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- Sat Jun 15, 2013 2:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Friday June 14th 2013
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3412
Re: Spoilers For Friday June 14th 2013
I suppose I should add my thoughts to this then :P For some reason I thought that SEDATION with another T wouldn't stem at all, so I was staring at SEDATION for the whole 30s. I hate double T nines. Then in R13 I had BUTTIES written down, but thought it was too much of a slang word to be in the dict...
- Thu May 09, 2013 9:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Friday 3rd May 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 38)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 961
Re: Friday 3rd May 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 38)
Why did the tomato blush?Thomas Carey wrote: Giles makes a joke about tomatoes,
Because he saw the salad dressing.
- Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1741
- Views: 753995
Re: Ask Graeme?
Further, I got the same number of conundrums right as Jack (Hurst) and the same number of nines. Was my score larger than his just because of more favourable letters (and of course the format change)? Jack 'only' got 6 conundrums actually, whereas you got 7. This plus the format change is more than...
- Thu Apr 18, 2013 4:54 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1741
- Views: 753995
Re: Ask Graeme?
and seeing where I and The Typhoon fit in to the grand scheme of things *where The Typhoon and me (pretty sure it's accusative not nominative) I'm curious about a few things. First of all, I calculated my maxes after recording and I'm pretty sure I got 93, so can someone/Andy recheck that please? O...
- Mon Apr 15, 2013 8:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Monday 15th April 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 25)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 693
Re: Monday 15th April 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 25)
I rather liked this game. In the first round, I heard Susie mutter "I bet Giles has this 9" to Richard, so that helped my confidence a bit more. Then in the first numbers, Susie beat me by doing the more obvious (75+3+1)*(6+4)+5. I was unfortunately nowhere near SPUNKIER for some reason, I...
- Sat Apr 13, 2013 12:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For 8 out of 10 Does Countdown (12th April 2013)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3962
Re: Spoilers For 8 out of 10 Does Countdown (12th April 2013
Not if he misses "easy" 9s like STEADINGS.Jon O'Neill wrote:I thought it was great, and I also think Jon Richardson is octochamp material.
- Fri Apr 12, 2013 4:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Friday 12th April 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 24)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3825
Friday 12th April 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 24)
Hello there, this is my first ever recap so I hope I don't muck the obvious things up. In 2008 I may have asked to write a recap but I literally had no idea what was going on then. So hopefully I can improve upon that! Side-note: Today's episode is number 5678 . Take a few minutes to appreciate this...
- Thu Apr 11, 2013 2:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday April 11th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 23)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5948
Re: Spoilers for Thursday April 11th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim
How many points per game does Giles average? Dunno but why haven't you commented that he doesn't look away from the conundrum scramble straight away when he buzzes? Currently on 603 overall, so 120.6 right now. And truthfully, I do solve the conundrum before I buzz. I just want to make sure the let...
- Wed Apr 10, 2013 11:18 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Wednesday 10th April 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 22)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2861
Re: Wednesday 10th April 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 22)
Round 1: I A E "W" N R A D S C1: NAIADES (7) C2: wainers OT: ARANEIDS (8) Score: 7–0 (max 8) A nice start from Giles, as Nick seems to say wailers, then spells wainers, both wrong either which way. :roll: :P :oops: NOTE: The "W" is actually an upside "M", so a possible...
- Wed Apr 10, 2013 11:03 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Wednesday 10th April 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 22)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2861
Re: Wednesday 10th April 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 22)
James Robinson wrote: Hmmm, still no maths maximum from the contestants, but a
"but a..." what? what?
I imagine it's "a nice perfect solve from Rachel or something".
- Wed Apr 10, 2013 8:49 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Tuesday 9th April 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 21)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 997
Re: Tuesday 9th April 2013 (Series 68, Prelim 21)
Jack Worsley wrote:. He's a research annalist for the civil service.
Does he research various annals? Or is he an analyst?
- Wed Apr 10, 2013 12:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday April 9th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 21)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5276
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday April 9th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 21
Question - are you leaning right over the desk because that's the only position where you can see the in-desk display, or for another reason (concentration or whatever)? Usually when I work at school and stuff I lean forward like that just cos it's my natural position. I can see the display fine fr...
- Tue Apr 09, 2013 10:16 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday April 9th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 21)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5276
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday April 9th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 21
Erm I don't think anyone has noticed this but Zulfi declared PINNER in the NAPROXEN round. Amazingly, PINNER isn't in the ODE. Might need to point that out to the recap writer.
http://www.apterous.org/lexplorer.php?word=pinner
http://www.apterous.org/lexplorer.php?word=pinner
- Tue Apr 09, 2013 3:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday April 9th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 21)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5276
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday April 9th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 21
I think his name was Zulfi Ebrahim. Yeah I noticed too that the camera people didn't show his nameplate fully at the start.Mark Ivey wrote:Here's how I did against Giles and Zulphi
And I was a little annoyed at there being that weird darrenic 8. I think it has come up on apterous for me once last year.
- Mon Apr 08, 2013 3:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday April 8th 2013
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4187
Re: Spoilers For Monday April 8th 2013
SPOILERS HERE (the text is white) During the 530 round, I was stuck on using 125*4 to get it, as with the previous round. I really didn't see the obvious way of 106*5 or 600-75-4-1. Well, I only missed getting 117 (biggest margin ever)
- Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday April 3rd 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 19)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5862
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday April 3rd 2013 (Series 68 Prelim
Thanks all for the very nice comments :) At the very start of the recording I was understandably rather nervous, and that difficult numbers rather threw me. My declaration was rather last minute (or last second). I was pleased with most of the other rounds though. But I did feel some sympathy for Je...
- Tue Apr 02, 2013 5:33 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday April 2nd 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 18)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4051
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday April 2nd 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 18
I was in the studio and so hoping it would come up. But it didn'tAndy Platt wrote:R7 BMOAOPIRR, take away the I and add an E for a painful sounding nine
- Mon Apr 01, 2013 2:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday April 1st 2013
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5044
Re: Spoilers For Monday April 1st 2013
PEEPUL was a nice 6 in R2.
- Sat Mar 30, 2013 2:27 am
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Friday 29th March (Series 68, Prelim 16)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 878
Re: Friday 29th March (Series 68, Prelim 16)
Nice debut Peter, and well done with the first numbers. My first numbers game was well...
Better not say just yet.
Better not say just yet.
- Fri Mar 29, 2013 3:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday March 29th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 16)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3266
Re: Spoilers for Friday March 29th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 16
Stephen Coen @StephenCoen1 14m
Just got a 9 letter word watching countdown, college is paying off, lecturer be so proud #winning
Was there a 9? And what did this person think it might have been?
Just got a 9 letter word watching countdown, college is paying off, lecturer be so proud #winning
Was there a 9? And what did this person think it might have been?
- Fri Mar 29, 2013 3:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday March 29th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 16)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3266
Re: Spoilers for Friday March 29th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 16
A nice alt to 301: (50-7)*(10-3)
- Fri Mar 29, 2013 12:46 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday March 28th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 15)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 5188
Re: Spoilers for Thursday March 28th 2013 (Series 68 Prelim
I think in one of Kirk's game the opponent joked and said 10. He was also the opponent who went 4L at the end and beat Kirk to the conundrum!Adam Gillard wrote:I also liked how Bob said he had 10 when Andy declared 9. Has that happened much before?
- Sat Mar 16, 2013 11:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1741
- Views: 753995
Re: Ask Graeme?
In how many series has the number 1 seed lost the quarter-final against the number 8 seed?
- Mon Oct 08, 2012 8:33 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: COUNTDOWN 30TH CHAMPIONSHIP
- Replies: 243
- Views: 56627
Re: COUNTDOWN 30TH CHAMPIONSHIP
So when will tickets be available and what is the email address for them? That Sunday means I might actually be able to go!
- Wed Apr 04, 2012 4:36 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: 'Gevin's Delight' Tournament 2012
- Replies: 65
- Views: 19206
- Wed Dec 28, 2011 3:31 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Classic Aptochat moments
- Replies: 222
- Views: 175018
Re: Classic Aptochat moments
2011-02-26 15:02:10 Robin McKay and Apterous Prune missed a 9 from NFHSAEOLT; can you spot it? 2011-02-26 15:02:24 Giles Hutchings says: halfstone 2011-02-26 15:02:33 Paul Howe got a bronze pencil for HALFTONE! 2011-02-26 15:02:40 James Nguyen says: halfstone? 2011-02-26 15:02:40 The 9 from NFHSAEOL...
- Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday December 14th 2011
- Replies: 48
- Views: 8782
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday December 14th 2011
I definitely agree with Andy's thoughts. I mean, if Carl and his girlfriend were winding Mark up deliberately the night before, then maybe there was some threatening going on... (Carl does have big arms) or I'm just running away with myself too much. And with the 5 second gap when SLOPPED was declar...
- Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:43 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Cheating: What it is, and why you shouldn't do it
- Replies: 257
- Views: 228389
Re: Cheating: What it is, and why you shouldn't do it
Can Eddie Leach be checked out? His games have seemed ok up to now, where a CSW solver is blatantly obvious.
- Sun Oct 26, 2008 4:49 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown Episode Archives
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1129
Re: Countdown Episode Archives
In one of these posts, someone said that he watched epsiodes of Countdown on his mp4 player.
Unless he uploaded these himself then he got them of the Internet somewhere.
Unless he uploaded these himself then he got them of the Internet somewhere.
- Sun Oct 26, 2008 4:25 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown Episode Archives
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1129
Countdown Episode Archives
Where can you find all the episodes of Countdown? Does anyone have the link?
It would be grately appreciated as I can do a recap on those episodes.
R.I.P. Richard
It would be grately appreciated as I can do a recap on those episodes.
R.I.P. Richard
- Sun Oct 26, 2008 3:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Nicole HUTCHINGS!!!! & How do you become a recapper?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2949
Nicole HUTCHINGS!!!! & How do you become a recapper?
Hey, I'm Giles Hutchings, a new member and I searched on this site for my mum, Nicole. When I found some replies, her surname was HUTCHENS. Anyway, just trying to let people know. I just found this website after weeks of searching for countdown related things. BTW WHO ARE THE NEW HOSTS? BTW well don...