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Ian Volante

Jay Murphy's hardly been around at a reasonable hour, so we've not yet played.

Ian Volante

Andy Wilson wrote:Fentimans Curiosity Cola is quite nice.

I like Fentiman's lemonade actually.

Ian Volante

What about someone who's only tried one once, nibbled around one end and then gave up because it tasted strange?

Ian Volante

Cherry Coke's great. As for vanilla Coke, cream soda is much nicer! Pepsi has always tasted much nicer to me than Coke, although I suspect they are actually the same company. Evidence? Blow bubbles through a glass of Coke and it tastes like Pepsi. The only time I drink any of this muck however is wh...

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Charlie Reams wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:Oooh! Ahhh!
Why is AUTOTOXIC in the most improbable 9 list twice?
Click the links and you'll see.

Ah, I see, but it seems a bit pointless to have it in more than once.

Ian Volante

Charlie Reams wrote:Oooh! Ahhh!

Why is AUTOTOXIC in the most improbable 9 list twice?

Ian Volante

I wish I knew what your second sentence means, Matt. ". . . as opposed to someone." Which someone? Someone who what? I think someone does have to be pedantic in order to try to reverse the worsening standards in the use of English - indicative of worsening standards in education as a whol...

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Kai Laddiman wrote:William G Stewart

Amen.

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Maxine Silkstone wrote:Flouncing... a very useful 9 letter word

Indeed...

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ga ... 2#r1408632

Ian Volante

Graham Easton wrote: Do Octochamps Need Encouragement ?

HEAD

Have Every Arse Diddled.

MOOB

Ian Volante

I feel the need to boast about the two wins I have against Andrew, including my highest score

Ian Volante · Re: Maspoiler for Monday 20 July 2009 Who is this Kirk chap anyway?

Who is this Kirk chap anyway?

Ian Volante · Re: Maspoiler for Monday 20 July 2009 Jolly good show old chap.

Jolly good show old chap.

Ian Volante · Re: Maspoiler for Monday 20 July 2009 ((25*(7-5)-1)*10)-8.

((25*(7-5)-1)*10)-8.

Ian Volante

ANIMATED helps.

That's one of my most missed words I'm sure, yet I get it here. Pah.

BOUNCIER to finish with three 8s.

Ian Volante

Charlie Reams wrote:Gonna be very close, this. He needs 20 points from the final three letters rounds, plus numbers and conundrum. Eek!

Dead easy! Q, X, Z and K have all gone which helps.

Ian Volante

I think this challenger's a closet satanist.

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Martin Harris wrote:R8: Northing ?

Not sure, but I certainly use the word every day when I'm mapping stuff.

Ian Volante · Re: Maspoiler for Monday 20 July 2009 8: THRONING

8: THRONING

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Chris Davies wrote:EPICEDIA, round 7.

He looked like he had something in mind going for the last vowel, but I never saw it.

Ian Volante · Re: Maspoiler for Monday 20 July 2009 SOAKERS? woo

SOAKERS?

woo

Ian Volante · Re: Maspoiler for Monday 20 July 2009 That nine will help...

That nine will help...

Ian Volante

Just here for a quick whinge. I didn't qualify in the U-1200 tourney, and my rating is now 999. Bah I say!

Ian Volante

This may be my biggest turnaround, a net swing of 48 points.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 7069322332

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tomrowell wrote:Tom Rowell 2-0 Ian Volante

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=92769
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=92788

always a pleasure to play mr volante

Yep, well done Tom. I just couldn't get close enough to you.

Ian Volante

Getting on Jo Brand makes me think of hiring a team of Sherpas.

Ian Volante

Happy 29th Birthday to Lorraine Murtagh! :D Thanks! :) That's OK, Lorraine! I hope that Ian takes you somewhere nice tonight. :) I hope that I've gleaned correctly that Ian is your actual BF, Jon's fantasy notwithstanding! :lol: She's coming to my pub quiz, not sure if that counts as nice!

Ian Volante

Lorraine Murtagh wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:
Julie T wrote:Happy 29th Birthday to Lorraine Murtagh!
I can report that she enjoyed receiving her present this morning
Thanks for not waking me in that case....

It's easier that way...

Ian Volante

Julie T wrote:Happy 29th Birthday to Lorraine Murtagh!

I can report that she enjoyed receiving her present this morning

Ian Volante

Michael Wallace wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:Where's "bog", man?!

Also, crapper, shitter.
Duly added, thanks. (The poll is set up so people can change votes, so if you chose 'other' then you can switch to the new additions if you want.)

Much better!

Ian Volante

Where's "bog", man?!

Also, crapper, shitter.

EDIT: Also, I don't have a bath, and unless I was planning to piss in said vessel, I wouldn't mention it on an ablutory visit.

Ian Volante

Dib dib dib.

That means I want in by the way...

Ian Volante

I voted the same way as the clear majority, although not because misspelling someone's name is ignorant (which it is, but ignorance per se is no sin) but rather because it's discourteous. Interesting, Phil. I chose the word "ignorant" because I thought it would cover both lack of learning...

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OK, this one might actually be a bug: in a 110-0 game against Apterous Prune where I scored in every round I was told that I had achieved a prune on a stick. Instead, I was (rightly) awarded a holy prune. The Holy items aren't for beating the bots to nil as far as I can remember, unless this is wha...

Ian Volante

Tom, I'll be around tonight in theory. When are you available?

Ian Volante

common usage makes it rather a small thing to be standing up to I think. The 30th edition of the U.S. Government Style Manual (2008) sections 9.54 and 12.9b recommends the use of "12 a.m." for midnight and "12 p.m." for noon. Common usage makes me more inclined to stand up to it...

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Marc Meakin wrote:A statement of Stitchers

A scroll?

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Daniel O'Dowd wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:
Kai Laddiman wrote:Shurely midnight tonight would be 11/7/09 12:00 am?
12 midnight not 12am
12 midnight IS 12am.

Not it's not! AM stands for ante meridien, and midnight is neither ante nor post. The same goes for midday. Convention of recent times has been to use 12am/pm, but that doesn't make it right.

Ian Volante

Kai Laddiman wrote:Shurely midnight tonight would be 11/7/09 12:00 am?

12 midnight not 12am

Ian Volante

To be fair, she hasn't tried to hide that fact: As usual, clever and believable casting, humorous songs and some great directing by Stephen Duckham means the show has gone down a storm, prompting a standing ovation on the first night, I am told . By the way, is there a setting so that when you clic...

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Sue Sanders wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:I think that's enough now. Get a room. (Or at least a PM.)
Well, I'm taking it that I'm being told to tone it down

To my mind, that's as far from what Charlie meant as it's possible to get :p

As for punctuation, that's done by the big wart on the side. Like my granny's thumb it is.

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Jon O'Neill wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:bigger
I'm not fooled.

Just close your eyes and put out your hands.

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Ian Volante wrote:thn7y m bniksw7uyj vpserxd m,oz,mfgrvtolol zam,azll.

Actually, is this how Tolkien invented Dwarvish?

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Its not easy typing with juust my lef hand you kno Had been thinking of putting my official 'Countdown' photo on the site but in hindsight...that big, brash clock , beating gently and rising to a noisy crescendo....don't know if I'll be able to compete. Can't you type with your cock? I'm sure you'l...

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I just fancy saying that since the weekend slowness it's been fine!

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Sue Sanders wrote:
Derek Hazell wrote:
Michael Wallace wrote: Whoever wins...?
I get to either kiss or kill
'Sit on my face and tell me that you love me'

x

We love to see you oralise.

Ian Volante

If people are trying to be like me, I guess that's what happens when you are voted Most Awesome Person 8-) Perhaps if I start being less awesome, people won't try and emulate me... the question is how? Be cuntier? And that's a word that should go into the "why's it not in the dictionary" ...

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Charlie Reams wrote:
Jon Corby wrote:he was "waiting for a personality test" when he wasn't impressed by an anecdote
Wasn't that just a Scientology joke? I don't think it was remotely intended to be insulting, and I don't think Rob took it as such.

I can't remember the thread, but you're dead right.

Ian Volante

How about different colours for the overlaid blobs on the superstats graphs, to match with the variants' colours?

Ian Volante

Fair point. I'm always impressed that you explicitly know about these things that are implicitly somewhere in my brain. Probably. Most of science is making explicit things which most people know intuitively. It's only the really cool stuff that breaks your intuition. Quantum chromodynamics I didn't...

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And it was entirely in context, a proper noun too! I didn't count that ( UMD ), the post in question was actually Corby calling himself a cunt, which is only offensive if you're of the "I'm offended on your behalf" persuasion. Fair point. I'm always impressed that you explicitly know abou...

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There's only an issue because I want to go on again and can't

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Michael Jackson v Your Mum.

Ian Volante

a special hug to those who don't think using the C word all the time is acceptable. Total number of posts using the word "cunt" in the last two weeks: 1. And it was entirely in context, a proper noun too! As for the post you mentioned, I've just had a look through it, and I can't really u...

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I saw bits of the event last night from a distance on the pub telly. Please tell me I wasn't the only one that was seriously expecting him to rise up out of the coffin to a Vincent Price voiceover and start dancing...

***Edited was to wasn't, as that was what I meant to say!***

Ian Volante

Martin Smith wrote:Believing Eadie's always nuts

You broke the game!

Ian Volante

I've still got a missing max problem.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=88151
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=88167

Ian Volante

Charlie Reams wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:I moved my vote so that three people were tied on 13.
Very Rawlsian of you.

Hung parliaments are the way forward.

Ian Volante

I moved my vote so that three people were tied on 13. I'm sure this wasn't the point.

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