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jeff wharton

How about curliest in round three,for eight.

jeff wharton

"Spoiler" Why? we had already seen that programme. YOU had already seen the programme! I imagine the person who said spoiler was mucking around as it's become a bit of a joke word here. However, just for the info - anything outside of the spoilers thread shouldn't refer to an episode's de...

jeff wharton

Last numbers game.
4x8=32
32x3+7=320
-5+6=309

jeff wharton

1998 was about when I started to watch Countdown on a regular basis.I seem to remember in those day that American spellings were allowed.When was that practice stopped? It was at the beginning of Series 48, aka 1st July 2002. Thanks for the info Mike. I must admit I was pleased that they decided to...

jeff wharton

I don't know of anyone with the correct dictionary for this series, so I figured it was easier to leave everything in and delete the dubious ones later. Of course there might also be words in the old dictionary but not in the new one that would win the round but get overlooked. First time I have vi...

jeff wharton

Hi everyone, I did post a similar post a few weeks ago I am basically looking for anyone that has any old Countdown episodes - it doesn't matter what year or series. Although the only thing i require is that they are full episodes and that they are presented by either Richard Whiteley or Des Lynam....

jeff wharton

The bloke who lost yesterday (Wed) seemed to be struggling to read his own writing. Which made me wonder how he could have possibly checked an opponents answer if their writing had been the very small variety.That has been commented on by the host on a number of occasions when checking a word or num...

jeff wharton

Jason Larsen wrote:I don't even know who Jim MacDonald is, but he does look a lot like Jeff!

He looks even more like !GEOFF!

Thats the English way of spelling my name.
Coronation Street is a British soap opera that has been running since 1960 without a break.

jeff wharton

What about all the different regional words for a (usually) circular bread item, split and filled to make a snack? Back home in mid-Wales we called them rolls, but my relatives in Swansea called them baps. When I moved to the West Midlands I had to get used to calling them batches - but half an hou...

jeff wharton

I also use 'scerrick' (though not 'scorrick') when describing small quantities, especially when talking about sugar for tea. I picked it up off my Dad, and had until now never heard anyone else say it. Do your Dad & Jeff come from the same part of the country? There are many local words like th...

jeff wharton

Listening to Susie with her word definitions has got me thinking of our own pet words we might use.I have been using a particular word for many years,but I don,t know if it is a proper word.I have never seen it written down,but this is how I would spell it.Scorrick.My own definition is a very small ...

jeff wharton

Nice find. I find it amusing how in the comments someone tries to be a smart arse by giving the probability of the word COUNTDOWN coming up on the show, clearly ignoring the fact that there aren't an equal number of each letter in the tileset. Not only that but, if I'm right (and it is early in the...

jeff wharton

I not a great film buff.Not been to the cinema for years.Might not manage to get to ten best. A couple of them might seem rubbish to me if I watched them now but made a big impression at the time. The earliest was King Kong.My dad took me to see it.It was over twenty years old when I watched it but ...

jeff wharton

Congratulations to Steve on your victory.I was surprised you didn,t get some kind of award.You deserved something for your efforts.Hard luck Charlie.I thought there was some tough selections today after yesterdays classic. Was there any editing at the end when Jeff mentioned this site? It looked to ...

jeff wharton

But then I read the original post in the other forum and I got the joke, so it's ok! Phew, everyone's happy. Bored now though. Anyone want a fight? ;) I sometimes think that Henry Kissinger should come out of retirment and arbitrate on some of the threads on this forum. :lol: Ian Hislop would reall...

jeff wharton

Thanks for the recap Kai Porter.

jeff wharton

Kai Laddiman wrote:7 CofC XIII games have gone to a crucial conundrum.

Thanks Kai I couldn,t be bothered to check back myself.

jeff wharton

Would exacts have been ok in round one?No one has mentioned it thats why I am doubting it. I was surprised Nick missed trailed in round twelve.Also I thought he would have gone for six small in the final numbers game after coming out the winner in the previous numbers with six small. Another close g...

jeff wharton

Not too sure about them all,but I would think that bairn would be ok.I am pretty sure that the Scottish word for a small dwelling,bothie has been used on Countdown.

jeff wharton

Another good close game.The standard is so high I will be glad when we get back to the normal games so that I don,t feel so inferior.

I did manage to get crazies,and candied though.
Here is my solution to the second numbers game to go with the rest of them.
75-8x5=335-3x5-1=321

jeff wharton

What a fantastic game.Both players were on top form.I can,t remember seeing anyone lose with a score of 110 before.
Would oarsman have been ok for round six?
Well done to both contestants.

jeff wharton

Hi, i've been away in Spain for 6 weeks with no Sky TV or internet, so missed all the final shows, i'd love to see Carol's tribute show. Does anyone know where i could see it? If you would like a copy of Carols tribute show and her last programme on DVD PM me with your address and I will send you a...

jeff wharton

Letters mix was a little better today even though there were four letter Ss in one selection. Susie seemed to struggle to get much animation out of her sidekick.A couple of times she looked at him as though she thought he might have gone to sleep.I just hope that we will see some of the old favourit...

jeff wharton

Strangest selection of letters I have ever seen.One round only contained five different letters,one treble and two doubles .In another round there was three Us.I don,t think I have ever seen three Us in the whole of a game before. Still it was nice to see the show again even though it seems weird wi...

jeff wharton

Well done Junaid for your hard fought win against a very good opponent.A very exciting game with some good words.
A sad ending with Carol in tears.It,s hard to believe that we won,t see her in action again on Countdown.Good luck in whatever you do.

jeff wharton

Chris Corby wrote:
Matthew Green wrote:I appreciate her too.
Countdown winner and he writes 'two' as 'too'.............

jeff wharton

Well done Kai.I thought as long as Kai is within ten points of his opponent he will win it on the conundrum,but you failed for the first time.But to be fair you have probably never heard of a laserdisc.I think they were a very short lived medium to play films at home.Made by Phillips if my memory se...

jeff wharton

The opening story/joke Des read out was possibly the worst/least funny I have ever heard in the whole of Countdown history. Glad it wasn,t just me that found todays joke the most cringeworthy one of the series. I managed to beat the contestants on the first round with Fidgets,then it was all down h...

jeff wharton

Got Neither as an equaller.Can,t remember which round.
First time I have heard Carol mention that her and Des were leaving.
She looked rather sad when she mentioned it.

jeff wharton

Congratulations Charlie,but she gave you a closer game than I expected.I can,t remember a contestant choosing Z Y and J in one round and then completing the nasty set with the X next time. I thought the bloke who got the conundrum looked familiar.Also did I spot Kai lurking at the back of the audien...

jeff wharton

Thanks for the info Mike.I didn,t know that the subject had been discussed before on the forum.
Some interesting stuff on the links you posted.Thanks again.

jeff wharton

Great work Kirk, finally remembered to watch this Thanks for bumping the thread Jon - reminded me to check it out too. I cried with laughter. What's brilliant is that no one - not Carol, not Susie, not Richard Stilgoe and certainly not the contestants who are superb actors - gives any hint that the...

jeff wharton

I have often wondered how the letters are sorted for Countdown.Is it a similar mix to Scrabble? I have noticed over the last couple of years or so that we seem to be getting a lot of double consonants and sometimes three of a kind like last Monday when three Ns came out.Carol even remarked about the...

jeff wharton

I also got overran,but when DC didn,t mention it I thought it must be spelled with one R. Don,t know what Carol was up to with the numbers.On one of the rounds she only picked up five numbers,and on another I thought she was trying to juggle with them. One fell off the board and she dropped another....

jeff wharton

Pleased with myself in round 11.I got rowdiest but brought down te earth when DC got the nine with drowsiest.
Round 13 an equaliser with Hustles.

jeff wharton

I think that was "vollies" they disallowed. Yes it was !vollies! There wasn,t an F in the selection. I interpreted Des,s remarks to the champion after the game as "why don,t you cheer up you miserable so and so". :lol: That's the comma button, not the apostrophe. I wasn,t too fa...

jeff wharton

Innis Carson wrote:I think that was "vollies" they disallowed.

Yes it was !vollies! There wasn,t an F in the selection.
I interpreted Des,s remarks to the champion after the game as "why don,t you cheer up you miserable so and so".

jeff wharton

Details as an equaller in round one.

jeff wharton

Second numbers game.Alternate
75-3x2+5=504-8=496

jeff wharton

If the people who run the programme want the couple who are technically better to win the contest they should employ a panel of experts to do the judging.But of course they will not do that because of the amount of money they make from the thousands of phone calls made by the suckers who cannot wait...

jeff wharton

Yes I wondered if zittier would be ok.I thought the conundrum was lovingley, but I don,t think the E should be in there. I thought Carol made a meal of the second numbers game.The contestant had made 15 by adding 3+4+8.She only had to say if you had added the 1 to the fifty before you multiplyed by ...

jeff wharton

I also noticed the edit of MAGISTERS being behind Carol after round 5 and then in round 9 out it came. Just goes to show the tight production schedule on which the show is run. Most other game/panel shows spend lots of time recording shots of each participant pretending to react to what's going on,...

jeff wharton

Thanks for making me feel better Julie T.Glad I wasn,t the only one.

jeff wharton

Charlie Reams wrote:This really doesn't belong in Countdown: General.

Sorry Charlie.wasn,t sure where to post it.

jeff wharton

Thanks for that John.He is probably away.I didn,t know how the system works so I thought it was something I had done.

jeff wharton

I have been exchanging PMs with another member of this site.My first four messages were successful,but the last three I have attempted have stuck in my outbox.I don,t think I have done anything different.Can anyone tell me what the cause of the problem is?

jeff wharton

Martin Bishop wrote:
jeff wharton wrote:Is duelist allowed for an equaliser?
That's the American spelling, I'm afraid. You need two Ls over here.

I thought it strange that it wasn,t spotted.But you have explained why.
Congratulations on another win.

jeff wharton

Is duelist allowed for an equaliser?

jeff wharton

The funniest was the one that didn,t go out on air when Richard was wound up by Noel Edmonds for his Gotcha.He was told that the current champion could not make it . That enabled them to put two ringers in to cause chaos for the whole of the show.Richard was really bemused but never twigged what was...

jeff wharton

Can,t believe the !dog woman! lost on that final easy numbers game.She had never been behind untill the penultimate round. Alternate way to get it 75 divided by 25=3 100-7x3=289-6+2=281 With that solution you would score the same as Lynne Owens did in that round! Oops! I did it the easy way then I ...

jeff wharton

Can,t believe the !dog woman! lost on that final easy numbers game.She had never been behind untill
the penultimate round.
Alternate way to get it 75 divided by 25=3 100-7x3=289-6+2=281

jeff wharton

"John Douglas"]He obviously isn't a born performer - but I thought his story today was quite funny, and believable. At least he isn't a lot of things - politician, actor, comedian, retired news presenter etc. But doesn't his neck make you think of a werewolf?[/quote] The neck fur is handy...

jeff wharton

I had the same thought about the !dog woman!.Des mentioned her sombre appearance after the game today.
Apparently she is cheerful when she is not playing the game and its concentrating on the game that makes her seem so serious.

jeff wharton

I voted for Boggle,Scrabble would be a close second. For those who don,t know Boggle.You have a number of dice shaped tiles (I think 25) which sit in a tray with individual slots for the tiles. A transparent raised lid is placed on the tray then the tiles are shook to give a random letter selection....

jeff wharton

Taxi driver gets stopped in Wigan,and is asked,"is there a B&Q in Wigan"?.Taxi driver says,"I don,t know but there is a W and G. Man goes onto the beach and asks the bloke with the donkeys would he be able to hire one of them? "Of course" he replies "there is a smal...

jeff wharton

I remember a number of years ago before I became an avid watcher of Countdown seeing Noels house party and catching part of the Richard Whitely !Gotcha! I have often thought of it since and hoped that it might be repeated.So to the main reason for this post.Can anyone tell me if there is anywhere th...

jeff wharton

Well done Charlie.It looked a bit dodgy when your opponent got 8 with applause,which I am pleased to say I also got.But the brilliant reply with manatous steadied the ship.I was pretty useless today so I was extra pleased to get the conundrum in14 seconds.I also got comedy but you beat it with a sev...

jeff wharton

I support St.Helens rugby league team. As a Leeds Rhinos fan, I welcome you especially warmly, with joyous memories of a recent trip to Old Trafford :P Not a very nice memory for me.But you would know the feeling.Probably the way that you felt after the C.C.semi-final at Huddersfield.Admit it you a...

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One of the worst guests I can remember was the bloke who played Derek on Coronation St.I can,t remember his real name but he was embarrassingly bad.I think it was noted because he has never returned. Peter Badwin? According to The Countdown Page he was in 25 episodes... Thanks for the info.I can on...

jeff wharton

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