1998 Mike Verde/NYPD Death Pool

1999 Verde/NYPD Death Pool Entry Form

Am making a list... Am checking it twice... Am sitting down to catch my breath...

Want to join in the fun in 1999? You've come to the right place! Below is a handy, if not dandy, form for the purpose. (Be sure to forward copies to sufficiently thick-skinned friends, relatives, coworkers.) A precis of Pool rules (you can click here to get the full Monty... of rules and regulations, I mean):

• Lists should be comprised of up to ten individual Celebrities Marked for the Grim Reaper (note: no teams/groups/cults/cabals of more than ten).
  
  
• I'll judge the acceptability of celebrities listed. Generally speaking, though, anyone famous enough to merit an obituary in a major media outlet will be accepted, as will anyone the choice of whom makes me laugh, or just smirk. (Realize my low standards.)
  
  
• Theme lists are encouraged, but not required. Remember, a prize (25% of Pool proceeds) goes to the best list.
  
  
• No credit awarded for those picks killed by Pool participants.
  
  
• Beginning in 1999, no credit will be awarded for individuals who receive the death penalty for crimes they've been convicted of committing. (You *would* get credit for someone on death row who, say, drowned while trying to escape, preposterous a scenario though that might be.)
  
  
• No animals -- human celebrities only, please.
  
  

  All right, we're ready to go! Copy the form below and e-mail me via this link! Good luck in '99!

  1999 Entry Form

  Were you a 1998 participant/onlooker?

  If you had a '98 list that did not produce points, you may renew it in '99 for just a dollar. Wanna?

  For a buck you can take a flyer on the Consensus List: if the list comprised of the ten-most-chosen celebrities generates more points than any participant's list, you'd win $10. Want in on this?

  Your list's theme (optional):

  Your 1999 list* (additional commentary welcome):

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  * You may submit as many lists as you like! Copy out this form and submit away!

  Please compose a haiku that reflects upon your list. (Remember the haiku format: 3 lines of 5/7/5 syllables.) (A limerick constitutes an acceptable alternative.)

  
  
  
  
  
  

  Your tie-breaking prediction of a cataclysmic event in '99:
  
  

  Of all the world's celebrities, whether you listed him/her or not, who's the single most despicable whom you'd like to see leave this earthly plane in '99?
  

  Your prediction for the date of the first 1999 celebrity death to generate points for this Pool (closest guess wins a free list in the Year 2000 Pool):
  

  If you wish to be referred to pseudonymously on the Verde web site, please give me your nom d'Pool:
  
  

  Want to link the Pool web site to another? Gimme an URL.
  
  

  Send your payment by January 15 to: Jack Spellman, 17 Ocean Street, Beverly, MA 01915.

  Rates:
  • Renewed '98 lists: $1
  • New lists by Pool veterans: $2 each
  • New lists by Pool newbies: $3 each
  • Consensus List: $1
  
  
  

  Table of Contents:

  • Home page: This page is where it all begins.
    
    
  • Purpose and rules: This page fully explicates our purpose and encapsulates our rules.
    
    
  • Our current standings: This page lets you view our current standings.
    
    
  • Participants and Observers: This page lists Pool participants and observers.
    
    
  • Participants' lists plus consensus list: This page contains all the lists in play for this year, plus the consensus list of the most-chosen celebrities.
    
    
  • Master list of celebrities: This page contains an alphabetized master list of all the celebrities who appear on participants' lists.
    
    
  • Saw it coming list: This page contains a chronologically arranged list of celebrities whose ends Poolsters foretold.
    
    
  • Nobody saw it coming list: This page contains a chronologically arranged list of celebrities whose ends none of the Poolsters foretold.
    
    
  • Updates: This page reproduces our more or less weekly, more or less wacky, more or less recent updates.
    
    
  • Fan mail, flames, miscellany: This page contains an archive of Pool-related e-mail and bric-a-brac.
    
    
  • Haiku Korner: This page contains a blazing collection of Pool-related haiku.
    
    
  • Frequently asked questions: This page contains a selection of Pool-related questions and answers thereto.
    
    
  • Date-of-first-death sub-pool: This page tells the tale of an interest-raising sub-pool-related.
  
  
  

  "I shall dance into 1999 atop the Consensus List!"