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R2: SMUTTIER (I think it was round 2 - whichever round it was that DC got DETRITUS)

I found James's conundrum attempt absolutely hillarious, i think there must be somethign wrong with me.

Im not sure if these topics are the place to discuss the contestants, but James eems to represent all the things i hate about countdown. Does anyone else feel the same?

I feel the same, but that's because he beat me

JackHurst wrote:Im not sure if these topics are the place to discuss the contestants, but James eems to represent all the things i hate about countdown. Does anyone else feel the same?

Totally opposite for me Jack, I think he represents the best of what Countdown brings to people.
Let's not beat about the bush, he's clearly, for want of a better word, a geek. We're all geeky to some extent here but you know what I mean.
But Countdown (and his ability at the game) seems to have given him a confidence, a warm personality, and a social ability that are rarely enjoyed by 'geeks'.

So I think it's great, he seems really likeable to me. Compare him to other contestants in the geek mould that we've had on recently - can't think of names but there have been a couple that have come across as cringeworthily uncomfortable while Jeff talks to them about some obscure hobby or other.
I'd much rather spend an hour with James than with Richard Brittain, put it that way.

JackHurst wrote:I found James's conundrum attempt absolutely hillarious, i think there must be somethign wrong with me.

I got it in 3 seconds. Worth mentioning as that's fucking rare for me. But yes, there's probably something wrong with you.

EDIT: Just noticed James is on the forum. I hate calling people 'geeks' as it sounds so derogatory, but it wasn't meant that way (I was literally wanting for a better word). However, I'm not editing my post as I think it's complimentary enough to warrant using just one negatively perceived word. Plus James spoiled the result of his run in his very first post on this forum, and that pisses me off. The geek.

Matt Morrison wrote: I got it in 3 seconds. Worth mentioning as that's fucking rare for me. But yes, there's probably something wrong with you.

Same, 'genuine' stook out like a sore thumb and then there was only an 'l' and a 'y' left.

Darren Carter wrote:

Matt Morrison wrote: I got it in 3 seconds. Worth mentioning as that's fucking rare for me. But yes, there's probably something wrong with you.

Same, 'genuine' stook out like a sore thumb and then there was only an 'l' and a 'y' left.

That succinctly sums up how shit I am at Countdown - I see LY and then start looking for the rest of it!

Matt Morrison wrote:

Darren Carter wrote:

Matt Morrison wrote: I got it in 3 seconds. Worth mentioning as that's fucking rare for me. But yes, there's probably something wrong with you.

Same, 'genuine' stook out like a sore thumb and then there was only an 'l' and a 'y' left.

That succinctly sums up how shit I am at Countdown - I see LY and then start looking for the rest of it!

That's normal

That's OK, Matt, I don't mind being called a geek. It's better than being called that popular rhyming slang for a merchant banker! Having watched the show now, I'm slightly disappointed, as I normally find GENUINE when it's in a letters game. Interestingly I also got the first numbers game after a couple of seconds, not bad since I didn't get it on the show!

P.S. At least you didn't see the bit cut out at the end of the conundrum!

James Robinson wrote:That's OK, Matt, I don't mind being called a geek. It's better than being called that popular rhyming slang for a merchant banker! Having watched the show now, I'm slightly disappointed, as I normally find GENUINE when it's in a letters game. Interestingly I also got the first numbers game after a couple of seconds, not bad since I didn't get it on the show!

P.S. At least you didn't see the bit cut out at the end of the conundrum!

Hey James - glad you took it the right way!

What happened at the end of the conundrum?

Oh, and you mentioned being a Bond fan on the show - have a go at this.

Well, soon as the time ran out, Jeff said "You GENUINELY didn't get it, did you?" and I immediately replied by saying "No", followed immediately by the audience groaning and me putting my head in my hands in shame!

Stupid me falling for that old sausage!

P.S. Thanks for that Bond link, Matt!

They were deceptive letters today, I thought - they looked like they should yield higher scores than they did - I kept on thinking that I must be missing bigger words, but they weren't there. Maybe I'm confused by thinking that Tim Vine is really Peter Davison.

James Robinson wrote:Well, soon as the time ran out, Jeff said "You GENUINELY didn't get it, did you?" and I immediately replied by saying "No", followed immediately by the audience groaning and me putting my head in my hands in shame!

Haha brilliant. No joke, when I was watching it I fully expected Jeff to say that, and was really confused when he didn't!
I wonder why it was cut out, surely the production team aren't getting sick of Jeff's cheesy puns?

I'm with Jack on this one I think.

Tim Vine is a super-awesome DC guest.

Louise Bambury is VERY lovely, gutted she (you) lost

James is a bit of an arrogant nob, who I still haven't forgiven for spoiling about a dozen shows with his first fucking post about a month ago.

Louise was very good. Could have been an octochamp.

JackHurst wrote:I found James's conundrum attempt absolutely hillarious, i think there must be somethign wrong with me.

Im not sure if these topics are the place to discuss the contestants, but James eems to represent all the things i hate about countdown. Does anyone else feel the same?

I didn't like the fists in the air thing after beating Karyn yesterday either. But that might just be me. I'm drawn towards modesty and humility, I find it endearing.

Jon Corby wrote:I'm with Jack on this one I think.

Jon Corby wrote:I didn't like the fists in the air thing after beating Karyn yesterday either. But that might just be me. I'm drawn towards modesty and humility, I find it endearing.

Oh dear, I'm finding myself agreeing with everything Jon posts lately. Should I be worried?? This isn't like when you buy the Daily Mail just to get the free DVD and find yourself finding everything Amanda Platell writes abhorrent, but then as the weeks go by you seem to start agreeing with her is it?

Not that I'm suggesting Jon was ever like any Daily Mail columnists . . . I just mean the persuasive effect.

Jon Corby wrote: Tim Vine is a super-awesome DC guest.

I sometimes watch most the countdown episodes round my granparents house (How cool am I?!), and they hate Tim Vine so much. There must be a generational divide. I also didnt know that his brother was the part time egg heads presenter.

Matt Morrison wrote:

Darren Carter wrote:'genuine' stook out like a sore thumb and then there was only an 'l' and a 'y' left.

That succinctly sums up how shit I am at Countdown - I see LY and then start looking for the rest of it!

I'm worse than that. What stood out for me was the -ING, so I spent the first 15 seconds looking for a word with that suffix. Then I spent the next 10 seconds looking for a word with an -ILY suffix. Then I spent the last 5 seconds panicking. What I'd be like if I actually got on the show Kirk only knows.

Phil Reynolds wrote:I'm worse than that. What stood out for me was the -ING, so I spent the first 15 seconds looking for a word with that suffix. Then I spent the next 10 seconds looking for a word with an -ILY suffix. Then I spent the last 5 seconds panicking. What I'd be like if I actually got on the show Kirk only knows.

Almost identical with me, Phil

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I didn't like the fists in the air thing after beating Karyn yesterday either. But that might just be me. I'm drawn towards modesty and humility, I find it endearing.[/quote]

I thought he was a bad loser and an even worse winner.

It seemed that when he got a reasonable solution fairly quickly he then fidgeted, drummed his pen or fingers, drank water excessively, etc to distract his opponent. During the last numbers game he banged his glass down and rifted while Pat was still counting.
I thought he was the worst mannered and ungracious contestants for a long while.

I'd guess from James's speech patterns that he's slightly autistic, which would excuse some of the faux pas that made people dislike him. I'm surprised no one commented on this before, given the highly-tuned aut-dar possessed by some of our number.

Well done for recognising that Charlie. I actually have Asperger's syndrome, to be completely official. I believe that's what Jeffrey Hansford (or whatever his name was) from Series 57 had as well. Interestingly, I actually share the same birthday as Mr Asperger, after whom the syndrome was named.

Charlie Reams wrote:I'd guess from James's speech patterns that he's slightly autistic, which would excuse some of the faux pas that made people dislike him. I'm surprised no one commented on this before, given the highly-tuned aut-dar possessed by some of our number.

I'd been thinking exactly the same, but had refrained from commenting, as it does raise the question of what is appropriate to post about what is perceived as unusual behaviour. (Do you not mention the behaviour, note it without labelling it, or try to explain it by giving it a label?)

I also wonder if some of the symptoms of autism and Aspergers might actually be linked in with the ability to spot patterns in numbers and letters - there is, in my experience, an uncanny ability of some musicians with Aspergers to excel at music, where dealing with thousands of varying patterns is a vital skill.

Brian Moore wrote:

Charlie Reams wrote:I'd guess from James's speech patterns that he's slightly autistic, which would excuse some of the faux pas that made people dislike him. I'm surprised no one commented on this before, given the highly-tuned aut-dar possessed by some of our number.

I'd been thinking exactly the same, but had refrained from commenting, as it does raise the question of what is appropriate to post about what is perceived as unusual behaviour. (Do you not mention the behaviour, note it without labelling it, or try to explain it by giving it a label?)

I also wonder if some of the symptoms of autism and Aspergers might actually be linked in with the ability to spot patterns in numbers and letters - there is, in my experience, an uncanny ability of some musicians with Aspergers to excel at music, where dealing with thousands of varying patterns is a vital skill.

I agree. I wonder whether this is one of the rare cases where the PC term "differently skilled" is actually appropriate: people on the "autism spectrum" do often have very "different" skills that so-called "normal" people can only dream of.

James Robinson wrote:Well done for recognising that Charlie. I actually have Asperger's syndrome, to be completely official. I believe that's what Jeffrey Hansford (or whatever his name was) from Series 57 had as well. Interestingly, I actually share the same birthday as Mr Asperger, after whom the syndrome was named.

Ah, that makes sense. I think you came across better than Jeffrey, in the sense that it was immediately obvious that he was in some way unusual, whereas you just seemed rather confident.

Does anyone not have an alternative to the 1st numbers game

I've got 3 here.

10 + 4 = 14

14 x 6 = 84

84 - 1 = 83

3 x 3 = 9

9 x 83 = 747

No.2:

10 x 4 = 40

40 + 1 = 41

41 x 6 = 246

246 + 3 = 249

249 x 3 = 747

No.3:

10 x 3 = 30

30 + 1 = 31

6 x 4 = 24

31 x 24 = 744

744 + 3 = 747

Jon Corby wrote:Does anyone not have an alternative to the 1st numbers game

I've got 3 here.

10 + 4 = 14

14 x 6 = 84

84 - 1 = 83

3 x 3 = 9

9 x 83 = 747

No.2:

10 x 4 = 40

40 + 1 = 41

41 x 6 = 246

246 + 3 = 249

249 x 3 = 747

No.3:

10 x 3 = 30

30 + 1 = 31

6 x 4 = 24

31 x 24 = 744

744 + 3 = 747

Impressive - and all in only 6 months.

Davy Affleck wrote:

Jon Corby wrote:Does anyone not have an alternative to the 1st numbers game

I've got 3 here.

10 + 4 = 14

14 x 6 = 84

84 - 1 = 83

3 x 3 = 9

9 x 83 = 747

No.2:

10 x 4 = 40

40 + 1 = 41

41 x 6 = 246

246 + 3 = 249

249 x 3 = 747

No.3:

10 x 3 = 30

30 + 1 = 31

6 x 4 = 24

31 x 24 = 744

744 + 3 = 747

Impressive - and all in only 6 months.

No, I did them all in the 30 seconds. I just forgot to post them.

Jon Corby wrote:No, I did them all in the 30 seconds. I just forgot to post them.

Dear me, you're just an annoying little c**t, aren't you, Corby?

Why don't you just go back to making trouser presses or whatever it is you do.

James Robinson wrote:

Jon Corby wrote:No, I did them all in the 30 seconds. I just forgot to post them.

Dear me, you're just an annoying little c**t, aren't you, Corby?

Why don't you just go back to making trouser presses or whatever it is you do.

James, please don't say "cunt" on the forum.

Thanks,
The Moderator

Cue the Yo Mama joke

Charlie Reams wrote:

James Robinson wrote: Dear me, you're just an annoying little c**t, aren't you, Corby?

Why don't you just go back to making trouser presses or whatever it is you do.

James, please don't say "cunt" on the forum.

Thanks,
The Moderator

Oops, sorry Charlie.

James Robinson wrote:

Jon Corby wrote:No, I did them all in the 30 seconds. I just forgot to post them.

Dear me, you're just an annoying little c**t, aren't you, Corby?

Why don't you just go back to making trouser presses or whatever it is you do.

I don't get it.

Jon Corby wrote:

James Robinson wrote: Dear me, you're just an annoying little c**t, aren't you, Corby?

Why don't you just go back to making trouser presses or whatever it is you do.

I don't get it.

Have you never heard of a Corby trouser press

James Robinson wrote:

Jon Corby wrote:

James Robinson wrote: Dear me, you're just an annoying little c**t, aren't you, Corby?

Why don't you just go back to making trouser presses or whatever it is you do.

I don't get it.

Have you never heard of a Corby trouser press

Erm... dunno really. Sort of rings a bell I suppose. What is it?

Jon Corby wrote:Erm... dunno really. Sort of rings a bell I suppose. What is it?

It's a press for steaming trousers, so that there are less wrinkles on it.
It was developed by a John Corby from Windsor in 1930, hence the reference to you.

James Robinson wrote:

Jon Corby wrote:Erm... dunno really. Sort of rings a bell I suppose. What is it?

It's a press for steaming trousers, so that there are less wrinkles on it.
It was developed by a John Corby from Windsor in 1930, hence the reference to you.

Shouldn't you be putting golliwogs on the side of marmalade jars?

Ben Hunter wrote:

James Robinson wrote:

Jon Corby wrote:Erm... dunno really. Sort of rings a bell I suppose. What is it?

It's a press for steaming trousers, so that there are less wrinkles on it.
It was developed by a John Corby from Windsor in 1930, hence the reference to you.

Shouldn't you be putting golliwogs on the side of marmalade jars?

He can't, Kirk's had them all deported

Jon Corby wrote:

Ben Hunter wrote:Shouldn't you be putting golliwogs on the side of marmalade jars?

He can't, Kirk's had them all deported

More jobs for Kirk. I can't wait to start seeing his face on the side of marmalade jars.

Ben Hunter wrote:

Jon Corby wrote:

Ben Hunter wrote:Shouldn't you be putting golliwogs on the side of marmalade jars?

He can't, Kirk's had them all deported

More jobs for Kirk. I can't wait to start seeing his face on the side of marmalade jars.

I think you'll find that was ROBERTSON'S jam, not ROBINSON'S jam.
I'll stick to my fruit squash, thank you.

James Robinson wrote:I think you'll find that was ROBERTSON'S jam, not ROBINSON'S jam.
I'll stick to my fruit squash, thank you.

Told. Though maybe I wasn't so much implying you had the same name as marmalade jars as I was suggesting you're a massive racist.

Ben Hunter wrote:

James Robinson wrote:I think you'll find that was ROBERTSON'S jam, not ROBINSON'S jam.
I'll stick to my fruit squash, thank you.

Told. Though maybe I wasn't so much implying you had the same name as marmalade jars as I was suggesting you're a massive racist.

Well, luckily I'm not a jam maker or a racist.
Although I'm definitely more of a Nick Griffin hater after his performance on Question Time last night.

James Robinson wrote:

Ben Hunter wrote:

James Robinson wrote:I think you'll find that was ROBERTSON'S jam, not ROBINSON'S jam.
I'll stick to my fruit squash, thank you.

Told. Though maybe I wasn't so much implying you had the same name as marmalade jars as I was suggesting you're a massive racist.

Well, luckily I'm not a jam maker or a racist.
Although I'm definitely more of a Nick Griffin hater after his performance on Question Time last night.

What have you got against jam makers? Actually we had one on the show recently and he was married to a Thai lady, so you're well off the mark labelling all jam makers as racists James.

Jon Corby wrote:

James Robinson wrote:Well, luckily I'm not a jam maker or a racist.
Although I'm definitely more of a Nick Griffin hater after his performance on Question Time last night.

What have you got against jam makers? Actually we had one on the show recently and he was married to a Thai lady, so you're well off the mark labelling all jam makers as racists James.

I never said that jam makers were racists, Jon.
I've got nothing against them whatsoever, apart from the jam they make. I'm more of a Marmite person myself.
I have nothing against David Kurdynowski (who you were referring to) and I have nothing more to say on this matter.

Jon Corby wrote:What have you got against jam makers? Actually we had one on the show recently and he was married to a Thai lady, so you're well off the mark labelling all jam makers as racists James.

I made this one far more hilarious than it apparently was by thinking you were referring to KR rather than David K.

James Robinson wrote:Dear me, you're just an annoying little c**t, aren't you, Corby?

I disagree, he's not little at all.

James Robinson wrote:Dear me, you're just an annoying little c**t, aren't you, Corby?

"Clot" is considered an offensive word by some people, James.

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I bet you have more.

Jon Corby wrote:

James Robinson wrote:Have you never heard of a Corby trouser press

Erm... dunno really. Sort of rings a bell I suppose. What is it?

Edit - changed picture host.

James Robinson wrote:I never said that jam makers were racists, Jon.

Jason?