People Die That Our Traditions May Live: Deathmas Cometh

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Any day now...

2016: January 10

Release dates for Dead Pools in recent years (aka - Thrill's Desipio's best post of the year):

2015: January 5th
2014: January 8th
2013: January 3rd
2012: January 4th
2011: January 3rd
2010: January 2nd

We're well in range here.

What.

The.

Fuck.

[Quality Start Machine]

Hey Thrill, can I add Huey to my list?

On a totally unrelated note, can you hold off on publishing until March?

[Wheezer]

Hey Thrill, can I add Huey to my list?

On a totally unrelated note, can you hold off on publishing until March?

You should refuse to bathe until it hai.

[Brownie]

Hey Thrill, can I add Huey to my list?

On a totally unrelated note, can you hold off on publishing until March?

Only if anyone who might have picked Huey before the deadline is not penalized.

[Chuck to Chuck]

1.   Pope Benedict XVI
2.   Lamar Odom
3.   Beverly Cleary
4.   Adam West
5.   Yoko Ono
6.   Ed O'Bradovich
7.   Joe Ricketts
8.   Cher
9.   Mary Tyler Moore
10.   Terry Boers

HIT

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

1.   Pope Benedict XVI
2.   Lamar Odom
3.   Beverly Cleary
4.   Adam West
5.   Yoko Ono
6.   Ed O'Bradovich
7.   Joe Ricketts
8.   Cher
9.   Mary Tyler Moore
10.   Terry Boers

HIT

#10 on my list.

[Tony]

1.   Pope Benedict XVI
2.   Lamar Odom
3.   Beverly Cleary
4.   Adam West
5.   Yoko Ono
6.   Ed O'Bradovich
7.   Joe Ricketts
8.   Cher
9.   Mary Tyler Moore
10.   Terry Boers

HIT

#10 on my list.

#2 on mine.

[Yeti]

1.   Pope Benedict XVI
2.   Lamar Odom
3.   Beverly Cleary
4.   Adam West
5.   Yoko Ono
6.   Ed O'Bradovich
7.   Joe Ricketts
8.   Cher
9.   Mary Tyler Moore
10.   Terry Boers

HIT

#10 on my list.

#2 on mine.

We're eventually going to crowdsource this thing

[PenFoe]

1.   Pope Benedict XVI
2.   Lamar Odom
3.   Beverly Cleary
4.   Adam West
5.   Yoko Ono
6.   Ed O'Bradovich
7.   Joe Ricketts
8.   Cher
9.   Mary Tyler Moore
10.   Terry Boers

HIT

#10 on my list.

#2 on mine.

We're eventually going to crowdsource this thing

If everyone wants to post their list, we can do this fairly quickly, albeit with less panache.

[Wheezer]

1.   Pope Benedict XVI
2.   Lamar Odom
3.   Beverly Cleary
4.   Adam West
5.   Yoko Ono
6.   Ed O'Bradovich
7.   Joe Ricketts
8.   Cher
9.   Mary Tyler Moore
10.   Terry Boers

HIT

#10 on my list.

#2 on mine.

We're eventually going to crowdsource this thing

If everyone wants to post their list, we can do this fairly quickly, albeit with less panache.

Sigh. I've been thinking the same thing.

[Yeti]

1.   Pope Benedict XVI
2.   Lamar Odom
3.   Beverly Cleary
4.   Adam West
5.   Yoko Ono
6.   Ed O'Bradovich
7.   Joe Ricketts
8.   Cher
9.   Mary Tyler Moore
10.   Terry Boers

HIT

#10 on my list.

#2 on mine.

We're eventually going to crowdsource this thing

If everyone wants to post their list, we can do this fairly quickly, albeit with less panache.

But, I need that sippy worthy post.

[BigDrinky]

This was my list sent in for 2017:

1.  Kirk Douglas
2.  George H Bush
3.  Queen Elizabeth
4.  Doris Day
5.  Mel Brooks
6.  Jerry Lee Lewis
7.  Dick Van Dyke
8.  Bob Newhart
9.  Bob Dole
10.  Mary Tyler Moore

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

1.   Don Rickles
2.   Vin Scully
3.   Johnny Lujack
4.   Terry Boers
5.   Queen Elizabeth II
6.   William "The Refrigerator" Perry
7.   Fats Domino
8.   Donald Trump
9.   Ed O'Bradovich
10.   Mary Tyler Moore (Cha-Ching)

[Brownie]

After going 0-for 2015 and 2016, I decided to go for the luck of the Irish.

1. Sinead O'Connor  (50)
2.  Shannen Doherty  (45)
3. Regis Philbin  (85)
4. Brian Dennehy  (78)
5. Richard M. Daley  (74)
6. IL House Speaker Michael Madigan  (74)
7. "Neutron Jack" Welch (retired CEO of GE)  (81)
8. Whitey Ford   (88)
9. Vin Scully  (89)
10. Mike Donohue (45)

[ChuckD]

1. Liz Sheridan
2. Phil Spector
3. Walter Mondale
4. Mikhail Gorbachev
5. Shannon Doherty
6. Estelle Harris
7. John Hurt
8. Tom Brokaw
9. Tommy Chong
10. Joost van der Westhuizen