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Karen Pearson

Spanish dictionary is up and working again. Thanks Charlie. But there seems to be a problem with conundrums. They just don't appear so the game sticks. I was trying to clear two partially-completed games from yesterday but they both stick at the conundrum.

Karen Pearson

Quite enjoyable Dinos. Thank you. I did most of it while trying to avoid watching the second half of THAT game.

I am still stuck on 4 of them though. And I have now lost interest in the world cup until the final so please can I have the answers?

Karen Pearson

Michael Wallace wrote:
Karen Pearson wrote:For goodness sake don't tell him who it is or he'll just blab it to the world!
It's you, isn't it?!

(oh, and TOREADORS in round 4)

I wish!!!

And I can't believe no one spotted TOREADORS!

Karen Pearson

Kirk Bevins wrote:I know who it is but I don't think it's wise to put it on here as some people like to keep their appearance quiet. Maybe PM individuals if they really cannot wait until Thursday.

Dinos Sfyris please note the above!!

For goodness sake don't tell him who it is or he'll just blab it to the world!

Karen Pearson

Looks like the Spanish dictionary has been deleted too I'm afraid Charlie. It's not unusual for me to make up words but DC aren't coming up with anything either.

Karen Pearson

The Open - EVERY time I play Karen Pearson it goes to the wire.This one was no different - I was typing the first conundrum in only to find, to my intense frustration, that Karen had beaten me to it (haunting memories of LATCHWARL at CoLei 08).Thus feeling very fired up, I stormed away to win game ...

Karen Pearson

Charlie Reams wrote: Meanwhile enjoy a rare taste of authenticity

Am already enjoying it immensely. It's forcing me to rake through seized-up parts of my brain to try to remember the pitifully few words I know. The good thing is, I can only improve!

Karen Pearson

Nice to see Portuguese added to the list of languages. I only did Portuguese for a year and that was over 20 years ago so it's a bit of a struggle but I'm sure some of it will eventually come back. The accents, tildes, umlauts over the vowels seems to make things much more difficult however. They do...

Karen Pearson

Hate Federer, come on Roddick or Nadal. Another Question: Is Andy Murray Scottish or English or British? (We had this discussion on Aptochat last night.) He is Scottish, but because he is half decent at tennis we class him as British. Rubbish! He's Scottish and nothing else. At least not since he w...

Karen Pearson

I'd like to go in the U1400 and U1200 (which I am now eligible for as a result of a poor run of form). I had just assumed that we'd be entered for whatever we were eligible for. Sorry! I based the ratings eligibility on the ratings from right before I opened up registration, so things that are happ...

Karen Pearson

I'd like to go in the U1400 and U1200 (which I am now eligible for as a result of a poor run of form). I had just assumed that we'd be entered for whatever we were eligible for. Sorry!

Karen Pearson

Jeff Clayton wrote:Really? No takers??

Oh, I'll host if no-one else will. But, it's well known that I am completely rubbish at hosting.

I will even bring along my Petit Robert.

Karen Pearson

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?key=6278969848374999760 Japan 4 - 7 Cameroon After an afternoon on the golf course and a couple of glasses of wine, the Japanese got off to a very poor start drawing a BLANK. The big, strong Cameroon players proved too strong for the smaller-framed Japanese and w...

Karen Pearson

The final match in Group E is scheduled to take place at 9pm tonight. This is between Japan and Cameroon to decide the runner-up spot in the group. The Cameroon team have had plenty of competitive games recently to ensure they are in tip-top condition. The Japanese on the other hand may be resorting...

Karen Pearson

Rich Priest wrote:
Karen Pearson wrote:
Rich Priest wrote:Finally got round to watching this, nice one Karen Well done.And FWIW I didn't think you were ?? age
Thanks guys.

But Rich! Some people had missed the age bit! Any chance you could edit your post please!!!
Done

What a gentleman!! Thank you!

Karen Pearson

Ryan Taylor wrote:I went to an audition for Pointless yesterday.

I'm surprised you didn't bump into a couple more forumites there as there were two others auditioning yesterday! Could be a bumper series for Countdowners on Pointless!

Karen Pearson

Finally got round to watching this, nice one Karen :D Well done.And FWIW I didn't think you were ?? age :o Thanks guys. But Rich! Some people had missed the age bit! Any chance you could edit your post please!!! All the other contestants were lovely so we were happy to share the money. Poor Bill WA...

Karen Pearson

How about an award for the best match report too? Sort of like the Fair Play Award.
Although we should probably set a word limit given how verbose some people are!

Karen Pearson

Stuart Arnot wrote:Germany 7 - 5 Serbia

Deutschland Uber Alles.

Couldn't you be arrested for that in Germany? Or is that an urban myth?

Karen Pearson

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=253067 Japan 6 - 5 Denmark Japan took an early lead but then made a silly defensive error on the stroke of half time letting the Danes back into the game. They were revitalised by the half time oranges and took the lead again late-ish on in the second half....

Karen Pearson

Eoin Monaghan wrote:England?! Of all the bloody teams!

We couldn't have an actual Englishman representing England. It just wouldn't be right!

Karen Pearson

Brilliant! Really looking forward to it!

As you will see, I have gone to the enornmous efforts of working out (all on my own without asking for help) how to change my avatar! Now I just need to see if I can get a similar flag for the car!!

Karen Pearson

We need a format or scoring system that makes games closer without making them predictable. Any ideas Charlie? Some weird format that the standard good players aren't so hot at maybe? The trouble is any volatility will work in both directions, so unless the volatility in scoring you introduce is do...

Karen Pearson

I'll play. I'm guessing I'm going to end up being someone rubbish like Honduras!

Karen Pearson

Happy Birthday Kirk and Dominic.

Karen Pearson

Thanks Lesley. I have no regrets at all - that's the way the game works. I'm just glad to have won something at last. My credibility with my nephews and nieces has improved again! Thanks for the female solidarity. One of my male, supposed friends texted me to ask if I'd put weight on!! He knows how ...

Karen Pearson

Good stuff so far. Karen - did they tell you what happens if everyone gets caught? No, it was never mentioned! It was probably in the rules we were given but who reads those? Fair enough, I'm just really curious to know what they'd do. (Also, when we did Pointless they made us listen to them readin...

Karen Pearson

(Anyone who's read this far into the thread deserves spoilers anyway, but I'll spoiler-colour it just in case) Awesome stuff, Karen. Not many teams manage to get the money, and I thought you weren't going to manage it when you only set a target of 21 (that's seemed a fairly easy target so far this ...

Karen Pearson

Michael Wallace wrote:Good stuff so far. Karen - did they tell you what happens if everyone gets caught?

No, it was never mentioned! It was probably in the rules we were given but who reads those?

Karen Pearson

OH MY GOD YES. I am *so* looking forward to her banter. (srsly, the contestant/chaser banter is by far the best thing about that show - utterly hilarious) Utterly excruciating is how I'd describe it! I WILL get you back for this Mr Syphillis. (Although I am very happy for people to sexually objecti...

Karen Pearson

Me too please.

Karen Pearson

Sorry Ben - I'm going to have to give up. I just can't get back into Apterous. I'll just have to forfeit my game against Joyce. I was never going to beat her by 50 points anyway (probably not even by 5 points!).

Thanks for organising it though - it was fun while it lasted.

Karen Pearson

Matthew Green wrote:This programme is further evidence that the human face is deservedly heading towards extinction.

I have to agree. It was just woeful last night. I wonder if the producers are regretting their recruitment strategy.

And fancy thinking focaccia is a cheese!!

Karen Pearson

Jon Corby wrote: my cock will be far cleaner than my hands whenever I go for a piss.

I believe Dr Phil Hammond makes precisely this point in one of his books (his assumption is that you will have showered in the morning).

Karen Pearson

I thought it was pretty rubbish. They use real money ("used bank notes" - to save the contestants laundering it?) which is clearly meant to make the players (and thus, us) really feel that this is £1,000,000, and that it is a Lot Of Money. In reality, it just ended up being a bit tacky an...

Karen Pearson

Mildly positive, I like 'mildly positive', but I wonder if serious polls would get very far if they had it as one of the options. Actually, they use it a lot (although not necessarily with those exact words). It's known as the likert scale. Essentially, the options go along the lines of.. Strongly ...

Karen Pearson

I did (4+9)x6x8-5-5. PYROMANIA was a hard conundrum in my opinion...took me about 29 seconds. Well done to the bloke in the audience. Just goes to show that they're only easy when you've got them! I got it within about 2 or 3 seconds - which is highly unusual for me as I am crap at conundrums! I, t...

Karen Pearson

Oh gods, this isn't going to turn into the equivalent of one of those columns in Take a Break or equivalent? I may have to kill you all if that's the case. To avoid miserable stories about people dying and utterly banal stories about people's grandchildren, don't read Take a Break. When you got to ...

Karen Pearson

Most people open bananas from the end that looks like a tab. This squashes the top of the banana, leaves you with a small bit of banana stuck in the other end, and often doesn't split the skin neatly. It's much easier to open the other end. This is what monkeys usually do, and they wrote the book o...

Karen Pearson

Good, I've got to cross you out of my little black book after last year :P But I let you win last year, didn't I? ;) My turn to win this year! No, I'd crossed you out of my book after CoNot 09 but had to put you back in again because you beat me on the crucial conundrum (QUINTUPLE - can't remember ...

Karen Pearson

Rich Priest wrote:
Karen Pearson wrote:I'm in! Payment already sent.
Good, I've got to cross you out of my little black book after last year

But I let you win last year, didn't I?

My turn to win this year!

Karen Pearson · Re: CoLei3 - Saturday 16 October 2010 I'm in! Payment already sent.

I'm in! Payment already sent.

Karen Pearson

Rich Priest wrote:In order of preference - 1) contestant 2) in DC 3) audience member.

Great news Jeff, looking forward to both events

Same order of preference for me too. Although I suspect you can get 8 worthier contestants than me.

Karen Pearson

Ryan Taylor wrote:Dinos on Weakest Link repeat. Never saw this the first time round.

Me neither. I bet he got grief at home for getting the Greek question wrong!! Kappa indeed!!!

Karen Pearson

Andy Wilson wrote:If this was millionaire i'd definitely have to phone a friend.

I doubt any of my friends would get it either. FWIW, I thought it was You Win Again by the BeeGees at first but that just proves how rubbish my music knowledge is!!

Karen Pearson

Brian Moore wrote:
Karen Pearson wrote:Oh you're definitely alive Brian because you are also my big brother! (Pearson is my married name).
I'm/he's not the one on Death row, am I/is he? I do hope not, one way or the other.

He was a free man last time I saw him/you!!!! Is there something you're keeping from me??

Karen Pearson

I'm confused. I might be an ex-England rugby player. Or a dead football commentator. Or a dead Irish author. Or a prisoner on Death Row in Kentucky. Or even a Presidential hopeful. I'm really not sure who I am, or if I'm even alive. http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:bciaRrhEXDgS8M:http://i.telegra...

Karen Pearson

Was SLURPED there in round 1? I didn't make a note of the letters so I may be wrong.

I liked Nicky a lot as a contestant but I think I could like Lee even more!

Karen Pearson

http://www.saa.co.uk/art/karenpearson/ArtistView.aspx Just based on a UK search. Definitely not me - I can barely draw a stick person! Surprisingly, a real mention of me makes it to 8th on the list - much higher than I'd have expected. A worldwide search reveals Karen Pearson Photography - much more...

Karen Pearson

NOYERAI is the correct spelling of will drown, as confirmed by a simple google. I'll paste a little bit: noyerai will drown verbe All the --YER verbs keep their Y in past and future forms, just the present and the noun forms modify. Making the rule up myself, I think it's like that. (Essuyait; paye...

Karen Pearson

Happy birthday Howard and Callum.

Karen Pearson

Hugh Binnie wrote:
Karen Pearson wrote:FEOFFEES
There wasn't an O in that round. (Or are you saying it should go?)

Oh bugger! Misread the Q as an O!!! Must get new glasses!!!

Karen Pearson

Richard Priest was on the Weakest Link this evening.

Bad luck Rich - I thought your final questions were particularly tough. Well done for getting through to the head-to-head though.

Karen Pearson

Walker's Sensations Thai Sweet Chilli or, if I'm on a diet, Walker's Baked Mango & Chilli (although they are getting harder to find so I'm wondering if they're being discontinued).

Karen Pearson

FEOFFEES

Karen Pearson

Simon Le Fort wrote:In French versus Matt B:

NOYERAI.

NOIERAI

Bloody irregular verbs!!!

Karen Pearson

32. WAY too fast in general!!! ;) Ha...I assume you thought I meant from start to finish. I actually meant the speed it is released which is apparently 28mph. I knew what you meant but thought this interpretation was funnier (well, I'm sure all the girls agree with me anyway!). Or perhaps you knew ...

Karen Pearson

32. WAY too fast in general!!!

34. Where is the weirdest place you've lost something? (Assuming you DID eventually find it)

Karen Pearson

26. About 30 but probably 10 'favourites'.

28. What's the best present you've ever received?

Karen Pearson

I'll have a go on the days I'm around please.

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