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Derek Hazell

I also find it funny when a contestant has 28 seconds to themselves to get the conundrum but buzz in really quickly only to realise they've made an error. One of my opponents did this in my heat. Yes, that is interesting. What would you say the balance is between the kudos of getting the conundrum ...

Derek Hazell

No doubt my biggest flaw is caring way too much about what people think and this is not a good thing when you are open to criticism from millions of people who have watched. Trust me you're not the only person to call me a cunt. Part of the reason for going on was as a self-esteem boost but this ha...

Derek Hazell

If Richard Whiteley and Carol Vorderman had been present, Richard would have made some comment about it being "aMAIZEing that the word wasn't in", and Carol would have made some comment about his joke being corny , then there would have been some cackling. All meaning there would have been...

Derek Hazell

Alcott was unlucky that he killed people at the wrong time. If he had waited, he would have been sentenced to life in Gaol. he would have watched television in his comfortable cell. He would have access to games like snooker etc, to ensure that he didn't get bored with prison life. He would be enti...

Derek Hazell

Chimneys may smoke more than cigarettes, but you can't fit a bloody knife up a cigarette!

Derek Hazell

Dinos Sfyris wrote:Recap brought to you by Michael Martin

Is that because the numbers are never in o-o-o-o-order?

Derek Hazell

Phil Reynolds wrote:that presumably means that it allows MAIZES. Which is incorrect, according to Susie.

Thank goodness he was 10 points behind, not 6 or fewer then!

Derek Hazell

My girlfriend comes home each day at about 4:05 so she always just sees the conundrum. She is a very calm, loving person and rarely even gets slightly annoyed but she is getting extremely irritated by your buzzing in without the answer every day. She actually called you a cunt, the only time Ive ev...

Derek Hazell

I was confined to shunting duties in the carriage sheds. (due to heart disease). All that smoking you did! If they work for 12 hours for 3 days. they have 4 days off. When I was a newsagent I used to have to work 12 hours every day, and 6 on a Sunday! Despite all the childish behaviour and petty sq...

Derek Hazell

Happy Birthday David! You've caught me up in age now - now I just need to catch you up in Countdown skill.

Speak to you again in 2109.

Derek Hazell

Yeah, have a good holiday, and I'm sure I speak for Chris Huhne when I say don't forget your Corby trouser press, Jon!

Derek Hazell

My job involves supplying resource materials to university students, so I'd also like to wish anyone on this forum who is taking exams good luck!

Derek Hazell

Kai Laddiman wrote:Tommy Cooper (who my reliable sources inform me is a comedian).

Derek Hazell wrote:Who do you find the funniest of the following comedians?

Tommy Cooper . . .

Aww thanks, I'm flattered

Derek Hazell

I'm in a relationship, addicted to Countdown, but prefer furry animals to humans and also like to have sex with them. Can someone cover next week while I'm not here please? My dad may be too busy this time since he'll be looking after mice porn :D This misquoting thing is getting out of hand now...

Derek Hazell

Charlie Reams wrote:(PPS Sometimes I have to watch in a nappy, it depends what Susie is wearing.)

You've excelled yourself there Charlie, I think that will make the Classic Posts thread as well!

Derek Hazell

Haha, excellent. Glad it's not just me who thinks it, then. But would he have been your choice if you could have chosen any of the contestants to be gay? I haven't been paying enough attention for that sort of thing (although none spring to mind). Ah okay, so neither of the macho men's appeals went...

Derek Hazell

Michael Wallace wrote:I thought that was precisely what he was going for in the first place...

Your interpretations were polls apart...

But, back on topic I misquoted all of your "moms" last night anyway, so why worry?

Derek Hazell

Michael Wallace wrote:Haha, excellent. Glad it's not just me who thinks it, then.

But would he have been your choice if you could have chosen any of the contestants to be gay?

Derek Hazell

IAWTPAISAMA http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic. ... 511#p40511

(I Agree With This Post As I Said A Month Ago)

Derek Hazell

David O'Donnell wrote:I've heard that he does occasionally beat Phil Reynolds.

LOL, that was so fing hilarious I just nearly spat pork pie eveywhere!

(the food, not the Desmond's character)

Derek Hazell

Jon Corby wrote:I'm in a relationship, addicted to Countdown, but prefer furry animals to humans and also like to have sex with them. Which way should I vote?

Haha if you can't beat Phil Reynolds, join him eh?

(With the pulling apart poll options, not the preferences you specified)

Derek Hazell

Are an addiction to Countdown and a love life mutualy exclusive? Some people prefer the freedom of being single, particularly after living with someone in a frustrating environment. Others don't feel "complete" unless they have someone to share everything with. A few people have mentioned ...

Derek Hazell

Jon Corby wrote:but as usual fuck-all response from the cunting audience. Twats.

Maybe they should take the audience laughter off of "Reggie Perrin" that everyone is complaining about, and dub it over Countdown instead. Or, just swap the audiences over . . . CD is definitely the funnier show!

Derek Hazell

Okay, this poll is now closed. Unsurprisingly, the most popular type of comedy with Countdown players and fans is that which involves wordplay and puns on words, with Tommy Cooper coming out top and Tim Vine also getting a vote. Ranting about everyday annoyances also hits the spot with us, with Stew...

Derek Hazell

Charlie Reams wrote:Just watched the program properly having read the recap earlier - really good stuff, both contestants coming across really well and Jimmy clearly just exuding joy at being on the program. Great episode. Excited about tomorrow now too.

Gamerromp

Derek Hazell

I have this game. Interestingly as well as Damian being on the front of the board game (with Don Reid, as mentioned on Countdown Wiki), he is also on the front of this one (this time with Richard Hendron). Somebody somewhere must have had a premonition about his future importance to the show! If any...

Derek Hazell

Neil Zussman wrote:snide remarks, which we will unfortunately have to do without

If Norton uses the same writers that he uses on "The Graham Norton Show" then the remarks will still be very snide, and may even be bitchy and nasty as well!

Derek Hazell

It's possibly the only Saturday in the year in which I stay up til about 11 I can still remember what a wonderful treat it was being allowed to stay up for special events when I was your age, so I understand your excitement! I'm glad Terry Wogan has left because he was a bad commentator, making fun...

Derek Hazell

I have just seen Marcus Brigstocke's Trophy People on catch-up, on the subject of Scrabble. Filmed at the championships in London, we met players David Webb*, Jake Jacobs (and his partner Barbara) and Christian Brown. There was also uncredited interviews with a married couple who had actually met at...

Derek Hazell

Does anyone remember what Nicholas Parsons was like in Dictionary Corner? Apparently he was there in 1997 for 5 episodes. I have just seen him on This Week, and although he usually likes to play the fool, he was amazingly intelligent and articulate on there (and a VERY youthful 85), and I was actual...

Derek Hazell

Apparently Carol "Vord of the Board/What's on the Board Miss Ford" Vorderman was on Chris Moyles Quiz Night this week.

Derek Hazell

Phil Reynolds wrote:I suspect that DC offered STIFFIES and it was deemed unseemly for teatime broadcast.

Martin always offers STIFFIES when he's been talking about money.

Derek Hazell

You're right Craig, that was a laugh out loud moment.

Derek Hazell

Don't worry Andy, it was a good effort, and the tumbleweed made me smile too.

An interesting fact about Lewis is that he doesn't like music. He revealed this once on the Jeremy Vine show. I have never met anyone who doesn't like any kind of music at all. Is there anyone here like that?

Derek Hazell

Jon Corby wrote:If she's 9th seed she may well get invited as a "stand-in". I don't know if they always do this but Marie Hayden came along to our finals in this capacity.

That's good. That way they won't be marginalising her standinability.

Derek Hazell

So after an early scare, Hamish has a comfortable win, and in doing so knocks Kate Richardson out of the top eight places on the leaderboard. As much as Hamish is an enjoyable character, it is such a shame he has knocked Kate Richardson out of the top 8, as it would have been fascinating for Charli...

Derek Hazell

Craig Beevers Series 57 Champion wrote:balls

David O'Donnell Series 58 Champion wrote:cunts!

Junaid Mubeen Series 59 Champion wrote:shit

Cover your eyes and ears before the Series 60 Champion gets here!

Derek Hazell

I told my nan about this thread yesterday, and she told me to tell you that my great great grandfather chewed tobacco all his life and lived to be 90 . . . only to be knocked over and killed by a bicycle.

Derek Hazell

Craig Beevers Series 57 Champion wrote:Thierry Henry . . . Steven Gerrard . . .

Junaid Mubeen Series 59 Champion wrote:you are chatting absolute shit, Beevers.

I have no idea who any of these people are, but if they get two series winners chatting, they can't be all bad!

Derek Hazell

Lou Kelly from Prisoner (Cell Block H) and Carol Vorderman:

Derek Hazell

Here's some photos on facebook of the Countdown clock ready for transportation to Manchester. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=107324&id=1109642436&ref=nf#/photo.php?pid=30437351&id=1109642436 Soz Kirk, the link doesn't work (it says I have to log in to view the pics). They're the ...

Derek Hazell

I voted Lancaster, because we welcome witty, self-deprecating Irishmen here in England, albeit moral meat-bashing ones.

Derek Hazell

David O'Donnell wrote:A crazy cow has already tried to kill me but that's another story.

What a low-key way to finally reveal to the world the real reason for Carol's departure from the show.

Derek Hazell

At least meat-eaters kill their food before they eat it.

Derek Hazell

At Cherwell School in Oxford, the typing teacher was called Mrs. Poole, and the history teacher was called Mr. Heritage.

We didn't have mobile phones, blackberries, mp3 players and sex or drugs back in those days, so oh how we laughed at such simple pleasures

Derek Hazell

I eat all meat except marmeat (marmite), and all other food except Kit(e)Kat Chunkies.

Derek Hazell

I actually love food shopping, although I don't do it in Tesco. I prefer farmers' markets, butchers, Aldi, M&S and Waitrose. I can even be persuaded to go clothes shopping, so much so that I used to have a female friend who used me as her gay best friend to go shopping with, even though I wasn't...

Derek Hazell

Bayleaf and Sicknote were also unfortunately named, especially as one was always cooking, and the other was always off sick.

Derek Hazell

In previous selling episodes, the teams got slated even if they had just one item remaining; selling it for just £1 would have been better than holding on to it. I wonder too if the teams were aware that this was different. Also in previous series episodes, exclusivity deals were a bad thing, and c...

Derek Hazell

Mike Dunbar wrote:I'm doing musical comedy now, so it's less of an issue

That's good, as I prefer your musical stuff.

Derek Hazell

Why does nobody understand "which of the following"? The arbitrary "making sense" set of rules? Complaining about lack of poll options is like saying "why did you write this romance novel, a thriller would've been much better." You can't criticise things for what they ...

Derek Hazell

I was just about to say finally an intelligent poll on this message board . . . but then I noticed that Phil Reynolds had found fault with this one too.

Derek Hazell

Phooey!

Derek Hazell

Howard Somerset wrote:I wasn't looking straight when I voted, and consequently have put my mark against the one who I think is least funny of all of them - Lee Evans. My apologies for getting it wrong. I'd been aiming at the one above him

That's okay Howard. It's my fault for making the last option so long.

Derek Hazell

Ben Wilson wrote:I went for Billy Connolly though Jasper Carrot and Omid Djalili are close seconds for me.

Damn, I knew one spelling mistake/typo would slip in somewhere.

Ben Wilson wrote:No Harry Hill?

I have never seen Harry Hill do standup, although I do enjoy TV Burp.

Derek Hazell

Phil's right that it's difficult to pick one from that list, although I could pick several that I loathe. (I would've voted for Frank Skinner in a heartbeat if he was on there though.) Oh yes, I should have included Frank Skinner. He was off the radar for so long, and has only recently come back in...

Derek Hazell

There is absolutely no way I could pick one name from that arbitrary list and say: I find this person funnier than the rest, 100% of the time. I've been consistently entertained by many of them, have laughed at least once at most of them at some point, but picking one and saying categorically that ...

Derek Hazell

Charlie Reams wrote:Where's Richard Pryor, you racist?

I debated whether to include American comedians as well, but decided the list would be too long. Anyway, Lenny Henry's there - I'm sure his votes will reflect our racial embracement in this group.

Derek Hazell

There has been a lot of friendly debate on here lately about who and what various members consider funny. So, I thought it would be interesting to see what kind of comedy Countdown fans and players are most drawn to. Obviously I cannot include everybody, so I have included many of the current big na...

Derek Hazell

un-cutability* - *What is the word for this? This is the best I found: "Democritus proposed the existence of a particle, so he could have named it the democriton, but instead this modest Greek philosopher decided to coin the word atomos , meaning 'not cuttable', which explains the origin of th...

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