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- Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:08 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: New Talent
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4730
Re: New Talent
I'd have to say, even 99-year-old Granny-in-law's noticed the decline in standard recently. (She also commented how Jeff's jokes always sound like he's reading them off a script - hmmmmm.) AFAICS, it's just going to end up with an increase of apterous players called stuff like Practice Name, rather...
- Wed Apr 27, 2011 2:58 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown words spotted in real life
- Replies: 122
- Views: 57691
Re: Countdown words spotted in real life
If I had offered PIEROGIS^ in my 8th game against Mark Goodliffe, I would never have been an octochamp. The plural is PIEROGIES.Matt Morrison wrote:Quite a few places in Ealing that advertise selling PIEROGIS. Not tried one yet.
- Thu Apr 21, 2011 8:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: I've got the job sorting the letters on Countdown!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1671
- Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:34 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The C4C Football Thread
- Replies: 1265
- Views: 200465
Re: The C4C Football Thread
Fantasy brag and scrag for me.
Brag - BARE POINTZ
Scrag - Transferred in Larsson, forgot to put him in my starting XI and he goes and scores 2 goals
Brag - BARE POINTZ
Scrag - Transferred in Larsson, forgot to put him in my starting XI and he goes and scores 2 goals
- Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:09 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The C4C Football Thread
- Replies: 1265
- Views: 200465
Re: The C4C Football Thread
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26Ju8-AzH6I
This is awesome support
This is awesome support
- Mon Apr 18, 2011 7:48 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous Premier League
- Replies: 43
- Views: 8645
Re: Apterous Premier League
It would be easier for the tournament to take place over three weeks, with everyone playing 2 games against their opponent at the same time as and when they see fit.
- Mon Apr 18, 2011 7:14 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Sophie Krol's Musings - and your comments about them.
- Replies: 85
- Views: 24560
Re: Sophie Krol's Musings - and your comments about them.
Yep. Oh look a joke about Jeff's height. Oh look a joke about Man United or Hartlepool. Oh look a joke about Rachel being young and not knowing what Jeff is on about. Definitely something needs to be done, I can barely watch Countdown 'live' anymore because of this, it's far easier to just skip thr...
- Fri Apr 15, 2011 9:17 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Mastermind
- Replies: 72
- Views: 8789
Re: Mastermind
Mastermind final on right on BBC Two. Quite a strong lineup so it should be good, then again it is the grand final of TV's toughest quiz. Then when this has finished switch over to BBC One for AQoS at half 8 then HIGNFY straight after and a QI repeat of series G at half 9. I don't know why on earth...
- Fri Apr 15, 2011 10:46 am
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Wednesday 13th April 2011 (Series 64, Prelim 63)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1116
Re: Wednesday 13th April 2011 (Series 64, Prelim 63)
Yes, but the entry says:James Robinson wrote: Nope, although isn't BROMELIAD in
bromelia, -iad - American plant of family Bromeliaceae etc.
- Fri Apr 15, 2011 9:12 am
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Wednesday 13th April 2011 (Series 64, Prelim 63)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1116
Re: Wednesday 13th April 2011 (Series 64, Prelim 63)
No BROMELIA then in round 1, even though it's in my BARE old Oxford dictionary (1976 Concise - Just part of my vintage dictionary collection )
- Fri Apr 15, 2011 9:07 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Thursday April 14th 2011
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5095
Re: Spoilers For Thursday April 14th 2011
Oi! Just because a player as bad as me managed to win itJames Robinson wrote: I don't think this week is as bad as a couple of weeks ago, but this series is starting to turn into Series 62 Mk.2.
- Fri Apr 15, 2011 8:42 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Tiny Tots Tournament
- Replies: 123
- Views: 23634
Re: Tiny Tots Tournament
Why not?
- Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:44 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How fit are you?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 7024
Re: How fit are you?
Thanks to middle-distance running (club level with my highest placing at a county championship being 4th), I am fairly aerobically fit. I used to play a lot of football, but my ball control skills are pretty poor nowadays. Incidentally, a guy in my class at school plays in the Norwich City academy a...
- Mon Mar 21, 2011 10:03 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: RIP Richard Samson
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3097
Re: RIP Richard Samson
RIP Richard. Although I do not remember much about him, I can recall him being in DC for Julian's extraordinary 146 game.
- Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:29 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: FIFA 11
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4251
Re: FIFA 11
Ohhh, it's that boring, sending-you-to-sleep-as-soon-as-you-start-watching-it sport again - that's basically (and you need to understand this, boys) kicking a ball around some grass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You have probably figured this out already, but ...
- Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: DC Guests' Legitimate Words?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2341
Re: DC Guests' Legitimate Words?
I beat Jonny Maitland in a Scrabble tournament B division, in which I won and he came second so he must be fairly good.
- Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:36 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Rastamouse
- Replies: 4
- Views: 944
Rastamouse
is awesome. Nuff said.
- Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:26 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: ronnie or messi
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1925
Re: ronnie or messi
Messi. O'Sullivan's pretty awesome as well, and a decent club runner to boot.
- Sat Mar 12, 2011 5:32 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous FA Cup
- Replies: 195
- Views: 32951
Re: Apterous FA Cup
I'll give it a whirl
- Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:03 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Dog Eat Dog Tournament May-June 2011 - apply here
- Replies: 84
- Views: 15266
- Mon Mar 07, 2011 10:15 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Cheating: What it is, and why you shouldn't do it
- Replies: 257
- Views: 214258
Re: Cheating: What it is, and why you shouldn't do it
+1Craig Beevers wrote:Should test it out by changing the Countdown clock music to something he won't like and see what happens.
- Tue Mar 01, 2011 10:47 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Hyper Numbers Tourney + Duel
- Replies: 115
- Views: 14487
Re: Hyper Numbers Tourney + Duel
Congrats to Matt on victory! I will hope to run another tournament probably involving letters attacks of some sort (with possibly duel entry) in August/September, after Feisty's phenomenally successful Summer Open.
- Thu Feb 24, 2011 3:47 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Karen on The Chase
- Replies: 128
- Views: 17558
Re: Karen on The Chase
I'm wondering if this show (Feb 23rd) was filmed before mine, because after catching me and my team-mate Shaun said "I'm back" as though he may have had a recent defeat. Also before we took to the set the production team told us that one team this series had won on 19 steps. Looking at Wi...
- Thu Feb 24, 2011 3:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Thursday February 24th 2011
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4017
Re: Spoilers For Thursday February 24th 2011
Or maybe even a New Zealand rugby legend.
- Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:45 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: CountMax errors
- Replies: 727
- Views: 91522
Re: CountMax errors
Sulfur and its derivatives. From Wikipedia: However, the IUPAC adopted the spelling sulfur in 1990, as did the Royal Society of Chemistry Nomenclature Committee in 1992.[26] The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority for England and Wales recommended its use in 2000,[27] and it now appears in GCSE ...
- Sun Feb 13, 2011 2:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown in the news
- Replies: 217
- Views: 64185
Re: Countdown in the news
I imagine so, he is rather good, isn't he?Eoin Monaghan wrote:I wonder if Jack would have got this?
- Sat Feb 12, 2011 10:38 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Hyper Numbers Tourney + Duel
- Replies: 115
- Views: 14487
Re: Hyper Numbers Tourney + Duel
AgreedDinos Sfyris wrote:Yeah time this was resolved. 7 days grace for Chris and Craig to play their QF, then I skip to play Matthew in the final. Think that's more than fair.
Re: Topical
Indeed. Because 50% of the population are of above average weight, which is clearly disastrous and completely unexpected, especially if the 'average' used is the median.Michael Wallace wrote:I blame the Daily Mail.
- Fri Feb 04, 2011 9:57 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous Masters 2011
- Replies: 167
- Views: 29777
Re: Apterous Masters 2011
In please!
- Fri Feb 04, 2011 8:16 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Junior Countdowners
- Replies: 51
- Views: 6330
Re: Junior Countdowners
Yes please
- Fri Feb 04, 2011 5:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Tuesday 25th January (Series 64, Prelim 12)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 518
Tuesday 25th January (Series 64, Prelim 12)
Countdown recap for Tuesday 25 January 2011. C1: Champion Ken Alden (1 win, 90 points.) C2: Challenger Jamie Humphries. DC: Susie Dent and Andrew Castle. RR: Rachel Riley. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: G B R N O E I K L R02: F T A U D A T U R R03: S D A E V G O P E R04: B P T U I E N T N R05: 7...
- Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:45 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Deal Or No Deal
- Replies: 97
- Views: 11369
Re: Deal Or No Deal
Oh how we need likes backMichael Wallace wrote:Corby and Charlie have massively oversimplified this. Their probability models fail to take into account the energy in the room, whether there was any chanting going on, and what colour clothing the contestant was wearing.
Amateurs.
- Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:42 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Feature requests
- Replies: 1956
- Views: 456029
Re: Feature requests
Just a random request RE the forum for apterous. The feature request thread has been of a similar length to the bug reports thread for all the last 2 1/2 years. A graph comparing their growth would be kinda cool.
- Wed Jan 26, 2011 3:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday January 26th 2011
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1778
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday January 26th 2011
Isn't an uninverted T just called a T?
- Wed Jan 26, 2011 3:34 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday January 26th 2011
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1778
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday January 26th 2011
EVERTING Round 7
- Sat Jan 22, 2011 10:17 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous Winter Closed Round 6
- Replies: 38
- Views: 6556
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Round 6
Main Event - Championship Flight - 1st, 2nd and 3rd place play-off Having beaten Innis on Wednesday night, all I had to do to win the tournament was beat Edward. However, Ed had already put a dent in my chances of winning the Speed Demon competition, so I knew I was in for a tough series of games. O...
- Thu Jan 20, 2011 10:09 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Best word I never knew I knew
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1217
Re: Best word I never knew I knew
When I look back at old games, I constantly think to myself 'How did I know/not know that word? I would never/always spot that nowadays'.
- Sun Jan 16, 2011 8:09 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous Winter Closed Round 5
- Replies: 40
- Views: 6743
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Round 5
Junior Mint
Oliver Garner 2 Adam Gillard 0 (101-85), (101-99)
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=378762
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=378776
Oliver Garner 2 Adam Gillard 0 (101-85), (101-99)
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=378762
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=378776
- Sun Jan 16, 2011 12:14 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Your best apterous word to date?
- Replies: 124
- Views: 15164
Re: Your best apterous word to date?
Interesting you said that.Ben Hunter wrote:gandiseeg.org would have been top drawer.
Re: Mensa
I did the test a couple of years ago. I thought it was a slightly odd test: the majority of the questions were analogies or shape-related questions. However, I passed the test and joined Mensa, and here's what I think: The magazine - isn't bad. Often some interesting articles, and the puzzles are f...
- Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:27 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The C4C Football Thread
- Replies: 1265
- Views: 200465
Re: The C4C Football Thread
FANTASY POST OF BRAG
2,372nd this week. Almost halved my overall position. Woo hoo!
Sorry about that. Will now wait for Vidic, Nani, Berbatov, Rooney, Bent, Bale, Baines and Torres to score really highly to ruin it for me.
2,372nd this week. Almost halved my overall position. Woo hoo!
Sorry about that. Will now wait for Vidic, Nani, Berbatov, Rooney, Bent, Bale, Baines and Torres to score really highly to ruin it for me.
- Sat Jan 15, 2011 1:48 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Favourite Scrabble words
- Replies: 61
- Views: 12493
Re: Favourite Scrabble words
also SUBERECT
- Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:24 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous Winter Closed Round 5
- Replies: 40
- Views: 6743
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Round 5
The clash of the Junior Mint undefeateds Dinos Sfyris 2 - 1 Ed McCullagh First 2 games were standard max-1ers leading to a "Who can press "?" quickest" competition. The 3rd game looked like we were off to an epic high score kicking off with all 7s in the first 3 rounds. I pursue...
- Wed Jan 12, 2011 7:42 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous Winter Closed Round 5
- Replies: 40
- Views: 6743
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Round 5
Main Event Garner 1 Gillard 2 Garner 96 Gillard 93 Garner 90 Gillard 93 Garner 89 Gillard 99 Three very close games. I'm relieved to pull through (I think) as group winner, finishing with a higher game difference than Kirk and Adam, also on 3 wins. Speed Daemon - Pool Elite Sfyris 76 Garner 77 Anoth...
- Wed Jan 12, 2011 7:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday January 12th 2011
- Replies: 48
- Views: 3686
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday January 12th 2011
OopsJames Robinson wrote:If you're referring to Round 11, Oliver, there was no N in the selection.Oliver Garner wrote:AVAUNT
- Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday January 12th 2011
- Replies: 48
- Views: 3686
- Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday January 12th 2011
- Replies: 48
- Views: 3686
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday January 12th 2011
Or that Damian writes the scripts.Josh Hurst wrote:Adam has been practising apparently. Confirmation that Jeff uses Apterous.
- Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday January 12th 2011
- Replies: 48
- Views: 3686
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday January 12th 2011
Imagine if there was a TTT taking a dig at old people
- Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:28 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Favourite Scrabble words
- Replies: 61
- Views: 12493
Re: Favourite Scrabble words
You can get away with that on a TV show but not for a game you want people to take seriously worldwide. Point taken. I guess the problem is that CSW is only updated every 4 or so years, so if a pluralisation becomes popular in that time, it has the be accounted for in the dictionary before it becom...
- Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:38 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Favourite Scrabble words
- Replies: 61
- Views: 12493
Re: Favourite Scrabble words
Haha excellent. So now it's the Oliver Garner's Opinion Word List. Much more suitable for the world stage. Countdown does alright with not allowing (most) mass nouns. Also, I only gave an opinion and I never said that my opinion is a good indicator as to whether it would be more/less suitable for t...
- Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:59 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Favourite Scrabble words
- Replies: 61
- Views: 12493
Re: Favourite Scrabble words
Not allowed these ridiculous pluralisations.Charlie Reams wrote:What would you have done?Oliver Garner wrote: I agree that CSW has flaws, especially in ridiculous pluralisations of mass nouns
- Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:06 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Favourite Scrabble words
- Replies: 61
- Views: 12493
Re: Favourite Scrabble words
The CSW is mad. I disagree. CSW is played all over the world so every English-speaking country's slang words would need to be included. I agree that CSW has flaws, especially in ridiculous pluralisations of mass nouns (all chemical elements take an s - Craig correct me if I'm wrong), but I wouldn't...
- Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:29 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Favourite Scrabble words
- Replies: 61
- Views: 12493
Re: Favourite Scrabble words
It ain't good mate. Which numpty failed to challenge that?Joseph Krol wrote:GALJOENS triple-tripled (got it in a game yesterday)
- Sun Jan 09, 2011 8:01 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Favourite Scrabble words
- Replies: 61
- Views: 12493
Re: Favourite Scrabble words
TWIGLOO, YABA and FUBAR.
Edit Edit, Learnt SOUTPIEL in the 2 minutes between posting and seeing Ben's reply.
Edit Edit, Learnt SOUTPIEL in the 2 minutes between posting and seeing Ben's reply.
- Sun Jan 09, 2011 1:52 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: User Images: a plea, and an offer.
- Replies: 52
- Views: 8915
Re: User Images: a plea, and an offer.
Emailed something, which shows slightly less chest
- Sat Jan 08, 2011 10:51 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous Winter Closed Round 4
- Replies: 57
- Views: 12572
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Round 4
Junior Mint
Garner 89 Laddiman 85
Garner 91 Laddiman 84
Oliver 2 Kai 0
Speed Daemon - Pool Elite
Garner 90 Carson 80
Garner 62 McCullagh 92
The Elite pool is wide open with only Neb on 2 out of 2. It could well be won with 3 wins.
Garner 89 Laddiman 85
Garner 91 Laddiman 84
Oliver 2 Kai 0
Speed Daemon - Pool Elite
Garner 90 Carson 80
Garner 62 McCullagh 92
The Elite pool is wide open with only Neb on 2 out of 2. It could well be won with 3 wins.
- Sat Jan 08, 2011 9:12 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Post your first game on apterous
- Replies: 39
- Views: 5768
Re: Post your first game on apterous
So it used to be the case that you would get pencils even if you didn't max the round. That would explain why I got so many pencils in the days when I would consider a 4-max game to be a success.Dinos Sfyris wrote:My first recorded game I despair at the level of shitness!
- Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:40 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: London Underground
- Replies: 52
- Views: 6753
Re: London Underground
TBH, I'm fine wallowing around in Burger King and piss and sweat, while roasting to death in the boiling heat.
- Tue Jan 04, 2011 6:37 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous Winter Closed Round 4
- Replies: 57
- Views: 12572
Re: Apterous Winter Closed Round 4
Garner 96 Bevins 95
Garner 103 Bevins 101
So I'm fairly pleased to beat an out of practice Kirk Bevins in two very close games. To win the group then, I have the difficult task of avoiding a 2-0 defeat against Adam (I think).
Garner 103 Bevins 101
So I'm fairly pleased to beat an out of practice Kirk Bevins in two very close games. To win the group then, I have the difficult task of avoiding a 2-0 defeat against Adam (I think).
Re: Roses
No probs mateMarc Meakin wrote: Thanks you are a legend