I will add that it seem that the popularity rating of Jon Gaunt seem to have shattered the floor.
Would I be right in suggesting this
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I presume this is just to bait Phil, James? I think that's particularly mean in the current climate.James Robinson wrote:MIGTHY
So how many points does Tom need, exactly.Kirk Bevins wrote:So yes, if Tom loses today, Jacqueline Baker is in the finals. If he wins today, she just has to hang on and hope he loses on Monday with a poor score.
Tom is currently on 337. Jackie is on 510, a lead of 173. Tom has to win today and hope that his scores for today's & Monday's show add upto 174 points.Marc Meakin wrote:So how many points does Tom need, exactly.Kirk Bevins wrote:So yes, if Tom loses today, Jacqueline Baker is in the finals. If he wins today, she just has to hang on and hope he loses on Monday with a poor score.
...or simply to win both today's and Monday's games.James Robinson wrote:Tom has to win today and hope that his scores for today's & Monday's show add upto 174 points.
Well said, Howard.Howard Somerset wrote:...or simply to win both today's and Monday's games.James Robinson wrote:Tom has to win today and hope that his scores for today's & Monday's show add upto 174 points.
Cheers.James Robinson wrote:Tom is currently on 337. Jackie is on 510, a lead of 173. Tom has to win today and hope that his scores for today's & Monday's show add upto 174 points.Marc Meakin wrote:So how many points does Tom need, exactly.Kirk Bevins wrote:So yes, if Tom loses today, Jacqueline Baker is in the finals. If he wins today, she just has to hang on and hope he loses on Monday with a poor score.
And if he does lose on Monday then to total 174 over two days he must average 87. To lose with 87 is pretty unlucky so I'd guess he'd need like 100 in today's show and then perhaps lose on Monday with something like 74. Or, as Howard said, just win them both!James Robinson wrote: Tom is currently on 337. Jackie is on 510, a lead of 173. Tom has to win today and hope that his scores for today's & Monday's show add upto 174 points.
Speculating on something you already know is so difficult isn't it, Kirk?Kirk Bevins wrote:And if he does lose on Monday then to total 174 over two days he must average 87. To lose with 87 is pretty unlucky so I'd guess he'd need like 100 in today's show and then perhaps lose on Monday with something like 74. Or, as Howard said, just win them both!
To be fair there is a bit of pedantry, most days on this thread.Derek Hazell wrote:We've had a debate on pedantry on the board today, inspired by someone who also does proofreading as a job, and then today's contestant confesses to being a compulsive proofreader. What? Another coincidence!
Hard to tell, given that your sentence doesn't make any sense.James Robinson wrote:I will add that it seem that the popularity rating of Jon Gaunt seem to have shattered the floor.
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Did you get any about James's appearances?D Eadie wrote:We've not had 1 letter, 1 email or 1 call protesting at the apperances of Jon Gaunt, nor are we expecting any. I don't think we had any last time he was on either.
lol watDerek Hazell wrote:Would I be right in thinking this is the first day in a while Susie hasn't be thinking about Jon Corby when she speaks? This is the first time I can remember her not saying "Yes." before she begins her bit.
Shame it was about crumpets if so.
I'm curious if you ever get complaints about any of the guests on the show. (outside of this forum anyway)D Eadie wrote:Hard to tell, given that your sentence doesn't make any sense.James Robinson wrote:I will add that it seem that the popularity rating of Jon Gaunt seem to have shattered the floor.
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We've not had 1 letter, 1 email or 1 call protesting at the apperances of Jon Gaunt, nor are we expecting any. I don't think we had any last time he was on either. Sorry to disappoint you, but he'll be back in 2010.
Oh, that means we'll get to meet Jacqueline. NiceMarc Meakin wrote:Well played, Jan, and congratulations to Jacqueline on reaching the quarter finals.
Derek, your posts are becoming increasingly leftfield and opaque (at least to me, anyway). What are you on about? Are you on drugs or something (and if so, can I have some)?Derek Hazell wrote:After her Catesian jump just then, Mr. Volante can finally stop beating himself up with guilt!
I bet your looking forward to that.Derek Hazell wrote:Oh, that means we'll get to meet Jacqueline. NiceMarc Meakin wrote:Well played, Jan, and congratulations to Jacqueline on reaching the quarter finals.
I notice she played this Classic Game, which is really just masochism...JimBentley wrote:Aha, I knew the name was familiar.
Also, first time in ages I've been able to watch "live", hurrah!
There was no T. Want coffee instead?Marc Meakin wrote:CONFLATE for 8
D Eadie wrote:...... We've not had 1 letter, 1 email or 1 call protesting at the apperances of Jon Gaunt, nor are we expecting any. I don't think we had any last time he was on either. Sorry to disappoint you, but he'll be back in 2010.
Why is he unpleasant? He was stating his views on car drivers, on mobile phones etc etc. I don't agree with him half the time but if they're his views, then fair enough. I think we should get Nick Griffin on.John Bosley wrote: He is the most unpleasant person I have ever seen in dictionary corner and I cannot understand why he is to be invited back.
We do take notice of comments on this forum, and nobody is trying to put anybody down.John Bosley wrote:D Eadie wrote:...... We've not had 1 letter, 1 email or 1 call protesting at the apperances of Jon Gaunt, nor are we expecting any. I don't think we had any last time he was on either. Sorry to disappoint you, but he'll be back in 2010.
Thank you, sir. I now feel rather put down. Can no notice be taken of comments on this forum? He is the most unpleasant person I have ever seen in dictionary corner and I cannot understand why he is to be invited back.
Now I feel put down.D Eadie wrote:it doesn't mean we consider the opinions of those who post here as gospel, as some kind of authority on all things Countdown
Haha that would be so funny!JackHurst wrote:I've realised that giving negative comments on DC guests might be a bad idea for forumites who intend to go on the show in the future. If you do it a lot of the time, it could be a real possibility that you end up being in the studio with a DC guest you have slagged off, and feeling really awkward the whole time.
I'm not disappointed at all, Damian. I was just pointing out that compared to certain other guests, Jon Gaunt hasn't been the most liked of DC guests, which might be slightly understandable, considering he is a journalist/columnist/however you see it.D Eadie wrote:Hard to tell, given that your sentence doesn't make any sense.James Robinson wrote:I will add that it seem that the popularity rating of Jon Gaunt seem to have shattered the floor.
Would I be right in suggesting this![]()
We've not had 1 letter, 1 email or 1 call protesting at the apperances of Jon Gaunt, nor are we expecting any. I don't think we had any last time he was on either. Sorry to disappoint you, but he'll be back in 2010.
To be fair, quite a few posts on here are confusing, but feel free to PM me if there are any of mine you don't understand - and we can sort out the "drugs" at the same time!JimBentley wrote:Derek, your posts are becoming increasingly leftfield and opaque (at least to me, anyway). What are you on about? Are you on drugs or something (and if so, can I have some)?
Nice comebackMarc Meakin wrote:I bet your looking forward to that.Derek Hazell wrote:Oh, that means we'll get to meet Jacqueline. NiceMarc Meakin wrote:Well played, Jan, and congratulations to Jacqueline on reaching the quarter finals.
May I suggest that you wear a comedy wig to mark the occasion.
Based on what, 6 or 7 posts on here?James Robinson wrote:Jon Gaunt hasn't been the most liked of DC guests
OK, I wasn't trying to start a war or anything. I do read his column in The Sun at times, and more often than not it isn't too bad. I just think that some people don't take to his ways of displaying his opinions very well.D Eadie wrote:Based on what, 6 or 7 posts on here?James Robinson wrote:Jon Gaunt hasn't been the most liked of DC guests
We had a peak audience of 1.3million yesterday. Get real.
Speaking as a grandparent and housewife (who reads neither the Sun nor the Daily Mail) I found Jon Gaunt's contributions disappointing not so much because of their content - all of which we have heard many times before, not only from him - but because they were repetitive and his views simplistic. Which makes him just very slightly preferable to the people who hunt up a list of funny sayings on the Internet and offer them up as original.Derek Hazell wrote:It's worth remembering that although we have a VERY wide range of ages on here, we are not a fair representation of the Countdown audience. Retired people are under-represented, and housewives are barely represented at all. Our grandparents have a very different attitude to life to us, some are a lot less tolerant of various minorities, and because they see the olden days as a golden age, many would cheer on the views of someone like Jon Gaunt. We'd better just grin and bear him for their sake, and because of the wide range of guests, enjoy the fact that we get people that appeal to our tastes as well.
Thank you for you response, Rosemary. This is the reason I was very careful to make clear I wasn't including ALL of the older generation as any kind of generalization. The fact that you are older and also not that keen on his simplistic views, perhaps justifies my comment even more that we are under-representative of the scope of Countdown viewers as a whole though.Rosemary Roberts wrote:Speaking as a grandparent and housewife (who reads neither the Sun nor the Daily Mail) I found Jon Gaunt's contributions disappointing not so much because of their content - all of which we have heard many times before, not only from him - but because they were repetitive and his views simplistic. Which makes him just very slightly preferable to the people who hunt up a list of funny sayings on the Internet and offer them up as original.
I expect to be well recompensed over the next two weeks.
Good expectations as we have Dr Phil Hammond, who is always awesome, followed by Sir Rory Mcgrath (well not Sir but close enough) who tells some good anecdotes.Rosemary Roberts wrote:
I expect to be well recompensed over the next two weeks.
A few rather annoying generalisations there, Derek. I am a grandparent, retired and 72 and I did not like being preached at (by JG) in such a self satisfied way. Both my wife and I found it almost impossible to watch Countdown last week - and it is one of our favourites.Derek Hazell wrote:It's worth remembering that although we have a VERY wide range of ages on here, we are not a fair representation of the Countdown audience. Retired people are under-represented, and housewives are barely represented at all. Our grandparents have a very different attitude to life to us, some are a lot less tolerant of various minorities, and because they see the olden days as a golden age, many would cheer on the views of someone like Jon Gaunt. We'd better just grin and bear him for their sake, and because of the wide range of guests, enjoy the fact that we get people that appeal to our tastes as well.
It would take more than an obnoxious DC guest to stop me watching Countdown: I would sit through anybody, even Nick Griffin or Adolf himself. But I do rather hope Damian doesn't ever think of hiring retired archbishops.John Bosley wrote:A few rather annoying generalisations there, Derek. I am a grandparent, retired and 72 and I did not like being preached at (by JG) in such a self satisfied way. Both my wife and I found it almost impossible to watch Countdown last week - and it is one of our favourites.