The official 2017 5AF Death Pool thread (in progress)
The official 2017 5AF Death Pool thread (preseason)
But I mean, we know that Gord Downie (lead singer of Tragically Hip) has cancer and it's terminal. You never know when someone over the age of 80 will die, but you know that, in this case, Gord Downie is going to die sometime this year.
The official 2017 5AF Death Pool thread (preseason)
Queen Elizabeth
Robert Mugabe
Helmut Kohl
Jimmy Carter
Donald Trump
Jerry Lewis
Paul Gascoigne
Recep Erdogan
Bashar al-Assad
Desmond Tutu
Keeper: Dick Cheney
Robert Mugabe
Helmut Kohl
Jimmy Carter
Donald Trump
Jerry Lewis
Paul Gascoigne
Recep Erdogan
Bashar al-Assad
Desmond Tutu
Keeper: Dick Cheney
Last edited by Gaucho on Mon Jan 02, 2017 7:35 pm, edited 1 time in total.
The official 2017 5AF Death Pool thread (preseason)
10+1 or 9+1?
-
- Posts: 44325
- Joined: Wed Mar 25, 2015 1:39 pm
- Location: Engaging in sarcastic, unproductive wonder.
- Contact:
The official 2017 5AF Death Pool thread (preseason)
It would be 10+keeper for the keeper to make sense. Otherwise you would need some scoring incentive for the keeper pick.
-
- Posts: 5405
- Joined: Wed Mar 25, 2015 5:24 pm
- Location: "Who needs hockey anyways? Didn't the Steelers just win a Super Bowl?" - Franco Harris
- Contact:
The official 2017 5AF Death Pool thread (preseason)
Yes (unfortunately) his cancer is terminal. But there have been numerous people who have made it to 1-5 years after their prescribed time. Bobby Heenan has been on borrowed time since 2013. Zsa Zsa has been making people's lists since 2010 if not earlier.But I mean, we know that Gord Downie (lead singer of Tragically Hip) has cancer and it's terminal. You never know when someone over the age of 80 will die, but you know that, in this case, Gord Downie is going to die sometime this year.
There was a group that I was in that did "no ambulance chasing" to prevent such a rule like this, but I prefer to wish everybody the best.
Side note: I have an offline friend who wants to list picks. Is this cool? If not, I'll tell him to sign up.
-
- Posts: 44325
- Joined: Wed Mar 25, 2015 1:39 pm
- Location: Engaging in sarcastic, unproductive wonder.
- Contact:
The official 2017 5AF Death Pool thread (preseason)
More the merrier to me.
The official 2017 5AF Death Pool thread (preseason)
Can we choose people that others have already chosen?
-
- Posts: 44325
- Joined: Wed Mar 25, 2015 1:39 pm
- Location: Engaging in sarcastic, unproductive wonder.
- Contact:
The official 2017 5AF Death Pool thread (preseason)
We did last year. The only incentive to picking early is the moral high ground of knowing everyone is aware you didn't pick from their lists. Gaucho led his list off with the very first person I had in mind too. 

The official 2017 5AF Death Pool thread (preseason)
Yes, we can both root for Dick Cheney to croak. 

The official 2017 5AF Death Pool thread (preseason)
I'm not even the first to pick her!We did last year. The only incentive to picking early is the moral high ground of knowing everyone is aware you didn't pick from their lists. Gaucho led his list off with the very first person I had in mind too.

-
- Posts: 44325
- Joined: Wed Mar 25, 2015 1:39 pm
- Location: Engaging in sarcastic, unproductive wonder.
- Contact:
The official 2017 5AF Death Pool thread (preseason)
I try not to read the lists until I'm done but because of the title it jumped off the page at me.
The official 2017 5AF Death Pool thread (preseason)
1. Bill Cosby
2. Charlie Sheen
3. Bill Clinton
4. Clint Eastwood
5. Keith Richards
6. Roger Ailes
7. Jimmy Carter
8. Donald Trump
9. Hugh Hefner
10. RBG
2. Charlie Sheen
3. Bill Clinton
4. Clint Eastwood
5. Keith Richards
6. Roger Ailes
7. Jimmy Carter
8. Donald Trump
9. Hugh Hefner
10. RBG
-
- Posts: 18137
- Joined: Thu Mar 26, 2015 3:00 pm
- Location: NTP66 lied about watching the game.
- Contact:
The official 2017 5AF Death Pool thread (preseason)
Bob Barker
Betty White
Hilary Clinton
George Bush Sr
David Prowse
Chuck Berry
Tim Curry
Barbara Eden
Queen Elizabeth
Sean Connery
Betty White
Hilary Clinton
George Bush Sr
David Prowse
Chuck Berry
Tim Curry
Barbara Eden
Queen Elizabeth
Sean Connery
-
- Posts: 12545
- Joined: Thu Mar 26, 2015 7:09 pm
- Location: Across the River from Filthydelphia.
The official 2017 5AF Death Pool thread (preseason)
1) Queen Elizabeth II
2) Charles Manson
3) Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka
4) Hosni Mubarak
5) Richard Simmons
6) Michael Schumacher
7) Rod Carew
8) Ruth Bader Ginsburg
9) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
10) Stephen Hawking
2) Charles Manson
3) Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka
4) Hosni Mubarak
5) Richard Simmons
6) Michael Schumacher
7) Rod Carew
8) Ruth Bader Ginsburg
9) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
10) Stephen Hawking
The official 2017 5AF Death Pool thread (preseason)
Charlie Manson just got put in the hospital yesterday...
-
- Posts: 18137
- Joined: Thu Mar 26, 2015 3:00 pm
- Location: NTP66 lied about watching the game.
- Contact:
The official 2017 5AF Death Pool thread (preseason)
Sunuva.... I was going to pick him, too.
The official 2017 5AF Death Pool thread (preseason)
Crap, I picked him last year.
-
- Posts: 12545
- Joined: Thu Mar 26, 2015 7:09 pm
- Location: Across the River from Filthydelphia.
The official 2017 5AF Death Pool thread (preseason)
Are you claiming rules violation or just notifying people?Charlie Manson just got put in the hospital yesterday...
The official 2017 5AF Death Pool thread (preseason)
I would say that I think it could be considered ambulance chasing since you didn't make your picks until today. Especially since I believe the news story last night said it was a "serious illness".
-
- Posts: 44325
- Joined: Wed Mar 25, 2015 1:39 pm
- Location: Engaging in sarcastic, unproductive wonder.
- Contact:
The official 2017 5AF Death Pool thread (preseason)
Which is why a hard time-based rule makes more sense. It takes the subjectivity out of it. 48hrs, a week, a month. Something.
-
- Posts: 12545
- Joined: Thu Mar 26, 2015 7:09 pm
- Location: Across the River from Filthydelphia.
The official 2017 5AF Death Pool thread (preseason)
I agree.Which is why a hard time-based rule makes more sense. It takes the subjectivity out of it. 48hrs, a week, a month. Something.
Our work pool has a 48-hour window.
The official 2017 5AF Death Pool thread (preseason)
Yeah, I don't really know what JS is looking for specifically, which is why I keep asking about it.
-
- Posts: 5405
- Joined: Wed Mar 25, 2015 5:24 pm
- Location: "Who needs hockey anyways? Didn't the Steelers just win a Super Bowl?" - Franco Harris
- Contact:
The official 2017 5AF Death Pool thread (preseason)
Not looking for anything. Anybody is open season. What I said was that there was a rule like this in a different pool that I was in.
If you see a celebrity hit by a car on live tv and you want to add him/her, then go for it.
Adding in a friend's picks. He gave me twenty, but he's only getting ten.
Al Sharpton
Bob Barker
Jim Brown
Fran Tarkenton
Teddy Atlas
Al Pacino
Dan Aykroyd
Ron Jeremy
Madonna
Chris Berman
If you see a celebrity hit by a car on live tv and you want to add him/her, then go for it.
Adding in a friend's picks. He gave me twenty, but he's only getting ten.
Al Sharpton
Bob Barker
Jim Brown
Fran Tarkenton
Teddy Atlas
Al Pacino
Dan Aykroyd
Ron Jeremy
Madonna
Chris Berman
The official 2017 5AF Death Pool thread (preseason)
Queen Elizabeth
Emilio Esteves
Betty White
Bob Barker
Mary Tyler Moore
Gene Simmons
Michael Schumacher
Bernie Sanders
Anthony Hopkins
Harrison Ford
Emilio Esteves
Betty White
Bob Barker
Mary Tyler Moore
Gene Simmons
Michael Schumacher
Bernie Sanders
Anthony Hopkins
Harrison Ford
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest