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- Sun Mar 22, 2009 5:18 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Home Educators Eat Babies!
- Replies: 35
- Views: 4326
Re: Home Educators Eat Babies!
And why should you have learnt to conform to what others expected of you? Why shouldn't you have been encouraged to find friends who accepted you for who you were? because who I was, was a completely tactless, insensitive, selfish, self-centred, greedy, intolerant, boastful, bitchy, snobbish, smarm...
- Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:54 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Home Educators Eat Babies!
- Replies: 35
- Views: 4326
Re: Home Educators Eat Babies!
No doubt there are circumstances where it's beneficial, but I can't imagine how greatly impoverished my life would have been if I'd been home educated. Anyone see that documentary out Britain's smartest kids about 6 months ago? I'm not referring to the most recent one in February this year which wa...
- Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:03 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: FAO Roxanne
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1385
Re: FAO Roxanne
I failed it, but I couldn't care less because as I walked out of the hotel, I almost literally bumped into Orlando Bloom.
- Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:58 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Save Our Studios
- Replies: 53
- Views: 7361
Re: Save Our Studios
What with the economy being so fantastic, there being no wars going on, and poverty, disease, and crime all being things of the past, I can't possibly imagine that Gordon Brown would ever ignore the plight of a daytime TV show being relocated.
Re: Ghosts?
People are very impressionable. It is incredibly easy to manipulate peoples memories (as demostrated by the extensive research of Elizabeth Loftus), or even to create false ones. I can't give you a reference for this experiment, but here's the procedure as far as I can remember: adult participants w...
- Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:49 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: "Frustrated by the programme marginalising her sexuality."
- Replies: 223
- Views: 28153
Re: "Frustrated by the programme marginalising her sexuality."
I try not to place people in neat little categories labelled by their sexual tastes and needs. I am more of a spectrum person. One can't avoid the straight or gay stereotyping, but privately I like to think of a sliding scale. A whole range of sexual desires (often not fixed) which can change as we...
- Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:48 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Sandwich/Sandwiches
- Replies: 195
- Views: 15793
Re: Sandwich/Sandwiches
See chunk of cheese above. But where do you draw the line? Or is even the tiniest two-bits-of-bread-with-stuff-in-the-middle a sandwich in your eyes? Yes. When I was younger I used to make loads of little sandwiches by cutting one big one into 16. Having remembered that, I'm now off to have a mini-...
- Tue Feb 24, 2009 8:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Drifting semantically
- Replies: 61
- Views: 7773
Re: Drifting semantically
I've got a better one for Microsoft Word making mistakes; my (severely dyslexic) boyfriend put in his CV that he had worked in a "wherehouse" (warehouse). Word changed it to "whorehouse".
- Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Best ever contestants
- Replies: 535
- Views: 419123
Re: Best ever contestants
my favourite ever contestant was the woman who kept getting distracted and not noticing when it was her turn, it was hilarious! bless her
- Mon Feb 23, 2009 3:25 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: "Frustrated by the programme marginalising her sexuality."
- Replies: 223
- Views: 28153
Re: "Frustrated by the programme marginalising her sexuality."
When has contestant ever talked about their marriage? If they spent ages discussing how she was married to a woman then that would indicate that it's something abnormal. It says in that article that she wants to normalise gay marriage, and surely treating it like it's not an issue is the best way to...
- Mon Feb 23, 2009 2:50 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: How ratings work
- Replies: 51
- Views: 75936
Re: How ratings work
it's a bit of a pain if people can close a game when they're losing and it doesn't affect their rating, but it's also a pain if your rating goes down because plusnet is rubbish and you lose your connection several times a day.
- Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:14 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Who has non-Countdown-style hobbies?
- Replies: 182
- Views: 15058
Re: Who has non-Countdown-style hobbies?
If I have one hobby that's lasted me for years, it's dabbling. I've had lessons in ice-skating, ballet, tap dancing, climbing and bouldering, trampolining, and horseriding. At the moment I'm fairly busy with driving lessons, but once I've got my licence and a car, I think I'll have a go at some mart...
- Sun Feb 22, 2009 2:45 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Colour Of Money
- Replies: 61
- Views: 5425
Re: The Colour Of Money
I think they should definately bring back Your Pick Sale, My Line Animal, Tune The Sky, Shot Every Second, Lucky Bullseye, Fortunes Winner, and Up Criss.
- Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:49 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Bring back 15-to-1 and 100%
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2665
Re: Bring back 15-to-1 and 100%
In one of the breaks when Deal Or No Deal was off the air for a couple of months, there was a show that I think was called "Win My Wage", where the contestant was told what the wages of 8 people were, but not who had which wage, and after eliminating 5 players, if the contestant correctly ...
- Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Bristol auditions 18th march
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4811
Re: Bristol auditions 18th march
are you sure it's the 9th? my audition's in Canterbury on the 8th of MarchJimmy Gough wrote:Mine's 9th of March in Canterbury, anyone going to be there?
- Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:42 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Sexy Sexy Graph Funtime
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2476
Re: Sexy Sexy Graph Funtime
The main board index says how many posts there are in total, so if you had no life you could check it on the hour for a few days to see how much the number increased by each time.
Or you could not care.
Or you could not care.
- Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:39 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Maths Homework - Dodgy equation
- Replies: 40
- Views: 3039
Re: Maths Homework - Dodgy equation
based on his classwork or the homework that you do for him?Allan Harmer wrote:Mike is 16 and on track for A* in his GCSE maths.
- Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown rules
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3364
Re: Countdown rules
People do sometimes make jokes in articles, and companies occasionally delete things that they want to keep quiet, but the vast majority of information on wikipedia is right, and most of it is referenced. That's just not much of a story.
- Thu Feb 19, 2009 12:59 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown rules
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3364
Re: Countdown rules
I had no idea that you had to have 3-5 vowels until Jeff said so. If the first two letters were T and R, I would want to go with all vowels afterwards to try and get etaerio (the most likely 7 letter word in Scrabble).
Re: Anagrams
how about a game of making anagrams with celebrity names?
Agile Jail One
Hit Porn Ails
Ho Jackal Minces
Crab Pensioner
The Agiler Kinky
Jet Flings Elf
Agile Jail One
Hit Porn Ails
Ho Jackal Minces
Crab Pensioner
The Agiler Kinky
Jet Flings Elf
Re: Anagrams
Among the ones on wordmith.org were: Lax Rogering Inn, Oral Ex Grinning, and Groin Annex Girl. For my boyfriend's name I found I'll Clinch Arse Ho and Chill Oral Niches.
- Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:59 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Say hello to Susie
- Replies: 67
- Views: 12093
Re: Say hello to Susie
If you want people to know the difference between mathematics and arithmetic, you need to start at school. That's where the two get confused, with GCSE mathematics. By and large it's only people who've seen or studied maths at university that realise you can be a competent mathematician even though...
- Fri Feb 13, 2009 11:01 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: dress code
- Replies: 120
- Views: 14492
Re: dress code
I take some of your points, but, for example, you sometimes also hear scare stories of employers Googling people's names and if they don't like what they find they don't employ them. And you might then say "Don't post crap then" but it's very subjective and a Jon Corby style poster could ...
- Thu Feb 12, 2009 2:49 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Say hello to Susie
- Replies: 67
- Views: 12093
Re: Say hello to Susie
To be honest, I find the forced "banter" that you tend to get on daytime TV to be boring and pointless. I'd rather it was just "I'm Jeff, this is Rachel, that's Susie and our guest, there are the contestants, lets get on with round one". On the other hand, the time it takes up le...
- Thu Feb 12, 2009 2:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Dictionary Corner Guests
- Replies: 143
- Views: 20294
Re: Dictionary Corner Guests
I think David Mitchell would be a really good guest, he's brilliantly funny and it would fit in perfectly with his public persona of being a bit geeky. There are plenty of comedians out there that I love, but Mitchell is probably the only one inoffensive enough that I'd feel happy to watch him with ...
- Thu Feb 12, 2009 2:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: dress code
- Replies: 120
- Views: 14492
Re: dress code
Yes, different people do have different opinions on what constitutes looking good and when it matters. You might really love Hawiian shirts, but you wouldn't wear one to a funeral (apart from Margaret Thatcher's perhaps); you might think there's nothing more wonderful than a leopard print bodystocki...
- Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Rachel Riley at the numbers board
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5132
Re: Rachel Riley at the numbers board
My maths teacher always used to complain about the way I wrote my 4s and 9s. To be fair they both looked exactly the same, so he did have a point.
- Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:58 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: dress code
- Replies: 120
- Views: 14492
dress code
Honestly, some of the outfits I see on Countdown contestants make me cringe. A cat-sick yellow shirt with a "jazzy" tie, a polo shirt with silly pictures on it worn by someone over the age of four, and what I can only presume was a man's shirt on what I could just about recognise as a woma...
- Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Shuffling
- Replies: 76
- Views: 17980
Re: Shuffling
If I were the shuffler, I wouldn't be able to resist ordering the consonants F C K S H T C R P B G G R W N K...
I think you can guess how I'd order the vowels
I think you can guess how I'd order the vowels
- Tue Feb 10, 2009 8:08 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How many swear words does Kai know?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 8777
Re: How many swear words does Kai know?
I think he was in the episode that I got my banner from. Sometimes the shortest words are the best ones
- Tue Feb 10, 2009 7:06 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: How-To Guides
- Replies: 172
- Views: 43724
Re: How-To Guides
As the small numbers go up, I multiply them in my head, then they're fresh in my memory when the target comes up. Say the numbers going up are 4, 9, 7, 5, 5, 75. In my head I'm going 36, 63, 28, 45, 35... There's usually a 10 or a 1 or a duplicate so it doesn't get too tricky. Knowing your 75 times ...
- Sun Feb 08, 2009 10:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Dictionary Corner Guests
- Replies: 143
- Views: 20294
Re: Dictionary Corner Guests
I'm still waiting for Amy Winehouse to appear. link I would love to see that happen. I don't think I've ever seen her on TV in a situation where she was free to talk about what she wanted, instead of being asked "so you're a drug addict and your husband's in prison, tell me a bit about that&qu...
- Sun Feb 08, 2009 10:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Welcome! - Post here first
- Replies: 1962
- Views: 1108246
Re: Welcome! - Post here first
My name's Roxanne and I'm a Countdownaholic. I finally realised that I had a problem when I found myself, pen in one hand and cup of tea in the other, screaming LEYLANDII at the TV.