Spoilers For Monday May 10th 2010

[James Robinson]

Well, with the football season heading towards an interesting climax (for me at least), Countdown is now starting to enter the home straight, with just a month to go to the start of the finals.

4 people have booked their places, so far.
*Oliver Garner, still the only octochamp of Series 62.
*Dave Wilkinson, just pipped to the post in his attempt of octochampdom.
*Peter Zyss, knocked out by (Claudia) Tyson on his 8th show.
*and Craig Chittenden, the new "Human Calculator".

Our current champ is Lee Graham, who will be in the finals, with a win today.

Back in DC for his 2nd stint is GMTV doctor and part-time ice dancer Dr. Hilary Jones.

Will Lee book his place in the finals

Find out with Lord Corby of Trouser Press later on.

[Marc Meakin]

HACKERY was there for round 1.
TOPLINER wasn't, however for round 4.

[Ryan Taylor]

Hmm the contestants keep matching each other, very fishy. VULVA round 7.

[Ryan Taylor]

Wow. Did not expect that comeback at all. Lee took it well, if that had happened to me I would have been furious, it's bad enough when you lose on apterous from what looks like a winning position, but on the show, damn. Great contestant, hope he is in the finals.

[Marc Meakin]

Nice Winceyette, sleepsuit.

[Matt Morrison]

very fishy. VULVA round 7.

Please don't come here just to insult the contestants Ryan. So specifically too.

[James Robinson]

That was probably one of the most surprising comebacks of all time

Bit of a shame Lee lost, but on the plus side, another Robinson has won on the show.

3rd Numbers Alt: (25 x 8) - (6 x 3) - 5 = 177

TRAIPSES in round 9 too.

[Brian Moore]

What a good show today - a nicely tense conundrum at the end of a good comeback.

Randomly: was it Hilary Jones who did a load of 'mistaken identity' stories last time, or someone who looked very like him? I liked Rachel's dress, though my musing as to whether it was really curtain material was encouraged by the distinct pelmet. (I still liked the dress, despite the soft furnishings thoughts.) And, for the first tea-time teaser, C.I.D. isn't an acronym, is it?

[James Robinson]

And, for the first tea-time teaser, C.I.D. isn't an acronym, is it?

Isn't it short for Criminal Investigation Department, or something. Which I believe is the brief for an acronym.

[Brian Moore]

And, for the first tea-time teaser, C.I.D. isn't an acronym, is it?

Isn't it short for Criminal Investigation Department, or something. Which I believe is the brief for an acronym.

I thought an acronym had to be pronounceable as a word, e.g. UNESCO or AIDS, whereas C.I.D. is an abbreviation.

[James Robinson]

And, for the first tea-time teaser, C.I.D. isn't an acronym, is it?

Isn't it short for Criminal Investigation Department, or something. Which I believe is the brief for an acronym.

I thought an acronym had to be pronounceable as a word, e.g. UNESCO or AIDS, whereas C.I.D. is an abbreviation.

You might have a point there, Brian.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym_and_initialism

[Brian Moore]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym_and_initialism

Though I realise that the OED is a far less reliable source of information than Wikipedia, its entry simply states: "A word formed from the initial letters of other words." I wonder, has the World Health Organisation ever been pronounced 'who'?, and if not, is it still an acronym? Oh dear ... I fear we might be two halves of a sandwich territory here.

[Ryan Taylor]

What about El Cid?

[Brian Moore]

What about El Cid?

What about him? Is he our new unelected Prime Minister, or something? I'm losing interest now.

BTW, did acronyms exist before there was a name for them (c.1943)?

[Malcolm James]

That was probably one of the most surprising comebacks of all time

Is this because the comeback was by a more mature lady against a younger man?