"A couple of ways..." -oh STFU Rachel!

[L'oisleatch McGraw]

Has anyone else had their fill of Rachel's "a couple of ways" catchphrase?

When she first started using it, it was
1. Used sparingly
2. Used only when a sitter had been missed.

To my mind, that was fine.
But lately she has started to go over the top with it. (Maybe it's Anne's influence.)

Nowadays we hear that phrase at least once a week, if not every 2nd show. And she uses it for some fairly tricky solutions that could be easily missed by even a decent numberist. e.g. In Rd6 of today's game [https://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_7794] she used her fave catchphrase for a sum that did have 12 solutions, but 11 of those were just variations on the 9x92 theme. [https://greem.co.uk/quantumtombola/?sel ... target=828]

It was actually the first time I yelled "Oh stfu Rachel" at the telly since she started in 2009, and as a massive Rachel fan in general, those words did not come easily. (whereas my daily "You go f**k yourself!" response was delivered with some relish when Nick closed with his cheesy "You be sure of it" line.)

[Philip A]

I agree, it’s wearing thin. Just go straight in to the solution.

[Gavin Chipper]

I agree it's wearing thin. I used to enjoy it more though.

[L'oisleatch McGraw]

I agree it's wearing thin. I used to enjoy it more though.

How in God's name are you able to unearth duplicate threads so readily?
Is it just that you have a prodigious memory? Because I searched "Rachel Riley" before I made this thread to see whether I needed to... and that cleverclogs thing did not pop up.

[Gavin Chipper]

I didn't remember that there was a thread, just that it had come up so I stuck in a few key words and it came up.

[Ian Fitzpatrick]

I don't have a problem with it but then I don't crawl over everything in minute detail so that I, or my senses, can be offended.

[Paul Anderson]

I've used it a couple of times myself, in jest, on ZoomDown in my finest Essex

[L'oisleatch McGraw]

I don't crawl over everything in minute detail so that I, or my senses, can be offended.

But you made an exception just for this forum thread.

[Philip A]

Another observation: think it’s poor to describe the niceness of the letters when drawing the last letter out (e.g. “a promising selection”). Giving away hints unnecessarily adds too much stress/pressure on the players, especially the lesser practisers. Only at the end of the round should presenter(s) do that.

[Paul Anderson]

Agree Philip, think she thought it was so obvious tho