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Re: T-shirts
Turn up about 7 or 8 or whenever the cool people are getting there, then stay and chat for a few hours, and that's it really. It's like the Co:Lin pub bit except considerably closer to where you live. What's not to like! So yeah, you're coming.
Re: T-shirts
You coming to Co:Bliv, or at least the pre-party? Just bring it to that, if you are. And if you're not, come to Co:Bliv!
- Tue Jul 23, 2013 11:26 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: One Hundred Degrees of Kevin Bacon
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3458
Re: One Hundred Degrees of Kevin Bacon
Way to share toys, James.
- Mon Jul 15, 2013 11:45 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Negative numbers... why not?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4987
Re: Negative numbers... why not?
I remember Whiteley did that once when the target came up at exactly 100 and there was a 100 in the selection. fwiw.
- Thu Jul 11, 2013 3:58 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Getting a UK Countdown ranking
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4563
Re: Getting a UK Countdown ranking
On the one hand it's definitely a nice idea, in that it would bring an incentive for players to aim higher if they knew they were aiming for some sort of public exposure. However, the down side would be that it might actually put off some people from attending CO events. For example, the 2 ladies w...
- Fri Jul 05, 2013 10:23 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CoBliviLon13 (aka CoKX) - 3rd August 2013
- Replies: 36
- Views: 12128
Re: CoBliviLon13 (aka CoKX) - 3rd August 2013
Reasonable excuse but please do the decent thing and turn up pass-out drunk at 6am. Ta.
- Thu Jul 04, 2013 11:48 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Fifty Degrees of Kevin Bacon
- Replies: 36
- Views: 8373
Re: Fifty Degrees of Kevin Bacon
I'll add three: Kevin Bacon … Connection: Meryl Streep … Connection: Uma Thurman … Connection: Dwayne Johnson … Connection: Samuel L Jackson … Connection: Harrison Ford … Connection: Sean Connery … Connection: John Cleese … Connection: Cameron Diaz … Connection: Tom Cruise … Connection: Dustin Hoffm...
- Thu Jul 04, 2013 7:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday July 4th 2013 (Series 69 Prelim 4)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3271
Re: Spoilers for Thursday July 4th 2013 (Series 69 Prelim 4)
Distinctly heard Nick mention Steve's first opponent last Tuesday was Mark.... but did not mention a final score. Mauro I reckon it was Mark D and the Countdown Team did not realise until after the recording that it was Mark Deeks who had applied under an alias. ;) Wasn't a very good choice of alia...
- Wed Jul 03, 2013 8:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday July 3rd 2013 (Series 69 Prelim...3)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 8716
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday July 3rd 2013 (Series 69 Prelim..
Probably Edward Snowden.
Re: Recently
Hi Jason! Kate and Sarah are no longer with Countdown, unfortunately.
- Tue Jun 25, 2013 2:47 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: aptoSOS.03
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6004
Re: aptoSOS.03
Those who I would say don't play much these days are you, Rhys, Charlie, Niall, Joe Harrison, Gevin, Jordan Leckonby, James Hall, Zubair, Ned, Eskay and Danny Pledger. Of that I'm assuming you, Charlie and Gevin are easy enough to notify when the time comes. Joe's banned so discount him. Ned goes th...
- Tue Jun 25, 2013 11:46 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: aptoSOS.03
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6004
Re: aptoSOS.03
Might be a good idea to Aptomail all those who signed up to check they still want to be signed up. The sign-up period has been so long that some of those guys don't come around any more.
- Mon Jun 24, 2013 3:27 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Sports puzzles
- Replies: 50
- Views: 10354
Re: Sports puzzles
Yes there is. Treble twenty, treble twenty, double nineteen and a half. Or treble twenty, single 49, bull.
- Sun Jun 02, 2013 1:30 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Who would you like to see in DC?
- Replies: 219
- Views: 41386
Re: Who would you like to see in DC?
At the Comic Relief marathon, Mark Watson said he'd "absolutely love" to be in Dictionary Corner. I assume he meant it. He'd be good at it, too, I reckon.
- Fri May 31, 2013 5:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Dictionary corner....
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4183
Re: Dictionary corner....
I can't see that a few obscure words from Dictionary Corner would alienate anyone. They're not going to impress anyone. Some might, the "nice" words - while it's always subjective as to what makes a nice word, stuff the general public might actually encounter at some point probably counts...
- Tue May 28, 2013 12:34 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Teatime teaser clues
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1257
Re: Teatime teaser clues
There'll be three more tomorrow, hopefully they'll redeem the concept then.
- Tue May 28, 2013 12:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Dictionary corner....
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4183
Re: Dictionary corner....
It's about what Penelope wants. Obscure words you'll never need to know can alienate viewers who aren't too intense about the word knowledge.
- Wed May 22, 2013 8:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Wednesday 22nd May 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 45)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3798
Re: Wednesday 22nd May 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 45)
Studio must have been packed that day because Countdown hasn't churned out those numbers in about 85 years. Don't you read the Daily Mail?Still, not to worry. It was only in front of about two million people.
Re: T-shirts
I'm pretty big too, don't forget. *winks, flexes, drapes knackers on work surface, blushes, puts tiny knackers away again*
Re: T-shirts
That said, it would be quite fun for some random guy in sub-Saharan Africa to be walking around with Kirk's misspelt name on their chest. Fun thought. But yeah, I will take it off your hands nonetheless.
Re: T-shirts
Honestly not kidding about this - I was going through your pictures on Facebook yesterday (I was trying to find the one of Jono dressed as Robin Hood for the Apterous calendar), saw the Kirk Bevans is God one, and thought, I'd like that. And now this. SPOOKY coincidence.
I'll take it!
I'll take it!
- Wed May 15, 2013 11:17 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Little and large, small and big!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2126
Re: Little and large, small and big!
This level of unpredictability, devil-may-careness and wild uncontrollable danger seeking surely helps to brighten everyone's day.
- Sun May 12, 2013 10:21 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Guess who...
- Replies: 476
- Views: 53689
Re: Guess who...
Richard Blackwood?
- Wed May 08, 2013 10:26 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46299
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
Oh you you you.
- Wed May 08, 2013 2:06 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46299
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
So, we had that rematch. http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=993319 It puts the "board game effect" into some context as well as the sleep deprivation one. Things of note: 1) The max on the board game version was 3,550. The max on the Apto version was 3,770. (NB: the more sedate numb...
- Tue May 07, 2013 12:35 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: They say you learn something new everyday.....
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3355
- Mon May 06, 2013 9:47 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Countdown in Edinburgh 2 - Sat 2nd November
- Replies: 83
- Views: 29362
Re: Countdown in Edinburgh 2 - Sat 2nd November
Would like to be. Will know more in 5 months.
- Thu May 02, 2013 7:22 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Sports puzzles
- Replies: 50
- Views: 10354
Re: Sports puzzles
And only a minimum of 13 more frames to go! Thrilling stuff lined up there.
- Mon Apr 29, 2013 8:22 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Sports puzzles
- Replies: 50
- Views: 10354
Re: Sports puzzles
Why are the high-value colours near the non-baulk end where they're easier to get to after potting reds? After you've potted a red, it's likely to be easier to pot the black or pink than one of the baulk colours, but you get more points for the easier shot than for the harder one. Surely it makes m...
- Sun Apr 28, 2013 8:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CoBliviLon13 (aka CoKX) - 3rd August 2013
- Replies: 36
- Views: 12128
Re: CoBliviLon13 (aka CoKX) - 3rd August 2013
Do you need condoms in a bumming situation? Asking for a friend.
- Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:54 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Sophie Krol's Musings - and your comments about them.
- Replies: 85
- Views: 24246
Re: Sophie Krol's Musings - and your comments about them.
I dunno Rhys. There's something to be said for acting your age.
- Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:46 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous Masters 2013
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5488
Re: Apterous Masters 2013
Well done to Innis! He won 6-5. We managed three max games (including a double) and 11 crucials in 11 games, which is not bad going.
- Wed Apr 24, 2013 8:05 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous Masters 2013
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5488
Re: Apterous Masters 2013
If anyone wishes to spectate the final, it'll start in about 25 minutes.
- Sat Apr 20, 2013 11:16 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Friday 19th April 2013 - 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1148
Re: Friday 19th April 2013 - 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Yes I, uh, love Lexii.
- Fri Apr 19, 2013 5:21 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: 24 Hour Scrabble World Record Attempt
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2030
Re: 24 Hour Scrabble World Record Attempt
FAO Innis Carson
Is this an attempt for points scored or for longevity?
Is this an attempt for points scored or for longevity?
- Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:25 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46299
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
There's the small 19 meg option also at that link, silly goose!
- Thu Apr 11, 2013 9:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46299
- Thu Apr 11, 2013 7:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46299
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
I'm going to make it easier for you and make a self-aggrandizing Facebook photo album.
- Thu Apr 11, 2013 6:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46299
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
It's a she, and she really has.
On page 165 is a picture of me and Innis hitting a man in the face with a Victoria Sponge.
On page 165 is a picture of me and Innis hitting a man in the face with a Victoria Sponge.
- Thu Apr 11, 2013 4:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46299
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
Matt Morrison wrote:Also who are these girls in the background that Mark keeps flirting with? What are they doing there, and are they hot as fuck?
Page 498.
Would.
- Thu Apr 11, 2013 3:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46299
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
Note on page 161, proof of the time at 7am in the morning when the whole crowd came to visit us, and left coats and cake. No one saw this, I don't think, so finally there's some proof it actually happened. Possibly my favourite moment of the whole thing.
- Thu Apr 11, 2013 3:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown for Comic Relief
- Replies: 205
- Views: 46299
Re: Countdown for Comic Relief
One of the members of the audience for this show minuted the entire thing. And while it's taken them six weeks to do it, they have finally finished writing up those minutes. All 94,000 words of them. The Countdowning features heavily - there is a round by round recap that even includes definitions. ...
- Thu Apr 11, 2013 9:25 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Conundrum non-solutions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1347
- Wed Apr 10, 2013 3:47 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Coincidence
- Replies: 224
- Views: 79238
Re: Coincidence
It was something to do.
- Wed Apr 10, 2013 2:46 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Coincidence
- Replies: 224
- Views: 79238
Re: Coincidence
In the crush around the Houses of Parliament at the Queen's jubilee celebrations, with 1.5 million people in attendance, Ryan SWEARS he saw me. I didn't see him back, but I do honestly remember thinking at the time that I heard someone shout "MAAHHHHK!!!", so I believe him.
- Wed Apr 10, 2013 8:16 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1740
- Views: 688932
Re: Ask Graeme?
Has there ever been a show where there has been two or three numbers games which have only required a single working (for instance, 106 - 100,6 and any other four)? Also, full kudos to Graeme and everyone for this thread. It's an amazing font of information. I'm pretty sure there was once a numbers...
- Tue Apr 09, 2013 1:34 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Countdown Marathon - Thursday 28 February/Friday 1 March '13
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4912
Re: Countdown Marathon - Thursday 28 February/Friday 1 March
Well then I think we should claim it. 6 points and an extra max onto the total please
- Tue Apr 09, 2013 11:59 am
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Countdown Marathon - Thursday 28 February/Friday 1 March '13
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4912
Re: Countdown Marathon - Thursday 28 February/Friday 1 March
MEETER is valid on Apterous and always has been. CONTROVERSY.
- Mon Apr 08, 2013 12:23 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Rhys Benjamin on Suicide Watch
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5068
Re: Rhys Benjamin on Suicide Watch
No one spoke ill of her. No one rejoiced.
- Mon Apr 08, 2013 12:12 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Rhys Benjamin on Suicide Watch
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5068
Re: Rhys Benjamin on Suicide Watch
Be strong, brother.
- Mon Apr 08, 2013 9:13 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Celebrity pairs
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2395
Re: Celebrity pairs
When I was a young, idiotic boy, I was convinced that the BBC Six o Clock News reader Nicholas Witchell was actually the first man on the moon Neil Armstrong, and that the actor Peter Sellars was actually Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, based solely off of this stamp. (Collected stamps as a boy and r...
- Sun Apr 07, 2013 8:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Countdown Marathon - Thursday 28 February/Friday 1 March '13
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4912
Re: Countdown Marathon - Thursday 28 February/Friday 1 March
Maybe if we have something similar in 2 years time for the 27th anniversary, maybe we should get another 2 players to do 27 hours of Countdown, as it's fair to say that this has proved to be a fantastic idea, and I think it definitely needs to be repeated in the future. Well, we would do it again, ...
- Sun Apr 07, 2013 8:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Countdown Marathon - Thursday 28 February/Friday 1 March '13
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4912
Re: Countdown Marathon - Thursday 28 February/Friday 1 March
Reading back those last rounds gave me a nice warm feeling. They were pretty amped. I hope Innis won't mind me mentioning that he was as into is as I've ever seen him into anything - the surrealness of the whole thing (especially with Rachel dealing), the closeness of the score, the intensity. And a...
- Sun Apr 07, 2013 8:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Countdown Marathon - Thursday 28 February/Friday 1 March '13
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4912
Re: Countdown Marathon - Thursday 28 February/Friday 1 March
FWIW, I didn't really guess SIDEBOOB in that round. I declared first and only have 7 (BOOBIES), then AFTER innis outscored me I asked him to put my declaration is as that.
Great effort, James!
Great effort, James!
- Wed Mar 27, 2013 12:41 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday March 26th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 13)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6830
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday March 26th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 1
It is freaking ridiculous, to be fair. But yeah.
- Wed Mar 27, 2013 12:32 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday March 26th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 13)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6830
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday March 26th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 1
LOSINGEST is a word actually used in American sport.
- Tue Mar 26, 2013 11:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday March 26th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 13)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6830
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday March 26th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 1
If today's challenger (haven't see the show so apologies for not knowing the name) Googles his/her own name some day soon, finds this thread, and sees a discussion about quite when and to whom they should have been served up as mere fodder, they're prolly going to be disrespected.
- Tue Mar 26, 2013 1:48 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Talented Non-Apterous Contestants
- Replies: 50
- Views: 31985
Re: Talented Non-Apterous Contestants
No reason to assume Carl was an Apterite. He knew it about it, sure, but since he admitted to Googling at least me, and no doubt all of us in the QF lineup, that's no great mystery. So yeah. Him.
- Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:58 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday March 20th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 9)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5281
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday March 20th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim
*playful punch on the arm*Andy Platt wrote:Bit of a dick comment to make to be honest.Mark Deeks wrote:Looking forward to the excuses for every non-maxed round.