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Graeme Cole

Countdown recap for Monday 7 May 2012. At the opening of this show, Rachel shows us a blonde-coloured hedgehog, who was hand-reared by an audience member when its mother died. The hedgehog is called Rachel, and this its first time on television. C1: Champion Catherine Johnson (1 win, 71 points) depo...

Graeme Cole

Round 6: R S R A E C O H Q C1: COARSE (6) C2: CHASER (6) DC: COARSER (7) ROACHES (7) HOARSER (7) OT: ARCHERS (7) CHARROS (7) OCHREAS (7) ORACHES (7) Score: 40–13 (max 46) Very similar to round 9 yesterday, but it's Nick's turn to regret not sticking the other E on the end of his COARSE. :oops: COAR...

Graeme Cole

Best of luck Jonathan. You've arguably got it a bit more difficult than the others - if you do well enough to make the finals (which I don't doubt you will, having seen the amount of practice you've put in recently), you'll have to play again the same or following day. All the best to everyone invol...

Graeme Cole

SPLENIUMS in R15.

Graeme Cole

My look for show 3 was a 1960s green dress with a vintage headscarf - sadly it's gone back in the wardrobe but it may get an airing at a CO event sometime in the future! It was a poor show from me on the first numbers round - I am extremely inconsistent and thoroughly deserved to be ousted. However...

Graeme Cole

I just want to express my appreciation for the absolutely nonsensical amount of work Charlie has done on the site in the last few days, and especially today. Cheers. Seconded. Give that man a Spoon of Awesome. Yes, I'd have put this as a comment under the "I've been busy" news item if I c...

Graeme Cole

Countdown recap for Monday 23 April 2012. http://www.google.co.uk/logos/2012/stgeorge12-hp.png It's St George's Day, and RASPILLED day as well, but today is also another anniversary, which Google have alluded to in today's logo above - it's 30 years since the Sinclair ZX Spectrum was launched. In to...

Graeme Cole

Barry had SALINES disallowed, so at the end, we did a through dictionary check, but with it being declared as a mass noun in the ODE3, Jeff put his foot down and ruled that the result should stand, mainly due to the fact that it wasn't a compound or something like that. (I'm sure someone can make i...

Graeme Cole

As you might've seen and heard.... Where might we have seen or heard about this event James? Jeff's events don't seem to be very well publicised. As far as I know it stems from when the private Sanctum forum was leaked a while ago (actually all the way back in 2010). Since then, Jeff hasn't publici...

Graeme Cole

...luckily I solved BENDUSTWO in a second... ...I was nowhere near solving ATOMCHICA... Ok, it's probably only me, but I get so annoyed with people doing this. If I take the time to read your long post, I don't expect to have to put more work in to then go and look up the answers to your conundrums...

Graeme Cole

Charlie Reams wrote:Will this be another one where Graeme Cole solves it and you get the prize?

Graeme Cole

I took a while over that sentence after deciding that there is no concise way in English to create a viable sentence of the form [subject_1] [verb_1],[subject_2] [proverb_1] where the 'proverb' is like a pronoun but for verbs. I is pretty sure that there ain't no ways of saying this correctly accor...

Graeme Cole

Countdown recap for Monday 9 April 2012. C1: Champion Rob Gibney (2 wins, 198 points) is back for a third appearance after seeing off Jason Atkinson on Friday. C2: Challenger Kevin Banyard, from Torquay. After a cycling accident put him in a coma for months, watching Countdown helped him keep his mi...

Graeme Cole

Tony Atkins wrote:Round 1 recap for Saturday 7 April 2012.

Round 6: S R L I A A T S I

C1: -
C2: -
OT: LARIATS (7) LIATRIS (7) TARSALS (7)

Wasn't there a D somewhere in this round? Or did Amie and I both see a phantom RADIALS?

Graeme Cole

Thanks for putting the event together, Tony. I look forward to it again next year.

Graeme Cole

Andy McGurn wrote:Looks like Damien has changed his policy on the use of plurals for the conundrum.

Don't think so. The rule is that the answer to the conundrum won't be a plural formed by adding an S to a singular noun.

Graeme Cole

Countdown recap for Friday 6 April 2012. C1: Champion Rob Gibney (1 win, 105 points) is a director of a business consultancy from St Albans. Three-time winner John Bird looked like he could go far until Rob beat him with a score of 105 yesterday. C2: Challenger Jason Atkinson, 17, from Oldham. He's ...

Graeme Cole

Thomas Carey wrote:Seeing as I won't be doing today's recap (which someone still needs to take)

I've spoken to James, and I'll take the recap today.

Graeme Cole

Thomas Carey wrote:This means that you'll finally get a good Friday recap.

I quite like the Mystery Link feature.

Graeme Cole

I've been asked by the owners of a website that I maintain if I can set up a simple poll on the site. It's just a straightforward question, where visitors are asked to express a preference for one of two possible choices. I can easily create a page with an HTML form where you specify your choice by...

Graeme Cole

I had an audition today. The only thing different to what Graeme said is the conundrums are now typed out on a strip of paper and the person holding the audition holds it up for 30 seconds. And I imagine, unlike what Graeme says, you put your hand up when you have the conundrum rather than say it. ...

Graeme Cole

Recently I returned from holiday to find that I'd won a case for an iPhone 4 in a charity raffle at work. I don't have an iPhone 4, or any iPhone, or any Apple product of any description apart from the fruit. I don't anticipate this changing. So I've put it on eBay. Griffin Chilewich hard case for i...

Graeme Cole

Tony Atkins wrote:
Graeme Cole wrote:Are entries still open for this? Normally I'm with family in Witney over Easter but I think I should be able to come along to the event and then set off to Witney later in the evening.
Of course it's still open! Especially for our local boy and champ!

Cool. In.

Graeme Cole

Yup, and that editor needs another telling off again today :!: The lack of that blue mask thing over the conundrum? Maybe it's deliberate. If that's so, why have they been so inconsistent this week, then :?: Not sure. It just seems strange that they would accidentally forget to do it twice in one w...

Graeme Cole

Graeme Cole

James Robinson wrote:Yup, and that editor needs another telling off again today

The lack of that blue mask thing over the conundrum? Maybe it's deliberate.

Graeme Cole

Are entries still open for this? Normally I'm with family in Witney over Easter but I think I should be able to come along to the event and then set off to Witney later in the evening.

Graeme Cole

http://greem.co.uk/nonsense/goosefin.jpg :-D But seriously, well played Heather. Moustache guy was good to watch as well, but you did pretty much all the answering in the final round. I think Michael has a point, that final round is probably just as difficult with two players as it is with one, may...

Graeme Cole

What was Alison's word in Round 9? Couldn't hear it clearly. OUGHT. UNSNARLED in R2. Alison could make a few more wins at this rate. She's spotting words reasonably consistently. You've heard of the "casual armchair standard", well she's certainly better at Countdown than an armchair is. ...

Graeme Cole

After yesterday's conundrum cock-up, they went one better today :!: http://greem.co.uk/nonsense/celeryfit.jpg Actually, I think I prefer it like this. I never really understood why they need to hide most of the board behind that blue mask they normally superimpose over it. Opinions? Maybe it's to a...

Graeme Cole

Matt Morrison wrote:
Graeme Cole wrote:C2 buzzes on 27.5 seconds to say ENCLOSURE which is... ... incorrect, but did you spot something odd there?
No? I am intrigued though. I like oddities.

Look at the animated GIF. The oddity is in every frame.

Graeme Cole

Countdown recap for Monday 26 March 2012. C1: Champion Mick O'Brien (2 wins, 162 points). Back for his third appearance after his narrow win over Robin Mackay on Friday. C2: Challenger Wendy Gabriel, a charity shop volunteer from Greenwich and a fan of live music. DC: Susie Dent and Fiona Armstrong....

Graeme Cole

-You must call by phone or email until you get choose by them. On the British show, you fill in a form which asks mostly administrative questions like your name, date of birth, other shows you've appeared on, do you have a criminal record, etc. You send that in by post or email, and at some point s...

Graeme Cole

Most shower gel I've seen is actually labelled "hair and body wash" or something like that. They're basically admitting it's the same stuff.

Graeme Cole

Even if she did say CASTIGATES, just like Graeme may have said GALVANISED, they still solve it. Just misspoke. I'd still award it them. It's a difficult question of what to do when there's ambiguity about what the contestant answered. You've got three choices really - assume they gave the right ans...

Graeme Cole

Just watched this. I don't think he's fudged in the normal sense. I think it was more like, in apterous terms, he thought he could do it but misclicked twice, which obviously you cant do so Nick was right to stop him. Having said that, I'm interested to know what most people think about fudging, ei...

Graeme Cole

Innis showed me how to play Countdown:

Innis 120 - 58 Graeme
Innis 141 - 109 Graeme (max game)
Innis 107 - 91 Graeme

The latter game contained the only round I managed to beat Innis on, and only because he misread the selection. All the best in the rest of the tournament, Innis.

Graeme Cole

Heh. R14 was pretty funny. Nick was right to time him out, though. Whether he dithered over it by accident or design, it wouldn't have helped him anyway - according to the solver you can't get 771 from those numbers. Michael's been a strong player, but I'm glad Gerri pulled it back with that conundr...

Graeme Cole

Countdown recap for Monday 5 March 2012. C1: Champion Ben Rollett (1 win, 87 points) from Bury St Edmunds is a student of Sports Business Management. C2: Challenger Andy Russell is a university librarian from Brighton, with two children watching at home. DC: Susie Dent and Pam Ayres. RR: Rachel Rile...

Graeme Cole

May I have a go at a recap every other Mondat then, please, unless Graeme wants to do Monday recaps full time? CONSULTATION TIME..............AWAITING GRAEME'S RESPONSE............... :geek: :ugeek: :geek: :ugeek: It's a good thing I happened to read this thread, as I usually hardly notice it. I do...

Graeme Cole

James Robinson wrote:By the way, I don't know if it's been like it all week, but has anyone noticed the interesting error in the end credits

I've had a look to see if I can spot it, and all I can see is that it says "VT Editors" then only lists one name.

Graeme Cole

Jon O'Neill wrote:
James Robinson wrote:The only problem would be to find 100 people to survey............
Yeah where are you gonna find 100 people who love Countdown enough to know shit like that?

Problem: if James is one of the hundred there won't be any pointless answers.

Graeme Cole

Cool game today, well played Peter. The challenger was pretty handy too. Seen as though he isn't on apterous, I guess he could be into his scrabble or play the wii game or something, because he too was above this casual armchair viewer standard. This range of apterous-themed merchandise is coming a...

Graeme Cole

Jordan Leckonby wrote:i think on apterous carl williams is keith williams

Not unless he was playing on apterous while in the studio.

Graeme Cole

Congratulations on eight wins Peter, and well done on getting an average of over 100. You faced some tough opposition along the way too. Best of luck in the finals.

Graeme Cole

FWIW, my least favourite selection is 2 large.

Graeme Cole

Bad luck Chris, but there's no shame in losing to Peter. It was a good game and you both played well. Are the Countdown team now intentionally pitching Apterous players against each other to reduce the number of potential Octochamps? It seems this is indeed the case. The standard of opponent that Vi...

Graeme Cole

Countdown recap for Monday 20 February 2012. C1: Champion Chris Butler (3 wins, 287 points), an apterite whom some of you will know from COLIN a few weeks ago. So far he's got three scores in the nineties. C2: Challenger Peter Lee, a senior meteorological officer from Dublin, and also an apterite an...

Graeme Cole

I'd like to get involved with this please :) You are unlucky not to make Ben's list I think We'll need to bring Ryan in for this discussion. (I was thinking the same to be honest.) From what I recall from last year, the selection of players is based on TV performance and co-event performance, and n...

Graeme Cole

Phil Reynolds wrote:
Graeme Cole wrote:Incidentally, if you search for words on Oxford Dictionaries Online (subscription required after you've made a certain number of searches)
Not if you use the free one.

True. That one seems to be a lot faster, too.

Graeme Cole

Why does it have to be a human at all? If only someone could design a computerised system that could check a word list of all allowable words. Oh wait... I seem to remember reading somewhere here that they do have a computer program to check words. In case of a disagreement between that and the pri...

Graeme Cole

Andy Platt wrote:This thread has been an interesting read. I never realised (sidereal ) that there was this level of anonymity involved before I arrived.
Explains a couple of things I think.

Anonymity? How do you mean?

Edit: hang on, did you mean animosity?

Graeme Cole

David Williams wrote:Has SEDATIONS actually been allowed in the past? Apterous doesn't really create a precedent.

Yes, Charlie lists a few examples here, but they're all from before they switched to the ODE3. I don't know if the definition has changed between the two dictionaries.

Graeme Cole

If anyone's on twitter (I'm not), I believe Countdown can be contacted with queries. It would be useful to know whether this was a one off, a mistake, or if, from now on, all mass noun actions can no longer be pluralised. I already have asked. Haven't got a response yet. But looking at the rules I ...

Graeme Cole

I've never figured out why dictionaries can't just give the pluralisations of all words, at least it would be consistent and it surely would be of use for some of the more obscure or difficult words. The ODE3 (or whichever one it is now) is supposed to be a dictionary for everyday use and whilst th...

Graeme Cole

I think the best bet here would be to do away with all the special Countdown rules, i.e. the food rule and the subjects rule and stuff. If it says mass noun, it's a mass noun, and it can't be pluralled on Countdown even if it can in real life. This will lead to a few hard-done-by cases in the futur...

Graeme Cole

Sorry to see Victoria lose there, although Chris isn't a bad player. She could have been a strong contender for the finals (and she might yet be). I think the disallowing of SEDATIONS is controversial, assuming the contestant guidelines haven't changed since I was sent them: Categories of mass nouns...

Graeme Cole

Probability of two fair, random, one-large games having the same selection in the same order: (1/4) * (2/20) * (2/19) * (2/18) * (2/17) * (2/16) = 32/7441920 = 1/232560. That assumes all the numbers picked are different, though. For selections where you get two of the same number I think the probab...

Graeme Cole

Andy. Have you actually at some point downloaded the aplication form, filled it in and returned it? Technically, I filled it in 80%, then sent an email asking a question about the form, and was answered by the man himself saying there's not much point sending it, and to do it in 12 months instead. ...

Graeme Cole

Third.

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