Dead Pool 184: papal edition
The pope! The pope! Tonyc had him, but we all saw it coming.
I asked Grok who the shortest serving pope was, and the answer is: “Pope Urban VII, who reigned for 13 days from September 15 to September 27, 1590. He died of malaria before his coronation, making his papacy the briefest in history.”
So now you’ve learned something, let’s get right down to it:
0. Rule Zero (AKA Steve’s Rule): your pick has to be living when picked. Also, nobody whose execution date is circled on the calendar. Also, please don’t kill anybody. Plus (Pupster’s Rule) no picking someone who’s only famous for being the oldest person alive.
1. Pick a celebrity. Any celebrity — though I reserve the right to nix picks I never heard of (I don’t generally follow the Dead Pool threads carefully, so if you’re unsure of your pick, call it to my attention).
2. We start from scratch every time. No matter who you had last time, or who you may have called between rounds, you have to turn up on this very thread and stake your claim.
3. Poaching and other dirty tricks positively encouraged.
4. Your first choice sticks. Don’t just blurt something out, m’kay? Also, make sure you have a correct spelling of your choice somewhere in your comment. These threads get longish and I use search to figure out if we have a winner.
5. It’s up to you to search the thread and make sure your choice is unique. I’m waayyyy too lazy to catch the dupes. Popular picks go fast.
6. The pool stays open until somebody on the list dies. Feel free to jump in any time. Noobs, strangers, drive-bys and one-comment-wonders — all are welcome.
7. If you want your fabulous prize, you have to entrust me with a mailing address. If you’ve won before, send me your address again. I don’t keep good records.
8. The new DeadPool will begin 6pm WBT (Weasel’s Blog Time) the Friday after the last round is concluded.
The winner, if the winner chooses to entrust me with a mailing address, will receive an Official Certificate of Dick Winning and a small original drawing on paper suffused with elephant shit particles. Because I’m fresh out of fairy shit particles.
Note: I am woefully behind on dick deliveries. If I owe you one, you’ll know how long. I ain’t gived up, but I haven’t drawn much since lockdown. Some day, your heirs might hear from my heirs.
Posted: April 25th, 2025 under deadpool.
Comments: 52
Comments
Comment from thefritz
Time: April 25, 2025, 6:01 pm
Dick Cheney dammit!
Comment from LavenderGirl
Time: April 25, 2025, 6:01 pm
Bobby Sherman
60’s Teen Heartthrob, singer, actor.
@ thefritz Yes but its been 3 weeks since he was saying he was ready.
Comment from RushBabe
Time: April 25, 2025, 6:01 pm
Eva Marie Saint.
Comment from BullDawgGirl
Time: April 25, 2025, 6:01 pm
King Charles
Comment from BullDawgGuy
Time: April 25, 2025, 6:01 pm
George Soros
His apple did not fall far from the Tree. Time for him to see Jimmy and Cecile to decide if he wants to be extra crispy or original recipe.
Comment from thefritz
Time: April 25, 2025, 6:04 pm
Hey LG, I was gonna poach Bobby Sherman cuz I think he’s next to join the angel’s choir, but the thought of not picking Dick Cheney was just too strong…good luck.
Comment from Carl
Time: April 25, 2025, 6:05 pm
Duke of Kent
Comment from G_d’s Middle Finger
Time: April 25, 2025, 6:08 pm
Dick Van Dyke smiling on his way to heaven
Comment from Mrs Carl
Time: April 25, 2025, 6:11 pm
Duchess of Kent.
She and the Duke are both good people (they could serve as an example to the rest of the royal family) but they are old and ailing. He is 89 and she is 92.
Comment from Some Vegetable
Time: April 25, 2025, 6:59 pm
Khaled Mashal -is apparently the current highest ranking Hamas leader still around. If anyone wants to make a “Rule Zero Objection” ([someone] whose execution date is circled on the calendar) please speak now so I can make another choice.
No, I don’t have inside contacts in the Mossad.
Yes, I do have great confidence in them.
Comment from Deborah HH
Time: April 25, 2025, 7:15 pm
Still waiting on Fidel’s rotten commie brother: Raul Castro.
Comment from Gromulin
Time: April 25, 2025, 7:49 pm
Klaus Schwab
Comment from Jeff Weimer
Time: April 25, 2025, 8:07 pm
Phil Collins
Comment from Tonyc
Time: April 25, 2025, 8:24 pm
Jane Fonda, pretty please.
Comment from Ea
Time: April 25, 2025, 8:30 pm
Joe Biden
Comment from The Neon Madman
Time: April 25, 2025, 8:35 pm
Buzz Aldrin, a real astronaut
Comment from Rich Rostrom
Time: April 25, 2025, 8:52 pm
Reclusive novelist Thomas Pynchon
He has a new book coming out – maybe I’ll read it. Cool dude – he appeared on The Simpsons as himself.
Comment from Uncle Al
Time: April 25, 2025, 8:58 pm
I looks like Harvey Weinstein is a good candidate today.
Comment from JC
Time: April 25, 2025, 9:27 pm
Mel Brooks
Comment from ExpressoBold Pureblood
Time: April 25, 2025, 10:03 pm
I cannot give up on Alan Greenspan…
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…
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… unless he is already dead and Andrea hasn’t reported it. Are there bad smells in his building?
Comment from Ben
Time: April 25, 2025, 10:05 pm
William Shatner!
Comment from dissent555
Time: April 25, 2025, 10:11 pm
I’ll stay with Connie Stevens for this round.
Comment from Durnedyankee
Time: April 25, 2025, 10:41 pm
Bill Gates.
It was an inspiration, I realized the bugs should eat him before he can make us eat them.
Comment from LesterIII
Time: April 25, 2025, 11:10 pm
I once again select Louis “Are ya using the whole fist there, Space Angel?” Walcott AKA Farrakhan. May his ending be agonizing.
Comment from PatAZ
Time: April 25, 2025, 11:14 pm
Bill Clinton. He hasn’t looked healthy in years.
Comment from ama
Time: April 25, 2025, 11:19 pm
Nancy Pelosi
Comment from BulkDawgGuy
Time: April 26, 2025, 1:40 am
Virginia Giuffre has taken her like. So sad. She was not only used by Epstein but those later in life who should have been there for her. May they rot in hell when they die.
Comment from Armybrat
Time: April 26, 2025, 1:43 am
I’ll continue to ride David Attenborough.
Comment from MrsMGunz
Time: April 26, 2025, 2:21 am
Rudy Giuliani
Comment from nbc
Time: April 26, 2025, 9:37 am
Noam Chomsky
Comment from steve
Time: April 26, 2025, 12:26 pm
Violet Hensley
Comment from Nana1
Time: April 26, 2025, 1:26 pm
Bill Cosby
Comment from AltBBrown
Time: April 26, 2025, 1:30 pm
Ali Hosseini Khamenei
Comment from platypuss
Time: April 26, 2025, 2:04 pm
As it’s her birthday, Carol Burnett! (tugs ear)
Comment from p2
Time: April 26, 2025, 9:56 pm
Barabara Eden yet again. Hate to see her go, but I’d sure enjoy watching her leave…😏😏
Comment from Subotai Bahadur
Time: April 27, 2025, 3:21 am
Asif Ali Zardari, President of Pakistan. in the current hostilities with India.
Comment from RimrockR
Time: April 27, 2025, 1:34 pm
Oh no! Late to the party and my traditional pick gone. Oh well, I have a suitable replacement: Albert Bourla of Pfizer. May his days be short and full of literal jabs. And internation tribunals. Let the summer of extreme sickness and death begin.
Comment from pupster
Time: April 27, 2025, 4:04 pm
Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Interim chairman of the World Economic Forum.
Comment from Tim Carlson
Time: April 27, 2025, 6:41 pm
Changing it up again (and poaching, I think) and picking June Lockhart, born June 25, 1925, 99 years young, actress and ‘favorite TV mom (?!)’.
Will she make it to 100? We shall see . . .
Comment from roamingfirehydrant
Time: April 27, 2025, 10:47 pm
The Dalai Lama (age 89)
Comment from Gordon R. Durand
Time: May 1, 2025, 3:45 am
Anthony Fauci, struck by Kosmos 482 during its descent, on May 10th. Wondrous.
Comment from steve
Time: May 2, 2025, 7:24 pm
Who had Ruth Buzze?
Nobody?
Carry on, then.
Comment from Rich Rostrom
Time: May 5, 2025, 12:57 am
Goddammit. George Ryan (crooked ex-governor of Illinois) died, 13 days after DP 183 ended – in which I picked him.
Comment from conchi
Time: May 13, 2025, 7:37 pm
Willie Nelson isn’t doing as well as we would like- so I pick him.
Comment from LesterIII
Time: May 15, 2025, 9:44 pm
Joe Don “Buford Pusser” Baker has passed at age 89. he wasn’t an active pick.
RIP, sir. Thanks for your gift of entertainment.
Comment from blake
Time: May 16, 2025, 10:13 pm
I just saw Ruta Lee on Perry Mason last night.
She turns 90 in two weeks.
So, Ruta Lee.
Comment from thefritz
Time: May 17, 2025, 10:32 am
Character actor Joe Don Baker has died at age 89. The Texan played villain Brad Whitaker in THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS and CIA agent Jack Wade in GOLDENEYE and TOMORROW NEVER DIES.
RIP
Comment from thefritz
Time: May 17, 2025, 12:40 pm
Guess I need to sharpen my skills. You beat me by 2 days Lester.
Comment from Mark Burdeshaw
Time: May 18, 2025, 11:52 pm
Keith Richards
Comment from BullDawgGirl
Time: May 19, 2025, 2:00 am
Picked the wrong DP to go with KC, looks like Biden might beat him
Comment from steve
Time: May 19, 2025, 9:31 pm
OK! This is a “local invention”.
Herewith: Kind of like a Dead Pool, but different.
Predict the first of the Biden/Deep State cabal to be indicted/convicted/imprisoned.
Wildly popular?
Or is it just me?
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