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- Mon Jul 10, 2017 9:43 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN 2011 results & feedback
- Replies: 80
- Views: 31719
Re: COLIN 2011 results & feedback
Fuck off
- Mon Mar 13, 2017 11:30 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
- Replies: 600
- Views: 395802
Re: CO:parkrun Recaps
You have very deep eyes.
Oh, and well done, that's a cracking time. I'm doing my second half-marathon this Sunday (first was 1:47:03 about 2 months back), not sure I'll even get in under that because I've been quite complacent about training since the last one.
Oh, and well done, that's a cracking time. I'm doing my second half-marathon this Sunday (first was 1:47:03 about 2 months back), not sure I'll even get in under that because I've been quite complacent about training since the last one.
- Tue Feb 14, 2017 8:09 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown Goody Bags through the ages.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 16273
Re: Countdown Goody Bags through the ages.
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Feb 13, 2017 3:41 pmEarly development stages - about 20 years before its release.
- Mon Jan 23, 2017 4:29 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XIII- Countdown in Lincoln, 28-29 January 2017
- Replies: 87
- Views: 69675
- Mon Jan 23, 2017 3:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XIII- Countdown in Lincoln, 28-29 January 2017
- Replies: 87
- Views: 69675
Re: COLIN XIII- Countdown in Lincoln, 28-29 January 2017
Fucking hell Jono, you don't help yourself. You start off by trying to downplay the effects of your actions, fair enough, the actual effect may be small (I failed to see any evidence for your estimate of the scale though) but then casually reel off a list of things that definitely SHOULDN'T happen a...
- Thu Jan 12, 2017 2:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Jon Corby
- Replies: 32
- Views: 14469
Re: Jon Corby
Oh you twat. I didn't get my edit in in time. Delete your post.
- Thu Jan 12, 2017 1:59 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Jon Corby
- Replies: 32
- Views: 14469
Re: Jon Corby
Yeah can't make it, sorry. You could try and persuade Fred Mumford to go though? It's not that you can't make it though, is it? Well I suppose technically no, it's not. There will be other people present that I cannot possibly bring myself to be in the company of. I don't really want to say any mor...
- Thu Jan 12, 2017 10:19 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Jon Corby
- Replies: 32
- Views: 14469
Re: Jon Corby
Yeah can't make it, sorry. You could try and persuade Fred Mumford to go though?
- Mon Jan 09, 2017 8:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Jon Corby
- Replies: 32
- Views: 14469
Re: Jon Corby
Realising it was a competition was the first round of the competition.Gavin Chipper wrote:I didn't realise it was a competition.
- Mon Jan 09, 2017 5:16 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Jon Corby
- Replies: 32
- Views: 14469
Re: Jon Corby
I think you were the only one that worked it out actually. Jim might've done too, come to think of it, not sure.Mark Deeks wrote:I KNEW IT.
- Mon Jan 09, 2017 5:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Jon Corby
- Replies: 32
- Views: 14469
Re: Jon Corby
You assume unwisely. The first email change was a typographical error. As you can tell, I wasn't that bothered though, I just switched to posting more regularly under my "Fred Mumford" account instead.
- Thu Oct 20, 2016 1:47 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Guinness World Record Attempt....
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9870
Re: Guinness World Record Attempt....
Not next Sunday but the Sunday after, I will be attempting to break a Guinness World Record, for the most tennis balls (or soft toys) caught blindfolded in a minute (or 30 secs if ST). I will be doing it with my Dad/Sister, and will upload my video evidence here! I am posting this now as I am away ...
- Fri Oct 07, 2016 3:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Hi!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6602
Re: Hi!
If I were to guess, I'd plump for the causality implied by the word "so".Euan Slatter wrote:Which bit?
- Fri Oct 07, 2016 2:03 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Hi!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6602
Re: Hi!
A latent user, perhaps?Euan Slatter wrote:WHY CAN I NOT LOG IN? IT SAYS MY ACCOUNT HAS BEEN CLOSED
- Wed Oct 05, 2016 4:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XIII- Countdown in Lincoln, 28-29 January 2017
- Replies: 87
- Views: 69675
Re: COLIN XIII- Countdown in Lincoln, 28-29 January 2017
Lodge is in to £64 now (£26 + £38)Gavin Chipper wrote:Paid. Got £66 for the Travelodge (£26 for the Friday, £40 for the Saturday).
Fucking loser Gev.
Re: 1234
Come on baby say you love me
Re: Religion
I don't see how what I wrote is different to what you wrote :? I don't think you were explicit enough, saying that you'd have this belief in God if you were raised in isolation - the point being that you'd have this belief before you were even raised, rendering the "in isolation" bit irre...
Re: Religion
Are you sure? As a Muslim, I believe everyone is born with the belief in one God. Hence Muslims refer to 'converts' as 'reverts', i.e. a return to their original and natural state. Er... yeah, I guess I'm pretty sure. Do you believe if you'd been extracted from your environment at birth and raised ...
- Fri Jul 22, 2016 8:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Has Countdown ever helped you with your career?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5974
Re: Has Countdown ever helped you with your career?
I got made redundant recently, and having the Countdown thing on my CV really interested my new employer, apparently. So possibly.
- Tue Jul 12, 2016 7:36 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Tuesday July 12th 2016
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3843
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday July 12th 2016 (Series 75 Prelim 10)
Do I recognise Rachel, has she been on before?
(not Riley, you hilarious jokers)
(not Riley, you hilarious jokers)
Re: EURO 2016
Not a breakdown. A BREAKDOWN.
- Mon Jun 20, 2016 9:05 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Cool Things You Did
- Replies: 74
- Views: 19622
Re: Cool Things You Did
Was worried you'd holidayed in Syria before watching the video, but that looks great fun! Can I be gauche and ask how much it cost?Phil Reynolds wrote:A few weeks ago my other half and I filmed ourselves being chucked off a mountain.
- Wed Jun 08, 2016 1:54 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Who Will Win Series 74? (Even More Spoilers... Yadda Yadda)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4842
Re: Who Will Win Series 74? (Even More Spoilers... Yadda Yadda)
Yeah, degenerative brain diseases are fucking hilarious Jen
- Wed Jun 08, 2016 1:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Who Will Win Series 74? (Even More Spoilers... Yadda Yadda)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4842
Re: Who Will Win Series 74? (Even More Spoilers... Yadda Yadda)
Oh yeah, forgot you could see that bit on non-mobile browsers. As you were then.
- Wed Jun 08, 2016 8:17 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Who Will Win Series 74? (Even More Spoilers... Yadda Yadda)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4842
Re: Who Will Win Series 74? (Even More Spoilers... Yadda Yadda)
It is in the spoilers subforum tbf. Spoil on, I say.
And you're going to say "yeah, but I use some wanky view unread posts feature and it comes up in that". So don't.
And you're going to say "yeah, but I use some wanky view unread posts feature and it comes up in that". So don't.
- Wed May 25, 2016 8:44 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 24 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 74)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4135
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 24 May 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 74)
Is 8 points a new record?
- Tue May 24, 2016 3:59 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: 7-45pm BT Showcase Freeview 59. Liverpool v Sevilla.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4905
Re: 7-45pm BT Showcase Freeview 59. Liverpool v Sevilla.
Toure sprinted past Lovren and Clyne to catch him though :lol: Were all their pundits ex-Liverpool like BT's were? Owen after the match saying how basically after Barca and Madrid, Liverpool were the team everyone wanted to play for :lol: Howard Webb on BT said none were pens. I saw another ex-ref (...
- Tue May 24, 2016 3:11 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: 7-45pm BT Showcase Freeview 59. Liverpool v Sevilla.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4905
Re: 7-45pm BT Showcase Freeview 59. Liverpool v Sevilla.
Jon, the Ref denied Liverpool two blatant penalties plus another that was a bit more difficult to spot. Blatant penalty No.1 was when the Sevilla defender managed to both foul Firmino and handle it in the same movement and got away with both offences!. Blatant penalty No.2 was when the Sevilla defe...
- Tue May 24, 2016 2:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Dress and make-up when appearing on show
- Replies: 25
- Views: 9938
Re: Dress and make-up when appearing on show
fucks sake spoilersJames Laverty wrote:I think watching today proves blue is allowed, since Robin is wearing a blue shirt, and Rachel's dress seems to be rather close to the colour of the set.
- Tue May 24, 2016 9:05 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: 7-45pm BT Showcase Freeview 59. Liverpool v Sevilla.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4905
Re: 7-45pm BT Showcase Freeview 59. Liverpool v Sevilla.
Anything in particular you're thinking of here? All seemed fine to me, Liverpool were just fucking shit in the second half.Steven M. McCann wrote:Sevilla would win the Champions League if last nights Ref and his assistants took charge of all their games!
- Wed Apr 13, 2016 2:43 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday April 12th 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 50)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7167
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday April 12th 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 50)
Great performance Ann! Surprised you wouldn't risk ENSOULING if you saw it though. That said, I saw UNPIRATED but would never have gone for it - is it an ODO noob? Surprised not to have seen it before if it isn't.
- Wed Mar 30, 2016 6:46 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday March 30th 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 43)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6449
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday March 30th 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 43)
It's a disgrace, Priya was cheated out of victory.
- Wed Mar 30, 2016 10:55 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 23rd March
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5698
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 23rd March
JJ Smith wrote:What was the smug thing that players have done?
- Thu Mar 24, 2016 10:28 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: £60 Million Lottery Jackpot.......
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5564
Re: £60 Million Lottery Jackpot.......
If we're assuming that nearly all of the match 5's had 7,14,21,28,35,42, does it seem really odd to anybody else that there were 6 matching the bonus ball of 43, and none matching 41 for the main 6? I know they could have lost any of the 6 balls for their 43, but then there's no logic to why there ...
- Thu Mar 24, 2016 9:48 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 497107
- Thu Mar 24, 2016 8:38 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: £60 Million Lottery Jackpot.......
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5564
Re: £60 Million Lottery Jackpot.......
If we're assuming that nearly all of the match 5's had 7,14,21,28,35,42, does it seem really odd to anybody else that there were 6 matching the bonus ball of 43, and none matching 41 for the main 6? I know they could have lost any of the 6 balls for their 43, but then there's no logic to why there w...
- Thu Mar 24, 2016 9:12 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 497107
Re: People you shouldn't trust
How can that be?JimBentley wrote:I "support" Middlesbrough, as that's the club I've lived nearest to for the last 35+ years and the only club I've ever been to see play live.?
- Thu Mar 24, 2016 9:09 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: £60 Million Lottery Jackpot.......
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5564
Re: £60 Million Lottery Jackpot.......
Looking forward to Steven's take on last night's prizes...
- Wed Mar 16, 2016 4:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
- Replies: 600
- Views: 395802
Re: CO:parkrun Recaps
Ah, gotcha. What time do they have to run to achieve that?
- Wed Mar 16, 2016 11:59 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
- Replies: 600
- Views: 395802
Re: CO:parkrun Recaps
Sorry Gev, what did you mean when you said "...must be seen as a modern-day 4-minute mile" ?
- Tue Mar 15, 2016 7:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
- Replies: 600
- Views: 395802
Re: CO:parkrun Recaps
Cheers Gev, that's really interesting. I genuinely don't think I would beat a marathon runner if I was on my fucking bicycle. That's a frighteningly fast pace to keep up for 26 miles ffs.
- Tue Mar 15, 2016 6:34 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
- Replies: 600
- Views: 395802
Re: CO:parkrun Recaps
Sure.Gavin Chipper wrote:World record holders?Jon Corby wrote:I could work it out myself, but you're unemployed with fuck all to do (except run and induldge my whimsies) Gev.
What mph (on average) do the various distance runners do? For 100m all the way up to 100km, including half and marathons please.
- Tue Mar 15, 2016 4:51 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
- Replies: 600
- Views: 395802
Re: CO:parkrun Recaps
I could work it out myself, but you're unemployed with fuck all to do (except run and induldge my whimsies) Gev.
What mph (on average) do the various distance runners do? For 100m all the way up to 100km, including half and marathons please.
What mph (on average) do the various distance runners do? For 100m all the way up to 100km, including half and marathons please.
- Mon Mar 14, 2016 7:38 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Let's gamble
- Replies: 36
- Views: 13371
Re: Let's gamble
CALLING STEVEN M. MCCANN
- Mon Mar 14, 2016 4:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
- Replies: 600
- Views: 395802
Re: CO:parkrun Recaps
Yeah, that kind of thing always staggers me. I think there was a bit in the parkrun news once about a 100,000m runner, and they ran each of their twenty consecutive 5k's comfortably faster than I can do one
- Mon Mar 14, 2016 4:21 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Bye bye
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5833
Re: Bye bye
I love all this "being upset about the dictionary change". Oh, so you knew most of the obscura before, but now there's a load you don't know? This is how it has always been for non-apterous players on the show. Suck it up. I'm hardly upset, it's not like I knew any of the obscura before a...
- Mon Mar 14, 2016 3:25 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
- Replies: 600
- Views: 395802
Re: CO:parkrun Recaps
Well done Gev, that's a very impressive time. What does that correspond to in terms of an octototal?
- Mon Mar 14, 2016 8:54 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Bye bye
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5833
Re: Bye bye
I love all this "being upset about the dictionary change". Oh, so you knew most of the obscura before, but now there's a load you don't know? This is how it has always been for non-apterous players on the show. Suck it up.
- Thu Mar 10, 2016 8:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 10 March 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 34)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4567
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 10 March 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 34)
And he's quite smug.
- Thu Mar 10, 2016 8:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 10 March 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 34)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4567
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 10 March 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 34)
I don't think you're smug. You look like Darcy Oakes though.
- Thu Mar 10, 2016 6:43 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: BT Sport miss an open goal.....
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1672
Re: BT Sport miss an open goal.....
They deliberately don't even promote the free-to-air channel to get people to subscribe. They contractually have to air games free, they don't really want to do it.
- Mon Mar 07, 2016 9:21 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The Chase
- Replies: 153
- Views: 87023
Re: The Chase
You were on The Chase?
- Thu Mar 03, 2016 2:06 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The Chase
- Replies: 153
- Views: 87023
Re: The Chase
This is exciting news.Mark Deeks wrote:Add my name to the list of Countdowners going the now cliche The Chase route. I'm on Wednesday 16th March.
- Wed Mar 02, 2016 1:20 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday March 1st 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 27)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4279
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday March 1st 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 27)
Should've done * 50 = 93,600 first though
- Mon Feb 29, 2016 9:57 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 25th February (Series 74 Prelim 24)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1597
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 25th February (Series 74 Prelim 24)
Nope.Tony Atkins wrote:Alt 1st numbers ((4x75)-5-9)x3 = 855
- Wed Feb 24, 2016 9:46 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 23rd February
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6313
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 23rd February
I always catch the last 10 minutes or so of the morning repeat and those last 10 minutes were pretty awkward viewing seeing the challenger not add to her score at all. And then her comment of "I just want to go home", despite bringing a sympathetic laugh from the audience, was painfully h...
- Thu Feb 18, 2016 11:37 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 17th February
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3337
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 17th February
ESSAYED in the SUEDES round. Also, in my opinion, the decision made on SUEDES was "It's not in, but you get the points anyway." I agree, that whole justification was ridiculously woolly-sounding. Even in saying "you can have different naps or colours..." I think she realised tha...
- Thu Feb 18, 2016 11:30 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 17th February
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3337
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 17th February
You can't say "tricky one this, come back to me" and then later on give it "yeah, a few ways to get this one" Rach! She's normally does it as a subtle way of mocking the contestants so maybe she was just pointing out how poor she'd been. Self-deprecating. Hmm, it still does the ...
- Wed Feb 17, 2016 6:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 17th February
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3337
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 17th February
You can't say "tricky one this, come back to me" and then later on give it "yeah, a few ways to get this one" Rach!
- Wed Feb 17, 2016 3:12 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Deliberately Silly Factoids
- Replies: 45
- Views: 11543
Re: Deliberately Silly Factoids
This thread is confusing me, I've got no idea if people are repeating false stuff, repeating true stuff or making up their own. I blame Jim for not laying out the parameters clearly enough in the OP.