Putting an end to a dark chapter in Death Pool history, Miep Gies passed away January 11, giving Bruce the first kill of the year. If you'll recall, Gies was the most controversial selection at the 2008 Death Pool draft. The ironically-named OC Angels, who had already made the satanic decision to select the great John Wooden, selected Gies, and the pick was immediately challenged on the grounds of her not being famous enough to qualify for selection. Here is what we wrote in 2009 about Gies's qualifications:Sure, 99 is ripe to pass away, but will we actually find out about it in 2009? According to the world's most reputable news source, Wikipedia, Gies lives somewhere in a cottage in Northern "Holland," and hasn't done media interviews in a couple years. Gies doesn't even have a picture on Wikipedia. For God's sake, anal beadshave their own picture on Wikipedia! And yes, we wrote that sentence solely to pull in the crowd of people Googling "miep gies" with "anal beads."
A vote by all teams was taken, in a process rife with behind the scenes manuevering not seen since Bush v. Gore. In the end, the Gies pick passed by a single vote, amidst rumors that there had been more collusion than the BCS. A subsequent DPG investigation revealed that in fact some had voted to allow Gies purely to spite the group of owners who were against the pick and had also expressed their displeasure with the Wooden pick.
As a result, Gies was scooped up by Tomorrow's History in 2009 when the Angels dissolved, a disbanding no doubt influenced by the backlash from the original pick. When discussing Bruce's tainted heist, we noted:
The selection of the 99-year-old Gies was met with grumbles and groans all the way around, as again there were calls for her (his?) disqualification. Unfortunately, much like the designated hitter and Ryan Seacrest, accepting Gies appears to be a bad decision that will haunt us for years to come.
Truer words were never spoken.
