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[Rude Kid]

So...you've been reading Deathlist and thinking "I could do better than that lot". Well, here's your chance to prove it - we're now accepting entries for Derby Dead Pool 2005, and it's free to play.

If you want to join in, simply send an email to ddp2005@derbydeadpool.co.uk, stating:

1) Your team name.
2) The names of 20 celebrities who you think will pop off during 2005.
3) Which one of these 20 is to be your joker (you get double points if that person dies).

For full details of rules & scoring, click here.

The deadline (so to speak) for entries is midnight GMT on 31st December 2004, but it would be helpful to us if you could get your entry in as soon as possible. If any of your chosen celebs 'jump the gun' by selfishly dying before the New Year starts, we'll let you substitute them.

The best of luck...may the sickest team win!

Siegfried Baboon & Rude Kid
www.derbydeadpool.co.uk

[Rude Kid]

A quick bump for this - we've got 38 teams already, so it looks like we'll be beating this year's record of 43.

Get yer entries in if you haven't already, and don't worry if we don't acknowledge them straight away - so long as you send them before midnight on 31 Dec, they'll be accepted.

[weatherman90]

I'm in

[The Four Horsemen]

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I'm in

Thank God for that, I'm sure we were all worried for a moment that you might not make it..........

[Moosey]

weatherman90, on Dec 22 2004, 08:45 PM, said:

I'm in

Are you sure? Has it been confirmed by the Prime Minister of Luxembourg yet?

[weatherman90]

You know it's pretty funny to watch grown men make comments as if theyre 6.....Now might I suggest you stick to the topic.

[Anubis the Jackal]

He eees eeen

[The Four Horsemen]

Was the Prime Minister of Luxembourg a cast member of 'Allo 'Allo?? Preposterous fake foreign accent

Obviously I wouldn't remember it first time round, being not far removed from a 6 year old..............

[raven]

'Tis the most wonderful time of the year. Newly fallen snow is glistening under a full moon, the kids are home from school on winter break, the family gathers together to exchange gifts, chestnuts are roasting on an open fire, the yule log is burning brightly in the fireplace, and, perhaps best of all, it is the time to make bets on which celebrities will become corpses in the new year.

You are invited to try your luck at betting on which famous people will be pushing up daisies in the upcoming year. Entries are now being accepted for the 2005 Ereshkigal Invitational Celebrity Dead Pool until the ball drops in Times Square on New Years Eve---that's three days from now. This link will give you an idea of how things work in the game:

http://www.livejourn....bml?user=eicdp

If you would like to join in on the corpse counting, feel free to join and place your bets. Best of all, it's free to play and I am ponying up some cheesy prizes for the winner, as well as several other Bonus Prizes.

If you already have a Livejournal, then you are good to go. If you don't, then that is okay with me too. Just follow the instructions for entering and include some method of contacting you. Or you can enter your picks then e-mail me a method of contacting you should you win any prizes.

Thanks!

Jeff a.k.a. Raven

[raven]

I'll have my entry in by sometime early New Year's Eve. BTW, do you cut-off new entries after hitting a certain number? If so I can get mine in sooner if needed.

Raven

[Anubis the Jackal]

Haven't seen Rude Kid round these parts lately.

Has anyone entered the DDP under an assumed name? I see some DL favourites as some of the choices, for example check this team

Ronnie Biggs
Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Kirk Douglas
Gerald Ford
Rev Billy Graham
Pope John Paul II
Claude Lévi-Strauss
Joe Longthorne
Diego Maradona
Paul Marsden
Patrick Moore
Rosa Parks
Les Paul
Richard Pryor
Billy Smart
Elizabeth Taylor
Margaret Thatcher
Simon Wiesenthal
Earl Woods
Boris Yeltsin

[The Four Horsemen]

Not sure I'd want RK near any of my parts..........

[Rotten Ali]

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check this team

Ronnie Biggs
Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Kirk Douglas
Gerald Ford
etc

This team is named "Impaled On The Antlers Of Doom"
Is this your team Anubis the Jackal?
Currently =18th with 17pts it is a bit more mid table than my entry sat in =42nd place with the Rude Kid himself on just 13 points, but then IotAoD has already used the joker to fair effect.

[Anubis the Jackal]

Guest, on Jul 15 2005, 10:41 AM, said:

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check this team

Ronnie Biggs
Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Kirk Douglas
Gerald Ford
etc

This team is named "Impaled On The Antlers Of Doom"
Is this your team Anubis the Jackal?
Currently =18th with 17pts it is a bit more mid table than my entry sat in =42nd place with the Rude Kid himself on just 13 points, but then IotAoD has already used the joker to fair effect.

Not my team, I passed on this one (i.e.forgot about it until too late)

[honez]

Anubis the Jackal, on Jul 13 2005, 11:31 PM, said:

Has anyone entered the DDP under an assumed name?

My team is cunningly disguised, ninja-style, by hiding in plain sight.

[Paul Bearer]

My team is sooooo obvious, if you look for the clues

[football_fan]

heaven can wait, on Jul 16 2005, 11:33 AM, said:

My team is sooooo obvious, if you look for the clues

So is mine

[Rotten Ali]

"and others like it"

Thanks to my choice of Ted Heath, I'm adding a quick note to say that my entry in the Rotten Dead Pool in now listed at position 190 out of 44,000 entries. (and I've still got about 6 weeks to go till my entry expires)
So I think that's not "three bad" for a stab in the dark 1st attempt.
Come on in Mr Biggs - your times up! and I want to finish in the top 50.

[Anubis the Jackal]

That's more like it.

Equal 4th (before James Doohans passing)