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James Robinson

Derek Hazell wrote:I'd suggest Robin Jameson.

Damian would never twig.

When I was at school me and a friend reversed our names and referred to each other by our reverse names. So, I was Nosnibor Semaj and he was Mad Nabwas.

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Kirk Bevins wrote:
James Robinson wrote: Would you seriously consider me if I did that
Yes he would. Go fill out that name-changing application form now.

Does anyone know how much it costs to change a name?

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It's too late, damage done. You've just blown your chances of ever being allowed back on the show for a 4th time, unless of course you change your name to Ross Deshpande-Bevins :lol: Would you seriously consider me if I did that :!: :?: Btw, I consider my special episode as "1st Time: Part 2&q...

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and anyone with half a brain cell should have got 923. I find this rude and disrespectful, James. I wasn't going to say anything before my Numbers Attack SF, but James's comment didn't make me feel great! To me the 450 x 2 line looks quite promising on this one (I assume this is what Rachel did) an...

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Brian Selway's my favourite. Perhaps I misread. I think I can find something to beat that too. Don't you dare. Too late! Stewart Holden. I've calculated that in Stewart's octochamp run, his 8 opponents scored 409 points between them, which is 47% of Stewart's 870 point total. Brian has scored 211 p...

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Kirk Bevins wrote:
James Robinson wrote:and anyone with half a brain cell should have got 923.
I find this rude and disrespectful, James.

On reflection, I think it was a bit disrespectful, but I was just going with what I felt at the time.

I do apologise to everyone with at least half a brain cell who is reading this.

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Brian seems to making beating Countdown contestants his new hobby along with Dr. Who. So far his 2 opponents have scored just 63 points between them. That's only around 60% of either of Brian's scores. Has anyone else ever done anything that remarkable in the history of the show :!: :?: He does seem...

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I got 918 on the last numbers, cba to outline the method. Third numbers (not in time): 75 / 25 = 3 3 + 2 = 5 100 / 5 = 20 50 - 4 = 46 46 × 20 = 920 Impressive there, Alec. I wasn't sure it was possible personally, although there were slight worries for me there. Firstly Rachel said that 150 x 10 = ...

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NOUGATS for Round 12. Is NOUGATS in then? Was convinced it was mass noun. Means, for what it's worth, I scraped a draw. A long way to go, I know, but this could make the series finals even more interesting than it already is! I must admit I wasn't too sure, but I checked the recap to make sure and ...

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Niall Seymour wrote:Posted here as neither me or James could get the blue tournament thing to load.

How do you get "the blue tournament thing to load"? I've not been able to do it for any of my tournament matches.

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WOW

Brian Selway completely annihilated John yesterday. Is it just me or did anyone actually expect that to happen.

Anyway, can Brian make it 2 in 2 or will he do a Drinkwater and just plummet out of the running

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NOUGATS for Round 12.

Alternative for 3rd numbers:

6 x 3 = 18

18 + 6 = 24

24 x 25 = 600

600 + 10 + 4 = 614

James Robinson

Also, did anyone notice they were in a different studio today? The audience background was black and not white, as usual. Kirk, the background was black last week! There was also an odd view on the conundrum; the two pillary thingies were clearly visible. I thought that was a slightly obvious clue ...

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Well, the weekend is over and a former Countdown champ becomes Scrabble champ (see Off-Topic for more info), us lot get to see if John Drinkwater can carry on his century grabbing form and defeat his opponent today. (It has been a long while since someone got a century before John got his on Friday....

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Anyone read Karren Brady's column in the Sun this morning?

It says that "she and Countdown have been pals for years".

Why has she never been invited on the show then?

She'd add more brains & beauty in abundance. (Not that we need any more brains & beauty on the show!)

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No, but I've just become ARSIEST - but I guess the chocolate brownie calories are gonna end up somewhere. I was given 4 avocados destined for the bin at the greengrocer's yesterday; avocado ice cream seemed like a sensible thing to do with them and it was divine, James. Fair enough, although I thin...

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I was discussing this with someone, we both agreed that Tim Vine is just about the ultimate DC guest. The next day I got a phonecall telling me he will be the guest when I film next week. 8-) Fantastic news, Martyn. Tim Vine is fantastic. He's a brill guy. I should know. He was guest when I was on....

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Maybe we should all bombard the Daily Mail website with messages of support for Rachel.

That'll show Liz Thomas who she's messing with!

EDIT: I had one other suggestion, but I'll keep it to myself for now.

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Suzy said RESPITES was the only 8 for round 3. Surprised they all missed PASTRIES on a Friday aftenoon. Wish I had one now!! I've just finished making chocolate brownies, caramel sauce and avocado ice cream! Yeah, I got PASTRIES too. Sue, AVOCADO ice cream. :o You've just spoiled something very dre...

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Very nice, Kai. It's nice to see the school system isn't failing on numeracy and literacy skills.

James Robinson

D Eadie wrote:A series of losers? Isn't that called the X Factor?

Yes, definitely it is.

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So, who actually does the guest booking then and does it go through everyone upto Jeff & Rachel?

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Can Steve become an octochamp today

Can he leap over Jeffrey in the standings

Can he get that very elusive 3-figure score today

We'll know soon enough

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Alec, all those choices are very good. Of course Stephen Fry has been on the show before, albeit not for a while. Dr Hilary Jones, Amanda Lamb, John Parrott, Greg Wallace and Lethal Bizzle, to name but a few. Damian, are all those coming on the show pretty soon? Lethal Bizzle seems a very random gue...

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Charlie Reams' pedants corner: TABETIC is not someone who is affected with TABES as TABETIC is not a noun, only an adjective. An important distinguishing feature as TABETICS isn't valid. Good lord! Two weeks in and Pedants Corner has struck me twice already. In my defence I'm quite good at finding ...

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Well, I seem to be liking this responsibility of doing the Wednesday recaps. It's certainly very enjoyable. I might be missing watching the England v Belarus match now, but since the game is of little to no consequence, I can afford to miss it for this. Enjoy. ;) :) :D Countdown recap for Wednesday ...

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Is there anyone who didn't get an 8 in round 9

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Steve seems to be wanting to become an octochamp the hardest way possible based on his last 2 shows. Luck on 2 numbers games on Monday saw him through and yesterday, he looked dead and buried until Colin bombed in the last 3 rounds. He has a nice neat 500 points from his first 6 shows, so his averag...

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Me and my mate Neil used to do quizzes at work. He normally gave random questions which normally included a Wild West question, which I'm completely hopeless at. The quizzes I like to do are just random knowledge, but my quizzes are 26 questions long, since the answer to the 1st question begins wit...

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Me and my mate Neil used to do quizzes at work. He normally gave random questions which normally included a Wild West question, which I'm completely hopeless at. The quizzes I like to do are just random knowledge, but my quizzes are 26 questions long, since the answer to the 1st question begins with...

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Well done. I'm sure all of us on Apterous will give you some good practice before your recording.

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I don't claim to have much fashion sense but Rachel's outfit looked like it had been rescued from a shredder. Anyone with me on this? It was odd - like she'd got her bra on the outside. I have virtually no fashion sense either, Alec. Me and my mum watched the show and she definitely thought there w...

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Clive Brooker wrote:Good luck to his opponent too.

Well said, Clive. I wish good luck to Steve's opponent, whoever he or she is too.

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Well, Steve has joined Jacqueline, Paul & Bob on 5 wins. So we have 4 octochamps and 4 pentachamps currently.

Hopefully win number 6 will be achieved today, but with 3 people already failed on 5, is the curse of the 6th show about to strike again

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Happy 34th Birthday to Sarah White!

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Darren Carter wrote:
James Robinson wrote: Round 9 - ASTEROID (Slightly easy for me since that selection came in my first show)
Third show wasn't it?

OK, strictly speaking my 3rd show, but there you go.

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Round 8 - ENDORSE (Good until Chris "REDBONES" Davies came in)
Round 9 - ASTEROID (Slightly easy for me since that selection came in my first show)

Alternative to 1st numbers:

25 x 10 = 250

250 + 9 - 3 = 256

Hoped for COMPILATE in Round 2 or 3, whichever it was but can't. Damn!

James Robinson

Right, Steve Wood will hope to be an octochamp by the end of the week. Hopefully, a good start today should get him on his way to becoming octochamp #5 of Series 61. Unfortunately, I actually haven't been to the studios since last week's shows (when I mean last week, I mean the ones that were transm...

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Damn, it sounded so brilliant. I so wish I could have been there. When is the next CO-anything?

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Happy birthday Derek! 33! Your avatar makes you look nearly twice your age!

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AMINOS was a DC-equaller in Round 3.

Alternative to 1st Numbers:

4 x 75 = 300

7 x 10 = 70

300 - 70 - 25 = 205

Alternative to 2nd Numbers:

6 x 25 = 150

7 x 5 = 35

150 - 35 = 115

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Are there actually going to be any new guests coming up soon? There hasn't been a new one since Ian Hyland back in July. I see that Penny Smith is in DC for the first time in nearly 10 years next week. UPDATE: Just seen on uk-tv guide.com that Sun journalist Jane Moore will be in DC in 2 weeks. That...

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James, Why didn't you post in yesterday's spoiler thread? Surely your talent for poetry cannot really be dead! I actually did have one, but it's a bit late now. So, no point bothering really. That didn't rhyme at all, do you take me for a fool? That doesn't seem to rhyme either, Not yours not mine ...

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Derek Hazell wrote:James,
Why didn't you post
in yesterday's spoiler thread?
Surely your talent
for poetry
cannot really be dead!

I actually did have one, but it's a bit late now. So, no point bothering really.

James Robinson

Well it's the end of another week of Countdown. Steve Wood is now a 3-times champion (I won't bother with the trichamp or any alternative, since clearly they're pretty rubbish!). A win today would definitely give him a spot in the top 8 for the moment, although if he's to be in the finals, he'll nee...

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Jon Corby wrote:HERE IS PAEDO

Do we get a clue for this one?

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Alexander Armstrong is playing Clive Sinclair in Micro Men at 2100 on BBC4 tonight. Radio Times describes it as a "comedy drama". Well, that's the usual spectrum his work falls into. I can't wait to see that. The promo looks well interesting, especially that clip of Armstrong in the C5! :...

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Well, Kai has handed me the Wednesday slot and so here we go. ;) :) :D Before we start, I'd like to thank Kai and Howard for giving their support. Countdown recap for Wednesday 7 October 2009. C1: Champion Steve Wood (1 win, 81 points.) From Woking, Surrey. Just completed Masters Degree at Mancheste...

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I was very happy with ANODIZE and COCAINE in round 6 and RIPOSTED in round 11.

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Round 4: T I N S F E U R O C1: FOREST (6) C2: FORTUNES (8) DC: ROUTINES (8) Score: 12–15 (max 30) I could have sworn there's a weird 9 from this selection but I must be mistaken. Spot prize for the weirdest 9 by changing 1 letter. Good recap, Dinos. Would this weird 9, OK, it might not sound weird,...

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So, Steve Wood is now the new champion.

How more times am I going to start with ".... is now the new champion."?

Only time will tell. Can he be the first person since George Raison to win more than 1 game?

You'll know by 4:10pm.

James Robinson

Send whoever it is you're playing a private message. That normally does the trick, Andrew.

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I'm fairly sure I didn't because I don't recall there being a part requesting any nickname or anything like it and that was used when I was at high school, so I wouldn't have thought of any use to bring it up this time round. But, if you do find my application form, I'd quite like to know to put to...

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Charlie Reams wrote:
Howard Somerset wrote: Round 6: P N T A I A N P L

C1: PAINT (5)
C2: PLANTAIN (8)
Score: 15–36 (max 48)
My girlfriend, seeing Countdown for the second time ever and speaking English as her third language, beat me with this. Oh the humiliation.

What are her first 2 languages incidentally?

James Robinson

I'm still confused. How did "they decide to put it on your notes", if it wasn't on your application form? I've not got a clue! Me neither. I'm 100% certain that anything we mention re contestants info on the show is supplied to us by the contestant themselves. It's ridiculous to think tha...

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I'm still confused. How did "they decide to put it on your notes", if it wasn't on your application form? I've not got a clue! Was it on your original contestant notes? (from when you were originally on 6 years ago or whatever. You know, the first time you were originally on. Not the seco...

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Jon Corby wrote:I'm still confused. How did "they decide to put it on your notes", if it wasn't on your application form?

I've not got a clue!

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Maybe so, but in fairness I rarely used that nickname at school. The only reason it was brought up on the show, because they decided to put it on my notes, I never put it on my application form, so I'm not quite sure where they got that idea from, but it was slightly true, so I went along with it. ...

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My slight problem is that I need someone to apply with, because my sister has just started uni, so she might not be able to do it, so if anyone wants to form a partnership, please let me know!

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