Deadpool 2005

Yeah, we're sick. So what?

The 2005 game started on January 1st 2005 and ran until December 31st 2005. The winner was Paul Stevenson.

The Lists

Steve Pugh

  1. Sir John Mills, 1908, actor Deceased: 23rd April 2005
  2. Simon Wiesenthal, 1908, nazi-hunter Deceased: 20th September 2005
  3. Michael Foot, 1913, politician and historian
  4. Gerald Ford, 1913, ex-president
  5. Arthur C. Clarke, 1917, author
  6. J.D. Salinger, 1919, another author
  7. Pope John Paul II, 1920, top catholic Deceased: 2nd April 2005
  8. James Doohan, 1920, Scotty Deceased: 20th July 2005
  9. Charlton Heston, 1924, would a shooting accident be too much?
  10. Ariel Sharon, 1928, politician

Paul Stevenson

  1. Brooke Astor, 1902, American aristocrat
  2. James Callaghan, 1912, Dirty Jimmy? Deceased: 26th March 2005
  3. Augusto Pinochet, 1915, Thatcher's pal.
  4. Pope John Paul II, 1920, infallible but not inanimate Deceased: 2nd April 2005
  5. James Doohan, 1920, beam me up, Jesus Deceased: 20th July 2005
  6. William Rehnquist, 1924, ill-judged Deceased: 4th September 2005
  7. Margaret Thatcher, 1925, Pinochet's chum
  8. Ronnie Biggs, 1929, or is he just pretending to be ill?
  9. Larry Hagman, 1931, no more dreams of Jeannie
  10. Harald V of Norway, 1937, Balliol graduate.

Bethan Gostick

  1. Lady Bird Johnson, 1912, former first lady,
  2. Augusto Pinochet, 1915, everyone's favourite dictator
  3. Ted Heath, 1916, ex-prime minister Deceased: 17th July 2005
  4. Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1919, ditto?
  5. Pope John Paul II, 1920, the hat's getting too heavy Deceased: 2nd April 2005
  6. Sir Malcolm Arnold, 1921, doddery composer
  7. Ariel Sharon, 1928, one can hope
  8. Ian Brady, 1938, closely followed by
  9. Mickey Rourke, 1956, old junky
  10. Ian Huntley, 1974, continuing the trend of convicted murderers called Ian

Chris Bell

  1. General Augusto Pinochet, 1915, If natural causes don't get him, the chair will
  2. Denis Healey, 1917, Old Labour
  3. Pope John Paul II, 1920, get yer last rites here Deceased: 2nd April 2005
  4. John Glenn, 1921, It could be one space mission too many
  5. Boris Yeltsin, 1931, A popular choice, with good reason
  6. Larry Hagman, 1931, Already on his second liver
  7. George Best, 1946, ex- drunk Miss World shagger Deceased: 24th November 2005
  8. Alex Higgins, 1949, Snooker player with throat cancer, apparently
  9. Shane MacGowan, 1957, Singer with a soon to be non-functioning liver
  10. Holly Johnson, 1960, Frankie Goes To AIDS Clinic

Andrew Brennand

  1. Sir John Mills, 1908, since most other... Deceased: 23rd April 2005
  2. Pope John Paul II, 1920, ...people have them... Deceased: 2nd April 2005
  3. Eric Sykes, 1923, ...I'm hedging my bets.
  4. Gerald Ford, 1913, ex-leader of the free world
  5. Ted Heath, 1916, ex-leader of Bexley and Sidcup Deceased: 17th July 2005
  6. Saul Bellow, 1915, insert metaphysical pun here Deceased: 6th April 2005
  7. Arthur C Clarke, 1917, author, futurist and posible child buggerer
  8. Kurt Vonnegut, 1922, Farenheit 1400 - the temperature of cremation
  9. Ayad Allawi, 1945, Iraq's Interim Interminable Interable Prime Minister
  10. Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, 1959, Iraq's SCIRI Party Leader... and so young!

Jolyon Lockett

  1. Michaealangelo Antonioni, 1912, (film director) blown up? beyond the clouds?
  2. Kirk Douglas, 1916, (spartacus) sparked out?
  3. Pope John Paul II, 1920, (fool) the pope MUST die Deceased: 2nd April 2005
  4. Humphrey Lyttleton, 1921, (jazz trumpeter) inspirationally misanthropic, but so old
  5. Peter Sallis, 1921, (actor) the last of the summer wine kull continues
  6. Eric Sykes, 1923, (actor) 73% more likely to die this year than Saddam
  7. Barbara Bush, 1925, (ex-first lady) too prissy to die?
  8. Margaret Thatcher, 1925, (heartless cow) dies of a broken blood pumping analogue?
  9. Jimmy Savile, 1926, (marathon man) how long can he keep on running?
  10. Mikhail Gorbachev, 1931, (aged russian) retired, bored? lost the will to live?

Janice Houghton

  1. Ian Smith, 1919, ready for a Unilateral Declaration of Independence from life?
  2. Pope John Paul II, 1920, ready to meet the boss yet? Deceased: 2nd April 2005
  3. Prince Philip, 1921, ready to insult some angels?
  4. Jimmy Saville, 1926, now then, now then, now...
  5. Jackie Stallone, ????, can plastic surgery keep her going?
  6. John McCririck, 1940, all bets are off...
  7. Mike Reid, 1940, actor, comedian, corpse?
  8. Dick Cheney, 1941, working with Dubya would give anyone a dodgy ticker
  9. George Best, 1946, ready for last orders? Deceased: 24th November 2005
  10. Richard Griffiths, 1947, time to eat that pie in the sky?

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