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Richard Brittain

Good game, well done Richard. This is a minor upset, because some of us were expecting big things from Charles Reams following his impressive victory in last year's COOT Plate, and thus had him down as slight favourite for this match. Nonetheless, he now has the opportunity to retain his Plate title...

Richard Brittain

The whole of COMA was O-less? This gets more extraordinary by the minute. We now have the possibility that the entire COMA competition will have to be voided, especially if there were any O-specialists involved.

Maybe it's all some sick experiment by Soo Reams.

Richard Brittain

Wow, that's quite a major bug. Surprised I didn't notice it, considering I've watched all 3 of the games so far. Good spot. I wonder how long this has gone unnoticed, Countgen 2 has been around a while hasn't it? Reams! You have a lot of explaining to do. We haven't been playing Countdown at all, we...

Richard Brittain

Yeah, I'd say Benji Hanks and Mikey Lear both have an outside chance of making it due to their charisma and youth, although it's quite unlikely given the competition for places. As for Hansford, I don't know the full facts, but if it's true that he definitely cheated then they certainly don't have t...

Richard Brittain

Yeah, good game Michael. Here's the recap.

Note that some people may prefer not to know the outcome before reading the recap.

Richard Brittain

Countdown recap for Monday 23rd June 2008. C1: Challenger Michael Wallace - A 21 year-old MSc Statistics student at UCL, formerly of Cambridge. Michael made one appearance on Countdown in Series 55 but lost to Stu Horsey, an Octochamp who Richard Brittain later beat in a closely contested semi-final...

Richard Brittain

Julian wasn't raised in the Hood, blood.

Richard Brittain

The following are probably definite invites: Craig Beevers David O'Donnell Nick Wainwright Richard Brittain Jon Corby Highly likely: Anita Freeland Aaron Webber Jeffrey Hansford Steven Briers Richard Priest Jonathan Coles Quite probable: Tony Warren James Hurrell (although he only made the QFs, look...

Richard Brittain

This thread is intended for discussion of the next Championship of Champions, including predictions for the starting 16, reasoning and general detailed analytical theorisation and speculation. Hopefully, there will be lots of statistical input from both Martin Gardner and Gevin-Gavin.

Richard Brittain

Paul Howe, I would agree with those 11. I also think there could be a case for James Hurrell and/or Steve Baines, both of Series 57, and any one of Tony Warren, Stu Horsey and Phil Watson from Series 55. Perhaps I should make a thread aimed at the discussion of the next CoC, since Damian suggested it?

Richard Brittain

Damian E wrote:I even thought about just posting the names up here, to deprive you of the pleasures, but realised it would be mean spirited of me.

Oh, could you PM me the names?

Richard Brittain

Yeah, well done David. Good job.

Richard Brittain

Yeah, good game. I thought Jonathan was one of the likeliest out of all the seeds to beat DoD, and he came closer to doing it than I expected. A very impressive performance by him, well done. If he had put some time in ahead of the finals to improve his numbers skills, he might've gotten the second ...

Richard Brittain

Charlie.. In my opinion, there isn't so much useful knowledge in the world that anyone should ever have to study that hard; it must be mostly useless, purely academic knowledge that they are studying, in my opinion. I take your point that people at Oxbridge do work ridiculously hard.. However, Conor...

Richard Brittain

I wouldn't say Des Lynam looks too full of emotion when interviewing people on Setanta Sports either, but you're right.. I have grown more passionate with maturing age. At CoC, I may even bring my broadsword and decide to decapitate DoD on camera when he beats me.

Richard Brittain

I think we should just award Paul Howe the COMA title and get started with COOT. The waiting has gone beyond a joke now. Clearly, Conor Travers isn't interested in finishing it. He couldn't have forgotten about it, considering the memory he possesses, and regardless of what exams he might be doing, ...

Richard Brittain

A solid performance today by DoD, but the scoreline flattered him because Ben Hanks put in a strong performance bar 2 or 3 rounds. As I've come to expect in modern series finals, the game threw out a lot of difficult letters selections which restricted scoring but also allowed for some exotic words ...

Richard Brittain

I must say, I am growing more fond of Alastair Stewart with every appearance. Supplies some interesting anecdotes, appears to be richly knowledgable about various things and shows a genuine interest in the game. He isn't really snide or pompous at all, but just looks and sounds as though he should b...

Richard Brittain

It's highly possible.

Richard Brittain

I thought Ricky Tomlinson was awful. I agree with this. I've never really 'got' what's so funny about him or The Royle Family, but last week he just seemed quite limp. Alastair Stewart isn't that bad. Of course, yes, he has that sort of posh, snide, Cromwellian pomposity to him, but he's an interes...

Richard Brittain

I was joking, DoD, but.. yes, the fact that your record against me online is 5-0 or something does grieve me in my heart.

Richard Brittain

2. TIMECOMET = COMMITTEE 28. GOFTCHICK = COCKFIGHT 48. THALLGIMP = LAMPLIGHT 50. CEEMPOINT = IMPOTENCE To leave: 1. ANNEWORLD 5. TNTCAIQUE 17. CATCHFOLE 18. TANNERFOO 20. VARYGRADE 21. STAUNCHED 24. WINETAILS 42. CLAIMSEET 47. PANDAREPS 49. PACAFLEET Thanks for providing us with a constant stream of...

Richard Brittain

My predictions, assuming there are no drop-outs: QFs: David O'Donnell to beat Benji Hanks by a margin of 40-60 points. Michael MacDonald Cooper to beat Peter Davies by a margin of 1-20 points. Richard Priest to beat Tim Reypert by a margin of 25-45 points. Jonathan Coles to beat Barry Smith by a mar...

Richard Brittain

I think you might get banned by Soo Reams for spamming the forum, Jason.

Richard Brittain

P Texas - Expats?

These aren't valid conundrums, Jason; they have to be nine letters.

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Interact.

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Umpirage.

Richard Brittain

The thing is, it's going to take a really brilliant player to beat Jonathan and reduce his scoring to less than 42, and such a player would in all likelihood win at least 5 games himself.

Richard Brittain

Well, I'm saying that he is one of the best players in the series. But 'slaughter' was probably a strong word, I think David O'Donnell would beat him.

Richard Brittain

Jason, I can't get this annoyingly catchy Rubber Ducky tune out of my head. Please make it stop.

Richard Brittain

Ah, it's alright, I was just impersonating Corby. I knew they weren't puppets really.

Richard Brittain

Jonathan hasn't quite lived up to the promise he showed in his first game; after his initial 124, it's now looking unlikely that he will even make 800. Spots some good words, but has a definite weakness on the numbers, so I can't see him mounting a serious title challenge. Could make the final, but ...

Richard Brittain

Oh. Well that certainly changes things. I'm nowhere near as impressed about this clip now as I was.

Richard Brittain

Wow, those puppets are amazingly life-like!

Richard Brittain

The only downside of eating wild fungi is that you could suddenly keel over and die after eating one, but with a decent guidebook one would have to be pretty stupid to pick a poisonous one. Whats the best guidebook to buy when it comes to poinsonous mushrooms? I don't know what the best one is, but...

Richard Brittain

So, what about the more recent CoCs? How do you reckon they've been seeded? On points?

Richard Brittain

This guy is really rather good. If I was Jason Cullen, I'd be worried. If I was David O'Donnell, I'd even be slightly worried.

Richard Brittain

Lee, most of the people here who suggest these outrageously obscure words have spent many hundreds of hours practising the game in their own time, as well as having watched the show regularly for many years. Many of them probably forget the fact that, before they did all of this, they were, by their...

Richard Brittain

I think Richard Digance is quite entertaining. He does sometimes seem to be battling with minor demons which are inside of him, but this only adds to his watchability.

Also, I quite like Martin Jarvis. He has an authority about him which other guests cannot command.

Richard Brittain

Dont you have Sainsbury's in your part of the country? Haha, yes, but I find their selection of fungi to be quite limited. Also, this is completely natural, it hasn't had all sorts of chemicals pumped into it, had fats and other parts extracted from it, been frozen and shipped from Africa, etc. I f...

Richard Brittain

I have some wonderful news for you all. Today, for the first time ever, I found some Chicken of the Woods in Northaw Great Wood. I took some of it home, fried it and ate it, and behold, it tasted quite good.

Richard Brittain

Do you have problems with self control, Joseph?

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3. ZEITGEBER
9. YEASTIEST
43. XANTHOMAS

Richard Brittain

An interesting quiz, although it is basically just a convoluted three-choice multiple choice quiz. (I would insert a smiley face with a tongue sticking out here but no-one actually does that in real life) Anyway, my answers: 1. 57. Russia 2. 64. Apple 3. 15. India 4. 72. Snoop Dogg 5. 59. Pig 6. 34....

Richard Brittain

Oh, excellent. I finally get to answer one of these before all the easy ones have disappeared.

8. XENOGRAFT ?
21. ITCHINESS
22. KINSWOMAN
24. PANSEXUAL ?
25. WALKATHON

Richard Brittain

I didn't say it made me unhappy, Jonathan. But for the record, I am not anti-semitic or a Hitlerite. I am one eighth Jewish myself and so possess the seed of Abraham within me. I am not anti-semitic, or anti-Jewish, but only anti-Satanic , and in the words of Jesus himself, there are those who call ...

Richard Brittain

Are you saying that because it is fairly similar to something that once happened on University Challenge? If so, you don't understand at all why I gave those answers. I wasn't doing it to replicate the Uni Challenge thing at all, but rather to portray dinos as a rampant Jewish communist, which he is...

Richard Brittain

Hmm, nice quiz dinos. Shouldn't be too hard. Let's see.. 1. Karl Marx 2. Karl Marx 3. Karl Marx 4. Lenin 5. Trotsky 6. Karl Marx 7. Karl Marx 8. Karl Marx 9. Che Guevara 10. Josef Stalin 11. Che Guevara 12. Karl Marx 13. Karl Marx 14. Uri Geller 15. Rasputin 16. Steven Spielberg 17. Che Guevara 18. ...

Richard Brittain

I bet you hear that big old Countdown clock 'ticking on down' in your sleep, Jon, don't you?

[/Larsenesque comeback]

Richard Brittain

Actually, I decided I can't really be bothered to do another quiz, sorry. You'll have to make do with Jason's.

Richard Brittain

Maybe they were actually the same person, but didn't realise it (split personality disorder or something). This would explain why they had a common ancestor.

Richard Brittain

I may have to publish and distribute it independently, out of my own pocket. Won't this also get you killed? Is 'the truth' finally being in the public domain worth the sacrifice? The authorities could probably discretely kill me now and get away with it. However, if I were to publish a book, and b...

Richard Brittain

Might do one tonight or tomorrow. I want it to be an immense quiz, so I don't want to rush it.

Richard Brittain

It had to happen. If the authorities knew about what I know, and that I was telling other people about it, they would probably try to kill me. We will all learn the truth in time, though. How's the book coming along? Haven't been writing it lately.. Working at the moment, 9 to 5. It's probably abou...

Richard Brittain

Also, David Icke would be a great guest, could tell us about his theories, and has experience of appearing on TV many times, such as on Wogan. I imagine he wouldn't be too difficult to get on the show.

Richard Brittain

Jason Larsen wrote:Why was she on twice in the last series?

It's a he, but I guess maybe if he had a sex change that would account for why he/she has been able to get on twice?

Richard Brittain

Anyway, here are my answers. This quiz is definitely your easiest. I think I did considerably better than in your last quiz, in which I failed to spot that 'Aneres' is 'Serena' backwards. I don't really like this 'team' idea though, couldn't you have just done a straight quiz? 1. B 2. A 3. D 4. C 5....

Richard Brittain

Is 25 a joke question? No-one has walked on the Moon. That was an awesome thread until you deleted all your posts. It had to happen. If the authorities knew about what I know, and that I was telling other people about it, they would probably try to kill me. We will all learn the truth in time, thou...

Richard Brittain

Is 25 a joke question? No-one has walked on the Moon.

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