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OOGAMIES R1

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Oliver Garner wrote:Is that 14 maxes including 2 unsolvable numbers games? If so, very impressive Jonathan! Did you have MIDSOLE when you stuck with 6 on that round?

Yes he did

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I think he's talking about our tendency to offer obscure words!

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((75+3)*50-100)/25 alt in R10

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COSECANT is a nice mathsy one I thought Conor would have in R9

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David Barnard wrote:John played very well but Kirk overshadowed him completely, one gripe is that seeing there was only one max game in the 15 rounder history before this game, todays game should have at least got a mention but it wasn't

I heard Nick did mention it at the time but that must've been cut.

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Yeah, max game. Amazing.

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Graeme maxed the first 13 rounds there, very unlucky to have lost.

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Count me in!

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I got two nines, Ben - AEROPLANE and MORALISER.

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Rhys Benjamin wrote:I had an idea of Eurovision voting a few months ago, but I was absolutely stoned to pieces.

I thought you were strongly against cannabis use?

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ATHEROMA R13

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CONOIDS in R7

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TELOMERIC in R3

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Countdown Team wrote:
James Robinson wrote:So, not just me then it seems: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a43 ... tudio.html

Actually, just you.

Hahaha, quality.

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DIASTOLE can't take -S unfortunately.

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We need fairly matched contestants and well-balanced games, so with the utmost respect to all players, it's unlikely we'd want people who maybe lost their first game Wot no Kirk? :-) But more seriously, no Dan McColm? But if you read what he said: We need fairly matched contestants and well-balance...

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Interesting fact: Mauro used a solver to solve the conundrum.

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Is anyone driving to this who could maybe give me a lift? I'm flying in from Germany, so a lift from pretty much anywhere in the UK would be good. This would be much appreciated!

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LEEBOARDS again!

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LEEBOARDS in R2

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Charlie Reams wrote:I make that eleven posts in a row that you've managed to mention being in the studio for the recording. Surely some sort of record?

Not much in it between him and Tony Atkins!

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I'll start writing some music for this tomorrow

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AMIGOS as an alternative in R6, BOERIE R7, BETATRON R8

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Controversy! SEDATIONS should've been allowed, and the margin of defeat was 18 points. Could this cost Victoria a place in the finals?

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Avoid -ING words.
Always declare the most obscure word possible.

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I am free on that date, so I'm coming.

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Not sure if I'm free on this date, but I am certainly interested in coming.

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And now, a poem. As we play with letters and numerical digits, With new host Nick Hewer, who one can say fidgets As he continues this week without his sidekick Jack With new champion Mark Murphy, who hasn't Worsley's skill or hair, ack! As we still wait for Hewer to get a medium rare steak, We have...

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Great performance, Jack! I had MELAENA as a nice alternative in the FREEMAN round, and CRANIUM and MANICOU in R2.

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(-5.50,-3.69)

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Championship result: Milo McKenzie 72-96 Dan McColm http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=527152 Neither of us at our best here. The scoreline was made to look flattering by an inspired 3-large solve in R14 and a conundrum which I'd had in Goatdown a day or two ago. In reality, this was a game I...

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Philip Jarvis 59-102 Dan McColm - http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=526968

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I'm in!

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Jon will be facing fellow apterite Mark Deeks tomorrow.

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Ryan Taylor wrote:
Dan McColm wrote:Surely James Nguyen wouldn't miss ETALONS.
Yeah, he was probably high when he recorded or "baked" as it is known to the in-crowd.

Who told you Nguyen was on today? Maybe he's just going easy on him in the first part.

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Surely James Nguyen wouldn't miss ETALONS.

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Charlie Reams wrote:
Dan McColm wrote:Our uni results came out today, and I got a first in my first year!
Woo! Where & what are you studying?

German and Russian at Durham.

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Our uni results came out today, and I got a first in my first year!

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I certainly would do Rach daily!

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Good performance, Graeme, you missed very little. I spotted HAVELI in round 8.

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PIECRUST^ and PIECRUSTS^ need removing - ODE lists these as two separate words.

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I had a whole extra-hot chicken once. It was very tasty. Where else can you go and eat a whole chicken?!

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Went clubbing with Kirk the other day in Durham and he won £8 on Hex. We celebrated with yet more drinks and I cannot remember the rest of the night.

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Today's challenger is my ex-girlfriend's sister's friend. She cheated in her phone audition.

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Am I the only one who thought the challenger looked a lot like Chris Davies?

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Durham FTW!

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What a game!!!!

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Very well done, Andy, you looked a lot more relaxed after yesterday's game - obviously relieved to have seen off an Apterite in a nervy game! Some excellent spots there.

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Ouch, very unlucky, Adam. Adam looked dead and buried at the end of the first third - forcing a crucial was amazing. Just a shame it was a hard conundrum (9/10)

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I was growing tired of Michelle saying "please" after every letter! So did Jeffery Hansford, according to the reliable source of the Countdown Wiki. I didn't watch Countdown back then. It's in the contestant guidelines that you shouldn't say "please" too often. I think when I wa...

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Nice win Andy

Lost it a bit towards the end, but still a very comfortable victory. I was growing tired of Michelle saying "please" after every letter!

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Michelle - I would.

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I had a dream where there was a lady at Tesco and she said to me, "Wolly wolly woo doo" and I said to her, "PO!" and she said to me, "telltubby?" and then a man from the checkout came and sang, "TINKY PINKY" and the lady said, "tinky W W W W WINKAY!"...

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Scott Gillies wrote:I would like u to add in the definition of "Tribade" into round 12 please As far as i'm aware its some kind of prostitute lol

You're in the right sort of area. I got TRIBADE while watching the show, and looked it up in my new dictionary and found out it was an old term for a lesbian.

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Dan, though I thought you did yourself proud, I was more impressed with the fact that you're trying to do "the 92" I just wondered, if a team moves to a new stadium (ie Chesterfield and Morecambe are two that spring to mind who have a new home this season), are you disciplining yourself e...

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I met John at recording, and thought he was a really nice guy. We watched Tuesday's episode in the green room, and he was coming up with words that equalled Ned all the time. Shame he didn't go any further than he did, he had the potential to be a good player.

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Things I liked:

- My casual sips of water
- My 815 solution
- NEPETA, which I didn't realise was the max

Things I disliked:

- How slowly I picked
- Not seeing REDEALT^ = RELATED
- Blowing the last numbers game, which was simpler than I thought.

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As far as I'm concerned, he was the James Callagher of the 1930's and 1940's. Read that how you will. Are you really comparing James Callaghan to Adolf Hitler? At least, I assume you mean James Callaghan. Unless you were going for James Callagher, a management consultant from Dallas; a maintenance ...

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