http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/02/10/kim-jong-un-assassination-rumours-flood-twitter-weibo/
IME big news like this always hits Twitter before the MSM... then again, a lot of Twitter rumors turn out to be total BS.
― #1 Inspector Spacetime Fanboy (Viceroy), Friday, 10 February 2012 21:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
BTW, WTF is Weibo?
― #1 Inspector Spacetime Fanboy (Viceroy), Friday, 10 February 2012 21:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
ah, looks like Chinese facebook.
― #1 Inspector Spacetime Fanboy (Viceroy), Friday, 10 February 2012 21:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 February 2012 21:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
Twitter hoax.
― ailsa, Friday, 10 February 2012 21:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^ perfect comic for NK politics. I lolled. thx
― Aimless, Friday, 10 February 2012 21:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
OK, maybe not:http://gawker.com/5884176/how-a-birthday-party-at-the-north-korean-embassy-started-the-kim-jong+un-death-rumor
― ‘Neuroscience’ and ‘near death’ pepper (Eazy), Friday, 10 February 2012 23:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Okay I feel bad now. Whitney Houston rip.
― Clay, Sunday, 12 February 2012 01:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
fuck!
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 12 February 2012 01:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
i need a source there.
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 12 February 2012 01:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBIT_WHITNEY_HOUSTON?SITE=ILROR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
― Clay, Sunday, 12 February 2012 01:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
That link isnt loading. I have a journo friend whos just commented on it on fb tho, so something's up?
― thanks to denial, I'm immortal! (Trayce), Sunday, 12 February 2012 01:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, it's blowing up on twitter/facebook/interwebs. really sad.
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 12 February 2012 01:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
Stevie D. and Clay are now #1 and #2.
― jaymc, Sunday, 12 February 2012 01:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
Christ, I had no idea she was that young.
― The Austerity of PONIES (beachville), Sunday, 12 February 2012 01:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
Me neither, she must have only been about 22 when "how will I know" came out, I had no idea, she's alwats seemed like an older lady to me :/
― thanks to denial, I'm immortal! (Trayce), Sunday, 12 February 2012 01:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh shit
― tropical mall lady (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 12 February 2012 01:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
i am kicking myself for not having her on my list.
― naus, Sunday, 12 February 2012 03:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
So glad to learn she is not the singer of "Let's Hear It for the Boy".
― The Austerity of PONIES (beachville), Sunday, 12 February 2012 09:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
Um, DENIECE WILLIAMS IIRC >:-(
― tropical mall lady (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 12 February 2012 14:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
That's what I'm saying. Deniece is still alive and kicking afaik.
― The Austerity of PONIES (beachville), Sunday, 12 February 2012 16:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
Gary Carter dead.
― Jeff, Friday, 17 February 2012 00:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
Damn.
― jaymc, Friday, 17 February 2012 00:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
jim stynes RIP :(
― less of the same (darraghmac), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 02:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://todayentertainment.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/15/11205520-singer-robin-gibb-of-bee-gees-fame-in-coma?lite#.T4pkZo5ZSeQ.twitter
― the hairy office thing (Eazy), Sunday, 15 April 2012 06:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
Updated for Dick Clark (18 points for silby).
― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 22:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh man.
― raw feel vegan (silby), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 22:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
Robin Gibbs out of coma; Abdelbaset al-Megrahi on death's door, possibly for real this time; Raven Alexis didn't have cancer lol
― the acquisition and practice of music is unfavourable to the health of (abanana), Monday, 30 April 2012 10:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
And Simon H. -- who picked MCA -- debuts in 7th place.
― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
With Maurice Sendak's death, Remy appears on the leaderboard as well.
― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 13:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://gothamist.com/2012/05/08/maurice_sendak_where_the_wild_thing.php
― Grimy Little Pimp (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 14:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
aw
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 15:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
RIP Carroll Shelby, 1923-2012
― Lee626, Saturday, 12 May 2012 08:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
oops already mentioned on rolling RIP thread
― Lee626, Saturday, 12 May 2012 08:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
Only an asteroid hitting the earth can help me now.
― Aimless, Saturday, 12 May 2012 11:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
No, thanks for posting here, too. I wouldn't have seen it otherwise, and now Elvis Telecom has 11 points.
― Carrie Antwoord (jaymc), Saturday, 12 May 2012 14:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
Raven Alexis didn't have cancer lol
I'd be impressed if Raven faked her illness and recovery for no other reason than to troll dead pool betters.
― barman's bar mitz (unregistered), Saturday, 12 May 2012 16:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
Am waiting for the fall to kill off my old people and the holiday season to drive my depressives to suicide. I am still in it to win it.
― Three Word Username, Saturday, 12 May 2012 20:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Updated for al-Megrahi.
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Sunday, 20 May 2012 15:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
Finally, dude died.
― Jeff, Sunday, 20 May 2012 15:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
14 of us just got a point bump. :(
― Simon H., Monday, 21 May 2012 01:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yup, just now updated for Gibb, too. You're in the top 5, Simon.
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 13:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
Hosni Mubarak needs to make up his mind if he is dead or not.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 23:22 (11 months ago) Permalink
An Ariel Sharon for this year's pool pickers.
― ailsa, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 06:44 (11 months ago) Permalink
some folk due points for Geoffrey Hughes (not me, though I had him last year).
― ailsa, Saturday, 28 July 2012 16:36 (9 months ago) Permalink
Added, thx.
― Trewster Dare (jaymc), Saturday, 28 July 2012 16:45 (9 months ago) Permalink
Ernest Borgnine also died.
― abanana, Saturday, 28 July 2012 22:09 (9 months ago) Permalink
Now updated for Borgnine as well.
― Trewster Dare (jaymc), Saturday, 28 July 2012 22:23 (9 months ago) Permalink
so does Dom hold the all-time record (327 points in 2010)? it's gonna be hard to beat, but I'll do my best...
― starfish succulents (unregistered), Saturday, 28 July 2012 23:02 (9 months ago) Permalink
Andy Williams, Michael Dokes, Aditya Dev. RIP. Gimme points.
― obamana (abanana), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 14:42 (8 months ago) Permalink