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Mark James

Rhys Benjamin wrote:Europe are failing.

Europe is failing surely?

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Yeah I see what you mean now. For me the confusing language is when he says that because he still has the premium cards in his pocket the deck should now be in new deck order. Why? Why would the deck being in new deck order be reliant on him still having the premium cards?

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The jokers and the premium cards. He uses the premium cards to show us what a freshly opened, previously untouched pack of cards look like (which includes 2 jokers, 2 premiums). Later, he claims to remove a single card from between Penn's hands, which is a joker. Didn't he already remove these from...

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Just been watching the trick again. After it's confirmed he has fooled P&T he takes a card out of his breast pocket and kisses it. It looks like a seven of diamonds but with no signature on it.

Mark James

Charlie Reams wrote:The Economist published a pretty comprehensive rebuttal of that idiotic BBC article. Well worth a read.

Very good. I still hate Math though. It's Maths, it's short for mathematics not mathematic. And even spell checker knows it's wrong as there's a squiggly red line underneath.

Mark James

[quote="Steve Balog"]I caught myself saying "shopping cart" instead of shopping trolley today and was thoroughly disgusted with myself.

Some of these are annoying but for most of them I can't see what the problem is. I mean "Train Station"? WTF is wrong with that?

Mark James

Just take all the sweets and give the orange ones away or eat them anyway. They're sweets, they can't be that bad.

Mark James

I don't like using the notes section for numbers games and was wondering if the calculator thing could come up immediately if I press end round early even against human opposition?

Mark James

Activia=VIATICA

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My dad is white and stupid so I don't see the problem.

Mark James

It's a good show because I think everybody does quite like magic tricks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haC8di4iclw&feature=related I think that what should be done is get rid of the host, JR, altogether. Penn & Teller could host the show and still perform a trick of their own at the end but...

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The kind of ads that work on me are straightforward, ads that tell you what the product does, how much its gonna cost and where you can get said product. Oh man, you would love it over here. I don't think I would like it though to be honest. Not because of the ads themselves, more the sheer volume ...

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So do none of you losers watch this? I know it's not exactly the best programme in the world, but I always think stand-up makes a good discussion. I've never ever heard of it to be honest. What channel is it on? It's sounds like its an X factor style talent show for comedians. I can't imagine that ...

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Charlie Reams wrote:
Mark James wrote: The kind of ads that work on me are straightforward, ads that tell you what the product does, how much its gonna cost and where you can get said product.
Oh man, you would love it over here.

Where's here? The states?

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I think it depends who you're trying to attract. Different kinds of ads work on different kinds of people. The kind of ads that work on me are straightforward, ads that tell you what the product does, how much its gonna cost and where you can get said product. I think an ad for countdown that could ...

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I don't like the Harvester advert . I think it starts well and I enjoy the feel and sound of the advert and the timing for the first 30 seconds but then this bitch goes and opens her mouth and at the point she says "hold the corn on the cob, ok" I think she just ruins the previous 30 seco...

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Yea, to elaborate, the Guardian's first step is 6x4=24, and then he uses the other 4 numbers to hit the target, just leaving that 24 there without actually doing it. I assume that if the Guardian can get the solution with 4 or fewer numbers that aren't the red one, he can, in theory, just waste the...

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Nice one Thomas. I love how you travelled all over the place. Dreams are brilliant. I had a dream last night I was playing apterous and I could see from Michelle Nevitt's picture that it had been taken in my house. The piano and lego pirate ship I mentioned in another dream were in the background of...

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The Guardian (not the news paper

) cheated on a lockdown numbers game. http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 4293034166

Mark James

Hugh Binnie wrote:Nobody's going to pick opera.

That's what I thought about American sports and then it happened. Someone will surprise you. Although probably not.

Mark James

Charlie Reams wrote:
Mark James wrote:
Andy Wilson wrote:Yeah, I think I'll stay away from it too http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_loser ... o1_500.jpg
"'Al-Qaeda' massacre"? Why is Al-Qaeda in quotation marks? What does that even mean? You see, this is why I don't read news papers.
You're a genius.

Good to know.

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Andy Wilson wrote:Yeah, I think I'll stay away from it too http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_loser ... o1_500.jpg

"'Al-Qaeda' massacre"? Why is Al-Qaeda in quotation marks? What does that even mean? You see, this is why I don't read news papers.

Mark James

I don't know if it has much to do with the topic but I've been trying to find, to no avail, a the name of a thing that was featured on an episode of QI that would always revert to its original position no matter what side it was placed on. It would do this by design only and not because it was weigh...

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While Alistair was great and I surprisingly enjoyed Mark Durden-Smith I've gone for Jon Culshaw. For me he seemed really excited about being there and playing along. I hope all three get to return.

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Even though I can't remember most of them and I purposely didn't watch a second of Michael Vaughan as I knew he'd be shit I went for Delia as she really looked like she didn't want to be there.

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Jason Larsen wrote:Mark, he said "his house was broken into."

No, he said his house was broken into. There were no quotation marks around it. Either way, what's your point?

Mark James

Jason Larsen wrote:If Charlie's house was broken into, how would that affect Apterous?

It was and so far it doesn't seem to have had.

Mark James

I really thought I was struggling today to name world cup final scorers. All the ones I thought of I thought were pretty obvious. Turns out they were all pointless. My answers were Tardelli Jaizinho Puskas.

Mark James

Dan, do you not read the other stuff thread? Stay away from that rag and join us here; http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8391

Mark James

Is there anyway to change your formation? I'd rather go 3-4-3 than 4-4-2.

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Tracey Lilly wrote:Well done Mark - I enjoyed your run and sense of humour.
See you again in Dec for the finals.

I'm sure Ant will have something to say about that.

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I'm in too.

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James Robinson wrote:Amazed that Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me was Pointless though.

Yeah. It would have been my answer if I'd been on the show but I'd have expected it to score, albeit low enough. I'd like to know if they'd have accepted Numb or is it considered an Edge solo effort.

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Yes! 2-0 on the night, 3-2 on aggregate and the Super Saints are in the next round. Looks like I may very well be planning a trip to the Ukraine. What a performance though. Also it seems the referees don't give a shit about "fowl" throws in the Europa league either. Karagandy had loads but...

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How could they allow In the Name of Love? It's called Pride. I don't give a fuck what's in the brackets. Anyway I felt it was quite reassuring that nobody seems to know any U2 songs. Just goes to show how shite they really are.

Mark James

Ryan Taylor wrote:
James Robinson wrote:
Mark James wrote: Eh, John Parrot.
I did say "think", in fairness. And also it's ParroTT.
You missed the awesome birdbrain joke there James.

He didn't miss it he avoided it.

Mark James

James Robinson wrote:
Jon Corby wrote:Edit: In a desperate attempt to make this relevant to anything, has John Virgo been in DC?
No, I think Dennis Taylor and Steve Davis are the only snooker players ever to be in DC.

Eh, John Parrot.

Mark James

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2011/04/b ... da-by-ear/

Here's a nice games related story.

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As top ten lists have become popular on other threads I thought I'd do one here. 1. Super Mario World 2. Super Street Fighter 4 3. Tetris 4. Portal 2 5. Killer Instinct 6. Uncharted 2 7. Angry Birds 8. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (yes I preferred this to Ocarina of Time) 9. Resident Evil ...

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Jon Corby wrote:Nothing else makes sense.

Doesn't your woman being in on it make more sense?

Mark James

Marc Meakin wrote:(Steve Martin, surely the most over rated man in hollywood).

I agree but Bowfinger makes up for an awful lot of shit. His play "Picasso at the Lapin Agile" is pretty good too.

Mark James

Don't know about bells but there's certainly some bell ends.

Mark James

Matt Morrison wrote:Fucking love Deeks. Think that's the best contestant intro I've ever seen/heard.

A part of me would love to be as non-plussed and cool as Deeks when I go on but I'll know I'll be a jibbering wreck of smiles and excitement.

This

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The more I think about it, the more I think they're just coerced into reading something from the paper that wasn't really there (e.g. - "If you're sat at table 1, say .... [inserting your own name here]..."). None of the guys looked remotely impressed, if anything they looked a little unc...

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Marc Meakin wrote:Have you forgotten 'The Life of Brian' ?

Nope. I prefer Holy Grail and didn't want to put the two of them on the list.

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I'll have a go at this. 1. Die Hard 2. Airplane! 3. Usual Suspects 4. This is Spinal Tap 5. Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail 6. American Beauty 7. The Thing 8. The Negotiator 9. Enemy of the State 10.Whit Men Can't Jump And of course I've just thought of a load more that could probably...

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Why isn't anyone talking about the dudes with the box? I thought that was amazing.

Mark James

Mark Deeks wrote:HENTAI

I had CREAMPIE disallowed. The porn industry is clearly way ahead of the people who make dictionaries.

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Mark Harrison wrote:...yes, it really did.

Anyone else try to move the letters screen so the could read the chat box? D'oh.

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fowl throws Oops. My excuse was I was tired. Anyway, what's everyone's thoughts on the guy getting fined for taking a back-heeled penalty kick? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KaaVgWaesI Apparently it counts as ungentlemanly conduct. I think it's a bit harsh. We watch football to be entertained and...

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Yes Jon, that all makes sense to me. It's why I don't like those street magician shows. There's far to much set up that you don't get to see. And I hate that driving blindfolded trick. How many magicians have done that at this stage. Imagine if every comedian told the same joke.

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I may be just speaking to myself, but the women's world cup final was amazing. Two late equalisers from Japan, in normal and then extra time. They were helped by sloppy American defending, but it was great to see such a previously unfancied team win on penalties through guts and near flawless passi...

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Had a really quick dream last night where I was playing this video game thing that involved Pac-Man eating the pigs from Angry Birds. It was like a home made game but who ever made it was a fan of aptreous as, after you had eaten enough of the pigs, a spider appeared and it was called an apterous. T...

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That At The Gates album is on our jukebox at the moment, what I've heard from it is quite impressive. Definitely seems to be a latter-day extreme classic, I'll get round to buying it at some point. There's a special edition that comes with a making of dvd. Keep an eye out for that one. And get thei...

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UCD beat Villareal 4-3 yesterday. Unbelievable Jeff. Quality. Can't believe I only heard about this now. Probably would've gone. Ah well, I have a nice Europa League match to look froward to on Thursday with the super Saints. Bit unlucky not to get a result in the away leg but the away goal should ...

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Gavin Chipper wrote:Do you really give a shit?

Nope.

Mark James

Joseph Krol wrote:
Mark James wrote:
Joseph Krol wrote:Subway Challenge GTA IV Part 1
Subway Challenge GTA IV Part 2
What are you doing playing GTA? Its an 18s rated game.
Peer pressure. (Plus it's fun)

Yeah but how did you get? Did your parents buy it for you? For shame!

Mark James

Karen Pearson wrote:Sorry to hear about the burglary Charlie. Shall we all chip in so that you can get a burglar alarm?

Please don't get an alarm. Ever. And anyone else who has one dismantle it. All they do is go off randomly during the night and indeed day and keep me awake.

Mark James

Joseph Krol wrote:Subway Challenge GTA IV Part 1
Subway Challenge GTA IV Part 2

What are you doing playing GTA? Its an 18s rated game.

Mark James

So had another dream that Matt Morrison was in my house again. I was trying to look at something on the computer but it wasn't working and we suspected it had been infiltrated by Richard Brittain. Meanwhile Matt was frying up some sausages, rashers and egg to make breakfast rolls. Although I wasn't ...

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