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- Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:06 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Dead of 2024
- Replies: 68
- Views: 15987
Re: The Dead of 2024
Jonnie Irwin (who I believe Elliott picked) and Carl Weathers have died.
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 12:46 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown Lookalikes?
- Replies: 390
- Views: 259236
Re: Countdown Lookalikes?
Series 89 contestant Kevin Cornell (he was on a few days ago): https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.353%2C$multiply_1.3975%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_62%2Cf_auto/4dfa3e1c98c36b5af741e37a3c1968bb8bd9de7c US president Bill Clinton: https://wiki.apterous.org/images/th...
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 7:10 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 644
- Views: 331067
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Why did no-one mention that the Queen had died? So Charles is King?
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 5:59 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
- Replies: 597
- Views: 379776
Re: CO:parkrun Recaps
After nearly a year, I've finally updated the PB list. As well as a new entry from Matt Gould, there were improvements from Matthew Tassier, Junaid Mubeen, Jonathan Wynn, Dan Byrom, Stephen Read, Kai Laddiman and Adam Latchford. Adam Latchford improved from 29:29 to 20:35 - nearly 9 minutes! He was ...
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 5:30 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
- Replies: 597
- Views: 379776
Re: CO:parkrun Recaps
We have a new season on our hands. And before COLIN, a load of us went to the relatively new Yarborough Leisure Centre parkrun (something about collecting parkruns beginning with every letter of the alphabet), and here are the results : 6 (1). Gevin Chapwell - 18:59 (75.24%) (889 points) 27 (2). Dan...
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 2:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
- Replies: 44
- Views: 24022
Re: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
I didn't eat at the social club. Are you saying the food there was better than OK or worse than OK? Was implied in what I said, but to clarify, worse. Think everyone said they're chips were undercooked, and everything was served with said chips Will feed that back to the MH manager next time I spea...
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 2:06 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Favourite Comedy Gig
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4250
Re: Favourite Comedy Gig
Did he then repeat it 20 times because he was lacking material of his own?Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 2:05 pmInterestingly, in his set Stewart Lee had a little dig at Frankie Boyle for using a team of uncredited writers. (Lee writes his own material) for his stand Up
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 1:16 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1801268
Re: Politics in General
Just to add to the above, Sunak speaking out in that way suggests delusions of grandeur. His opinion is irrelevant. The ICJ is much bigger than him in this regard.
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 3:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 30th January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 21)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 654
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 30th January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 21)
AVOWALS as a beater in round 8.
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 2:18 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 181
- Views: 37347
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
By the way, a few people at COLIN were emphasing the importance of shuffling the letters well and using e.g. four As coming out in a row as evidence of poor shuffling. However, unless it's a new pack with letters clumped together, it shouldn't really make any difference. Shuffling is good practice a...
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 10:35 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 29th January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 20)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 600
Re: Spoilers for Monday 29th January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 20)
Not on Apterous (so with all necessary caveats).
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 11:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 29th January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 20)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 600
Re: Spoilers for Monday 29th January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 20)
Geezer looked like a potential octochamp yesterday. Not sure what happened to him.
Re: Music
I don't really like the Darkness song either but my reaction to someone liking a song is also in some way proportional to how popular it is in general. Maybe the Mariah Carey song is better than I gave it credit for but there's loads I prefer.
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 4:15 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
- Replies: 44
- Views: 24022
Re: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
I didn't eat there either. Veggie options were limited.
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 2:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
- Replies: 44
- Views: 24022
Re: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
Yes, really good again. If I had one small suggestion, it would be that if there are table numbers, it's best to have them explicitly labelled rather than people having to infer them from the set numbers on the lids of the letters/numbers boxes, which are generally harder to find with the lids often...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 10:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 181
- Views: 37347
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
I've thought about that before, and I think it's probably better overall to have 2 tables of 2 unbeaten players, rather than a 3 and a 1.
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 5:20 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 25th January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 18)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 607
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 25th January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 18)
I checked it on Apterous when I watched and it said invalid. Unless it's slipped through the net with the update.
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 3:33 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 69799
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
And that itself is a problem. Essential services like this should not be privatised.
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 8:50 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 69799
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
What I found ridiculous (and I mentioned this on here before) was when the prices all went up (due to the war in Ukraine I think) but then the companies recorded record profits as well. That was obviously a piss take, and they were never pulled up on it. If prices go up for them, then sure, raise pr...
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 11:46 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 23rd January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 16)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 863
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 23rd January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 16)
I did (9+8)×6×2=204.
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 10:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 23rd January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 16)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 863
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 23rd January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 16)
I saw that as well, but after the time.John Garcia wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 4:10 pm 4th Numbers:
6 + 5 + 10 = 21; 21 x 50 = 1050; 1050 - 75 - 7 = 968
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:55 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Was Jeanne Calment a fraud?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 31244
Re: Was Jeanne Calment a fraud?
What's your point here? I don't think your post really addressed what Marc was saying. Marc said he expected people living to 100 to be the norm, which I think is fairly interpreted as more people doing that than not. Sure, but in the context of the discussion the exact proportion is not really tha...
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 1:03 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:Rea - 20 April 2024
- Replies: 53
- Views: 30354
Re: CO:Rea - 20 April 2024
I think any travelling at all the day before might be a bit tiring, and could be a bit of a risk! Hopefully I'll see you out there in London and good luck to your daughter!
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 1:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 22nd January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 15)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 707
Re: Spoilers for Monday 22nd January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 15)
If you don't have access to a reliable Countdown dictionary/wordchecker, I'd say it's best to ask whether a word is in rather than authoritatively declare it. E.g.
Round 12: wooliest?
Not
Round 12: WOOLIEST
Round 12: wooliest?
Not
Round 12: WOOLIEST
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 8:52 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 732130
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
The other thing is what he does is vandalism - he doesn't get permission does he? Other people would be at risk of being arrested for doing that. Or if they vandalise the vandalism... I think it defeats the point that everyone, including the authorities, fawn over his work. If he was on the run from...
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 5:46 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 732130
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Good post for two reasons. Self-destructed and it's also a very good question.
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:21 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 732130
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:17 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Was Jeanne Calment a fraud?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 31244
Re: Was Jeanne Calment a fraud?
Improvements in the global south might enable us to surpass 80, but I'd be amazed if we got much further than that. There's already loads of 80-year-olds roaming the streets. What's your point here? I don't think your post really addressed what Marc was saying. Marc was talking about 120-year-olds ...
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 3:48 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 644
- Views: 331067
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Switzerland looks like some sort of tardigrade thing. Denmark is Batman. The USA looks like a whale.
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 9:22 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:Rea - 20 April 2024
- Replies: 53
- Views: 30354
Re: CO:Rea - 20 April 2024
This is the day before the London Marathon by the way, so it's unfortunately not doable for me.
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 11:18 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:Rea - 20 April 2024
- Replies: 53
- Views: 30354
Re: CO:Rea - 20 April 2024
Is Tony Atkins involved or is this just a separate thing from his events?
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 12:13 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-event dictionary
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7819
Re: Co-event dictionary
I also don't see a problem with the request. If you ran a project in your spare time, wouldn't you be annoyed if a user raised a specific feature request needed for an event at a weeks' notice on a Friday night? When they could have raised it at any point up to 9 weeks ago. We've just coming to the...
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 11:31 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-event dictionary
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7819
Re: Co-event dictionary
I also don't see a problem with the request. As said, the change might have happened anyway before COLIN, regardless of the request. Any time there's an update, there's a sudden change in the words available with all the consequences of that. I'm not sure point 2 is anything against what Fiona has d...
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 4:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 181
- Views: 37347
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
The question really is whether putting 1, 2, 3 against each other in round 2 is the best way to get the best players against each other in the final round. It doesn't seem likely.
It's not putting a value judgement on it. I'm just addressing Jack's list.
It's not putting a value judgement on it. I'm just addressing Jack's list.
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 2:21 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Was Jeanne Calment a fraud?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 31244
Re: Was Jeanne Calment a fraud?
I think in 30 years time living to 100 plus will be the norm however as we are all gifted with a limited amount of brain cells I can envisage 120 year olds roaming the streets like zombies. There's a horror movie in that Improvements in the global south might enable us to surpass 80, but I'd be ama...
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 12:54 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 181
- Views: 37347
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- The final round of games should most likely pit the best players against each other. Which, if any, of those 5/6 principles does the current system fail on? The Swiss system used at COLIN and other players doesn't really do this. As far as I understand the top players after round 1 go against eac...
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 4:19 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Strange things you used to believe as a child
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9732
Re: Strange things you used to believe as a child
I used to not know that actors on television were a thing, and that programmes were all just made "from scratch" using some sort of technology. A bit like how things are going to be in a few years anyway.
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 10:45 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Was Jeanne Calment a fraud?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 31244
Re: Was Jeanne Calment a fraud?
Deserved more.
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 4:46 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Was Jeanne Calment a fraud?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 31244
Re: Was Jeanne Calment a fraud?
I'm amazed anyone even believed it in the first place. The dog was supposedly a full 7 years older than the dog that had previously been crowned and over double the breed's life expectancy, was obese, and had no signs of extreme age. I'd be amazed it it was older than 14/15. Hugely embarrassing for...
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 4:46 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Was Jeanne Calment a fraud?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 31244
Re: Was Jeanne Calment a fraud?
Just read through this whole thread again. One of my favourites that I like coming back to every so often. So thanks for the bump!
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 12:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 16th January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 11)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 893
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 16th January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 11)
Surely octanes is the falsey - COSTEAN is the word!Adam S Latchford wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2024 8:16 amOctanes bad (maybe it's fine in the new dictionary update idk but def bad on apterous), costean the falseyHowie Myers wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2024 6:02 am r3 alt: 8*(9*10+4)+2=754
r5: OCTANES
r8: DANCIER
r13: BROMATES
r14 alt: (5+5)*(8*7)-2-1=557
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 10:15 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
- Replies: 252
- Views: 65023
Re: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
This is incredible https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/67974629 Yes, and it also goes back to what I said quite recently about women's times improving more than men's. Two women under the world record, and the men's race gave no times of particular note. But also Agnes Ngetich and Emmaculate Anya...
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 2:14 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 69799
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
That's quite a claim, considering they want to do so in the relatively near future. Well September 2026 at the earliest.
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 10:25 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Worst word ever
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4212
Re: Worst word ever
I think it's a gaugeous word.
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 6:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: What’s the best three-word phrase formed from the conundrum answers on consecutive days?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4040
Re: What’s the best three-word phrase formed from the conundrum answers on consecutive days?
I love how this has become "these were from my run". So in keeping with that, from my run, "wandering polluting columnist" is a great descriptor for Owen Jones. Although not from my run, I do like "disinfect qualified awfulness" from Series 42. Try to limit the Tory bi...
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 2:24 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1801268
Re: Politics in General
As well as being America's lapdog in joining in with the attacks on the Houthis , Rishi Sunak has spoken out against South Africa's case against Israel . A spokesperson for UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Mr Sunak believed South Africa's case was "completely unjustified and wrong." &qu...
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 1:12 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1801268
Re: Politics in General
As well as being America's lapdog in joining in with the attacks on the Houthis , Rishi Sunak has spoken out against South Africa's case against Israel . A spokesperson for UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Mr Sunak believed South Africa's case was "completely unjustified and wrong." &quo...
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 9:39 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Jeopardy!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4931
Re: Jeopardy!
And in the middle of your sentence.
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 3:59 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
- Replies: 44
- Views: 24022
Re: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
How do you decide what order to put the the people in the middle group in?
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for 11th January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 8)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 745
Re: Spoilers for 11th January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 8)
The wheels kind of fell off that game. It was a good start!
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:39 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The most boring OFF-topic poll
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3019
Re: The most boring OFF-topic poll
Anyway I was in the pub last night and one of the guys got some Twiglets and we all tried them. They just tasted like burnt crap and everyone agreed. Why are they a thing? Anyway, there's no Marmite branding on the packet and as far as I know there never has been. They have yeast in, sure. And behin...
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 12:40 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 732130
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Penny farthings are front wheel drive and you're basically sitting on the front wheel so I don't think you'd be able to do a very good wheelie. Maybe a very quick marginal ground clearance of the front wheel.
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 10:46 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: What’s the best three-word phrase formed from the conundrum answers on consecutive days?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4040
Re: What’s the best three-word phrase formed from the conundrum answers on consecutive days?
I love how this has become "these were from my run". So in keeping with that, from my run, "wandering polluting columnist" is a great descriptor for Owen Jones. Although not from my run, I do like "disinfect qualified awfulness" from Series 42. Try to limit the Tory bi...
- Wed Jan 10, 2024 4:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for 9th January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 6)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 766
Re: Spoilers for 9th January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 6)
Not on Apterous so unless it's new in, probably not.
- Wed Jan 10, 2024 10:59 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1801268
Re: Politics in General
On the pool thing, if it's just that fewer women play than men, then there's no need for a separate women's category on the basis of fairness, but there could still be interest/demand anyway, and I don't think it's necessarily too outrageous to have a women's category. In any case, while there might...
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 3:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for 9th January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 6)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 766
Re: Spoilers for 9th January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 6)
I did (100+25)×7+75-6=944.
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 11:11 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Dead of 2024
- Replies: 68
- Views: 15987
Re: The Dead of 2024
Sorry to hear that!
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 6:23 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1801268
Re: Politics in General
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/67807719 This is ridiculous, there is no advantage in pool OK, so for context: A transgender pool champion says she received "vile" and "horrific" abuse online after her opponent refused to play her in a final. Pinches said she did it out of &qu...
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 6:20 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 732130
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Does it depend on the e-mail system you're using? It seems weird that it would be a universal thing. Does it change if you put your phone in desktop mode?
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 6:09 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Dead of 2024
- Replies: 68
- Views: 15987