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- Sat Jul 06, 2013 3:45 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Fifty Degrees of Kevin Bacon
- Replies: 36
- Views: 8376
Re: Fifty Degrees of Kevin Bacon
I know the Diaz Cruise one but can't remember the name properly. I'm assuming we're not allowed to google. It's a real cheesy name, Knight and Day or something like that.
- Fri Jul 05, 2013 4:59 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Fifty Degrees of Kevin Bacon
- Replies: 36
- Views: 8376
Re: Fifty Degrees of Kevin Bacon
Kevin Bacon . . . . . . . . . . . Connection: Meryl Streep . . . . . . . . . . . Connection: Uma Thurman . . . . . . . . . . . Connection: Be Cool Dwayne Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . Connection: Samuel L Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . Connection: Harrison Ford . . . . . . . . . . . Connection: I...
- Mon Jun 03, 2013 7:11 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Pointless Series 5
- Replies: 216
- Views: 41911
Re: Pointless Series 5
[Incidentally, Monday's episode was a new one from series 9, so technically this is the wrong thread.] I don't mind using this one, it's the one nearest the top of the page so it'll do me. Anyway. Top joke on today's show about Mr Messy going on to play for Argentina and Barcelona. Richard is a leg...
- Mon Jun 03, 2013 3:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday June 3rd 2013
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4444
Re: Spoilers For Monday June 3rd 2013
Lexplorer says Bleatings is in. Thought it was a poor call from Susie. If it doesn't expressly say mass noun it should surely be allowed.
- Mon May 27, 2013 4:22 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Pointless Series 5
- Replies: 216
- Views: 41911
Re: Pointless Series 5
It's a round world. Surely every capital city in the world is west of London if you keep going west enough. I missed the start. Did they specify a cut off point of where west ends?
- Sun May 26, 2013 6:08 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Sophie Krol's Musings - and your comments about them.
- Replies: 85
- Views: 24246
Re: Sophie Krol's Musings - and your comments about them.
I just imagine this is what it's like in Sophie's head.
- Thu May 16, 2013 9:11 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Sports puzzles
- Replies: 50
- Views: 10354
Re: Sports puzzles
However, the LAST black potted legally or not, is the end of the game, unless scores are tied! Nope. The black can be respotted no matter what the scores are. People only don't play on when just the black is left because they don't reckon you can get a snooker but you could feasibly (well, as feasi...
- Thu May 16, 2013 9:03 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Sports puzzles
- Replies: 50
- Views: 10354
Re: Sports puzzles
However, the LAST black potted legally or not, is the end of the game, unless scores are tied! Nope. The black can be respotted no matter what the scores are. People only don't play on when just the black is left because they don't reckon you can get a snooker but you could feasibly (well, as feasi...
- Tue Apr 30, 2013 5:28 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Official Thread of Brag
- Replies: 1176
- Views: 168006
Re: Official Thread of Brag
Ok so it's not apterous related but I finally "ran" (hobbled on my knees) 100 meters on QWOP.
- Fri Apr 19, 2013 11:39 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Calculating one's own score
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4821
Re: Calculating one's own score
I was just gonna say, does anyone else just watch it?Jennifer Steadman wrote:I don't specifically play anyone or keep track of my own score. /brag?
- Sat Mar 30, 2013 1:40 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Matt Morrison Computer Corner
- Replies: 452
- Views: 115755
Re: The Matt Morrison Computer Corner
http://i46.tinypic.com/1zbcg38.png http://i45.tinypic.com/10gaa3a.png When I watch youtube on my home computer it looks blurry like the bottom picture. Sometimes it rights itself like the top picture, and also improves the sound but most of the time it is blurry and the sound quality is poor. Do yo...
- Mon Mar 25, 2013 3:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown's new format
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6507
Re: Countdown's new format
I liked it more on tv than I do on apterous. It made me watch the guest's bit even though I had no idea who it was.
- Thu Mar 21, 2013 4:21 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: The Mystery of Time and Space
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4094
Re: The Mystery of Time and Space
The music works for me. It's irritating, you're better off without it. Works for me too. I agree it is kind of annoying. The game is ok but some of the puzzles don't make any sense to me even though I now know the answers. That key pad with the smiley faces. How are you supposed to work that out wi...
- Tue Mar 12, 2013 2:54 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Jacintha Saldanha
- Replies: 54
- Views: 9936
Re: Jacintha Saldanha
The vast majority of studies of people who survive suicide attempts show that their mental state clouds their judgement and that most who fail at killing themselves are glad that they weren't successful. That second point is an interesting claim - source(s)? Not trying to be a smart-arse, I'd just ...
- Mon Mar 11, 2013 6:27 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Jacintha Saldanha
- Replies: 54
- Views: 9936
Re: Jacintha Saldanha
I was trying to point out that she was very selfish – in my opinion – in taking her own life over such a silly prank (think of her kids FFS). Are you her doctor? Did you know her? How do you know that was the whole reason? How do you know she didn't have an underlying mental illness? The idea that ...
- Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:05 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: A Puzzle Series
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6172
Re: A Puzzle Series
Gotcha. Cheers Chris.Chris Philpot wrote:They're all series finals, Mark.
- Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:46 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: A Puzzle Series
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6172
Re: A Puzzle Series
I've gotten that but I don't get the relationship with the numbers. I knew the answer to the one Ryan linked to but I don't know how [22b] is supposed to lead me to that. Conundrum scrambles [series, letter if more than 1 conundrum was used] Yeah, I kind of figured that would be it but how am I sup...
- Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:08 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Who would you like to see in DC?
- Replies: 219
- Views: 41388
Re: Who would you like to see in DC?
That's more like it.Mark Ivey wrote:Charlie Brooker would be my pick! He already works for Channel 4, and he's one of the most intelligent men on TV at the moment so it would be a treat if he went on.
- Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:08 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Who would you like to see in DC?
- Replies: 219
- Views: 41388
Re: Who would you like to see in DC?
The Top Gear presenters would be good with lots of interesting things to talk about not just cars etc, probably James May suits the stereotypical viewer best? That would be horrible. They are all gits. I can tolerate Clarkson cause he can be funny but I can't stand the other two. Smug wankers the p...
- Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:01 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: A Puzzle Series
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6172
Re: A Puzzle Series
I've gotten that but I don't get the relationship with the numbers. I knew the answer to the one Ryan linked to but I don't know how [22b] is supposed to lead me to that.Andy Platt wrote:Conundrum scrambles
- Sun Feb 24, 2013 8:35 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: A Puzzle Series
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6172
Re: A Puzzle Series
That hasn't really helped.Ryan Taylor wrote:- [22b] starred in Rain Man, Top Gun and Mission: Impossible.Mark James wrote:No, can we have the answer please. Or at least spoiler hide the answer.
Example answer
- Sun Feb 24, 2013 3:43 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: A Puzzle Series
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6172
Re: A Puzzle Series
No, can we have the answer please. Or at least spoiler hide the answer.Johnny Canuck wrote: Now, does anyone else wish to try to crack the puzzle?
- Wed Feb 20, 2013 4:25 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
- Replies: 759
- Views: 404553
Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
I had a slightly prophetic Countdown related dream last night. In the dream the guy from Countdown was ringing me to let me know if I had passed the audition but he started asking me weird questions about how I think they could improve viewing figures. He was saying they were annoyed with the image ...
- Tue Feb 19, 2013 9:25 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown in the news
- Replies: 217
- Views: 63575
Re: Countdown in the news
I just got a message on facebook about a trending article about how Countdown is fake. The article was from Feb 1999. How is that trending?
- Mon Feb 18, 2013 2:20 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Last night I was at a quiz and...
- Replies: 41
- Views: 10362
Re: Last night I was at a quiz and...
In Ireland it stands for Christian Brothers School.Ryan Taylor wrote:What does the 'C' in CBS stand for?
- Thu Feb 07, 2013 8:06 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: B'day Championship Spoilers For Thursday February 7th 2013
- Replies: 33
- Views: 8638
Re: B'day Championship Spoilers For Thursday February 7th 20
Or even Congou. It's a black tea from China. Still wouldn't be allowed on Apterous though.szodiac wrote:Darryl was probably thinking of CANGUE - again not in OED3.Zarte Siempre wrote:congue's not even a word in CSW...
- Wed Feb 06, 2013 12:39 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Same Sex Marriage
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6474
Re: Same Sex Marriage
I wholeheartedly agree with Gev. UK law is becoming less defined by religion. If your ideas were the case, go and live in a Muslim country. There one can have as many wives as one wants simultaneously. This country does not legally accept polygamy because the government think that it is not feasible...
- Mon Jan 28, 2013 6:27 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Paul Zenon vs Psychic Sally
- Replies: 89
- Views: 17593
Re: Paul Zenon vs Psychic Sally
I'm in two minds. People have gone to her shows with the intention of catching her out but even when they do successfully her fans seem to take no notice of it. I'd be tempted to do it purely for my own entertainment though, especially if it's on your company's buck but, having said that, I still wo...
- Thu Jan 17, 2013 10:45 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Aptochallenge 6: Polish Your Skills
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5628
Re: Aptochallenge 6: Polish Your Skills
When I first read the title I thought this thread was about Charlie adding Polish as another language on apterous.
- Sun Dec 23, 2012 5:39 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Only Connect
- Replies: 169
- Views: 94808
Re: Only Connect
I made one of these little wall thingys myself: http://www.puzzgrid.com/grid.php?id=1971 Have a look. Medium was just an educated guess, you'll have to see for yourself. Cool stuff. I got 10/10 but I'm a bit confused why. I knew three groups so could solve the grid, and solve their clues, but then ...
- Thu Dec 20, 2012 3:11 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The C4C Football Thread
- Replies: 1265
- Views: 196068
Re: The C4C Football Thread
Any of our resident maths geniuses want to work out the odds of the Champions League draw coming up with the same pairings as the rehearsal? Sky Sports said 5000-1 but it seems like it would be a bit more than that to me. The equation is complicated by the seedings and the fact you can't get drawn a...
- Mon Dec 17, 2012 1:20 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
- Replies: 417
- Views: 116297
Re: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
Woop. Got an audition for Feb. Never expected to hear from them. Must have sent the application about two years ago.
- Sat Dec 08, 2012 8:00 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Jacintha Saldanha
- Replies: 54
- Views: 9936
Re: Jacintha Saldanha
I'm just waiting for the conspiracy theory nuts who follow David Icke and the like to suggest she was actually bumped off by the reptilian Queen for divulging intimate details of the Royal family and the suicide is just a cover up.
- Sat Dec 01, 2012 3:05 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Asperger Syndrome
- Replies: 81
- Views: 19495
Re: Asperger Syndrome
I like to use Mitch Hedberg's response which was "Celebrating the 5th anniversary of you asking me this question".Steve Balog wrote: no matter how many times I'm asked where I'll see myself in 5 years, I'll still find a way to screw it up)
- Tue Nov 27, 2012 6:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Richard Osman
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5395
Re: Richard Osman
Lets hope so.
- Thu Nov 22, 2012 4:45 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Pointles Series 6
- Replies: 76
- Views: 21634
Re: Pointles Series 6
I got four of the six pointless answers so I was well chuffed.
- Fri Nov 09, 2012 12:27 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Coincidence
- Replies: 224
- Views: 79255
Re: Coincidence
****WARNING***** *****WARNING******* ******WARNING****** THE FOLLOWING CONTAINS SPOILERS OF BREAKING BAD Don't highlight if you haven't seen the end of season two and most of season three. Anyway, In my college earlier today there was an annoying fly buzzing around one of the classrooms and a simila...
- Thu Nov 01, 2012 10:01 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Derren Brown - The Events
- Replies: 584
- Views: 71048
Re: Derren Brown - The Events
Nice one Jon. Enjoyed that. There's a quote from one of the participants where he says "I didn't feel hypnotised but I went along with it". Here's the thing: That is being hypnotised. There is no feeling. People expect it to be like a drug induced trance or something. It's not. All it is i...
- Wed Oct 31, 2012 6:36 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown in the news
- Replies: 217
- Views: 63575
Re: Countdown in the news
Not exactly "In the news" but there is a feature in this months Reader's Digest about Countdown.
- Wed Oct 31, 2012 6:31 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Paul Zenon vs Psychic Sally
- Replies: 89
- Views: 17593
Re: Paul Zenon vs Psychic Sally
Why didn't someone ask her why she agreed to take part in it then?Michael Wallace wrote:Fun. I enjoyed "Psychic energy" was not likely to work in the setting created for the experiment
- Tue Oct 30, 2012 2:44 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Greatest Ever Sportsman?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 31615
Re: Greatest Ever Sportsman?
I wonder how the three people who picked Lance Armstrong feel now.
- Tue Oct 30, 2012 2:23 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Derren Brown - The Events
- Replies: 584
- Views: 71048
Re: Derren Brown - The Events
Imagine for a second that somebody approaches you with a view to playing a prank on a family member, somebody you love dearly and care about. What they want to do is pretend for weeks in advance that there's some kind of party where loads of their friends and family are present. However, on the day...
- Mon Oct 29, 2012 2:18 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Derren Brown - The Events
- Replies: 584
- Views: 71048
Re: Derren Brown - The Events
(That's not to say I'm going as far as you in saying that all hypnotism is acting though.) I wouldn't say all of it is. There is therapeutic hypnosis but stage hypnosis essentially is just getting people to play along. There is a hypnotic state that the hypnotist puts you in to make you more sugges...
- Mon Oct 29, 2012 3:23 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Derren Brown - The Events
- Replies: 584
- Views: 71048
Re: Derren Brown - The Events
Didn't see all of it but what I did see I didn't like. And when I say I didn't like it I don't mean in a it's not a good tv show way, it does make me wanna see what happens in the end but I'm getting sick of the premise of these types of shows he's doing where he's going to change someone's life. I ...
- Sat Oct 20, 2012 1:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown Format Change?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 8491
Re: Countdown Format Change?
I think the particular skills of the contestants can make a difference to whether the extra choice is decisive. If you have two players that are quite evenly matched overall, but one is strong on the numbers and the other quite weak, then it will increase the chance of it being decisive. It will st...
- Sat Oct 20, 2012 11:59 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown Format Change?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 8491
Re: Countdown Format Change?
I think the particular skills of the contestants can make a difference to whether the extra choice is decisive. If you have two players that are quite evenly matched overall, but one is strong on the numbers and the other quite weak, then it will increase the chance of it being decisive. It will st...
- Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:05 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown Format Change?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 8491
Re: Countdown Format Change?
Why not just leave it the way it is? I think it's grand. If you're going to win you should be good at all the disciplines.
- Sun Sep 09, 2012 9:03 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C Photo Dump
- Replies: 343
- Views: 55157
- Thu Aug 30, 2012 8:24 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How do you become the greatest human in history?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4518
Re: How do you become the greatest human in history?
Cure cancer? Good answer. It might seem obvious, but none of the other 1260 members of this forum could think of it or anything better in the amount of time it took you to come up with it. It would still be tough though. A lot of people would still vote for people like Jesus and Mohammed, If someon...
- Wed Aug 29, 2012 6:03 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How do you become the greatest human in history?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4518
Re: How do you become the greatest human in history?
The very act of wanting to be should exclude you from ever becoming the greatest human in history. Oh, you already qualified that. I obviously haven't read the whole post which excludes me immediately.
- Tue Aug 28, 2012 11:13 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Matt Morrison Computer Corner
- Replies: 452
- Views: 115755
Re: The Matt Morrison Computer Corner
Not just for Matt but has anyone else noticed Google Chrome is really slow starting up? I can type an address in the address bar while I'm waiting for it to load and that works fine but Google itself is taking ages to appear.
- Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:35 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Is Apterous down? [DO NOT POST IN THIS TOPIC FOR ANY OTHER REASON]
- Replies: 604
- Views: 312114
Re: Is Apterous down?
Same here. It won't log in to the game screen.
- Sat Aug 25, 2012 8:24 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Lance Armstrong and "doping" generally
- Replies: 121
- Views: 36665
Re: Lance Armstrong and "doping" generally
I think they're all on drugs and I don't care. I think we just just allow people to take performance enhancing drugs and work on making them safer so people who don't want to risk the dangers can still compete.
Re: TV
There really is some great stuff on tv these days. It's kicking the cinemas ass. Movies just suck compared to what's on the box. I was pleasantly surprised with Don't Trust the B___ in Apartment 23. It's quite funny. I'm also thoroughly enjoying The Newsroom. It's really good. But top of the pile is...
- Tue Jul 31, 2012 2:47 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
- Replies: 759
- Views: 404553
Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
Oh I see, you're not actually dreaming. I still don't think I could fall asleep while still typing though.
- Tue Jul 31, 2012 2:45 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
- Replies: 759
- Views: 404553
Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
Doesn't your body go into sleep paralysis when you're dreaming? How is it possible to continue to type?
- Fri Jul 27, 2012 12:55 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Mondegreens
- Replies: 127
- Views: 33544
Re: Mondegreens
Green Day's Burnout came on my ipod the other day and I was reminded how I used to think the lyric "I live inside this mental cave " was "I live inside this pencil case", even though the first time I heard the song was when I bought the album and therefore had the lyric sheet. I ...
- Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:15 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Is Apterous down? [DO NOT POST IN THIS TOPIC FOR ANY OTHER REASON]
- Replies: 604
- Views: 312114
Re: Is Apterous down?
Hmm. I went on down for everyone or just me and it said it was just me and when I clicked the link to the site on that page it loaded but it still doesn't come up when I type apterous.org in to my address bar.
- Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:12 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Is Apterous down? [DO NOT POST IN THIS TOPIC FOR ANY OTHER REASON]
- Replies: 604
- Views: 312114
Re: Is Apterous down?
It isn't working for me either, This is the message I'm getting:
No data received
Unable to load the web page because the server sent no data.
Here are some suggestions:
Reload this web page later.
Error 324 (net::ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE): The server closed the connection without sending any data.
No data received
Unable to load the web page because the server sent no data.
Here are some suggestions:
Reload this web page later.
Error 324 (net::ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE): The server closed the connection without sending any data.
- Wed Jul 04, 2012 2:15 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Tipping Point
- Replies: 26
- Views: 13825
Re: Tipping Point
Are you insane? It's one the best game shows ever. Tons of questions, some good banter and the final chase is usually hugely exciting. I just wish it didn't clash with Pointless as I feel Pointless is the better show to play along with.Gavin Chipper wrote:The Chase is a bit of a shit format as well though in't it?