Spoilers for Friday 15th March
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Spoilers for Friday 15th March
Jimmy's Gough the hook.
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday 15th March
INBOX as an invalid DC equaller in R1.
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday 15th March
Thursday
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday 15th March
INBOX isn't actually in I don't think, not sure why.Ben Hunter wrote:INBOX as a DC equaller in R1.
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday 15th March
Didn't you get the memo?David Roe wrote:Thursday
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday 15th March
Yeah I just checked apterous, was a bit surprised. It'll probably get into the next edition of OED.Innis Carson wrote:INBOX isn't actually in I don't think, not sure why.Ben Hunter wrote:INBOX as a DC equaller in R1.
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Re: Spoilers for Friday 15th March
Taunting also there as an anagram of attuning
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Re: Spoilers for Friday 15th March
2nd numbers: ( ( 75 + ( 2 x 9) ) x 10 ) - 1
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Re: Spoilers for Friday 15th March
Definitely should risk REIMPOSED when 50 points ahead to try and get a score over 130, methinks. Kirk doesn't look like an absolute certainty now. This could be the best contest since Gallen vs. Tournoff, if they both make it through.
If you cut a gandiseeg in half, do you get two gandiseegs or two halves of a gandiseeg?
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Re: Spoilers for Friday 15th March
GERANIUMS anyone?
If you cut a gandiseeg in half, do you get two gandiseegs or two halves of a gandiseeg?
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Re: Spoilers for Friday 15th March
Alternative R14:
(50 + 25) x (8 - 2) + 9 + 5
(50 + 25) x (8 - 2) + 9 + 5
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Re: Spoilers for Friday 15th March
Another alternative R14: (50+8)x(25-9)/2
Re: Spoilers for Friday 15th March
Quality stuff again Jimmy, really enjoying your run.
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Really well played again Jimmy, even sitting here in my armchair I didn't come close to either of your nines today. Fantastic stuff, can't wait for the finals now!
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Re: Spoilers for Friday 15th March
Yet another rd 14 alternative - ((50 x 9) + 25) - 8 - (5-2)
Another great performance Jimmy, well done.
Another great performance Jimmy, well done.
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Re: Spoilers for Friday 15th March
Splendid performance again Jimmy. Well done.
You come across as a very nice person too.
You come across as a very nice person too.
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Re: Spoilers for Friday 15th March
NUTATION?
If I suddenly have a squirming baby on my lap it probably means that I should start paying it some attention and stop wasting my time messing around on a Countdown forum
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Re: Spoilers for Friday 15th March
I got it that way as well. I thought it was interesting that Jimmy seemingly threw away 7 points here. It was easy to get one away so I can only presume he devoted too much time to getting it bang on but then failed to declare anything as a result. I've often done that playing at home, but in the studio it requires different thinking.Rich Priest wrote:Yet another rd 14 alternative - ((50 x 9) + 25) - 8 - (5-2)
Another great performance Jimmy, well done.
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He might have taken a different approach had it still been crucial at r14.Gavin Chipper wrote:I thought it was interesting that Jimmy seemingly threw away 7 points here. It was easy to get one away so I can only presume he devoted too much time to getting it bang on but then failed to declare anything as a result. I've often done that playing at home, but in the studio it requires different thinking.
Great performance anyway, Jimmy. You look well set for number 2 seed. I look forward to watching you again next week.
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Awesome performance Jimmy. Even with knowing you got REIMPOSED on your run I still missed it (had DEMIREPS) so went 85-98 down. Panic set in. Luckily you messed the numbers and the conundrum so I scraped home 119-112. What a game - quality.
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So I sit here all smug because I've come up with, as Suzie would say, the "brilliant" word ANTEATER, and Jimmy chimes in with ALTERNATE. I can only imagine how poor Peter was feeling after that happened to him for the sixth or seventh time.
Another most impressive victory.
Another most impressive victory.
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Peter seemed to laugh it off. I think he was enjoying himself.Chris Thomas wrote:So I sit here all smug because I've come up with, as Suzie would say, the "brilliant" word ANTEATER, and Jimmy chimes in with ALTERNATE. I can only imagine how poor Peter was feeling after that happened to him for the sixth or seventh time.
Another most impressive victory.
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I was so pleased when I spotted ALTERNATE, completely missed the other one though.
The challenger, who had presumably already watched Jimmy in the studio, seemed to know he was going to lose but still enjoyed it anyway. Good stuff.
The challenger, who had presumably already watched Jimmy in the studio, seemed to know he was going to lose but still enjoyed it anyway. Good stuff.
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Re: Spoilers for Friday 15th March
Yet another alternative for R14:
(50 x 8) + (25 x 2) + 9 + 5 = 464
P.S. This was my 14 year old sister. I think I was too focused on 90 x 5, as, if I may hazard a guess, were Jimmy and Peter.
P.P.S. I think it's May, not March
(50 x 8) + (25 x 2) + 9 + 5 = 464
P.S. This was my 14 year old sister. I think I was too focused on 90 x 5, as, if I may hazard a guess, were Jimmy and Peter.
P.P.S. I think it's May, not March
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Re: Spoilers for Friday 15th March
Yeah, nice one. I suppose that's the sort of solution you get when you're a beginner and you don't look to add a number then multiply. I should've declared something but I thought that there must be an obvious solution and I thought he'd get it spot on so for the full 30 seconds I was just looking to get it exactly.Adam Dexter wrote:Yet another alternative for R14:
(50 x 8) + (25 x 2) + 9 + 5 = 464
P.S. This was my 14 year old sister. I think I was too focused on 90 x 5, as, if I may hazard a guess, were Jimmy and Peter.
P.P.S. I think it's May, not March
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Re: Spoilers for Friday 15th March
Oi Gough. That's the way I got it. I'll get you playtime.Jimmy Gough wrote:
Yeah, nice one. I suppose that's the sort of solution you get when you're a beginner
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Re: Spoilers for Friday 15th March
I think Peter was probably starting to feel his brain turn to mush towards the end under the relentless Gough onslaught. To have spotted SCARES in round 13 but not thought to add the V for SCARVES was a bit tragic.Chris Thomas wrote:So I sit here all smug because I've come up with, as Suzie would say, the "brilliant" word ANTEATER, and Jimmy chimes in with ALTERNATE. I can only imagine how poor Peter was feeling after that happened to him for the sixth or seventh time.
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By extension, you've now described nearly every game I play on apterous as 'a bit tragic'. :-sPhil Reynolds wrote:I think Peter was probably starting to feel his brain turn to mush towards the end under the relentless Gough onslaught. To have spotted SCARES in round 13 but not thought to add the V for SCARVES was a bit tragic.Chris Thomas wrote:So I sit here all smug because I've come up with, as Suzie would say, the "brilliant" word ANTEATER, and Jimmy chimes in with ALTERNATE. I can only imagine how poor Peter was feeling after that happened to him for the sixth or seventh time.
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Re: Spoilers for Friday 15th March
Notating for another 8 in round 8