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Karen Pearson

Paul Howe wrote: Even funest has 278,000!

But they're all on this forum!

Anyway, why couldn't he just have declared PETRELS and saved us all a lot of grief?

Karen Pearson

Great recap. Thanks Julie.

Karen Pearson

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(7*5)-2=33
33*25=825-9=816

Karen Pearson

Yes please, Julie. If you're still available. Thanks.

Karen Pearson

I could host Karen and Steven's game on Wednesday, if they haven't found anyone else to host yet, and then perhaps one of them could host our game on Thurs or Fri. Thanks Julie. Don't worry about making any mistakes - I am the host of last resort! But I will host your game if it's on Thursday if yo...

Karen Pearson

DC equaller - Round 3 or thereabouts - CURLEWS

Karen Pearson

Could we say 6pm on Wednesday then please Steven? And is it OK if we play on MSN?

Karen Pearson

I go away next Friday for 10 days so, Steven, please could we play it before then? I am free today (Sunday), Monday evening before 7.30, Wednesday or Thursday evenings, or most days during the day.

Karen Pearson

Erm... how did a couple of people manage to score 10 in yesterday's Daily Duel? It was one normal round.... :? Me and Karen cleverly realised this would happen and skipped the first round to get our hands on the 10 points and victory, but were foiled by the presence of the 9. Lol, funny :) Obviousl...

Karen Pearson

Ok ok I get the message :lol: Now I look like the baddie. You git. Not at all. And I wasn't really having a go at Julian either. It just made me laugh because my attitude to the whole thing is so very casual. My preparation for an online game consists of going to the fridge and filling up my winegl...

Karen Pearson

Gosh. And I thought Countdown was just a game!

Am I supposed to be taking it seriously and studying form before games? Gulp!

Karen Pearson

OOoooooh, I can backspace on the conundrum now!

Brilliant. Thanks Charlie.

Karen Pearson

Thanks Ben. He did a lot of revision for it so it's nice that the hard work paid off. No, Joe, James hasn't been on Countdown and never will. He's an accountant so he's great on the numbers but pretty clueless on the letters (although he could probably give Andrew Sachs or Joan Bakewell a run for th...

Karen Pearson

Very exciting night in our house - although James was more nervous watching than he was when he was actually filming!!!

Keep watching!

Karen Pearson

Maybe you could allow just one correction in the numbers and just one backspace (not including deleting the first letter) on the conundrum. Knowing absolutely nothing about programming, that is probably very difficult to do - sorry!! Or an overall time limit for entering the whole solution.

Karen Pearson

For those of use who are pretty inept, would it be possible to have the following (please!?).. The ability to cancel a particular number or function choice on the numbers (for when I inadvertently click on + instead of X, or when I start with the wrong number (forgetting that I needed to add togethe...

Karen Pearson

Kirk Bevins wrote: I'm always tired at the moment,

Don't worry Kirk. Only another 40 years and you can retire!!

Karen Pearson

Karen, do you still need a host for Friday? Martin I'm not sure Martin. I have this vague recollection that someone volunteered (but maybe that was the wine mixing badly with the antibiotics!!!). If anyone is volunteering, it will be much appreciated. Otherwise, we'll just prey on some poor unsuspe...

Karen Pearson

Martin Gardner wrote:
He means Julie I think. You know, one of the women in the competition

Oh easy mistake to make. I'm sure we all look much the same!!!

Karen Pearson

I'm playing Karen on Friday evening at 8pm (as I'm at school on weekdays during the day). I've pencilled in Saturday for 4pm when I'll give you a game. On apterous or msn? I'm happy for apterous. Really??? Did I know about this? As far as I'm aware, I'm playing Ben Pugh at 7pm on Friday. Or is this...

Karen Pearson

Jason Larsen wrote:There are two parts to each round with only two sets of answers for each show.

Jason, Chris is right. There are no 'parts' to each round and there is one set of answers for the entire show.

Please can we now drop the subject.

Karen Pearson

Erm can you do wednesday night Karen for our match? I am struggling for free time at the moment (hence not replying until now for which I apologise for) so if you can do between 6-8pm it would be much appreciated. Let me know asap please Karen. Thanks :D Me v Jason on Wednesday evening at around 7p...

Karen Pearson

I have to admit that I'm still having trouble with the numbers. There is obviously a recommended way of entering your solution on the notepad but, so far, only twice has my notepad solution been picked up. On the other occasions I have had to try to use the pop-up box. This is fine as long as you re...

Karen Pearson

I don't like this new fad of gameshows where they say "win up to $ridiculous_sum_of_money" and then introduce various game dynamics to make it virtually impossible ... If anyone's interested, my husband, James, will be on Who Dares Wins (The Lottery quiz) on Saturday night. I would say th...

Karen Pearson

Where are the groups? Ben, you are in a group of three with myself and Karen Pearson. I can play anytime next week so give me a bell when you are available :) I don't know if you got my email Jason but I am available on Monday until 7.30pm, Tuesday after about 8.30pm (till 10pm as I'm not a night o...

Karen Pearson

Argh - this is driving me nuts. I agree. Please don't take offence Jason but I suspect that what happens on this forum is a miniscule part of Jon's life. He has probably, like the rest of us, forgotten why he's supposed to be annoyed with you. So, please take off the hair shirt and stop flogging yo...

Karen Pearson

I'll like to play too but I may also be away for some of it. I am away from 4th-13th October. So, if this will mess things up, then feel free to leave me out.

Karen Pearson

I'll echo what everyone else has said. It was a great day. Lovely to meet some of you at last. And Jeff did a brilliant job organising it and I think we all really appreciated the vast amount of hard work he must have out into it. Thanks Jeff.

And, even better, I didn't come last!!!

Karen Pearson

Are there any answers available to this????

And did I manage to beat Jono?

Karen Pearson

Francisco Segura wrote: Of course, here is the web page with all the versions and its links: (Times are GMT+1)

http://juego-cifrasyletras.blogspot.com ... curso.html

Thanks Francisco.

Karen Pearson

Jon Corby wrote: OT: EELPOUT (7) EVOLUTE (7) VOLUPTE (7) VELOUTE (7) REVOLUTE (8)

Is EVOLUTE allowed? I vaguely recall someone playing it against me in an online game and having it disallowed.

Karen Pearson

Francisco Segura wrote:There are 3 versions of Cifras y letras on spanish tv channels, you can watch on internet only one of them (telemadrid),

I'm probably being very stupid but I can't work out how to watch actual programmes on their site. Do you have a link Francisco? Many thanks.

Karen Pearson

Dinos Sfyris wrote:Is it me or did the champion say minus 7 plus 4, and Carol (thinking she knows what everyone will say) wrote plus 7 minus 4?

Yes, he did.

Karen Pearson

Round 13 - VELOUTE

Karen Pearson

Interesting that, in the case of a draw, they seem to allocate the points on the basis of whose round it is. For example, if it was my round and I got a 7 and so did my opponent, only I would get the points. Maybe Francisco could confirm if that is correct. I suppose it makes you more willing to dec...

Karen Pearson

It's not a stupid question, but I think you (and most people) don't realise how much it costs me to keep the site up - currently around £160 p/a, and rising with each new domain name that I use. My subscription has come up for renewal and I can't afford that right now, so I decided it was time to r...

Karen Pearson

Dinos Sfyris wrote:To make the 3 (100+50)/25 divided by 2

D'oh. You were just too fast. Can't believe Carol didn't get that.

Karen Pearson

Haven't been considered a 'rookie' at anything for many years so am happy with this. However, if there are 'special' names available, then it's also a long time since anyone has called me a 'babe' so I'd be even happier with that if you could arrange it! Thanks. You asked for that, babe. Beggars ca...

Karen Pearson

Haven't been considered a 'rookie' at anything for many years so am happy with this.

However, if there are 'special' names available, then it's also a long time since anyone has called me a 'babe' so I'd be even happier with that if you could arrange it!

Thanks.

Karen Pearson

Dinos Sfyris wrote:No#33 CJ de Mooi? As in the Egghead?

And my big (!) claim to fame is that I beat him in the last COOT.

Clearly I am struggling for claims to fame!!!

Karen Pearson

Jason Larsen wrote:
And Karen, you're definitely kidding.

What am I supposedly kidding about? The hot air ballooning or the 80's photo?

Karen Pearson

Does an avatar have to be a picture of oneself? If not, then I'd like to enter for the 'Most arty farty' prize for my photo of a hot air balloon taken from inside the basket (by me).

If it has to be a picture of me, I might have to dig out an old 1980s picture that you can all laugh at.

Karen Pearson

Howard Somerset wrote:
Karen Pearson wrote: And that's the thanks you get for trying to help. No wonder there were so few volunteers to host!
Well I'm glad you did volunteer, Karen. Thanks for hosting today's game.

It was a pleasure Howard. It was an enjoyable game that no-one took too seriously (fortunately!).

Karen Pearson

Ben Wilson wrote:And kick the person who set the conundrum in the first place.

And that's the thanks you get for trying to help. No wonder there were so few volunteers to host!

Karen Pearson

Myself and Howard are looking to play what promises to be a horrendously low quality Plate prelim with maxes missed left, right and centre, on the morning of Monday 14th around 10/11, since he is currently in Austria and that is our earliest available opportunity. Any volunteers for a host at this ...

Karen Pearson

Corby, what a game. There were some misses like TREENAIL which are common lettered words but you spotted FOOTPAD, CREOLISED, PARTISAN? That's awesome. Just thought it needed a mention as I was impressed. Me too. Should have spotted Partisan but I'd never have got Creolised and would never have decl...

Karen Pearson

Btw - unlucky Karen with the draw again, I would've backed you to beat anyone in the Plate apart from Corby, and maybe Jono :cry: Make sure you give Corby a run for his money won't you, also hope you'll play in some more tournaments in the future, and won't be too discouraged by these rough draws y...

Karen Pearson

Charlie Reams wrote:I'd like to bet against that, can I get some odds too?

When Conor was on I emailed William Hill to see if I could get any odds on him being the series champion and they didn't even respond. I hope you have better luck!

Karen Pearson

Thanks to Jason for hosting Further summaries are at: http://www.thecountdowncorral.com/cd/series.asp?series=59 Seconded. Thanks Jason. And thanks for the kind words Julian. As I know you didn't see my one miserable appearance on Countdown, you should know that I practised '3 large' for weeks befor...

Karen Pearson

James Pearson wrote:Go Karen Go!!

Surely well worth a flutter - anyone want my £10??

Get off my forum!!!!

Husbands not allowed!!

And stop wasting our hard-earned cash!

Karen Pearson

Damian E wrote: Between you and me, i think 90% of them are virgins, but lets just keep that our secret.

PS - or maybe you could take 45% of them and i'll take the other

PPS - so long as i dont get RIchard Brittain.

PPPS - or Kirk Bevins.

You mean you actually want Jono then??? Worrying!!

Karen Pearson

Julian Fell 1/25 Karen Pearson 33/1 Draw 16/1 Friday 4th July Time = 8pm (subject to change) As there is no value for a Julian victory against Karen tonight I am giving odds for the score margin that Julian or Karen wins by :). The bold type is the margin of the victory by points These are; Julian ...

Karen Pearson

I don't suppose you can have PARODISM can you?

Karen Pearson

Evens has to be such a bad price on Julian Fell. There are still 10 people left in the tournament after all Indeed, and in the interests of offending everyone still involved, I'd be quoting something like: 5/4 Paul 2/1 Julian 7/2 Kirk 6/1 Damian 25/1 Ben, Martin, Rich P. 33/1 Jason, Richard B. 66/1...

Karen Pearson

I have zilch chance of even progressing to the next round let alone winning. Nonsense. I've been impressed by a few of your beaters such as ORMOLU and MULATTO. So I'll stick £50 on Miss Karen, and if she wins it'll pay for my tuition fees next year! For goodness sake, save your money Dinos!!! I hap...

Karen Pearson

These are the current tournament odds being offered by Paddy Power: 60-1 Jason Cullen 60-1 Matt Coates 60-1 Dinos Syfris 60-1 Karen Pearson I'm soooo offended by this! No, not on my own account (I have zilch chance of even progressing to the next round let alone winning) but on behalf of the other ...

Karen Pearson

Well done David. Excellent game.

BTW, could I have MULATTO in one of the rounds? Or have I got the letters wrong again?

Karen Pearson

[quote="Julian"]

I agree that Conor should have let someone know how long he'd be away / when he'd be back.

[quote]

Given that Conor lives at home, is it just possible that his mum has confiscated his PC so he has no way of getting in touch?!! That would be so embarrassing, wouldn't it?!

Karen Pearson

Yes you can Karen. Some recap recognition for that coming up. Can anyone tell me if the first numbers is possible and also point me towards the recap writer please. Thanks Dinos. I shall be moving into a permanent home again in July when, with any luck, I will discover which box I packed my diction...

Karen Pearson

Could I have had ADIOS in the first round?

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