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Charlie Reams wrote:I made off with this guy's nameplate and will donate it to anyone who can make a good argument that they deserve it.

I've had my nameplate on my bedroom door for the past 2 and a half years. I'm 44. i'm not sad

Clever faquers

Ah, that's reassuring. Thought I was probably the only sad tosser who did that working out what 'might have been' thing!!!! Sad tosser? :x :( I don't really do that, it's just if I happened to see a possible 9 after the first 8 I get all :x if the contestants pick the wrong thing, and I keep an eye...

Shame Pauline wasn't on today. She could've had PROMATE in R1. :) And then when questioned spelt it R-A-P-T-U-R-E :x :) Um, since I'm here I'll point out that picking a final consonant instead of a vowel in round something-or-other would have given an R for ATTORNEYS :| [/i] Ah, that's reassuring. ...

There once was a young girl from Southend on Sea who wasn't quite sure what she wanted to be 'til recession kicked in and our Carol got binned and now she works on Countdown where she is regularly subjected to flirtatious behaviour by the show's presenter Jeff Stelling. I know it's a bit of a joke,...

No!

MOTORISE was there in the roomiest, tiresome round too. Ooh my brain's getting a workout!

Hey - Richard better get TIDDLER - just the right lead in for a poem!

Hmmm - didn't beat DC but surprised GLORIED not spotter by contestants in exordial round.

Stop shouting that at the television!!!!

It doesn't beat DC but in the first round, UNSEAT beat the players.

Sue

Ooh, erm, Peter -Stoutest needs 3 't's' ....weren't there only 2???

EYELINES. Eyeline isn't listed as a mass noun, though strangely the entry beneath, eyeliner IS given as a mass noun - yet I've dozens of eyeliners in my make-up bag!

Sue

Hi, I'm Sue. I've watched Countdown since the dawn of time and was a contestant in Autumn 2006. Got beaten in a 'crucial' Countdown conundrum so only got the one game... but I scored 80 something. Immediate sense, on losing, was one of relief because I took my place on that chair like a rabbit in he...