand
Willem Dafoe
Clint Eastwood
Robert Pattinson
Ellen Page
Rob Ford
Zach Galifianakis

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Itā€™s well known that Rob Ford can never die, and therefore is not eligible. You have to nominate a reserve player

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Thereā€™s 10 there outside of his Zombie eminence. So I will nominate Tom Brady as my backup 11th man.

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Iā€™m sure someone would have said something. As this is an edge-case, Iā€™ll leave it in until his status is verified with Zach Ctrl-V as his permanent replacement.

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Lamaranagramā€™s Letterhead Poison (anagram of Death Pool Entries)

  1. Hugh Hefner
  2. Jimmy Carter
  3. Barbara Bush (the elder)
  4. Mike Tyson
  5. Kirk Douglas
  6. Rob Kardashian
  7. Tommy Lasorda
  8. Billy Graham
  9. Queen Elizabeth
  10. Larry King
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Ouch .

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My favorite anagrams of Death Pool Entries are:

  • Interested Hoopla
  • One Spoiled Threat
  • Hope Is Not Altered
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Updated. And much classier than my attempt. :thumbsup:

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Has anyone died yet?

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Wikipedia to the rescueā€¦


3 so far. But nobody we picked.

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