Deadpool 2008
Yeah, we’re sick. So what?
The 2008 game started on January 1st 2007 and runs until December 31st 2008.
Previous Games
- 2007 - Winner: Chris Bell.
- 2006 - Winner: Steve Pugh.
- 2005 - Winner: Paul Stevenson.
- 2004 - Winner: Bethan Gostick.
- 2003 - Winner: Mike Doherty.
- 2002 - Winners: Paul Stevenson and Bethan Gostick.
- 2001 - Winner: Steve Pugh.
- 2000 - Winner: Steve Pugh.
- 1998/1999 - Winner: Olly Betts
- 1997/1998 - Winner: Andrew Brennand
- 1996/1997 - Winner: Andrew Brennand
The Lists
Steve Pugh
- Michael Foot, 1913, politician and historian
- Kirk Douglas, 1916, he’s Spartacus
- Arthur C. Clarke, 1917, author Deceased: 19th March 2008
- J.D. Salinger, 1919, another author
- Prince Philip, 1921, living god of the Yaohnanen tribe
- Henry Kissinger, 1923, war criminal
- Charlton Heston, 1924, would a shooting accident be too much? Deceased: 05th April 2008
- Fidel Castro, 1926, assuming he's not already dead...
- Murray Gell-Mann, 1928, nobel prize winner
- Valentina Tereshkova, 1937, first woman cosmonaut
Paul Stevenson
- Studs Terkel, 1912, Journalist
- Mark Felt, 1919, Deep Throat
- Clive Dunn, 1920, Gretchen Franklin's cousin
- Margaret Thatcher, 1925, Pinochet’s chum
- Alfredo di Stéfano, 1926, Real Madrid legend
- Cyril Smith, 1928, liberally-proportioned ex-MP
- Ronnie Biggs, 1929, or is he just pretending to be ill?
- Harold Pinter, 1930, had his last Birthday Party?
- Bobby Robson, 1933, Ipswich Town Honorary President
- Louis Farrakhan, 1933, Islamic National
Bethan Gostick
- Robert McNamara, 1916, middle name “strange”
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1919, Will the City Lights go out?
- J.D. Salinger, 1919, if he lets us know he’s dead
- George Miller, 1920
- Humphrey Lyttleton, 1921 Deceased: 26th April 2008
- Lady Thatcher, 1925, if she is indeed human
- Ken Dodd, 1927
- Ian Brady, 1938, Old lady
- Liz Dawn, 1938
- Amy Winehouse, 1983
Chris Bell
- David Rockefeller, 1915, Very rich, very old
- Denis Healey, 1917, Old Labour
- Billy Graham, 1918, time to meet his maker
- John Glenn, 1921, It could be one space mission too many
- Robert Mugabe, 1924, crazed dictator, more from hope than expectation
- Hugh Hefner, 1926, Viagra overdose?
- Larry Hagman, 1931, Already on his second liver
- Alex Higgins, 1949, Snooker player with throat cancer, apparently
- Shane MacGowan, 1957, Singer with a soon to be non-functioning liver
- Holly Johnson, 1960, Frankie Goes To AIDS Clinic
Jolyon Lockett
- Kirk Douglas, 1916, (spartacus) sparked out?
- Humphrey Lyttleton, 1921, (jazz trumpeter) inspirationally misanthropic, but so old Deceased: 26th April 2008
- Peter Sallis, 1921, (actor) the last of the summer wine kull continues
- Eric Sykes, 1923, (actor) 73% more likely to die this year than Saddam
- Barbara Bush, 1925, (ex-first lady) too prissy to die?
- Margaret Thatcher, 1925, (heartless cow) dies of a broken blood pumping analogue?
- Jimmy Savile, 1926, (marathon man) how long can he keep on running?
- Ken Russel, 1927, (director) Big Brother didn't kill him, so what will?
- Mikhail Gorbachev, 1931, (aged russian) retired, bored? lost the will to live?
- Pervez Musharraf, 1943, Pakistani president
Howard Reed
- Michael Foot, 1913, 19th century Labour politician
- Jack Jones, 1913, ex-TUC boss
- Humphrey Lyttleton, 1921, Radio presenter & jazz musician Deceased: 26th April 2008
- Eric Sykes, 1923, comedian
- Margaret Thatcher, 1925, 80s Tory
- Geoffrey Howe, 1926, 80s Tory
- Queen Elizabeth II, 1926, rather dull monarch
- Ronnie Corbett, 1930, comedian
- Clint Eastwood, 1930, star of 'The Dead Pool' and other movies
- Michael Winner, 1935, sometime film director / restaurant critic
Mike Doherty
- Jack Weil, 1901, credited with the invention of the stylistic necessity, the bolo tie.
- Arthur Andrews, 1909, an Alabaman Republican Member of U.S. House of Representatives
- Eric Tindell, 1910, only "Double All Black" to play Tests in both cricket and rugby union for New Zealand
- Sir Norman Wisdom, 1915, national comedy hero of Albania
- Eli Wallach, 1915, The Ugly
- Robert Gabriel Mugabe, 1924, president of Zimbabwe - being such a knob has got to take its toll. Then again, I said that 4 years ago.
- King Bumibol, Rama IX, 1927, king of Thailand and the world's longest-serving current head of state
- Muhammad Hosni Said Mubarak, 1928, President of Egypt since 1981, and an oft-time magnet for suicide bombers
- Joseph Kittinger, 1928, record holder of highest parachute jump (31,330m); currently a biplane barnstormer!
- General Than Shwe, 1933, military leader of Burma
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