Spaghetti arms! This is my gravesite, this is your gravesite

by boobs on Sep 16, 2009 6:33 PM EDT Comment 27 comments

It's only been a couple weeks since the last bereavement update, but there's been a lot of action. Most notably, the beautiful and talented Patrick Swayze; also Gertrude Baines, the world's oldest person; and Myles Brand, the president of the NCAA and the man responsible for firing Bob Knight at IU. Swayze and Brand both died of pancreatic cancer.

I have just recently discovered Point Break, and I think it's one of the best bad movies of all-time. Myles Brand has been one of the most important and influential men in college sports the past decade. Gertrude Baines loved Jesus and "never did fool around."

13 of the 21 entrants had Patrick Swayze, tying him with Fidel Castro as the second-most popular choice behind Ted Kennedy (14). (EDITED. THX BRIAN B) He was worth 68 points, Brand 58 and Baines, a 115-year-old woman but a unique pick, 35. As always, if I left someone off or made an adding error, let me know.

1. Brian B: 331 points (Michael Jackson, Jack Kemp, Millvina Dean, Ted Kennedy, Robert Novak, Les Paul)
2. boobs' mom: 302 points (Farrah Fawcett, Karl Malden, Ted Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Walter Cronkite, Patrick Swayze)
3. boobs: 291 points (Ted Kennedy, Jim Johnson, Gertrude Baines, Patrick Swayze, Myles Brand)
4. Petey Hendrix: 277 points (Dom DeLuise, Karl Malden, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Swayze, Myles Brand)
5. Red Menace: 274 points (Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Ted Kennedy, Robert Novak, Sir Bobby Robson, Patrick Swayze)
6. Cesar Hernandez: 267 points (Michael Jackson, Dom DiMaggio, Walter Cronkite, Patrick Swayze, Myles Brand)
7. Brian B's wife: 249 points (Paul Harvey, Karl Malden, Ted Kennedy, Robert Novak, Patrick Swayze)
7. boobs' coworker Steve: 249 points (Karl Malden, Ted Kennedy, Robert Novak, Patrick Swayze, Myles Brand)
9. ctnyc: 231 points (Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Ted Kennedy, Robert Novak, Les Paul, Patrick Swayze)
10. Chandrathan: 183 points (Ed McMahon, Karl Malden, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Swayze)
11. nlt-Andrew: 155 points (Ed McMahon, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Swayze)
12. 3fast: 118 points (Ted Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Walter Cronkite)
13. BengalRed: 116 points (Ted Kennedy, Patrick Swayze)
13. Brendan: 116 points (Ted Kennedy, Patrick Swayze)
15. Madville: 101 points (Dom DiMaggio, Patrick Swayze)
16. RedinWrigleyville: 75 points (Michael Jackson)
17. boobs' coworker Brian: 48 points (Ted Kennedy)
18. Joshuar9476: 28 points (Karl Malden)

3fast 1. Stephen Hawking 2. Margaret Thatcher 3. Billy Graham 4. Amy Winehouse 5. Kirk Douglas 6. Nelson Mandela 7. Stan Musial 8. Ariel Sharon 9. John Wooden 10. Jerry Lewis 11. Dick Clark *12. Ted Kennedy* 13. Elizabeth Taylor 14. Betty Ford 15. Robert Mugabe $$ 16. Charlie Watts $$ 17. Fidel Castro *18. Eunice Kennedy Shriver* 19. Buzz Aldrin $$ *20. Walter Cronkite*	BengalRed 1. Amy Winehouse 2. Fidel Castro 3. George Steinbrenner 4. Art Donovan 5. Bob Feller 6. Hugo Chavez $$ 7. Dick Clark 8. Jimmy Carter 9. Frank Gifford $$ 10. Patrick Swayze 11. Queen Elizabeth $$ 12. Robert Byrd 13. Mickey Rourke $$ 14. John Daly 15. Tony Bennett 16. Keith Richards 17. Nancy Reagan 18. Peter Falk *19. Ted Kennedy* 20. Mike Wallace $$	boobs 1. Elizabeth Edwards *2. Ted Kennedy* 3. Seve Ballesteros 4. Patrick Swayze 5. Fidel Castro 6. Ariel Sharon 7. John Wooden 8. Muhammad Ali 9. Billy Graham 10. Fyvish Finkel $$ 11. Robert Byrd 12. Soupy Sales $$ 13. Gertrude Baines $$ 14. Zsa Zsa Gabor 15. Lil Wayne $$ 16. Bob Barker 17. Steve Jobs 18. Myles Brand 19. Stephen Hawking *20.* *Jim Johnson* *(Eagles) $$*	boobs' coworker Brian 1. Andy Rooney 2. Barbara Walters $$ 3. Pete Townshend $$ 4. Roger Daltrey $$ 5. Mick Jagger $$ *6. Ted Kennedy* 7. Robert Byrd 8. John McCain $$ 9. John Chaney $$ 10. Dick Cheney 11. Dick Clark 12. Dick Vitale $$ 13. Bill Cosby $$ 14. Hamid Karzai $$ 15. Nouri al-Maliki $$ 16. Pete Rose $$ 17. Jack Nicholson $$ 18. Robert De Niro $$ 19. Nancy Reagan 20. Joan Rivers $$
boobs' coworker steve (formerly boobs' roommate) 1. Elizabeth Edwards 2. John Wooden 3. Ariel Sharon 4. Billy Graham 5. Lee MacPhail 6. Bobby Doerr 7. Susan Atkins 8. Fidel Castro *9. Karl Malden* 10. Margaret Thatcher 11. Robert Byrd 12. Wendy Richard $$ 13. Myles Brand 14. Kirk Douglas 15. Patrick Swayze *16. Bob Novak* 17. Steve Jobs *18. Ted Kennedy* 19. Seve Ballesteros 20. Dick Dale $$	boobs' mom 1. Patrick Swayze 2. Farah Fawcett $$ *3. Ted Kennedy* 4. Nancy Reagan 5. Steve Jobs *6. Eunice Kennedy Shriver* 7. Robert Byrd 8. Fidel Castro 9. Dick Clark 10. Kirk Douglas *11. Karl Malden* 12. Phyllis Diller 13. Billy Graham 14. Rose Marie $$ 15. Barbara Billingsley $$ *16. Walter Cronkite* 17. Nelson Mandela 18. Shirley Temple Black $$ 19. Betty Ford 20. Jerry Lewis	Brendanukkah 1. Patrick Swayze 2. Steve Jobs 3. Tim Conway $$ 4. Russell Johnson $$ 5. Shia LaBeouf $$ 6. Carol Channing $$ 7. Jeff Conaway 8. Fidel Castro 9. Billy Graham 10. Jake "The Snake" Roberts 11. Gene Wilder $$ 12. Jimmy Carter 13. Henry Kissinger $$ 14. Charles Grodin $$ 15. Mick Mars $$ 16. John "Big Dawg" Thompson $$ 17. Michael J. Fox *18. Ted Kennedy* 19. J.D. Salinger 20. C. Everett Koop $$	Brian B *1. Jack Kemp $$* 2. Harry Morgan 3. Ted Kennedy 4. Robert Novak *5. Les Paul* 6. Lauren Bacall $$ *7. Millvina Dean $$* 8. John Wooden 9. Elizabeth Edwards 10. Ariel Sharon 11. Steve Smith (running back, Raiders) $$ 12. Orlando Thomas $$ 13. Carl Lindner $$ 14. Michael Jackson 15. Seve Ballesteros 16. Susan Atkins 17. Miep Gies 18. Claude Levi-Strauss 19. Sargent Shriver 20. Ronnie Biggs
Brian B's wife 1. Fidel Castro *2. Robert Novak* 3. Ariel Sharon 4. Kirk Douglas *5. Paul Harvey $$* 6. Zsa Zsa Gabor 7. Miep Gies 8. Amy Winehouse *9. Karl Malden* 10. Steve Jobs 11. Patrick Swayze 12. Don Baylor $$ 13. Dick Cheney *14. Ted Kennedy* 15. Oscar Niemeyer 16. Claude Levi-Strauss 17. Luise Rainer $$ 18. Art Linkletter 19. Seve Ballesteros 20. Merle Haggard $$	cesarhernandez 1. Patrick Swayze 2. John Wooden 3. Seve Ballesteros 4. Tony Dungy $$ 5. Mean Joe Greene $$ 6. Deacon Jones $$ 7. Marv Levy $$ 8. Bobby Doerr 9. Bob Feller 10. Dom DiMaggio 11. Michael Jackson 12. Jean Stapleton $$ 13. Bob Barker *14. Walter Cronkite* 15. Kirk Douglas 16. Billy Graham 18. Zsa Zsa Gabor 19. Myles Brand 20. BB King	Chandrathan 1. Patrick Swayze 2. Artie Lange $$ 3. Andy Rooney 4. Peter Falk 5. George Steinbrenner 6. Jake Lamotta $$ *7. Ted Kennedy* 8. J.D. Salinger 9. Steve Jobs 10. Nancy Reagan *11. Ed McMahon* 12. Chyna $$ 13. Fidel Castro 14. Seve Ballesteros 15. Bobby Heenan $$ 16. Jake "The Snake" Roberts 17. Steve-O *18. Karl Malden* 19. Oscar Niemeyer 20. Claude Levi-Strauss	ctnyc 1. Steve Jobs 2. Patrick Swayze 3. Art Linkletter 4. Ariel Sharon 5. Eunice Kennedy Shriver 6. Ted Kennedy 7. Robert Novak 8. Fidel Castro 9. John Wooden 10. Margaret Thatcher 11. George Steinbrenner 12. Seve Ballesteros 13. Andy Griffith $$ 14. Claude Levi-Strauss 15. Billy Graham 16. Jeff Conaway 17. Amy Winehouse 18. Muhammad Ali 19. Zsa Zsa Gabor *20. Les Paul*
Joshuar9476 1. Nancy Reagan 2. Rick Majerus $$ 3. Dick Clark 4. Seve Ballesteros 5. Kim Jong Il 6. Tony Bennett 7. Verne Troyer $$ 8. Larry King 9. Peter Falk *10. Karl Malden* 11. Richard Petty $$ 12. Larry Flynt $$ 13. Yogi Berra 14. Steve-O 15. Emperor Akihito of Japan $$ 16. Gary Coleman $$ 17. Mindy McCready 18. Tommy Lasorda $$ 19. Michael J. Fox 20. Art Donovan	Joshuar9476's Wife (ashes) 1. Sacha Baron Cohen $$ 2. George HW Bush 3. Barbara Streisand $$ 4. George Strait $$ 5. Dennis Rodman $$ 6. Sheryl Crow $$ 7. Kat Von D $$ 8. Peter Graves $$ 9. Robin Williams 10. Meryl Streep $$ 11. Sean Connery $$ 12. Ozzie Osbourne $$ 13. Betty White $$ 14. Bob Barker 15. Tony Hawk $$ 16. Hugh Hefner $$ 17. Ray Anthony (Big Band Leader) $$ 18. Elizabeth Edwards 19. Eddie Murphy $$ 20. Clint Eastwood	Justin 1. Bob Dole $$ 2. J.D. Salinger 3. Fidel Castro 4. Jack McKeon $$ 5. Harry Morgan 6. Rod Blagojevich $$ 7. Jimmy Carter 8. Jose Conseco $$ 9. Bob Huggins $$ 10. Pete Van Wieren $$ 11. Bob Gibson $$ 12. Bruce Froemming $$ 13. George Voinovich $$ 14. Elizabeth Edwards 15. Lindsay Lohan $$ 16. Dan Rather $$ 17. Andy Rooney 18. Magic Johnson $$ 19. Peter Gammons $$ 20. Harold Ramis $$	Madville 1. Patrick Swayze 2. Kirk Douglas 3. Eli Wallich $$ 4. Olivia DeHavilland $$ 5. Beverly Cleary $$ 6. Hal Holbrook $$ 7. Jon Forsythe $$ 8. Mary Tyler Moore $$ 9. Bob Feller *10. Dom DiMaggio* 11. Phyllis Diller 12. Lee MacPhail 13. Dick Cheney 14. Whitey Ford $$ 15. Sparky Anderson $$ 16. John Paul Stevens $$ 17. Wolfgang Puck $$ 18. John Dingell $$ 19. Daniel Akaka $$ 20. Robert Byrd
nlt-andrew 1. Steve Jobs *2. Ted Kennedy* 3. Elizabeth Edwards 4. Fidel Castro 5. Margret Thatcher 6. Patrick Swayze 7. Ariel Sharon 8. Kim Jong Il *9. Ed McMahon* 10. Sargent Shriver 11. Yitzhak Shamir $$ 12. Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth $$ 13. Seve Ballesteros 14. Robert Byrd 15. Zsa Zsa Gabor 16. Billy Graham 17. Bob Feller 18. Helen Thomas $$ 19. John Wooden 20. Kirk Douglas	Petey Hendrix 1. Fidel Castro 2. Roger Ebert $$ 3. John Madden 4. Billy Graham 5. Patrick Swayze 6. Mindy McCready 7. Sen. Robert Byrd *8. Teddy Kennedy* 9. Kirk Douglas *10. Dom DeLouise $$* 11. Ariel Sharon 12. B.B. King *13. Karl Malden* 14. John Wooden 15. James Earl Jones $$ 16. Betty Ford 17. George Steinbrenner 18. O.J. Simpson $$ 19. Myles Brand 20. Steve Jobs	RedinWrigleyville 1. Robert Redford $$ 2. John Wooden 3. Ken Griffey Sr. $$ 4. Margaret Thatcher 5. Larry King 6. George HW Bush 7. Clint Eastwood 8. Al Sharpton $$ 9. Steve Jobs 10. Michael Jackson 11. George Steinbrenner 12. Howie Mandell $$ 13. Bill Murray $$ 14. Barack Obama $$ 15. Bode Miller $$ 16. John Daly 17. Ryan Freel $$ 18. Bernard Madoff $$ 19. Chad Kroeger $$ 20. Carrot Top $$	Red Menace 1. Seve Ballesteros 2. Ron Springs (NFL) $$ 3. Patrick Swayze 4. Ron Santo $$ 5. Louis Farrakhan $$ *6. Sir Bobby Robson $$* 7. Ted Kennedy 8. Robert Novak 9. George Steinbrenner 10. Ronnie Biggs 11. Jack Kevorkian $$ 12. Ariel Sharon 13. Peter Falk 14. Fidel Castro *15. Eunice Kennedy Shriver* 16. Stan Musial 17. Billy Graham 18. Kirk Douglas 19. Robert Byrd 20. Steve Jobs
Seattle Slim 1. Robin Williams 2. George HW Bush 3. Johnny Rotten $$ 4. Manuel Noriega $$ 5. Boy George $$ 6. Steve Forbes $$ 7. Ross Perot $$ 8. Keith Richards 9. Sara Jane Moore $$ 10. DMX $$ 11. Wayne Newton $$ 12. Kim Jong Il 13. Dick Van Dyke $$ 14. Robert Byrd 15. Mohammed Ali 16. Pat Robertson $$ 17. Oscar Robertson $$ 18. Ron Jeremy $$ 19. Yogi Berra 20. Dick Clark

$$ -- Unique pick.
Note: Though Wendy Richard died, her obituary did not appear on cnn.com, thus no points were awarded.

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i've fallen to 10th!

i’m so ashamed

Made from 100% Recycled Awesome,

by 'tHan on Sep 16, 2009 6:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

this is a really competitive season

nine people have at least five hits and at least 231 points. Last year Brian B’s wife won with four and 197.

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Sep 16, 2009 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

and this is my rookie season

so i should temper my expectations!

still i’ll be really psyched if artie lange dies

Made from 100% Recycled Awesome,

by 'tHan on Sep 16, 2009 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

or billy gillespie dies

"Plain and simple, I wake up in the morning and piss excellence"

by obc2 on Sep 16, 2009 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i was thinking the same thing

the competition has been fierce this year

by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 16, 2009 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think Ted Kennedy was a more popular pick than Swayze

Who’s running your numbers?

by Brian B on Sep 16, 2009 9:20 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs

i meant most popular of those still alive

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Sep 16, 2009 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

(that's a lie of course)

Fixed. Thanks.

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Sep 16, 2009 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

joe wilson'd

Nobody listens to Andrew

by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 16, 2009 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

dragons live forever, but not so little girls...

mary of peter, paul & mary has died…

Nobody listens to Andrew

by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 16, 2009 10:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

No shit...

When I was in 8th and 9th grade I had such a crush on her before she morphed into a trailer park woman..Seriously though she had to fight leukemia for several years and had a tough last few years.

OLD HIPPIES NEVER DIE….

FORTY YEARS AGO THESE THREE BURST ON THE SCENE WITH A NEW AND FRESH SOUND. SO INTENSE AND PASSIONATE…a NO FRILLS SEARCH FOR TRUTH AND FAIRNESS…AH MY YOUTH, MY YOUTH.

One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.
George Carlin

by Madville on Sep 16, 2009 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

they were my parents generation

but I still grew up with that stuff. It’s about the only thing I can play on my guitar at all convincingly — though Peter could really pick it.

Some would say…

by bbjones on Sep 17, 2009 2:25 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yep us old guys (like your parents) definately felt a void in the force yesterday.

One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.
George Carlin

by Madville on Sep 17, 2009 7:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I like this performance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE8NSvD7LSE

Dig the art deco set.

by Red Menace on Sep 17, 2009 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dig it my brother

Did you get a look at the audience members..all in the height of early sixty’s fashion for the proletariat. The set was more post-modern minimalist than true Art-deco..
Contemporary 1960s interiors