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Derek Hazell

Now, [David Lloyd]'s back on home turf in Manchester, hopefully giving all some good laughs this week, unless you're not a cricket fan of course :!: :lol: A very good summary. Just wanted to say that I voted for David in your poll of favourite new DC guests, even though I am not a fan of cricket. I...

Derek Hazell

There's something wrong when someone calls themself an Englishman but doesn't like England's greatest game (well, our greatest game since we used to think cricket was our greatest game anyway).

Derek Hazell

not able to put Matthew, Mark, Luke & John in alphabetical order! Not necessarily true - it's more likely that he got it right but forgot to lock in his answer. Is it not quite a clever question to ask somebody under pressure though? I have never been on a quiz show, but under the extra pressur...

Derek Hazell

There was only one where I was seriously dubious - Dennis Edgson from series 20 and 23. Wiki definitely has him as two separate people. There are others on the Wiki of whom we are unable to be certain, so to be on the safe side just have them listed as separate people at the moment. So, there are p...

Derek Hazell

Eoin Monaghan wrote:Note: 11 people don't know who Jedward are?

There's a picture of them here.

Derek Hazell

I have a feeling there may have been at least one case where a player has sneaked back under a different name, but I don't know who it was. The late Saladin Khoshnaw. I'll be interested to know of any I may have missed. Thanks for that, Clive. I can't think of any others; this looks a pretty conclu...

Derek Hazell

Phil Reynolds wrote:I'm bored by this thread now.

"Bored by Derek's nonsense, I bored with brute force my way into Phil's house, where we cleared his bored of biscuits."

Derek Hazell

Are football haters, generally sport haters? That's an interesting question. I personally am not really into any sports. I used to enjoy basketball at school, but don't watch or play anything now. Sue mentioned that several of her friends are into extreme type sports, and I would think they would b...

Derek Hazell

Andy Wilson wrote: Although i see the point that excessive being funny for the sake of it posts can get a bit too much for someone who obviously reads the forum more closely than myself, damn it this was worth posting!

Aww thanks mate. Did I mention what a nice guy you were when I met you?

Derek Hazell

Yeah - that's what I was talking to Derek about which he translated as me not liking football itself. Any sport where I can follow what's happening sufficiently for it to be both interesting and exciting, I'm often able to get quite into just for the duration of the game. Yeah, sorry about that. Wh...

Derek Hazell

I've just found out that DINOS is a valid word in Scrabble but not in Countdown.

Well, that's the kind of thing I find interesting anyway

Derek Hazell

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.

Derek Hazell

Are you still raw from Damian ignoring you? :lol: Ha! No, he didn't know I was there. Anyway, I'm sure you kept him so busy that he wouldn't have had time. I'll say "hello" when I go to a normal filming. Then we can talk about Blackpool FC if we exhaust these other fascinating subjects.

Derek Hazell

Er, actually, I didn't say that. I have very little interest in the day-to-day ins and outs of the league, or European fixtures, but I have been to football matches and thoroughly enjoyed them and love going to the pub to support England when they're playing in the World Cup or Euro whatever it is ...

Derek Hazell

James Robinson wrote:I think Amanda Lamb has been pretty good this week.

"pretty" - yes
"good" - I wish I knew

Derek Hazell

As bad puns go, you have to admit...they're pretty wry, an' taylor made 8-) :) (yep -too slow, I know) :oops: Haha, nice one Sue! It's rather a moot point picking somebody up on the quality of their jokes on a forum devoted to a programme where they deliberately make the most cringeworthy jokes the...

Derek Hazell

do you tell the time by buying something from a shop and checking the time on the till receipt? I have done this :) Oh no, we're not going to start bonding now are we? It was so much more fun when we were wary of each other. Yeah, and then all the people who think some idiot who is not good enough ...

Derek Hazell

Marc Meakin wrote:Is this the point where we divide into Camp Charlie or Camp Derek?

Yeah, and then all the people who think some idiot who is not good enough to go on the show, can barely play Apterous, and makes "jokes" of questionable value can follow me to my rival Countdown forum.

Derek Hazell

I don't miss the contributions of a single person that was scared off by a bit of robust debate, from Zef to Rob Thomas, more than I'd miss the ability to have those debates. If you call that self-destructive then I think you're confused about what I want to preserve. How are you now managing to sa...

Derek Hazell

Was nice to see you yesterday - maybe we'll say hello next time. ;) Oohh, i didn't realise you had seen me? I take it you were at the finals. Hard for me to say hello when i have no idea who you are or what you look like. Yeah, you were pretty busy at the time. Well; busy anyway. I was just overwhe...

Derek Hazell

All's fair in love and warp. Anyway Derek, what's this with you adding to the Countdown Wiki? You do realise that those of us at ITV Yorkshire and C4, who are stilll waiting for you to tell us what's happening with the 2010 specials, will feel slightly marginalised? :mrgreen: Haha Damian, you're a ...

Derek Hazell

I run this place because I enjoy it and for the most part I like reading people's contributions, I would rather have a small number of good posts than a large number of bad ones. When I say I don't like some particular posts, that's just me talking as a user, I'm not going to use my Magic Powers to...

Derek Hazell

Also, between filming, there was a Dictionary Corner contest between Susie and Anne Widdicombe to see who could do the best sketch of a Mancunian suburb. Susie did a charcoal depiction of Moss Side, Anne drew Hulme. Lol Matthew. You've got a lot of guts, but it put a smile back on my face anyway. :)

Derek Hazell

My apologies for thinking this was a spoof thread. Your posts are occasionally amusing, but given that approximately 95% of everything you post is a joke of some description, I think you could afford to trade quantity for quality somewhat. Okay, but you seem to have self-destructive tendencies. You...

Derek Hazell

Charlie Reams wrote:Seriously dude, give it a rest.

I've been told off by the boss. Does that mean I've made it?

My apologies for thinking this was a spoof thread.

Derek Hazell

James Robinson wrote: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.

Oh, that's very annoying. Thanks for letting us know anyway James.

Derek Hazell

At one point during the finals, filming was delayed as one of the finalists appeared to be missing. So Jeff sent his dad, who had turned up to watch, out to look for him. A few minutes later Jeff's dad reappeared. "Well?", said Jeff. Jeff's dad looked up sheepishly, and gave his reply . . ...

Derek Hazell

This is the thread for forum members who either have no interest in football or hate football to post their comments and/or opinions. This can either be about why you hate football, or about any other random non-football-related point not worthy of its own topic. This is in honour of the now-virtual...

Derek Hazell

Not sure how long today's edition is there for, I think only until tomorrow's gets loaded in its place. The report begins at 13:52 and I appear at 15:37 for all of 5 seconds. Evidently not even as long as that, as I just clicked on your link and it now leads to a report whose entire length is only ...

Derek Hazell

Was cool to finally see what Derek looks like (after he dropped the lamentable charade with his afro wig!) and cheers Lesley for teaching me how to play pool proper. I enjoyed meeting you too Dinos, and was amused to find out that your hair has genuinely turned ginger since Sue combined you with Jo...

Derek Hazell

Welcome to the forum, Mauro

Thanks for doing these, and all the other help you've given privately

Derek Hazell

Jason Larsen wrote:I think this forum has come to a complete stalemate, and it's all my fault! Everybody should wipe their tears away.

Lara was at the finals, and she was doing a lara lara smiles.

Oh sorry, thats not how all northerners talk is it.

Derek Hazell

Why didn't Damian change his name to Damien in the end credits today in hono(u)r of all this?

Derek Hazell

Superb (but don't click on it for a week in case you notice any of the spoilers that surround it although the post itself is not a spoiler, thanks Jon *kisses*)

Derek Hazell

Phil Reynolds wrote:I always thought anyone could do a passable Mr Bean impression. How wrong can you be.

Derek Hazell

Julie T wrote:Will Ryan Taylor - does anyone agree that he looks slightly like Charlie - not just the hair?

Jack Hurst appears to associate him more with another Podcastian member.

Derek Hazell

Why does Edward Woodward have 4 Ds in his name? Because otherwise he'd be called Ewar Woowar Why did Edward Woodward have 4 Ds in his name. And what did you call a man with three planks of wood on his head. Although technically, if his coffin is made of wood, it could still be do . If he is cremate...

Derek Hazell

Marc Meakin wrote:
Sue Sanders wrote:
Derek Hazell wrote:Sue, why would you send Junaid to Coventry?

We all like Junaid. He's a nice guy.
Are you channelling Jason?
Is that a euphemism?

Yes, it is.

Derek Hazell

I need to be back in Worcester by 7pm on Wednesday so if anyone's going to the morning session and needs to get back to the Midlands let me know. I've got tickets for Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning. Off to try to contain my joy, but I'm not holding out much hope!!! Lesley is the girl who p...

Derek Hazell

Sue, why would you send Junaid to Coventry?

We all like Junaid. He's a nice guy.

Derek Hazell

I too am cimping. 'Cimping' meaning......? Maybe he watched "Hard Candy" last night, so has got crimping private parts on his mind. Or, perhaps he has deliberately missed the "r" meaning he is having the hair crimped on his back and sack, but no r's - hold the crack. God knows ....

Derek Hazell

I see we've got Rory McGrath for the finals. A bloke that I've already met. How strange - I haven't exactly met many celebrities!

Derek Hazell

I have done extensive searching of the web in my spare time over recent weeks, and there are a few more Countdown Experiences available other than those on Mike's site. Here is the full list that I know of: Mike Brown's Countdown Page : Adam Gilinsky - Series 6 Semi-Finalist Nita Marr - Series 13 Se...

Derek Hazell

I have had a spring clean of the Links Page and following the demise of free web space provider GeoCities, it's time to wave a sad farewell to Zef's Countdown Summaries, James Aukett's Countdown Experience (which I'm hoping might reappear) and (saddest of all in my view) Robovord, one of the first ...

Derek Hazell

Darren Carter wrote:Has anyone got either version yet? Any good?

If by "either version" you mean the Wii one and the Nintendo DS one, Julie has reviewed the DS one here.

Your original Wii thread is here, but no one appears to have actually played that one yet.

Derek Hazell

Alec Rivers wrote:
Phil Reynolds wrote:
Alec Rivers wrote:Just curious, is it VEE, VAI, VIH, VEE-AI, or VEE-EE?
It's "vee-eye".
Thanks. (That's what I meant with VEE-AI, but I now realise that was ambiguous.)

Is it just me who thinks this sounds identical to just saying the two letters?

Derek Hazell

I have just found Will D. on The Crystal Maze as well! (

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Edit: Changing the link as that one no longer worked.

Derek Hazell

But anyway, I think there may be people who know exactly who goes by what name, but I'm not one of these, although I have suspicions about some of them. [. . .] I thought the same lettered first and surname of Maria Martin could belong to Rachel Riley and as for Susan Morton - I dunno. Maybe Susan ...

Derek Hazell

You need to see this edition to believe it. Was spectacular stuff. Not the gameplay, but the rest of it, I remember most of the gallery spent the entire 30 minutes laughing very hard. That's reason enough for me, if only to see a different definition of "funny" to the oft-mentioned Mikey ...

Derek Hazell

Just watched this and well done again Ryan. Was surprised MILAGES was disallowed so i checked it and apterous lexplorer says it's valid! :o Susie said MILAGES was fine - it was declared as an eight (MILEAGES) but there was only one E in the selection. Although some miles earlier, Julian's mouth Fel...

Derek Hazell

Get over it gang, the standard of refreshments is probably better at this show than COLIN. You've forgotten the first rule of satire, which is to make some fucking sense. I had to think about it for a while . . . but then I decided it was a sizeist joke. "Luckily" JR is capable of being s...

Derek Hazell

HHHHHHHHHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH! I'm coming. And I'm very excited about it. I realise I don't have tickets to come in, but I'm at least going to come for a celebratory beverage and whatever the meal of choice (please let it be curry...) is! Marve...

Derek Hazell

James Robinson wrote:Happy birthday Kai!

Are you sure you're only 13?

You definitely have the knowledge of someone at least 4 times your age

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/school-of-comedy/4od

Derek Hazell

Phil Reynolds wrote:I can't, but Google Language Tools can. Here's it's pretty good attempt at the main chunk of text

Thank you, Phil.

That doesn't really tell us much about the actual game. I'll see if I can find out some more from her next time we speak.

Derek Hazell

Can Karen Pearson or Andy Thomson or anyone else read any of this? http://www.1tv.ru/list/pi=7&pa=%80 I was talking to a Russian friend, and she was saying the closest thing they have had to Countdown there is "Zvezdny Chas", which is a gameshow for children and translates as something...

Derek Hazell

Douglas Wilson wrote:And if my poll/spelling is so bad just do your own.

Don't take it out on us - it was Jacqui Janes who rang The Sun about it!

Derek Hazell

Kirk Bevins wrote:Failing it a second time means I'm super shit.

That's what Innis said when he smashed all your totals in this series final.

Oops sorry - SPOILER!!

Derek Hazell

Charlie starts a thread about words that are only used in the plural and then a word comes up on the programme that can only be used in the singular!
One for the not-really-a-coincidence list.

Derek Hazell

Jason's right about Kate Horton being lovely. I just had reason to call her, and I was treated like the individual that I am, and she even knew who I was despite the thousands of people she meets constantly.

Very impressed.

Wonder what I would say if she never read the forum though . . .

Derek Hazell

Phil Reynolds wrote:Seems a bit unkind to namecheck just the contestant who didn't get the conundrum in question.

So, when are you planning to namecheck Bill "Any relation to Andrew?" Blades then, Phil. I'd like to be here when the post arrives.

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