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Jon Corby

I know you can pick more than 5 vowels in a selection, so I decided to pick 8 vowels and I could only get the 3 letter word AIR and it was disallowed :lol:. This interested me... I reckon the only way that AIR would truly be the maximum was if you had 5 further I's, and then finally a U or an I as ...

Jon Corby

Joseph Bolas wrote:It's just seems a very unlucky way to miss out on making the finals IMO.

What am I missing here? Why is it more unlucky for the chap who scored more in the first 4 of his 5 games, than the chap who scored more in all 5 of his games?

Jon Corby

Gevin-Gavin wrote:Didn't Carol basically tell him he should add the 50?

Yeah. It was peculiar that she didn't then realise the 10 was still there for subtraction as well.

Jon Corby

That would then knock the player in 8th out right, but that shouldn't be the case surely, because the player who got knocked out had more points after winning their 4th game. Why do you strongly feel that should that be the case? It doesn't really matter as long as it's consistent, although I'd say...

Jon Corby

Joseph Bolas wrote:I don't think theres going to be anyone called Jason Jason or Howard Howard etc. If there is, then the parents must've been real lazy to come up with a name for their child .

Famous English footballing brothers Gary and Phil Neville's father is called Neville Neville.

Jon Corby

and I'm sure I saw it under Whiteley's rule, Corby. Probably, I didn't really watch much in those days. I mentioned it because it was consistently and noticeably the case under Lynam (and now O'Connor), and I'm sure I remember Whiteley saying stuff like "well we'll check that in a second, let'...

Jon Corby

Lol, quality recap Dave :D That bit about bacon was utterly immense: Des: It says here that you were once doorstepped by The Big Breakfast team and asked if you would do a streak to win your weight in bacon! What did they actually say? Ellen: Well, they knocked on the door and said: "we'd like ...

Jon Corby

Snarky?

Jon Corby

Damian E wrote:
Jason Larsen wrote:Who are you, and what are you talking about?
Is that a working title for your autobiography?

Jon Corby

Jason Larsen wrote:is enough to make me interested for a very long time.

Fuck.

Jon Corby

Joseph Bolas wrote:If you write “judgement” you should also write “colour.”

Won't this make all your sentences pretty nonsensical? I don't like it without the first "e", but it's certainly better than having "colour" after it all the time.

Jon Corby

Charlie Reams wrote:So I wouldn't use the same password here as for anything important.

I don't do anything important online!

Jon Corby

I'd like to enter this too please

Jon Corby

Howard Somerset wrote:I've just watched the programme over breakfast, and also noticed the final score being displayed early.

Similarly, I watched it last night after the football (UP THE SAINTS) and the final score was displayed quite late - almost midnight in fact.

Jon Corby

*Steals Corby's bank details* Oh yeah, whoops! :D You could probably log yourself in as me in all kinds of places using my email address and the password I use on this site (as owner/admin can you see them?) I remember reading an article a while ago actually about how, while people are generally ge...

Jon Corby

Jason Larsen wrote:I had a very unusual Countdown dream earlier.

Jason Larsen wrote:I once had a dream that I went to England and saw an episode of Countdown.

You're making this shit up as you go along, aren't you Jason?

Jon Corby

Happy Birthday Howard!

And my mum too. Whose maiden name is Howard! Coincidence? Yes.

Jon Corby

Yeah, this has been happening consistently for a few series now (I don't remember it happening under Whiteley, but definitely under Lynam) and it is a bit odd

Jon Corby

Oh I've also just remembered something else - the conundrums are ludicrously difficult (and often not even proper words - I think we had CONSUMPTS once...) BUT - if you drag the letters you can tell if they're right because they'll go red or green while you hover over the letters in the answer space...

Jon Corby

Yeah I agree with what's been written so far. It's quite fun to play for a short period, but don't expect to get through more than one round of letters/numbers/conundrum. Sometimes this will mean you get a £1, £2 or £3, but only if it's shoved those prizes down around the 1800 point mark. There are ...

Jon Corby

Benji Hanks wrote:Though for the record, I won last Friday 101-92

Whoops! Duly amended

Jon Corby

Don't know if anyone else carried on watching - but the welsh guy's last question was (along the lines of) "An hour of which of these sports burns the most calories? Rugby, Basketball or Tennis?" Apparently the answer is rugby (the guy got it wrong, as did the remaining 3 of the 100), but...

Jon Corby

Countdown recap for Thursday 24th April 2008. C1: Champion Ben Hanks (4 wins, 339 points.) C2: Challenger Mervyn Ward. DC: Susie Dent and Paul Zenon. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: T F E A P S B E R R02: M N I E R T A I G R03: T L T E U A E S C R04: S R A E D C U E T R05: 75...

Jon Corby

If we do that, can we simply call the subforum "AIDS" please?

Jon Corby

Yo Hev.

Jon Corby

Charlie Reams wrote:Yep. Although there seems to be an implicit exception for participle adjectives like PISSED, because you presumably can't have PISSEDER/PISSEDEST, although I'm not sure if this rule has ever been tested.

There's no need to for these two as they both have valid anagrams, but yeah there are others...

Jon Corby

Wow.

Shame it's come a series too late for Jeffrey, he deserved that £1k

Jon Corby

Damian E wrote:I think people prefer Bank Of England tokens.

So it is actually £1k in cold hard cash?

Jon Corby

M. George Quinn wrote:Some say Des can no longer rock,
But he still gives the ladies a shock,
At 3:25,
They all come alive,
When he shows them his big, shiny clock.

Excellent!

Jon Corby

Damian E wrote:Not cash no, it's holiday vouchers *subject to terms and conditions*

It used to be £500 book tokens, didn't it?

Jon Corby

Jennifer Turner wrote:You missed out "until my demands are met".

Jon Corby

David O'Donnell wrote:I am fairly sure Corby knows this but was taking the opportunity to have a dig at Jono ... and why not?

Spot on big man

I do actually agree with your original point though Charlie, I can't remember seeing an easier one.

Except GERANIUMS maybe

Jon Corby

Damian E wrote:I reckon you'd not make the final

Is it £1000 cash? Imagine the pressure on a semi-final crucial conundrum

Jon Corby

Good stuff. Any more budding poets out there?

This one's called "Corby's Fantasy"

There was a young lady named Susie
Who acted a bit of a floozie
She flashed me her "Dent"
So up it I went
I'm lucky she's not all that choosy

Jon Corby

Charlie Reams wrote:This has to be the easiest conundrum ever.

TINCLEMEN?

Jon Corby

Damian E wrote:£1000 runner up prize this time.

I reckon I'd throw the final for that

Jon Corby

Chris Corby wrote:
Corby wrote: I've tried to make anagrams of Lara Searle and I gave up because they are all arse.

Cheers Dad, I knew it would be too subtle for these morons.

Jon Corby

Jason Larsen wrote:and if Des O'Connor thinks nothing of my jokes I will keep sending them to Channel 4's account as often as I can.

Lara, let me know if you need help setting up an email filter for these.

Jon Corby

Richard Brittain wrote:Corby brought up the subject of ducks in another thread

Did not! It was O'Donnell.

Jon Corby

David O'Donnell wrote:Don't encourage him! Corby is like a dog with two d*cks at the best of times!

Jon Corby

David O'Donnell wrote:Round 5: 1, 4, 3, 5, 50, 25. Target: 309.
C1: 309.3*4*25+50/10-1 (10)

Code: Select all

ERROR.

DOES NOT COMPUTE.

Jon Corby

Charlie Reams wrote:Edit: Shit, he beat me to it.

Jon Corby

Afternoon Corby! Wondered when you would pop up. Pretty much in any female company. (childish snicker) Lara is much classier than me - so don't go calling her a hooker or anything ;) I didn't exactly call you a hooker as such, it was simply a Stilgoe-like anagram of your name :) Well not even actua...

Jon Corby

David O'Donnell wrote:LOL! I don't generally believe in karma but I think I deserve the same abuse I gave poor Dundas.

From what we saw, I would say that you & Dundas both abused yourselves equally

Jon Corby

Well, like you say, I like to get them down quickly, so I have the choice. But generally unless I've got 3 Us down, i'm not interested in a 5th vowel. If I've got EAIE after 8 letters, I'm unlikely to want/need another vowel, is my general opinion. Hi Ben :) I dunno about you, but I much preferred ...

Jon Corby

Jason Larsen wrote:You know what Yahtzee is, don't you, Jon?

It's a river in China, isn't it?

Jon Corby

KateHorton wrote:Behave yourself, David - or you will be sleeping on a Leeds park bench at the end of May.

I'd imagine he's quite accustomed to that.

If you get my drift.

*makes glugging action from imaginary bottle*

Jon Corby

I'll take that bet.

Jon Corby

Countdown recap for Thursday 17th April 2008. C1: Champion Diana Coull (2 wins, 153 points.) C2: Challenger Len Marshall. DC: Susie Dent and Jo Brand. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: P N G E O U K D E R02: R S O O T A N I W R03: G E R O B E N M A R04: C S E O D F A E G R05: 1...

Jon Corby

Don't worry, I wasn't actually going to link it, it's downright sick. I couldn't eat kitten for weeks after watching it.

Jon Corby

Pretty much. I try to learn every 9 that comes up in either word rounds and/or used for the conundrum (practicing for COLIN or COBRIS) so I think that the conundrum should tie in too with that rule (incase the letters of the conundrum came up in a word round and it was not an everyday or common wor...

Jon Corby

I can link you to a video of some Oriental woman stamping a kitten to death in high heels, if that would help?

(The woman's in high heels, not the kitten)

Jon Corby

Jason Larsen wrote:I don't want it to get me too excited, and I have to focus on work.

What do you do in your work Jason?

Jon Corby

Michael Wallace wrote:I'd guess it's because it couldn't come up in a standard letter round.

Well yeah, that's the obvious reason for making the distinction, but... why would that cause dislike?

Jon Corby

Joseph Bolas wrote:I don't really like it to be honest, when the conundrum only has 2 vowels.

Why?

Jon Corby

Damian E wrote:Its marvellous that we've finally discovered what it is that annoys them.

Des saying "okey-doke"

Jon Corby

Can't see how confirming Richard is in the finals is a spoiler seeing as you are all wishing him good luck for the finals. I'm assuming it is (or at least was) still theoretically possible, given the number of heats remaining, for him to be usurped. We now know that there isn't going to be a glut o...

Jon Corby

Jason Larsen wrote:Sometime in the near future, be sure to watch when a joke is read about two elderly ladies.

Are they riding bicycles on a cobbled street?

Jon Corby

The answer still looks like a conundrum scramble

Jon Corby

Women.

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