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We're on Wednesday now, which can mean only 2 things, there's a show on in around 2 hours, and it's also the first half of the Robinson Recap later. Tom has now got 2 wins under his belt after beating ex-pro footballer Adrian Coote yesterday. Will he get the hat-trick today? The words "still&qu...

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Lesley Hines wrote:Happy birthday Sue! Can I come too please to see what Alec's got?

Happy Birthday, Sue!

Unlike Lesley, I'm not desperate to see what Alec has got for you, although I'm slightly intrigued.

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James Robinson wrote:A KHAKI AIMS BUOY

Well, it's been a week, so I'd better give you a clue.

Fleetwood Mac's Chain might help you with the answer.

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Marc Meakin wrote:
Kirk Bevins wrote:
James Robinson wrote:COWPIES - Round 12
COWPIES not valid, sorry.
Only in The Dandy.

How odd. Unless I'm not mistaken, COWPEAS are allowed, but COWPIES aren't! This dictionary needs checking and refining sharpish.

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ACETATE - Round 6
COWPIES - Round 12

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Davy Affleck wrote:It's snowing outside my window just now so it's officially winter as of today. Na Na Na to James & Niall.

Big deal, it snowed in Yorkshire on Friday night. I know because me and my dad drove through it on Saturday to get down to Stoke-On-Trent.

So, to quote some Scotsman, Na Na Na to you!

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Whilst admittedly the first few times the 'lets start the spoilers thread early to piss James off' joke was quite funny (whether or not it actually did piss him off); it's now getting quite boring and predictable. For the record I actually like it when James starts them off, it's quite useful to be...

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James Robinson wrote:Not that surprising, considering that's when Winter begins.

Matthew Green wrote:Technically, winter begins on the 21st December.

Unless I'm not mistaken, 21st December is, surprisingly, in December.

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Michael Wallace wrote:
James Robinson wrote:
Ben Hunter wrote:I got the first spoiler thread of the month, something I know that James Robinson really wanted, but now can't have.
I had it in September, so it doesn't really matter to me.
December is way cooler than September.

Not that surprising, considering that's when Winter begins.

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Ben Hunter wrote:I got the first spoiler thread of the month, something I know that James Robinson really wanted, but now can't have.

I had it in September, so it doesn't really matter to me.

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Speed Demon:

Ian Dent 26-56 James Robinson
James Robinson 56-28 Ian Dent

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A final vowel in R13 would probably have given a 9. (pistoler+ A, E or O.) Saddo corner: I was on the phone, playing against my dad "live" and I screamed "A,E or O for a 9!" and Graham went consonant and my dad laughed as he said he couldn't see what the 9s would have been. And ...

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Kai Laddiman wrote:Round 15: R I V E R C O O S

C2 buzzes on 8 seconds to say CORROSIVE which is correct.
Score: 66–84 (max 129)

I had the conundrum time as a smidge before 10 seconds, hence I altered the wiki page to 9.5 seconds.

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Deary me, this month has just flown by, hasn't it. After a cold and miserable Saturday in Stoke-On-Trent seeing the mighty Terriers beat Port Vale, it's nice to have Countdown back on the TV, a very nice warmer-upper indeed. Graham remains the champ after 2 wins (Is he the same Graham on Apterous, c...

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szodiac wrote:Countdown Recap Friday 02 February 1994

The Countdown Wiki gives the show as Friday 18 February 1994, my 6th birthday.

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James Robinson wrote:I've got Martin this week in a Speed Demon. I sent him a message on Monday.

It's still in my outbox.

Just in the nick of time.

Speed Demon

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Sue's avatar seems like a rubbish ripoff of Michael "Raccoon" Wallace. It's the cheapest plagarism that I've ever known.

3/10

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Kudos to James Robinson, who has been quietly adapting some of these one Mauro had already posted before he got the recapper working, to the recapper and Wiki. Great work, James. Thanks, Derek. Anything to help out this fantastic game show. I believe that countdowngoofs will be having some more old...

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Phil Reynolds wrote:
Phil Reynolds wrote:
James Robinson wrote:Round 1: S N P E E I C Y T

C1: PINCES (6)

In case my previous post was too subtle: PINCES is not a word.

Oh, it seemed pretty plausible to me, i'll just alter it then.

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D Eadie wrote:
James Robinson wrote:I'm not quite convinced about how good he is, especially after missing that fairly simple numbers game early on.
We can't all be human calculators.........

Based on my performances, I was more like a calculator with a couple of bugs inside.

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Right, onto today's nitty girtty info. Graham is now the champ after beating Jennifer yesterday. I'm not quite convinced about how good he is, especially after missing that fairly simple numbers game early on. His letters were fairly good though, despite that phantom N in his DINGO declaration. I wo...

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Happy 31st birthday to my nemesis, Mr McCurdie. Is he the guy that RASPILLED you good and proper? :P Unfortunately so. I still haven't and will never get over the fact that I just capitulated on that game. Really if I'd won that game, I would've almost certainly been in the finals. Obviously I was ...

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Did you even try blowing the Matt Morrison horn? ;) Same with me and Martin May. He's still not responded about our week 2 speed demon game. A few times he's been in the room on apterous but not there. I've got Martin this week in a Speed Demon. I sent him a message on Monday. It's still in my outb...

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Jon Corby wrote:Is he related to George Raison from back in October?

Two-thirds of George Raison's shows were in September.

Slight nit-picking I know, but you did it to me yesterday.

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Welcome to the second half of your weekly Robinson Recap. Now, if you want to see Countdown without listening to Jeff's American accent (this being Thanksgiving Day today), then you've come to the right place. P.S. Happy Thanksgiving to Jason and all our other American Countdowners. ;) :) :D Countdo...

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We've past halfway in the week. Jennifer is still the champ, as she has been all week.

She just managed to scrape pass Sunil yesterday, so can she get back into top gear and cruise to her 4th win?

We'll have to wait and see...

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Dinos Sfyris wrote:Wouldn't be surprised if quite a few forumites Kirk etc maxed this game. I only missed ANNEAL and PECTINES/CYSTEINE

I didn't do too bad. I got PECTINES and ANNEAL, but was nowhere near the conundrum.

Couldn't believe everyone missed KNEECAP though.

Having said that, I did too.

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does anyone have any idea who is the DC guest on the 9th of december recordings? i ve go a rare weekday off work so am goin down? Paul Zenon. Since December 9th is a Wednesday, would I be right in assuming that the new series will start recording on Monday 7th :?: P.S. When will Series 62 start bro...

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Another week has begun, and amazingly my recap is first on this week. Everyone else must be drunk and nursing hangovers. :lol: Countdown recap for Wednesday 25 November 2009. C1: Champion Jennifer Bett (2 wins, 199 points.) From Edinburgh. Currently studying for an accountancy degree. She is also th...

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Well, we're closing in on the Series 61 final bash.

Jennifer is putting in a strong claim for that last finals spot. Another 4 wins will see her in the finals along with the 7 octochamps.

Can she do it

Based on her previous 2 performances, she seems a good Bett to me.

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Oliver Garner wrote:Tuesday 17th November 2009 (Series 61, Prelim 89)

I believe last Tuesday was Prelim 87, not 89.

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Happy 31st birthday to my nemesis, Mr McCurdie.

I didn't actually know he was on the forum until it was shown on the birthdays bit at the bottom!

Having said that, he has only done one post, so he has been a bit on the quiet side.

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Victoria PENDLETON Weeeeeeee! Right, here's one I prepared earlier HAVE THEM FROGS RAM ARSE At last I have solved it. It is Margrave of the marshes. Very apPEELing. A NAKED SOAKING I have been wrestling with my conscience about revealing the answer. KENDO NAGASAKI I've got one. A KHAKI AIMS BUOY

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Well, Charlie must have felt the Monday blues yesterday, falling to Jennifer. That result means that Steve Wood will be gracing the finals in a couple of weeks. Who will be the 8th :?: Any one who becomes an octochamp within the next 15 days will be in the top 8. Will Jennifer be that 8th octochamp ...

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Very late alternative 1st Numbers:

3 x 7 = 21, 21 x 25 = 525, 5 - 1 = 4, 4 x 8 = 32, 525 + 32 = 557

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P.S. Before anyone asks, I did not vote for myself. Who did you vote for, James? I voted for Alec, Damian, Dinos, Howard, Jason, Liam, Martyn, Niall, Philip and Rich. Most were based on contributions, as Alec suggested, but I didn't quite reach 10, so the remaining ones are my favourite Apterites, ...

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I'd personally like to thank the 2 people who were very kind to vote for me on this poll too?

P.S. Before anyone asks, I did not vote for myself.

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Marc Meakin wrote:I hsve been trying to come up with some names for our team(s)

How about 'The Vowel Movement' or 'Consonant Companions'

Have we actually got a settled name for the team, or are we going to create a poll and see which everyone prefers

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Jojo Apollo wrote:Is his Egghead debut tomorrow?

I'd have thought it was tonight, but it was the classic line-up tonight. So, my guess is that tomorrow, it'll be Kevin, CJ, Daphne, Chris & Barry. Then on Wednesday, it'll be CJ, Daphne, Chris, Barry & Pat.

We'll just have to wait and see.

James Robinson

Well, we're closing on the end of Series 61. Just 13 shows left before the quarters. The top 6 of Andrew Hulme, Chris Davies, Innis Carson, Ryan Taylor, Brian Selway & Jeffrey Burgin can all look forward to fighting it out in the piece de resistance in 2 and a half weeks time, but who are going ...

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For those who care, the final of Are You An Egghead? is tomorrow on BBC2 and one of the finalists is a bloke called Pat Gibson. I was flicking through the cable channels last night and got to Challenge and an old episode of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire was showing from 2004. In the seat was Pat Gi...

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The Carol Vorderman-hosted edition of this show from 2006 is scheduled to be on Dave at 10:20 tonight. As a bonus it also features Dr. Phil Hammond as a panellist. It will be on again at 11:20 on Dave Ja Vu . Is it online anywhere? It's on YouTube. As a big HIGNFY fan, I've seen all of them on Trip...

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A nice date, so I can attend this time

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Well, well, well, Charlie seems to be doing well so far. 3 wins on the spin for the Apterite. Can he make it 4 today :?: We'll have to wait and see... I think Amanda Lamb has been pretty good this week. It's quite nice that quite a lot of the newer guests are big Countdown fans, such as Amanda, Coli...

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Even with the support of Jeff, who claims that he had patties all the time, in the North-East, it's just not in the dictionary, putting Anne further behind. Obviously PATTIES is valid though, it's just that the singular is PATTY. I was just pointing out the fact that Jeff said the singular version ...

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Jeffrey Burgin wrote:
Phil Makepeace wrote:Did Amey Deshpande win then?
No, they were a finalist short and so James Robinson stepped in and made an incredible comeback appearance on his 4th attempt.

Yeah, I even managed to surprise myself with all those fantastic words I came up with!

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NEWSFLASH

Carol Vorderman will NOT, I repeat, NOT, be appearing on tonight's Question Time from Leicester.

Her place seems to have gone to the ex-Labour, now Independent MP Clare Short.

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Welcome one and all to the first James Robinson Thursday Recap :!: ;) :) :D Having said that, the celebrations don't stop there. Today is Jeff & Rachel's 200th edition of Countdown :!: ;) :) :D Set off the fireworks :!: Countdown recap for Thursday 19 November 2009. C1: Champion Charlie Khoo (2 ...

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Alternative to 3rd numbers:

50 x 9 = 450, 7 + 1 = 8, 8 x 5 = 40, 450 + 40 + 4 = 494

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C1: Champion Charlie Khoo [...] won the Charity Changing Faces Essay Prize, in which he did a 2,000-word essay on cooking. Actually, it was on coping with disfigurement, but that can easily be misheard as "cooking". :? (Charlie's essay is here if anyone's interested.) I think the cooking ...

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Countdown recap for Wednesday 18 November 2009. C1: Champion Charlie Khoo (1 win, 98 points.) A medical student studying in college at London, but comes from Bray, near Maidenhead, Berkshire. Likes to play rugby and enjoys cooking. He also won the Charity Changing Faces Essay Prize, in which he did ...

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I thought I'd blow my own trumpet with FARTING in Round 4.

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D Eadie wrote:Joanne Britton.

Thanks for that, Damian. Surprised you're on here with all the excitement going on at the studios.

Wish I was there...

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Ian Dent wrote:Annie Hall.

I thought Annie said she was on tomorrow's show, Ian.

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Well, since everyone's still enjoying the Series Final Fest in Manchester, it's up to me again to sort out the spoilers for today's show. Charlie put in a very strong and dominant performance yesterday, although I think it was plain to see that Andrew definitely suffered from a bout of nerves. I'm t...

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Douglas Wilson wrote: (or maybe because tickets were in such high demand they couldn't justify giving two seats to one arse).

Douglas, maybe I should use my giant arse and squish you with it

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Since virtually everyone is at Manchester for the first part of the recordings, it's up to me to bring us upto date with the Series broadcasts. Ryan won yesterday and is now No.4 seed, so we'll have to wait another month before we see him again, unless you're going to tomorrow's recordings of course...

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Lesley Hines wrote:Fair play James - that was a great recap

Can't believe no-one else has commented, but I enjoyed it.

I'm glad you enjoyed it, Lesley. I enjoyed your game last Tuesday.

Shame I didn't recap it.

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