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Death Race 2008

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Started by deadsetgav in Chit-Chat

Thought I’d start proceedings this time

Eric is the first person to post a list - can one of the friendly Mods move his entry here?

Do we need a recap on the rules? are we implementing Sams rather smart bonus point scheme for predicting the cause of death?

Posted on Sat, 5 January 2008 at 08:51

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#1

Dermot (The Derm) wrote:

Could’ve went for Suharto - but where’s the fun in that?

1. Michael Foot - pneumonia
2. Fidel Castro - stroke
3. Ariel Sharon - stroke
4. Ian Brady - suicide
5. Freddie “Stakeknife” Scappaticci - assassinated
6. Ian Paisley - heart attack
7. Pope Benedict XVI - brain tumour
8. Ian Huntley - suicide
9. Mark Speight - suicide
10. Johnny Adair - accidental overdose

Wildcard: Steven Gerald James Wright - suicide by hanging

Same list as last year except one small alteration

Posted on Sat, 5 January 2008 at 10:17

#2

hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:

Erik Schepers wrote:

My list for 2008:

1. Suharto (former president of Indonesia)
2. Fidel Castro
3. Ariel Sharon
4. Bilawal Zardari
5. Asif Ali Zardari
6. Moqtad al Sadr
7. Patrick Moore
8. Nelson Mandela
9. Margaret Thatcher
10. Pope Benedict

Wildcard:

Pete Doherty

(Don’t have thread merging powers anymore, I’m afraid.)

Posted on Sat, 5 January 2008 at 11:13

#3

zipless wrote:

1. Fidel Castro - heart failure
2. Kirk Douglas - stroke
3. Nancy Reagan - suicide
4. Ariel Sharon - suicide bomber
5. Sir Edmund Hillary - stroke
6. Helmut Schmidt - lung cancer
7. Zsa Zsa Gabor - heart failure
8. Amy Winehouse - assassinated
9. Britney Spears - drug overdose
10 Jake La Motta - killed in a street fight

Wild card: Bono - plane crash

Posted on Sat, 5 January 2008 at 11:30

#4

mr self destruct wrote:

OK. Same points scoring as ever:

1 10 points
2 9 points
3 8 points
4 7 points
5 6 points
6 5 points
7 4 points
8 3 points
9 2 point
10 1 point

but if you correctly guess the cause of death then you win DOUBLE points.

i.e. You have 6) Nicolas Sarkozy - assassinated

and the French president tragically has his head blown off by a sniper, you get 10 points (5 for the death and 5 for correct cause of death).

If someone fancies having a flutter then I’ll bet you, highest points at the end of the year takes all…

1) Dr Albert Hoffman - Peacefully in sleep
2) Claude Levi-Strauss - Respiratory complications
3) Ariel Sharon - Life support switched off
4) Michael Foot - Stroke
5) Kirk Douglas - Pneumonia
6) Norman Wisdom - Pneumonia
7) Zsa Zsa Gabor - Heart attack
8) Arthur C Clarke - Peacefully in sleep
9) Billy Graham - Cancer
10) Hamed Karzai - Assassination

Wild Card - Tony Blair (Assassination)

Posted on Sat, 5 January 2008 at 12:03

#5

Erik Schepers (Erik Schepers) wrote:

Addendum to my list:

1. Suharto (former president of Indonesia) - natural causes, ie ill health
2. Fidel Castro - natural causes, ie ill health
3. Ariel Sharon - euthanasia
4. Bilawal Zardari - assassination
5. Asif Ali Zardari - assassination
6. Moqtad al Sadr - assassination
7. Patrick Moore - natural causes, ie old age
8. Nelson Mandela - natural causes, ie old age
9. Margaret Thatcher - natural causes, ie old age
10. Pope Benedict - natural causes, ie old age

Wildcard:

Pete Doherty - drug overdose (what else?)

Posted on Sat, 5 January 2008 at 13:11

#6

CS (Colin S) wrote:

I’ve just woken up so will do a list later!

Erick, Doherty could die by someone kicking the shit out of him :)

Posted on Sat, 5 January 2008 at 14:14

#7

mrs h wrote:

1. Michael Winner - murdered
2. Brian Sewell - murdered
3. Michael Winner - murdered
4. Brian Sewell - murdered
5. Michael Winner - murdered
6. Brian Sewell - murdered
7. Michael Winner - murdered
8. Brian Sewell - murdered
9. Michael Winner - murdered
10. Brian Sewell - murdered

Posted on Sat, 5 January 2008 at 14:45

#8

Erik Schepers (Erik Schepers) wrote:

Yes, he is an annoying little turd, isn’t he? But given his tendency to try everything that might be a drug (he’d probably sniff upholstery cleaner if it could be used as a recreational drug) my bet’s on the overdose.

And why hasn’t anybody else listed known druggies? I don’t think Amy Winehouse will die this year, but she’s definitely a 2009 / 2010 contender.

Posted on Sat, 5 January 2008 at 14:46

#9

Dermot (The Derm) wrote:

Sorry, I’m going to amend mine a bit

1. Barak Obama - Assassinated
2. Fidel Castro - stroke
3. Ariel Sharon - stroke
4. Ian Brady - suicide
5. Freddie “Stakeknife” Scappaticci - assassinated
6. Ian Paisley - heart attack
7. Pope Benedict XVI - brain tumour
8. Ian Huntley - suicide
9. Michael Foot - Pneumonia
10. Johnny Adair - accidental overdose

Wildcard: Steven Gerald James Wright - suicide by hanging

That’s definitely it now

Posted on Sat, 5 January 2008 at 14:50

#10

mr self destruct wrote:

That was a glaringly suspicious addition - found out something we haven’t?!

Posted on Sat, 5 January 2008 at 18:57

#11

Dermot (The Derm) wrote:

I just have this feeling ;-)

I don’t want to get into another early argument with Erik this year but aren’t “ill health” / “old age” pretty wide nets to cast?

I’m only saying!! :-p

Posted on Sat, 5 January 2008 at 19:38

#12

mr self destruct wrote:

I would say so :p

Posted on Sat, 5 January 2008 at 19:40

#13

Erik Schepers (Erik Schepers) wrote:

You’re just afraid of the competition, and given my score for last year I’d say rightly so. ;-)

Posted on Sat, 5 January 2008 at 20:16

#14

mr self destruct wrote:

Fancy a little wager on it with me then, Mr Schepers?! :p

Posted on Sat, 5 January 2008 at 20:27

#15

Tubthumper (Scott) wrote:

Whats our date of submission?

Posted on Sat, 5 January 2008 at 20:52

#16

CS (Colin S) wrote:

Probably end of January?

Posted on Sat, 5 January 2008 at 21:03

#17

Misanthropologist (d) wrote:

I don’t normally play, but with these new rules I’m tempted, just so I can include Lemmy - Killed by death.

Posted on Sun, 6 January 2008 at 17:23

#18

CS (Colin S) wrote:

1: Suharto (ex Indonesian Leader) - Low blood pressure and other things
2: Osama Bin Laden - US Air strike or falling down a mountain
3: Airel Sharon - Stroke
4: Fidel Castro - As above
5: Pete Doherty - Drug OD
6: Chemical Ali - Executed
7: Claude Levis-Strauss - Natural causes
8: Dr. Ian Paisley sr. - Heart attack
9: Lindsay Lohan - Liver failure
10: Lemmy - Killed by death :p

Wildcard: Britney Spears - Something to do with kids.

Posted on Sun, 6 January 2008 at 17:55

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angela (angela) wrote:

1.Nelson Mandela- Natural causes
2.Fidel Castro-Heart attack
3.Pope Benedict XVI-AIDS
4.Hilary Clinton-Assassinated by Monica
5.Amy Winehouse-Drug overdose
6.Mary-Kate Olsen-Starvation
7.Michael Myers-Assassinated by a psycho pumpkin
8.Osama Bin Laden-Assassinated
9.Keith Richards-Lung cancer
10.Michael Jackson-Lost his face

Posted on Sun, 6 January 2008 at 18:06

#20

chr1s (The T.F.M) wrote:

Here’s my list

1) Suharto - Heart Failure
2) Ariel Sharon - Stroke
3) Norman Wisdom - Natural Causes
4) Michael Foot - Natural causes
5) Patrick Moore - Natural Causes
6) Eric Sykes - Natural Causes
7) Ian Huntley - Suicide
8) Michael Winner - Natural Causes
9) Jimmy Savile - Stroke
10) Alex Higgins - Choking on own vomit

Wildcard - Amy Winehouse - Suicide

Posted on Thu, 10 January 2008 at 11:12

#21

Dermot (The Derm) wrote:

Zipless draws first blood in 2008 - 6 points for Sir Edmund Hillary (he actually died of a heart attack though)

Posted on Fri, 11 January 2008 at 09:20

#22

mr self destruct wrote:

Congrats Zipless - quick off the mark there

Posted on Fri, 11 January 2008 at 11:30

#23

caffeinebomb wrote:

I was shit last year, so I expect better of my death-bound glory team this year

1. Henry Allingham - Old Age/Ill Health
2. Bobby Heenan - Cancer
3. Suharto - Old Age/Ill Health
4. Margaret Thatcher - Heart Failure
5. Fidel Castro - Old Age/Ill Health
6. Ariel Sharon - Life Support off
7. Tony Benn - Heart Attack
8. Jimmy Saville - Heart Attack
9. Peter Sutcliffe - Murder
10. Jimmy Carter - Stroke

Wildcard: Amy Whinebag - I don’t care how, just make it happen.

It’s much the same as last year with a little switching about - I don’t know a lot about this Suharto fella but a lot of you have him on your list so I guess he’s a dead cert.

*cacks himself laughing*

Posted on Fri, 11 January 2008 at 11:47

#24

marja (sinner) wrote:

Dermot wrote:

Zipless draws first blood in 2008 - 6 points for Sir Edmund Hillary (he actually died of a heart attack though)

I thought it was the same as a stroke…

Posted on Fri, 11 January 2008 at 12:37 in reply to an earlier post

#25

Misanthropologist (d) wrote:

No, they’re two different things.

Posted on Fri, 11 January 2008 at 12:42

#26

marja (sinner) wrote:

please explain to a non-native english (which zipless is aswell)

Posted on Fri, 11 January 2008 at 12:43

#27

Dermot (The Derm) wrote:

A stroke is like a brain attack - it can be caused by something like a clot preventing blood (and therefore oxygen) getting to the brain.

Posted on Fri, 11 January 2008 at 12:46

#28

Misanthropologist (d) wrote:

Hehe, well, I’m not a doctor, but: a stroke is to do with having a haemmorhage in the brain, and a heart attack obviously isn’t. :) A stroke basically happens when the blood supply to your brain is cut off, or severely limited, and your brain (or parts of it) stop working. Strokes and heartattack are both killers, though.

Posted on Fri, 11 January 2008 at 12:48

#29

Misanthropologist (d) wrote:

What Dermot said… :)

Posted on Fri, 11 January 2008 at 12:48

#30

mr self destruct wrote:

And I think Zipless is a native speaker :)

Posted on Fri, 11 January 2008 at 12:50

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