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Fred Mumford

The wiki says "octochaps", so I can see Corrina's problem.

Fred Mumford

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2019 2:31 pm It came across as quite rude actually.

I know Rachel doesn't normally come across that way, but this particular incident (rude, pushy, and with a fake smile at the end) makes me think she would be perfect for a career in HR.

Fred Mumford

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Sep 20, 2019 1:19 pm First numbers - (9×8+7+6)×10+3=853.

Yes, I was surprised both players missed that one and therefore astonished that Rachel did too.

Fred Mumford

I think the cover is ok, but never "far superior". I wasn't expecting many people to agree, hence why I thought it suited the thread title perfectly. Here's another one - I find Joni Mitchell almost unbearable to listen to. Just something about the tone/pitch of her voice, I always think ...

Fred Mumford

Covers of Beatles songs were far superior to the originals. Exhibit A - Dear Prudence. Siouxsie knocked it out of the park.

Fred Mumford

Was the reference to Willie Thorne being a world snooker champion some kind of piss take, 25 years after Baddiel and Skinner used to mercilessly mock him on Fantasy Football?

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8.33% is just the first available increment, so the truly acceptable level could be anywhere between 0.01% and 8.33%. Of the 3 main options, 169 is therefore clearly way too high, and 145 almost certainly too low. I'm going to suggest 152.

Fred Mumford

In the days when the London Underground still employed guards on their trains, the guard would shout "Minotaurs" at each station once they thought all the passengers had finished getting off and on.

Fred Mumford

Indeed, Whiteley introduced him in the Supreme final as "the only unbeaten Countdowner", which must have pleased Nic Brown no end.

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It's an interesting quirk that all the serious contenders that might be considered the best ever all have a defeat to their name, whilst none of the unbeaten players are held in quite the same regard. That said, I do disagree with the Wiki's view that Harvey Freeman once lost. Countdown Masters was ...

Fred Mumford

If you ask for someone's PI number though they might just say 3.14159, which isn't going to advance your career as a fraudster much.

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I am Dave Butt's mum.

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Loved the look of confusion/momentary self doubt on Dinos' face when Elliott declared 7 in the TREASURE round.

Fred Mumford

Fiona T wrote: ↑Tue Jun 25, 2019 9:08 pm There was a conversation afterwards about what a chaparral was, and the conclusion was that we had no idea, but we knew there was a high one!

As a motorsport fan I spotted chaparral immediately but had no idea it was a real word, hence wouldn't have buzzed.

Fred Mumford

If I'm loosing, 3 large. If I'm tighting, 1 large.

2 large can be pretty evil, despite what any computer analysis will tell you. There's often no obvious start point. It might be the easiest selection given 30 minutes, but in 30 seconds it has to be 1 large.

Fred Mumford

There certainly seems to be an increased recycling of DC guests.

Fred Mumford

The 5 areas that most damage the max score % are missed conundrums (Elliott didn't), missed 9s (Elliott didn't), missed numbers (he maxed 31/32), invalid words (just Moonies), and being beaten by your opponent (he wasn't).

This octorun record could last 20 years.

Fred Mumford

Scoring 1000 in the 9 round era would have been special indeed.

Anyway, it'll be like the 4 minute mile - now 1000 has been broken, within weeks every octochamp will be doing it (I don't really need a sarcasm emoji for that one do I?).

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Fewest points dropped in an octorun: 26 so far. Jen dropped 72. This is perhaps the most ridiculous of the records. Fucking hell. I assume he didn't drop many today, so I withdraw my comment about the maxes being the most impressive record. I'm also now confused as to who obviously didn't make it t...

Fred Mumford

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2019 1:58 pm Oh yes. Maxes.

If any bitter Dylan fans start arguing that high scores are easier these days because of all the new dictionary additions, the counter argument is that it's therefore harder to get maxes. Beating the maxes record too is possibly the most impressive record of the lot.

Fred Mumford

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2019 6:23 am Depends who is the 8th seed

At least the 8th seed can console themself with having had several good on-screen performances prior to their sadistical and gruesome slaughtering.

Fred Mumford

Elliott's discomfort in the last couple of days when he's thinking he might be condemning his opponent to a score of 0 is more than evident. At least such a scenario is unlikely to develop in his post-octorun (no spoiler, I have no idea if he won his 8th game) Countdown career of finals and potentia...

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Thomas Carey wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 12:54 pm Fiona is genuinely the best thing to happen to this community in the last month or so

The debate about the worst thing shouldn't take long.

Fred Mumford

Kirk got a 130, but that was the old 15 round format.

Dan McColm's 123 remains the only perfect game in the new format as far as I know.

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Isn't 3 large the median selection for difficulty? It's not as if he went for 6 small.

Fred Mumford

May as well skip the 1000 club altogether and go for 1100.

I hope Elliott's future opponents are all cunts, no half decent person deserves what's coming to them.

Fred Mumford

I'm sufficiently intrigued by this to lend you a shovel. I want it back though.

Fred Mumford

I believe he turned down such an opportunity, but nevertheless Jonny Rye deserved another go. Impressive and entertaining as George Ford's Countdown career proved to be, it was basically launched by administrative error.

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Based on what has happened so far, I think it works like this:- 16 teams, so 8 games in the "heats" round. Following this we have 8 winners (1-0) and 8 losers (0-1). Next stage is the "losers" round - win this and you're at 1-1 and survive, lose and you're 0-2 and BFH as Jim Bowe...

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Just when I thought I had worked out how the Only Connect heats system works, it throws a complete curveball. Surely tonight's game should have been between the Dicers and the Forrests, both of whom won their opening games? What does the withdrawal of the Dragons have to do with it? The Dragons shou...

Fred Mumford

A Frank Mulvey v Will D Downing special needs to happen. I only discovered this forum and the wiki as a result of wondering exactly when Downing's game had taken place, as I could still remember it so well.

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Graeme Cole wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 9:53 pm The remaining one is someone obscure enough that when I saw the name I didn't immediately recognise it and had to look it up on the wiki.

Jon Corby?

Fred Mumford

Conor would be one of course. Allan Saldanha and Darryl Francis?

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Just yesterday I was thinking that 146 was probably safe for ever because of the limited opportunities for all the required pieces of the jigsaw to fit together. Kudos to Nick for letting Zarte know that 150 is a new record, otherwise the loud cheering from the audience might have seemed really conf...

Fred Mumford

Rachel clearly hadn't spotted Mike's R14 solution - her voice suggested she thought he was going wrong.

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Why do so many people insist on pronouncing HOMAGE as if they are pretentious or French? It's "hommidge" ffs.

Fred Mumford

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Nov 21, 2018 5:57 pm
JimBentley wrote: ↑Wed Nov 21, 2018 5:11 pm you're funny, you're clever
Interesting. But I do actually think you're wrong.

Which bit do you most take issue with?

I struggle to think of any fiction that has made me cry, but for some reason Long Lost Family always manages it.

Fred Mumford

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Fri Nov 16, 2018 4:23 pm I'll have you know that I have been partner of the month twice ( in 5 years )

That's a 3% max rate.

Fred Mumford

The one potentially valid argument against Bradman is that he only dominated one aspect of his sport - he was not outstanding as a bowler or fielder.

Fred Mumford

If the moon landing was faked, why on earth (sorry) would they have taken the unnecessary risk of doing a load more faked landings over the next 3 and half years, with the corresponding increase in risk of being found out and having to involve all those extra people in the conspiracy? Once would hav...

Fred Mumford

I hope so - a 15 to 1 Trevor Montague type scandal would be fun.

Fred Mumford

Time spent having breakfast is time that could have been spent staying in bed a bit longer instead.

I never feel hungry first thing anyway, though if someone mentions food to me quite early on in the day then it can make me peckish. Otherwise I can get to about half past 1 without needing food.

Fred Mumford

I've just checked and it actually seems you are now right, it does give more than one solution. However I am certain this never used to be the case. Correct, the main thing that converted me to the crossword tools number solver was that the incoherency one only used to return a single solution. The...

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Nah, it will only offend 15 people. Anyway I didn't exactly put an enormous amount of thought into it, just looked at the basic stats, and tweaked them a little bit to allow for dictionary updates and progress in their series finals. Wouldn't have bothered at all if it hadn't been for the outcry abo...

Fred Mumford

He seems the most likely - he got about 83 maxes in his octorun, nobody else in his half of the draw reached 70. But anything can happen.

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Based on points and max rates he would have to be the betting favourite from that half of the draw, although those particular metrics are slightly distorted when comparing players across this range of series due to dictionary updates that boost available points but make maxes harder to achieve. I ha...

Fred Mumford

In common with others, too much scoring is the reason I have never got into basketball. Football on the other hand goes too far in the other direction. I think American Football and rugby have got it about right.

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Sad day for the Cut.

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Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Sat Jul 21, 2018 3:41 pm If a cheese can have a goaty flavour, how do you refer to a cheese that is a bit more so?

Repulsive?

Fred Mumford

16-ish times world darts champion. Having said that, you were probably referring to the BDO darts championship, so maybe Zarte does have a fair shout after all.

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Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Wed Jul 18, 2018 12:27 am Was anyone else hoping John would pick an e as his final vowel in r13?

I'm not sure that's how it works.

Fred Mumford

Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Tue Jul 17, 2018 2:27 am You're right. My money's on Zarte winning it. Probably everyone else's too.

Only if Phil Taylor has definitely retired.

Fred Mumford

A Wank To Remember

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Rain Mat
The Green Milk
Picnic at Hanging Cock

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Vince, you have greatly overstated the number of possible problems - you seem to be treating the 20 small tiles as if they are all different, which is not the case. Take the easiest case, 4 large - how can there possibly be 190 combinations? The large numbers never change, and even a simple 10 x 10 ...

Fred Mumford

We discussed that phenomenon a few months ago - in this case it's called the Domino effect.

Fred Mumford

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2017 2:37 pm It's almost like Nick doesn't know how the seeding works

In fairness, he probably just hasn't been told about that rule amendment yet - it was only changed in 1983.

Fred Mumford

Singapore, Brands Hatch, Spa, Silverstone, Indianapolis, Goodwood.

Only Spa and Silverstone on the actual occasions of F1 events though. Got to stand right behind the barrier on the exit of Eau Rouge for about 3 minutes, until a security guard moved us on.

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2017 10:25 pm Edit - Actually, not attributing it to the Mandela effect is the Mandela effect in action because it is the Mandela effect. Or something.

This is just an underhand way of calling me a cock.

Fred Mumford

I thought that incident happened during the 1987 storm.

I'm not quite enough of a cock to attribute this to the Mandela Effect though.

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