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Chris Philpot

It's not particularly family friendly, is it?! I had a bit of a double-take when I unveiled today's page to be greeted by a sex act...

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Damn, you're too quick! I think you forgot to press Find automatically for Rd 3 as TERAPHIM is there, and also the conundrum was in 0. apparently, but otherwise great. (When do I get a turn?) EDIT: Also, wasn't it Adam Howard? Would you like to do next week's, Kai? I only did this one as I was unsu...

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Countdown Recap - Wednesday the 26th August, 2009 Sponsored by Ibuleve gel - effective relief from a pain in the back, brought to you by this pain in the arse Champion (C1): Ed Rossiter (1 win, 105 points) a bar manager from Southampton, who is a seasoned Scrabble player - in 2008 he was #21 in the...

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What happened to the old address? Was it accidentally left to expire and hence now being squatted upon?

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Matthew Green wrote:What about Nick Wainwright and Si out of the Inbetweeners?

Yes, absolutely uncanny! Nick could be his slightly older brother.

Chris Philpot

On Dinos' behalf, here (I think!) is a printable version of this crossword's grid:

Chris Philpot

Tim Vine got my vote, but Martin Lewis comes a close second.

Chris Philpot

For those of you who missed it first time around, the edition of 1 vs. 100 with Chris Wills is on Challenge TV (Sky channel 145) right now.

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Excellent last conundrum before the summer break - even if I did get stuck at DIMSUMMER!

Chris Philpot

FARTING as an immature equaller in Round 2.

By the way, I'm not sure Rachel's really pulling off the Liquorice Allsort look today.

Chris Philpot

OK, I've now fixed a few niggly issues with this review. Not on topic or anything, but I noticed that at crosswordtools the main picture is Chris P on televised apterous :P It is indeed, well spotted! William Tunstall-Pedoe asked me for a copy of the screengrab a good few years ago, as he felt it di...

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Well it sounded controversial reading through the spoilers thread. Obviously it wasn't, and I retract my comments on the matter.

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Countdown Recap - Wednesday the 22nd July, 2009 (Series 61, Prelim 23) Champion (C1): Paul Varlaam (1 win, 72 points) from Wandsworth, who volunteers in a Salvation Army shop. Yesterday he proved good enough to secure his teapot, but was his performance simply a false Varlaam? Challenger (C2): Caro...

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How about a nice Countdown themed one?

MYTEAPOTS

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James Robinson wrote:
Julie T wrote:Charlie certainly looks worried enough in his current avatar photo!
I think his photo makes him look more like Bradley from EastEnders.

I was thinking more along the lines of US journalist Anderson Cooper.

Chris Philpot

A very small bug - when Myleene Klass gave me the best possible solution to a numbers game, there was an extra full stop at the bottom of her working:

Chris Philpot

I'm quite fond of SEEOURGIG, which I've just made up.

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Matthew Green wrote:AIDSCUNTS

CHILDRAPE

WANKSTAIN

ARSEBLEED

FUCKGEESE

According to Lexplorer, none of these have valid solutions.

Chris Philpot

How about when URLs are entered into the chat windows (both in the lobby and in game), automagically making them into active links?

Chris Philpot

Peter Crawley beat Daniel O'Dowd 2-0 - the first 85 points to 60 and the second time by 88 points to 63.

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Matt Morrison wrote:UPTHEARSE

That is fabulous - I can only offer THIGHWANK in riposte.

Chris Philpot

Actually the real shuffle for that one (BIGPRONKS) is pretty damn clever in itself. I'll admit that I had to look up the definition of "pronk" but, having done so, it's absolutely fantastic. Ditto COMEAGAIN, actually. Of those which I have devised myself, I definitely discovered SETSQUARE...

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The grand finals over the years have held some absolutely cracking conundrums. MUMLEDFOX is fairly simple but a lovely image, whilst TEEUPLATE and RANDYBUSH are harder and again both connote great imagery. HITPARADE is an excellent scramble, albeit with a not so nice solution, whereas AGOALDOWN from...

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Oooh, so that's what the favicon is! I'd never looked closely enough at it. Yes, that is very nice!

Chris Philpot

A few people have mentioned how, if there was to be an Apterous t-shirt, it would need to have the Apterous logo... and there isn't one. Last night I had no internet access and decided to make a little mock-up. Now, with internet access restored, I've tarted it up a bit and present it for your delec...

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Countdown Recap - Wednesday 15th July 2009 (Series 61, Prelim 18) Champion (C1): Andrew Hulme (4 wins, 479 points), a member of this forum - like so many others, is he on his way to the prestigious 900 club? Challenger (C2): Jonathan Good who hopes to see Wales win the Rugby World Cup and Everton t...

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I fail at bug reports, don't I?

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OK, well at any rate I think I was awarded something different to what I was told I was rewarded.

Chris Philpot

OK, this one might actually be a bug: in a 110-0 game against Apterous Prune where I scored in every round I was told that I had achieved a prune on a stick. Instead, I was (rightly) awarded a holy prune.

Chris Philpot

May I propose a new inventory item alongside the Tome of Travers, Bible of Beevers, Glossary of Gallen, and so forth? One which appears if you make a non-existent declaration as used by Jon Stitcher? So busline^, girates^, facinated^ and carots^ would all earn the item? If only I could think of anot...

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Excellent point. I retract my bug!

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A mundane and somewhat unimportant bug: the maxes for games with tie-break conundrums are misrecorded, with each additional conundrum adding 10 points to the max when in reality this would be impossible to achieve, due to the fact that solving the first or second conundrum would see the game end. Fo...

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Countdown Recap - Wednesday 8th July 2009 (Series 61, Prelim 13) Champion (C1): Anne Hughes (1 win, 88 points), who dreams of taking her family to live in Sydney, Australia. Challenger (C2): Challenger Micheal (sic) Harris, a chef from Cardiff who loves Stonehenge. DC: Susie Dent and Donal 'Dancing...

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Three rounds into a game against Keith Williams, my Apterous 'stuttered' and I had to force Firefox to close altogether to reclaim use of my computer. Alas, no code for that but then upon restarting the same game from the same point, clicking the button which would normally have launched the letters...

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Perhaps the stray P could have been swapped out for an O, leaving KNACKERS and KNOCKERS?

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Derek Hazell wrote:Also, Chris Philpot and Sue Sanders.

Thank you, kind sir! Maybe I'll put in a bit of practice and see if I can get (reasonably) good at Countdown again.

Chris Philpot

I think I burst a blood vessel watching that back. Bloody hilarious!!

Chris Philpot

Yet another YouTube wonder, here's a short and reasonably amusing (well, -ish) clip of the American version of Countdown:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Irlc6uqUR04

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Well played Innis. Another lightning conundrum. It's about time we name-dropped apterous! We need it being plugged! How about slipping it in a conundrum APTEROUS+1 APTEROUSM and APTEROUSD would both be fairly reasonable; APTERROUS and APTEROUSL are other options but maybe too hard. I actually found...

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*chortle* - I was actually quoting Chris Wills' old website on the facial expressions thing, and if anyone is the expert on looking excitable on screen then it is he!

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Countdown Recap - Wednesday 1st July 2009 (Series 61, Prelim 8) Champion (C1): Innis Carson (4 wins, 440 points), who practices playing Countdown online. God knows where! Challenger (C2): Allan Barnes, a keen gardener and Hartlepool United season ticket holder - cue much man love from our Jeff. DC:...

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Well spotted, thanks guys!

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Countdown Recap - Wednesday the 24th of June, 2009 (This match is already present on the wiki but I can't find it in the database, so I've doubled up just to be sure!) C1: Champion Nilesh Patel (1 win, 87 points) C2: Challenger Clive Brooker DC: Susie Dent and the hilarious Tim Vine RR: Rachel Rile...

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I'm happy to be one half of an alternating team, but if I am out on a given Wednesday I'll have to recap from Sky+, and so probably wouldn't be able to get anything online before the evening at least (which probably isn't the end of the world). Nevertheless, I'd much rather work on/off with someone ...

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Spot on! Fancy a go?

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Whilst I am sure everyone is still reeling at the death of a legend of music, perhaps it is worth taking a moment to recall the life of a legend of television who sadly passed away on this date four years ago. Although Countdown now is arguably as strong, or stronger, than it has ever been surely no...

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This is the Countdown recap for Tuesday 17 April 2007, arriving about two years late! C1: Champion Pam Smith (1 win, 82 points) C2: Challenger Michael Batty DC: Susie Dent and Kaye Adams CV: Carol Vorderman OT: Other words or solutions Test yourself with the mini-recap: R01: N R L O I A N E M R02: G...

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James Robinson wrote:That was brilliant, Rob. I've never seen that opening title sequence. Well impressive. Keep up the good work!

I'm loving the funky dance-like Hawkshaw remix, and notably the presence of a jib shot or two!

Chris Philpot

A brilliant find, sir! It makes me slightly miss Des Lynam as host.

Chris Philpot

Yes, absolutely. Sorry I forgot to mention that!

Chris Philpot

I wondered if it wasn't a little tenuous - by the end of my writing that sentence it realised that it wasn't, but neglected to go back and alter the opening words. Here's another to contend - all three words are valid in Countdown, so I'll keep schtumm for now on the clues: 'Crisp' Chris' homoerotic...

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The closest thing I can see to a link is Britain's Got Talent - taking out AUDITIONS leaves the London PALLADIUM, where DIVERSITY will be performing.

Chris Philpot

Try this one for size: it's the same idea, twenty-seven letters containing three nine-letter words which are related to the Great British summer. Notably, one would not be valid in Countdown.

Internet words? I'm a rock climber!

Chris Philpot

I missed today's show but watching on 4oD where you can jump between last Friday and today, the difference on-screen is plain to see. Nonetheless, I am certain that this will be ironed out as the show progresses.

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Yeah I've got this now - very good, Jon!

Chris Philpot

I've only just spotted this thread - apparently the sodding great "PLEASE READ" in the title passed me by. Could I add my name in for consideration, perhaps a rematch of my one and only game, or just as a former youngish contestant who is now slightly more grown up (and still remarkably po...

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Hahaha he basically has an orgasm when he wins. Excellent. It's about 9:16 in part 3. Ha, he actually does. That's fucking brilliant. My God, so he does! There's also an unusual overhead shot used several times in the show - was that a one-off for the supreme final, or a standard shot back in the 9...

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I've only just found this thread, and thought I'd take the opportunity to boast that I am working at the Crucible for the duration of the championships. :P Who'll win? Tough shout - I'd like to say Selby if he gets through tonight, but maybe it's not to be. Who knows? It's sure not Ding Junhui, who ...

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Junaid Mubeen wrote:Some Snooker relations:

Jon Corby - Ronnie O'Sullivan (both flawed by their genius)
DoD - John Higgins

Have Damian Eadie and snooker's Ian McCulloch ever been seen in the same room at the same time?

Chris Philpot

I think Soo might be able to change your username to match your real name, if you so desire. (I originally registered as Crispy, my online pseudonym.)

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