Thursday, October 19, 2006
It Was Either This or Carve Jack O’Lanterns
We here at the wojr.com laboratories have been trying to devise some way to celebrate the Halloween season. Not being ones for black cats, creepy skeletons, ghost stories or other Hallmark clichés, we have decided to embrace the morbidity of the holiday.
Thus, we are taking a cue from the final Dirty Harry movie, The Dead Pool.
In said motion picture, a film director and his crew each choose a set of 10 celebrities who they think will die before the game ends. The winner is the one with most number of dead celebrities. The problems start when the people on the director's list start to die in mysterious circumstances. To make matters worse, Dirty Harry is on the list.
I recommend the film just to see Jim Carrey as the bad guy, but I digress..
To celebrate the Halloween season, wojr.com is having its own DEAD POOL.
And there will be PRIZES.
Top five scores will receive a t-shirt specially designed for the contest. Design is pending.
First place winner will have a character named after them in wojr’s next unsold screenplay as well as a DVD copy of The Dead Pool and a Deadpool comic book. The book and DVD can be autographed by wojr if so desired, but he has no official affiliation with either project. (If you need more info on what a Dead Pool is, go check out the wikipedia entry.)
Rules (which might be amended at the slightest whim of wojr):
Ten separate individuals must be chosen. Incomplete lists will be returned to entrant.
Choices must be alive as of Midnight of October 31st, 2006.
Only one list of potential victims per individual, not as some contests do by household. So, convince your spouses, siblings, parents or mutant offspring to join in the fun.
Only five choices in your Dead Pool can be over fifty years of age.
Only one choice can have been on The Golden Girls.
Only three can be publicly known to have drug dependency issues.
Only two can be affiliated with the hip hop world. (Addendum: one may select Bobby or Whitney, but not both.)
Only one choice can be affiliated with NASCAR.
Only two people can be known to have had sexual relations with Paris Hilton and/or the AIDS monkey. (Masturbation counts, so picking Paris Hilton would occupy one of these spots. Monkeys are unfortunately not allowed as selections.)
Fictional characters will not be accepted.
Only individuals of some fame or notoriety can be selected. (The exceptions to this rule are wojr or Bronc, but then cause of death must also be supplied. Cause of death need not exactly match to garner points, but if wojr dies, no one else is going to run this contest. Like Whitney and Bobby, one can select wojr or Bronc, but not both. Unfortunately, that is not the only thing Bronc and woj have in common with Whitney and Bobby.)
Only one choice can be Abe Vigoda.
With the exception of Paris Hilton, murdering a member of your list is not allowed. Players may not cause or otherwise participate in the death of any celebrities. If you attempt to use weapons of mass destruction to kill large numbers of people, some of whom are likely to be celebrities, you will not be welcomed back into the fold.
Entries must be received by Oct. 31st, 2006. Winner will be announced one year later on Oct. 31st 2007.
Please email entries to wojr@aol.com with the subject line "DEAD POOL". Please include your name & mailing address since all entrants will receive a Christmas Card from wojr. Even the Jews.
Between now and October 31st, wojr.com will be unveiling his personal choices for THE DEAD POOL.
wojr
We here at the wojr.com laboratories have been trying to devise some way to celebrate the Halloween season. Not being ones for black cats, creepy skeletons, ghost stories or other Hallmark clichés, we have decided to embrace the morbidity of the holiday.
Thus, we are taking a cue from the final Dirty Harry movie, The Dead Pool.
In said motion picture, a film director and his crew each choose a set of 10 celebrities who they think will die before the game ends. The winner is the one with most number of dead celebrities. The problems start when the people on the director's list start to die in mysterious circumstances. To make matters worse, Dirty Harry is on the list.
I recommend the film just to see Jim Carrey as the bad guy, but I digress..
To celebrate the Halloween season, wojr.com is having its own DEAD POOL.
And there will be PRIZES.
Top five scores will receive a t-shirt specially designed for the contest. Design is pending.
First place winner will have a character named after them in wojr’s next unsold screenplay as well as a DVD copy of The Dead Pool and a Deadpool comic book. The book and DVD can be autographed by wojr if so desired, but he has no official affiliation with either project. (If you need more info on what a Dead Pool is, go check out the wikipedia entry.)
Rules (which might be amended at the slightest whim of wojr):
Ten separate individuals must be chosen. Incomplete lists will be returned to entrant. Choices must be alive as of Midnight of October 31st, 2006. Only one list of potential victims per individual, not as some contests do by household. So, convince your spouses, siblings, parents or mutant offspring to join in the fun. Only five choices in your Dead Pool can be over fifty years of age. Only one choice can have been on The Golden Girls. Only three can be publicly known to have drug dependency issues. Only two can be affiliated with the hip hop world. (Addendum: one may select Bobby or Whitney, but not both.) Only one choice can be affiliated with NASCAR. Only two people can be known to have had sexual relations with Paris Hilton and/or the AIDS monkey. (Masturbation counts, so picking Paris Hilton would occupy one of these spots. Monkeys are unfortunately not allowed as selections.) Fictional characters will not be accepted. Only individuals of some fame or notoriety can be selected. (The exceptions to this rule are wojr or Bronc, but then cause of death must also be supplied. Cause of death need not exactly match to garner points, but if wojr dies, no one else is going to run this contest. Like Whitney and Bobby, one can select wojr or Bronc, but not both. Unfortunately, that is not the only thing Bronc and woj have in common with Whitney and Bobby.) Only one choice can be Abe Vigoda. With the exception of Paris Hilton, murdering a member of your list is not allowed. Players may not cause or otherwise participate in the death of any celebrities. If you attempt to use weapons of mass destruction to kill large numbers of people, some of whom are likely to be celebrities, you will not be welcomed back into the fold. Entries must be received by Oct. 31st, 2006. Winner will be announced one year later on Oct. 31st 2007.Please email entries to wojr@aol.com with the subject line "DEAD POOL". Please include your name & mailing address since all entrants will receive a Christmas Card from wojr. Even the Jews.
Between now and October 31st, wojr.com will be unveiling his personal choices for THE DEAD POOL.
wojr
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