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So I see the thread title, and I eagerly click, wondering just which former contestant is "never welcome in the studio again" and why. During a particularly tense crucial conundrum, did they shout "GANDISEEG!" from their seat in the audience? Did they spoil a Paul Zenon magic trick by loudly ...

REALTOR, eh.

It appears to be a valid word, listed in the Compact OED as "N. Amer." for an estate agent ... with a lowercase "r."

Thing is, though, Realtor is a registered trademark in the U.S. for, specifically, a real estate agent who is a member of the National Association of Realtors. They ...

Yipes. Before this turns ungentlemanly, I can't help but ask about this:
Damian deliberately changed the conundrum from one that Kirk had seen shortly before the finals, when he could easily have just let it be.
Details? That would appear to be a big effort, especially if similar measures were ...

So I sit here all smug because I've come up with, as Suzie would say, the "brilliant" word ANTEATER, and Jimmy chimes in with ALTERNATE. I can only imagine how poor Peter was feeling after that happened to him for the sixth or seventh time.

Another most impressive victory.

Bob's six-small strategy seemed an effective way of disorienting Hamish, who previously had established himself as not necessarily the best player of the numbers game. But yes, I too had the feeling that Bob was winging it as he slooooowly presented his solution, especially since he didn't say "not ...

Greetings from the San Francisco Bay Area.

I first found "Countdown" on a 1987 trip to Britain -- and liked it enough that I brought back the Milton Bradley home game, which kept my circle of friends occupied on many a party night and still occupies a prized space in my closet. Then the Internet ...