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- Sat Dec 16, 2023 9:58 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Strange things you used to believe as a child
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9170
Re: Strange things you used to believe as a child
I thought "fr." under the name of each recipe in my mum's copy of Mrs Beeton meant "fried" - even though that seemed really weird sometimes. (she did rely on her frying-pan for using leftovers)
- Wed Jul 19, 2023 7:29 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Friday 14th July 2023 (Series 88, Preliminary 11)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 977
Re: Friday 14th July 2023 ( Series 88 Prelim 11 )
R6 alt. (75-10-2)x6
- Thu Jul 06, 2023 2:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 6th July 2023 (Series 88, Heat 5)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 833
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 6th July 2023 (Series 88, Heat 5)
Is SEDULITY ok instead pf 'Yuletides' ? - Collins has it but as American.
- Wed Apr 19, 2023 4:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 19th April 2023 (Series 87, Heat 63)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 614
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 19th April 2023 (Series 87, Heat 63)
Sorry about not fixing mistypes before posting
- Wed Apr 19, 2023 4:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 19th April 2023 (Series 87, Heat 63)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 614
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 19th April 2023 (Series 87, Heat 63)
First numbers alt: (50-4)x(10-8+1)=876
second: (8+9)x(10+6)=3
4th was 9x(75-2) but I didn't write details down
second: (8+9)x(10+6)=3
4th was 9x(75-2) but I didn't write details down
- Sat Feb 25, 2023 4:03 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 24th February 2023 (Series 87, Heat 25)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1196
Re: Spoilers for Friday 24th February 2023 (Series 87, Heat 25)
Smithers is Montgomery Burns' "assistant". Suuuuure. Waylon Joseph Smithers, Jr. (better known as "Mr. Smithers", "Waylon Smithers" or simply "Smithers") (born December 25, 1954 in 1989; 1987 in 2022) is a recurring character on The Simpsons. He is also a min...
- Thu Dec 15, 2022 4:09 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 724048
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
I also remember gold-top Channel Islands milk - extra creamy - which now seems to have disappeared thanks to the present obsession with lo-far diets
- Wed Nov 30, 2022 3:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Friday 18th November 2022 (Series 86, Preliminary 110)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 436
Re: Friday 18th November 2022 ( Series 86 Prelim 110 )
R6 alt.: 25x(2x10+9)
- Tue Nov 15, 2022 3:06 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 14 November (Series 86, Heat 106)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 874
Re: Spoilers for Monday 14 November (Series 86, Heat 106)
- Mon Nov 14, 2022 5:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 14 November (Series 86, Heat 106)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 874
- Fri Nov 11, 2022 4:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Wednesday 30th March 2022 (Series 85, Preliminary 63)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 349
Re: Wednesday 30th March 2022 (Series 85, Preliminary 63)
R3 alt.:100x(9+2)/(1-6)=275
R6 alt.:(8+3)x(3x25+1-3)=803
R6 alt.:(8+3)x(3x25+1-3)=803
- Thu Oct 27, 2022 12:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 24 October 2022 (Series 86, Heat 91)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 958
Re: Spoilers for Monday 24 October 2022 (Series 86, Heat 91)
R14 alt.: (100-2)x(25-3)/4=539
- Wed Oct 26, 2022 11:50 am
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Tuesday 25th October 2022 (Series 86, Preliminary 92)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 383
Re: Tuesday 25th October 2022 ( Series 86 Prelim 91 )
R3 alt.: (75-25)x7+9=359
- Thu Oct 06, 2022 1:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Wednesday 5th October 2022 (Series 86, Preliminary 78)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 415
Re: Wednesday 5th October 2022 ( Series 86 Prellim 78 )
R9 alt.:3x7x(9-2)= 147
- Thu Sep 29, 2022 2:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Monday 14th March 2022 (Series 85, Preliminary 51)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 368
Re: Monday 14th March 2022 (Series 85, Preliminary 51)
R14 alt.: (75+2)x4 = 308
- Tue Sep 27, 2022 1:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Monday 26th September 2022 (Series 86, Preliminary 71)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 487
Re: Monday 26th September 2022 ( Series 86 Prelim 71 )
R14 Alt.: (75-3-1)x(7-2) = 355
- Mon Sep 26, 2022 12:36 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Saturday 24 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 70)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 941
Re: Spoilers for Saturday 24 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 70)
R6 Alt: (9+2+8)x6 = 114
- Sat Sep 24, 2022 5:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Thursday 22nd September 2022 (Series 86, Preliminary 68)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 330
Re: Thursday 22nd September 2022 ( Series 86 Prelim 68 )
R3 alt: (75+3x8)x5
- Fri Sep 23, 2022 12:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Wednesday 21st September 2022 (Series 86, Preliminary 67)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 300
Re: Wednesday 21st September 2022 ( Series 86 Prelim 67 )
Alt R3: (6x7-1)x(9+6)/3
- Thu Sep 15, 2022 4:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 15 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 64)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 493
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 15 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 64)
Alt 1st numbers: (8+5)x(2x9+1) = 247
- Wed Sep 14, 2022 1:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 13 September 2022 (Series 86, Prelim 62)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 401
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 13 September 2022 (Series 86, Prelim 62)
Very different R9: (25+9)x(10+7+5)
- Wed Sep 07, 2022 1:40 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Overpopulation
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1637
Re: Overpopulation
... but can they stand on Zanzibar?Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 1:35 pm As massive as the population is, shoulder to shoulder everyone can fit into Los Angeles
- Tue Aug 30, 2022 11:54 am
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Monday 29th August 2022 (Series 86, Preliminary 51)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 313
Re: Monday 29th August 2022 ( Series 86 Prelim 51 )
R14 alt: (75-8)x(9+7-2-1) - prime product to please Rachel
- Thu Aug 25, 2022 1:42 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Things we will never see in our lifetimes
- Replies: 6
- Views: 549
Re: Things we will never see in our lifetimes
Fair elections
- Fri Jul 29, 2022 1:22 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 724048
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Remember Princess Diana? The one person wearing a seatbelt survived.
- Wed Jun 22, 2022 5:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 20th June 2022 (Series 86, Heat 1)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 641
Re: Spoilers for Monday 20th June 2022 (Series 86, Heat 1)
R6 Alt. (10+3)x(10+9)=247
- Thu Apr 21, 2022 2:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Wednesday 20th April 2022 (Series 85, Preliminary 78)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 677
Re: Wednesday 20th April 2022 ( Series 85 Prelim 78 )
Differently:
R3: (25+6)x(10+3)
R6: 25x3 + 9x8 - 1
R3: (25+6)x(10+3)
R6: 25x3 + 9x8 - 1
- Tue Apr 19, 2022 9:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Tuesday 19th April 2022 (Series 85, Preliminary 77)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 718
Re: Tuesday April 19th 2022 Series 85 ( Prelim 77)
Alt to standard method
R6: (50+25+6-4)x2x2
R9: (6+8)x75-100
R6: (50+25+6-4)x2x2
R9: (6+8)x75-100
- Fri Nov 26, 2021 2:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 26th November 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 109)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 795
Re: Spoilers for Friday 26th November 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 109)
Alt first numbers: (25+7)x(8+3)
- Thu Oct 28, 2021 12:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Wednesday 27th October 2021 (Series 84, Preliminary 87)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 959
Re: Wednesday 27 October 2021 (Series 84, Preliminary 87)
Disallowing UNTIMED was a surprise - especially as when having a quick game of solitaire in the ad-break I was offered the choice between timed and untimed.
- Tue Oct 12, 2021 2:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown on All 4
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4077
Re: Countdown on All 4
The loss of subtitles means I'm missing most of what's being said - for example Anne starts with "today is (????) (?????) day" and Rachel responds, but I can't make out what it's about. Also, unless I've already thought of it, I hardly ever get what dictionary corner have found if Rachel d...
- Fri Oct 01, 2021 12:06 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Thursday 30th September 2021 (Series 84, Preliminary 68)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 759
Re: Thursday 30 September 2021 (Series 84, Preliminary 68)
A very different solution for R9: (100-2x9)x(4-1)-9
- Wed Aug 18, 2021 12:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Tuesday 17th August 2021 (Series 84, Preliminary 36)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 744
Re: Tuesday 17 August 2021 (Series 84, Preliminary 36)
In R1, could SHOOTED^ be used to describe a plant which has shoots?
- Tue Aug 10, 2021 1:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Monday 9th August 2021 (Series 84, Preliminary 30)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1063
Re: Monday 9 August 2021 (Series 84, Preliminary 30)
R9 tidier alt: (10+3)x6x7
- Wed Aug 04, 2021 2:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Tuesday 3rd August 2021 (Series 84, Preliminary 26)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1017
Re: Cricket
I've found that the graphics go to the extremes of the screen, so the first digits of the scores and last of balls and wickets aren't visible, so they're useless for telling me the state of play
- Thu Jul 22, 2021 12:34 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Wednesday 21st July 2021 (Series 84, Preliminary 17)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 858
Re: Wednesday 21 July 2021 (Series 84, Preliminary 17)
In R2, Florence could have been caught out by fact that OVATING is valid in Scrabble (back-formation from OVATION)
- Mon Jul 12, 2021 12:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Friday 9th July 2021 (Series 84, Preliminary 10)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1435
Re: Friday 9 July 2021 (Series 84, Preliminary 10)
Oops - I'd misread target as 289 (should have enlarged display) - getting 285 from there is even easier!Sam Cappleman-Lynes wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 6:26 pmThe target was 285, and you seem to have gotten 287 twice, so apparently not!Peter Mabey wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 2:57 pm R14 alt: 9x8x4 = 288, then either 5-2x2 or 2/2, so it's actually pretty easy
- Fri Jul 09, 2021 2:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Friday 9th July 2021 (Series 84, Preliminary 10)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1435
Re: Friday 9 July 2021 (Series 84, Preliminary 10)
R14 alt: 9x8x4 = 288, then either 5-2x2 or 2/2, so it's actually pretty easy
- Wed Jun 02, 2021 1:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Tuesday 24th March 2020 (Series 82, Prelim 59)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2296
Re: Tuesday 24th March 2020 (Series 82, Prelim 59)
R3 alt; simply (8+9)x8x2
- Wed May 19, 2021 4:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Wednesday 19th May 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 98)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 879
Re: Wednesday 19 May 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 98)
I'm surprised that although Susie went on at length about "the bee's knees" as referring to something trivial, she didn't mention the alternative origin, from a jokey pronunciation of "it's the business" i.e. it's excellent!. (eetz zee beezneez)
- Thu Apr 22, 2021 2:21 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 724048
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Why don't the Three Musketeers ever use (or even carry) their muskets?
- Fri Feb 12, 2021 2:10 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Lingo
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8177
Re: Lingo
I put this on for a few minutes the other day and had to turn it off solely because of the contestants. Stuff like this being fairly typical: M E A L <- M is in the right place, no other letters Contestant: MEAN? M E A N <- M is in the right place, no other letters Contestant: MEAT? FUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...
- Wed Dec 23, 2020 2:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Special Spoilers for Wednesday 23rd December 2020 (Special S49)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5472
Re: Special Spoilers for Wednesday 23 December 2020
Ali 1st numbers: (75-8)x(6+5-4)=469
- Thu Dec 17, 2020 3:09 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Obscenity democracy
- Replies: 205
- Views: 31130
Re: Obscenity democracy
I had the 1947 edition of the Oxford Companion to Music as a birthday present, which has a section on 'Nicknamed Compositions'. It unashamedly includes Dvorak's "Nigger quartet", so the word's unprintability is pretty recent.
- Wed Dec 02, 2020 4:43 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 2nd December 2020 (Series 82, Preliminary 170)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3436
Re: Spoilers for Wednsday 2 December 2020 (Series 82, Preliminary 170)
R2 bearer : COGNATES
- Wed Nov 18, 2020 3:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 18th November 2020 (Series 82, Prelim 160)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3041
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 18 November 2020 (Series 82, Prelim 160)
0
I make that 50.75 - I guess you mean ((100x50+75)/25)x2x2Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Wed Nov 18, 2020 2:25 pm I BEAT RACHEL. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.
Round 3: (100 x 50 + 75) / 25 x 2 x 2
- Wed Nov 18, 2020 2:06 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1791414
Re: Politics in General
Keir Starmer has just said that Corbyn won't be returning as a Labour MP . But anyway, to summarise the issue, from that article: Sir Keir Starmer said those who think the issue had been "exaggerated" should "be nowhere near the Labour Party". But later, Mr Corbyn released a sta...
- Thu Nov 12, 2020 3:30 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 724048
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
It's easy to forget that 9/11 there isn't the 9th of November, but September 11thMarc Meakin wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 4:31 am Apropos to nothing in particular, a young ( 20ish) worker at Waitrose, yesterday, thought the 2 minutes silence was for 9/11
- Thu Aug 27, 2020 2:33 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 27th August 2020
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4395
Re: Spoilers for 27th August 2020
VOLTAIC to beat COITAL
- Mon Aug 17, 2020 2:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday 17th August 2020 (Series 82, Prelim 93)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3098
Re: Monday 17th August 2020 (Series 82, Prelim 93)
I see that Dr Phil still isn't having his bit broadcast - as I've been reading his Private Eye articles, I guess his views are too 'political' for the bosses at C4
Alt. 1st numbers: (4x10+8-1)x3
Alt. 1st numbers: (4x10+8-1)x3
- Mon Aug 17, 2020 2:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday 17th August 2020 (Series 82, Prelim 93)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3098
Spoilers For Monday 17th August 2020 (Series 82, Prelim 93)
Corrected replacement follows, as couldn't delete this
- Mon Aug 17, 2020 1:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Wednesday 12th August 2020 (Series 82, Prelim 90)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2153
Re: Wednesday 12th August 2020 (Series 82, Prelim 90)
First numbers alt. (100-75-2)x9
- Thu Jun 25, 2020 2:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: B'day Championship Spoilers For Thursday February 28th 2013
- Replies: 49
- Views: 11885
Re: B'day Championship Spoilers For Thursday February 28th 2013
Has SULPHATED been added to the dictionary used now ? (It is in Collins, and OK for Scrabble, but not Lexico)
- Fri Jun 05, 2020 1:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: B'day Championship Spoilers For Thursday February 7th 2013
- Replies: 33
- Views: 8797
Re: B'day Championship Spoilers For Thursday February 7th 2013
I did (25-2)x(50+7)/3 = 437, as I saw it as 19x23 immediately
- Mon May 04, 2020 10:00 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 644
- Views: 325745
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Similarly, "Mersey Docks and Harbour Board" - familiar to Liverpudlians is exactly like "mairzy dotes and dozy dotes" and so needs "and little lamzy tivy" to follow
- Fri May 01, 2020 2:10 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Joke Items
- Replies: 252
- Views: 89305
Re: Joke Items
Ties
- Fri Mar 13, 2020 9:24 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 13th March 2020 (Series 82, Prelim 52)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4507
Re: Spoilers for Friday 13th March 2020 (Series 82, Prelim 52)
2nd numbers alt.: ((6x8)/3+3)x7
3rd numbers alt.: (100+4)x9+10+7
3rd numbers alt.: (100+4)x9+10+7
- Thu Mar 12, 2020 3:07 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 644
- Views: 325745
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
That reminds me that "Mersey Docks and Harbour Board" goes exactly to this : https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/3629230/Th ... irzy+Doats
- Mon Mar 02, 2020 10:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 2nd March 2020 (Series 82, Prelim 43)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1473
Re: Spoilers for Monday 2nd March 2020 (Series 82, Prelim 43)
OBDURATE alt in R2