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Rosemary Roberts

I'd guess from James's speech patterns that he's slightly autistic, which would excuse some of the faux pas that made people dislike him. I'm surprised no one commented on this before, given the highly-tuned aut-dar possessed by some of our number. I'd been thinking exactly the same, but had refrai...

Rosemary Roberts

Dinos Sfyris wrote:
Rosemary Roberts wrote:I got PAIRWISE, but then I couldn't get on the forum yesterday to boast about it
Did you get the teaser though?

No, both yesterday's teasers stumped me. As did the conundrum.

Rosemary Roberts

Paul Howe wrote:PAIRWISE and VELARIUM were missed by everyone.

I got PAIRWISE, but then I couldn't get on the forum yesterday to boast about it

Rosemary Roberts

Also agree about the G4 blokey being dull as a dustbin - One for the grannies there. Nope, afraid not. Not even grannies who admire handsome young men with brilliant singing voices. My dustbin definitely has the edge. I am also looking forward to Steve Davis. It is rather difficult for anyone who r...

Rosemary Roberts

Ralph Gillions wrote:Tim Vine has plenty of quick gags, and he seems to be popular.
But I'm afraid I think he is beginning to grind me down.

A lot of what he says makes me laugh out loud, but the audience doesn't seem to appreciate him very much. Yesterday he wasn't even getting groans.

Rosemary Roberts

Lesley Jeavons wrote:... middle aged women's weight management ...

If I lived in the Brighton area, Lesley...

....I probably still wouldn't get around to going to exercise classes, but if you were running them I would have a really bad conscience about it.

Rosemary Roberts

Stuart Arnot wrote:I also got 984 via (10x10x(8-3)-8)x2

That was my best effort as well. And no, 985 is not possible.

Rosemary Roberts

Here's my small contribution to you and your mates, George. A couple of years ago I read a rather sanctimonious obituary of a highly religious man who had become very depressed and had eventually killed himself by jumping in front of a train. All his assorted pious brethren were quoted as to what a ...

Rosemary Roberts

If I'd voted Tracey instead of Phillip in the first round as I'd originally intended then Tracey would have been first off and who knows what would have happened. My number also nearly came up in round 4 when I got 2 tough questions wrong so I was lucky to stay then so luck swings both ways. In the...

Rosemary Roberts

those two girls were both as thick as pig shit! You've attributed an exclamation mark to me that I didn't use. I think this is called Gross Larseny. Nice distinction, Phil: those two girls were both as thick as pig shit is a bald statement of undeniable fact. Much more telling than those two girls ...

Rosemary Roberts

I can't think of any sensible moral code that would value a rabbit's life above that of a haddock. Agreed - I never claimed that any such views were sensible. The rabbit and the haddock both eat whatever comes their way that suits their digestive system. Most people do the same, and many of them st...

Rosemary Roberts

Couldn't such a number be "invented"? Presumably a while back the answer to "What's the square root of minus one" was "There's no such number". We could define this to be an infinity that is smaller than the number of integers even if there is no set that actually cont...

Rosemary Roberts

There's nothing hypocritical about eating fish but not other meat, it all depends on your reasons for not eating meat. Quite right, Ben. The hypocritical element is anyone calling themselves a vegetarian and eating fish. I don't consider that particularly hypocritical. What would be hypocritical wo...

Rosemary Roberts

If you eat fish you're not veggie, you're "pescatarian". Kieran, where do you get "pescatarian" from? I worked with a guy in 1998/99 who wanted a word for this and claims he coined "pescetarian", though I think the "et" in the middle is a leftover from "...

Rosemary Roberts

what happens if you take the log of aleph null? The short answer is that you don't - the question is meaningless. Are you sure about that? Presumably if you take the log (base 2) of aleph one then you get aleph null, so it seems reasonable to ask what log(aleph_null) is, even if the answer is "...

Rosemary Roberts

Darren Carter wrote:I also had NICKEL (it was in Round 3)

and LAICAL

Rosemary Roberts

You could define a notion of size for lists, but you can't assume it'll behave the same as size for sets, which is the crux of your argument-by-analogy. Surely any list is also a countable set? So anything you can say about sets must hold true for a list. But you cannot conversely apply the propert...

Rosemary Roberts

Charlie Reams wrote:You missed breatharianism.

There are two types of breatharians, the ones who cheat and the ones who die.

I understand there is CCTV footage (don't know where) of Jasmuheen's sidekicks stocking up on takeaways. No doubt because the air of a room containing them is especially nutritious.

Rosemary Roberts

Michael Wallace wrote:So if you cut a sandwich in half, and then cut those halves in half...

Crumbs!!

Rosemary Roberts

None of your stories are serious enough for libel cases, George. It costs a fortune to sue for libel, and the rewards for publicity on a site like this would be titchy. Besides, the best defence against libel is truth. He's got to prove you're lying (on balance of probability) to win. Anyway, I wan...

Rosemary Roberts

Paul Howe wrote:Great performance from Shane to be fair. Now, I'm off to power spray my garden fence, shouldn't take long.

Umm... is this a guy thing?

Rosemary Roberts

Ben Wilson wrote:Admittedly there were a few clunkers (i.e. most scenes with Kochanski in) but a lot of it was fantastic.

It wasn't so much the presence of Kochanski as the absence of Rimmer that clunked. Or maybe the writers just couldn't handle female characters.

Rosemary Roberts

Clare Sudbery wrote:Yeah sorry, the baby gets banana on everything. And weetabix. It looks like there's scrambled egg, too.

Rosemary Roberts

One thing I haven't yet seen her do is much division. Carol almost never used division (occasionally by 2 or 3). I have often found neat answers that way - even really silly things like 75 / 3 *4 may be useful - though I never found anything as brilliant as the guy a few seasons ago (whose name esc...

Rosemary Roberts

if you see a numbers game that may appear hard but can be solved by timesing, then adding/subtracting, then timesing again, Rachel will have probably solved it. One thing I haven't yet seen her do is much division. Carol almost never used division (occasionally by 2 or 3). I have often found neat a...

Rosemary Roberts

Red Dwarf could not possibly be really crap, the people involved are too good. I think a lot of the episodes in series 7 and 8 were. Some of them were properly bad. I agree that some of them were well below the standard of the first few series, particularly the ones without Chris Barrie, but that d...

Rosemary Roberts

It would have been nice to have seen him win the game, but at least he managed the conundrum, so did well on that score. Why would it have been nice to have seen him win a game, because he has a disability? how patronising is that?. Are you saying that it wouldn't have been nice? You seem to be mor...

Rosemary Roberts

The conditions of the "win a teapot" viewer competition seem to have changed slightly. When Jeff announced it a few weeks ago, he said viewers were invited to submit limericks containing any of the names Stelling, Riley or Dent. I had a think about it, but gave up fairly quickly as the li...

Rosemary Roberts

I use the online listings from Digiguide, which are (usually) very good.

For w/c April 20th we are promised Countdown hosted by Des O'Connor and Carol Vorderman.

Rosemary Roberts

Please, please, please, please, please, please don't be crap. :x , Red Dwarf could not possibly be really crap, the people involved are too good. I suggest you record an episode of DOND and think of it as a hot spare. If RD doesn't come up to expectations just flip over for a second or two to remin...

Rosemary Roberts

I think the whole table should be based on average score per game. But this is affected by number of entrants, availability of words etc. Exactly. So the person who, on average, manages to come out on top despite all these wildly fluctuating variables is clearly some kind of superhero. I'm tempted ...

Rosemary Roberts

Kai Laddiman wrote:I BEAT MY BRO!

Kai, you and Callum should work out your average scores per game.

(Sorry, Kai)

Rosemary Roberts

Yes Rosemary, I suppose you're right about him interrupting too much. I must have been too busy admiring his impartiality (that's the word!) to be impartial myself. Surely we were not expected to believe this TV Show was live? I got a distinct impression of the attitude Phil encountered on Weakest ...

Rosemary Roberts

As usual Krishnan is doing a very good job of not taking sides with his employer and asking the tough questions. My impression was that he was doing a very good job of not letting anybody finish what they wanted to say unless they had no idea what they were talking about. The prat whose only compla...

Rosemary Roberts

I can see why the notion of Pythagoras coming back from the dead to play in a series final of Countdown might only be perceived as a sobre and serious observation for some. To somebody with a working prototype time machine it might come across as a serious suggestion, somebody without one might con...

Rosemary Roberts

I have to agree with Brian Blessed! Cracking suggestion. A contestant on last night's Mastermind , having pondered the general knowledge question "In Greek and Roman mythology, who was the muse of dance and lyric poetry?" for a moment and clearly not having a clue, decided to play for lau...

Rosemary Roberts

Derek Hazell wrote:Doug Naylor.
The Radio Times seems to share Lorraine's view as they say "Here's hoping writer Doug Naylor harks back to the show's early series that were funny rather than flashy".

Then there is definitely hope!

Rosemary Roberts

The quality of any sitcom is really down to the writers. Anybody know who wrote the new episodes?

Rosemary Roberts

Wow, I'm astonished. But there were very few players this time.

Thanks for the game, guys and thanks to Joseph for running it.

Rosemary Roberts

I noticed that Jerry got introduced first today, with an extra big build-up, instead of standing in line behind Rachel and the candidates as usual. Did he (or his agent) take umbrage at his lowlier ranking on the Wednesday show?

Rosemary Roberts

Ben Hunter wrote:You tend to hear lyrics like "I wanna sex you" in rubbish modern hip-hop pop songs.

I've sexed guineapigs before now ...

... but no animals were harmed in the course of this activity.

Rosemary Roberts

D Eadie wrote:The visually impaired struggle to differenciate, so it was an intentional thing on our part, but over the coming weeks it disappears...........z

I do hope not, Damian, it really is extremely useful!

Rosemary Roberts

To hear Rachel say "esser" and "effer" is really irritating. Has anyone else noticed or commented on this This continuing harping irritates me beyond bearing. This is not a personal foible on Rachel's part. The letters and numbers are intended to be pronounced in such a way that...

Rosemary Roberts

Dinos Sfyris wrote:I kind of slated her in my recap last week. But maybe it was just nerves.

You've done dozens of recaps - you can't still be nervous !?

Rosemary Roberts

Kirk Bevins wrote:I hate anything mentioned with 4 dimensions in. It's odd.

Surely five dimensions would be odder?

Rosemary Roberts

Phil Reynolds wrote: What's irritating about JG is his constantly repeated claim that he "says what everyone thinks".

I agree that's irritating, although he is not the only political commentator who does it. But if he spiked your curry, that must be a first.

Rosemary Roberts

What does LEOTARD stand for? Leading Efficient Operating Terminal for Apterous Running Daily? I'm open to suggestions, that's not a bad start. Lexicographical Equipment Operating Totally Autonomously (Rebooted Daily.) I thought it was more of a Lexicostatistical Evaluation Outpost Tucked Alongside ...

Rosemary Roberts

You guys and your blimmin' abbreviations. I'm down with abbreviations being used for genuine time-saving purposes, but you're always treading a fine line between saving a miniscule amount of time, and wasting a fairly decent sized chunk of time if a couple of people have to ask "what?". I...

Rosemary Roberts

Michael Wallace wrote:
Rosemary Roberts wrote:
Michael Wallace wrote: This.

That was me saying I agree with what you said.

Thank you. But could you not have put it a trifle less succinctly?

Rosemary Roberts

Michael Wallace wrote: This.

Michael Wallace also wrote:(Also, what if that *is* what Matthew looks like?)

If it is, maybe he should be deleted as well.

Rosemary Roberts

Matthew Green wrote:Ok so I had a bad hangover that day and looked a bit groggy. No need to take the piss.

If a hangover makes you look like that I think you need to change your brand.

Rosemary Roberts

Is that him? I didn't recognise him without the ring binder. He does look a lot handsomer with the ring binder, I agree. He was already a very ugly character before his crimes were known, which makes me all the more sorry for his family. I confidently expect that Matthew will get tired of looking l...

Rosemary Roberts

Julie T wrote:BTW, any objections to me locking this thread, since the question has been answered and dealt with?

Why bother, when we're all having such fun?

Charlie Reams wrote:You're a cunt

Guilty. And you're point is?

Rosemary Roberts

So do Dinos and Charlie think that teenagers who commit suicide because of bullying are simply collateral damage? Delete "simply", I think. There will always be some who can't cope with their environment and there will always be some who are so insecure they can only interact by bullying....

Rosemary Roberts

... old rigid minded people must be put in their place ... I consider that old people have earned the right to do what they want, where they want, when they want. Personally, I only post comments at 3.30am when I can't sleep, but I have every intention of continuing to do so. BTW, your green glow s...

Rosemary Roberts

Martin Gardner wrote:If you cut a gandiseeg in half, do you get two gandiseegs or two halves of a gandiseeg?

If you were very careful, could you get a whole gandi and a whole seeg?

Rosemary Roberts

And what exactly would you say to the families of the victims Rosemary? It's all very well expunging the rapists and the murderers from the annals of history, but you're going to have to do the same to the crimes they committed and the people they committed them to. You're going to have a much hard...

Rosemary Roberts

Jon Corby wrote: ... your half-witted friend stilt-walking in on broom sticks dressed up as a chef or something, with his Great Dane dog on his back covering his eyes with his paws, inadvertently prematurely setting off your trap.

That is some scenario! I'm really sorry I missed it.

Rosemary Roberts

So who decides who we forget and who we don't? Since the idea is not enforcible, everybody can decide for him or herself. I only said " I would drop him". But if you want to poke fun at a disgusting old man with weird ideas and a shaky grasp of reality, why not choose the Pope? You could ...

Rosemary Roberts

Regardless of what good would come from remembering or forgetting, wouldn't it just be weird to forget all about him and pretend it never happened? It would be satisfying . I take this attitude primarily to people who shoot-up high schools and such after writing in their blog how the world will rem...

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