Spoilers for Monday 21st June (Series 83, Quarter Final 3)
Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 1:20 pm
Postbag in 2nd letters round.
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Yeah, no reason why he should be tbh (sorry Dec). Jen also got one of the highest octotals of all time (3rd ever at the time). I still maintain that Toby McDonald was robbed by not getting a place in our CoC - sure, he was a losing quarter finalist (and not much of a demographic breaker), but the only reason he lost his QF was (similarly to Jen) because of a 7th seed that only ended up that low by running into the champion, and he was clearly the 3rd best player in that series (better than the other two guys from that series who played in CoC for some reason). But I've banged this drum enough times.Philip A wrote: ↑Mon Jun 21, 2021 4:19 pm Hate to say it, but I doubt think Declan will be picked for a Championship of Champions, because he was onlh a quarter-finalist. Jen Steadman was a quarter-finalist, but was chosen as she was statistically the best female player between the 30BC and CoC XVI, and she narrowly lost to the eventual series champion.
Having said that, I think Latchford was the more dedicated of the two practisers on this occasion. He didn’t lose a round.
I know kielbasa as the sausage, not as a countdown word. It's not super ubiquitous but you can get it in any of those euro shop things. It scored about 6 on Pointless recently if that's any sort of benchmark for well known ness.Gevin wrote: Two pointless teatime teasers today.
I've always thought they should be gettable by the vast majority of people, and when you don't get one, it should all click with the clue and you go "Oh yeah...". The odd obscure one is just about OK but they seem to be more common recently and two in the same show is too far. I think it misses the point about what they're for.Thomas Carey wrote: ↑Mon Jun 21, 2021 5:06 pm
Not sure how I feel about obscure words as teasers generally, although that's gonna be a lot of the declarations in the finals anyway, so I don't really care. I definitely prefer obscure nouns to stuff that's like, obvious what it means, but not sure it should be a word (e.g. HURTIEST)
Very well done if you got those at home.
Incorrect.Thomas Carey wrote: ↑Mon Jun 21, 2021 5:06 pm I still maintain that Toby McDonald was robbed by not getting a place in our CoC
Very nice. I wonder if Tom Carey's Pointless reference was intentional. One for the coincidences thread if not.
Yeh I use Kielbasa for Currywurst - not sure if ethnically correct but seems to work well enough and the price is right at LidlThomas Carey wrote: ↑Mon Jun 21, 2021 5:06 pm
I know kielbasa as the sausage, not as a countdown word. It's not super ubiquitous but you can get it in any of those euro shop things. It scored about 6 on Pointless recently if that's any sort of benchmark for well known ness.