Ray Bradbury Must Die (Dead Pool Update)

[Just_An_SID]

When Gerald Ford died a couple of weeks ago, the Dead Pool that I am in reset. The drawing for the new pool was this evening and I drew Ray Bradbury.

According to Wikpedia, he is currently 86 and a photo of him from 2004 shows him in a wheelchair. I know nothing else about his health.

At $10 a person, the pool is over $1,000.

(Yes, I know that I am going to hell for this).

 

[DyePack]

I've never had an issue with you, SID, but you're a ftard on this one.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

>:(

SID, you are in fact going to hell for this one.

 

[outofplace]

Wow, SID, that is truly low. I hope Ray Bradbury lives to be 100 at least...

 

[westcoastvol]

He was looking pretty spry in a q and a at the downtown L.A. Public Library a couple of months ago...

 

[Killick]

Dammit, I drew JDV. He's gonna live forever, like one of those kids from "Fame."
(And, wow, talk about backlash. Never knew there was such Bradbury love on SportsJournalists.com.)

 

[farmerjerome]

Dammit, I drew JDV. He's gonna live forever, like one of those kids from "Fame."
(And, wow, talk about backlash. Never knew there was such Bradbury love on SportsJournalists.com.)

Killick, where did you get that pick? That's sooo funny and depressing at the same time.

 

[Just_An_SID]

Dammit, I drew JDV. He's gonna live forever, like one of those kids from "Fame."
(And, wow, talk about backlash. Never knew there was such Bradbury love on SportsJournalists.com.)

Everybody name drawn in the pool is at least 80 years old so I don't feel near as bad as if -- as mentioned by some other SportsJournalists.comers -- that I drew Lindsay Lohan or somebody similar.

 

[Killick]

Dammit, I drew JDV. He's gonna live forever, like one of those kids from "Fame."
(And, wow, talk about backlash. Never knew there was such Bradbury love on SportsJournalists.com.)

Killick, where did you get that pick? That's sooo funny and depressing at the same time.

The Raiderettes were having a pool.

 

[Herbert Anchovy]

Ray's death would mark some general grief, unlike Poppy Bush and his she-wolf.

He forgot about more ideas than that entire criminal family has ever belched forth.

 

[Just_An_SID]

My brother has Lady Bird Johnson. My sister has Kittie Carlisle.

 

[outofplace]

Dammit, I drew JDV. He's gonna live forever, like one of those kids from "Fame."
(And, wow, talk about backlash. Never knew there was such Bradbury love on SportsJournalists.com.)

I couldn't care less about Bradbury. I don't care for dead pools and actually saying the guy must die so SID can get his cash was a relative low point, even for this board.

 

[Just_An_SID]

I couldn't care less about Bradbury. I don't care for dead pools and actually saying the guy must die so SID can get his cash was a relative low point, even for this board.

Of course I don't wish him ill will. The Dead Pool is just like a lottery where we are all waiting to see which number stops breathing gets pulled first.

 

[JayFarrar]

Explain how the dead pool works. I'm going to pass this on to the guy who does our college football pool and I want to be able to explain it.
I like the idea. And fingers crossed for you on Bradbury croaking.

 

[Just_An_SID]

Explain how the dead pool works. I'm going to pass this on to the guy who does our college football pool and I want to be able to explain it.
I like the idea. And fingers crossed for you on Bradbury croaking.

It is pretty simple. Everybody throws 10 bucks into a pot and draws a name from among a list of celebrities who are 80 years or older. First person to have their celebrity pass away wins.

 

[Ace]

Explain how the dead pool works. I'm going to pass this on to the guy who does our college football pool and I want to be able to explain it.
I like the idea. And fingers crossed for you on Bradbury croaking.

It is pretty simple. Everybody throws 10 bucks into a pot and draws a name from among a list of celebrities who are 80 years or older. First person to have their celebrity pass away wins.

Of course you know will be the chief suspect if his death appears untoward. I suggest you spend your last days doting on Mr. Bradbury and protecting him from harm.

 

[Just_An_SID]

What if my brother wins because an ex-first lady dies?

And of course, the last pool ended when Gerald Ford passed but as near as I can tell, nobody ever checked into what the winner of the pool was doing when President Ford passed.

 

[Just_An_SID]

Here is an update. . .

The death of Howard Hunt reset the dead pool so as far as I'm concerned, long lvie Ray Bradbury.

We will pick new names in another week or so.

 

[Mystery_Meat]

An over-80 pool? Talk about low-hanging fruit. Do an under-40 pool.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

The one I'm in has a good scoring system -- you pick 10 people you think will join the choir invisible within the next year. For each one that passes you get 100 points - minus their age. That way you get more credit for someone like Courtney Love than you would for Lady Bird Johnson.