1 January 2005It's better than that; they're dead, JimWell, okay, they aren't yet, but if they croak off in 2005, they'll score me points in the IFOC Dead Pool. Inasmuch as I didn't score so much as one freaking point last year, I'm sending most of the same still-undead losers back for another chance. My roster, from oldest to, um, less old: Sargent Shriver (born 9 January 1915), former Democratic vice-presidential candidate *Some sources say 1923. And if you've seen this thing and wondering if it's legit, please be advised that I won a prize in the '03 pool and received it promptly. Posted at 9:29 PM to BlogorrheaTrackBacks if any: Jeeze, how could you miss Rehnquist or Dick Clark? One's being treated for a serious form of cancer and the other's a stroke victim who hasn't been seen since. They should qualify as gimmes. Posted by: Bill Peschel at 6:58 PM on 2 January 2005Well, at the time I sent this in, Clark hadn't been announced as that ill, and I figured everyone and his brother in law was sending Rehnquist. (Solo-shot bonus points, I suspect, will be the margin next year.) |