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James "Correction" Robinson

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I don't have any experience with the word outside of the Countdown world. But I can offer the following; the last time DC mentioned BORAGES was ages ago, but it was most recently played at the end of Series 65 - so it has been allowed under the current version of the dictionary.

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Countdown recap for Friday 19 July 2013. C1: Champion Margaret Lawless (4 wins, 297 points), our resident champion, looking to round the week off with a win. C2: Challenger Rory Coleman , a semi-pro footballer who has been on Scunthorpe's books in the past, but is now looking for a new lower league ...

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Can't remember. Think I was too drunk

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Fuck, fuck. Wish I had that game on TV. Max game & new record. Recap on its way. Re: Round 12. What do you reckon is more likely of the following; (a) the sound bite of him selecting a vowel was unclear and it was copy and pasted from somewhere else in the show but someone made a boo-boo with th...

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Interesting one ^

As part of my prep for going on TV I read through a lot of the conundrums that had been used in the past and I think the answer to part A will be INTUITION but keen to hear what Graeme has to say.

Edit: Hmm, only 4 times after checking, so probably not

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Hi gl

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Haha! I scrolled up and copied the wrong name. Great spot, will amend now.

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I think someone may have cheated on their phone audition ?!

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Countdown recap for Friday 12 July 2013. C1: Champion June Glasspell (4 wins, 336 points) - defending champion and a retired school admin officer from Southampton. She enjoys golf and swimming and her favourite film is Mamma Mia. C2: Challenger Mark Gower - a former policeman who has also worked in ...

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Easiest way is on lexplorer and physically see what hardness rating that conundrum has been assigned

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Haha, awesome.

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I'll be busy for a while if you want to go back in time and do last Friday's

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Thanks Phil, get any decent prices for that?

Just found the following if anyone is umming and aahing:

http://top10.com/leamington-spa-hotels? ... ames-hotel

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Looks like the conclusion is that the letters on countdown are 'shuffled' very slightly better than apterous's shuffle algorithm, but Charlie has also done a bloody good job of replicating it.

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Eh, good post ^

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Gotta accept it by the rules

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Jack Worsley wrote: She was certainly decent

Rating out of 10?

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Yeah, can do.

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Apterous stats:

Max of 3 = negligibly small / Max of 4 = 0.2% / Max of 5 = 3% / Max of 6 = 19% / Max of 7 = 42% / Max of 8 = 30% / Max of 9 = 5%

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Usually Thomas Carey but he's about as dependable as a piece of wet tissue paper

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Agree, sounds good if we can keep improving the attendance and popularity of events.

But at the moment it is probably unnecessary, as when there's an event, everyone already knows the 10-20% of players that could feasibly win or make the final.

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Thought I'd politely hold back until Huddersfield was out the way before doing this - entries are now open for Leamington!

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Yeah but at least you spotted it

Edit: terrible conundrum scramble, was really slow with that because it threw me.

Also, how did this Dan guy win on Friday? I wouldn't like to make a habit of criticising contestants as I know it can be tough to deal with being on TV, but he was truly terrible.

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This one's not mine but ATENOLOL is there in round 8. It's a drug of sorts

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He's never been mistaken for Yul Brynner

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He's more reliable than a garden strimmer

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Anthony Endsor wrote:a player won 5 games, then there must have been a break in recording, he then went out that night, got drunk, and finished up getting arrested in Aberdeen.

FrankLAD

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Paid. Don't think I can stay over though - still looking into it. Staying over now. Travelodge must have picked up a cancellation or two. Prices went down by nearly 20 quid in the last couple of days. Booked. First class upgrade on the train for 4 quid as well , why not. 8-) Predictions for winner?...

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I can't link it directly as I'm in work and it's filtered, but from memory it ought to be further down the list. I do remember it being quite difficult to spot.

Perhaps someone else might be so kind?

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Did you try filmon?

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I've tweeted the c4c twitter, to see if we can at least get a score for the Wiki. Heh, they stopped following me when I re-tweeted the abusive stuff about me - clearly I'm not vanilla enough for whichever lackey is in charge of the page. They also ignored every question I ever sent to them, even be...

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Guy Barry wrote:OUTTAKE?

If apterous's dictionary is up-to-date then TAKEOUT is fine but OUTTAKE^ is not

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Would PROFITERS be a valid 9 in the FROSTIER/SPORTIER round? No, but there is a 9 there! PORTFIRES? N1, only saw it when Jordan said there was a definite 9. Yeah Joyce, weird situation - I hope it's nothing serious like crime etc. I'd like to think it was Joe Harrison and he got busted for using le...

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We ought to ask Glen as he was clearly there for the filming.

NB: Probably best to keep a sharp ear out for any previous scores that Nick offers as that might help with the wiki collaboration.

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I swear someone is from North Yorkshire. Like a recent female contestant I played or recapped or saw in a recap or alternatively have completely made up.

I can stop spamming your thread now.

Actually that is a lie, for 25 quid entry, I'll write what I want

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Oh. Maybe thats my QF opponent that is from the wrong side of the pennines then. Will be in the recap forums either way.

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They were actually 2 people who responded to the ad in the Examiner, but Jeff wanted to keep their identities hidden, although I can say that they're both women, so that helps things in the gender wars Interesting. Identities kept secret at their own request, or was it Jeff's idea? I know Eileen is...

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Dan McColm wrote:PISSHEAD as an alt. in the SHADIEST round

Only you

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Tony Atkins wrote:Dave Spikey was excellant as ever!

Good 9

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Awesome. Will have to check it out later.

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Interesting about HEJIRA - anyone got an ODE3 to hand? I'm about ten hours away from mine.

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Nina Boyd wrote:A testosterone-heavy list of players!

Yep - especially Tracey.

Interesting that the numbers came out at 24; the exact number me and Dan want to hit... James can you please explain the concept of player P and player Q?

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Wait I noticed it said Wednesday 28th September which can't be right, false alarm

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ALSO

Adam Gillard wrote:Giles can't lose on the letters rounds because he ultimately decides whether or not a word is in the dictionary.
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clearly having given a bung to CECIL, means that he is virtually unbeatable.

Scarily accurate prediction

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I'm struggling to find good deals on hotels too for this. I think personally I'm meant to be staying at Chez McColm but I'm trying to put in the effort for others. Travelodge looks massively expensive for some reason ... Kayak also not exactly great ... Booking.com not wonderful, but some OK deals f...

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Paid. Don't think I can stay over though - still looking into it.

Predictions for winner? I'm gonna say Kirk, even though he hasn't been practising. Gonna say Matt, Tom, Glen, and Wynn to have good tournaments too.

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She has done it for a year or so I think. One example I remember distinctly was Innis v Adam in the 30BC as I asked her about it afterwards. The only reason they tell her it's not doable is just to stop her chasing a dead end and wasting time and brainpower. I think they've done this for a while but...

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You know, even with all the contact I've had with Sarah, both as a contestant and general green room lurker, I still have no idea what her surname is.

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Cheers guys! I think Ryan (amongst others) hit the nail on the head there. Gutted obviously, but you gotta say Giles is the deserved winner - the octototal record, the word knowledge, the decision making, and keeping his cool to max all the numbers games in the final. Even though I got the exact pic...

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Heh, I noticed that it was nearly ARSEHOLES too. Maybe change one S for a T?

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I have to say I did think that was all a bit patronising towards Eileen at the end. The subtext was definitely "Well done for doing so well despite being so old at 75! Normally people have completely lost their marbles by the time they're 75, so good on you for still having some brain function...

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Haha - awesome.

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May I suggest an amendment:-

James Robinson wrote:they have been 2 of the most popular contestants of the series.

= Eileen is the most well-liked contestant this series
= Andy is generally hated bar about 10 people on here and 5 people on twitter

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I for one would love to hear what this April Fools' joke was!

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Holly and Sarah (presumably a different Sarah?) brief the contestants nowadays, they are both lovely and the contestants are in good hands, don't worry!

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That's actually the one I got from the audience too - didn't hear the clue but I can see where you're coming from for sure

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 25 June 2013. C1: Champion Joe McGonigle (8 wins, 716 points) - the final octochamp from earlier in the series returns for the final QF. He's a croupier in a casino in Stockport. C2: Champion Sam McElhinney (4 wins, 393 points) - comprising the other half of today's clan ...

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Yeah, Dan & Giles had that one, nice effort

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