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I exciiiiiiiiiite!

Moi aussi

Hmm CONFIT is a mass noun so a dodgy plural.

Nice to see humble Dinos not showing he was happy at beating Kai in the numbers.

EDIT - (@ Kirk) Who gives a FECKIN TOS?

Re the celebration, yeah, hope there's more of this!

QUODLIBET, who got it?

Edit: Lexplorered it, James Doohan and Kirk missed it, so they may have got it.
Edit Edit: Innis got it. (Shocker, he hasn't been ion long enough to have seen it before.)

Eoin Monaghan wrote:QUODLIBET, who got it?

Me!!!! Thank you for asking.

SLEEPSUIT!!!

Get in! this is gonna be an EPITUSSLE.

Hah! Well done Dinos and now that you've got a bit of a lead... come on Kai! Excellent game so far.

OUTJIES as a beater in Round 11.

OUTJIES as a beater.

OUTJIES r11. SLEEPSUIT made me the happiest I've been in years.

Haha. Spat out my coffee there when you checked Kai's word Dinos! Interestingly enough on the previous round, lexplorer has tushies, but not tushie.

Best episode since Carson-Davies, great stuff lads

Great show guys.

Josh Hurst wrote:OUTJIES r11. SLEEPSUIT made me the happiest I've been in years.

Ditto...I was sat next to Chris Davies in the audience and after the first 7 letters I was like "S and I for SLEEPSUIT" (or whatever the last two letters were) and out they popped. Quite brilliant.

Well played lads, good enjoyable game to watch.

One of the most enjoyable games in years. Very fun to watch, no competitiveness whatsoever. Bit of showing off Kai (although with a GCSE in Maths I'm sure you're allowed to do it.)

Brilliant fun. And the return of the hug!

It may have begun with shows of bravado and ended with pomposity but that was a really nice game guys, well done and thanks a mil! Your hug was lovely at the end too. Have any contestants hugged at the end before?

Andy Wilson wrote:It may have begun with shows of bravado and ended with pomposity but that was a really nice game guys, well done and thanks a mil! Your hug was lovely at the end too. Have any contestants hugged at the end before?

Corby and Charlie in the last CofC.

Smashing game.
Played in a lovely spirit.
I loved the hug. (It caused me to "aaww" out loud; it reminded me of Jon and Charlie - apart from the heights.)

Loved it!

Cheers everyone for all the kind comments. I thought there might have been a few cringeworthy moments but Damian seems to have done a good job at editing out my ugly side!

We both just went into the game wanting to enjoy it although I'd forgotten how daunting it is being in that chair and the competitive urge just takes you over again! Was a pleasure to play against Kai who spotted just about every winner just after the declarations AIRLINER OUTJIES... and in hindsight it's a good job I went for bravadoes^ as unlike me Kai also had SEABOARD written down!

As soon as SLEEPSUIT emerged I positively exploded trying to contain my excitement. I was very lucky for Kai not to spot it and feel he outdone me throughout the rest of the game with GRATIFY and the conundrum and all that, but as I said we were just there to have fun

And FFS how did we both miss QUODLIBET! Unforgivable!

Great game. Very enjoyable guys. You played very nicely together.

Oh, and there's nothing wrong with CONFITS Kirk.

Karen Pearson wrote:Oh, and there's nothing wrong with CONFITS Kirk.

Haha yep was just about to mention that. There was a debate about this in Countmax Errors the week after I recorded. I'm sure if we're allowed 2 braised fennels we can order 2 duck confits as well, although maybe Susie felt sorry for me being on zero after 2 rounds and let it slide!

It was an honour to watch the best episode of Countdown ever with the man himself

Eoin Monaghan wrote:QUODLIBET, who got it?

Edit: Lexplorered it, James Doohan and Kirk missed it, so they may have got it.
Edit Edit: Innis got it. (Shocker, he hasn't been ion long enough to have seen it before.)

I thought Dinos was actually fishing for it when he chose the final vowel.

Brilliant game lads, well done. Liked the fact that you both really seemed to enjoy yourselves.

Yes, a really fun game to watch - thanks to everyone involved, but particularly Dinos & Kai. Great stuff.

I muttered 'quodlibet' to myself, but thought it was spelt with an A. Twerp. I should have known. The most famous one (probably) is the one from Bach's Goldberg Variations, which I've tried to play. And failed on that too.

Great stuff. Good work going 6 small at the end (I was hoping you would). Has someone updated the hug leaderboard yet?

Andy Wilson wrote:Interestingly enough on the previous round, lexplorer has tushies, but not tushie.

It does have TUSHY, though...

Ah of course. I was at a music festival on Saturday and then working til 6.30 am this morning so am pretty knackered today. Never even thought of that. Pretty cheeky attempt from Dinos nonetheless

Is it a bank holiday in England today?

Thoroughly enjoyed watching it again today. Well done both of you. Played in great spirit.

And no, Andy, it's not a bank holiday in England. It changed from first to last Monday in August some time ago, maybe even 50 years back.

Without doubt the best game of Countdown ever. It's made me and BC so very smiley and happy. Nuff said. Loved it.

Ben Hunter wrote:It was an honour to watch the best episode of Countdown ever with the man himself

Me and BC also really touched by this too. Proper warm inside, makes us all lookingforwardy to the next CoSheff.

Matt Morrison wrote:

Ben Hunter wrote:It was an honour to watch the best episode of Countdown ever with the man himself

Me and BC also really touched by this too. Proper warm inside, makes us all lookingforwardy to the next CoSheff.

CoSheff 2.0, September?

Ben Hunter wrote:

Matt Morrison wrote:

Ben Hunter wrote:It was an honour to watch the best episode of Countdown ever with the man himself

Me and BC also really touched by this too. Proper warm inside, makes us all lookingforwardy to the next CoSheff.

CoSheff 2.0, September?

September goan be shit for her, new school year and all that. October half term distinct possibility though.

Brilliant stuff, guys, a classic in the making.

Thought I'd mentioned, during the credits roll on 4oD you can see Dinos and Kai getting up to no good, something which was obscured by an advert during the actual broadcast. Worth a watch

Ben Hunter wrote:Thought I'd mentioned, during the credits roll on 4oD you can see Dinos and Kai getting up to no good, something which was obscured by an advert during the actual broadcast. Worth a watch

Pretty sure Alec taped it if anyone missed it.

Just watched this on 4od, and agree with the comments, great fun to watch, wp wp. I got sleepsuit and the first numbers - Kai you are terrible.

BACK FROM HOLIDAY

After listening to Huddersfield's brilliant 3-0 win over Notts County today, I thought the day couldn't get any better.

But, soon as I put on the sky+, I was well hooked into this brilliant game. A brilliant game start to finish. The atmosphere was just perfect for this match, and the added bonus of having the legendary SLEEPSUIT thrown into the mix just made it even more of a spectacle. (I must admit that when I saw it, I wanted to punch Kai for not trying for another P for SEPTUPLES, but seeing the I for SLEEPSUIT more than made up for it. )

That puts my kids special from 6 (7) years ago right into touch.

Well done, Kai and Dinos, althought I think that Countdown is the real winner for the excitement that that one game produced.

Only downside was having to wait 5 whole days to see this brilliant match.