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Liam Tiernan

English?
Over 50?
Actor?
Bald?
Fat?
Jewish?
Gay?
Some of those should narrow things down a bit .

Liam Tiernan

Countdown recap for Thursday 2 June 2011. C1: Champion Edward McCullagh (9 wins, 997 points.) C2: Champion Mary Adie (6 wins, 584 points.) DC: Susie Dent and Gregg Wallace. RR: Rachel Riley. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: O H S E O V Q R H R02: G Z T S L A E O N R03: D G I O P Y U T E R04: L S T...

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JimBentley wrote:Was it Johnny Logan?

Yes. He's looks a lot older than the last time I saw him. Not surprising, really. He is a lot older than the last time I saw him.

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Ian Volante wrote:The bloke from the Dubliners.

If it's the one I think you mean, he's dead , so no. If it was one of the others I wouldn't have recognised them anyway, so no again.

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Mark James wrote:
Is this no to both or is he over 50?

No
Yes

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Mark James wrote:Paul Casey?
Mundy?
Jinx Lennon?
Christy Moore?

No
No
Who?
No

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Oh dear God! It's not Daniel O'Donnell, is it? I think those would have been my exact words too if it had been. Karen Pearson wrote: I think we may now have plumbed the depths of my knowledge of male Irish singers (who aren't members of boy bands)! You might know this name from your Pointless resea...

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Ryan Taylor wrote:What about Des O'Connor?

I thought he was dead! No

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Ian Volante wrote:Gay Byrne.

Gaybo's not a singer, so no.

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Chris Corby wrote:Is he over 50?

Shot in the dark: Val Doonican

No

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Karen Pearson wrote:Is it Shane McGowan?

Or Ronan Keating?

If not, does he sing alone rather than as part of a group?

No
No
Yes

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Ryan Taylor wrote:Was it Jedward?

No, thank God. My daughter would have freaked out.

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See, my tired old brain did get confused!! Liam's questioning of Adam as it whether his person was female somehow lodged in my brain as Liam saying that his was female. Which is really stupid because he's only supposed to be answering yes or no. Sorry for misleading folks. So, is it male? If so, is...

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Eoin Monaghan wrote:Are they male?

Yes

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Rhys Benjamin wrote:Well, as I said yesterday, I did exactly what James does/did - reveal the answers. The only genuine one I got was the numbers on Monday.

That's not what James does. He's only telling us what words he himself has spotted .

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Phil Reynolds wrote:
@Liam: Was it Kevin Hough?

No

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Mark James wrote:Sinead O'Connor for both.

No.
And I think people should re-read my replies.

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Rhys Benjamin wrote:PECCARIES in Round 2
PERENTIE in Round 8
INFOWARS in Round 13
3rd Numbers alt: 75 x 8 - 25

WOW

Fantastic spots, Rhys.
And posted only FIFTEEN minutes after the Recap.
Performance of the day

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Karen Pearson wrote:Andrea Corr (to Liam's not Adam's - I think two at once may get confusing)

If not, is she a singer?

Is she an actress?

Andrea Corr - No
Singer - Yes
Actress - NO

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Adam Gillard wrote:Liam: Are they under 30?

I have one too if I may be so bold: Guess whose hair my Mum cut yesterday (yes it's a famous person). One other person on this forum knows the answer; I request that they allow the others to guess without spoiling it.

Female?

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Adam Gillard wrote:Liam: Are they under 30?

.

No.

Adam Gillard wrote:
Guess whose hair my Mum cut yesterday

Are they under 30?

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Karen Pearson wrote:Is he/she Irish?

If so, is it Graham Norton?

1: Yes
2:No

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Rhys Benjamin wrote:Was it The Right Honourable Baroness Thatcher?

No.

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Guess who sat at the next table as I was having a coffee today? Usual rules, yes/no answers only.

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Andy McGurn wrote:
Rhys Benjamin wrote:Round 1: J U W A E P V Z T

NP: PATE (4)
AM: TAPE (4)
DC: TAUPE (5)
DOM: 1
Score: 4–4 (max 5, DC Max 5)

I actually said JAPE

AND Rachel put it on the board!

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A little tip for Rhys and anybody else doing recaps in future: switch on subtitles!

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In no particular order Keyser Soze , Poison Ivy (not the Batman one), Norman Bates , Mr. Blonde and Hannibal Lecter . P.S. Have to agree with Mark about Rickmans performance in Prince of Thieves , although the entire film was an absolute clunker, right from the very first scene, which shows Robin es...

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Rhys Benjamin wrote: No, The only ones I got were the numbers alt and yesterday's numbers, just as James, who, quotes what he sees in the recap.

Not wanting to rain on your parade yet again, Rhys, but James always makes clear which words he's spotted himself and which he's found while doing the recap.

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Rhys Benjamin wrote: Round 9: G O H A E X D K T

NP: oathed
AM: HOAXED (6)
DC: GOATED (6)
OT: KATHODE (7)
DOM: 6
Score: 55–47 (max 66, DC Max 62)

Pretty sure they said DOTAGE

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What's the scam that I'm missing? After charming one of the company's Fraud Departments it turns out it's a cashback scam. The plot thickens. After the arrival of two more (ffs) I rang the respective companies, the first of which said they don't do cashback deals. Back to square one then. On the pl...

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Ryan Taylor wrote:This spoiler thread has some of the worst posts ever in it, including this one.

A good example of premature deprecation. You could at least have held on till Rhys had had his say.

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Thomas Carey wrote: Though Mary had a massive mess-up in R10 (the second numbers).

1 away is hardly a "massive mess-up", Thomas. A slip-up, yes, but the solution wasn't too obvious.

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I'm sure that JimDic, or whatever has succeded, it is online, but I don't know where it is and I had a couple of potential beaters - EGOTIZE and EROTISED. Tom definitely messed up in rounds 1 and 14. Also I think in round 5. TIEFING was a bit of a nervous mistake, you just have to get 282 in round ...

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Rhys Benjamin wrote:WHAT A GRAND PRIX! STRAIGHT OUT OF THE 80'S!

Let me guess; somebody led the race from start to finish?

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Maxed this one at home today. First time in almost a year.

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Mark James wrote:Actually this probably isn't a very good idea but how about a variant where the letters that weren't used to make the winning word carry over to the next round?

I think that variant already exists. It's called ScrabbleTM

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Well, I'd prefer if everyone sent complete unknowns. It was supposed to be an amateur song contest just like the olympics was supposed to be an amateur sporting event. We actually hired professionals to compete against each other for the right to represent us which I think is really bad form. Every...

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complete with drunk Marty Whelan (poor man's Wogan crossed with Des Lynam) Noel Edmonds/Dale Winton would be a better comparison IMO. (Just for the insincerity/smarm factor.) Andy Wilson wrote: When the Irish results came around tonight, you saw Derek Mooney deliver them for us................. . H...

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Wasn't watching it myself, but my daughter was while I was using the computer on the other side of the room.The only time I looked up was when I heard the Azerbaijan entry. I thought that it sounded pretty good. Good call, Raccoon. Did you get any money down?

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James Robinson wrote: so June 2 is now needed.

I'll give it a go, James.

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I wonder how awkard multi-seat constituency STV ballot papers are in practice. You might have six seats in a constituency and the main parties might all field six candidates. Then you've got all the minor parties and indpendents. That's going to be a pretty big ballot paper. http://www.broadsheet.i...

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Glad you enjoyed that Liam! :) p.s. Matt: How do Iget the .gif to display? Just wrap the URL of the image inside and tags. http://www.google.ie/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=http://www.digidudez-forums.co.uk/images/avatars/simpsons/3446-1022jacare-msnicons.com.jpg&sa=X&ei=Ck3MTZLPDdOzh...

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OK< can't take it any longer.... who is CF? Michael can't take it any longer, either. That's why CF is just right. Awesome, Matt. :D CF is Michaels boyfriend (partner?), Rhys. Must have missed this thread first time round. Seeing this for the first time I have to ask: was Kirk so happy to have his ...

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bump for the bizarrely opposing darrens I managed http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=447221 in rounds 7 and 9 in this game even weirder I'm probably sitting at about 3x the legal limit of alcohol right now and have no clue how I puller either of those spots out of my ass, let alone both of t...

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Chris Corby wrote: If you had said "It's a simple system. We have used it to elect the Irish president for 80 years" there would have been no confusion on my part at least.

I did, here, in my very next post, in reply to your first assertion that I'd got it wrong. You must have missed it.

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So there. Made me smile. Liam, this forum is discussing AV when it comes to electing members of our Parliament. Correct me if I am wong but when you do this you use proportional representation, don't you? How you elect your President is not relevant to this discusssion, any more than it is me descr...

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When I said to Liam that he did not have the AV system that we were proposing in Ireland he said that I was "wrong". I hesitated to say that he was wrong as he lives there, but apparently only three countries in the world have the AV system that we were proposing and Ireland wasn't one of...

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Clive Brooker wrote:I'm prepared to give Cameron the benefit of the doubt on this, and assume that he genuinely doesn't understand how AV works.

You can be certain that he knows exactly how it works. That's why he's against it.

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. Obviously there's the "war on terror", but that's not a proper war - it's just rhetoric like a war on cancer or AIDS. Both sides armed, espionage, propaganda, bombing , shooting, killing.......don't kid yourself. Its a real war. And bin Laden wasn't exactly sticking to the terms of the ...

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For a second there I thought Damian was back, but sadly not.

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Only once in 1,500 AV elections in Australia has the third place party won. May be slightly different over here with only three main parties. I can see the Lib Dems clearing up as Tories won't second pref Labour and Socialists won't second pref the Tories! Yes in some marginal constituencies that w...

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Ian Fitzpatrick wrote:If AV gets the go ahead, how many people will bother with second, third etc preferences - I'm not sure I would!

I think the figure here is over 90% .

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It's a puzzle.

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Me You weren't amongst the people who I thought could be politicians. Actually, I think Rhys is good politician material. A successful politician needs to be impervious to criticism ( or, in Rhys' case, oblivious).He would also need to have supreme confidence in his own abilities, the capacity to i...

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Wrong. Since the BNP candidate has now been eliminated, he still has one vote, which has transferred to the UKIP. Its's a simple system. We've had it here for 80 years. It's really not that difficult to understand. Really? I thought Ireland had the STV (Single Transferrable Vote) system which is si...

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Wrong. Since the BNP candidate has now been eliminated, he still has one vote, which has transferred to the UKIP. Its's a simple system. We've had it here for 80 years. It's really not that difficult to understand. Really? I thought Ireland had the STV (Single Transferrable Vote) system which is si...

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This is a great ding-dong, bringing out the best and worst in all of us. I am genuinely surprised by some of the vitriol spouting forth from our collective mouths. Politics or religion - can't beat it! Back to my real general election result and the BNP "multi-vote" argument. Remember we ...

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Third party results since 1970: 1970: 7.5% national vote 6/630 seats 0.95% of seats (Liberal) 1974 Feb:19.3% NV 14/635 seats 2.2 % of seats (Liberal) 1974 Oct:18.3% NV 13/635 seats 2.04 % of seats (Liberal) 1979: 13.8% NV 11/635 seats 1.73 % of seats (Liberal) 1983 25.4% NV 23/650 seats 3.53 % of se...

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Since I quoted 1966 above purely at random, lets take a look at the General Election results for that year: Labour 317 seats, 44.1% ; Conservative 304 seats, 43.4% ; Liberal 9 seats, 11.2%; Total seats 630 On the basis of the overall national vote, the Liberals under Proportional Representation,(the...

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Rhys Benjamin wrote: However, AV gives disproportionate weight to the dogshite vote. Exactly the opposite. The whole point of AV is to give proportionate weight to smaller parties. Rhys Benjamin wrote: I think that you want to change to the American presidential elections, as I see your point about...

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