Ghoulish as it may be, please do join us as we choose the celebrities that we think will begin pushing up some daisies in 2024.
THE RULES:ernes
1! Ye mayest choose ten elder statesmen or women who seem mosteth likely to YOUR brain to die in the year 2024.
2! You may choose to select two yougsters AT MOST on yowse list. If any of said younglings do peg it in the next twelve months then ye shall receive FIVE WHOLESOME POINTS per death. The inclusion of these are optional, but if taken please preface their name with WILDCARD on the list. Eth.
3! The competition has "celebrity" in the title for an reason! If challenged on an choice ye must PROVE THEIR WORTH!
4! Ye wildcards musteth not exceed 50 years in age! Conversely, yow's elder statemen/wo must not be youngester than 50.
5! Ye may not perpetrate the kills yeself. Let nature, malady or lifestyle make the end-of-life option.
6! Ye choices may not be changedeth once madeded.
7! Ye hast until MONDAY 8TH of January to post ye list or ye can reet fuck off like.
8! If an candidate dies BEFORE ye's list is posted, the death shall not count towards ye's score.
9! No funny stuff.
EXCITING NEW RULE! PM me thy list. People's choices shall be posted here after the submission date expires! EXCITING!
DavPaz
1. Jimmy Carter
2. Mel Brooks
3. Clint Eastwood
4. Dick Van Dyke
5. Patricia Routledge
6. Gene Hackman
7. Robert Duvall
8. Tom Baker
9. Bam Margera (WILDCARD!)
10. Frankie Muniz (WILCARD!!)
Kovacs
1. Judie Dench
2. Cliff Richard
3. Ken Clarke
4. Boris Johnson
5. King Charles
6. David Attenborough
7. Keith Richards
8. Mick Jagger
9. Rod Stewart
10. Leonardo DiCaprio
MaliA
1. Judy Dench
2. Cliff Richard
3. Ken Clarke
4. Harriet Harman
5. John Major
6. Brian Cox (Actor, not mountain whisperer)
7. Charles Dance
8. Mick Jagger
9. Rod Stewart
10. Emily Atak
Kern
1. Michael Heseltine
2. Dick Van Dyke
3. Neil Kinnock
4. Imelda Marcos
5. Lulu
6. Rupert Murdoch
7. Tom Lehrer
8. Tony Blackburn
9. Alan Bennett
10. WILDCARD Ant from Ant and Dec
GazChap
Dick Van Dyke
David Attenborough
Meryl Streep
Mel Brooks
Jimmy Carter
Clint Eastwood
Anthony Hopkins
Buzz Aldrin
Jude Law
Patricia Routledge
Grim
1. Dick Van Dyke, surely it's this year
2. Yoko Ono
3. Mel Brooks
4. Jimmy Carter
5. Gene Hackman
6. Tom Baker
7. Prunella Scales
8. Michael Schumacher
9. The Dalai Lama
10. The Pope
Me
1 - Dick Van Dyke
2 - James Whale
3 - Mel Brooks
4 - Shannon Doherty
5 - Jimmy Carter
6 - Clint Eastwood
7 - Prunella Scales
8 - Hans Blix
9 - Esther Rantzen
10 - Cleo Lane
THE RULES:ernes
1! Ye mayest choose ten elder statesmen or women who seem mosteth likely to YOUR brain to die in the year 2024.
2! You may choose to select two yougsters AT MOST on yowse list. If any of said younglings do peg it in the next twelve months then ye shall receive FIVE WHOLESOME POINTS per death. The inclusion of these are optional, but if taken please preface their name with WILDCARD on the list. Eth.
3! The competition has "celebrity" in the title for an reason! If challenged on an choice ye must PROVE THEIR WORTH!
4! Ye wildcards musteth not exceed 50 years in age! Conversely, yow's elder statemen/wo must not be youngester than 50.
5! Ye may not perpetrate the kills yeself. Let nature, malady or lifestyle make the end-of-life option.
6! Ye choices may not be changedeth once madeded.
7! Ye hast until MONDAY 8TH of January to post ye list or ye can reet fuck off like.
8! If an candidate dies BEFORE ye's list is posted, the death shall not count towards ye's score.
9! No funny stuff.
EXCITING NEW RULE! PM me thy list. People's choices shall be posted here after the submission date expires! EXCITING!
DavPaz
1. Jimmy Carter
2. Mel Brooks
3. Clint Eastwood
4. Dick Van Dyke
5. Patricia Routledge
6. Gene Hackman
7. Robert Duvall
8. Tom Baker
9. Bam Margera (WILDCARD!)
10. Frankie Muniz (WILCARD!!)
Kovacs
1. Judie Dench
2. Cliff Richard
3. Ken Clarke
4. Boris Johnson
5. King Charles
6. David Attenborough
7. Keith Richards
8. Mick Jagger
9. Rod Stewart
10. Leonardo DiCaprio
MaliA
1. Judy Dench
2. Cliff Richard
3. Ken Clarke
4. Harriet Harman
5. John Major
6. Brian Cox (Actor, not mountain whisperer)
7. Charles Dance
8. Mick Jagger
9. Rod Stewart
10. Emily Atak
Kern
1. Michael Heseltine
2. Dick Van Dyke
3. Neil Kinnock
4. Imelda Marcos
5. Lulu
6. Rupert Murdoch
7. Tom Lehrer
8. Tony Blackburn
9. Alan Bennett
10. WILDCARD Ant from Ant and Dec
GazChap
Dick Van Dyke
David Attenborough
Meryl Streep
Mel Brooks
Jimmy Carter
Clint Eastwood
Anthony Hopkins
Buzz Aldrin
Jude Law
Patricia Routledge
Grim
1. Dick Van Dyke, surely it's this year
2. Yoko Ono
3. Mel Brooks
4. Jimmy Carter
5. Gene Hackman
6. Tom Baker
7. Prunella Scales
8. Michael Schumacher
9. The Dalai Lama
10. The Pope
Me
1 - Dick Van Dyke
2 - James Whale
3 - Mel Brooks
4 - Shannon Doherty
5 - Jimmy Carter
6 - Clint Eastwood
7 - Prunella Scales
8 - Hans Blix
9 - Esther Rantzen
10 - Cleo Lane
For transparency 's sake, I shall put mine in a mysterious manner.
1 - DVD
2 - JW
3 - MB
4 - SD
5 - JC
6 - Cl
7 - PS
8 - HB
9 - ER
10 - CL
1 - DVD
2 - JW
3 - MB
4 - SD
5 - JC
6 - Cl
7 - PS
8 - HB
9 - ER
10 - CL
THE DIE IS CAST
Probably more competitive if you used 2024.
But thems the rules!
But thems the rules!
Skullduggery!!!
Dimrill wrote:
9! No funny stuff.
Ban yourself!
Received! - Paz, Malia, Kovacs!
This idea's been great. A real spread of choices.
This idea's been great. A real spread of choices.
Kern in!
ChapGaz in!
Grime in!
If I get really lucky two of mine could die twice 
Grim... wrote:
If I get really lucky two of mine could die twice
Mr Bond or Jedwood?
Youi'll have to wait until Monday to find out.
Saw a headline saying ".... Mary Poppins actor dead at 100" and I naturally thought.... but no.
https://amp.theguardian.com/film/2024/j ... ry-poppins
https://amp.theguardian.com/film/2024/j ... ry-poppins
DavPaz wrote:
Saw a headline saying ".... Mary Poppins actor dead at 100" and I naturally thought.... but no.
https://amp.theguardian.com/film/2024/j ... ry-poppins
https://amp.theguardian.com/film/2024/j ... ry-poppins
That link, like the actress, seems to be dead.
Try this one. Glynis Johns-(Mrs Banks from Mary Poppins)
Sucks. Derek Draper passed today also. Poor sod, that was no way to go 
JohnCoffey wrote:
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/actor-christian-oliver-51-daughters-172031562.html
Christian Oliver.
Christian Oliver.
I don't know the guy, but that sounds awful
Only 2 more full days to apply!
Dimrill wrote:
Only 2 more full days to apply!
Oops, I missed it
And the votes are in!
I have to wonder what Jude Law and Emiliy Atak have done to deserve the death wish
Two more years and Anthony "Ant" McPartlin ceases to be my wildcard!
Came close one year.... nasty things, paintballs.
Came close one year.... nasty things, paintballs.
Jesse Jane, "specialist" actress.
https://www.outkick.com/jesse-jane-adul ... -overdose/
She was only 43
https://www.outkick.com/jesse-jane-adul ... -overdose/
She was only 43
Hinton Battle, who played The Cat in one of the ill-fated US pilots of Red Dwarf.
GazChap wrote:
Hinton Battle, who played The Cat in one of the ill-fated US pilots of Red Dwarf.
He was the demon in “once more, with feeling” too.
Jonnie Irwin gains a place in the sun.
DavPaz wrote:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68188746
Carl Weathers, Apollo Creed himself
Carl Weathers, Apollo Creed himself
This. This right here. Is hard.
Mojo Nixon, country music pioneer and writer of such classics as 'Elvis is everywhere', 'Debbie Gibson is pregnant with my two headed love child', 'Don Henley must die' and 'Let's Burn Ole Nashville Down' has died.
https://people.com/mojo-nixon-dies-elvi ... er-8572164
https://people.com/mojo-nixon-dies-elvi ... er-8572164
Was just listening to the Traffic presenter on BBC2 cry her eyes out live on air
Ah man that’s sad news. I know he's not been in great shape but still come as a shock that. Always enjoyed his radio shows.
Why did I think he'd been Yewtree'd?
Grim... wrote:
Why did I think he'd been Yewtree'd?
The glasses and the moustache had a vibe about them.
Unfair and judgemental, yes, but that's the world these days, and it's a creeping and pervasive gloom that's spreading.
Grim... wrote:
Why did I think he'd been Yewtree'd?
Dave Lee Travis was a few years ago, so could it be misremembering that? Wright had a strange persona, so I think he just gave some folks the heebie jeebies.
He played other stuff too, not just the Brothers Gibb.
Ewen MacIntosh won't be commuting any more.
