![]() ![]() Sharing news of celebrities in ill health and whatnot is up to individual posters. Otherwise, I will submit the first 13 names on your list. If you pick more than 13, or if any of your picks is otherwise invalid, I may ask for clarification. If you have no alternates, and one of your picks has died the remaining twelve will be all you have. It might be advisable to submit one or more “alternates” with your list, in the event that one of your picks dies during December 2022. The only exceptions to this rule would be deaths caused by those posters serving as members of the police or armed forces of any country, in the line of duty.Įditing your choices: be careful! You can make changes to your list before the end of the year, but it has to be clear which names are your final choices. Prisoners held on death row will be valid for scoring points only if they die by means other than official execution.Īny poster who kills or otherwise contributes to the death of any celebrity mentioned in this thread is disqualified. If we are uncertain about the celebrity’s age at death, we will go by the higher age (lower score). See the “Quantity Not Quality” award, below. You can pick people who are 100 or more years old but you won’t score points for them. Remember, people, it’s only a game! It’s supposed to be fun, Fun FUN!!! HOWEVER, if you DO have a question about whether or not someone else’s choice qualifies, please, I’d prefer a PM about it to start off with, rather than thrashing it out in public and possibly causing resentment. It’s not going to be your Aunt Mabel who was in the local paper because her apple pie won first place in the county fair. It’s really hard to define “celebrity” Best we can do is someone who’s death is rather widely reported in major media outlets, because of something they’ve done, be it art, politics, athletics, science, music, the military, or even serial murder. famous solely as a result of their illness or associated actions/events. a registered member of the SDMB, 'cause that would be weirdį. under age 18 at death, 'cause we’re macabre but not THAT macabre.Į. ![]() Central time, which is six hours behind Greenwich.)ĭ. Whoever has the most points at the end of the year wins the undying snort admiration of the SDMB.Īll picks must be time- and date-stamped by midnight CST, Dec. If any of your celebrities dies, you score 100 points minus their age at death. You pick 13 celebrities (that’s thirteen, not ten) whom you predict will die within the calendar year 2023. Okay, as usual, let’s get the rules out of the way and get to playing. The Straight Dope Message Board (SDMB), the online community that has grown up around the column, will remain open for business.It’s the most wonderful time of the year!!! This past year has been a strange one, in many different ways, and 2023 hopefully will be better. The Straight Dope home page will continue to be updated with recycled classics. A large number of those columns are also archived at. The Straight Dope archive-some 3,400 columns, most written by me, the balance by the Straight Dope Science Advisory Board, my online auxiliary-will remain accessible at. However that works out, the Straight Dope legacy will remain intact. In the meantime, I’m thinking about publishing another Straight Dope book-it’s been nigh on 20 years since the last one. But no decision has been made, and my role, if any, has not been determined. It’s possible a successor to the Straight Dope will emerge, possibly with daily online content. Why the change, and why now? With the planned sale of the Chicago Reader, the folks at Sun-Times Media, which will continue to own the Straight Dope, are rethinking the once-a-week deep dive (sorta) on a single topic (usually) in question-and-answer format. This week’s Straight Dope marks the last appearance of the column as the Teeming Millions have known it for the past 45 years. Best of Chicago 2022: Music & NightlifeĪ note from Cecil Adams about the Straight Dope:.Best of Chicago 2022: Sports & Recreation. ![]()
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