Faces of Death 2012

[J. Walter Weatherman]

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Total players: 18 (4 fewer than 2011)

Total unique picks: 122 (22 fewer than 2011)

Repeat picks from 2011: 52

New for 2012: 70

Oldest: Oscar Niemeyer (104)

Youngest: Mark Sanchez (25)

Most common: Etta James (7)

Lists featuring all repeats: 1 (Big Drinky, rolling over his picks from a 2011 golden sombrero)

Lists featuring all new picks: 1 (Wheezer)

Lists featuring all unique picks: 1 (Wheezer... Shocking, I know.)

Lists featuring all common picks: 1 (Fork... Again: what a world!)

Times Gil Gunderson was picked: 0

Level of Gil Gunderson butthurt at the mere possibility of being picked: ∞

Child rapists: 1 (Jerry Sandusky)

Desipiots: 2 (Wheezer, powen01)

Disgraced Chicagoans: 2 (Rod Blagojevich, Jim Hendry)

Former Bears: 3 (William Perry, Ed Sprinkle, Wilber Marshall)

Terrorists: 3 (Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah, Timoleón Jiménez, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi)

Despots: 5 (Bhumibol Adulyadej, Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro, Hosni Mubarak, Bashar al-Assad)

Pro wrestlers: 5 (Superstar Billy Graham, The Iron Sheik, Scott Steiner, Scott Hall, Hulk Hogan)

Times Muhammad Ali was picked: 4

Different ways Muhammad Ali's name was spelled: 3

Times Muhammad Ali's name was spelled correctly: 1

Emailers who responded to the autoresponder: 5 (Tonker, powen01, Yeti, Shooter, Morph)

Emailers who proceeded to have conversations with the autoresponder: 2 (Yeti, Morph)

Emailers who submitted their lists as Microsoft Word attachments (and who no doubt also routinely reply-all to office emails): 2 (Fork, Huey)

Bonus pic of two Dead Pool 2012 nominees sharing a tender moment:



Happy Dead Pool to one and all.

[Tonker]

I've come to look forward to this moment.  I wasn't disappointed.

[Wheezer]

I'm going to have to check out this "Batchelor" program.

[Tonker]

Also, I'm a little perturbed by Powen's picks.  He's clearly gone for an "Evil Scumbags" theme, having chosen the following:

Hosni Mubarak
Fidel Castro
Hugo Chavez
Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah
Timoleón Jiménez
Dane Cook
George Lucas
Powen01

Angelina Jolie's in there, too, which seems a little harsh but I'm not going to argue with it.  But then you have dear, sweet, loveable Zooey Deschanel, who to the best of my knowledge has never oppressed a people, kidnapped or terrorised innocent bystanders, manufactured narcotics, starred in "Employee of the Month", made any Star Wars prequels or stabbed anybody at all.

She is guilty of being gorgeous, but if that's an international felony then I should be on the list, too.  WTF, Powen?

[CT III]

I can't believe I picked more ex-Bears than Huey.

Wilber Marshall will not outlive Ed Sprinkle. 

No one will.

[Chuck to Chuck]

Lists featuring all new picks: 1 2 (Wheezer, Chuck)

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Nice work, Thrill.

I'm assuming there's something in the rules about affecting an outcome.  I believe if Wheezer's predicted demise were to happen deliberately of his own hand, that it would be totally unfair to award him the points.

[Slaky]

Also, I'm a little perturbed by Powen's picks.  He's clearly gone for an "Evil Scumbags" theme, having chosen the following:

Hosni Mubarak
Fidel Castro
Hugo Chavez
Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah
Timoleón Jiménez
Dane Cook
George Lucas
Powen01

Angelina Jolie's in there, too, which seems a little harsh but I'm not going to argue with it.  But then you have dear, sweet, loveable Zooey Deschanel, who to the best of my knowledge has never oppressed a people, kidnapped or terrorised innocent bystanders, manufactured narcotics, starred in "Employee of the Month", made any Star Wars prequels or stabbed anybody at all.

She is guilty of being gorgeous, but if that's an international felony then I should be on the list, too.  WTF, Powen?

If Powen is somehow right on Zooey Deschanel I will do cartwheels.

She is the fucking devil.

[PenPho]

I've come to look forward to this moment.  I wasn't disappointed.

THIS.

It's pretty much the highlight of my year. 

[CT III]

I've come to look forward to this moment.  I wasn't disappointed.

THIS.

It's pretty much the highlight of my year. 

And now its over.

[PenPho]

I've come to look forward to this moment.  I wasn't disappointed.

THIS.

It's pretty much the highlight of my year. 

And now its over.

I can't wait for 2013.
I'm already excited.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

Lists featuring all new picks: 1 2 (Wheezer, Chuck)

Your picks may have been all-new to you, but they were not even close to all new.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Hawking, Ariel Sharon, Mike Wallace, Muhammad Ali and Billy Graham were all picked by someone else in 2011.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

Nice work, Thrill.

I'm assuming there's something in the rules about affecting an outcome.  I believe if Wheezer's predicted demise were to happen deliberately of his own hand, that it would be totally unfair to award him the points.

You indeed get no points if you're found to be responsible for the death of a person on your list. We're rather strict on this rule.

But I think we've said in the past (powen and ChuckD both picked themselves in 2010) that we're willing to make an exception for people who've picked themselves.

Because, if you're really that committed to winning this thing, have at it. It'll make for a stunning obit.

The question then becomes: who wants it more? Powen and Wheezer... You're move.

[Chuck to Chuck]

Lists featuring all new picks: 1 2 (Wheezer, Chuck)

Your picks may have been all-new to you, but they were not even close to all new.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Hawking, Ariel Sharon, Mike Wallace, Muhammad Ali and Billy Graham were all picked by someone else in 2011.

Ah, I see what you were getting at.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

Also, I'm a little perturbed by Powen's picks.  He's clearly gone for an "Evil Scumbags" theme, having chosen the following:

Hosni Mubarak
Fidel Castro
Hugo Chavez
Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah
Timoleón Jiménez
Dane Cook
George Lucas
Powen01

Angelina Jolie's in there, too, which seems a little harsh but I'm not going to argue with it.  But then you have dear, sweet, loveable Zooey Deschanel, who to the best of my knowledge has never oppressed a people, kidnapped or terrorised innocent bystanders, manufactured narcotics, starred in "Employee of the Month", made any Star Wars prequels or stabbed anybody at all.

She is guilty of being gorgeous, but if that's an international felony then I should be on the list, too.  WTF, Powen?

He did net both Osama and Kim Jong-Il last season. But didn't hit on a single non-evil-bastard.

If Powen is somehow right on Zooey Deschanel I will do cartwheels.

She is the fucking devil.

Pshaw. That's just the psychic trauma speaking.