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2 Apr 2005, 21:23
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Who Will Die First? - Thatcher Triumphant.
Following on in the great betting tradition.
Which means that the Iron Lady, slayer of the Communist beast, former Emperess of Britannia, great disciple of Hayek, destroyer of the Argentines, the Scargilites, the Unionites, the Bennites, and many other uncivilised tribes, has won this great contest of ours.
Now, it is time for a new contest.
So,
Who will die first?
- Margaret Thatcher. (Reigning Champion.)
- Boris Yeltsin.
- Edward Heath.
- George Bush Snr.
- Gerald Ford.
- Jimmy Carter.
- Jiang Zemin.
- Her Maj.
Place your bets now please.
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Re: Who Will Die First - Thatcher Triumphant.
Thatcher
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2 Apr 2005, 21:26
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Re: Who Will Die First - Thatcher Triumphant.
Jimmy Carter
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2 Apr 2005, 21:28
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Re: Who Will Die First - Thatcher Triumphant.
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Re: Who Will Die First - Thatcher Triumphant.
Comedy "Dead_Meat" option.
(I say Heath.)
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Re: Who Will Die First - Thatcher Triumphant.
I predict Gerald Ford.
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2 Apr 2005, 21:33
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Re: Who Will Die First - Thatcher Triumphant.
Liz 2nd
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2 Apr 2005, 21:35
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Re: Who Will Die First - Thatcher Triumphant.
P.S, I was going to bring George Burns into the new competition, but some quick research revealed that he had actually died in 1996, something which had apparently escaped my attention for the last nine years. He was also, therefore, disqualified from running.
Also, we will be doing a points system, whereby all those who correctly predict the next person to die will be awarded a point, and the person(s) with the most points when we have a winner are awarded a mystery prize.*
* Woooohohohohoho!
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2 Apr 2005, 21:38
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Re: Who Will Die First - Thatcher Triumphant.
Yeltsin OR Heath. probably Yeltsin.
also, with Callaghan and Wojtyla out of the frame, two of my top three picks for 'The Death Game' are out already - when Ronnie Biggs drops i'll be a happy man
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2 Apr 2005, 21:40
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Re: Who Will Die First - Thatcher Triumphant.
You can't say 'probably'. You have to pick one.
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Re: Who Will Die First - Thatcher Triumphant.
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You can't say 'probably'. You have to pick one.
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fine. Yeltsin.
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Heh, Leeds !
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Re: Who Will Die First? - Thatcher Triumphant.
Gerald Ford
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Re: Who Will Die First? - Thatcher Triumphant.
I pick
Margaret Hilda Roberts Thatcher
btw, Hilda somehow tells you what you need to know about her.
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Re: Who Will Die First? - Thatcher Triumphant.
I'm gonna go with Ford
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Re: Who Will Die First? - Thatcher Triumphant.
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btw, Hilda somehow tells you what you need to know about her.
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Re: Who Will Die First? - Thatcher Triumphant.
Thatcher, Thatcher the milk snatcher!
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Re: Who Will Die First? - Thatcher Triumphant.
Ah, now you have to be objective, people. As much as we'd all like Thatcher to visit bonetown, she is quite unlikely to be the first to go out of this lot.
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Re: Who Will Die First? - Thatcher Triumphant.
you never know we could get lucky, she might visit brighton again.
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Re: Who Will Die First? - Thatcher Triumphant.
Boris "Absolut" Yeltsin.
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Re: Who Will Die First? - Thatcher Triumphant.
Why the restricted entry? Just politics is boring.
Popular choices on dead pool sites include Osama Bin Laden, Billy Graham, Michael Jackson, Kirk Douglas, Fidel Castro, Richard Pryor, Ozzy Osbourne, Elizabeth Taylor, Muhammad Ali, Charlton Heston, Ernest Borgnine, Stephen Hawking, Nancy Reagan, Prince Rainier, 50 Cent, Nelson Mandela, James Brown, Ronnie Biggs, etc.
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Re: Who Will Die First? - Thatcher Triumphant.
Because political figures are fairly immediately recognisable, and these lot are also all pretty advanced in years. The thing would be both unworkable and pointless if we included people like Ozzy Osbourne. Unless you believe we'll actually all be here in thirty years time. Likewise with restrictions. They have to be there, or it's pointless.
In any case, this is how we've always done it, and no-one's bitched about it previously. It's not really supposed to be taken all that seriously, you know.
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Re: Who Will Die First? - Thatcher Triumphant.
Jiang Zemin.
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Re: Who Will Die First? - Thatcher Triumphant.
Yeltsin.
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Re: Who Will Die First? - Thatcher Triumphant.
heath, suddenly, in his sleep
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Re: Who Will Die First? - Thatcher Triumphant.
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he's already dead
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Re: Who Will Die First? - Thatcher Triumphant.
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he's already dead
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Re: Who Will Die First? - Thatcher Triumphant.
heath
and donkie, the actual rhyme was: maggie thatcher milk snatcher.
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Popular choices on dead pool sites include Osama Bin Laden, Billy Graham, Michael Jackson, Kirk Douglas, Fidel Castro, Richard Pryor, Ozzy Osbourne, Elizabeth Taylor, Muhammad Ali, Charlton Heston, Ernest Borgnine, Stephen Hawking, Nancy Reagan, Prince Rainier, 50 Cent, Nelson Mandela, James Brown, Ronnie Biggs, etc.
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stephen hawking is a good bet as he really should already be dead :/
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are you sure? i swear he died a couple of weeks ago
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Re: Who Will Die First? - Thatcher Triumphant.
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are you sure? i swear he died a couple of weeks ago
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Is the latest, from yesterday.
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Re: Who Will Die First? - Thatcher Triumphant.
why isn't jimmy carter on the list? I DEMAND AN EXPLANATION. He's as good as dead, and I will win with major points.
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Re: Who Will Die First? - Thatcher Triumphant.
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why isn't jimmy carter on the list? I DEMAND AN EXPLANATION. He's as good as dead, and I will win with major points.
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He is, you silly sod.
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Re: Who Will Die First? - Thatcher Triumphant.
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I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which i'm dying
Are the best i've ever had
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Re: Who Will Die First? - Thatcher Triumphant.
mandela would be a good one to add to the list though.
And maybe Castro.
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Re: Who Will Die First? - Thatcher Triumphant.
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He is, you silly sod.
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Re: Who Will Die First? - Thatcher Triumphant.
im going for liz. i hear on the grapevine that she has some disease and she aint got long left, thats why the marriage and constituional changes/laws have to be sorted out asap.
you heard it here first!!
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Re: Who Will Die First? - Thatcher Triumphant.
Thatcher's brain has been dead for years, they should just shoot her, Theresa Schiavo stylie.
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Re: Who Will Die First? - Thatcher Triumphant.
You are all assuming the pope won't come back to life next week. Apparently it happens a lot in the church.
They don't tell everyone incase there is mass panic and stuff.
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And maybe Castro.
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No more additions. You pays yo money, and yo takes yo choice.
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Ford.
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Gerald Ford then.
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Re: Who Will Die First? - Thatcher Triumphant.
Gerald Ford'll drop first. I reckon maggie will outlast all of the rest of them (but we can dream).
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Re: Who Will Die First? - Thatcher Triumphant.
Ford seems to be the popular choice. Manson reserves his judgement on that one.
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Re: Who Will Die First? - Thatcher Triumphant.
Heath.
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Re: Who Will Die First? - Thatcher Triumphant.
Thatcher can't last much longer, but I reckon Heath'll go first.
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Re: Who Will Die First? - Thatcher Triumphant.
Thatcher will go first, then Yeltsin. Carter/Ford/Bush Sr are all still in fairly decent shape. I guess that's because they haven't had any sort of real job/stress for 24, 29, and 12 years, respectively.
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