Think I will need to get my thinking cap on and pick some decent and original croakers.

I will be back

Gosh, love the sickness of this:

Thatcher
Ronnie Biggs (Joker)
Dick Cheney
Vera Lynn
Zsa Zsa Garbor

It seems very unpatriotic to have Vera Lynn on the list.

Bugger that, but she's not worth many points is she?

Points is points innit. Most of us got a big fat zero last year.

This is true. What can I say? You've got to do your research.

Lindsay Lohan
Boris Johnson (Joker)
Charlie Sheen
Mel Brooks
Russell Brand

Is the joker suppose to be a long shot or does it matter?

i picked Biggs as my joker as he's not worth that many points if he does pop his clogs, so want to gain the extra points for it!

Nope for the Joker you get double points

Sensible!!!!!

I am not very patriotic (I would not be heading to Canada if I was) and I am being realistic, she is 95 !

My 5 in no particualr order:

Doris Day
Kirk Douglas
Mickey Rooney
Vera Lynn
Gary Glitter (Paul Gadd) (joker) (This one maybe controversial, but with this guys track record someone may assist him to croak it )

how do the points work?

100 points minus age of celebrity at time of death. Double bubble for the Joker.

There is an awful lot of goal poaching going on this year, but as Oink said, last year most of us got nul points.

When a person dies, their age at the time of death is reported by the BBC. This number is subtracted from 100 (Imperial) yielding a number of points. If the dead person was nominated as a joker then the number of points is doubled. So, if Vera Lynn croaks tomorrow and she's 95 then 100 minus 95 is 5. 5 times 2 is 10. So, Vera Lynn as a joker is worth 10. No fractions are allowed. Points for all nominees who have died are added together forming a total for the player. Unborn children and centenarians count zero.

Have you been in Canada a long time or something?

Sorry but you cant add me to the list..unless you are going to start a BE croakers thread?