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Ian Volante

I wear a sodalite crystal to keep up my hippy credentials. Not yet managed to scratch my backside on a mopane though.

Ian Volante

Another shocking result:

http://www.whichisgayer.com/compare/cha ... ry+glitter

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Stuart Arnot wrote:Josef Fritzl ain't too granny-friendly either.

Although friendlier to grannies than daughters.

I thought he was very friendly to his daughters.

Ian Volante

Is there a final table at all? I wish my smugness at finishing 5-3 to be widely known.

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Stuart Arnot wrote:When the conundrum-manufacturing thing is doing it's business, it would be nice if the shorter words weren't racial epithets. I don't know whether this is easily achievable, and obviously it's a small gripe. But if you search for ENGRAVING in past conundra, you'll see my point.

Thanks!

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I was half-expecting a cogent post from Kate clarifying the issues at hand, and possibly supplying some sort of useful opinion . Seriously? Have you read her other posts? Edit to add the latest comment from the article: I think the problem lies in the response of forum members to Kates appearance a...

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I was half-expecting a cogent post from Kate clarifying the issues at hand, and possibly supplying some sort of useful opinion. I'm quite disappointed really.

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To all these numpties questioning the need for butter at all , just try spreading marmite or peanut butter onto bread without such lubrication. You'll tear it to shreds. I do that with Marmite, and it works if you're careful. What I hate is that if someone makes you a sandwich and they put butter i...

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Michael Wallace wrote:Hang on, is it the case that you only got the multi-duels if you're a generous type? I gave up at about 20 to 2 when the second duel hadn't arrived.

It got fixed a bit after then!

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Matt Morrison wrote:To all these numpties questioning the need for butter at all, just try spreading marmite or peanut butter onto bread without such lubrication. You'll tear it to shreds.

I'm sure there's a good analogy for this, but I can't think what.

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Dinos Sfyris wrote:
Jimmy Gough wrote:DV 81 - JG 100

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=29386
Awesome spurt at round 14

Okay, it was good, but was it that good?

Ian Volante

Even the standard two-slices-of-bread-with-stuff-in sandwich has a right way and a wrong way because the butter/marg should be on the bottom, then your topping(s), then any sauce as desired. Although I do know of weirdos who butter both slices of bread, but that could be for the third sandwich thre...

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It's all a cruel trick!

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Matt Morrison wrote:I rotate my sandwiches 90 degrees towards me and eat them face on. Top? Bottom? Pah! It's all about front and back.

You wear a bib then?

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Okay, so we've now proved that if you chop a sarnie in half you get two sarnies, but can a sandwich be upside-down? At lunch today, I was grossly offended by my colleague eating his Italian olive-bread roll the wrong way up, yet he was unconcerned! The dimples of the bread clearly delineated which w...

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I never thought I'd say it but it looks very much like I might be the 2nd most Metallica-knowledgeable person here, by virtue of simply knowing a few songs and seeing them live twice. You must feel very let down by all of us Ian :) It's very poor, although until Tuesday, I'll have only seen them on...

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Apologies if it's already been suggested, but it would be absolutely lovely if, when you click on a player's name, you could be told what they're up to. Even better would be if there was already some indication next to each name, e.g. P for Playing. It's just because when there are a lot of players...

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Junaid Mubeen wrote:
Kirk Bevins wrote:
Michael Wallace wrote:
Velvet is a she, and tbh round 10 is a bit of a shocker.
Why? Show me a simple solution.
(50+8x4)x10+7

What he said.

Ian Volante

Get a rock, bash it with an axe, and you have two rocks. You can't compare a sandwich with a rock. It's more like a sculpted piece of stone. A sculptor starts with a lump of formless stone and chips away at until he is satisfied the sculpture is complete. At some point we might look at it and say, ...

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Jason Larsen wrote:How did you know that answer, Ian? Do you know who Willis Carrier was?

And yes, it was a tough question!

Never heard of him, but that seemed the most logical answer.

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I always quite liked racing to the Chemical Brothers tune from Wipeout.

Also, the melody from Bubble Bobble is nice and catchy, and you can't beat Manic Miner's ditty of course...

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Tough question. Got it but wouldn't have risked it.

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I got the letter today and........... I was successful! :D (Thanks Kate!) However, I think if I come up against anyone like Neil who is on at the moment, then I will be like a lamb to the slaughter. :roll: Where do all you octochamps/ winners/ champions of champions/ finalists/ mega-brains go to le...

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Lime juice and golden syrup.

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Cheers

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It seems that the problem of sandwich/sandwiches is a contentious issue. If we are careful we can easily see how this is actually a false dichotomy. Allow me to explain. I propose some sort of axiomatic sandwich theory from which we can build a unifying notion of what it means to be a sandwich. San...

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I think it's bloody amazing that there's a market for pre-packed sarnies at two or three pounds per pack. You could buy a loaf and enough cheese/ham/veganity to feed a family for a day for that price.

Sorry, is my Yorkshireness showing again?

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Yes, it's happening at last, the big televisual event of next week. I'm on Mastermind! Sorry Kirk to steal your limelight, I hope you get some attention too. If you fancy testing your knowledge of Metallica against mine, then get yerselves settled in front of the box at 7.30pm on the sixth of March....

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Charlie Reams wrote:If the Duel crashes on you, let me know by email or PM. A message in some obscure thread at 11.20 is unlikely to attract my attention in time.

I wasn't too bothered, just fancied a whinge

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Julie T wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:Started mine, it crashed, couldn't resume, even though it was in view. Bah.
Bit late now, but if it happens again, did you try logging out and in again?

Nice to have a standardish game for the duel today.

Aye! I swore at it too.

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I'm getting "java.net.SocketException: software caused connection abort: recv failed" when I'm trying to log in tonight. Other games are playing at the mo When it does that, keep trying. You'll get in eventually. Actually it's the people that keep trying that cause it to take so long to c...

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Peter Mabey wrote:If not in order, Word Matcher gives me 826 solutions up to 9 letters. (Without deleting capitalised or multi-word ones.)

I liked PETER + ARSY = SPARE TYRE

This gives an idea for a variation on the Anagrams thread.

13,194 up to nine letters. THis is something I'm really good at!

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Started mine, it crashed, couldn't resume, even though it was in view. Bah.

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Jeremy Miles wrote:I'm getting "java.net.SocketException: software caused connection abort: recv failed" when I'm trying to log in tonight. Other games are playing at the mo

When it does that, keep trying. You'll get in eventually.

Ian Volante

There are over 20,000 words of at least 12 letters with my name in. Beat that, mother humpers.

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Is there a draw for play-in matches yet?

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Charlie Reams wrote:I think this thread wins the prize for most abuses of the word "technically".

Basically, you're technically correct, but literally wrong.

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Volante 78, Garner 67.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=28074

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People managed to get 8 out of 10. Was actually out of 20 points so I guess people struggled a bit. I put it down to my level of thinking being way higher than all you amateurs. Never mind I'll start a useful tips thread to solving my puzzles... I only did the easy ones because I knew the score I h...

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Jon O'Neill wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:
Julie T wrote:Are any of the other countdowners able to help you, or has apterous evolved beyond that which Jono knows about?
I think the program evolved beyond what Jono knows about sometime in June...
Ridiculous, I am the brains.

We need a volume on/off switch.

On you or Charlie?

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How is that cheating? It isn't. The problem was that he wasn't always answering immediately. Usually, this doesn't really cause trouble, as it's very rare for people to try this trick. Jeff was simply taking the piss and playing in an unsporting manner at best, and by the semi-final he'd more than ...

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Douglas Wilson wrote:I'm not being funny but why should i be expected to contribute £10 to something that rarely works!

No-one's expecting anything, it's free unless you choose to pay

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Jeremy Miles wrote:BRIAN BLESSED!

DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!

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Martin Gardner wrote:Java.com
Congratulations!
You have the recommended Java installed (Version 6 Update 12).
So it looks like that's not the problem, so what is it, then?

Only yesterday it was prompting me to get update 11. I might try 12 anyway to if it's more stable than 11, which I'm avoiding as much as I can.

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Jimmy Gough wrote:Maybe he would have made a better lexicographer but oh well.

Doubtful - he'd be making words up all the time.

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The joy of Viz:

DRIVERS: Avoid getting prosecuted for using your phone while driving. Simply pop your mobile inside a large shell and the police will think you are listening to the sea.

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David Williams wrote:Must have been confusing to have a wife and daughter with the same name and title. I think not.

I suppose Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother is a bit of giveaway.

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Kate Richardson wrote: Lenny Henry (he's playing othello in leeds and scarborough in march)

Othello I've heard of. Is Scarborough a Marlowe character?

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David Williams wrote:There was a King on the throne in 1945.

He had a wife, I believe, who was not known as the Queen Mother in those days.

Indeed, she was known as Princess Elizabeth. Lovely smile.

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This one maybe, a good battle:

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=27079

Mind you, is the GOTW falling by the wayside?

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AnnieHall wrote:I was reading in the paper the other day how Wikipedia often gets information wrong, in fact, it made it sound like you can hardly believe a word you read in it!

Oh noes, anyone would think the Mail had an axe to grind. Facts - who needs 'em!

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Jon O'Neill wrote:I was reading this thread and then I went outside and it was raining.

Fook!

Ian Volante

I hate probability. I worked that out by induction. I know that joke's been made twice in this thread now, but I don't care.

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I was in a pub in Sydney supping on my own at the bar, and a lad from my class who I'd not seen since the last day of school six years earlier walked in with his wife.

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Yesterday it appeared to be wobbly, only allowing me to log in after a few attempts and giving the connection reset message otherwise.

This then changed to the simpler "could not log in" message later on when I assume the site was properly down. All very strange.

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I suppose he's okay.

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I'll throw my hat into the ring to represent the lower ranks.

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Kai Laddiman wrote:Just ask Kirk to show you his.

And the teapot.

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I'm having quite serious problems atm. Can log in OK, and everything starts well but very quickly things grind to a halt (white screens, letters suddenly appearing all at once giving you two seconds to do the round, clock taking ages to go round, laggy chat etc) and eventually things freeze up comp...

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Kai Laddiman wrote:Somebody use induction to prove that induction works.

If we assume that induction works, then induction+1 obviously works. Erm.

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