Cannonball! Jumping back in the dead pool
Michael Jackson – Score! Sherwood Schwartz – still on the list. Fidel Castro – they say he’s alive but I need proof. OK Knox, have you gone off the deep end? Well, I’m not into fantasy football and fantasy baseball takes too much time. I choose to participate in a dead pool. Morbid, sick? Sort of – but this dead pool stuff is popular. Do a Google search and there are people making a living at tracking famous people who are dead and alive.
For those not familiar with dead pools it’s pretty simple. Pick celebrities who you think won’t make it through the year. If you pick the most, you win. We just play for fun. Like I said, a tad twisted. I participated for 3 years and won the pool a few years ago with a score by Boris Yeltsin. Sorry Boris but you didn’t take very good care of yourself. It was obvious you were on the way out the door.
I took 2009 off to relax by the poolside and bask in my win. I’ll get the itch to jump back in when I get the e-mails of another celeb that is no longer with us and I’m sure I would have put them on my list. The whole Michael Jackson death sealed the deal for 2010. Mike was a multi-point score just like Anna Nicole-Smith a few years ago.
So, I am starting my list. Fidel, you’ll be on it. Sherwood, you’ve lived a long and fruitful life and I loved the Brady Bunch but I’m going to have to put you back on the list. Prove me wrong buddy. John Goodman – you’re my wildcard. Have you looked in the mirror lately?
There’s always one person in the pool who picks the oldest person in the world. I’ll continue to protest that pick as not a celebrity, but I won’t win the protest – BOO!
Look out dead poolers! I have my SPF 50 on and am ready to jump back in. Cannonball!
Do you dead pool?
Steve Knox was born, raised and landed back in Janesville. He encourages you to participate as he writes on Janesville and beyond as this Generation X guy supports his Janesville mission, global vision. Steve is a community blogger and is not a part of Janesville Gazette staff. His opinion is not necessarily that of the Janesville Gazette staff or management.
Dec 2, 2009 at 4:29 p.m.
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Abe Vigoda, by the way -- still alive.
http://www.abevigoda.com/ffb.php
Dec 2, 2009 at 3:05 p.m.
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We used to do these at my work, and I'm not sure why we ever stopped. It was always interesting when one celebrity died and everyone would wait on pins and needles for the next two to drop (always in threes, you know!). I was consistently a year or two ahead of the grim reaper in my selections, but it was a good time, morbid as it may sound!
Dec 2, 2009 at 12:50 p.m.
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A bit morbid for the holiday season, wouldn't you say?
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