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Frank Rodolf

I'm now in charge of a korfball club Is that korfball, as in the sport mostly played in (and thus dominated by) the Netherlands and Belgium? If so, I didn't even know the game was played in Scotland. It is indeed, there are five clubs here now. I was new to the game in 2007, but am enjoying it grea...

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Ian Volante wrote:I'm now in charge of a korfball club

Is that korfball, as in the sport mostly played in (and thus dominated by) the Netherlands and Belgium? If so, I didn't even know the game was played in Scotland.

Frank Rodolf

Sounds like this might be an interesting show - guess I better get it to my computer. Thanks for mentioning it, Joseph!

Frank Rodolf

Hi Sue, welcome!

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Joseph Bolas wrote:I think this is the right place to post this, but I've just played a 9-round game and the conundrum was DATACOMMS, which is a plural

I guess it got in because it's listed as a plural noun, so there is no singular (at least, according to the ODE).

Frank Rodolf

I think this months duel is going to be a close game between Kirk Bevins and Frank Rodolf. Although the gap is now 13 points, Frank did manage to get within 4 points of knocking Kirk off top spot yesterday. I've done far less games than Frank too - I couldn't complete any duels that were really lon...

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Kai Laddiman wrote:It might just be me but both of the given answers for Numbers 1 are wrong I think.

Indeed - in both solutions, an addition was done instead of a subtraction - corrected now.

Thanks Kai (and Eoin)!

Frank Rodolf

Merry Christmas all!

Frank Rodolf

Countdown recap for Friday 9 January 1998. C1: Champion Pete Cashmore (9 wins.) C2: Champion Harshan Lamabadusuriya (6 wins.) DC: Mark Nyman and Gloria Hunniford. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. (Based on ODE2r - if someone could check them using COD9 it would be appreciated!) R01...

Frank Rodolf

After seeing it disallowed in quite a few games recently on Apterous, MOHAIRS yay or nay? It's listed as a fabric, so logically should be allowed the plural? Plus the entry strongly suggests that their are different types of mohair. It's actually listed as a mass noun - the fabric part of the defin...

Frank Rodolf

I have in the past played various word games in English (mostly US English though) You've done well to avoid using any American spellings in your games then, as I can't see any - other than the valid Americanisms (like RAINOUTS) which you have used. Well done! I have been tempted a few times, but (...

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LOL - I wish that was the reason. In reality, it probably has more to do with my mind being a tad slower still in English than in Dutch. If you don't mind me asking, are you relatively new to English then, or do you generally only speak Dutch? It's just your performances are continally astounding, ...

Frank Rodolf

That was great fun! Thank you, Joseph, and congratulations, Kirk!

Frank Rodolf

Well done to Frank and Jon for topping yesterday's duel. Interestingly, Frank spotted some top words amongst his duel but took longer than average to get both conundrums - in fact taking the top 10 players from the duel, only Tony Warren and Frank spotted BUBBLEGUM the slowest. That's not really th...

Frank Rodolf

The thing is, forums like this actually contain specific filters that can be tweaked to change swear words into non-swearing, e.g. fuck->flip or bollocks->balls, that sort of thing. If it really becomes an issue, it can be controlled. And one can then choose whether to use those filters, in the Use...

Frank Rodolf

Hmm CARLING is accepted on apterous and I've checked my ODE2r and I can't find it under CARL or CARLING or even a small CAR. Where is it or is it an error? It is not even listed with the second definition of CARLINE, of which it would have been an alternative - I am tempted to say it is indeed an e...

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Michael Wallace wrote:So what's the difference between this year's winner and last year's? Or did they just use the same person again and presume the people watching wouldn't notice? Or am I just being racist?

Did you forget the "All of the above" option on purpose?

Frank Rodolf

Another over 30 here (soon 40) who doesn't have any problem with people swearing. I don't swear often, but it does happen, as some of my British co-workers were shocked to find out today. A manager of another department was being such an arse that I slammed the phone on the hook while he was still t...

Frank Rodolf

Kevin Thurlow wrote:(Same applies to Strictly - when the professionals do a demo without the celebs, quality improves massively.)

With one difference, of course - the celebs in Strictly are not planning to make a living of dancing, after the show ends...

Frank Rodolf

Fun - wonder what tactical choices people will make.

PM'ed you my answers.

Frank Rodolf

I already noticed the first two, but... 3) Once in a thread with a new post, if you see when the post was posted, which is mentioned in the top-right corner of the post (eg your post says Posted : Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:07 pm), next to the word posted is a symbol of a piece of paper, which will be flash...

Frank Rodolf

I love the new looks (both options) - but I switched back to the old style, since I seem unable to see which replies are new in either of the new ones.

Frank Rodolf

Sounds like a good idea! If it came in a large enough size (aka, 4XL or so), I would probably wear it!

Frank Rodolf

I just hope Charlie is not done changing it yet...

Frank Rodolf

This was no 1 in the UK when I was born - actually kinda fun.

Since I was looking anyway, I decided to check what was on 1 in the Top 40 in the Netherlands that day. Shame it wasn't a Beatles song, but at least it was a lot better than what was on 1 a few weeks earlier.

Frank Rodolf

Nice job, Ben!

I am sure glad we are back to more "normal" duels now though!

Frank Rodolf

Playing today's (Friday's) duel. If anyone apart from me gets the maximum in round 35, I will be seriously impressed!

Frank Rodolf

Matt Morrison wrote:Secondly, gotta ask - Box Pizza, is this a particularly special pizza joint in Leeds? What makes it so good?

This seems to be the most likely answer.

Frank Rodolf

Today's (Thursday's) duel was friggin' awesome. More like that in future please. :) I will give today's duel a shot later on today, but when it comes to speed rounds, I myself prefer rounds of at least 10-15 seconds per round. I am probably the only one here, but I ain't that quick yet to be able f...

Frank Rodolf

Alternative for the first number round, which took me about 45 seconds to find, so I would never have gotten it in the show:

(25 x 2 + 3) x 10 + 75 + 2

Frank Rodolf

Was pretty pleased with this game. Not sure what my personal best is but this must be my highest losing score with 12 maxes against his 13. http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=14343 According to your stats , your personal best is 126 - but that was a game you won. I must admit, I was pretty p...

Frank Rodolf

Has today's duel crashed on anyone else so far? I got up to round 22, before the 'play next round' button stopped working (as in I have pressed it but nothings come up). Maybe The Duellist has popped for a fag break. I hope not :lol:, it's been at least 30 minutes since it stopped working. It worke...

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Julie T wrote:Blind, 20 seconds per round, nooooo way am I attempting this one!

Aww... Come on... Most of the conundrums are doable and the numbers rounds are not blind...

Frank Rodolf

Today's duel was so evil it makes Zef look like St. Frigging Francis of Frigging Assisi. That is all. I thought it would be worse than it was actually, although I didn't score that much either... I scored a lot higher than I thought I would (had not expected anything over about 5), but I still thin...

Frank Rodolf

Wonder how long Charlie will be extending the Daily Duel - even if it stops after 12 days, it will already have 78 rounds. No! Don't end it at 12, I'm totally looking forward to playing the 325-round spectacular on Christmas Day! But what about on New Years Eve? 496 magic rounds of Countdown. At 30...

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Wonder how long Charlie will be extending the Daily Duel - even if it stops after 12 days, it will already have 78 rounds.

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harry wrote:Identikit is a proper noun - a registered trade mark - is that allowed for the conundrum?

Actually, it is listed as a noun (trademark), but also as an adjective, so it is allowed, whether or not it is considered a proper noun.

Frank Rodolf

I was gutted that BONNIES isn't allowed, as I thought it BONNY is a noun, but it is apparently an adjective. I am doing the recap and it brought up a word ZAIDES in round 3, but looking in the dictionary, I can't find the word in the Z section. Joseph, you will find it as an "also" for za...

Frank Rodolf

Just watching the show now... At least Charlie did not ask for "a better" consonant after the first Q.

Frank Rodolf

Jon Corby

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K - I could not stop myself... I read this thread, despite not being able to watch the episode until tomorrow. Sounds like it is going to be a good watch!

Frank Rodolf

Hmm... Didn't know a conundrum was allowed to have multiple solutions... Is DEINSTALL a word or is it something else? Am I talking about the right one? DEINSTALL was indeed the other possible answer. They're not, really. I have no idea how today's conundrum slipped the net. Serious apologies to any...

Frank Rodolf

A quick google found this blog post from Februari 2006:

Sold recently on Ebay for £155.00 and on it's way to the Sparta Teapot Museum

And this one, on the same site, from June this year:

Won in 2000 sold on eBay for £185.00 5th June 2008

Frank Rodolf

And a happy birthday from the Netherlands too, Lara!

Frank Rodolf

Julie T wrote:My computer won't connect to apterous ATM, but is fine with other sites. It's not my usual problem. Is anyone else experiencing this?

I can log in - as can others - but the chat does not seem to work atm.

Frank Rodolf

Kirk Bevins wrote:It is and after 12 days it's January 6th and that's when you're supposed to take the christmas decorations down etc.

No! Christmas decorations, trees, etc. should be taken down December 27th, so my b-day does not look like another Christmas...

Frank Rodolf

Hmm... Didn't know a conundrum was allowed to have multiple solutions...

Frank Rodolf

It does look a bit Erlangy (in fact now you've said that I realise that's what was making it look familiar in the first place) but I know that human reaction times are distributed log-normal so it seems possible that other brain activities would be similar. I'll do some tests and find out. And toda...

Frank Rodolf

Ian Volante wrote:I recently had NUTRIAS disallowed. I can't see any sign in the dictionary that NUTRIA shouldn't be pluralised with an S, so why's it not in?

It's listed as a mass noun...

Frank Rodolf

jimbentley wrote:Not played today's Duel yet but it can't possibly go as badly as that. Can it?

Only if you forget your numbers.

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Charlie Reams wrote:I was quite pleased to be one of only 3 people who got MICTURATE, even if I was also one of 3 people to go for DEFINITES*.

Yep, very nice find indeed!

I was surprised that only one other person (Joseph) got redeposit. Guess there are not a lot of online poker players or gamblers on here.

Frank Rodolf

Joseph Bolas wrote:You should add these now as conundrums to see if anyone has learnt the words

Don't give him any ideas, please...

Frank Rodolf

Joseph Bolas wrote:Des O'Connor was also on The One Show tonight on BBC1, but I'm not sure what about (probably will be his album Inspired).

That was it, yep.

Frank Rodolf

While I am not good at this - I just don't see words fast enough to make a good choice for the ninth letter - I enjoyed the game.

Nicely done, Charlie!

One little request for the results though - is it possible to include the max per player in the round summary?

Frank Rodolf

Oh my... Is this a Corby takeover?

Welcome Lucinda.

Frank Rodolf

7 would be SKUNKWEED

Frank Rodolf

Kirk Bevins wrote:
Phil Reynolds wrote:Kirk! You're on right now!
Yeah - I couldn't believe that coincidence. Hope you enjoyed my stay. I was rubbish.

I can't imagine what might have been distracting you...

Frank Rodolf

Phil Reynolds wrote:Kirk! You're on right now!

Not anymore though...

Frank Rodolf

How about BENTER and BENTEST? Ugly, I know, but BENT is a one syllable adjective, and as such ought to be allowed the -ER and -EST extensions. BENTER was available on one of the programmes in the last few days. Although beaten by DC, it would have scored against the contestants. Is BENT listed as a...

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I do think Ben Hunter deserves extra praise for being the only one to get SURPASS in round 18, when no one else even got the 6 that - according to CountMAX - was also available!

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