Yeah Morrison - is this something BC should know about?Ryan Taylor wrote:NAME AND SHAME GILLARD!Adam Gillard wrote:Somebody who shall remain nameless sent me a hyperlinked PM saying "Like this message". I believe that would be classified as like-whoring. I didn't click the link.
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- Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:50 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Official Like-whoring topic
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1722
Re: Official Like-whoring topic
- Sat Sep 18, 2010 9:35 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Which minority would you most like to belong to?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3838
Re: Which minority would you most like to belong to?
I went for other - Irish traveller (pikeys to you fuckers), I know it's not exactly much of a reach. The idea of travelling around, setting up carnivals, drinking, fighting and fucking appeals to me on a visceral level (though I'd probably have to stop using words like visceral). I used to work in ...
- Sat Sep 18, 2010 8:44 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Mastermind Specialist Subject
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8827
Re: Mastermind Specialist Subject
Just as an observation Shakespeare was pop culture when he started. Just because something's been around for a while* doesn't mean it's great, and just cos something's new doesn't make it rubbish. *Not Shakespeare, obviously he's top even if he is rammed with historical and geographical inaccuracies...
- Fri Sep 17, 2010 10:16 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: BBC Mental Agility Tests
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2977
Re: BBC Mental Agility Tests
I got 18 /69/18 and then I didn't bother to do the memory one cos I was pretty bored of it by then. God knows where 69 came from in that P's and Q's one and I was also surprised I got 19 on spot the difference because it felt like I was taking forever to spot them. Do I win a prize? (18/20/18/18 fo...
- Thu Sep 16, 2010 11:30 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Poop Visits UK
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5125
- Thu Sep 16, 2010 11:26 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Mastermind Specialist Subject
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8827
Re: Mastermind Specialist Subject
I think what links them is that they're all far easier (and more rooted in pop culture) than you'd get on Mastermind. There is nothing easy, or popular, about wiping bums. At least in my house anyway. :twisted: Edit: Obviously that refers to children's bums - the adults in the house are keen to obs...
- Thu Sep 16, 2010 12:20 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Carol Vorderman's It All Counts
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4084
Re: Carol Vorderman's It All Counts
Ryan Taylor wrote:She's still got the Pride of Britain Awards. She fits in well.
- Thu Sep 16, 2010 12:09 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Easter Eggs
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1602
Re: Easter Eggs
Do some of the sort of things sixth form leavers do in the common room before summer to welcome in next year's students. A dead rat in the vending machine might not be doable, but if you have those classic panel ceilings like our common room did and the hypothetical office might well, then move a p...
- Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Carol Vorderman's It All Counts
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4084
Re: Carol Vorderman's It All Counts
people who read the Mail should be accustomed to that - presumably they even approve of it. I thought it was Daily Mail policy to automatically disapprove of everything? :lol: As for some of the acrimony that's been awarded her in some of those comments, I think had she moved on to bigger and (hope...
- Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:37 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Pointles Series 3
- Replies: 191
- Views: 29641
Re: Pointless Series 3
tomrowell wrote:I absolutely cannot handle the fact that 72 people out of 100 in this country doesn't know we went to war with the krauts
Eh? Excuse me? When?! Are you sure you've got that right?
- Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CoLei3 - Saturday 16 October 2010
- Replies: 129
- Views: 30245
Re: CoLei3 - Saturday 16 October 2010
Wow, and he's 8? That's pretty cool - tell him to come along, we'd love to meet him.Rhys Benjamin wrote:I need the next step up from playing an 8-year-old bro who strops out on every numbers game I beat him (e.g. Target is 951, I get 941, he gets 940)
- Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:14 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Carol Vorderman's It All Counts
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4084
Re: Carol Vorderman's It All Counts
Extract 3: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1311762/Carol-Vorderman-My-disastrous-marriage--I-finally-came-accept-body.html Thank you James, that's finally cleared it up for me (I wouldn't have read it if you hadn't posted it). It's cos her partner, Des Kelly, is a Daily Mail columnist. Lo...
- Tue Sep 14, 2010 4:11 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Which minority would you most like to belong to?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3838
Re: Which minority would you most like to belong to?
While the idea of being black and having a massive penis appealed to me, I went for Indian subcontinental as the food is awesome, the clothes and jewellery are beautiful, and it's not as far to go to the Taj Mahal on holiday.
- Mon Sep 13, 2010 3:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Carol Vorderman's It All Counts
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4084
Re: Carol Vorderman's It All Counts
Extract 2: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1311460/My-heart-pounding-thoughts-Richard-swam-head-I-forced-Carol-Vorderman-describes-departure-Countdown.html?ito=feeds-newsxml Saw that. Fair play to Rachel, she does look gorgeous in the photo :) (That was the point of the article, yeah?) Th...
- Sun Sep 12, 2010 10:14 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Anglicised names
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2211
Re: Aglicised names
Tits, I can't even spell. Ah well. How do you make the umlaugt sign by the way? It still kind of bothers me. On a related note, sports commentators mispronouncing peoples names. Ken Doherty will always be known as Ken Dockerty. It seems to often be the case that one commentator will have a go at it...
- Sun Sep 12, 2010 5:22 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Playing apterous in real life
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5214
Re: Playing apterous in real life
Indeed, apparently can't be bothered to play in real life at all.Eoin Monaghan wrote:Hardly you playing it in real life when you copied off me.Robert Baxter wrote:ADRIAN UTL:
ULTRADIAN
- Sun Sep 12, 2010 4:40 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Mastermind Specialist Subject
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8827
Re: Mastermind Specialist Subject
That's a good thing, right?Ryan Taylor wrote:So you got one then? You suck!
- Sun Sep 12, 2010 4:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Historical recaps
- Topic: Return of the Awesome Dudes
- Replies: 488
- Views: 211584
Re: Return of the Awesome Dudes
Lesley has informed me that she has connection problems, so she has asked me to sort her recaps out. James, thank you so much - what a star you are. Some eejit gas worker drilled straight through our telephone cable and it's taken them until this afternoon to put it back on. I'll do some more if so...
- Sun Sep 12, 2010 3:49 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Mastermind Specialist Subject
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8827
Re: Mastermind Specialist Subject
A-lol Got 'em all except 9, that on reflection I suspect to be Yes We Can! I hope it isn't though, cos that's a really shit catchphrase from a potential World Leader.Ryan Taylor wrote:Just for you LESLEY H...Lesley Hines wrote:Knitting cakes
Baking kittens
Wiping hands, faces, and bums
Bob the Builder
V. funny stuff
- Sun Sep 12, 2010 1:00 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Mastermind Specialist Subject
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8827
Re: Mastermind Specialist Subject
Knitting cakes
Baking kittens
Wiping hands, faces, and bums
Bob the Builder
Baking kittens
Wiping hands, faces, and bums
Bob the Builder
- Fri Sep 10, 2010 10:46 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Ties and Belts
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1492
Re: Ties and Belts
Buy a proper coathanger made for it. M&S do them, and Next, Ikea etc. They're about 4 quid. They're also all over the place in men's departments in the run up to Christmas, so buy your Dad one too (He'll be thrilled )
- Wed Sep 08, 2010 6:37 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: PLEASE HELP.
- Replies: 67
- Views: 5562
Re: PLEASE HELP.
I've had many frustrated philosophical middle-of-the-night heated chats with close friends (usually when high, you just don't care enough when drunk) about the decline of our society. Decline from what, though? There was never a time when some people weren't anti-social, obnoxious, racist or whatev...
- Wed Sep 08, 2010 12:47 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Official Like-whoring topic
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1722
Re: Official Like-whoring topic
End Of.
- Tue Sep 07, 2010 5:33 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Classic posts
- Replies: 152
- Views: 24994
Re: Classic posts
It's all too much for me.Robert Baxter wrote:Kirk recommended this one
- Tue Sep 07, 2010 4:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Historical recaps
- Topic: Return of the Awesome Dudes
- Replies: 488
- Views: 211584
Re: Return of the Awesome Dudes
I've lost track of who reserved the 6 missing ones from Series 45, but I think we can consider these reopened: Mon 13-Aug-01 Brenda Dunn 41 - 57 Craig Richardson Tue 14-Aug-01 Craig Richardson 33 - 31 Edwin Mead Wed 15-Aug-01 Craig Richardson 53 - 40 Bill Brakes Fri 7-Sep-01 Mary Blair 31 - 33 Mac ...
- Mon Sep 06, 2010 3:11 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: General feedback
- Replies: 284
- Views: 54759
Re: General feedback
Now this is where it gets confusing. I was going to like that, but then it seemed weird to like your comment for something he did, so I've compromised and gone for a random one of his. Erm. Right. All good, anywayMatt Morrison wrote:It's all Charlie that one. I don't just say thanks for the things I suggest!
- Mon Sep 06, 2010 2:31 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Thread of Profanity
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2727
Re: Thread of Profanity
SPAZ, SPAZZ and verbs thereof: SPAZZES, SPAZZING etc. I know it's not technically swearing, but it's listed as offensive.
- Mon Sep 06, 2010 1:47 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: General feedback
- Replies: 284
- Views: 54759
Re: General feedback
Double thanks on those two Charlie, and continuing my mission to thank you for what you deserve thanking for, the "is on for a high score" aptochat feature is fucking cool. I can't wait to see it come into play for something other than one of Kirk's many Ascension CAs though! :) Ahhhh - w...
- Mon Sep 06, 2010 1:37 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Free stuff!
- Replies: 136
- Views: 13522
Re: Free stuff!
Sorry, was it Saturday's? (I went almost 48 hours without sleep at the weekend so forgive me for getting confused with days!) I just have no idea what you're talking about, is all - was it some competition or something? Tell us, tell us! [Ma-hoo-sive picture of Ryan's nose with literature more dubi...
- Sun Sep 05, 2010 6:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Junior Championship Mark 2
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3590
Re: Junior Championship Mark 2
No, there were 3 games - as you see if they hover over. The site thinks it's a best of 3 type thing, so the points mean 1 win to Austin and 0 wins to Bhavin. ;) So Conor and Tom played 209 games between them? :? Can I suggest you bring in a sudden death situation into this tourney? Otherwise there ...
- Sun Sep 05, 2010 9:10 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Countdown in Lincoln 2011- Saturday 29th January
- Replies: 229
- Views: 34997
Re: Countdown in Lincoln 2011- Saturday 29th January
Fiiiiiiiiinally one on a date I can make Please whack me down as a yes - himself's off to a pool CoC in Yarmouth soon so fair's only fair. Pictures of the queen to follow in due course.
- Sat Sep 04, 2010 6:25 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: General feedback
- Replies: 284
- Views: 54759
Re: General feedback
Lols. I did say it was about 20 games - having now counted them it was actually 17. I was going to expand the data set but it's academic now anyway since we know why. Thanks for that Charlie.Matt Bayfield wrote:Maybe I've got wrong the number of Con Attacks that Lesley used.
- Sat Sep 04, 2010 6:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Was this a first?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3786
Re: Was this a first?
Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?Robert Baxter wrote:Or "King Dick" got his stuck in a lav seat
- Sat Sep 04, 2010 6:09 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: A Topic To Post On If You're Bored
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1888
Re: A Topic To Post On If You're Bored
You're inspiring me to start on one on "Come back Dmitry, all is forgiven"...
Maybe not quite yet.
Maybe not quite yet.
- Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:13 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Ascension
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4480
Re: Ascension
That's seriously cool. Excellent stuff.Gavin Chipper wrote:Relevant
- Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:21 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How much of your life has been spoilt?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1247
Re: How much of your life has been spoilt?
I was born at a young age into an affluent family with indulgent parents, so - er - all of it, apart from the self-enforced period of comparative social deprivation following a telethon (usually a couple of hours).
If anyone disagrees I'll throw a tantrum. Now bring me my tiara.
If anyone disagrees I'll throw a tantrum. Now bring me my tiara.
- Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:17 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Perfection
- Replies: 84
- Views: 14504
Re: Perfection
If you hadn't totally wimped out of Co:Lon like a big ginger girl's blouse you'd've met him thenRyan Taylor wrote:Yes really hope to see you on the screen as I never saw you on Countdown although have watched some youtube clips! Well done in the audition, hope you've done enough!
Best of luck James
- Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:14 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1625
- Views: 766663
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
What's the scam that I'm missing? After charming one of the company's Fraud Departments it turns out it's a cashback scam. The plot thickens. After the arrival of two more (ffs) I rang the respective companies, the first of which said they don't do cashback deals. Back to square one then. On the pl...
- Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:03 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1625
- Views: 766663
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
What's the scam that I'm missing? After charming one of the company's Fraud Departments it turns out it's a cashback scam. They're internet policies that were offering cashback as part of the deal. Man, what a desperate state of affairs :( To go through all that for 75 (or whatever) lousy quid. You...
- Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:53 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1625
- Views: 766663
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Maybe an identify fraud scheme? An insurance document for a house might suffice for some purpose, like a utility bill does. I thought the same myself, but all the dozy wazzock's documentation necessary for that comes in through our locked postbox, so the perp doesn't get his mitts on it. Once you c...
- Tue Aug 31, 2010 7:38 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1625
- Views: 766663
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
This is a new question (to me) but I hoped some of you might be able to shed some light, or think more laterally than I'm doing on it. Some weirdo keeps taking out home insurance policies for my house. It's currently insured for £1.75 million with three different companies (for £1m, £500k and £250k)...
- Tue Aug 31, 2010 7:13 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Junior Championship Mark 2
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3590
Re: Junior Championship Mark 2
Does string theory come into this anywhere?
- Tue Aug 31, 2010 2:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: CountMax errors
- Replies: 727
- Views: 96248
Re: CountMax errors
I think so. Kirk's just narked he lost that round to a complete muppet.Jon Corby wrote:The sometimes-silly "food ordering rule" says it's good, surely?Kirk Bevins wrote:Delete RAVIOLIS as RAVIOLI is listed as [plural noun].
- Tue Aug 31, 2010 1:44 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Invalid like
- Replies: 4
- Views: 806
Re: Invalid like
It never fails to amaze me how often I'm not authorised to read a forum. Often when I posted it originally.
- Tue Aug 31, 2010 12:49 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: 63
- Replies: 48
- Views: 3874
Re: 63
[Like] For doing the decent thing Jack Hurst take note
- Tue Aug 31, 2010 12:45 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Junior Championship Mark 2
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3590
Re: Junior Championship Mark 2
Does term start Thursday or next Monday for you?
- Sun Aug 29, 2010 11:19 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Ascension
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4480
Re: Ascension
is exactly what the Catholic version of jihad's called. Ask any altar boy.David O'Donnell wrote:you're fucked
Lovin' the new variant I've even got a coupla diamonds now - cimping
- Sat Aug 28, 2010 6:32 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Classic posts
- Replies: 152
- Views: 24994
- Sat Aug 28, 2010 7:54 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Poll:Who is your favourite youth on this forum?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3283
- Fri Aug 27, 2010 7:46 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Jewish Hero Corps
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1025
Re: Jewish Hero Corps
Nope, you're not having him. Lily-livered runaway, cheeky with it, and thick to boot. Best part of the story's when he gets eaten.Ben Hunter wrote:The only one I can think of is the Gingerbread Man.Michael Wallace wrote:The world has a distinct lack of bread-based superheroes
- Fri Aug 27, 2010 7:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Where Does Countdown Rank On Your List Of Hobbies?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2446
Re: Where Does Countdown Rank On Your List Of Hobbies?
What happens to the list when you combine those? (Other than a sticky keyboard.)Ryan Taylor wrote:1. Facebook
2. Apterous
3. c4c
4. Masturbation
5. Watching Countdown
6. Pub quizzing
7. Binge eating
I gues all you wanted though was "fifth".
- Fri Aug 27, 2010 4:20 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C Link Dump
- Replies: 329
- Views: 63762
Re: C4C Link Dump
The Sun's idea of what you should do to the woman who threw a cat in a bin. I like cats fine, and that's someone's pet and all, but the outrage over that story is ludicrous. There's plenty more deserving targets of people's venom. Why don't The Sun out some yobs who are making residents lives a mis...
- Fri Aug 27, 2010 3:59 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C Link Dump
- Replies: 329
- Views: 63762
- Fri Aug 27, 2010 3:47 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: apterous Search Plugins
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1200
Re: apterous Search Plugins
Awesome. I use Lexplorer loads to check words so it's great to be able to circumvent loading the whole site before I start
A+
A+
- Wed Aug 25, 2010 10:30 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: COC14 Petition
- Replies: 51
- Views: 8122
Re: COC14 Petition
Huh. Incontinent, more like.Kirk Bevins wrote:Do you really mean continent in your signature?
- Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Des chiffres et une lettre de plus !
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1177
Re: Des chiffres et une lettre de plus !
Buongiorno. It has come to my attention that the French parent of this game has moved to ten letters. Did it in April, apparently. That is all. What do you think? Ha - I'd never seen it and only read the Wiki page to it recently. I say read - I mean scanned the French pretty briefly. So it was news...
- Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:42 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Feature requests
- Replies: 1956
- Views: 497748
Re: Feature requests
Some words like SENSELESSNESS are never going to be pencilled in as they're only available under variants like Hyper Unlimited, where the max will always be SENSELESSNESSES. How about some sort of pencil / crayon / writing implement to be made available after the plural has been pencilled in? The m...
- Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:41 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Good idea for a variant?
- Replies: 277
- Views: 40651
Re: Good idea for a variant?
Is it time for an Ultra version? I've been looking and no word (that I can find) has more than 15 unique letters, these being some of the offenders: • radioimmunoelectrophoresis - RADIOMUNELCTPHS • psychoneuroendocrinological PSYCHONEURDCIGL • hepaticocholangiogastrostomy HEPATICOLNGSRMY • spectroph...
- Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:37 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Good idea for a variant?
- Replies: 277
- Views: 40651
Re: Good idea for a variant?
^ I like this. They used to do something similar on TV (can't for the life of me remember the show ).
- Mon Aug 23, 2010 4:39 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Pencil cloud
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1769
Re: Pencil cloud
How the hell has nerdish not been pencilled?