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Mark James

For a good few years now I've been trying to compile a Top 10 Ten Albums I'd give 10/10 to list .This is what I've got so far.

Forever Changes - love
Leviathan - Mastodon
Slaughter of the Soul - At The Gates
Blind Melon - Blind Melon

Most of the other albums I really like still only get a 9.

Mark James

It's Steak tonight. And then alcohol for dessert.

Mark James

Fair enough if your one doesn't know any Irish leaders but she was so confident picking international politics you would have imagined she would have known enough about domestic politics to know the people she picked weren't. But "domestic" to whom? Bear in mind that the contestants weren...

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Fair enough if your one doesn't know any Irish leaders but she was so confident picking international politics you would have imagined she would have known enough about domestic politics to know the people she picked weren't. Can't believe Charlie Haughey was pointless either. And yes Craig, I thoug...

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Am I the only person who doesn't get the big deal? I really couldn't give a fiddlers if someone taps my phone line. I've either said something or I haven't. If I can't stand by that then I should keep my mouth shut 24/7. So can I come and watch you poo? I have a column to write. I wouldn't care if ...

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Am I the only person who doesn't get the big deal? I really couldn't give a fiddlers if someone taps my phone line. I've either said something or I haven't. If I can't stand by that then I should keep my mouth shut 24/7. The one time newspapers actually know for a fact what someone said people are u...

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I think he goes by an alias anyway so I know he's not the real "Billy the Kid." I think this is my most favourite thing that anyone has ever said. Anyway, I just checked out the chat logs. Billy seems harmless enough, although I guess I don't know what he said to Jason during their game. ...

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Ryan Taylor wrote: Lmao even more if that is true! The whole situation of getting your mum to film you do a 360 hand trick to the camera for a Countdown audience is just heroic.

She wasn't filming it. She just happened to be standing there when I was doing it.

Mark James

Ryan Taylor wrote:
Mark James wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb0w4W_P ... ideo_title This is what I can do.
I like how you chuckle to yourself after the first 360.

That was my mum.

Mark James

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb0w4W_P ... ideo_title This is what I can do.

Mark James

This has got to be one of the biggest musical turds in chart history. Belief-defyingly dire. Then don't promote her videos. Had a great night last night on apterous with people recommending shit yet good songs from the nineties in the chat box and then checking them out on youtube. A nice trip down...

Mark James

Mark James wrote:The front page says I'm not logged in even though I'm playing.

It's back to normal now.

Mark James

The front page says I'm not logged in even though I'm playing.

Mark James

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5hExLsJlaI

Mark James

I think I'm annoyed at the uselessness of the 100 people they ask. I can't remember how many people did say planet as something you would find in space but it should have been a lot more than it actually was. Why? (It was 62, by the way.) Don't forget that the 100 people weren't asked, "Is a p...

Mark James

There was a brilliant ad I saw once, I think it was on Tarrant on T.V. and there's this sexy woman walking around her house stripping off to her underwear and then lying on a bed stroking her midriff and the tagline says "Turn what's in your pocket now in to hard cash" and then the company...

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Man, Pointles seems really shit now. I hope it's just that today's questions were naff and not that I've only just noticed that it's been shit for ages. I was thinking the exact same thing. I think I'm annoyed at the uselessness of the 100 people they ask. I can't remember how many people did say p...

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These Sony Bravia ads are awesome... Bouncy balls Wrong tune, surely. That's something that annoys me with ads these days where they keep the same ad but change the music. Cadbury's keep doing it. The gorilla should be playing drums to Phil Collins not Bonnie Tyler and the clothes had been dancing ...

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I don't like boxing or UFC. I'd much rather watch the Street Fighter championships. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS5peqAp ... re=related What a comeback!

Mark James

I watched a film I had taped from the tv years ago on VHS last night, something I haven't done in ages, and it was weird seeing all the old ads on it. It's weird as well to see how tame the dangerous driving ads were then compared to now. My least favourite ads at the mo are the maltesers when one o...

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Do they really need to get three balls off the ball girls, check them and and then give one back? Are they really expecting there to be duff balls being used? And it's not like they then throw the one you gave back away, you're gonna be given it again at some stage. They get soft quite quickly when...

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Do they really need to get three balls off the ball girls, check them and and then give one back? Are they really expecting there to be duff balls being used? And it's not like they then throw the one you gave back away, you're gonna be given it again at some stage.

Mark James

Ta for sharing. Especially as I learned a new word (3 Across) whilst solving this. Cool! Anyone who's played any of the Call of Duty games should know the word. When I looked it up to double-check there was another valid definition - a particular type of Irish dancing shoe. The link was pretty easy...

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Matt Morrison wrote:
Rhys Benjamin wrote:dancing the Swedish entry
good porno title

My favourite porno titles are "Genital Hospital", "Field Of Teens" (tag line "if you build it, they will cum") and the all time classic "Shindler's Fist".

Mark James

A good pub quiz one I've heard is when the quiz master asks "What's the occupation of Paul McCartney's daughter?" Someone in the crowd then asks which one as he has two. The quiz master with a puzzled look on his face then says "Oh right, eh, the one that's a fashion designer". D...

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It particularly reminds me of a random walk or the Gambler's Ruin problem (both of which are Markov problems), although it's not identical. But it's still cool to figure this stuff out for yourself. I don't understand most of that. I did go on a random walk once though, tossing a coin to decide whi...

Mark James

What happened to the incorrect thing with the conundrum? That was good.

Mark James

Got a webcam yesterday so thought I'd stick some of my songs up on the interweb. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F4cjjlQ ... ideo_title
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qx9D9tD ... ideo_title

Mark James

Happy Birthday Apterous!!

Mark James

AIRDROMES as a beater in round 12.

Mark James

Rhys Benjamin wrote:Could we have the option to decline the duel please?

Don't we have that? Just don't click accept challenge.

Mark James

Lee Kelly wrote:3rd nums sol.. 9x6-6x8+7

You forgot your brackets. What you said equals 13.

Mark James

I don't really like magic any more. Most tricks are just variations on certain techniques. I still like the occasional close up card trick as I can appreciate the digital dexterity but other than that I only get enjoyment now from finding out exactly how tricks are done. That's why the idea for this...

Mark James

As far as I'm aware Adblock Plus can't filter out the trailers on 4oD. But I'm confused ... you're saying you don't get adverts on 4oD, but you saw the 118 118 advert? He means both contestants declared 118 right after each other so it sounded like they were advertising that company. I thought the ...

Mark James

"The Saints are having a party, the Saints are having a party, the Saints are having a party, the Hoops have fucked it up". Oh yeah, top of the league baby!!.

Mark James

Open please.(1426)

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That was Alex who got the conundrum, no? Sure I recognise his face and he looked like he was looking towards Rachel after he got it. He's taken his flesh tunnel out and doesn't look as cool any more. I didn't watch it, but wouldn't that mean you just end up with ridiculous floppy ears? The native t...

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This might be hard to do, but had an idea in my head for something called Multi. How this would work is that during the letters round, your goal would be to declare as many valid words as possible in 30 seconds, and you can declare any length from one to nine. If you get any incorrect words however...

Mark James

How about a call my bluff style of game. In round one player one finds a word from the selection and declares the word length x which may or not be the actual length of the word they found. Player two then has to say whether they think the length of the word is +, - or = x If player two guesses righ...

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Couldn't be bothered to find an appropriate thread but here goes. Ryan Dunn died recently and it would seem he died in a most appropriate way considering his lifestyle, so I wondered if anyone could come up with some good potential ones. .........cherry blossom poisining. Insert your own sycophant....

Mark James

You gotta love football fans. I'm just back from an away match in Galway. During the game there was an announcement on the tannoy that the away fans were to use a particular toilet at the far end of the ground. Almost immediately a chant started that went, "We are Saint Patrick's, we'll piss wh...

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Liam Tiernan wrote:Alt. 2nd numbers:(((9X9)+8)X (100/4))-1.

Are you sure? I make that total to be 2224.

Mark James

United Park - Drogheda - Drogheda United It's Hunky Dory's park these days and yet you can't get a packet of Hunky Dory's in the place. They were selling Tayto when I was there on Friday. A good win for the Super Saints though. Still keeping the pace with Rovers. If we can get a result against them...

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The ten year old me wants an answer to this question. Do you ever loiter around parks, looking for undiscovered kids with that special talent? Whenever my mates and I played football in the park and spotted an adult appearing over the horizon, we would put extra effort into what we were doing to tr...

Mark James

Nice one Craig. I would've missed this as ITV isn't on the listings with sky digital, it's one of the extra channels you have to tune in yourself so I always miss shows that are on it. Fortunately ITV is usually shit and I don't tend to miss anything worthwhile. Thanks again for letting us know.

Mark James

Since when is PARTIER allowed? It's still invalid on apterous.

Mark James

On the game archive pages could the players ratings be what they were at the start of the game instead of after the game?

Mark James

I had a dream Jon and Matt Morrison were at my house but they were getting bored as they're was nothing to do so they were messing about out in the back garden and Jon opened the shed and found a box of twirls and was happy, then when we went back inside, the whole back room was full of bags of cri...

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I was tempted to quit my last job on so many occasions due to a dick head boss but he ended up leaving before I did which made the job so much more enjoyable. Unfortunately we ended up closing down and I've been unemployed since. I did have some great rows with said boss over the years though. Durin...

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I had a dream Jon and Matt Morrison were at my house but they were getting bored as they're was nothing to do so they were messing about out in the back garden and Jon opened the shed and found a box of twirls and was happy, then when we went back inside, the whole back room was full of bags of cris...

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Thursday is usually pay-day, at least it is here in Ireland, so that should elevate it above Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

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They're equally shitty as far as I'm concerned which is why I stay away from that whole working lark these days. Work is a dirty four letter word ending in K.

Mark James

The Countdown clock music is being used to signify the last thirty seconds of matches in the Masters Football on Sky Sports.

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Just read there ed that ur da is a tyrone man,, were bouts he from big man?? kerry for sam this year i reckon, different class! put ur pennies on lavey to win the derry football championship also for all u gamblers!! I put this in Google translate from Irish to English but Google couldn't make any ...

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Soph K wrote:ive got angry birds now. its awesome - id rate it 4.77639111 out of 5.

It's a 5/5 for me. What part of the game did you not like that made you deduct the 0.22360889?

Mark James

TOUGHED still isn't allowed on apterous. The only reason I declared it was because of James Hall's reappearance on Countdown toady.

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Can we have conundrum stones for the other variants please?

Mark James

I liked the Pac-Man anniversary one the most.

Mark James

I can sort of top that. I dropped my phone into a toilet filled with my own vomit. I delved right in for it and then proceeded to rinse the phone under a tap to wash it. When I woke up the next day, needless to say, the phone did not work but the battery and stuff inside still spelt of vomit. I got...

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According to my edition of the scrabble tournament word list that I won at a recent scrabble tournament, pizazzy isn't allowed. Only the four Zs version pizzazzy is in.

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