Hi there. I’m your old friend, Laurence Simon.
But I’m not just one of FrankJ’s loyal minions here at IMAO. No, I’m much much more than that.
Some of you folks know that I run a rather sick and twisted blog (among several) called The Dead Pool. Players pick 15 people, famous or infamous, and they score points when those picks die. Until the picks die, well, the players need to blog about their entires (15 picks, 4 blog posts a year… 60 total posts) Prizes are awarded at the end of the year for the most points, but the real fun is in claiming topical bonus prizes for your picks when they croak.
For instance, the first pick to die on a Friday is eligible to fight in the post’s comments over a T.G.I Friday’s Gift Certificate. Isn’t that cute?
Anyway, I’ve been racking my brains (or braining my rack) trying to come up with a bonus prize that involves giving away an IMAO T-shirt (You know, the ones that the pretty Sarah K.J. Oh-Kay models over there in the right margin). But instead of racking my brains (or brainsing my rack) I figured I’d let y’all suggest the conditions of a bonus prize that would be worthy of one of those shirts.
I’d been thinking on the lines of “Any pick with all of the letters I M A O in their name” but I am sure you can come up with better.
Post your suggestions in the comments, and not only will I add the best bonus prize idea to the Dead Pool, but I’ll even buy a shirt for the person who suggested it. How’s them apples?
I figure I’ll want to post it on December 30th, so you have until December 30th to come up with an idea. Sound good?
(No, I haven’t checked with Kevin as to all the legal mumbo-jumbo for this thing, but I’m assuming that in his legal opinion, we’re all gay or something.)
Oh, and if you’re wondering how I’m paying for all this, well, that makes two of us. Where’s my share of the advertising revenue, Frank?
Sarah “Oh Kay” — is that a shot at her modeling attributes, her blogging ability, or her podcast producing? 😀
Whatever monkey meant in the podcast, I guess.
Is it just me, or… is it just me posting the past 2 days? What’s up with that?
First person to die from bullet wounds.
or
First person to die who “needed killin'” as judged by Frank J.
Some ideas:
UN-armed award: First person to die because they (arguably) weren’t armed.
UN-dead award: First person to die who worked for the UN.
Reaganaut award: first person to die who worked for Reagan, either as President or Governor.
So what is that thing about Hillary Duff…is she on the “To Die” list?
IMAO… how about the first person to die that Evil Glenn finds worthy of blogging about.
Either that or the first to die in a horrible puppy blending accident.
lair, just the other day, you said to use your share of the IMAO grand cash pool to help fix up spacemonkey’s parents’ trailer.
First person to turn in the head of the “Hillary Duff Tickets” comment spammer.
Of course, there’s the matter of proving it’s not just any old head…
The first journalist from the mainstream media to die.
First one to kick the bucket from Texas or Florida? Might work.
If some yahoo blows himself up trying to nuke the moon that’s an obvious winner… but that’s not likely to happen. I can’t find any freaking plutonium and the scientist I hired gave me a “bomb” made out of pinball machine parts.
I like the “because they needin’ killin'” idea too. Of course, I’m assembling a list to submit specifically of people that need killin’ for my entry so I’m probably biased.
How about the first member of congress to die of an STD. (or sea lice).
How about an IMAO award for a pick that dies within N (30? 60? 365?) days of being mentioned on IMAO?
Or Frank could draw up an Enemies List.
Or my fav, four new categories (IMAO):
Irony – Example: somebody who works to reduce prison sentences gets killed by somebody out on parole.
Mischief – Example: a terrorist is building a bomb when it explodes and kills him.
Attitude – Example: a very strict Vegan dies from a lack of protein
Orgasm – errrrr, let’s try O again
Occupation – Somebody who has publically protested the “occupation” of various countries by the US or Isreal dies.
Or
Original – Somebody finds an unusual way to die.
Note that the IMAO idea above has the possibility of a grand slam. For instance, a person could be protesting long prison terms (mishcief) at a prison as felon is released on parole. The felon has no money, so he threatens the protestor to get his wallet. The protestor arrogantly (attitude) says no, figuring the felon wouldn’t kill him, and the felon does just that (irony). And it’s pretty original, IMAO.
How about you give away a shirt whenever someone who was mentioned in a post or IMAudiO dies
Or when a prominant muckadoo dies, whoever comes up with the best eulogy gets the shirt
If the dead person shares a name with an imao blogger.