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by Gavin Chipper
Sun Jul 27, 2014 6:28 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday July 25th 2014 (S71 P18)
Replies: 64
Views: 12598

Re: Spoilers for Friday July 25th 2014 (S71 P18)

Although I didn't take to her at first, the more we learn of Tricia the more I like her. The 9/9 thing was so odd I still feel there must be a story behind it. Weirdly, in her previous game there was another 6 small game where her solution was "different but really the same". And she woul...
by Gavin Chipper
Sun Jul 27, 2014 5:26 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday July 25th 2014 (S71 P18)
Replies: 64
Views: 12598

Re: Spoilers for Friday July 25th 2014 (S71 P18)

The first numbers: She definitely had the body language that she had solved it before time was up and I am sure she would not have declared she had the second numbers if she didn't have it.6 small numbers is tricky enough anyway and I know from experience, it is easy to go around the houses in the ...
by Gavin Chipper
Sun Jul 27, 2014 5:24 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: You Are The Ref
Replies: 345
Views: 147395

Re: You Are The Ref

A quick thought on the MINUTE one. Anyone remember the show where a contestant offered SUNDRIES, pronounced as if it were what one might do to tomatoes? He got lucky, obviously, but if you are going to say that MINUTE and MINUTE are two different words for Countdown purposes, you have to disallow S...
by Gavin Chipper
Sun Jul 27, 2014 11:35 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: You Are The Ref
Replies: 345
Views: 147395

Re: You Are The Ref

But similarly, I could ask you where you draw the line in the other direction. Is 3*100 the same as 100*3? 100+3 the same as 3+100? They're not literally the same. And what if someone said they had the same solution but they multiplied by 1 at the end? You avoided my specific questions, but I'll tr...
by Gavin Chipper
Sun Jul 27, 2014 10:06 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday July 25th 2014 (S71 P18)
Replies: 64
Views: 12598

Re: Spoilers for Friday July 25th 2014 (S71 P18)

I actually don't think it's that rare to go round the houses with a numbers solution instead of a more direct way, even if it's not normally quite as obvious as that. If you're at "full stretch" when finding a solution, sometimes you just see something and it works and you don't then notic...
by Gavin Chipper
Sat Jul 26, 2014 11:51 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday July 25th 2014 (S71 P18)
Replies: 64
Views: 12598

Re: Spoilers for Friday July 25th 2014 (S71 P18)

James Robinson wrote:[(P.S. I hate so much that "srsly" is now in the dictionary.............. :roll: :( )
Srsly it's in the dictionary? Actually I'm not surprised. It was clearly added for publicity reasons as so often happens with the Oxford dictionaries.
by Gavin Chipper
Sat Jul 26, 2014 11:42 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday July 25th 2014 (S71 P18)
Replies: 64
Views: 12598

Re: Spoilers for Friday July 25th 2014 (S71 P18)

This is all getting rather interesting. Was Anton's comment deliberate? Was the teatime teaser a coincidence? If it was anything other than an innocuous coincidence then I'll eat someone else's hat. Was this some bet that they all made to get things in, or did it result from some genuine hostility?...
by Gavin Chipper
Sat Jul 26, 2014 10:58 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday July 25th 2014 (S71 P18)
Replies: 64
Views: 12598

Re: Spoilers for Friday July 25th 2014 (S71 P18)

And if you were wondering, it was a car accident in 1975 . Wow, that makes what Anton said really dodgy, and perhaps it's debatable whether it should have stayed in! You say that but Nick said something much worse (about something else) in the intros, which he begged Damian to keep out of the cut, ...
by Gavin Chipper
Sat Jul 26, 2014 10:56 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday July 25th 2014 (S71 P18)
Replies: 64
Views: 12598

Re: Spoilers for Friday July 25th 2014 (S71 P18)

This is all getting rather interesting. Was Anton's comment deliberate? Was the teatime teaser a coincidence? Was this some bet that they all made to get things in, or did it result from some genuine hostility?
by Gavin Chipper
Sat Jul 26, 2014 10:37 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: You Are The Ref
Replies: 345
Views: 147395

Re: You Are The Ref

8. Harry Peters is controversially given a return appearance on the show, wins eight games with a record-breaking octototototal of 980, and qualifies for the quarter-finals. He beats the #8 seed in the quarter-final, and beats the #4 seed in the semi-final. In the final he faces the #2 seed Gary Go...
by Gavin Chipper
Sat Jul 26, 2014 10:33 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: You Are The Ref
Replies: 345
Views: 147395

Re: You Are The Ref

9. C2 spots a quality numbers answer which ends by adding one. C1 claims to have spotted the answer also but claims that instead of adding one, divided 9 by 9 to get the final one to add on. Otherwise the answer is exactly the same as C2. As the ref would you just allow this at face value, disallow...
by Gavin Chipper
Sat Jul 26, 2014 6:05 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: You Are The Ref
Replies: 345
Views: 147395

Re: You Are The Ref

9. C2 spots a quality numbers answer which ends by adding one. C1 claims to have spotted the answer also but claims that instead of adding one, divided 9 by 9 to get the final one to add on. Otherwise the answer is exactly the same as C2. As the ref would you just allow this at face value, disallow...
by Gavin Chipper
Sat Jul 26, 2014 3:31 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: You Are The Ref
Replies: 345
Views: 147395

Re: You Are The Ref

Awesome thread. It's mostly been covered, but you clearly need my answers. 1. It's a letters round. C1 declares 6, then C2 declares 6. You ask for C1's word, and he says MINUTE, pronouncing it like the unit of time. C2 says MINUTE, pronouncing it like the synonym for tiny. C2 has not written his wor...
by Gavin Chipper
Sat Jul 26, 2014 2:33 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday July 25th 2014 (S71 P18)
Replies: 64
Views: 12598

Re: Spoilers for Friday July 25th 2014 (S71 P18)

I don't recall anyone ever saying that their solution was slightly different, but to all intents and purposes the same, and offering their paper to their opponent. It's far more frequent for someone to say they have the same solution but still have to be prompted by Nick to show their workings. I'v...
by Gavin Chipper
Fri Jul 25, 2014 6:31 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday July 25th 2014 (S71 P18)
Replies: 64
Views: 12598

Re: Spoilers for Friday July 25th 2014 (S71 P18)

Jury's out for me on whether she did actually cheat (body language during/after the clock didn't really suggest a fudge) but yeah she should have definitely offered her paper. I'm not surprised she didn't though, she comes across as really fucking rude. Ooh, the gloves are off now. I noticed at the...
by Gavin Chipper
Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:11 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday July 25th 2014 (S71 P18)
Replies: 64
Views: 12598

Re: Spoilers for Friday July 25th 2014 (S71 P18)

Sean Fletcher wrote:Alt first numbers (25*4+6)*8 - (9-7) = 846
Standard method was (6×7-8)×25-4.
by Gavin Chipper
Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:10 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday July 25th 2014 (S71 P18)
Replies: 64
Views: 12598

Re: Spoilers for Friday July 25th 2014 (S71 P18)

That teatime teaser was a bit of a dig at our wheelchair-bound contestant! Plus Anton earlier saying he was numb from the waist down! (Or maybe I'm seeing things that aren't there.)

Edit - Her Wiki page says she lost both her legs in a game of Scrabble. :o
by Gavin Chipper
Thu Jul 24, 2014 8:16 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday July 24th 2014 (S71 P17)
Replies: 21
Views: 4779

Re: Spoilers for Thursday July 24th 2014 (S71 P17)

Based on today's performance, I think it's probably good that Tricia beat Jason yesterday. She seems the better player overall. And a very good player. We'll have to see if a potential weakness in the numbers and having to write down the conundrums has any effect later on. (It was about 55 years ago...
by Gavin Chipper
Thu Jul 24, 2014 2:56 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday July 24th 2014 (S71 P17)
Replies: 21
Views: 4779

Re: Spoilers for Thursday July 24th 2014 (S71 P17)

We discussed Sean's point in chat today since Giles spotted it too, and it came up that rigatoni may already be plural. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/rigatoni?q=rigatoni noun Pasta in the form of short hollow fluted tubes. It doesn't have it as a plural in the dictionary. How...
by Gavin Chipper
Wed Jul 23, 2014 11:59 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony.
Replies: 6
Views: 2206

Re: The Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony.

Steven M. McCann wrote:A global audience of one a half billion according to the BBC.
What odds did you get on that?
by Gavin Chipper
Wed Jul 23, 2014 11:28 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: (Men) sitting down for a wee
Replies: 101
Views: 23804

Re: (Men) sitting down for a wee

Jon O'Neill wrote: You tedious prick.
You odious cock.
by Gavin Chipper
Wed Jul 23, 2014 9:52 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: (Men) sitting down for a wee
Replies: 101
Views: 23804

Re: (Men) sitting down for a wee

Jon Corby wrote:If I play a game on my phone/read or something, I'll pee twice within the three or four minutes that I'm sat there. I don't think this is normal or healthy though.
Bit weird.
by Gavin Chipper
Wed Jul 23, 2014 2:58 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: (Men) sitting down for a wee
Replies: 101
Views: 23804

Re: (Men) sitting down for a wee

I think I've already made the point that it's more effort to sit down for a piss than to stand up. Edit: Less effort? I would argue that the effort involved in pulling your trousers and pants down (and up again afterwards), moving into the sitting position and having to stand up again at the end is...
by Gavin Chipper
Wed Jul 23, 2014 12:20 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: (Men) sitting down for a wee
Replies: 101
Views: 23804

Re: (Men) sitting down for a wee

I think I've already made the point that it's more effort to sit down for a piss than to stand up. Edit: Less effort? I would argue that the effort involved in pulling your trousers and pants down (and up again afterwards), moving into the sitting position and having to stand up again at the end is ...
by Gavin Chipper
Wed Jul 23, 2014 12:04 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: (Men) sitting down for a wee
Replies: 101
Views: 23804

Re: (Men) sitting down for a wee

Mark Deeks wrote:Would you be OK with me sitting down to wee as long as I'm reading your book in the process, then?
Alright then.
by Gavin Chipper
Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:18 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: (Men) sitting down for a wee
Replies: 101
Views: 23804

Re: (Men) sitting down for a wee

Mark Deeks wrote:No, I'm still fat and lazy. I'll just have to retire from arrowords.
Not necessarily piss material, but there's other books for you to be reading...
by Gavin Chipper
Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:17 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday July 22nd 2014 (S71 P15)
Replies: 9
Views: 2097

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday July 22nd 2014 (S71 P15)

I seem to remember someone remarking on a game where all the numbers games could be solved with three numbers - I think it was in the old 15-round format.
by Gavin Chipper
Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:08 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: (Men) sitting down for a wee
Replies: 101
Views: 23804

Re: (Men) sitting down for a wee

Again, you can't miss when you're sitting down. You'd be a ruddy fool to miss when standing up, sure, but the risk is nil when seated. Nil. You can only miss if you do so on purpose. Even if you're drunk or high, as I know you often are. Right, well, time for me to swallow a little pride here. I wa...
by Gavin Chipper
Tue Jul 22, 2014 3:26 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday July 22nd 2014 (S71 P15)
Replies: 9
Views: 2097

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday July 22nd 2014 (S71 P15)

Steven M. McCann wrote:Has there ever been an easier 40 points to be had on the numbers, than today?
Rachel also had a dig at the contestants by saying they'd all been easy after the third game.
by Gavin Chipper
Mon Jul 21, 2014 10:58 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Monday July 21st 2014
Replies: 30
Views: 4116

Re: Spoilers For Monday July 21st 2014

I seem to remember they gave CECIL a kick up the backside once before as well. A much more forceful one, in fact. During this episode, Richard Whiteley ordered a new target to be chosen simply because he thought the old one was "too easy." Yes, I think I remember that. Was there also anot...
by Gavin Chipper
Mon Jul 21, 2014 9:01 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Monday July 21st 2014
Replies: 30
Views: 4116

Re: Spoilers For Monday July 21st 2014

I seem to remember they gave CECIL a kick up the backside once before as well.
by Gavin Chipper
Sat Jul 19, 2014 11:42 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CoStAl 2014 Recaps
Replies: 16
Views: 4406

Re: CoStAl 2014 Recaps

James Robinson wrote:[Group B

1st Place: Oliver Garner (1) 49-88 Rob Foster (3)
3rd Place: Thomas Cappleman (2) 86-45 Gevin Chapwell (5)
5th Place: Gevin Chapwell (4) 54-57 Julie McCarthy (7)
7th Place: Ciaran McCarthy (6) 47-79 Paul Worsley (8)
Should that be Phil Collinge?
by Gavin Chipper
Fri Jul 18, 2014 7:57 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CoStAl - Countdown in St. Albans - Saturday 12th July 2014
Replies: 104
Views: 38812

Re: CoStAl - Countdown in St. Albans - Saturday 12th July 20

While in St. Albans, me and James Robinson discovered that we both got the same 9 letter word while watching this game way back in 1999. Just to think, I wasn't even 80 then. How time flies.
by Gavin Chipper
Thu Jul 17, 2014 3:46 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Ask Graeme?
Replies: 1740
Views: 684869

Re: Ask Graeme?

Very minor spoilers for today's Countdown episode so I don't think it's necessary to do a colour change but let me know if you think otherwise and I'll edit this post: In a round today, there was an amazing total of 17 seven-letter words available. Is that the flattest round in Countdown history? N...
by Gavin Chipper
Wed Jul 16, 2014 10:48 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Code puzzle
Replies: 8
Views: 3987

Re: Code puzzle

This was the puzzle I was thinking of on YouTube and the solution.
by Gavin Chipper
Wed Jul 16, 2014 2:11 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Code puzzle
Replies: 8
Views: 3987

Re: Code puzzle

I think I saw a YouTube video on this once. Either Numberphile or Singingbanana or something.
by Gavin Chipper
Wed Jul 16, 2014 2:02 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday July 16th 2014 (S71 P11)
Replies: 8
Views: 3548

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday July 16th 2014 (S71 P11)

RUNNABLE in round 5 as a beater. (I shouldn't have to say it's a beater but people have got into the habit of posting equallers without qualification as if that's somehow acceptable so it might not be clear.)
by Gavin Chipper
Tue Jul 15, 2014 1:20 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CoStAl - Countdown in St. Albans - Saturday 12th July 2014
Replies: 104
Views: 38812

Re: CoStAl - Countdown in St. Albans - Saturday 12th July 20

Matt Morrison wrote:Gevin, I would absolutely be willing to pay £1 per year to read a hotel review blog should you wish to start one.
It's not exactly a job is it?
by Gavin Chipper
Tue Jul 15, 2014 11:11 am
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Mileage
Replies: 5
Views: 2183

Re: Mileage

Ian Volante wrote:Well done Mr Chipper. You are correct. Want to buy a car?

Graeme, counting leading zeroes would just have been perverse :)
Depends. How many miles has it done?

Counting leading zeroes isn't that perverse given that milometers show them - particularly old ones!
by Gavin Chipper
Mon Jul 14, 2014 10:16 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CoStAl 2014 Recaps
Replies: 16
Views: 4406

Re: CoStAl 2014 Recaps

Nice.
by Gavin Chipper
Mon Jul 14, 2014 6:55 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CoStAl - Countdown in St. Albans - Saturday 12th July 2014
Replies: 104
Views: 38812

Re: CoStAl - Countdown in St. Albans - Saturday 12th July 20

Yep, I had a great day so thanks to everyone involved - James and Jeff for organising, but also everyone else in attendance that made the day what it was. It was also good to see Adam Gillard and Marks Deeks who came along even though they weren't playing. By the way, if anyone is considering stayin...
by Gavin Chipper
Mon Jul 14, 2014 4:42 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Mileage
Replies: 5
Views: 2183

Re: Mileage

If it had travelled 199991 miles, then after another 11 it would be on 200002 (also palindromic). Then after another 17 miles, it would be on 200019, but you didn't specify that this number had to be palindromic. Another 9993 miles later and it will be 210012. So the answer is 200019.
by Gavin Chipper
Mon Jul 14, 2014 9:18 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: 2014 FIFA World Cup
Replies: 62
Views: 14514

Re: 2014 FIFA World Cup

To his credit, Lionel Messi looked embarrassed collecting the Golden Ball for player of the tournament, very few people seem to think he deserved it.(pre-tournament he was top priced 8/1 2nd favourite behind Neymar, to win it.) By the way, I disagree with this sort of award. FIFA are just there to ...
by Gavin Chipper
Mon Jul 14, 2014 9:14 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For 8/10 Cats Does Countdown (S3, E6 - 11 Jul '14)
Replies: 2
Views: 581

Re: Spoilers For 8/10 Cats Does Countdown (S3, E6 - 11 Jul '

I considered starting this yesterday as well. I get the feeling that people don't watch this!
by Gavin Chipper
Thu Jul 10, 2014 3:00 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday July 9th 2014 (S71 P8)
Replies: 7
Views: 2010

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday July 9th 2014 (S71 P8)

I think I'm right in saying Ian won when no U appeared in the round with the Q [4th from end] as it was then impossible for his opponent to get the 9 he needed. Therefore Ian could have sealed his win by choosing only 3 vowels instead of 4 that round. Not saying he should have done of course ;) I w...
by Gavin Chipper
Wed Jul 09, 2014 11:05 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CoStAl - Countdown in St. Albans - Saturday 12th July 2014
Replies: 104
Views: 38812

Re: CoStAl - Countdown in St. Albans - Saturday 12th July 20

I'm now booked in at the Quality Hotel but only for Friday night because I can't be bothered to get up really early and travel on Saturday.
by Gavin Chipper
Wed Jul 09, 2014 2:50 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Language queries
Replies: 11
Views: 3063

Re: Language queries

Something that's often confused me is hyphen usage. I was looking into this and if you have a "compound adjective" before a noun you connect all the bits with hyphens except adverbs that end in -ly and the word "very". So you'd have a "piss-poor car", or a "very po...
by Gavin Chipper
Wed Jul 09, 2014 2:36 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Language queries
Replies: 11
Views: 3063

Re: Language queries

Where do the BBC and Daily Mail fit into this marriage?
by Gavin Chipper
Wed Jul 09, 2014 12:20 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Language queries
Replies: 11
Views: 3063

Re: Language queries

BBC claims that "US actor George Clooney has accused the Daily Mail of "irresponsibility" after it claimed his fiancee's mother opposes their marriage on religious grounds." Is this technically ok? To me "fiancee's mother" refers to a single person, not to both the fia...
by Gavin Chipper
Wed Jul 09, 2014 1:03 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday July 8th 2014 (S71 P7)
Replies: 29
Views: 3596

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday July 8th 2014 (S71 P7)

It's listed "as a spelling" in the same way that alternative spellings always are, and it would be weird for the fact that it's also pronounced differently to make a difference. My worry was that although it's listed as alternative spellings always are, it's also listed as alternative ter...
by Gavin Chipper
Tue Jul 08, 2014 6:20 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday July 8th 2014 (S71 P7)
Replies: 29
Views: 3596

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday July 8th 2014 (S71 P7)

ODO says LUPINE is a North American spelling of LUPIN though, which is probably why it wasn't allowed. It says North American not US and I think it's only US spellings that are disallowed. It is also not listed as a spelling and has its own pronunciation listed so it's arguably a separate term. LUP...
by Gavin Chipper
Tue Jul 08, 2014 3:47 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday July 8th 2014 (S71 P7)
Replies: 29
Views: 3596

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday July 8th 2014 (S71 P7)

Griff Rhys Jones seemed to be trying to ask Susie why non-words (such as acronyms) were in the dictionary but she was in a bit of a world of her own.
by Gavin Chipper
Mon Jul 07, 2014 6:43 pm
Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
Topic: Friday 20th June 2014 (8/10 Cats Series 3, Episode 3)
Replies: 3
Views: 845

Re: Friday 20th June 2014 (8/10 Cats Series 3, Episode 3)

My favourite thing about this recap is that no-one has come along and pointed out loads of errors, which tends to happen with people's first recaps. Now that I've said this though, the double-checking might commence.
by Gavin Chipper
Sat Jul 05, 2014 10:49 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For 8/10 Cats Does Countdown (S3, E5 - 4 Jul '14)
Replies: 2
Views: 588

Re: Spoilers For 8/10 Cats Does Countdown (S3, E5 - 4 Jul '1

Presumably these were recorded before normal Countdown because we've still got the dictionary and the pencam.
by Gavin Chipper
Wed Jul 02, 2014 11:10 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CoStAl - Countdown in St. Albans - Saturday 12th July 2014
Replies: 104
Views: 38812

Re: CoStAl - Countdown in St. Albans - Saturday 12th July 20

Will anyone else be getting into St. Alban's Abbey station at 09:17 or similar? I've had a look at the walk from there to the event and it seems to be a choice between a 1 mile walk using no fewer than 6 roads and a riparian stroll, or around 1.5 mile going up one road and along another - decisions...
by Gavin Chipper
Wed Jul 02, 2014 10:48 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: People you shouldn't trust
Replies: 921
Views: 395698

Re: People you shouldn't trust

People who use the -ed past tense instead of the -t version - e.g. LEARNED instead of LEARNT, DREAMED instead of DREAMT, SPELLED instead of SPELT etc. That's just an American vs. British spelling thing though, isn't it? It's normal in America to use the -ED ending and it's normal here to use the -T...
by Gavin Chipper
Wed Jul 02, 2014 5:08 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: People you shouldn't trust
Replies: 921
Views: 395698

Re: People you shouldn't trust

People who use the -ed past tense instead of the -t version - e.g. LEARNED instead of LEARNT, DREAMED instead of DREAMT, SPELLED instead of SPELT etc.
by Gavin Chipper
Wed Jul 02, 2014 5:01 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: £27,000 for getting beat...........
Replies: 21
Views: 6567

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

Also, the thing about getting £27,000 for losing in the first round would be better stated as £27,000 for making it to Wimbledon. The losing finalist will get loads, but it's not the act of losing that has earnt* them the money.

*This is a word. Fuck off.
by Gavin Chipper
Tue Jul 01, 2014 8:00 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday July 1st 2014 (S71 P2)
Replies: 11
Views: 4028

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday July 1st 2014 (S71 P2)

LAGGY itself has 1,380,000 results, more than ten times that of OMNISHAMBLES, which was clearly only added for publicity reasons. So despite all this extra publicity it got for being added to the dictionary, it still isn't anywhere near. It seems that with words that aren't publicity-friendly, the d...
by Gavin Chipper
Tue Jul 01, 2014 7:11 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CoStAl - Countdown in St. Albans - Saturday 12th July 2014
Replies: 104
Views: 38812

Re: CoStAl - Countdown in St. Albans - Saturday 12th July 20

I might now be able to make this so switch me to interested. Won't know till end of May/early June however That doesn't matter, James. Me and Jeff can wait. :) Interested - it's a few hours travel but fairly cheap to get to. Only thing is accommodation as I'd rather stay two nights - where is every...