Journey into Morbidity: The Dead Pool – Candidate Uno

As announced here, there is a contest in progress here at wojr.com.

By predicting who is going to die in the next year, one could win prizes valued in, no lie, the excess of twenty dollars. That’s a TWO followed by a ZERO, people.

I’ve been told that it would be a huge conflict of interest for me to submit my picks to the contest. Good thing for all of us then, because I won’t be submitting. Not that I care about conflicts of interest and such, I just think the prizes are utter crap.

However, why should I let my prognosticating skills go to waste? You, the loyal readers, should benefit from my foresight.

Thus, between now and the October 31st submission deadline, I’ll slowly be unveiling my ten picks for the DEAD POOL.

First Selection: BINDI IRWIN

Found on aol.com:

NEW YORK (Oct. 16) - Like father, like daughter. Bindi Irwin, the 8-year-old daughter of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, will star in a wildlife series to air on the Discovery Kids network early next year. The show's working title: "Bindi, The Jungle Girl."

Her father, animal lover and conservationist Steve Irwin, died from the poisonous jab of a stingray Sept. 4. Besides Bindi, he left behind her mother, Terri, and 2-year-old brother, Bob.

The show, now in the early stages of production, was originally "going to be a father-daughter thing," starring the nature-loving duo, Discovery publicist Annie Howell told the Associated Press on Monday. "Steve and Bindi were very enthusiastic about doing the show together."

Irwin will appear with Bindi in scenes filmed before his death, his manager, John Stainton, said in an interview on People magazine's Web site.

"Some people think that I would be afraid of them, but I'm never ever afraid of an animal," Bindi said in an interview Monday on ABC's "Australian Story."

"I just get excited and some that are dangerous I just think, 'Oooh! What's going to happen?' and things like that."

Some might find it cruel and heartless to select an eight-year-old to the THUNDERDOME. In my opinion, those people are soft & pathetic and don’t deserve to win.

Remember half of your selections need to be under the age of fifty. You need to focus on the most likely targets. Like the little girl with her head in the freaking lion's mouth.

Now if the father, Steve, was still alive, I would have picked the little brother, Bob, as the most likely target, but now with this news of a pending show, big sister becomes the front runner. (Although Little Bob Irwin would make for a solid pick as well.)

“Oooh! What’s going to happen?” Indeed.

Indeed

wojr


Number of entries submitted as of 1:18PM, 10/19/06: zero.

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Labels: DeadPool, News

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