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by Adam Gillard
Sun Dec 20, 2015 12:44 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Music
Replies: 295
Views: 84111

Re: Music

Out of interest, what do you think of music in films - do you find it annoying/not conducive for adding to the mood of a scene? It's still annoying most of the time. The rest of the time it's so samey that it's cringeworthy (e.g. the music for a love scene or a farewell scene). Sometimes it's cool,...
by Adam Gillard
Thu Dec 17, 2015 7:41 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday December 16th 2015
Replies: 12
Views: 2897

Re: Spoilers For Wednesday December 16th 2015

REWAKED is an odd one; not valid on apterous.

Good-natured contest - sad to see Liam go!
by Adam Gillard
Tue Dec 15, 2015 7:39 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Monday December 14th 2015
Replies: 3
Views: 1372

Re: Spoilers For Monday December 14th 2015

Good game that; great final numbers from Rachel!
by Adam Gillard
Mon Dec 14, 2015 9:06 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Game of the Year (GotY) 2015 - nominations
Replies: 7
Views: 4626

Game of the Year (GotY) 2015 - nominations

Evening, all! I'm setting up this thread for information and discussion about GotY 2015. For now (before the nominations go "live"), this thread is the forum for any questions about the rules and the general format of the nominations and the GotY 2015 poll. I'm planning to accept nominatio...
by Adam Gillard
Mon Dec 07, 2015 7:31 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 4th December 2015
Replies: 7
Views: 2361

Re: Spoilers for Friday 4th December 2015

Nice to see MOANIEST is valid now.
by Adam Gillard
Fri Nov 27, 2015 6:21 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 26th November 2015
Replies: 6
Views: 2871

Re: Spoilers for Thursday 26th November 2015

Was this spoilers thread started after broadcast?

Anyhow, I've seen bits and pieces of James's games so far, and just wanted to remark that he seems very strong on the letters. He has a good chance of octochamping.
by Adam Gillard
Sat Nov 21, 2015 6:16 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Ask Graeme?
Replies: 1740
Views: 684826

Re: Ask Graeme?

Related: what's the most used conundrum? DECLARING and PERPETUAL, which have been used six times each. Another 32 conundrum solutions have been used five times. Plus, PERPETUAL was used on the Countdown board game box, so it wins really. http://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/171748189556-0-1/s-l1000.jpg
by Adam Gillard
Fri Nov 20, 2015 7:27 am
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
Replies: 583
Views: 290305

Re: CO:parkrun Recaps

Your religion says you can't run on a Saturday? Correct. So nobody in your religion could be any kind of athlete (professional or otherwise)? Well yes, if you keep that law of the religion and there are meets on Saturdays then obviously you wouldn't be able to take part and therefore you wouldn't g...
by Adam Gillard
Wed Nov 18, 2015 8:41 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
Replies: 583
Views: 290305

Re: CO:parkrun Recaps

Christmas Day is the only one I can do all year - will have to get me a barcode next time! I've put you in with an asterisk. What about New Year's Day as well? Our local parkrun is doing both days so I presume others are too. Erm, the fuck? Clearly it shouldn't count, Asterix or otherwise. Why can ...
by Adam Gillard
Wed Nov 18, 2015 7:07 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
Replies: 583
Views: 290305

Re: CO:parkrun Recaps

Jon Corby wrote:
Adam Gillard wrote: I didn't grab a barcode thingy - I'm 'the 'Unknown' who finished 11th: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/fulhampalace/ ... qNumber=63.
I think you can fuck off with that then :lol:
Christmas Day is the only one I can do all year - will have to get me a barcode next time!
by Adam Gillard
Wed Nov 18, 2015 12:33 am
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
Replies: 583
Views: 290305

Re: CO:parkrun Recaps

20:21 for the one I did, Gevoby. Where/when/link? Edit - I had previously searched for you but couldn't find anything. The parkrun website doesn't seem to be searchable, but searching often brings up the runbritainrankings site, although not reliably so. I didn't grab a barcode thingy - I'm 'the 'U...
by Adam Gillard
Sun Nov 15, 2015 8:27 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
Replies: 583
Views: 290305

Re: CO:parkrun Recaps

20:21 for the one I did, Gevoby.
by Adam Gillard
Tue Oct 20, 2015 5:55 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: It has officially been a year...
Replies: 20
Views: 5696

Re: It has officially been a year...

Yay! Thanks Ben, Graeme, Charlie and Jono - catching up on the ones I missed from the short-lived Netdown era :)
by Adam Gillard
Fri Oct 16, 2015 6:40 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday October 15th 2015 (S73 P72)
Replies: 11
Views: 3615

Re: Spoilers for Thursday October 15th 2015 (S73 P72)

Great moment for David at the end there with POPULIST - had me beat! :)

Brilliant play from John from what I've seen of his run - he will be tough to beat in the finals, especially if it comes down to a crucial!
by Adam Gillard
Fri Oct 16, 2015 6:35 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday October 15th 2015 (S73 P72)
Replies: 11
Views: 3615

Re: Spoilers for Thursday October 15th 2015 (S73 P72)

Well, Susie got an ostracon this week at least!
by Adam Gillard
Tue Oct 13, 2015 6:39 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: It has officially been a year...
Replies: 20
Views: 5696

Re: It has officially been a year...

Are the podcasts still available anywhere? None of these links work any more: http://www.apterous.org/podcast/ http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~calr3/aptocast/aptocast_1.mp3 http://www.jononeill.com/podcast/ (Saw FAPTEROUS* available in a selection on Countdown this morning and it reminded me of the Jo Bol...
by Adam Gillard
Sat Oct 10, 2015 10:38 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: People you shouldn't trust
Replies: 921
Views: 395650

Re: People you shouldn't trust

There are many different facets to the Internet and although the web is the main point of traffic we think of when discussing the net, there are still multiple other services you can run from a single domain name, e.g.: ftp.domain.com (file transfers) nntp.domain.com (newsgroups) smtp.domain.com / ...
by Adam Gillard
Fri Oct 09, 2015 4:53 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday October 8th 2015 (S73 P68)
Replies: 47
Views: 13933

Re: Spoilers for Thursday October 8th 2015 (S73 P68)

Superb conundrum! Bad luck James, came up against a really strong champion in John.
by Adam Gillard
Wed Sep 30, 2015 9:26 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Who posts here?
Replies: 55
Views: 12647

Re: Who posts here?

Oops sorry Jim, that was indeed a quote from Gevin, not sure how it became so mangled! Fixed that post now.
by Adam Gillard
Wed Sep 30, 2015 7:53 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Who posts here?
Replies: 55
Views: 12647

Re: Who posts here?

Gavin Chipper wrote:at that time I didn't really have a fixed "identity" to be credible or otherwise.
Until you ran for Parliament I didn't know whether to believe Toby was your real name, or another pseudonym!
by Adam Gillard
Fri Sep 18, 2015 6:40 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Thursday 17th September 2015
Replies: 10
Views: 3661

Re: Spoilers For Thursday 17th September 2015

"New balls, please!" for badminton?
by Adam Gillard
Thu Aug 27, 2015 6:45 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: New changes to the ODO
Replies: 15
Views: 5070

Re: New changes to the ODO

There are sensible words too. For example RANDOMIZER , which has been declared a bunch of times on apterous (mostly with an S though, which doesn't seem to be valid!). In terms of niche technical words, if you are involved in the field, then it's nice to finally see what seems a very common word mak...
by Adam Gillard
Tue Aug 25, 2015 10:47 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Fantasy World Athletics Championships
Replies: 15
Views: 4083

Re: Fantasy World Athletics Championships

How come everyone else got 8 points for van Zyl and I only got 2?
by Adam Gillard
Mon Aug 24, 2015 11:03 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Fantasy World Athletics Championships
Replies: 15
Views: 4083

Re: Fantasy World Athletics Championships

Vivian Cheruiyot a snip at £6 - easy choice!
by Adam Gillard
Sun Aug 23, 2015 2:23 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Fantasy World Athletics Championships
Replies: 15
Views: 4083

Re: Fantasy World Athletics Championships

Anyone who picked KJT, don't worry - she's got a few jumps left in her - see if she can pick herself up for the individual long jump. So agonising for her; I was with Colin Jackson though in that she should have played it ultra-safe on her last jump, even go for a 6.30-6.40 to keep in among the meda...
by Adam Gillard
Fri Aug 21, 2015 6:21 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Fantasy World Athletics Championships
Replies: 15
Views: 4083

Re: Fantasy World Athletics Championships

Great stuff Oli, just submitted my team :)
by Adam Gillard
Tue Aug 18, 2015 7:29 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
Replies: 583
Views: 290305

Re: CO:parkrun Recaps

Oliver Garner wrote:17:41 the other week - PB 17:29 a few years back, hoping to finally push on to under 17.
Very good times, Oli!
by Adam Gillard
Tue Aug 18, 2015 7:00 am
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: University Challenge 2014/15
Replies: 33
Views: 17026

Re: University Challenge 2014/15

Is Hugh a full-time question setter for University Challenge now?
by Adam Gillard
Thu Aug 13, 2015 6:05 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Lance Armstrong and "doping" generally
Replies: 121
Views: 36329

Re: Lance Armstrong and "doping" generally

I'm willing to bet that most of these 28 athletes, once they are named, will mainly be Russian. Interesting bet - I understand that you are saying that at least 15 of the 28 athletes will be "mainly Russian", whatever that means... perhaps they are cyborg drug cheats with some body parts ...
by Adam Gillard
Mon Aug 10, 2015 6:40 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Friday August 7th 2015
Replies: 8
Views: 3142

Re: Spoilers For Friday August 7th 2015

Well played, Stephen! Great run and some really big scores along the way - very likable contestant!
by Adam Gillard
Fri Aug 07, 2015 6:28 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday August 6th 2015 (S73 P29)
Replies: 15
Views: 3749

Re: Spoilers for Thursday August 6th 2015 (S73 P29)

I done did the numbers and Rachel done didn't :shock:

Oh now she's done it but had AGES in the ad break to think about it. Same method as me, she must have copied me...
by Adam Gillard
Thu Jul 23, 2015 6:43 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday July 22nd 2015 (S73 P22)
Replies: 8
Views: 3016

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday July 22nd 2015 (S73 P22)

Really enjoying Liam's run - he's quietly cheeky and I think that's why he and Nick have such a great rapport - very entertaining!
by Adam Gillard
Sat Jul 18, 2015 9:48 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: How do I know if my word is valid?
Replies: 57
Views: 59755

Re: How do I know if my word is valid?

That being said, if Apterous allows it, I would be offering it, whether it should be allowed or not. Paineder/est is a horrific example of this - no-one's going to throw away the 9 though. Innis and I made a suicide pact before our 30BC game in the event that the word LOSINGEST was available in a l...
by Adam Gillard
Thu Jul 16, 2015 11:31 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday July 15th 2015 (S73 P17)
Replies: 12
Views: 3333

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday July 15th 2015 (S73 P17)

Also Judy was drawn against Conor Travers the first time she was on the show, so she was due a nice draw this time if that's how people see it!
by Adam Gillard
Thu Jul 16, 2015 10:48 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday July 15th 2015 (S73 P17)
Replies: 12
Views: 3333

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday July 15th 2015 (S73 P17)

Judy had a great run from what I saw of it, no luck involved in bossing the conundrums to come through some tight games early on. Well done Judy! Strong performance from Liam to win with that convincing a scoreline in the end. Hopefully Judy has done enough to make the finals.
by Adam Gillard
Sun Jul 12, 2015 8:58 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: How do I know if my word is valid?
Replies: 57
Views: 59755

Re: How do I know if my word is valid?

Is CLOVERS valid?
by Adam Gillard
Wed Jul 08, 2015 6:43 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday July 7th 2015 (S73 P13)
Replies: 16
Views: 5038

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday July 7th 2015 (S73 P13)

Good game that. Judy is a beast on those conundrums, good numbers solve earlier on too to get that win!
by Adam Gillard
Tue Jul 07, 2015 6:35 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: £27,000 for getting beat...........
Replies: 21
Views: 6567

Re: £27,000 for getting beat...........

Heather Styles wrote:Getting BEAT in the first round of Wimbledon is not necessarily a bad thing - it might have been the longest available word.
lol!
by Adam Gillard
Sat Jun 27, 2015 10:34 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CoStAl2 - Countdown In St. Albans - Saturday 27th June 2015
Replies: 44
Views: 13967

Re: CoStAl2 - Countdown In St. Albans - Saturday 27th June 2015

Thanks to Jeff and James, very well run as ever!

Congratulations to Matthew, who drank milk and played Countdown. He finished his milk before the final and that was what gave him the edge over Tom in the end.
by Adam Gillard
Thu Jun 25, 2015 6:23 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Oxford Dictionaries update
Replies: 4
Views: 2261

Re: Oxford Dictionaries update

Ian Volante wrote:Meh.
HEM
by Adam Gillard
Tue Jun 23, 2015 6:42 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Monday June 22nd 2015
Replies: 8
Views: 2605

Re: Spoilers For Monday June 22nd 2015

Now I know why Nick always says "Good afternoon!" - saucy sod :p
by Adam Gillard
Sun Jun 14, 2015 8:17 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Mondegreens
Replies: 127
Views: 33313

Re: Mondegreens

Heather Styles wrote:A mondegreem?
:)
by Adam Gillard
Sun Jun 14, 2015 8:51 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: C4C Fantasy Football
Replies: 174
Views: 68972

Re: C4C Fantasy Football

Huge congratulations to Ed for winning this year's c4c league by a whopping 193 points (yes, ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY THREE POINTS) to finish 1,727th in the overall standings out of over 3.5 million players (top 0.05%)! Ed retained his lead majestically from Gameweek 8 right through to the end of the ...
by Adam Gillard
Sat Jun 13, 2015 10:14 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Grand Final Spoilers For Friday June 12th 2015
Replies: 24
Views: 6284

Re: Grand Final Spoilers For Friday June 12th 2015

Congratulations, Tom! I liked the conundrum guess particularly :)

Well done Tracey on making the final and putting up a good fight. You can be proud of that!

First final between two contestants from previous series?
by Adam Gillard
Wed Jun 03, 2015 9:52 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Countdown mentions on other shows
Replies: 315
Views: 137330

Re: Countdown mentions on other shows

Come On Down! The Game Show Story on ITV right now just had a bit on Countdown and it changing the role of women as hosts on TV shows.
by Adam Gillard
Tue Jun 02, 2015 7:10 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Monday June 1st 2015
Replies: 9
Views: 2314

Re: Spoilers For Monday June 1st 2015

Would have been a different final if Graeme had such a deadpan delivery of the conundrum solution! Not a lot of people know this, but the difference between -ISE and -IZE endings is in the deadpanness of the delivery. So if you ever have to decide which ending to use, think how it would be said in ...
by Adam Gillard
Tue Jun 02, 2015 6:43 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Monday June 1st 2015
Replies: 9
Views: 2314

Re: Spoilers For Monday June 1st 2015

Would have been a different final if Graeme had such a deadpan delivery of the conundrum solution!
by Adam Gillard
Wed May 06, 2015 5:31 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CoStAl2 - Countdown In St. Albans - Saturday 27th June 2015
Replies: 44
Views: 13967

Re: CoStAl2 - Countdown In St. Albans - Saturday 27th June 2015

James Robinson wrote:Along with Mark Murray, Jeff has managed to bring over a trio of French contestants for our tournament, making our total a magnificent 7 for now....... ;) :) :D
Encore tricolore!
by Adam Gillard
Thu Apr 16, 2015 9:53 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Breaking Bad... Episode 1 on Freeview31. 11pm Tonight.
Replies: 6
Views: 1887

Re: Breaking Bad... Episode 1 on Freeview31. 11pm Tonight.

Catch-uppable online too: http://www.channel5.com/shows/breaking- ... s/pilot-25. Might have to see what all the fuss is about (other than Hal from Malcolm in the Middle obviously).
by Adam Gillard
Tue Apr 14, 2015 6:27 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CO-Parkrun
Replies: 20
Views: 5240

Re: CO-Parkrun

I did one on Christmas Day in Fulham but can't do them generally because of the Saturdaynesses. Sounds like a fun idea though!
by Adam Gillard
Tue Apr 14, 2015 6:24 pm
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: University Challenge 2014/15
Replies: 33
Views: 17026

Re: University Challenge 2014/15

Loveday absolutely smashed those starter questions, stellar performance!

Well done to Hugh and team for a great series and a strong showing in the final. G&C seemed like a really nice four, so I'm happy for them too!
by Adam Gillard
Mon Apr 13, 2015 10:43 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CO-Parkrun
Replies: 20
Views: 5240

Re: CO-Parkrun

Following Richard Brittain's attempt at a Co-lympics , it seemed that there was an appetite for an athletics-based event ...PARKRUN! They are really easy to register for - you register just once ever and print off a bar code, which you can then take to any Parkrun event across the UK ...PARKRUN! Br...
by Adam Gillard
Tue Apr 07, 2015 9:47 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: C4C Fantasy Football
Replies: 174
Views: 68972

Re: C4C Fantasy Football

Brag - £5.2m loss on transfer, huge gain on points! Not often I actually get anything right in this game :)

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by Adam Gillard
Fri Apr 03, 2015 4:42 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The General Election of Thursday 7 May 2015 *
Replies: 100
Views: 17427

Re: The General Election of Thursday 7 May 2015 *

Ian Volante wrote:
Adam Gillard wrote: On a different note, Jen's picture scares me. Anyone else?
I recently spotted that it's a rip from a Taylor Swift video. I never would have suspected.
Well I knew it wasn't a picture of Jen!
by Adam Gillard
Fri Apr 03, 2015 2:33 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The General Election of Thursday 7 May 2015 *
Replies: 100
Views: 17427

Re: The General Election of Thursday 7 May 2015 *

free-wheeling farrago of fuckery (politicians call it "campaigning") His friends call him "Nige". Who watched the debate tonight then? I thought it was quite interesting. I watched most of the debate last night. I thought it was a good format and the arbitrator did a good job. I...
by Adam Gillard
Wed Apr 01, 2015 5:49 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Matt Le Tissier to appear on Countdown
Replies: 24
Views: 5896

Re: Matt Le Tissier to appear on Countdown

JimBentley wrote:
Gavin Chipper wrote:
Adam Gillard wrote:He plays on apterous as Matthew Tassier, right?
Yeah, and Graeme Le Saux plays as Bob de Caux, so I imagine he'll be on shortly as well.
Also Jimmy Bullard plays as Adam Gillard. And I'm really the Jim Bentley that manages Morecambe FC.
*Wags finger reproachingly*
by Adam Gillard
Tue Mar 31, 2015 10:09 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Matt Le Tissier to appear on Countdown
Replies: 24
Views: 5896

Re: Matt Le Tissier to appear on Countdown

He plays on apterous as Matthew Tassier, right?
by Adam Gillard
Tue Mar 31, 2015 6:20 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Monday March 30th 2015
Replies: 15
Views: 4807

Re: Spoilers For Monday March 30th 2015

Same numbers target twice in this one (285). Well done Tom; looking forward to the finals!