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by Lesley Hines
Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:50 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Official Like-whoring topic
Replies: 17
Views: 1722

Re: Official Like-whoring topic

Ryan Taylor wrote:
Adam Gillard wrote:Somebody who shall remain nameless sent me a hyperlinked PM saying "Like this message". I believe that would be classified as like-whoring. I didn't click the link.
NAME AND SHAME GILLARD!
Yeah Morrison - is this something BC should know about? :lol:
by Lesley Hines
Sat Sep 18, 2010 9:35 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Which minority would you most like to belong to?
Replies: 19
Views: 3838

Re: Which minority would you most like to belong to?

I went for other - Irish traveller (pikeys to you fuckers), I know it's not exactly much of a reach. The idea of travelling around, setting up carnivals, drinking, fighting and fucking appeals to me on a visceral level (though I'd probably have to stop using words like visceral). I used to work in ...
by Lesley Hines
Sat Sep 18, 2010 8:44 pm
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: Mastermind Specialist Subject
Replies: 41
Views: 8827

Re: Mastermind Specialist Subject

Just as an observation Shakespeare was pop culture when he started. Just because something's been around for a while* doesn't mean it's great, and just cos something's new doesn't make it rubbish. *Not Shakespeare, obviously he's top even if he is rammed with historical and geographical inaccuracies...
by Lesley Hines
Fri Sep 17, 2010 10:16 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: BBC Mental Agility Tests
Replies: 17
Views: 2977

Re: BBC Mental Agility Tests

I got 18 /69/18 and then I didn't bother to do the memory one cos I was pretty bored of it by then. God knows where 69 came from in that P's and Q's one and I was also surprised I got 19 on spot the difference because it felt like I was taking forever to spot them. Do I win a prize? (18/20/18/18 fo...
by Lesley Hines
Thu Sep 16, 2010 11:26 pm
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: Mastermind Specialist Subject
Replies: 41
Views: 8827

Re: Mastermind Specialist Subject

I think what links them is that they're all far easier (and more rooted in pop culture) than you'd get on Mastermind. There is nothing easy, or popular, about wiping bums. At least in my house anyway. :twisted: Edit: Obviously that refers to children's bums - the adults in the house are keen to obs...
by Lesley Hines
Thu Sep 16, 2010 12:20 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Carol Vorderman's It All Counts
Replies: 31
Views: 4084

Re: Carol Vorderman's It All Counts

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Ryan Taylor wrote:She's still got the Pride of Britain Awards. She fits in well.
by Lesley Hines
Thu Sep 16, 2010 12:09 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Easter Eggs
Replies: 17
Views: 1602

Re: Easter Eggs

Do some of the sort of things sixth form leavers do in the common room before summer to welcome in next year's students. A dead rat in the vending machine might not be doable, but if you have those classic panel ceilings like our common room did and the hypothetical office might well, then move a p...
by Lesley Hines
Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:50 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Carol Vorderman's It All Counts
Replies: 31
Views: 4084

Re: Carol Vorderman's It All Counts

people who read the Mail should be accustomed to that - presumably they even approve of it. I thought it was Daily Mail policy to automatically disapprove of everything? :lol: As for some of the acrimony that's been awarded her in some of those comments, I think had she moved on to bigger and (hope...
by Lesley Hines
Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:37 pm
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: Pointles Series 3
Replies: 191
Views: 29641

Re: Pointless Series 3

tomrowell wrote:I absolutely cannot handle the fact that 72 people out of 100 in this country doesn't know we went to war with the krauts
:o :o :o
Eh? Excuse me? When?! Are you sure you've got that right?
by Lesley Hines
Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:38 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CoLei3 - Saturday 16 October 2010
Replies: 129
Views: 30243

Re: CoLei3 - Saturday 16 October 2010

Rhys Benjamin wrote:I need the next step up from playing an 8-year-old bro who strops out on every numbers game I beat him (e.g. Target is 951, I get 941, he gets 940) :roll:
Wow, and he's 8? That's pretty cool - tell him to come along, we'd love to meet him. :lol:
by Lesley Hines
Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:14 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Carol Vorderman's It All Counts
Replies: 31
Views: 4084

Re: Carol Vorderman's It All Counts

Extract 3: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1311762/Carol-Vorderman-My-disastrous-marriage--I-finally-came-accept-body.html Thank you James, that's finally cleared it up for me (I wouldn't have read it if you hadn't posted it). It's cos her partner, Des Kelly, is a Daily Mail columnist. Lo...
by Lesley Hines
Tue Sep 14, 2010 4:11 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Which minority would you most like to belong to?
Replies: 19
Views: 3838

Re: Which minority would you most like to belong to?

While the idea of being black and having a massive penis appealed to me, I went for Indian subcontinental as the food is awesome, the clothes and jewellery are beautiful, and it's not as far to go to the Taj Mahal on holiday.
by Lesley Hines
Mon Sep 13, 2010 3:52 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Carol Vorderman's It All Counts
Replies: 31
Views: 4084

Re: Carol Vorderman's It All Counts

Extract 2: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1311460/My-heart-pounding-thoughts-Richard-swam-head-I-forced-Carol-Vorderman-describes-departure-Countdown.html?ito=feeds-newsxml Saw that. Fair play to Rachel, she does look gorgeous in the photo :) (That was the point of the article, yeah?) Th...
by Lesley Hines
Sun Sep 12, 2010 10:14 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Anglicised names
Replies: 21
Views: 2211

Re: Aglicised names

Tits, I can't even spell. Ah well. How do you make the umlaugt sign by the way? It still kind of bothers me. On a related note, sports commentators mispronouncing peoples names. Ken Doherty will always be known as Ken Dockerty. It seems to often be the case that one commentator will have a go at it...
by Lesley Hines
Sun Sep 12, 2010 5:22 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Playing apterous in real life
Replies: 22
Views: 5214

Re: Playing apterous in real life

Eoin Monaghan wrote:
Robert Baxter wrote:ADRIAN UTL:

ULTRADIAN
Hardly you playing it in real life when you copied off me.
Indeed, apparently can't be bothered to play in real life at all.
by Lesley Hines
Sun Sep 12, 2010 4:40 pm
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: Mastermind Specialist Subject
Replies: 41
Views: 8827

Re: Mastermind Specialist Subject

Ryan Taylor wrote:So you got one then? You suck!
That's a good thing, right? ;) :lol:
by Lesley Hines
Sun Sep 12, 2010 4:39 pm
Forum: Countdown - Historical recaps
Topic: Return of the Awesome Dudes
Replies: 488
Views: 211582

Re: Return of the Awesome Dudes

Lesley has informed me that she has connection problems, so she has asked me to sort her recaps out. James, thank you so much - what a star you are. Some eejit gas worker drilled straight through our telephone cable and it's taken them until this afternoon to put it back on. I'll do some more if so...
by Lesley Hines
Sun Sep 12, 2010 3:49 pm
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: Mastermind Specialist Subject
Replies: 41
Views: 8827

Re: Mastermind Specialist Subject

Ryan Taylor wrote:
Lesley Hines wrote:Knitting cakes
Baking kittens
Wiping hands, faces, and bums
Bob the Builder
Just for you LESLEY H...
V. funny stuff
A-lol :lol: Got 'em all except 9, that on reflection I suspect to be Yes We Can! I hope it isn't though, cos that's a really shit catchphrase from a potential World Leader.
by Lesley Hines
Sun Sep 12, 2010 1:00 pm
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: Mastermind Specialist Subject
Replies: 41
Views: 8827

Re: Mastermind Specialist Subject

Knitting cakes
Baking kittens
Wiping hands, faces, and bums
Bob the Builder
by Lesley Hines
Fri Sep 10, 2010 10:46 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Ties and Belts
Replies: 10
Views: 1492

Re: Ties and Belts

Buy a proper coathanger made for it. M&S do them, and Next, Ikea etc. They're about 4 quid. They're also all over the place in men's departments in the run up to Christmas, so buy your Dad one too ;) (He'll be thrilled :lol: )
by Lesley Hines
Wed Sep 08, 2010 6:37 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: PLEASE HELP.
Replies: 67
Views: 5562

Re: PLEASE HELP.

I've had many frustrated philosophical middle-of-the-night heated chats with close friends (usually when high, you just don't care enough when drunk) about the decline of our society. Decline from what, though? There was never a time when some people weren't anti-social, obnoxious, racist or whatev...
by Lesley Hines
Wed Sep 08, 2010 12:47 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Official Like-whoring topic
Replies: 17
Views: 1722

Re: Official Like-whoring topic

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by Lesley Hines
Tue Sep 07, 2010 5:33 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Classic posts
Replies: 152
Views: 24993

Re: Classic posts

Robert Baxter wrote:Kirk recommended this one :D
It's all too much for me.
by Lesley Hines
Tue Sep 07, 2010 4:55 pm
Forum: Countdown - Historical recaps
Topic: Return of the Awesome Dudes
Replies: 488
Views: 211582

Re: Return of the Awesome Dudes

I've lost track of who reserved the 6 missing ones from Series 45, but I think we can consider these reopened: Mon 13-Aug-01 Brenda Dunn 41 - 57 Craig Richardson Tue 14-Aug-01 Craig Richardson 33 - 31 Edwin Mead Wed 15-Aug-01 Craig Richardson 53 - 40 Bill Brakes Fri 7-Sep-01 Mary Blair 31 - 33 Mac ...
by Lesley Hines
Mon Sep 06, 2010 3:11 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: General feedback
Replies: 284
Views: 54759

Re: General feedback

Matt Morrison wrote:It's all Charlie that one. I don't just say thanks for the things I suggest!
Now this is where it gets confusing. I was going to like that, but then it seemed weird to like your comment for something he did, so I've compromised and gone for a random one of his. Erm. Right. All good, anyway :D
by Lesley Hines
Mon Sep 06, 2010 2:31 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Thread of Profanity
Replies: 14
Views: 2727

Re: Thread of Profanity

SPAZ, SPAZZ and verbs thereof: SPAZZES, SPAZZING etc. I know it's not technically swearing, but it's listed as offensive.
by Lesley Hines
Mon Sep 06, 2010 1:47 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: General feedback
Replies: 284
Views: 54759

Re: General feedback

Double thanks on those two Charlie, and continuing my mission to thank you for what you deserve thanking for, the "is on for a high score" aptochat feature is fucking cool. I can't wait to see it come into play for something other than one of Kirk's many Ascension CAs though! :) Ahhhh - w...
by Lesley Hines
Mon Sep 06, 2010 1:37 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Free stuff!
Replies: 136
Views: 13521

Re: Free stuff!

Sorry, was it Saturday's? (I went almost 48 hours without sleep at the weekend so forgive me for getting confused with days!) I just have no idea what you're talking about, is all - was it some competition or something? Tell us, tell us! [Ma-hoo-sive picture of Ryan's nose with literature more dubi...
by Lesley Hines
Sun Sep 05, 2010 6:19 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Junior Championship Mark 2
Replies: 21
Views: 3590

Re: Junior Championship Mark 2

No, there were 3 games - as you see if they hover over. The site thinks it's a best of 3 type thing, so the points mean 1 win to Austin and 0 wins to Bhavin. ;) So Conor and Tom played 209 games between them? :? Can I suggest you bring in a sudden death situation into this tourney? Otherwise there ...
by Lesley Hines
Sun Sep 05, 2010 9:10 am
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: Countdown in Lincoln 2011- Saturday 29th January
Replies: 229
Views: 34997

Re: Countdown in Lincoln 2011- Saturday 29th January

Fiiiiiiiiinally one on a date I can make :D Please whack me down as a yes - himself's off to a pool CoC in Yarmouth soon so fair's only fair. Pictures of the queen to follow in due course.
by Lesley Hines
Sat Sep 04, 2010 6:25 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: General feedback
Replies: 284
Views: 54759

Re: General feedback

Matt Bayfield wrote:Maybe I've got wrong the number of Con Attacks that Lesley used.
Lols. I did say it was about 20 games - having now counted them it was actually 17. I was going to expand the data set but it's academic now anyway since we know why. Thanks for that Charlie.
by Lesley Hines
Sat Sep 04, 2010 6:12 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Was this a first?
Replies: 18
Views: 3786

Re: Was this a first?

Robert Baxter wrote:Or "King Dick" got his stuck in a lav seat :lol:
Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?
by Lesley Hines
Sat Sep 04, 2010 6:09 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: A Topic To Post On If You're Bored
Replies: 10
Views: 1888

Re: A Topic To Post On If You're Bored

You're inspiring me to start on one on "Come back Dmitry, all is forgiven"...

Maybe not quite yet.
by Lesley Hines
Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:13 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Ascension
Replies: 32
Views: 4480

Re: Ascension

Gavin Chipper wrote:Relevant
That's seriously cool. Excellent stuff.
by Lesley Hines
Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:21 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: How much of your life has been spoilt?
Replies: 6
Views: 1247

Re: How much of your life has been spoilt?

I was born at a young age into an affluent family with indulgent parents, so - er - all of it, apart from the self-enforced period of comparative social deprivation following a telethon (usually a couple of hours).

If anyone disagrees I'll throw a tantrum. Now bring me my tiara.
by Lesley Hines
Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:17 pm
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: Perfection
Replies: 84
Views: 14503

Re: Perfection

Ryan Taylor wrote:Yes really hope to see you on the screen as I never saw you on Countdown although have watched some youtube clips! Well done in the audition, hope you've done enough!
If you hadn't totally wimped out of Co:Lon like a big ginger girl's blouse you'd've met him then ;)
Best of luck James :)
by Lesley Hines
Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:14 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1625
Views: 766656

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

What's the scam that I'm missing? After charming one of the company's Fraud Departments it turns out it's a cashback scam. The plot thickens. After the arrival of two more (ffs) I rang the respective companies, the first of which said they don't do cashback deals. Back to square one then. On the pl...
by Lesley Hines
Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:03 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1625
Views: 766656

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

What's the scam that I'm missing? After charming one of the company's Fraud Departments it turns out it's a cashback scam. They're internet policies that were offering cashback as part of the deal. Man, what a desperate state of affairs :( To go through all that for 75 (or whatever) lousy quid. You...
by Lesley Hines
Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:53 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1625
Views: 766656

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

Maybe an identify fraud scheme? An insurance document for a house might suffice for some purpose, like a utility bill does. I thought the same myself, but all the dozy wazzock's documentation necessary for that comes in through our locked postbox, so the perp doesn't get his mitts on it. Once you c...
by Lesley Hines
Tue Aug 31, 2010 7:38 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1625
Views: 766656

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

This is a new question (to me) but I hoped some of you might be able to shed some light, or think more laterally than I'm doing on it. Some weirdo keeps taking out home insurance policies for my house. It's currently insured for £1.75 million with three different companies (for £1m, £500k and £250k)...
by Lesley Hines
Tue Aug 31, 2010 7:13 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Junior Championship Mark 2
Replies: 21
Views: 3590

Re: Junior Championship Mark 2

Does string theory come into this anywhere?
by Lesley Hines
Tue Aug 31, 2010 2:57 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: CountMax errors
Replies: 727
Views: 96247

Re: CountMax errors

Jon Corby wrote:
Kirk Bevins wrote:Delete RAVIOLIS as RAVIOLI is listed as [plural noun].
The sometimes-silly "food ordering rule" says it's good, surely?
I think so. Kirk's just narked he lost that round to a complete muppet.
by Lesley Hines
Tue Aug 31, 2010 1:44 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Invalid like
Replies: 4
Views: 806

Re: Invalid like

It never fails to amaze me how often I'm not authorised to read a forum. Often when I posted it originally. :?
by Lesley Hines
Tue Aug 31, 2010 12:49 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: 63
Replies: 48
Views: 3874

Re: 63

[Like] For doing the decent thing :) Jack Hurst take note ;)
by Lesley Hines
Tue Aug 31, 2010 12:45 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Junior Championship Mark 2
Replies: 21
Views: 3590

Re: Junior Championship Mark 2

Does term start Thursday or next Monday for you?
by Lesley Hines
Sun Aug 29, 2010 11:19 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Ascension
Replies: 32
Views: 4480

Re: Ascension

David O'Donnell wrote:you're fucked
is exactly what the Catholic version of jihad's called. Ask any altar boy.

Lovin' the new variant :D I've even got a coupla diamonds now - cimping :D
by Lesley Hines
Sat Aug 28, 2010 6:32 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Classic posts
Replies: 152
Views: 24993

Re: Classic posts

by Lesley Hines
Fri Aug 27, 2010 7:46 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Jewish Hero Corps
Replies: 10
Views: 1025

Re: Jewish Hero Corps

Ben Hunter wrote:
Michael Wallace wrote:The world has a distinct lack of bread-based superheroes
The only one I can think of is the Gingerbread Man.
Nope, you're not having him. Lily-livered runaway, cheeky with it, and thick to boot. Best part of the story's when he gets eaten.
by Lesley Hines
Fri Aug 27, 2010 7:42 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Where Does Countdown Rank On Your List Of Hobbies?
Replies: 23
Views: 2446

Re: Where Does Countdown Rank On Your List Of Hobbies?

Ryan Taylor wrote:1. Facebook
2. Apterous
3. c4c
4. Masturbation
5. Watching Countdown
6. Pub quizzing
7. Binge eating

I gues all you wanted though was "fifth".
What happens to the list when you combine those? (Other than a sticky keyboard.)
by Lesley Hines
Fri Aug 27, 2010 4:20 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: C4C Link Dump
Replies: 329
Views: 63761

Re: C4C Link Dump

The Sun's idea of what you should do to the woman who threw a cat in a bin. I like cats fine, and that's someone's pet and all, but the outrage over that story is ludicrous. There's plenty more deserving targets of people's venom. Why don't The Sun out some yobs who are making residents lives a mis...
by Lesley Hines
Fri Aug 27, 2010 3:47 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: apterous Search Plugins
Replies: 11
Views: 1200

Re: apterous Search Plugins

Awesome. I use Lexplorer loads to check words so it's great to be able to circumvent loading the whole site before I start :D
A+
by Lesley Hines
Wed Aug 25, 2010 10:30 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: COC14 Petition
Replies: 51
Views: 8122

Re: COC14 Petition

Kirk Bevins wrote:Do you really mean continent in your signature?
Huh. Incontinent, more like.
by Lesley Hines
Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:39 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Des chiffres et une lettre de plus !
Replies: 6
Views: 1176

Re: Des chiffres et une lettre de plus !

Buongiorno. It has come to my attention that the French parent of this game has moved to ten letters. Did it in April, apparently. That is all. What do you think? Ha - I'd never seen it and only read the Wiki page to it recently. I say read - I mean scanned the French pretty briefly. So it was news...
by Lesley Hines
Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:42 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 497742

Re: Feature requests

Some words like SENSELESSNESS are never going to be pencilled in as they're only available under variants like Hyper Unlimited, where the max will always be SENSELESSNESSES. How about some sort of pencil / crayon / writing implement to be made available after the plural has been pencilled in? The m...
by Lesley Hines
Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:41 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Good idea for a variant?
Replies: 277
Views: 40651

Re: Good idea for a variant?

Is it time for an Ultra version? I've been looking and no word (that I can find) has more than 15 unique letters, these being some of the offenders: • radioimmunoelectrophoresis - RADIOMUNELCTPHS • psychoneuroendocrinological PSYCHONEURDCIGL • hepaticocholangiogastrostomy HEPATICOLNGSRMY • spectroph...
by Lesley Hines
Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:37 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Good idea for a variant?
Replies: 277
Views: 40651

Re: Good idea for a variant?

^ I like this. They used to do something similar on TV (can't for the life of me remember the show :) ).
by Lesley Hines
Mon Aug 23, 2010 4:39 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Pencil cloud
Replies: 11
Views: 1769

Re: Pencil cloud

How the hell has nerdish not been pencilled? :lol: