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Darren Carter

Hope it is another close contest today No disrespect to the recent octochamps, but is nice to get to part three with the contest still alive I sort of agree. Whilst I love watching the likes of Hulme, Carson and Davies coming up with ridiculous words, and can't wait to see them up against each othe...

Darren Carter

Marc Meakin wrote:I wonder if this date will be mentioned today or do they not know the airdate in advance?

They do know the airdate in advance.

Darren Carter

Time for two new contestants - could we have another Apterite on our hands?

Like Bob de Caux for example.......

Darren Carter

Felt sorry for Chris' opponent today, seemed to be even more nervous than Chris! Although I did chuckle slightly at the 3 when MAKE was written out in the selection!

Darren Carter

From someone who is shocking at conundrums, I was delighted with spotting INSWINGER really early on - it's a cricket term IIRC.

Darren Carter

Yeah is there a closing date as such? Will need to book it off work so don't want to pay yet.

Darren Carter

Was desperately hoping for Chris to pick a final consonant in round three for BALLERINA. And you could just see it in his eyes that he was eyeing up ASTEROIDS in the ROADIES round.

Darren Carter

Jeffrey Burgin wrote: In the flesh, she's probably the best-looking person I've ever seen in my life, which I was really not expecting. On the telly she obviously looks good, but when you're sitting 4 foot away from her she really is stunning.

Absolutely - the cameras don't do her justice.

Darren Carter

Has anyone emailed Charlie yet? I'm sure he said to email him if there are any problems but don't want to do it if several others have.

Darren Carter

John Bosley wrote: (2) why doesn't the other contestant (Adam) then get a go. I think he was one away but could be wrong.

Adam didn't declare anything.

Darren Carter

Sod the Premier League, the Championship is where it's at. Well done to the mighty Leicester City with 4 points from their first 2 games! :D Sod the Premier League and the Championship, League One is where it's at! What kind of division has 2 7-1 results in the first 10 days of the season :!: And I...

Darren Carter

"Can I have two large ones from your top rack please Rachel?" Don't go stealing my jokes blud. :P Btw, that one is defo getting asked when I'm on in September! Tempted to ask for one something Jeff would be used to as well aka a 'Hartlepool', or lots at the bottom. ;) Ha wondered how long...

Darren Carter

At last, a return to normality! Our beloved Countdown returns to our screens after a month off. ;) :) :D So, one big question needs to be answered over these next few days, or maybe it will be answered today :?: Will Paul become an octochamp and become the first octochamp to directly follow an octo...

Darren Carter

Jason Larsen wrote: I would like to see Betty White or David Letterman!

What about Drew Carey?

Darren Carter

Josef Fritzl

Darren Carter

Come on I thought this topic was about clunge?

Darren Carter

Phil Reynolds wrote:

Have you returned that shirt yet Jeff?

Darren Carter

Sod the Premier League, the Championship is where it's at. Well done to the mighty Leicester City with 4 points from their first 2 games!

Darren Carter

Lisa Thomson wrote:Is apterous working today? tried the stopgap link, and not getting in

Must not be as I'm having the same problem.

Darren Carter

Golf, closely followed by Cricket.

Darren Carter

Damn, I might actually have to do something productive now.

Darren Carter

David Williams wrote:Done it! With vast amounts of help. Anyone who could do that in two hours unaided has skills the like of which I cannot fathom. I don't think I would solve the codes that quickly even if I knew what I was looking for. Did you? Honestly?

I had a few hints.....

Darren Carter

Apologies if this has been posted before, tried a search but couldn't find anything.

http://www.ig.ns.ac.yu/fun.html

*WARNING* This game is very very addictive. It took me about 2 hours to escape the room!

Darren Carter

Not bragging about a game in particular, but just quite chuffed to see my name so high up in the top 6-small games even though it is just for the last 30 days.

http://www.apterous.org/statland.php?se ... rs_6_small

Darren Carter

Jon O'Neill wrote:That's what happens when you feed the trolls.

Exactly - they should have ignored him and he would have eventually given up.

Was funny to read though.....

Darren Carter

Damian Eadie?

Darren Carter

I'm voting for Andrew's conundrums. I hardly ever get any but I remember getting practically all of his.....

Darren Carter

I've never actually played a game of scrabble in my life, am I missing much?

Darren Carter

What are the chances of exactly the same letters selection appearing two days in a row? I'm sure one of you stats boffins can work it out.....

Darren Carter

I tried learning stems and the like but none of it was going in and I was still missing them on Apterous. I also had a list of words that I picked up from watching the show, playing Apterous, and found in Uni textbooks whilst revising (had AUTARKY and ABUNDANCE written down from my International Tra...

Darren Carter

"Can I have two large ones from your top rack please Rachel?"

Darren Carter

Matt Morrison wrote:discovered PUGIL^ and BOOLEAN^ today

I have tried Boolean before (not on Apterous, but whilst playing the show at home) and thought it would have been ok. I remembered the word from A-Level Electronics but didn't realise it was named after someone and was capitalised.

Darren Carter

Jeff Clayton wrote:Superb!!

Any more takers??

It's only been one day and you've already got more people than last year!

Darren Carter

I would love to get PISSHEADS......

Darren Carter

Marc Meakin wrote: I wonder how long this record will last?

Unfortunately I can't imagine it will be for very long - as long as Chris can perform as he does on Apterous.

Great stuff Andrew, fully deserved.

Darren Carter

Would get absolutely hammered by everyone, but would still love to come.

I can't make September 26th though.

Darren Carter

Kirk Bevins wrote: I wish him all the best but not too much as I really want to keep my record for longer than 4 bloody months.

If Andrew was to take your record, he might be keeping it for even less if Chris performs as expected.

Darren Carter

Charlie Reams wrote:
Darren Carter wrote:
Douglas Wilson wrote:FAO Jeff, Darren and Tony

When are your (and in Tony's case your wife's) shows transmitting?
Friday 18th September for me.
In parallel news, are you the same Darren Carter that appeared in Series 26? I assume not but you never know.

Nope, not me. I would have been 5 years old!

Darren Carter

Douglas Wilson wrote:FAO Jeff, Darren and Tony

When are your (and in Tony's case your wife's) shows transmitting?

Friday 18th September for me.

Darren Carter

Matthew Green wrote:She said at the end that she was just there to make the numbers up. She also made up a load of letters as well.

Darren Carter

Brian Moore wrote:Hmm, I'm not sure how un-PC it is, but I do tend to try to work out how good contestants are going to be by their appearance and speech. Somehow I had a feeling about today's challenger...

I'm glad I'm not the only person who does that.....

Darren Carter

Thought Jonathan would push Andrew all the way after his strong start but unfortunately seemed to lose it a bit.

Darren Carter

One bit that did make me chuckle was when Suzie told Barb that EASED was only a 5, and she was like "Is it?" and counted each letter out one by one. Ok, maybe if it was an 8 or a 9 but you can just take a glance at a 5 letter word and know its a 5.

Darren Carter

Andrew Hulme wrote:Probably the only 45 minutes of the whole experience that I didn't really enjoy.

You could tell you didn't really enjoy it - were you embarrassed for her?

I actually got the conundrum, which is quite unusual.

Darren Carter

Just watched this episode - the challenger must have been hit with nerves, poor guy.

Darren Carter

Ergonomic is the easier word out of the two in my opinion as I haven't even heard of Eclampsia. Having said that, Ergonomic is still quite a hard conundrum to solve as the ING sticks out like a sore thumb.

Darren Carter

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mindscape-Count ... 36&sr=8-17

Does anyone have any info about this? Is this *the* Countdown as opposed to some random game called Countdown?

Darren Carter

Jeff Clayton wrote:Actually there might be a COLEI 2009 in the offing...... early stages of planning but PM/message me if you'd be interested.

Jeff

I would definitely be there as it's local for me.

Darren Carter

If you want to be a series winner, wait a while. Is this a subtle way of calling him shit, Darren? No no, not at all - he's a very good player and I think he could become an octochamp if he applied now. But to win a series, he would have to be on a level with the likes of you/Hulme/Carson which I d...

Darren Carter

2- I made the application just because i wanted to be on tv, but now i've found apterous i've got a desire to do well on the show which i didn't have before. It all depends on how well you want to do. If you are happy with a good experience and almost definitely get a teapot (I'm sure you would), t...

Darren Carter

Really enjoyed Innis' run, and will no doubt enjoy Andrew's. It is quite cool to see people on the show who you play fairly regularly on Apterous. Just out of interest, and in relation to the whole "spacing the potential octochamps out" debate - I assume Innis and Andrew were seperated out...

Darren Carter

Speaking of which, has anyone done a telephone audition? I'm only asking because I'm still wondering how it works!? Surely, it's almost impossible to do a conundrum over the phone or have I missed something completely obvious :!: :? I had a telephone audition - they read out the letters for the con...

Darren Carter

Speaking of which, has anyone done a telephone audition? I'm only asking because I'm still wondering how it works!? Surely, it's almost impossible to do a conundrum over the phone or have I missed something completely obvious :!: :? I had a telephone audition - they read out the letters for the con...

Darren Carter

Jon Corby v Clare Sudbery

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Niall Seymour wrote:What about 3 player Countdown?

I am liking that idea.

Darren Carter

One went on eBay recently for eighty-something quid......

Darren Carter

I coincidentally thought about this the other day, what with the likes of Innis, Andrew and Chris coming up in Series 61, the finals are likely to be one big aptfest. Playing Apterous is practically the same as playing along with the episodes on TV - the more episodes you watch, the more words you w...

Darren Carter

Jennifer McElroy wrote:Why is he called jellyman?

I believe there is a footballer with the surname of Jellyman, who when he got sent off Jeff said that "Jellyman has thrown a wobbly".

Darren Carter

After filming recently I heard from one of the producers that *** Let me keep this simple for you: DON'T POST STUFF THAT HASN'T BEEN TRANSMITTED YET ON THE FUCKING FORUM. Capiche? Forgive me for putting it in a thread that is called "Potential Spoiler", a title so obvious that the 'OMGZ S...

Darren Carter

SHITFACE is in, but no SHITFACED.....

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