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- Thu Apr 22, 2010 12:46 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Name My Child
- Replies: 141
- Views: 21279
Re: Name My Child
I'd like to see Damian and Charlie in an anti-gravity chamber, rotating so that they can constantly look up to each other. Naked. Presumably you'll be strapped down to the bottom of the chamber, allowing us both to pebbledash you with our bowel movements. ;) Have you been hacking into my browser hi...
- Thu Apr 22, 2010 12:32 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Name My Child
- Replies: 141
- Views: 21279
Re: Name My Child
Presumably you'll be strapped down to the bottom of the chamber, allowing us both to pebbledash you with our bowel movements.Matt Morrison wrote:I'd like to see Damian and Charlie in an anti-gravity chamber, rotating so that they can constantly look up to each other. Naked.
- Thu Apr 22, 2010 12:27 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Name My Child
- Replies: 141
- Views: 21279
Re: Name My Child
Just read this whole thread from top to bottom for the first time. Comedy genius throughout.
Charlie Reams..........you're now officially my hero.
Charlie Reams..........you're now officially my hero.
- Thu Apr 22, 2010 9:02 am
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Wednesday 21st April 2010 (Series 62, Prelim 68)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1184
Re: Wednesday 21st April 2010 (Series 62, Prelim 68)
Fancy Rachel not being able to solve the impossible..............James Robinson wrote:Another stinker numbers game for the conestants there....... ...... and not even Rachel can solve it, although this one is impossible though.
- Thu Apr 22, 2010 8:47 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday 22nd April 2010
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2789
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday 22nd April 2010
Doesn't make a jot of difference to me if there are many Octochamps or not. Those who have won 6 or 7 times, well it's hardly going to make much difference had they won one more game IMO. It's good to see that people are beatable and this series is very competitive, gives hope to others. Dear oh dea...
- Wed Apr 21, 2010 2:42 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Feature requests
- Replies: 1956
- Views: 481484
Re: Feature requests
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8634952.stm Quality journalism.......a photo of THE actual egg, in case we were all wondering........ Quite eggstraordinary..........although why post it in this thread? Unless its a tenuous link to a new form of omelette :) It's a tenuous link t...
- Wed Apr 21, 2010 2:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday 22nd April 2010
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2789
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday 22nd April 2010
Isnt it the 21st today?
- Wed Apr 21, 2010 1:53 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Feature requests
- Replies: 1956
- Views: 481484
Re: Feature requests
Charlie Reams wrote:Wait I'm still confused. Is this different to Touchdown with 8-letter selections?
No its basically just that.
- Wed Apr 21, 2010 1:52 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Feature requests
- Replies: 1956
- Views: 481484
Re: Feature requests
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/ ... 634952.stm
Quality journalism.......a photo of THE actual egg, in case we were all wondering........
Quality journalism.......a photo of THE actual egg, in case we were all wondering........
- Wed Apr 21, 2010 1:45 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Feature requests
- Replies: 1956
- Views: 481484
Re: Feature requests
I can't get my maths brain on quite right, but would the best words not be the same as a round of Touchdown anyway? Touchdown - JACKKNIQE.....you can get JACKKNIFE. TouchGoat - JACKKNIQ(?)......you can't. You're effectively playing with 10 letters in Touchdown but this is strictly 9. Yes its a cut-...
- Wed Apr 21, 2010 1:10 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Feature requests
- Replies: 1956
- Views: 481484
Re: Feature requests
I think you've misunderstood me. Playing human v human Matt, you'd both have 8 letters on the screen. So if the selection was ABEFOILD, you could declare LIFEBOA T and i could spot OBLI G ED. The idea being you don't strictly choose the 9th letter, you just incorporate it into your word. Does that m...
- Wed Apr 21, 2010 12:16 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Feature requests
- Replies: 1956
- Views: 481484
Re: Feature requests
A variant suggestion based on Goatdown. How about a version whereby you play with the 8 letters and keep your 9th letter up your sleeve until declaring, thereby giving you the chance to truly work on finding the max instead of being forced to choose a letter within 3 seconds, as is the case now with...
- Sun Apr 18, 2010 6:39 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Tuesday April 13th 2010
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4184
Re: Spoilers For Tuesday April 13th 2010
I'm pretty strongly of the view that you shouldn't criticise contestants (except for cheating), but I don't see any great harm in noting low scores - so long as you don't go on about it too much. [/url] Completely agree. It's rather like hearing that Liverpool are crap and will prob finish 7th in t...
- Sat Apr 17, 2010 1:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Advice wanted
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2709
Re: Advice wanted
I imagine most 'players' would prefer to analyse other people's missus.Gavin Chipper wrote: I'd be interested to know how much people who "just play" analyse their misses.
- Fri Apr 16, 2010 8:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Who's going finals?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 5224
Re: Who's going finals?
I think you're reading too much into the joke post with Dinos. Oubliette was for a C of C, so its to be expected that harder words will come up. The normal series finals conundrums are tougher yes, but nothing so out of the ordinary as to be considered impossible.
- Fri Apr 16, 2010 6:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Friday April 16th 2010
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1710
Re: Spoilers For Friday April 16th 2010
Brian Moore wrote:Another good game at the end of a jolly good Countdown week - good contests & contestants, great DC guest, and nice atmosphere in all the games. Countdown at its best in many ways.
Very kind of you to say so, cheers.
- Fri Apr 16, 2010 6:49 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Who's going finals?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 5224
Re: Who's going finals?
I'll have £500 that says you don't get any of them. Of course, if you refuse, you'll probably get 4 or 5, but if you accept, you'll most definitely not get any of them, along with the rest of the UK. :mrgreen: Just thinking about the conundrums - I know you say that CofCs and the like are not viewe...
- Fri Apr 16, 2010 2:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Who's going finals?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 5224
Re: Who's going finals?
I'll have £500 that says you don't get any of them.
Of course, if you refuse, you'll probably get 4 or 5, but if you accept, you'll most definitely not get any of them, along with the rest of the UK.
Of course, if you refuse, you'll probably get 4 or 5, but if you accept, you'll most definitely not get any of them, along with the rest of the UK.
- Thu Apr 15, 2010 10:49 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Tuesday April 13th 2010
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4184
Re: Spoilers For Tuesday April 13th 2010
I think if you write a recap, it should be done so with the respect of the player in mind. Sure, it's crazy to have to walk on eggshells, but likewise, to exercise some taste, class and self-restraint wouldn't go amiss either. Not everyone can be a Kirk or a Chris Davies. Not everyone is going to br...
- Thu Apr 15, 2010 10:30 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Tea-time Teaser Suggestions
- Replies: 57
- Views: 7104
Re: Tea-time Teaser Suggestions
David O'Donnell wrote:HATEAMAN
Hate a man? Damian doesn't know the meaning of the word.
Ahhhhhh. Took me a while to get the connection, but its genius matey.
Love it. Hope the poor fucker who used the word in the first place is reading this
- Thu Apr 15, 2010 3:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Who's going finals?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 5224
Re: Who's going finals?
I might pop along if i can be arsed.
- Thu Apr 15, 2010 3:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Thursday April 15th 2010
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1423
Re: Spoilers For Thursday April 15th 2010
Yeah we deliberately omitted that to allow you the glory...............
- Thu Apr 15, 2010 2:45 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Thursday April 15th 2010
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1423
Re: Spoilers For Thursday April 15th 2010
No Tyson puns, nothing about the UK's skyline being much claudia than it was yesterday?
Then again if you knew that today's challenger was called Cecilia Pipe, then ASH jokes about Iceland's pollution might have surfaced, or even a conundrum that combines both.
Then again if you knew that today's challenger was called Cecilia Pipe, then ASH jokes about Iceland's pollution might have surfaced, or even a conundrum that combines both.
- Wed Apr 14, 2010 3:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday April 14th 2010
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2678
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday April 14th 2010
Never let a strange woman into your bedroom, you'll end up marrying her.
- Wed Apr 14, 2010 2:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday April 14th 2010
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2678
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday April 14th 2010
Entirely my fault, i gave Jeff the wrong info. Had stupidly forgotten to update the leaderboard, so Dave Wilkinson wasn't on there at all. The points for tied conundrums never get counted, we only take the 15 rd total, otherwise its unfair on the rest. So in a nutshell, you're both wrong, as i was. ...
- Tue Apr 13, 2010 3:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Tuesday April 13th 2010
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4184
Re: Spoilers For Tuesday April 13th 2010
That's the way it should be Oliver, well said.
- Tue Apr 13, 2010 2:29 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Tuesday April 13th 2010
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4184
Re: Spoilers For Tuesday April 13th 2010
Oh i see, he's probably drunk.
- Tue Apr 13, 2010 1:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Tuesday April 13th 2010
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4184
Re: Spoilers For Tuesday April 13th 2010
Matt Morrison wrote:I'm not sure this is really a problem.
It's not a problem as such, it's just bad form, needless and churlish, especially coming from someone who got nowhere near to being an octochamp. Let Peter enjoy his moment, that's what i say.
- Tue Apr 13, 2010 1:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Tuesday April 13th 2010
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4184
Re: Spoilers For Tuesday April 13th 2010
I agree. The numbers of wins mark the acheivement, not piffly statistics about overall scores. It's kind of pissing on people's bonfires really by banging on about it. It started with Jeffrey Burgin last year and now it's come back again. Grow up.
- Sun Apr 11, 2010 10:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Tea-time Teaser Suggestions
- Replies: 57
- Views: 7104
Re: Tea-time Teaser Suggestions
Excellent stuff.JackHurst wrote:YPOOTHEN
Clue: Why pooh then? Because he spends a lot of time looking for this.
- Fri Apr 09, 2010 3:58 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Friday April 9th 2010
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3470
Re: Spoilers For Friday April 9th 2010
So, this week has reached the final straight. You might guess where this is going.... As we head into Grand National weekend, the contenders prepare to leave the starting blocks, we have Peter Zyss going 5 furlongs ahead of his challenger, but this thoroughbred's form can be pretty erratic going in...
- Fri Apr 09, 2010 10:16 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Tea-time Teaser Suggestions
- Replies: 57
- Views: 7104
Re: Tea-time Teaser Suggestions
My most memorable has to be NUDELUMP, which was "it's not a nude lump, but it hangs down and swings both ways", which brought in about a dozen complaints. Ahaha, fantastic. Are you allowed to mention the conundrum shuffle you didn't use in a rare moment of good taste? Can't remember what ...
- Fri Apr 09, 2010 10:06 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Thursday April 8th 2010
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2626
Re: Spoilers For Thursday April 8th 2010
Didn't catch the end of this episode but saw the Hash Pipe thing and thought the conundrum must've been hashpipes = shipshape but just saw the conundrum now and it was 'lymphatic', and now I'm all like :o :? I didn't see the episode either but assumed from Damian's Weezer reference that the answer ...
- Fri Apr 09, 2010 9:53 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Tea-time Teaser Suggestions
- Replies: 57
- Views: 7104
Re: Tea-time Teaser Suggestions
None of you can displace me from my lofty position as the second most prolific Tea-time Teaser author (with a grand total of 1 ) . :twisted: Third most, surely? Hasn't Kate Horton set some? I'm still envious, though. :) Don't think Kate did any, though she might have come up with the odd one or two...
- Thu Apr 08, 2010 3:43 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Thursday April 8th 2010
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2626
- Thu Apr 08, 2010 3:29 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Thursday April 8th 2010
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2626
Re: Spoilers For Thursday April 8th 2010
Blame it on Weezer.Marc Meakin wrote:Todays conundrum was awesome.
- Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:46 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Tea-time Teaser Suggestions
- Replies: 57
- Views: 7104
Re: Tea-time Teaser Suggestions
IAMRANDY - DAIRYMANJon Corby wrote:100% good or bad? [/quote
Haha.Michael Wallace wrote:MARDYIAN
Clue: Dare he risk milking the cows?
Ok, so this is harder than it looks...
Clue - I'm not actually randy, but i'd love some of his cream.
- Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Thursday April 8th 2010
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2626
Re: Spoilers For Thursday April 8th 2010
James Robinson wrote:
Oh, and don't forget that Series 61 semi-finallist Ryan Taylor
I spy with my little eye..................
Petard and hoist.James Robinson wrote:
Looking for mistakes is just something I do. I suppose it comes as second nature to me
- Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:24 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Tea-time Teaser Suggestions
- Replies: 57
- Views: 7104
Re: Tea-time Teaser Suggestions
Well, we're at 100% so far.............
- Thu Apr 08, 2010 12:16 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Wednesday 7th April 2010 (Series 62, Prelim 58)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2302
Re: Wednesday 7th April 2010 (Series 62, Prelim 58)
Those TTTs are so bad. Who does them? The first one yet again was a plural, thus ignoring the thousands of perfectly good eight-letter words that could be used; and, even worse, the clue says "It's where small pupils might go for a dip" yet the answer is in the plural, so it should have b...
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 4:20 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Proper names etc..........
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4069
Re: Proper names etc..........
And yes you should check that what a newspaper is reporting is actually true when it's the shitrag known as the Daily Mail! I think he was more bringing it to our attention than anything else. We all know we should take articles in such papers with a pinch of salt but Damian was just alerting us to...
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 4:18 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Proper names etc..........
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4069
Re: Proper names etc..........
Scrabble was the #1 selling board game in the UK during 2008, for the first time in 15 years. That's not my definition of suffering. And yes you should check that what a newspaper is reporting is actually true when it's the shitrag known as the Daily Mail! The song that gets to No.1 in the Music To...
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 12:15 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Proper names etc..........
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4069
Re: Proper names etc..........
I don't see the harm in allowing people to use their own rules. Just not sure how this translates into a new 'version' of the game. You can play the proper names rule with any old Scrabble set.
In any case, it's good publicity for the game itself, which must be suffering in terms of sales these days.
In any case, it's good publicity for the game itself, which must be suffering in terms of sales these days.
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 12:05 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Proper names etc..........
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4069
Re: Proper names etc..........
Ah, so before anyone ever copies a link into a website from a national newspaper, they have to validate the contents. Don't be ridiculous.Stewart Holden wrote:Damian, you really should know better than to report such complete shite without checking the facts first.
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 11:09 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Proper names etc..........
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4069
Re: Proper names etc..........
Well i DID read it in the Daily Mail.............Charlie Reams wrote:And of course, newspapers have grossly misrepresented the actual situation.
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:52 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous Player Charter
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7285
Re: Apterous Player Charter
So that excludes just the one person then................Charlie Reams wrote:What I'd really like to do is appoint a Cheating Czar.................but not a close personal friend of mine
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:39 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Proper names etc..........
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4069
Re: Proper names etc..........
How many proper nouns are actually in the dictionary :?: And how many have been removed from the new dictionary :?: And would the powers that be ever consider allowing proper nouns on the show :?: :?: I've no idea how many there are. I think they tend to be the proper nouns that we all use generica...
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:23 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Proper names etc..........
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4069
- Fri Apr 02, 2010 8:13 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Yearly Champion
- Replies: 116
- Views: 13123
Re: Yearly Champion
Damian........ Greatly appreciated. Still not sure which way to go with anything at the moment. We're really unlikely to get anything on C4 in the evening, it's a different ball game and all the scheduling etc is solely down to C4, not the guys who make Countdown. Enjoyed reading your constructive ...
- Fri Apr 02, 2010 7:58 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Yearly Champion
- Replies: 116
- Views: 13123
Re: Yearly Champion
There is no evidence to suggest anything i may have said above was ever true, in fact i made it all up in the name of attention seeking, because i've got nothing else better to do. Thanks for the constructive input though, it's greatly appreciated. Well, it would be interesting to know if it's base...
- Fri Apr 02, 2010 10:11 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Yearly Champion
- Replies: 116
- Views: 13123
Re: Yearly Champion
I obviously don't have your insight, Damian, I freely admit that. Just expressing my views as a diehard fan though I do realise that we form the minority of your viewing demographic. I would say though ... didn't you think Jim Martin's number solution was a wonderful piece of television and, if so,...
- Thu Apr 01, 2010 11:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Yearly Champion
- Replies: 116
- Views: 13123
Re: Yearly Champion
I don't buy this 'apterous produces nerdy quiet contestants' argument: if anything it 'outs' them into a social environment wherein their introverted tendencies are challenged. Chris seemed fairly quiet but then was selected to play the Big Brother version of the game so producers must not be as co...
- Thu Apr 01, 2010 11:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Yearly Champion
- Replies: 116
- Views: 13123
Re: Yearly Champion
This isn't aimed at anyone in particular by the way. There are lots of quiet contestants - is the evidence really there that CofC contestants are overall "worse" in this respect than your average contestant? Or, perhaps more significantly, have the viewers noticed/mentioned it? I sometime...
- Thu Apr 01, 2010 2:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Yearly Champion
- Replies: 116
- Views: 13123
Re: Yearly Champion
But anyway - can't you use the audition to... well, audition people for TV? If we want to turn it into Strike It Lucky then yes. We never get to see the full personality at auditions, and i completely understand the nerves having done it myself, but bear in mind we're not talking about the series p...
- Thu Apr 01, 2010 2:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Yearly Champion
- Replies: 116
- Views: 13123
Re: Yearly Champion
Which we do Charlie, as you well know, and will continue to do, but just not for 3 weeks on the bounce. That's fine, I don't have any objections to the CoC restructure. I just think it's a bit unnecessary to advertise the fact that you're changing the structure of the programme in response to certa...
- Thu Apr 01, 2010 1:16 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Yearly Champion
- Replies: 116
- Views: 13123
Re: Yearly Champion
Oh well, these are the decisions i have to make and they're always taken with the best interests of the show at heart. Cest la vie.David Williams wrote:There are good reasons not to have a three week CoC, but I don't see this as one of them.
- Thu Apr 01, 2010 1:05 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Yearly Champion
- Replies: 116
- Views: 13123
Re: Yearly Champion
I can only suppose it's down to a trend in the social habits of the younger generations today. Or maybe there have always been shy people, and now there's a way they can go on TV, be good at something, gain some confidence and have a good time. Give them a break. Which we do Charlie, as you well kn...
- Thu Apr 01, 2010 12:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Yearly Champion
- Replies: 116
- Views: 13123
Re: Yearly Champion
Mike Brown's format is similar to the CoC that Scott Mearns won. That had four series winners, plus two losing finalists. Scott and Kate Ogilvie were given byes to the semis (not sure how that was decided) and they duly won and contested the final. At the time I was new to Countdown, and didn't kno...
- Wed Mar 31, 2010 3:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday March 31st 2010
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2984
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday March 31st 2010
Are you being sent to prison by any chance?James Robinson wrote: Oh, and watch out for my recap later on, as there's a nice surprise lined up for all you lucky readers.
- Wed Mar 31, 2010 8:47 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Yearly Champion
- Replies: 116
- Views: 13123
Re: Yearly Champion
Ben Hunter wrote:Will 'lesbigay' still be in?
Unfortunately, yes.