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Derek Hazell

Charlie Reams wrote:
David O'Donnell wrote:
Kirk Bevins wrote:My record is 925 not 926 mate.
It's about to be Inhulmed!

Loving the puns!
I already did that one! Pay attention O'Donnell. Clearly we need a database of jokes that have already been made.

All these puns Hulme-Amey.

Derek Hazell

This morning when I turned the shower off it continued to make a noise, a loud buzzing noise that didn't stop when I hit it. It didn't stop when I switched off the big switch that never gets switched off and it even carried on after dad turned the electricity off. So dad called the shower company a...

Derek Hazell

I love oxymorons. Even the word is one of the best-sounding words in the English language.

But what are some of your favourite oxymorons?

Here are some of mine:

Military intelligence
Professional footballer
Dinner lady
Virgin air hostess

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Happy Birthday to the guy with the long hair and the large stash of raccoon paw-n

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So where are you then? And where's the new computer??

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Richard Brittain is back on C4C - my life in complete.
Okay so I now vote for myself or Richard Brittain, because I have already voted for Dinos on things before, and as lovely as those girls seem, I mustn't let them sway me.

Derek Hazell

Phil Reynolds wrote:Anyway you and I seem to be the only people interested in talking about it

Charlie Brooker, Grace Dent, Frank Skinner and Josie Long were very interested in talking about it, and spent ages doing so!

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I watched The Chase replacement, The Fuse yesterday. A very forgettable quiz show, with extremely easy questions I thought. Which is presumably why no one has bothered to start a thread on it on here . . .

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Jon O'Neill wrote:I think Stuart Earl posted one about 3 minutes before the show ended once!

But Chris did it without divine intervention. Much more impressive.

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Andy Thomson wrote:This is a very odd first post? I take it you have an axe to grind Peter - why not tell the whole story? Who are you; what is your real agenda?

It surely must only be a question of time before someone realises he's Piers Morgan.

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Forgot to say, best answer wins a piece of coal when the chimney is cleaned for the new fire.

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Charlie "Funnier than Michael McIntyre" Reams justifies his nickname once again.

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I've had a couple of days off work this week, and have just been sitting around doing nothing and relaxing so far. The whole time I've been sitting in my living room there have been weird noises coming from my chimney, which is currently open waiting for a new fire to be installed. I looked in there...

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Malcolm James wrote:R5
10, 7, 6, 5, 4, 1 925 . . . Got it just as Ian Hyland was about to start talking.

Brilliant, Malcolm. Well done for beating everybody.

Derek Hazell

The spoof versions of the previously hidden "Best player NOT to reach a series final?" thread are now beating it 2 to 1.

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Will Jonathan be Good enough to beat Andrew, or will the cup collector end up looking a mug?

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This confirms my suspicion that only girls like Michael McIntyre. To be honest Charlie, there are more laughs in the average 5 minutes reading these forums than in the whole hour of that show. They said "and now today's Countdown conundrum, and I just went "repugnant" Wow, Chris Cumm...

Derek Hazell

From this week's Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, from McIntyre himself: " You students, you do nothing! I remember being a student. I'd watch Countdown every day. Every day I'd watch Countdown, and then I'd even play it with my flatmate - we'd play Countdown. You know you're a student and t...

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I don't like this poll. It has a "yes" and a "no" - an affirmative and a negative. It doesn't have a "maybe" - an unsure, an indecisive. It also doesn't cater for regional accents or variations on yes or no, such as "yay" or "nay" Or "yep" ...

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Andy Wilson wrote:I don't follow...

We've had discussions on here before about the definition of the word "ironic", so I asked if it was ironic that that advert should come on, right after Ian Hyland spoke of his relationship with Davina, and made an allusion to her adverts.

Derek Hazell

Is it ironic that a Davina McCall advert just came on?

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Today has a French connection, so will Andrew triumph again on Bastille day, or will REDTOPVAN Paris match him all the way?

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Neil Zussman wrote:Where's the option for 'I spell it wrong accidentally, cos I'm a muppet?'

You can just click on "Neither, it's the content of the rest of the post that matters" for that one, as you probably haven't given that much importance to the name side of things.

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As I implied in my Facebook Interview, I hate the word "bathroom" being used to mean "toilet", especially when the bath isn't even in the same room! "do you look behind the shower curtain before you go to the bathroom? How would I reach it if it was before I went to the bath...

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People like to use "ignorance" to cover whatever they want. Quite recently there was some crime (probably a murder) and I heard someone on the news saying "It's just ignorance." Is it? It doesn't sound too bad when you put it like that. Another one is to call a criminal a coward...

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Charlie Reams wrote:Yeah, I guess you're right. I could've put 0 wins, 1 wins, 2-5 wins, etc, but that seemed a bit dull. Plus no one replies to polls unless they want to complain about the options, so I had to leave you all something to do.

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Marc Meakin wrote:Maybe it doesn't matter now since he has changed his name

He joins such Apterous luminaries as Care Her Lily.

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It's pretty hard to argue that it should be spelt Damien. The best you could do is argue that it doesn't matter (which is still pretty dim). Lol. Yes. Let's just agree that it was a difficult poll to word to cover all the options then, but everyone knows what they mean, even both of the "no&qu...

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Ben Hunter wrote:"Neither"? Things either matter or they don't.

You're right, Ben. Maybe the question should have been worded "Should his name be spelt Damian or Damien?", but it's too late to change it now.
I'll make it my 2010 New Year's resolution to get better at wording polls.

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I voted the same way as the clear majority, although not because misspelling someone's name is ignorant (which it is, but ignorance per se is no sin) but rather because it's discourteous. Interesting, Phil. I chose the word "ignorant" because I thought it would cover both lack of learning...

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Self-interruption is a gift to C4C - saves anyone else having to correct you in the replies underneath the recap!

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There's been several mentions over time about Series Producer Damian Eadie's name being spelt "Damien", but it still continues, so what do you think?

Edited to close poll.

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I just tried listening to this at work, and when I plugged the earphones in it resulted in my only hearing Charlie's voice, with big silent gaps inbetween!
Useful if you're a fan of Charlie, but not JonO I suppose.

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John Bosley wrote:It looks as if 'orty' is the new 'spas'.

Maybe. But I'd never heard it until you just said it.

Derek Hazell

Happy Birthday to recent contestant Clive, and let's all be nice to Clare today as she reaches her major milestone.

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Lol Phil, sounds like fun.

I was off work this morning, and was flicking channels, and there were a lot of near-"nekkid" men dancing about on This Morning. Didn't catch what show they were from though.

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Andrew Hulme wrote:Interestingly in the first round, I only spotted POLICEMEN as a result of Micheal stopping writing and sitting up. Had he not done that, I probably would have lost.

Superb tip for future contestants. It's something we've seen so often over the years on the programme.

Derek Hazell

Sue Sanders wrote:one episode I did catch, but wasn't paying much attention to (can't multitask)

I thought all women could multitask . . . another stereotype smashed courtesy of the C4C forums!

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Michael Wallace wrote:
Matt Morrison wrote:Matthew Green vs. Sue Sanders
Whoever wins...?

I get to either kiss or kill

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I thought Derek was making a humorous reference to exactly that post, so I was just playing along. Well I'll take credit for it anyway, as I must have picked it up subconsciously after reading that thread, as I'm sure I've never used that word before! Nice to know that I'm funnier subconsciously th...

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Rachel gave someone called Janette a plaudit the other day. OH NO YOU DITNT! Charlie Reams wrote:Don't agree with PLAUDIT though, when would you ever use that in the singular? "He picked up the plaudits, actually I guess it was just the one plaudit." Is this what you mean? Thank you Liam!...

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Bullying, on the other hand, is different, and I can sympathise with why a few people have left, the prime example being the lovely Katherine, whose enthusiasm was squashed like one of the furry animals we all seem to be obsessed with when it ventures out onto a road. I don't think she was bullied....

Derek Hazell

So, is Damian saying it's a case of "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em"? I don't think that's strictly true. I have been a member here since the beginning, and there has always been a lot of banter, and a good dose of extreme humour. I don't think it can be laid at Mr. Corby's door, just bec...

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Jon Corby wrote:The "hecklers" bit is fair comment too, Rob wrote on here (and I think mentioned on the show, if memory serves) about doing stand-up comedy; I honestly don't know how such a sensitive soul could cope, unless he only does church events or something.

All in all a rather Earl-y departure!

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That is ignorance on my part then for which I apologise as I didn't know you had history with her, although I still think it's a bit harsh too find a women being reduced to tears as 'freaking hillarious;/ The stuff that was removed was on Sudbery's own website, where she had started a discussion ab...

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Sue Sanders wrote:I'll also go if Derek's going - cos I think I might be able to get off with him

You only think? Glad I am so subtle.

Derek Hazell, Favourite Website thread wrote:(for some unknown reason) I am addicted to this very site these days.

I think I see one reason why now!

There you go Debbi. We're enthusiastic. So, you decided yet?

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Demi wrote:I did go over to Manchester to do the first week of recordings for series 61, but was told I was no longer required after this.

Sorry to hear that - you seem very "Down to Earth"

Derek Hazell

Finally ..... I'm surprised nobody has commented about the most important bit of my earlier post - What do you think of my new avatar? Feel free to post insults if you wish. Having not been on the show, I don't feel qualified to comment on the main part of your post, but the avatar is cute. Are the...

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Frontier Psychiatrist! Awesome tune and video. I like the one they did with the miner dancing with the sexy ladies too. I LOVE that tune and video too! I feel ashamed I didn't recognise it now. My dad wasn't impressed when I played him the "mash-up" version between that and one of his fav...

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I don't remember Cathy from the first time round, but looking at the picture on the Wiki, I can see how that could have happened to you. I assume Cathy was still a regular when you appeared.

As a side note, I think it's wonderful to have the input of a player from so long ago on here.

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I don't exactly know what is wrong with my PC, but I'd tried unsuccessfully on several occasions to play Apterous since about last December. My problem was that everytime a new letter appeared on the board, all previous letters would change to the latest letter (i.e. if the last letter was "C&...

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D Eadie wrote:That won't apply anymore as there are no 'nippers turned adults' left, so there's no big deal.

Aww, poor little Philpot - he's as invisible as Mrs. Pepperpot!

D Eadie wrote:And i didn't start this thread !!!

No wonder I kept getting confused about which thread I was posting in

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Phil Reynolds wrote:Me versus me.

With you watching?

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Having said that, Jason seems like a great guy, and it would be nice to see him on a different show instead as a consellation. Which one? Orion? Ursa Major? I'm surprised you didn't say "Witcher one"! EDIT: Oh right, yeah. The peril of typing fast to try to get the post accepted on the mo...

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James Robinson wrote:Get Alison Heard in

Finally, we agree on something!

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Damian must be tearing his hair out reading this! He's probably half wishing that somebody wasn't in France, so that he could have got peed off with these forums earlier! Damian makes some great contributions here, but I can see how it would get very wearying having your judg(e)ment questioned all ...

Derek Hazell

As from today, nobody, regardless of age or how unlucky they were, will be given a second shot unless we make a mistake in production that deprives them of a possible win, or decide to change the rule, which is most unlikely. Really don't understand this. You would've lost at least Kirk, Junaid, Ha...

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Matthew Green vs. John Wayne Gacy

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Jon Corby wrote:How has this thread got so far without anyone correcting the spelling mistake in the title?

I subtly corrected it in my companion thread. I suppose people were just getting so excited about going on again that they missed it, which is possibly not a good sign . . .

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As a companion to the Contestants You'd Like To See Given Another Go thread, who would be the contestants in your dream game? It can be sensible (Conor vs. Kai or Eoin vs. Callum), silly (Hamish Williamson vs. Dundas Keating), or obvious (Amey Deshpande vs. Joseph Bolas or the Charlie Reams/Junaid M...

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