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Corby wrote:
dinos_the_chemist wrote:Ditto with OVERFLIES but I'd have gone for it as I had naff all else!
I had OVERLIES

Doh! Its like when on the show I guessed BLEERING and missed LEERING, except in this case I got 18 armchair hero points!

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Corby wrote:
dinos_the_chemist wrote:For the last numbers game (100+50/25+1)x5+75=590 but I didnt get it within the time
I did

Missed shitloads of other stuff though. I saw OVERFLIES and discounted as being rubbish, to name one.

Ditto with OVERFLIES but I'd have gone for it as I had naff all else!

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Corby wrote:
Ginger Jono wrote:
Joseph Bolas wrote:I was going to buy it, but I just can't.
Dare I ask why?
I know the reason, but I can't tell you. I just can't.

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Ben Pugh wrote:And how about the lack of POOEY?

Thats just pooey!

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Joseph Bolas wrote:Is the answer to HOREGROAN a variant spelling of gonorrhoea? I know the LOVERMODE is VELODROME.

Yup well done Joe for getting GONORRHEA

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For the last numbers game (100+50/25+1)x5+75=590 but I didnt get it within the time

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Happy Valentines day Countdowners. I haven't done a conundrum alphabet in a while but here's a few Valentine's conundrums: Since its Valentines today IROMANTIC so I'm gonna get off my CUPIDARSE, go into LOVERMODE and make a HOREGROAN. I feel sorry for all those singles out there but they've always g...

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Thanks

Whoops thats what you get with an Emma at your side! Just kidding. But not really. After psycho-analysing my actions I realise we were talking about the name Ian and Peywert is convenient because WERT is all in a row on the keyboard

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Joe Denniss wrote:Out of interest, is EMIRATE allowed?

As you can see on my 2nd recap that I've ever written, it is

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I haven't seen the show but if you got PERSONA, Joe, then why not PERSONAE. Did you ever watch a young man on Countdown a couple of series ago called Conor. He was quite good at the game and offered PERSONAE when PERSONAS was also there. I just didn't think of adding the 'E' to be honest. It happen...

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Countdown recap for Wednesday 13th February 2008. C1: Champion Ian Peywert (3 wins, 282 points.) A keen scrabbler with an eye for words C2: Challenger Sylvana Casey, a Welsh-speaking IT tutor, mother of two and Des O fan DC: Susie Dent and Newsreader Nicholas Owen. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other wor...

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Love swimming, put that in your thesis and smoke it! But then I'm not that good at Countdown...

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Charlie Reams wrote:Is it CASTRATIONS?

Surely you mean CASTRATED?

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Charlie Reams wrote:
Ben Pugh wrote:What actually is a STAMINODE?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staminode

Ah so its the mans part of the flower, as Dr Phil would say!

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Lots of nice chemistry words available in yesterday's game:

KAINITE
ENTROPY
BARITE
LIMONENE
LACTONES

Making me a happy chemist

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The most annoying part is when new people find out I've been on Countdown (like some girl did at a party the other night) they ask how I did. When I said I lost my first game she said "oh" and then ignored me for the rest of the night!! Yeah, whereas if you win a few games, the chicks are...

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Charlie Reams wrote:I hope you're being ironic. This is the worst set of ideas I've ever read, and I've read Mein Kampf.

Me In Camp F? Is that Hitler's coming out story

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Mike Brown wrote:Mike (who eagerly awaits the return of the comparatives of polysyllabic adjectives debate!).

Hell yeah! Wish DC allowed my CUTTIER! Though I wish even more that I'd never even uttered such a ridiculous word!

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Yeah thats good. I also agree with what Soo said ie if people miss a game they look for day of the week rather than game number so perhaps Day date Series Episode eg Mon 11/02/08 SE 58 EP ##

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Fraid I'll have to drop out

Not got msn up and running yet cos I'm a technospaz. N'mind I'll be sure to join in next un

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If I'm feeling fancy pants I like a bit of roquefort

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Oh no now I fear mortality too!

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I love knowing definitions. I can appreciate why most people on this site couldn't care less as they take up precious brain space for learning more point-scoring meaningless words (I think back now to COLIN where about 6 people got SUPERACID in the Goatdown game and I asked "Wow whats that?&quo...

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I've never heard of Jeff Stelling or Richard Herring? Does that mean I'm no longer down with da kidz, or am I in the wrong age group to know these tingz?

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Think his name was Tim. Didn't catch his surname? 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*

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The queen. She watches it so surely one would be up for it?

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I believe that picture was painted by J.F. Kennedy, who faked his own death so that he could go on to fake the moon landings. If the picture's a fake and no-one's been to the moon, how do we know it isn't made out of plastic? Ahem. Let me break it down. You see there's this guy called Patrick Moore...

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I knew that lol! Have corrected it now.

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Like any self-respecting Countdowner I make my cuppa in the ad break. I'd rather sit through a dull guest's tirade than subject myself to the endless Stairlift adverts!

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Ben Pugh wrote:I thought the champion was going to get FAVOURITE in the first round after she went for the 5th vowel.

I cant believe I missed FAVOURITE and PERSONATE but I did get PALISADE and SUNSHINE and congratulated myself on not guessing INNHOUSES

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Jason Larsen wrote:For example, there was a thread in this forum with the subject of just one period.

Ha! Period! I love Americans

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Not looked at the spoilers yet cause I'm watching it on 4+1 but for the first numbers game I got (9x9+1)x8

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unless I plan to arse-rape you next? You're safe mate, I'm not that way inclined. No, I don't like to post games where I win by loads - it's no fun for the other player. Tighter games are where it's at although on the day I wasn't saying that! EDIT: I've just reread your message - it was Dan Van wh...

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Dinos, do you remember what words/number solutions you got in our game? I have come across the scores and it was a close-call game that was decided on a crucial conundrum, that might be worth posting here? Not off hand. I remember getting DACOITS where you got VIADUCTS but thats about it. If you em...

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Jason, mate, what you call Blackjack we Brits call Pontoon. There's another card game called Blackjack but its more of a kids game and not played in casinos and the rules are a bit ambiguous and it seems each person I play with uses different rules. As for the fractions, they were to do with the ori...

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CITV's Mad For It when I was 11. Named all 150 Pokémon

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Countdown recap for Wednesday 6th February 2008. C1: Champion Ian Lamb (1 win, 79 points.) He once scored in front of the queen and owns Boris Becker's balls. C2: Challenger Beryl Ogley. A femle Victor Meldrew and mother of 3 and grandmother DC: Susie Dent (Yay she's back - and what a cute ickle bab...

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Is American Blackjack the same as 21, Vingt-et-un and Pontoon? To me Blackjack is that game where if a black jack is played the next person picks up 7 cards (unless they have red jack which cancels it)

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Currently my wireless internet service is playing up so unless I can get it sorted later today, I can't submit today's recap until tomorrow (when I return to the library) Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

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If I have msn by then, then hell yeah I'd love to get knocked out in the first round!

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Thankyou for posting my DC game and game against DanVan(Cig) rather than the one where you totally arse-raped me (Unless you plan to do it next!) In case anyone wondered the conundrum solution I offered was JOINDISED!

...I know

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Conundrums (and no I'm not just saying that to shake things up!) For one thing its the only round that really challenges you timewise. ie In a letters game you could spot an 8 before the clock even starts whereas your opponent spots it after 29 seconds and still gets the same points. Not that I thin...

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You are right, I apologise. I think I remember though she appeared for 1 question where she asked the contestants to solve a conundrum which turned out to be INSURANCE. Think that was when she hosted Have I got News for you. LOL at all her adverts! Here's some Carol conundrums: MASSHEELS RATESDIVE ...

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Again I may as well state the obvious. Is it 10? I can't see any way of determining any other answer with the data we're given.

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This seems too obvious so is probably wrong but I may as well go ahead and say it. 5/9?

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Am I the only person who hasn't heard of Barry Bonds?

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Don't lynch me for saying this but I actually quite like his childish demeanour:

Carol: I think ATOMISE must be word of the year. It comes up quite often.

Richard: (Matter of factly) Not as often as CAT.

Carol: (Sigh) No. Not as often as CAT.

Class! (but then I do have the mind of a 2 year old)

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I agree that the headline is a cruel pun. I haven't seen the picture but I'm sure Beadle would want to be remembered for making us laugh as well as all his great charity work, so you can't really avoid those kind of pictures I guess. I wonder do celebs make arrangements as to what pictures the paper...

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Ben Pugh wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:You certainly have a talent for stating the obvious, Martin. Also the main difference between Craig Beevers and Barry Bonds is that only one of them is a cheating bastard.
And one is the victim of racism.

I'm certainly not bothered about the colour of Craig's skin. He's my friend!

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Also: '[challenger] isnt off the mark yet but Im sure you'll be up there soon' 'Well he's too far ahead now but there's the conundrum still to play for and it's always nice to get the conundrum. It's funny how often the person who doesn't win gets the conundrum' Wow we could make talking action fig...

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I'm a bit young to remember his earlier stuff but when I were a wee lad we watched YBF religiously every Saturday and I thought he was a top bloke. Also the man looks well like my step-dad. Its uncanny. If I were technologically adept I'd insert 2 pictures for comparison, but I can't seem to find a ...

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If they want to add an extra letter, then it should be a 2nd Z in my opinion. There are quite a few words with 'ZZ' at least so it would make for more interesting selections. Yes but what are the odds of those two Zs coming up in the same round as well as the other letters facilitating a double Z w...

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Conor wrote:NAMASTE.

And a ooh-ga boo-ga to you too

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Adam Porter wrote:Thank you.

We're off to Whistler.

Adam

I had no idea where that was but then I googled it and it it looks really nice. Have fun

To keep the discussion Countdowny here's a conundrum: POTHICERY (a Yorkshire apothecary)

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Adam Porter wrote:Would someone like to volunteer to cover my recaps on Wednesdays Feb 6 and 13?

I'll be off skiing, so won't be around to do them.

Adam

I'd love to do them

Where are you going skiing?

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Ah right. I seem to be good at misinterpreting your posts Jon don't I? Oh well... :) Heh, yeah, I had noticed that theme developing too! It's not just you mate, if it makes you feel any better. I was actually called an "unfunny bigoted twat" by somebody on the mailing list once :? Thats o...

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I agree: excellent recap. Well done! I have messaged Dinos letting him know that he can do mine two weeks from now since he wanted to have a go too. However, I haven't heard from him so maybe he had a change of heart. Cheers David I appreciate it. I don't think I've received said message (should it...

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Yep defo sounds American. I assume Monty (jeepers what a Yankee name!) usually opens an empty door for dramatic effect and continuance of the game. Therefore if you pick door A and he knows door C has the car behind it he will probably open door B (Empty GASP!). I can't be bothered to discuss the ma...

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Stewart is very pleased after winning a tricky letters round as he has FARTED and so Dave's DEATH is overlooked.

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Contrastingly I only matched the challenger yesterday bar spotting UPDATES, but I got the conundrum straight away. Though I once worked a week in one of those monstrous call centres so words like HOMEOWNER just jump out at you I suppose!

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