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James Robinson

CORNEAS - Round 6
LENTILS - Round 7
DURBAR - Round 8
GROUTED - Round 9

Alternative To 3rd Numbers:

9 x 3 = 27, 27 - 2 = 25, 25 x 10 = 250

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Both, please.

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Seen it now. 4OD bailing me out amazingly. Wednesday's episode wasn't there when I did my recap, so I had to keep going in and out of the lounge, just to type all the information out.

GOITRED in round 1.

2nd numbers: (50 - 5) x 3

EDIT: Nice to see someone from Huddersfield win!

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Where do you think bicycles are "meant" to go? :? As far away from the road as possible, in my view I didn't ask you for a "view". You indicated that bicycles are not "meant" to go on the road, which is an objective statement. Leaving aside the question of where you wo...

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it's mainly because I think a road should be used for vehicles that are meant for it, not bicycles. Where do you think bicycles are "meant" to go? :? As far away from the road as possible, in my view, although that will clearly never happen. I'm just using optimistic realism there. Someth...

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I haven't seen yesterday's show yet, because my Sky+ failed, so I thought it'd be slightly stupid for me to start this, since I have no knowledge of the previous transmission.

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As someone who gets almost everywhere on a bike, I can assure you that the enmity is entirely mutual. Obviously a polite cyclist sticks to the left side of the road whenever possible, but when turning right or switching lanes at a junction, it's necessary to move across the road. Clearly I can't tr...

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Those dreaded cyclists! They are just about the most annoying thing to drivers today. Just weaving in and out and in out. What's even worse, they're about as thin as a paper clip! :x Why should I care about them if they don't even use 1% of the road :!: :x Another thing: drivers disobeying speed lim...

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What do you get if you spread jam on a piece of bread and fold it in half? So, to answer your question about the single piece of bread: In everyday parlance I would call it a sandwich but, in a situation where it mattered, I'd say it is equivalent to half a sandwich. I'd say it's not even a sandwic...

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Countdown recap for Thursday 31 December 1998. C1: Champion Barry Landman (1 win, 49 points.) C2: Challenger Emma Brown. DC: Mark Nyman and Stephen Fry. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: R P S T I A O E Y R02: L N D C I A E X U R03: B S G E I A R N G R04: 75, 25, 3, 7, 4, 6. Ta...

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John Bosley wrote:SWATTER appears twice (in different places) in the Chambers Dictionary and probably in others as well.
'Swatter' is quite obviously a word.

Tell that to the OED!

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Well, Brian has departed, for a few weeks anyway. So that means no more world exclusives from the Honiton Herald, we hope. Two newbies in the chairs. Having said that, based on recent form, we'll probably be looking at another new octochamp in the making pretty soon. Still undecided on Jane Moore in...

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Greetings! This is James Robinson, back in the hotseat and would like to thank Ross for filling in last week. To today's recap and will Brian become Octochamp No.6 of Series 61? Or not? A special message for readers of the Honiton Herald: If you don't want to know the result, you shouldn't have read...

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Countdown recap for Wednesday 30 December 1998. C1: Challenger Dave Benham. C2: Challenger Barry Landman. DC: Mark Nyman and Stephen Fry. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: T N T Y A U O N I R02: N W K E I C L E M R03: R S P I A F J D I R04: 100, 2, 9, 5, 10, 3. Target: 126. R05...

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 8 October 2002. C1: Champion Bryan Barnett (1 win, 79 points.) C2: Challenger Dave Blackman. DC: Damian Eadie and Eric Knowles. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: D R I B O T M A N R02: S L C E O Z E T R R03: N G M U O T L E D R04: F N W S A I A A T R...

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I wonder if Marian Keyes was the original guest and she had to pull out :?: The listings are obviously wrong, it was always Tim Vine, we've never booked Marian Keyes. Thank goodness, Tim Vine is definitely the best new guest this year. He was brilliant when I was doing my shows and he even remember...

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I thought it was. I believe Martyn Simpson was playing that day and he said it was Tim Vine, but I was wondering if it was some elaborate hoax played by him. I didn't think it was, but there you go. I wonder if Marian Keyes was the original guest and she had to pull out :?: If only there was someone...

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Was anyone at the shows that are to be broadcast w/c November 9th?

Everywhere there seems to be different messages going around.

Who was in DC? Was it Tim Vine, as some people say, or was it the author Marian Keyes, as most TV guides say? Does anyone know the answer?

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Happy birthday to fellow Apterite and fellow Yorkshireman, Nick Boldock!

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Countdown recap for Friday 4 October 2002. C1: Champion Neil Evans (1 win, 89 points.) C2: Challenger Dave Cross. DC: Richard Samson and Magnus Magnusson. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: R V C I E A D P G R02: S M R O I A T E L R03: C N B I O U S L I R04: R Q N E E O G P V R0...

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Countdown recap for Thursday 3 October 2002. C1: Champion Mike Brown (5 wins, 571 points.) C2: Challenger Neil Evans. DC: Richard Samson and Magnus Magnusson. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: C S D I U E R L O R02: T Z P A I O N E G R03: H R M U I A S L O R04: D S F E E I T P ...

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Gavin Chipper wrote:
James Robinson wrote:Also, did anyone else notice that the "W" in "INGROWING" was an upside-down "M"
No. Did anyone alese notice that the scramble ended in ING and the answer? Did that throw anyone else off?

No, not me. Can't answer for anyone else though.

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Jim Bentley 177 - 151 James Robinson
Very good game by Jim. Yet again, more stupid errors by me cost me a realistic chance of winning the game. But, Jim was the deserving winner.

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Matthew Green wrote:
Matt Morrison wrote:
Jon Corby wrote:รק๏เlєгร เภ ђєгє ๓๏tђєгl๏ยєгร

James Robinson wrote:Meanwhile, back in the real world
This seems to be some sort of casual racism. Please advise.
He's also from West Yorkshire which means that statistically he's 92% likely to vote BNP.

Fortunately, I'm 92 + 8% likely to never ever vote for the BNP.

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I was contacted today by Sarah about my appearence next week on the show... and the DC guest will be? Amanda or Susan lamb or something- some unknown journalist apparently, oh well- bang goes my chance of meeting somebody famous............... :x Must be the TV presenter Amanda Lamb, from Channel 4...

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Meanwhile, back in the real world, Brian is going for win No.7 today. He seems to have got over that midway blip last week, so hopefully I'll be doing his octochamp recap tomorrow. Interesting having Jane Moore in DC this week. She's the 3rd Sun/News of the World journalist in DC since Jeff & Ra...

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Allan Harmer wrote:Round 5: 3, 10, 8, 1, 100, 50. Target: 735.

C1: -
C2: 736. 8x100=800-50-10-3-1 (7)
RR: 735. 8-1=7x(100+(10/2)) (10)
Score: 26–33 (max 38)

Unless, I'm not mistaken, Allan, there is no 2 in the selection, or there is something wrong with the working out.

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Rich Priest wrote:Round 8: 7, 4, 8, 5, 6, 75. Target: 208.

C1: 208. (8 - 3) x 75) - (4 + 6 + 7) (10)
C2: 208. (4 x 5) + 6) x 8 (10)
Score: 51–61 (max 72)

Rich, don't you mean 8 - 5, since there isn't a 3 in the selection.

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Phil Reynolds wrote:Why was TOASTIER disallowed in round 11?

I was perplexed as well. Again, Richard Samson said it wasn't in the dictionary.

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 1 October 2002. C1: Champion Mike Brown (3 wins, 310 points.) C2: Challenger Simon Bell. DC: Richard Samson and Magnus Magnusson. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: F T R O A U N L E R02: D A S G R O M C E R03: P T S I U O C H S R04: B A G M D A E I Q...

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Countdown recap for Monday 30 September 2002. C1: Champion Mike Brown (2 wins, 224 points.) C2: Challenger Richard Merriman. DC: Richard Samson and Magnus Magnusson. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: Z N T I E I G M S R02: R E D C O L E P I R03: V R G A E O T N E R04: F A Q I H...

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Kai Laddiman wrote:Krishan or Krishnan?

Krishan, definitely

Kai Laddiman wrote:And what was Brian's declaration in Rd 12?

Can't remember. I got SMASHED, but it wasn't as good as MOPHEADS.

Also, did anyone else notice that the "W" in "INGROWING" was an upside-down "M"

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Howard Somerset wrote:
Kai Laddiman wrote:
Jimmy Gough wrote:Or the winner of the Champions League playing the winner of the UEFA Cup
What's the UEFA Cup?
I'm still trying to get used to the fact that it's not called the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup any more.

Of course, it's not either nowadays, it's the Europa League.

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Good work James. Quite a few of the Youtube uploads (but not all) have been linked from Countdownwiki, which seems very sensible. Should I be volunteering to help with this? There are a few episodes on Youtube put there by people other that Thomas Wood, notably this one: http://www.youtube.com/watc...

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Countdown recap for Thursday 26 September 2002. C1: Champion Joyce Dunkley (1 win, 74 points.) C2: Challenger Mike Brown. (Some sort of legend, I gather.) DC: Richard Samson and Thelma Barlow. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: T R N S I A I E C R02: X P H O E I T G D R03: R J M...

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Charlie Reams wrote:Nice. Where did you get this?

It's on YouTube, thanks to Timothy Fail, who has donated quite a few 2002 episodes to Thomas Wood. So, I thought why not upload them

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Matthew Green wrote:
James Robinson wrote:Interesting that the Wiki had the score down as 92-101.

Define 'interesting'.

Something that "interests" me.

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Countdown recap for Wednesday 25 September 2002. C1: Champion Roger Ordish (1 win, 88 points.) C2: Challenger Joyce Dunkley. DC: Richard Samson and Thelma Barlow. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: R V C M I A E S O R02: G D R L A I E E T R03: P N R D A I O U A R04: T S L I E U ...

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My 500th post. ;) :) :D Countdown recap for Tuesday 24 September 2002. C1: Champion Dez Hussey (1 win, 101 points.) C2: Challenger Roger Ordish. DC: Richard Samson and Thelma Barlow. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: T L Z C O E I N R R02: M T D D A O I E T R03: A E A M P F G S...

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Since quite a few of these have come on YouTube thanks to Countdowngoofs, I thought I'd put some up here on the historical pages. Interesting that the Wiki had the score down as 92-101. Countdown recap for Monday 23 September 2002. C1: Champion Robert Lee (3 wins, 238 points.) C2: Challenger Dez Hus...

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Jon Corby wrote:
James Robinson wrote:8 - 4 = 2
0 points.

Oh, and Lesley singing YNWA was hideous today.

Is there anything that pleases you

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I didn't see it right from the start, but saw enough to know that the poem for rachel was by someone called James. Is this James Robinson? Afraid not, Jeff said it was James Evans from Dublin, I believe. A nice alternative to the last numbers: 8 / 4 = 2, 7 - 2 = 5, 75 - 5 = 70, 70 x 6 = 420 That's ...

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Well, luckily I'm not a jam maker or a racist. Although I'm definitely more of a Nick Griffin hater after his performance on Question Time last night. What have you got against jam makers? Actually we had one on the show recently and he was married to a Thai lady, so you're well off the mark labell...

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I think you'll find that was ROBERTSON'S jam, not ROBINSON'S jam. I'll stick to my fruit squash, thank you. Told. Though maybe I wasn't so much implying you had the same name as marmalade jars as I was suggesting you're a massive racist. Well, luckily I'm not a jam maker or a racist. Although I'm d...

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Shouldn't you be putting golliwogs on the side of marmalade jars? He can't, Kirk's had them all deported :( More jobs for Kirk. I can't wait to start seeing his face on the side of marmalade jars. I think you'll find that was ROBERTSON'S jam, not ROBINSON'S jam. I'll stick to my fruit squash, thank...

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Jon Corby wrote:Erm... dunno really. Sort of rings a bell I suppose. What is it?

It's a press for steaming trousers, so that there are less wrinkles on it.
It was developed by a John Corby from Windsor in 1930, hence the reference to you.

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Jon Corby wrote:
James Robinson wrote: Dear me, you're just an annoying little c**t, aren't you, Corby?

Why don't you just go back to making trouser presses or whatever it is you do.
I don't get it.

Have you never heard of a Corby trouser press

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Charlie Reams wrote:
James Robinson wrote: Dear me, you're just an annoying little c**t, aren't you, Corby?

Why don't you just go back to making trouser presses or whatever it is you do.
James, please don't say "cunt" on the forum.

Thanks,
The Moderator

Oops, sorry Charlie.

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Jon Corby wrote:No, I did them all in the 30 seconds. I just forgot to post them.

Dear me, you're just an annoying little c**t, aren't you, Corby?

Why don't you just go back to making trouser presses or whatever it is you do.

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Does it bother me

NO

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P.S. I did get all those within the 30 seconds. All of them? Yes, I am starting to sound a bit smug now, aren't I? I do apologise for that. In answer to Matt's question, I wrote it about an hour after I watched the show, but I forgot the 4th method, so I posted it this morning after remembering wha...

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Do you really think we want to see so many methods to an easy numbers game James? You say easy , Kirk, but if it is so easy , why did neither of the contestants get it then? Did you get all these methods in the 30 seconds James? If not, maybe that's your answer. I do agree with you that it's easy, ...

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Kirk Bevins wrote:Do you really think we want to see so many methods to an easynumbers game James?

You say easy, Kirk, but if it is so easy, why did neither of the contestants get it then?

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Here's a 4th method:

75 - 50 - 3 = 22

22 x 8 = 176

176 - 10 - 1 = 165

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Alternative alternative numbers... 50 x (3-1) + 75 - 10 =165 Does anyone not have an alternative to the 3rd numbers game :!: :?: I've got 3 here. 3 - 1 = 2 8 / 2 = 4 4 x 10 = 40 40 + 75 + 50 = 165 (Could've said 3 + 1 = 4, but I did it this way round.) No.2: 50 - 1 = 49 49 x 3 = 147 147 + 10 + 8 = ...

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It's a slippery slope isn't it. Start allowing DC guests to exercise their professional skills on the programme, and before you know it Paul Zenon will be doing magic tricks, Dr Phil Hammond will be demonstrating CPR, Martin Lewis will be giving out money-saving tips and Tim Vine will be telling jo...

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Well played by James in Division A: http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=130751 James Robinson 175 - 144 Ian Volante Thanks for that, Ian. It was a tight game, just a couple of errors on Ian's part, such as Round 2, where he declared the right answer too late. But, on the other hand, I'm now a...

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Well, it seems that Brian had a bit of an off day yesterday. So did I, but luckily Ross was on hand to help keep things on track. Brian is on for show #4 today. Unfortunately, yesterday's show seems to have highlighted quite a lot of his flaws. He had hardly made any mistakes in his letters and he m...

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Hello. This is Ross Deshpande-Bevins, filling in for James Robinson this week. James is busy at the Huddersfield Town Reserves v Hartlepool United Reserves match (That finished 2-0 to Jeff's Monkey Hangers by the way.), so I will take over proceedings for this show. By the way, today is Apple Day, s...

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