I'm convinced the way to win at this is to pick 15 young-and-living-dangerously celebs and figure a few of them will die from consequences of their excessive lifestyles, which should be enough to outscore 7 or 8 old people of obviously failing health.
― Lee626, Monday, 1 January 2018 16:08 (six years ago) link
I'm convinced the way to win at this is to pick 15 young-and-living-dangerously celebs
Alternatively, one could buy a bunch of supermarket tabloids and People-style magazines to search out all the "Celeb's Brave Battle Against Cancer" articles. There are so many celebs out there these days, you need a battalion of feature editors just to track down all the acutely ill ones for you.
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 1 January 2018 16:19 (six years ago) link
Tessa JowellLinda NolanEric "Butterbean" EschSteve BannonDavid Brooks
15/15
― Einstein, Bazinga, Sitar (abanana), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 07:52 (six years ago) link
The boilerplate might need a bit of updating - Willow Smith's 17 now and Kirk Douglas has graduated from these threads, at 101!
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 12:52 (six years ago) link
Larry StorchJan-Michael VincentMark E SmithImelda MarcosFrank BormanA.J. FoytSteve DitkoGeorge H. W. BushKenneth AngerUrsula K LeGuinKarl LagerfeldJohn BoormanMark RussellJoan DidionLyndon LaRouche
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 09:37 (six years ago) link
OK then, fifteen names that will act as a life preserver to those named, as I more often than not end up with zero points by the end of the year.
Kenny DalglishGenesis P OrridgeMark E SmithIan HislopVerne TroyerChris TarrantJohn LydonBenjamin ZephanaiahIggy PopLarry LambRay DaviesValerie SingletonQueen (The)Elton JohnRichard Penniman (Little)
ALBERT TATLOCK!!! ......
― Mark G, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 13:49 (six years ago) link
Prince Philip, Duke of EdinburghPeter Hook Judi DenchVera LynnAmanda BarrieKeith Richards (musician)Warwick DavisVini ReillyWendy CraigKirk DouglasJimmy TarbuckDionne WarwickShirley WilliamsGeorge Cohen (footballer)Kim Jong Un
― Grandpont Genie, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 14:16 (six years ago) link
oops didn't see the 100 thing...replace Kirk Douglas with Miley Cyrus
― Grandpont Genie, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 14:19 (six years ago) link
oh yeah should i swap someone in for KD?
― maura, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 15:26 (six years ago) link
1 Kim Jong Un2 Alex Trebek3 Genesis P Orridge4 Lil Wayne5 Hillary Clinton6 Mohammed Bin Salman7 OJ Simpson8 Future9 Olivia Newton John10 Pelé11 Joni Mitchell12 Mark E Smith13 Donald Trump14 Harvey Weinstein15 Martin Shkreli
― it me, Friday, 5 January 2018 18:05 (six years ago) link
donald sterlingcharlie rose pete rosebill cosbywarren buffettbernie madoffjim mcmahoncharlie sheentrick daddyjohn maddenverne troyerbret michaelsgeorge lucasdon kingbijou phillips
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 7 January 2018 22:58 (six years ago) link
8 Future
been thinking this as well
― (the blues version in his Broadway show) (crüt), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 18:29 (six years ago) link
Is Olivia Newton-John not well or something?
― Whiney Houston (Tom D.), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 18:49 (six years ago) link
her cancer came back last year
― maura, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 19:09 (six years ago) link
Oh, never knew she had it, this thread is obv. good for that sort of thing :(
― Whiney Houston (Tom D.), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 19:10 (six years ago) link
I'll try to come up with a fuller list later, but...Don Imus
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 19:32 (six years ago) link
You're about a fortnight late, tho?
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 19:51 (six years ago) link
welp
― maura, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 20:25 (six years ago) link
I know :(
― ailsa, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 20:37 (six years ago) link
Elvis T knows.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 20:49 (six years ago) link
I'm always watching
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 23:52 (six years ago) link
I’m also worried that I may have assumed some dark power because I had both UKLG and MES on my list
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 25 January 2018 00:21 (six years ago) link
A sad 64 points for me :-(
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/football/43011780
― ailsa, Saturday, 10 February 2018 12:50 (six years ago) link
ah i only got one point for graham eh
― maura, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 15:22 (six years ago) link
24 for me on Hawking :(
― adam the (abanana), Wednesday, 14 March 2018 17:27 (six years ago) link
rip verne
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 22 April 2018 14:30 (six years ago) link
We will need to figure this one out.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 1 January 2019 06:48 (five years ago) link
68 points here.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 1 January 2019 06:55 (five years ago) link
Johnny Fever got the highest single score with xxxtentacion but dunno if that’s enough to win
― Pierrot with a thousand farces (wins), Tuesday, 1 January 2019 11:23 (five years ago) link
I got 73 -- Hawking 24, McCain 19, Tessa Jowell 30.
― adam the (abanana), Tuesday, 1 January 2019 13:36 (five years ago) link
Here's my cursory tally. I think Mark G. won with MES and Verne Troyer.
RIP and thanks for all the points:
XXXTentacion - 80Liam Miller - 64Verne Troyer - 51Mark E Smith - 40Tessa Jowell - 30Stephen Hawking - 24Aretha Franklin - 24John McCain - 19Ursula K LeGuin - 12Steve Ditko - 10George H. W. Bush - 6Billy Graham - 1
mark g. - 40, 51 = 91maura - 40, 24, 1, 6, 19 = 90Johnny Fever - 80, 6 = 86abanana - 30, 24, 19 = 73Elvis Telecom - 40, 10, 6, 12 = 68johnny crunch - 51ailsa - 40it me - 40wins - 0Grandpont Genie - 0
― adam the (abanana), Tuesday, 1 January 2019 14:17 (five years ago) link
Oops I forgot ailsa's Liam Miller - that's 40+64 = 106 points.
― adam the (abanana), Tuesday, 1 January 2019 14:19 (five years ago) link
Blimey! Usually, my list is a guarantee of a long and happy life to all.
Still, must have been a good year if I can win with only two successful guesses.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 2 January 2019 08:35 (five years ago) link
Um, I take it back: well done ailsa
― Mark G, Wednesday, 2 January 2019 08:38 (five years ago) link