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Alec Rivers

Jon Corby wrote:I decided to check out a few more, and some people really don't get the concept...

Der!

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Me, too.

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But I've just read this, which says it much better. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/dominic_lawson/article6926947.ece He questions why it's still called 'the beautiful game'. Firstly, the game itself will always be beautiful to those of us who love it, even if some of those play...

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"Were" just sounds clumsy and wrong compared to "was" though - weird. I'd rather say than "was" and convinced I would do in ordinary speech (where you don't proofread yourself) I know what you mean; it can sound a bit affected in certain constructs, even though it's co...

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FWIW, the top of the pile is:

1 Charlie Reams 32
2 Jon Corby 24
3 Damian Eadie 21
4 Dinos Sfyris 19
5= Ben Hunter, Matt Morrison 18
7 Kai Laddiman 17
8= Phil Reynolds, Sue Sanders 16
10= Chris Corby, Jason Larsen 13

Alec Rivers

Jon Corby wrote:Can I make a request for people to stay on and get drunk afterwards please? There was (were?) only about five of us left at closing time last year...

5 > 1 ∴ 'were'

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If logic were to come into it, we would have to roll back the centuries on thousands of words and phrases Which is why I suggested we ... maintain whatever consistency still remains in the language Regressing would do much more harm than good, not least in view of the sheer quantity of English-lang...

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Simon Myers wrote:Unsatisfying answer imo.

Got a better one?

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It won't count as a max letters attack, because the picking order is wrong (the Guardian picked every round). I can add it as a custom format if you like. Ah bollocks. How frustrating. I'll just have to max a normal attack then won't I. Which is surely not beyond a man of your calibre, Your Kirknes...

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AnnieHall wrote:It's ok,it's back (But doesn't always go on) Maybe it's my computer?

I believe it's designed that way: Blocking the downloading of images a second time (so soon after the first) is a good way of reducing load on the server. It happens to all of us (except admin, maybe).

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and just then, with the policeman listening in, he asked her:

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I'm pretty sure you would object to words like "seperate" and "buisness" Yes, because they are illogical. 'Separate' is from L. se- + parare and 'business' is simply busy + -ness . Considering how many hundreds of millions of people worldwide use English (or are likely to in the...

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was only recently discovered to be a backwards topic that resulted in

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The latter, I feel, is to be resisted. So would you be happier if we were still writing "to-morrow"? Dropping the hyphen doesn't add any expressive power, it's just laziness (or ignorance). In any short write-up on such a vast subject there are always going to be omissions and generalisat...

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If there is a danger that such things will become mainstream just because they are tolerated, maybe the solution is for us to become less tolerant. Personally, I think there is a very important distinction to be made with regard to the dynamism of English and the tolerance of any changes. Generally...

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Jon Corby wrote:I'm more shocked to see Paul Scharner not being torn asunder for handball in the build-up to Wigan's goal...

I agree - it smacks of double standards to me. Where are all the haters baying for blood now? Hypocrites.

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Eoin Monaghan wrote:No!!! They're out!

I thought they came out ages ago!

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Derek Hazell wrote:
Phil Reynolds wrote:I'm bored by this thread now.
"Bored by Derek's nonsense, I bored with brute force my way into Phil's house, where we cleared his bored of biscuits."

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Charlie Reams wrote:Is this have-a-go-at-Charlie week or something?

I wish I had an emoticon of something flying right over people's heads. lol

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We do seem to be nation that likes to keep that last one a secret - just the sign, white circle/black slash through - we're not gonna tell you how fast you can go, you'll have to read the highway code! Grrr, it must be hundreds of times I've been stuck behind some ignorant cretin who carries on doi...

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Sue Sanders wrote:You know, a sort of mid-week space 'minibreak'.

Apparently you can get that at any Travelodge — The accommodation is said to be other-worldly and the food poisoning can leave you feeling pretty spaced out.

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Alec Rivers wrote:
Phil Reynolds wrote:Seems like the ideal time for a reprise of Laddiman's Cake Walk.
Hmm, gives me an idea ....

I forgot all about this! Click here for my interpretation.

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Intravenous cabbage juice.

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Kai Laddiman wrote:Maybe we could play textcode

Yay, like the last time!

Oh, no, wait ..

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Andy Wilson wrote:What's a wok?

It's a thing you thwow at a wabbit.

To thtop it taking the pith in your carrot pat'th?

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Richard Brittain wrote:יִשְׂרָאֵל‎

What's Israel got to do with it?

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£8 is on its way.

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Phil Reynolds wrote:
Dinos Sfyris wrote:
JackHurst wrote:I saw two V tiles passionately making a W in the corner of the studio.
Surely if they were that passionate they'd make an X?
ITYM a »

Or if they're feeling adventurous, a ◊

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Charlie Reams wrote:There's plenty of average players on there, you don't have to play Kirk. And you can play against the computer, either the bots or the Star Chart.

I know it's blatant self-publication, but this poem sums it up, I think.

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I have discovered that such comments often have the effect of holding up a mirror to myself, with the result that any disappointing thoughts prove to have their roots in me and my own shortcomings, not in the responders themselves. Bloody hell. A forum isn't a tool for discovering your shortcomings...

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Derek Hazell wrote:... to imagine that I was just having a go at Charlie for the fun of it.

I said nothing of the sort, but never mind.

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Charlie Reams wrote:It really isn't though.

Cool. That video highlights something else, too: If that test was done in an English studio, the people would have the common sense and decency to stfu and let them concentrate on the task, instead of whooping and cheering like lobotomized chimps.

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Lesley Hines wrote:
Alec Rivers wrote:This topic is 232 days late, or 133 days early, surely?
Posted at 10:35 pm though - I *think* she's serious.

Good point. 232.5 / 132.5 days. lol

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I feel I have actually benefited from what one might call 'tough love' Man, now that sounds interesting! Ought we move this to Off Topic? ;) :lol: :lol: Am I in danger of losing my innocent label yet? I'd say you are, if you're insinuating that I want to give Charlie countersunk turds. :shock:

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This topic is 232 days late, or 133 days early, surely?

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Is this the point where we divide into Camp Charlie or Camp Derek? Yeah, and then all the people who think some idiot who is not good enough to go on the show, can barely play Apterous, and makes "jokes" of questionable value can follow me to my rival Countdown forum. :roll: I've been act...

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Are you deported if you fail? Can I please be deported to somewhere warm and sunny? Looks like I'll be tagging along, if that's okay. I only got 11/24, possibly because I've only lived here for 32 years. No, wait, maybe it's because I don't give a monkey's that the church is Episcrotal not Mentalis...

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Richard Brittain wrote:He's always been the chief of cheats; terrible man, a disgrace to humanity.

Are you sure you're not confusing him with Cristiano Ronaldo? Or Didier Drogba? I defy you to find a single example prior to this week.

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http://apterous.org/chatlog.php?log=1258639987159 2009-11-19 15:01:50 Ben Wilson got it first. You have -35263.2 seconds left. Whilst attempting to post:- 'yesterday at doncaster station I saw someone wearing a yarmulka and really curly sideburns and immediately I thought of RB' lol. That was 9 hou...

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Andy Wilson wrote:Really nice meeting so many of you today.

Same here. I'm really glad I made the trips up.

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Kirk Bevins wrote:
Alec Rivers wrote: If I'm setting my phone's alarm for 0700, say, I just set Silent as a timed profile expiring at 0659.
I'm not as technologically minded as you.

Soz.

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Kirk Bevins wrote:I use my alarm and feel wary about turning my phone off if I have an alarm programmed.

If I'm setting my phone's alarm for 0700, say, I just set Silent as a timed profile expiring at 0659.

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Ryan Taylor wrote:Also just got back from filming and it was great!

Me too. Ditto.

Nice to meet some more of you, too.

Alec Rivers

I think this forum has come to a complete stalemate, and it's all my fault! What the deuce?? You might need to check the chatlogs on apterous from 6pm to get the gist of it. OH - MY - GIDDY - AUNT!!! That is astonishing. Took a while to read but it was worth it. Jason, get a goddamn grip, man. Clas...

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Jason Larsen wrote:I think this forum has come to a complete stalemate, and it's all my fault!

What the deuce??

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Phil Makepeace wrote:Jason ... Are you the evangelist guy in Static by Godspeed You! Black Emperor? He comes in at about 4:30.

OMG, that so is! How creepy is that?!

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Well, after talking with Derek (who's heard of three people dropping out), I've left Saralee a message (too late to get a reply) and will make my way up in the morning, on the off-chance there's a spare seat. If not, it's a day out, and I can say hello to a few of you guys. I'll just loiter outside...

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Well, after talking with Derek (who's heard of three people dropping out), I've left Saralee a message (too late to get a reply) and will make my way up in the morning, on the off-chance there's a spare seat. If not, it's a day out, and I can say hello to a few of you guys. I'll just loiter outside ...

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lol.

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Thank you. I feel much better now.

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Ooh, that's asking for snide comments! :D Unfortunately Give Jason his due it does at least make sense to the previous post that you made. How so? Kirk wrote : Sadly being great people doesn't give you the best chances of passing an audition, Jason. Alec wrote :Ooh, that's asking for snide comments...

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Alec Rivers wrote:Ooh, that's asking for snide comments!

Jason Larsen wrote:Unfortunately

Marc Meakin wrote:Give Jason his due it does at least make sense to the previous post that you made.

How so?

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Jason Larsen wrote:A food, Alec?

May I refer you to this post.

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Cottage cheese.

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Darren Carter wrote:Has anyone got either version yet? Any good?
Tempted to buy it my sister for Christmas - "I thought you've always liked Countdown? No? Oh well I guess I will play it then" sort of thing.

It's the thought that counts, hey.

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Kirk Bevins wrote:Sadly being great people doesn't give you the best chances of passing an audition, Jason.

Ooh, that's asking for snide comments!

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Will D Downing - I wonder if they watch Countdown on Tracy Island?

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