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- Wed Apr 10, 2013 2:04 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Coincidence
- Replies: 224
- Views: 90173
Re: Coincidence
Just had possibly one of the weirdest coincidences ever in my life. I was just watching some old reruns of Only Connect on YouTube, and one of the music rounds was based on actors. I was quite pleased that I recognised 2 of the 3 pieces played. The second was some random one called Marilyn Monroe wh...
- Fri Mar 22, 2013 3:30 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday March 22nd 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 11)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7365
Re: Spoilers for Friday March 22nd 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 11
That must have broken some records.
- Thu Mar 07, 2013 4:57 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: The Common Denominator
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3592
The Common Denominator
What do you guys think of it? In my opinion quite good but the questions lend themselves for several answers sometimes. Today there was a picture one with a steak and a blue moon and I went for blue, it being a way of cooking a steak, and the steak was very rare looking. However the answer given was...
- Thu Feb 21, 2013 3:33 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Only Connect quiz
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3483
Re: Only Connect quiz
1) The Apprentice theme tune - The Lion King II
2) Rudolf Hess: 120 - Holly from Red Dwarf: 6000
3) Act of Parliament - Torsion pendulum
4) Feynman: sprinkler - Bell: Spaceship
5) Answering pendant - Wally
If I didn't make it clear before these are all separate questions.
2) Rudolf Hess: 120 - Holly from Red Dwarf: 6000
3) Act of Parliament - Torsion pendulum
4) Feynman: sprinkler - Bell: Spaceship
5) Answering pendant - Wally
If I didn't make it clear before these are all separate questions.
- Mon Feb 11, 2013 3:17 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Only Connect quiz
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3483
Only Connect quiz
Hello again after my hiatus on this forum.
I've been doing some only connect style questions so I thought I'd try them out on you guys. I'll post the second clues soonish.
1) The Apprentice theme tune
2) Rudolf Hess: 120
3) Act of Parliament
4) Feynman: sprinkler
Go.
I've been doing some only connect style questions so I thought I'd try them out on you guys. I'll post the second clues soonish.
1) The Apprentice theme tune
2) Rudolf Hess: 120
3) Act of Parliament
4) Feynman: sprinkler
Go.
- Sat Feb 02, 2013 12:32 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Tumbleweed
- Replies: 51
- Views: 31588
Re: Tumbleweed
I am not currently a drug dealer, though I do live near Bradford so I'm not entirely ruling it out.
- Thu Jul 26, 2012 8:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown's 30th Birthday
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5555
Re: Countdown's 30th Birthday
How about another Supreme championship on Apterous? Lots of tracking down to do but would be amazing.
- Sun Jul 15, 2012 9:18 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Joseph Krol
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4914
Re: Joseph Krol
Just PM me when you have chance to play.
- Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:59 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Joseph Krol
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4914
Re: Joseph Krol
Sorry about this. I will definitely be on from about 4pm tomorrow - what.time suits.you?
- Fri Jun 29, 2012 8:06 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Grand Final Spoilers For Friday June 29th 2012
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5848
Re: Grand Final Spoilers For Friday June 29th 2012
Excellent game. I think that Jonathan had some bad nerves, but well done for making it crucial at the end. Surprisingly tricky conundrum.
- Wed May 30, 2012 5:44 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: National Media Museum
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2389
Re: National Media Museum
Ditto.
- Fri May 25, 2012 5:30 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Thursday 24th May 2012 (Series 66, Prelim 93)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1711
Re: Thursday 24th May 2012 (Series 66, Prelim 93)
You do realise that godere has the alternative translation of 'to orgasm'?
- Wed May 23, 2012 2:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday May 23rd 2012 (Series 66 Prelim 92)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2117
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday May 23rd 2012 (Series 66 Prelim 9
BIRETTAS in the BATTERS round
- Sun May 13, 2012 9:46 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Pointles Series 6
- Replies: 76
- Views: 22825
Re: Pointles Series 6
I also got a pointless in the final round. :) Yeah that was a dream, terminating stations is much easier than the ones that start with a vowel like they did before. I think we got 4! My attempts for a pointless were somewhat hampered by thr fact that I did not realise that DLR/LO were OK. I still g...
- Tue Apr 24, 2012 2:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Monday 23rd April 2012 (Series 66, Prelim 70)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2751
Re: Monday 23rd April 2012 (Series 66, Prelim 70)
Awesomeness.
- Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:44 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: CSW Letters Attack tournament
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5988
- Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:30 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CoLei5 - Saturday 14 April 2012
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8278
Re: CoLei5 - Saturday 14 April 2012
Barry had SALINES disallowed, so at the end, we did a through dictionary check, but with it being declared as a mass noun in the ODE3, Jeff put his foot down and ruled that the result should stand, mainly due to the fact that it wasn't a compound or something like that. (I'm sure someone can make i...
- Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COHUD - Countdown In Huddersfield - Saturday 30th June 2012
- Replies: 80
- Views: 25178
Re: COHUD - Countdown In Huddersfield - Saturday 30th June 2
Provisional list please.
- Thu Apr 12, 2012 4:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Wiki Spamming
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10363
Re: Wiki Spamming
I'd be happy to do this.Rhys Benjamin wrote:This is out of hand now. We now have swearing in the titles.
Should we have an election for the next admin between Me, James, Kirk, Johnny Canuck, Kai, Joseph Krol and Mike Brown? (Well, there are other non-spammy editors but this is my shortlist)
- Thu Apr 12, 2012 4:07 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: 24 Hour Scrabble World Record Attempt (in aid of Polio Plus)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3307
- Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:21 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: How-To Guides
- Replies: 172
- Views: 44268
Re: How-To Guides
Nothing wrong with economic multiculturalism.
- Tue Apr 10, 2012 8:40 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Wiki Spamming
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10363
Re: Wiki Spamming
Done.
- Tue Apr 10, 2012 8:33 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: How-To Guides
- Replies: 172
- Views: 44268
Re: How-To Guides
Thank you for your help, Graeme. I assume it is all to do with your choice and location of proverb.
- Mon Apr 09, 2012 9:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: How-To Guides
- Replies: 172
- Views: 44268
Re: How-To Guides
I took a while over that sentence after deciding that there is no concise way in English to create a viable sentence of the form [subject_1] [verb_1],[subject_2] [proverb_1] where the 'proverb' is like a pronoun but for verbs. I is pretty sure that there ain't no ways of saying this correctly accord...
- Mon Apr 09, 2012 8:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: How-To Guides
- Replies: 172
- Views: 44268
Re: How-To Guides
No, he did not.Charlie Reams wrote:Jesus resurrected this thread 1985 years ago?Joseph Krol wrote:As Jesus did 1985 years ago, today this thread shall be resurrected.
- Sun Apr 08, 2012 5:30 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: How-To Guides
- Replies: 172
- Views: 44268
Re: How-To Guides
As Jesus did 1985 years ago, today this thread shall be resurrected. Letters ideas: 1) Does anything leap out? 2) Are there any nice affixes, e.g. ING, ED, ER, MAN... 3) Are there any nice letter combos, e.g. AEINRST, AINORST... - if so, can any stemming be done with them? 4) Has anything leapt out ...
- Sat Mar 24, 2012 9:28 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Citizendium
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2421
Re: Citizendium
Oh.
- Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:53 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Citizendium
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2421
Re: Citizendium
BUMP.
- Fri Mar 09, 2012 4:17 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Pointles Series 6
- Replies: 76
- Views: 22825
Re: Pointles Series 6
I had Eastcote, Ickenham and Upminster Bridge - did he specifically say that the pointless answers he showed were all of them? I can only assume they were, since they shoved 5, and usually when they only show a subset of the answers they'll show a multiple of 3. I'm a bit sceptical of this though, ...
- Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:46 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Pointles Series 6
- Replies: 76
- Views: 22825
Re: Pointles Series 6
I had Eastcote, Ickenham and Upminster Bridge - did he specifically say that the pointless answers he showed were all of them?
- Thu Mar 08, 2012 5:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Interesting video
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5007
Re: Interesting video
Yes. However CTHULHU isn't allowed on Apterous, so he'd be out of luck if he offered it.Phil Reynolds wrote:Haha, very clever. Did anyone else spot the significance of the letters selection?
- Mon Feb 27, 2012 7:18 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday February 27th 2012
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4629
Re: Spoilers For Monday February 27th 2012
Posable is in, near the end of the pose section.
- Mon Feb 20, 2012 3:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday February 20th 2012
- Replies: 33
- Views: 4600
Re: Spoilers For Monday February 20th 2012
MIDIRON in the MOUND round
- Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Birthdays
- Replies: 1252
- Views: 133395
Re: Birthdays
Happy birthdays to Charlie, Chris, Nick.
- Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:26 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How Googly are you?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 7911
Re: How Googly are you?
Bandicoot males have two-tipped penises and the females have two-holed vaginas. Not from experience.
- Sun Feb 12, 2012 9:34 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How Googly are you?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 7911
Re: How Googly are you?
4th for me, my practically unused Google+ account.
- Sat Feb 11, 2012 9:00 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
- Replies: 759
- Views: 487610
Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
I just had another. It was a quiz show where the questions were multiple choice but the choices were anagrams of the answers. I think that's a decent idea.
- Thu Feb 09, 2012 6:12 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
- Replies: 759
- Views: 487610
Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
Not strictly c4c relatd but I just had a dream where Regis Philbin and Alex Trebek were on Celebrity WWTBAM. There were a lot of questions about people valled Don anf another regarding a merger of two banks.
- Wed Feb 08, 2012 4:03 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: C4C Awards (The Charlies 2011)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3179
Re: C4C Awards (The Charlies 2011)
I decided not to run it, there just wasn't enough interest.
- Tue Feb 07, 2012 3:46 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday February 7th (Series 66 Prelim 22)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2671
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday February 7th (Series 66 Prelim 22)
DUENNAS in the UNSAVED round
- Mon Feb 06, 2012 5:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN 2012 recaps
- Replies: 39
- Views: 12826
Re: COLIN 2012 recaps
I thought that. Apparently not in the recap writer's dictionary.
- Fri Feb 03, 2012 4:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN 2012 recaps
- Replies: 39
- Views: 12826
Re: COLIN 2012 recaps
Countdown recap for Saturday 28 January 2012. C1: Challenger Rob Foster. C2: Challenger Jen Steadman. DC: Joseph Krol. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: G T Q L I E I G E R02: R T S X O E I T A R03: R S T D A E E W T R04: 25, 6, 8, 4, 10, 9. Target: 443. R05: S V P E I E C T E R06: R P S M I O U I ...
- Fri Feb 03, 2012 4:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday February 3rd 2012 (Series 66 Prelim 20)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3839
Re: Spoilers for Friday February 3rd 2012 (Series 66 Prelim
EDUCATOR, CROUPADE in the OUTPACED round
- Fri Feb 03, 2012 4:29 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN 2012 recaps
- Replies: 39
- Views: 12826
Re: COLIN 2012 recaps
Countdown recap for Saturday 28 January 2012. C1: Champion Joseph Krol (2 wins.) C2: Challenger Jen Steadman. DC: Rob Foster. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: Y F P M I O I E W R02: N T N H A E A U L R03: D N D V A A A A A R04: 75, 4, 2, 9, 5, 2. Target: 881. R05: J U S I Z E C E F R06: S B G S E ...
- Fri Feb 03, 2012 4:13 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN 2012 recaps
- Replies: 39
- Views: 12826
Re: COLIN 2012 recaps
Countdown recap for Saturday 28 January 2012. C1: Champion Joseph Krol (2 wins.) C2: Challenger Rob Foster. DC: Jen Steadman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: R R P D I U O T I R02: V O S E P E T O C R03: S E R O B I D I W R04: 100, 4, 2, 8, 6, 5. Target: 137. R05: C O M E R O L R A R06: X E S O T...
- Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:33 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Google Demographics
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6025
Re: Google Demographics
Your categories Below, you can review a summary of the interests and inferred demographics that Google has associated with your cookie. You can remove or edit your categories at any time. Finance - Credit & Lending - Credit Cards Games Games - Computer & Video Games Games - Computer & Vi...
- Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:18 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN 2012 recaps
- Replies: 39
- Views: 12826
Re: COLIN 2012 recaps
Countdown recap for Saturday 28 January 2012. C1: Champion Joseph Krol (1 win.) C2: Challenger Stewart Gordon. DC: Jessica Pratesi. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: G S M T A O A L A R02: C D C F O I U A S R03: H X N N E E O S I R04: 50, 2, 8, 10, 1, 2. Target: 228. R05: G S N S I E A J D R06: P S...
- Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:05 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN 2012 recaps
- Replies: 39
- Views: 12826
Re: COLIN 2012 recaps
Countdown recap for Saturday 28 January 2012. C1: Challenger Stewart Gordon. C2: Challenger Jessica Pratesi. DC: Joseph Krol. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: N L S B O A E D T R02: N F T M G O I A R R03: L S G S I U E D E R04: 100, 50, 8, 2, 4, 10. Target: 693. R05: R N N G S O I E J R06: H P D S...
- Wed Feb 01, 2012 5:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN 2012 recaps
- Replies: 39
- Views: 12826
Re: COLIN 2012 recaps
Countdown recap for Saturday 28 January 2012. C1: Challenger Jessica Pratesi. C2: Champion Joseph Krol (1 win.) DC: Stewart Gordon. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: S H X N N E A E T R02: D D C F O O E B A R03: W P R D Y A O O M R04: 50, 1, 9, 10, 5, 8. Target: 146. R05: O A A P M O S R A R06: Q S...
- Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN 2012 recaps
- Replies: 39
- Views: 12826
Re: COLIN 2012 recaps
Countdown recap for Saturday 28 January 2012. Game 3, Table 8 C1: Challenger Dave Coulthurst. C2: Champion Matt Bayfield (1 win.) DC: Joseph Krol and Kirk Bevins (sort of) OT: Other words or solutions. R01: E I I S C P V C D R02: T E T E S A N M E R03: I O A D H P F I B R04: 25, 4, 6, 7, 3, 1. Targe...
- Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:23 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN 2012 recaps
- Replies: 39
- Views: 12826
Re: COLIN 2012 recaps
Countdown recap for Saturday 28 January 2012. Game 2, Table 8. C1: Champion Joseph Krol (1 win.) C2: Challenger Matt Bayfield. DC: Dave Coulthurst. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: H A B E M E L S N R02: R N N W E I O Y R R03: R E N I P O D O O R04: 75, 2, 5, 8, 9, 4. Target: 531. R05: M G D S E I...
- Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN 2012 recaps
- Replies: 39
- Views: 12826
Re: COLIN 2012 recaps
Countdown recap for Saturday 28 January 2012, Table 8, Game 1. C1: Challenger Joseph Krol. C2: Challenger Dave Coulthurst. DC: Matt Bayfield. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: T L R F E A E M U R02: E A A G S S C D E R03: T S G S I U E R I R04: 25, 3, 9, 7, 6, 4. Target: 979. R05: O E A M D T Q S N...
- Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Friday 27 January 2012 (Series 66, Prelim 15)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3320
Re: Friday 27 January 2012 (Series 17, Prelim 15)
Series 17 though?
- Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Friday 27 January 2012 (Series 66, Prelim 15)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3320
Re: Friday 27 January 2012 (Series 17, Prelim 15)
Loving the Minecraft.
- Fri Jan 27, 2012 3:54 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday January 27th 2012 (Series 66 Prelim 15)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4311
Re: Spoilers for Friday January 27th 2012 (Series 66 Prelim
Didn't expect that. Have only viewed the last section but Sri didn't seems on form - R14 should have been easily got.
- Fri Jan 27, 2012 3:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday January 27th 2012 (Series 66 Prelim 15)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4311
Re: Spoilers for Friday January 27th 2012 (Series 66 Prelim
MANTISES, MATINESS in the ADEIMNSST round
- Tue Jan 24, 2012 3:44 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Sporcle
- Replies: 44
- Views: 8408
Re: Sporcle
I got 17 also. Lots of autokicking ensued.
- Mon Jan 23, 2012 3:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday January 23rd 2012
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2080
Re: Spoilers For Monday January 23rd 2012
Coincidence! Just spotted TOMATINE on the show seconds after not spotting it on apterous.
- Thu Jan 19, 2012 4:51 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday January 19th 2012 (Series 66 Prelim 9)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2128
Re: Spoilers for Thursday January 19th 2012 (Series 66 Preli
MANUMITS in the MUSTANG round
- Wed Jan 18, 2012 3:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday January 18th 2012 (Series 66 Prelim 8
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2887
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday January 18th 2012 (Series 66 Prel
MASSETER in the MEASURES round