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by Jennifer Steadman
Sat Sep 10, 2011 10:09 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Do you still watch Countdown?
Replies: 35
Views: 8323

Re: Do you still watch Countdown?

It would've been 'usually' at uni - assuming it didn't clash with lectures/seminars, Countdown was the only thing that gave my empty, useless-arts-student days any semblance of routine or structure, and somewhat tragically ended up being the highlight of my day from November onwards (which is a test...
by Jennifer Steadman
Thu Sep 08, 2011 7:14 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Bug reports
Replies: 2157
Views: 436635

Re: Bug reports

Same problem as Mark - my pencil-fest only shows the first 830 rounds I played, so four of my pencils have disappeared (PAPPARDELLE, AVADAVATS, UTILITIES and GOOEYNESSES). The pencils have been added to my display case, but the Lexplorer entries for them still say they're unpencilled. Is there any w...
by Jennifer Steadman
Thu Sep 01, 2011 10:44 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Sarcasm
Replies: 28
Views: 4972

Re: Sarcasm

There are other people outside of Britain?! :o
by Jennifer Steadman
Thu Sep 01, 2011 6:07 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Autumn Tournament
Replies: 186
Views: 35519

Re: Apterous Autumn Tournament

Gavin Chipper wrote:
Jennifer Steadman wrote:I'll sign up.
When?
Eventually.
by Jennifer Steadman
Thu Sep 01, 2011 5:06 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Autumn Tournament
Replies: 186
Views: 35519

Re: Apterous Autumn Tournament

I'll sign up.
by Jennifer Steadman
Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:31 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 432866

Re: Feature requests

I don't know if this is already lurking somewhere in the Leaderboards/Facts and Figures, but if not, it would be interesting to see which players have gained the most pencils in the last 30 days - maybe a table of total pencils with side-columns saying how many normal/silver/bronze were gained?
by Jennifer Steadman
Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:52 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The C4C Football Thread
Replies: 1265
Views: 195247

Re: The C4C Football Thread

Absolutely no idea. In any case, it's really not paying off because they were crap!!
by Jennifer Steadman
Sat Aug 20, 2011 7:05 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The C4C Football Thread
Replies: 1265
Views: 195247

Re: The C4C Football Thread

Three games in, this table is so much better than I thought it'd look... Aside from the fact that the Angels are 6th, having scored the most goals in the league ( :mrgreen: ), my closest team to uni (Truro) are unbeaten and joint top. :D Ironically, bottom of the table Eastleigh are a full time tea...
by Jennifer Steadman
Thu Aug 18, 2011 10:47 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: What was your first 9?
Replies: 17
Views: 3200

Re: What was your first 9?

It was at some point last summer when my mum had people over to play Mahjong, which means it was probably a Monday, but I have no idea what it was or who was playing -this was before I started paying attention to/fancying the contestants. It was probably an '-ing' word, though, because I'm a simplet...
by Jennifer Steadman
Thu Aug 18, 2011 5:47 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Signs of the times
Replies: 42
Views: 5763

Re: Signs of the times

Jon Corby wrote:
Karen Pearson wrote:Nice that it's next to the sign for slug pellets!
Might be buttplug and er.... Lil-lets.
With regards to butt-plugs, they do actually have an 18+ section in that shop. Not sure why, because it's not exactly Orgy Central there... unless I was hanging out in the wrong places. :cry:
by Jennifer Steadman
Thu Aug 18, 2011 4:39 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Signs of the times
Replies: 42
Views: 5763

Re: Signs of the times

A random bench we saw in China. No idea what it's on about, but it has the word 'condom' in it, and that makes it funny.

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by Jennifer Steadman
Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:54 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Signs of the times
Replies: 42
Views: 5763

Re: Signs of the times

Image

Who knew Cornwall was so risqué?
by Jennifer Steadman
Tue Aug 16, 2011 8:38 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: C4C Fantasy Football
Replies: 174
Views: 68803

Re: C4C Fantasy Football

I'm pretty chuffed that my defence/goalie all kept clean sheets. Being C4C's sole female FF representative isn't going too badly so far 8-)
by Jennifer Steadman
Sun Aug 14, 2011 10:34 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Riots
Replies: 176
Views: 16294

Re: Riots

I'd just like to say that I wasn't arrested, just on holiday and had the TV glued to BBC Parliament. They'll arrest you for gluing a TV to Parliament, you know. I forgot no-one's heard of BBC Parliament . sigh (Incidentally, I have, and I've been known to watch it on occasion.) I'm still surprised ...
by Jennifer Steadman
Sun Aug 14, 2011 9:34 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Riots
Replies: 176
Views: 16294

Re: Riots

Rhys Benjamin wrote:I'd just like to say that I wasn't arrested, just on holiday and had the TV glued to BBC Parliament.
They'll arrest you for gluing a TV to Parliament, you know.
by Jennifer Steadman
Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:35 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Bug reports
Replies: 2157
Views: 436635

Re: Bug reports

My browser started lagging so badly during R3 of today's duel that after I entered a 6 (after about 5 seconds), I wasn't able to enter any more words, even though I saw a 7 during this time and tried to type it in. An error message then made me close the window, and when I reopened it it claimed I h...
by Jennifer Steadman
Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:34 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Riots
Replies: 176
Views: 16294

Re: Riots

Apparently the one shop in Clapham that has escaped looting is the branch of Waterstones there. Hmm, wonder what that says about the looters...
by Jennifer Steadman
Sat Aug 06, 2011 7:41 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Bug reports
Replies: 2157
Views: 436635

Re: Bug reports

Not sure if this is a bug or not, but on the Format part of my user page it says that the most maxes I've achieved in a Junior 9 Rounder is 8/9 - but I've had a max game in that format. The max is still on the Variant Facts & Figures page, so it hasn't been deleted. Any ideas? Was it in the las...
by Jennifer Steadman
Sat Aug 06, 2011 3:29 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Bug reports
Replies: 2157
Views: 436635

Re: Bug reports

Not sure if this is a bug or not, but on the Format part of my user page it says that the most maxes I've achieved in a Junior 9 Rounder is 8/9 - but I've had a max game in that format. The max is still on the Variant Facts & Figures page, so it hasn't been deleted. Any ideas?
by Jennifer Steadman
Sat Aug 06, 2011 1:29 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The C4C Football Thread
Replies: 1265
Views: 195247

Re: The C4C Football Thread

Anyone watching the Wimbledon - Bristol Rovers match at the moment? Good game - Rovers were dominant at first and went 2 0 up in the first 20 minutes courtesy of some amateur Dons errors, but Wimbledon have come back to equalise. Some lovely bits of play from both teams. Also, on a Tonbridge-related...
by Jennifer Steadman
Fri Aug 05, 2011 11:17 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Has anyone...
Replies: 53
Views: 8783

Re: Has anyone...

They've also got them in the toilets at the Houses of Parliament - not sure if you could lock the doors, but you've got an anecdote for life if you take the risk and don't get caught. Although I suppose it's an even better anecdote if you get caught and subsequently arrested for it.
by Jennifer Steadman
Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:04 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Eurozone Crisis
Replies: 11
Views: 2886

Re: Eurozone Crisis

Rhys Benjamin wrote:If there's one man who has been underrated this year, it's George Osbourne.
Au contraire - he's ranked as the 67th sexiest male MP on http://www.sexymp.co.uk at the moment. Personally, I think that's quite highly rated.
by Jennifer Steadman
Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:49 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Oh my (holi)daysssssssss 2011
Replies: 53
Views: 6502

Re: Oh my (holi)daysssssssss 2011

Oh, along with the highlights I also meant to add the lowlights: The shitty Premier Inn ("rooms from £29" - Lenworth J. Henry Esq.) at Folkestone costing £139 - a hundred and thirty nine pounds - for bed and breakfast. More than any other hotel or B&B we stayed at on the holiday, all ...
by Jennifer Steadman
Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:23 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: C4C Link Dump
Replies: 329
Views: 60564

Re: C4C Link Dump

by Jennifer Steadman
Sun Jul 31, 2011 4:08 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Common or high probability words you still always miss
Replies: 15
Views: 4120

Re: Common or high probability words you still always miss

Any word ending in -TION, which is probably why I'm rubbish.
by Jennifer Steadman
Mon Jul 25, 2011 6:10 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: what's your top 10 favourite films?
Replies: 101
Views: 11576

Re: what's your top 10 favourite films?

Here's my fantastically philistine list: 1 High Fidelity 2 Four Weddings and a Funeral 3 Star Wars original trilogy (I know I should've picked just one, but I can't choose!) 4 Scott Pilgrim vs The World (even went to watch it at the cinema conspicuously dressed as the lesbian evil ex. None of my fri...
by Jennifer Steadman
Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:56 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 432866

Re: Feature requests

I saw there was some chat about a Latin apterous variant ages ago - is this still an unlikely prospect? It's the only foreign language I might actually have a chance with! (My GCSE-level French doesn't really stand up to scrutiny...)
by Jennifer Steadman
Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:09 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The C4C Football Thread
Replies: 1265
Views: 195247

Re: The C4C Football Thread

So, pre-season has begun - we (Tonbridge Angels) got absolutely annihilated by Brentford 10 - 0 in a friendly yesterday. Embarrassing, even given the 3 league difference and that they're full-time professionals - we drew 0 - 0 against them in last season's friendly! Hopefully this isn't indicative o...
by Jennifer Steadman
Tue Jul 12, 2011 5:35 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Music
Replies: 295
Views: 83897

Re: Music

Even if she just farted and shat over the microphone you'd have probably still "heard worse". Well, of course I fucking would, I've heard records by Nickelback. If only I could 'like' this comment. I now see where you're coming from; 'Swagger Jagger' is a turd but 'Rock Star' is chronic d...
by Jennifer Steadman
Fri Jul 08, 2011 6:18 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Music
Replies: 295
Views: 83897

Re: Music

I just wanted to see what other people thought of it, it's the sort of song that is inspiring extreme opinions online at the moment.

Speaking of terrible songs, this is so bad it's hilarious. At least, I think so anyway.
by Jennifer Steadman
Fri Jul 08, 2011 5:16 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Music
Replies: 295
Views: 83897

Re: Music

by Jennifer Steadman
Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:57 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Words You Would Have Thought...
Replies: 479
Views: 164137

Re: Words You Would Have Thought...

Graeme Cole wrote:
Jennifer Steadman wrote:and, carrying on the sex note, 'RANDIER' - how is 'RANDIEST' allowed but not its comparative version? OUTRAGEOUS :x
RANDIER is allowed.

(Edit: looks like you had it disallowed earlier, but that's because there wasn't an N.)
oh god, I'm such a fail at life. :oops:
by Jennifer Steadman
Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:45 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: C4C Link Dump
Replies: 329
Views: 60564

Re: C4C Link Dump

I don't imagine there's much of a market for an article about a small dormitory town near Tunbridge Wells here, but here's my latest blog. Enjoy.
by Jennifer Steadman
Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:48 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Amazing Ads
Replies: 39
Views: 6967

Re: Amazing Ads

Joseph Krol wrote:Woot woot. New Compare the Meerkat advert.
Doesn't this belong in the Annoying Ads thread?
by Jennifer Steadman
Mon Jul 04, 2011 1:57 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: C4C Photo Dump
Replies: 343
Views: 55046

Re: C4C Photo Dump

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnruaoxpZi1ql5jw7o1_400.jpg http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmybqyc3vU1qd5lnjo1_500.jpg http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhtecrnjc11qeq7l1o1_500.jpg http://www.yourfunnystuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/top-gear-shirt-label.jpg http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumb...
by Jennifer Steadman
Mon Jul 04, 2011 12:50 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Words You Would Have Thought...
Replies: 479
Views: 164137

Re: Words You Would Have Thought...

PORNOS.

and, carrying on the sex note, 'RANDIER' - how is 'RANDIEST' allowed but not its comparative version? OUTRAGEOUS :x
by Jennifer Steadman
Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:56 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Amazing Ads
Replies: 39
Views: 6967

Re: Amazing Ads

I'm just upset that this advert wasn't shown on TV.
by Jennifer Steadman
Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:48 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Annoying Ads
Replies: 42
Views: 3209

Re: Annoying Ads

Compare the sodding Meerkat makes me want to rip my own eyeballs out. I don't care if it's an inventive marketing strategy, I want to destroy 'Aleksandr the Meerkat' and his unbelievably irritating faux-Russian accent, not to mention the word 'Simples'. Why do people like it?! Go Compare is similarl...
by Jennifer Steadman
Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:40 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: C4C Link Dump
Replies: 329
Views: 60564

Re: C4C Link Dump

How to troll a dating website :D I thought that was going to be a link to one of these: http://www.reddit.com/r/DateRape/comments/dlunz/how_to_meet_women_on_okcupid_2/ , http://www.reddit.com/r/DateRape/comments/enasr/how_to_meet_women_on_okcupid_3/ or UltimateDouche's outtakes . (If you've never u...
by Jennifer Steadman
Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:27 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Music
Replies: 295
Views: 83897

Re: Music

It was only today I noticed the link to your blog in your sig. Cool blog, particularly the recent Countdown post and the university life post. Thank you! Hopefully a national magazine/newspaper Ed-in-Chief will one day stumble across it and see fit to hire me, but until then it's something to keep ...
by Jennifer Steadman
Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:06 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Music
Replies: 295
Views: 83897

Re: Music

'I Need A Dollar' is the first time I've been able to do the hipster thing of "I liked that before it was popular!"... So many songs I could recommend, so little space. This ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9lP7JG5cYg ) is delightful, as is the whole House of Tomorrow EP - it's only 12 1/...
by Jennifer Steadman
Thu Jun 23, 2011 1:06 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What is your favourite browser?
Replies: 29
Views: 8211

Re: What is your favourite browser?

The best part about incognito windows is the little pervert who watches you to make you feel guilty about what you're using an incognito window for: http://i56.tinypic.com/n3rpjk.png I discovered this about an hour ago while doing some in-depth stalking, and I've never felt less incognito in my life.
by Jennifer Steadman
Thu Jun 23, 2011 1:03 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The C4C Football Thread
Replies: 1265
Views: 195247

Re: The C4C Football Thread

Of the four non-league grounds I've visited, obviously the Longmead is my favourite for sentimental reasons, but considering that Gorings Mead is a sandpit and Homelands is a swamp, both really designed for football a few tiers lower, it's not a particularly difficult contest. Treyew Road has tonnes...
by Jennifer Steadman
Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:53 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The C4C Football Thread
Replies: 1265
Views: 195247

Re: The C4C Football Thread

Well, clearly Elland Road is the best. OK! Apart from the chants of 'Oi, oi tits and fanny' every time a female walks past the kop and the very poor spelling (several seasons where the menu offered 'PIZZIA'). Other than that it's great. But if we're going off-road so to speak, I have some experienc...
by Jennifer Steadman
Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:48 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Exam results
Replies: 151
Views: 17851

Re: Exam results

Got my exam results last week - 2:1s in all of them, rounding off a 100% streak of 2:1 consistency for my first year. Considering I've been completely demotivated this year, I'm quite pleased.
by Jennifer Steadman
Sun Jun 19, 2011 11:19 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What University Did You Go To/Are you at/Are you going to?
Replies: 65
Views: 15333

Re: What University Did You Go To/Are you at/Are you going t

I'll represent the Exeter B-team, being on the B-campus in Cornwall. Damned underpredicted A-levels! -shakes fist- Shit it. Only just read this message, posted two days before my now-evidently-unnecessary admission to stalking you elsewhere to find out you went to Exeter. Oops. Haha, it's fine! God...
by Jennifer Steadman
Sat Jun 18, 2011 9:07 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The C4C Football Thread
Replies: 1265
Views: 195247

Re: The C4C Football Thread

I love a bit of groundhopping. Though I've only managed about 35 league grounds, I've got to about 180 or so I think. My list (yes, I am that sad) is on my old laptop, I'm now seriously thinking of digging it out! Which are the best/worst? I'm intrigued, I love the thought of visiting loads of rand...
by Jennifer Steadman
Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:45 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The C4C Football Thread
Replies: 1265
Views: 195247

Re: The C4C Football Thread

Yeah Jason Hall was at the main Exeter campus whilst I was there. At least I think he was, definitely wasn't one of my tutors. Is he the muscly American bald gay one? He's American, but not bald or gay. :lol: As for muscles - I couldn't say. He's a big hit with a lot of my female peers, though, so ...
by Jennifer Steadman
Sat Jun 18, 2011 10:31 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The C4C Football Thread
Replies: 1265
Views: 195247

Re: The C4C Football Thread

Completely unrelated stalking - you at Exeter uni Jennifer? Who is your English tutor/lecturers? Helen Hanson was mine. I sure am! But I'm on the Cornwall campus (I'd much rather be on the main campus, though), so I don't know if you'd know any of my lecturers - Marion Gibson, Sarah Moss (also an a...
by Jennifer Steadman
Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:04 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The C4C Football Thread
Replies: 1265
Views: 195247

Re: The C4C Football Thread

The step up isn't really that much - certainly not in the North anyway. Guiseley, Nuneaton and Boston all made the play offs last season during their first season after promotion, though the Conference South is arguably a better standard of football than its northern counterpart. I was with Telford...
by Jennifer Steadman
Fri Jun 17, 2011 7:10 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Words You Would Have Thought...
Replies: 479
Views: 164137

Re: Words You Would Have Thought...

Oh, god, of course... SERIOUS STUPID MOMENT THERE. I'm wearing my mortified face.

Though 'knived' sounds better than 'knifed'. In my head, at least.
by Jennifer Steadman
Fri Jun 17, 2011 6:04 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Words You Would Have Thought...
Replies: 479
Views: 164137

Re: Words You Would Have Thought...

KNIVED.

How is this not acceptable?!
by Jennifer Steadman
Thu Jun 16, 2011 9:51 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
Replies: 758
Views: 399995

Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams

Not a particularly interesting Countdown dream/nightmare, and hopefully not a prophetic one, but in said dream Countdown was cancelled and I was absolutely devastated, pouring my heart out on Facebook and suchlike. Unfortunately no-one understood my sorrow except my (also Countdown-loving) mother, w...
by Jennifer Steadman
Thu Jun 16, 2011 9:44 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The C4C Football Thread
Replies: 1265
Views: 195247

Re: The C4C Football Thread

I'm a staunch non league fan, I'm a scout for a Conference North club. I was in Lowestoft on the weekend that they travelled to Tonbridge for the seemingly thrilling playoff final. What's the budget at Tonbridge, out of interest? I'd have thought they'd need £3,000 a week at least to get out of the...
by Jennifer Steadman
Tue Jun 14, 2011 4:14 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Oh my (holi)daysssssssss 2011
Replies: 53
Views: 6502

Re: Oh my (holi)daysssssssss 2011

Sorrento for a week and Rome for a few days in July plus going to the Reading Festival at the end of August. Considering I hate camping, that's going to be interesting, but I'm willing to take that risk for Pulp, etc.
by Jennifer Steadman
Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:29 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What University Did You Go To/Are you at/Are you going to?
Replies: 65
Views: 15333

Re: What University Did You Go To/Are you at/Are you going t

I'll represent the Exeter B-team, being on the B-campus in Cornwall. Damned underpredicted A-levels! -shakes fist-
by Jennifer Steadman
Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:18 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The C4C Football Thread
Replies: 1265
Views: 195247

Re: The C4C Football Thread

Are there any non-league fans around? Particularly anyone whose team is in the Conference South - my team (Tonbridge Angels) just got promoted to it, so I want to know what the competition's going to be like next season. Especially seeing as our budget is negligible compared to most, and most pundit...