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Was there anything like the GANDISEEG conundrum thing this series? I wondered that too, but I couldn't find anything obvious, although if ALLOTROPE was used on Wednesday, instead of Friday and the other 2 moved a day, then the first letters spell out GB PRATS! G RIMALKIN B ALLADEER P HOTOSTAT R OAD...

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Countdown recap for Monday 28 October 2002. C1: Challenger Jackie Webster. C2: Challenger Sheila Furse. DC: Damian Eadie and Rick Wakeman. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: S N T E I A L R O R02: M P G T U E O C E R03: B D S I A O R V I R04: N L H A E I S F R R05: 25, 4, 2, 4, ...

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I'm from Yorkshire, but I'm not fully used to these sayings either. My excuse is that neither of my parents are from Yorkshire. My dad is from Leicestershire and my mum is from Dudley, West Midlands.

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It's seems our new champion has been talking to the Mirror in this article: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/12/20/countdown-ace-on-dole-115875-21910265/ That's a wierdly small article, you'd think they would've got him to say more stuff than that. It might have even been cut from this...

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It's seems our new champion has been talking to the Mirror in this article: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/12/20/countdown-ace-on-dole-115875-21910265/ Also, this interestingly odd story about Rachel & Celebrity Big Brother: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/big_brother...

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Darren Carter wrote:
James Robinson wrote:That's nothing. Application to transmission was 3 months for me.
Which time?

The 2nd time. The first time the gap was around 9 months from application to transmission.

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It certainly was for me - I sent in my application in about June, and the week before the whole Carol debacle happened. I got a call and audition the following March, then filmed in October and it was finally screened in November. That's probably unusual though. Really Kirk's got my dictionaries ( ...

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Championship Flight Jim Bentley 113-64 James Robinson James Robinson 99-70 Jim Bentley James Robinson 112-109 Jim Bentley 3 games of quality. I just didn't turn for the first one, for the second, my bad luck seemed to transfer to Jim. The decider was magnificent. Jim was on for a max after 10 rounds...

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Marc Meakin wrote:Which 2 rounds was it when Chris's answers were not written down?

Rounds 7 & 10. Nice recap, Allan. Also interesting that you have the contestants in the other positions.

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Well done, Chris. A very superb performance worthy of being next to those other champions that I mentioned at the start of the thread. Commiserations, Andrew. You performed very well to get to the final, but Chris somehow (after yesterday's game) managed to find another gear. Great game. Well done t...

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Well, it has arrived. The last Countdown of 2009, which can only mean that it's the Grand Final of Series 61. Who will glisten like gold, and who will not? Even though there will be a winner and a loser today, neither of these competitors are losers, they're both champions. Both contestants have sho...

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Normally when the words Countdown and Daily Mail are put together, the result seems to be disastrous, but here's a weird technology story involving our show.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... igner.html

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Welcome to the last Robinson Recap of the decade. This has been built up as one of the most anticipated games of the series. This might even rival Kirk & Neil's semi in the last series. Whether it will be as good, we'll have to wait and see. Countdown recap for Thursday 17 December 2009. C1: No....

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Bloody hell! What an amazing comeback, Chris!

Fantastic match! Well done to you both.

Best of luck for the final. (That goes to you too, Andrew.)

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So thought there was FIRELAMPS in round 6, damn

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An even less nice version of the 1st Numbers:

(9 x 2 x 10) - 6 + (10 - 8)

Innis is still on max at end of part 1 by the way.

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D Eadie wrote:
James Robinson wrote:In this series, I have attended 23 shows.
And how many times has the 'not written it down for both' scenario cropped up?

I was there when Jeffrey & Darren did it with the CENTENARY selection. That's the only one I saw.

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Marc Meakin wrote:
James Robinson wrote:Ooh, I so can't wait. I'm actually able to watch it live, so we might a have a pretty-close-to-live recap today.

I just wished I was able to see it live live, but what can you do
I;ve got a spare Flux Capacitor going cheap.

How cheap

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I did wonder why it never seemed to happen that neither contestant had written their word down. :? I'm sure Damian will know more but certainly when I've been in the studio I've never seen *both* contestants saying "not written down" so it can't happen that often anyway. Hahaha. You make ...

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Ooh, I so can't wait. I'm actually able to watch it live, so we might a have a pretty-close-to-live recap today.

I just wished I was able to see it live live, but what can you do

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Give Ben a break eh James? It seems every time he starts a spoiler thread or something, you wade in trying to criticise him over some minor detail or something. It's not a criticism, Jon. I was just pointing out that even though today's match between Chris & Innis is big, tomorrow's match will ...

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Ben Hunter wrote:...the big one.

Surely, that's tomorrow's show, isn't it?

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It says on the Wiki that Ivan won the game, but you say the other way round.

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Lesley is just the most kindest, most loveliest and most thoughtful woman I know.
She is beauty personified.

*James blows kiss in appreciation* *James also requests Alec make some sort of smilie to symbloise this*

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The end of Series 61 is within reach. As much as we'd like it to continue for a bit longer, we're going to have to face facts that we'll have to live without Countdown for a few weeks soon. NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :!: :!: But, unti...

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Charlie Reams wrote:Group hug?

Yay! That's what we all could use.

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Marc Meakin wrote:Who are Huddersfield playing again?

Just for you, Marc. Town are at Norwich on Saturday.

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JC - i've never claimed James does reviews / recaps that are always full of criticism, i don't read enough of them to know how often this happens, but sometimes there are barbs. You read along nicely, then suddenly go 'ouch - that was a bit needless'. Whether or not this is deliberate isn't the poi...

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Charlie Reams wrote:
Clive Brooker wrote:I think we need a new spoilers thread. James?
Are you kidding?! Totally off-topic spoilers threads are the best!

I actually agree. Sorry, Clive.

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Am I biased, or is that a far more imaginative opener than normal? :) Probably is. When I start these spoilers, I just go with the obvious, obviously. It tends to work to some degree. Despite how it might look, I wasn't trying to have a dig at you personally. I thought that many different people st...

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An excellent opening to the thread. No bullshit, biased opinions, nastiness or padding. Make my day & set your alarm early for Fridays final spoiler Lesley (and possibly ruin somebody elses) It doesn't make any difference to me who starts the final spoilers thread. Whether it'd be me, Lesley, o...

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An excellent opening to the thread. No bullshit, biased opinions, nastiness or padding. Make my day & set your alarm early for Fridays final spoiler Lesley (and possibly ruin somebody elses) It doesn't make any difference to me who starts the final spoilers thread. Whether it'd be me, Lesley, o...

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St. Nicholas did exist. He was Turkish. Slightly ironic, given what many people traditionally eat at Christmas. Yeah....Brussels Sprouts :D Yuck :!: I hope you don't eat those, Kirk. *James is vomitting into a bucket* I hope that Damian thinks of throwing up VOMITTING as a potential conundrum in Se...

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Alec Rivers wrote:Am I biased, or is that a far more imaginative opener than normal?

Probably is. When I start these spoilers, I just go with the obvious, obviously. It tends to work to some degree.
Like the work, Lesley.

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Rory McGrath is good cartoonist and linguist, with a quick brain and no doubt many other talents. I'm sure he's a popular and sensible choice for DC. But he's never appealed much to me, and he really blotted his copy-book with his clumsy 'Father Christmas doesn't exist' references today. I'm probab...

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3rd Numbers Alternative:

25 x 9 = 225, 5 x 4 x 2 = 40, 225 + 40 = 265

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Jon Corby wrote:I was the coolest.

No, you weren't.

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I was going to mention you Jon Corby and give you a wink down the camera but I couldn't fit it into the opening conversation with Jeff. I think this was the tallest finalist of series 61 vs the smallest finalist of series 61. That is an interesting fact that cant be forgotten about James! The probl...

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Right, you don't have to be a Kirkulator to have worked out that today is the 4th of 4 quarter-finals. With each of the previous 3 qf's having a winning margin of over 40 points, can we expect the same today from the tightest of the 4 qf's today :?: Here are some stats. Firstly, Number 4 Seed Ryan T...

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That makes it too easy most of the time. I never used 1 large and 5 small on the show. OK smart-arse, why didn't you just say "2 large 4 small" then rather than "I'll have a capital K facing me with the second large number being the top of the left hand side of the K. Work your way d...

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Wasn't there OBEDIANT in round 2? (or is it OBEDIENT?)

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Well, when I did that show I hoped to use 2 letters for my numbers, so I was going to go J & R, obviously, but the capital R is hard to make with those 6 numbers. So, I went with K & C instead. But didn't she struggle to understand what you meant? What's wrong with "1 large and 5 small...

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I may have been close with a K & C, but a J :?: Ha, you make it sound like a K and a C are normal but a J is just ridiculous. Well, when I did that show I hoped to use 2 letters for my numbers, so I was going to go J & R, obviously, but the capital R is hard to make with those 6 numbers. So...

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D Eadie wrote:
James Robinson wrote:
D Eadie wrote:"Can i have an inverted J please Rachel"?
How many people have ever asked for an inverted J (Or even a normal J for that matter)
I may have been close with a K & C, but a J
You'll see it in 2010, mid to late January.

Ooh, I look forward to it.

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D Eadie wrote:"Can i have an inverted J please Rachel"?

How many people have ever asked for an inverted J

(Or even a normal J for that matter)

I may have been close with a K & C, but a J

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Actually I agree with the comment on here that it should be later...possibly around 4:30-5pm. More kids and families can watch it then and that has to be a good thing. Agreed. Really the show hasn't quite been the same since it was pushed back the first time. When it first happened, I was still at ...

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Marc Meakin wrote:
James Robinson wrote:
Michael Wallace wrote:There's a piece by Susie Dent on the BBC's Magazine thing today (talking about the 'words of the decade').
Here's the follow-up, with the 20 best words of the decade.

How many people had heard of truthiness
Your link does not work James.

Thanks for that, Marc. It's fixed now.

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Well, this is the last week of Countdown in this decade, unless you're Andy Thomson, then it's the last week of Countdown in the penultimate year of this decade. This 3rd quarter-final is between No.3 Seed Innis Carson and No.6 Seed Jeffrey "The Burginator" Burgin. Here are some stats. Fir...

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Michael Wallace wrote:There's a piece by Susie Dent on the BBC's Magazine thing today (talking about the 'words of the decade').

Here's the follow-up, with the 20 best words of the decade.

How many people had heard of truthiness

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D Eadie wrote:JG is the same as every other guest, in that he's not universally popular, but we've never had a guest who is and never will, unless of course we book Raymond, as everyone loves him, apparently.

It'd be interesting if you booked Chris, becuase everyone hates him.

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Is there a reason why there isn't a "It's perfectly perfect, there's nothing wrong with it!" option

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Matthew Green wrote:Is Phil Taylor not nominated this year?

No, and he hasn't bothered to turn up to the ceremony either. He claims there's a conspiracy, because his tournaments are shown on Sky, hence he's only been nominated once, despite winning the World Championship 14 times.

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Ryan Giggs would be a very worthy second, and I say that as an Arsenal fan! How would Ryan Giggs be a worthy second :?: He has done nothing of any significant merit this season :!: I still think it was a con that he won the PFA Player Of The Year Award. Based on actual awards, Giggs, Murray & C...

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Championship Flight James Robinson 75-94 Simon Myers James Robinson 85-82 Simon Myers James Robinson 117-77 Simon Myers 3 brilliant matches. I managed to get a lucky break in the second game, and Simon just collapsed at the start of the 3rd game and recovered too late. At last my first wins in the c...

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Andy Thomson wrote:
James Robinson wrote:Dr. Phil's in DC for the last time this decade
Really? So he isn't going to be on at all next year then? 2010 is the last year of this decade.

Explain how 2010 is in the 2000s

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Alternative To 3rd Numbers:

75 + 6 + 6 = 87, 10 - 8 = 2, 87 x 2 = 174

I had an OK alternative to yesterday's last numbers, but it's a bit late now, so I won't bother.

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D Eadie wrote:I'd love to go, but there's a high risk, nay a certainty, that most of you will bore the fuck out of me, so i'll go to watch James Robinson's show instead.
http://www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk/cgi/e ... late&a=483

Not that one, Damian!

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Also, rugby 7's (which I believe is a form of union) and golf are going to be in the Rio Olympics, so they don't necessarily need to be in the poll.

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