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by Stuart Earl
Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:40 pm
Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
Topic: Who will recap today? 18/02/08
Replies: 23
Views: 3461

Re: Who will recap today? 18/02/08

Assuming Stuart has indeed disregarded Matthew 5:39 and left us forever, I suppose this post recognises that I have been wounded. But why is it that because you all know I am a Christian that you hurl Bible quotes at me? Is it because you think I have done something against biblical principles - or...
by Stuart Earl
Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:45 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: okey-dokey count
Replies: 37
Views: 6705

Re: okey-dokey count

It's only an issue to you though, you tedious twat. That was me having a laugh :lol: We obviously just can't detect each other's humour. Well, I haven't found anything remotely funny in the responses I cited in my previous submission. In fact I have been upset by them. I have enjoyed being associat...
by Stuart Earl
Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:35 pm
Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
Topic: Thursday's game (Feb 14)
Replies: 3
Views: 2010

Re: Thursday's game (Feb 14)

Round 10: 5, 8, 75, 50, 100, 25. Target: 485. C1: 489.(5x100)- (75/25+8) (7) C2: 485.Mistake in working. CV: 485. ((5x100)-(75/25))x5 (10) Score: 54–50 (max 90) I think you mean (100-75/25) x 5 Yes, I think you're right. Well spotted. Though I can't work out the way you use brackets, or has maths c...
by Stuart Earl
Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:19 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: okey-dokey count
Replies: 37
Views: 6705

Re: okey-dokey count

It's only an issue to you though, you tedious twat. Why do you have to be so abusive? Why can't you just have a laugh, like I've been doing? I think you ought to apologise to me for being so rude. So, you are having a laugh and haven't really been critical of Des throughout his tenure? It would see...
by Stuart Earl
Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:04 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: okey-dokey count
Replies: 37
Views: 6705

Re: okey-dokey count

Corby wrote:
It's only an issue to you though, you tedious twat.
Why do you have to be so abusive? Why can't you just have a laugh, like I've been doing? I think you ought to apologise to me for being so rude.
by Stuart Earl
Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:12 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: okey-dokey count
Replies: 37
Views: 6705

Re: okey-dokey count

AMAZING - ANOTHER 4 RIGHTS AND ANOTHER 3 OKEY-DOKEYS!!!!!!

I reckon that makes 15 rights and an amazing 8 okey-dokeys.

In one show.

I'll have to have a lie down.

What was that, Damian, about this not being an issue...?
by Stuart Earl
Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:02 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 15th of February
Replies: 17
Views: 4727

Re: Spoilers for Friday 15th of February

In that last letters round, where they only got 4, can you not have AMRIT which is the stuff Sikhs drink?
by Stuart Earl
Fri Feb 15, 2008 3:59 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: okey-dokey count
Replies: 37
Views: 6705

Re: okey-dokey count

What a day - a bumper crop. In the second of the three "halves" we've had 6 more "rights" and three more okey-dokeys". We're already in the record-books - how many more to come?
by Stuart Earl
Fri Feb 15, 2008 3:45 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: okey-dokey count
Replies: 37
Views: 6705

Re: okey-dokey count

This is very interesting. Despite two okey-dokeys in the first ten minutes - I think I've come to a horrible insight. The reason Deso isn't saying okeydokey as often as before is because instead of it he's now saying "Right!". Five of them today in the first "half". Hold the fron...
by Stuart Earl
Fri Feb 15, 2008 3:39 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 15th of February
Replies: 17
Views: 4727

Re: Spoilers for Friday 15th of February

round 4 DISTASTE
by Stuart Earl
Fri Feb 15, 2008 1:17 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: okey-dokey count
Replies: 37
Views: 6705

Re: okey-dokey count

Delighted to hear of your interest, Damian. I'll be happy to send it to you free if you give me your email address.
by Stuart Earl
Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:26 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: okey-dokey count
Replies: 37
Views: 6705

Re: okey-dokey count

So thats 4 times in 3 shows, must be killng you inside, Stuart :o ? Perhaps its divine justice for the incessant promotion of your £5 'guide to being a losing semi-finalist'. And they say the Lord works in mysterious ways. :mrgreen: The Lord does indeed work in mysterious ways. The Bible has numero...
by Stuart Earl
Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:07 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: okey-dokey count
Replies: 37
Views: 6705

Re: okey-dokey count

Get a grip, folks - none today. What's happening? Are you sure about that? I had subtitles on today for some odd reason and okey-dokey appeared in subtitles (can't remember what round though). Thank goodness for that, I couldn't believe we'd had a nought game from Deso - almost worth a teapot scori...
by Stuart Earl
Thu Feb 14, 2008 6:45 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: okey-dokey count
Replies: 37
Views: 6705

Re: okey-dokey count

Get a grip, folks - none today. What's happening?
by Stuart Earl
Thu Feb 14, 2008 4:13 pm
Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
Topic: Thursday's game (Feb 14)
Replies: 3
Views: 2010

Thursday's game (Feb 14)

Countdown recap for Thursday 14th February 2008. C1: Challenger Tim Reypert. C2: Challenger Keith Wilcock. DC: Susie Dent and Nicholas Owen. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: H S T R O A E X U R02: E O A R D D N R T R03: L R V F O E I E S R04: A E A L C T S N K R05: 1, 9, 8, 8,...
by Stuart Earl
Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:08 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: okey-dokey count
Replies: 37
Views: 6705

Re: okey-dokey count

Two today - the slide is on.
by Stuart Earl
Tue Feb 12, 2008 4:15 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: okey-dokey count
Replies: 37
Views: 6705

okey-dokey count

Only one today again, but I might have missed a few in the introduction because I came in late.
by Stuart Earl
Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:13 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Two points about number games
Replies: 15
Views: 3848

Re: Two points about number games

Craig Beevers wrote:But I'm sure there are more important things to worry about.
Absolutely! Only one okey-dokey today (Monday) - we're due a barrage of them soon, he won't be able to contain himself... ;)
by Stuart Earl
Sun Feb 10, 2008 1:05 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: The definition of knowledge
Replies: 15
Views: 3509

Re: Spoilers for Friday 8th February 2008

How many times did Des O say okey-doke today? I didnt notice anything til Stuart mentioned it but it IS quite annoying after a while! *grinds teeth* I think there was only one okey-doke(y) on Thursday, and only one on Friday. Maybe he's spotted it himself... I'll try and do a regular count, because...
by Stuart Earl
Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:34 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: How many contestants?
Replies: 37
Views: 5573

Re: How many contestants?

So, if Kate Ogilvie won the first teapot, two further questions:

a) what did winners get before that?
b) how many teapots since Kate?
by Stuart Earl
Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:09 pm
Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
Topic: Thursday's game
Replies: 4
Views: 2154

Thursday's game

Countdown recap for Thursday 7th February 2008. C1: Champion Ian Lamb (2 wins.) C2: Challenger Nichola Sullings. DC: Susie Dent and James Whittaker. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: O A E B R G T B S R02: G D I A T M I E N R03: E U E M K T F A R R04: D L P I I U A S R R05: 10,...
by Stuart Earl
Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:14 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: If Countdowners were sports stars...
Replies: 31
Views: 5083

Re: If Countdowners were sports stars...

Stuart Earl - Avram Grant Gives all the appearances of being a grumpy old man - but is actually secretly a ray of sunshine, a bundle of sweetness and light, who goes through life with a perpetual scowl but only because others don't get his jokes. In private he's in great demand as a magician for chi...
by Stuart Earl
Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:56 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: If Countdowners were sports stars...
Replies: 31
Views: 5083

Re: If Countdowners were sports stars...

Des O'Connor - Fabio Capello Old bloke who is the new guy on the block. Got off to a decent but unsensational start (Couldn't possibly do worse than his predecessor). Getting paid a huge amount of money when it's actually the players who do all the hard work. Got a good crew around him. Handicapped ...
by Stuart Earl
Wed Feb 06, 2008 6:40 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: 800 club
Replies: 19
Views: 5675

Re: 800 club

I wonder if the reason that there were so few people achieving the equivalent of 800 in the nine-round era is that messing up one round could really mess up your hopes of winning, so maybe there was less opportunity for risking and more stress generally. And more chance of actually losing rather tha...
by Stuart Earl
Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:28 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: 800 club
Replies: 19
Views: 5675

Re: 800 club

I perhaps mistakenly like to think that I invented the name. It refers to those who, in their eight games becoming an octochamp, scored 800+ points over the eight games. Not too difficult to guess, really...
by Stuart Earl
Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:23 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: How many contestants?
Replies: 37
Views: 5573

Re: How many contestants?

Thanks for this, Soo.
How many teapots, therefore, are there in circulation? Didn't RW once give one to someone who lost?

Stuart
by Stuart Earl
Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:27 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: 800 club
Replies: 19
Views: 5675

800 club

I see there are now 25 of us in the 800 club - but how many should there be if we take into account the scores of the 9 round era on a pro rata basis? I know they haven't scored 800, but what I'm after is the number of people who won all their games before the finals and scored proportionately at th...
by Stuart Earl
Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:25 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: How many contestants?
Replies: 37
Views: 5573

How many contestants?

Just that - really. How many people have ever been contestants on the first 57 series of Countdown? And how many teapots have been won?

Stuart
by Stuart Earl
Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:47 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Des - Hearing Difficulties
Replies: 42
Views: 6437

Re: Des - Hearing Difficulties

Thank you, Damian, for your reply - and the graciousness of it. That was all I was seeking really. I agree that my first post was a bit sharp, for which I apologise to anyone offended by it - I thought that style of comment was acceptable after some of the comments we have sometimes had. It is true ...
by Stuart Earl
Sun Feb 03, 2008 1:46 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Des - Hearing Difficulties
Replies: 42
Views: 6437

Re: Des - Hearing Difficulties

Two further posts, Damian - but still no answer to any of my questions. Just further easy-to-deliver but still-not-explained attacks on my integrity. What has my character got to do with this topic? Why not just give us some answers? If you feel you have to defend Des for some reason - fair enough. ...
by Stuart Earl
Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:21 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Des - Hearing Difficulties
Replies: 42
Views: 6437

Re: Des - Hearing Difficulties

So, are you actually saying that the man hasn't got a hearing problem, Damian? To my astonishment he actually ordered the champion this week to "Speak up!" which seemed rather unkind. I know studio sound isn't as good as TV sound but it is pretty quiet in the studio during filming and he i...
by Stuart Earl
Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:16 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Des - Hearing Difficulties
Replies: 42
Views: 6437

Re: Des - Hearing Difficulties

I don't think it's this recent inner ear thing that David graciously mentions. Ever since Desoc started on Countdown he's been missing lots of fairly clearly pronounced words and it has been the subject of several comments on the old site. The man's deaf!!! It's almost as annoying as his constant ok...
by Stuart Earl
Fri Feb 01, 2008 4:18 pm
Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
Topic: [2008 January 31] Thursday's game
Replies: 6
Views: 2690

Re: Thursday's game

Right. I think I've done it. As you correctly guessed, I forgot to do the usual because I was so excited to do it straight to the forum.

Have a good weekend.
by Stuart Earl
Fri Feb 01, 2008 3:20 pm
Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
Topic: [2008 January 31] Thursday's game
Replies: 6
Views: 2690

Re: Thursday's game

OK - I'm a bear with little brain. I thought I'd done what was required. I tried to do precisely what the recap writer told me to do. I copied the recap and pasted it into the link supplied in the recap writer. It didn't guide me to do anything else. What have I missed?

Stuart
by Stuart Earl
Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:08 pm
Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
Topic: [2008 January 31] Thursday's game
Replies: 6
Views: 2690

[2008 January 31] Thursday's game

Countdown recap for Thursday 31st January 2008. C1: Champion David O'Donnell buyer of Stuart's e-book (5 wins.) C2: Challenger Rick Ruegg. DC: Alison Heard and Richard Digance. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: E U E T Z M N E D R02: L I A N T I R E C R03: I A E X T N B S C R04...
by Stuart Earl
Sat Jan 26, 2008 9:34 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Forum hints & tips
Replies: 65
Views: 11061

Re: Forum hints & tips

I thought Soo was going to post my review of Thursday's game - I did it on his recap writer, but there didn't appear to be a link to the forum so I just left it on the old mailing list site as usual. Can you help, Soo? Cheers, Stuart PS As I compose this message, an array of possible smileys appears...
by Stuart Earl
Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:22 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Welcome! - Post here first
Replies: 1961
Views: 1026447

Re: Welcome!

Hello everyone. I am a reluctant forumite, and voted for not having one- so I still need convincing. The trouble as I see it is that different people will now split their contributions between the two options - in much the same way that they used to when gevin's rant-place was up and running when I ...