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Well, with just a week till the long awaited return of the show, it seems that my mate, Tim Vine, is leading the poll with 1 week to go, with Jerry Springer, Rory McGrath & Matt Le Tissier in joint second. Hopefully, there'll be a few more people come to vote, but I'll probably be lucky to pass ...

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to retreat into

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the very first

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It is pretty dire. That's even before you start me off about that crap football team in that skip.

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Dinos Sfyris wrote:I don't think I'll ever be able to manage number 3...
The article wrote:3. Enter the bus in a calm and safe manner.

Don't worry, Dinos, I'll get you a straitjacket for you. You never need worry.

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managed to impress

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Happy Birthday, Damian!

You know what they say, life begins at 40.

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full of indescribable

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Champs: Chelsea Runners-Up: Manchester City Relegated: Burnley, Hull City & Portsmouth So my team, the mighty Terriers of Huddersfield Town (once we get promoted from League One (which we will do this season)) will be making trips to Turf Moor, The KC Stadium & Fratton Park next season. :D P...

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the greatest person

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ever closer, he

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sausages and then

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a tentacle that

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octopus hybrid babies

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while also trying

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that is continuing

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Jimmy Gough wrote:Miss Teen South Carolina V Kirk Bevins.

Bloody hell

That South Carolina girl makes George W. Bush look like a fantastic speaker

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Yeah, it is. This is now its third series and the previous 2 with Angus Deayton as host were very funny. WIth Rob Brydon now as host, it should be even more exciting. Just think if we could get any of those 3 to appear on Dictionary Corner :!: :D All of them too expensive for Countdown's meager bud...

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before he went

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Auditioned about 1990 and didn't get on and was encouraged to try again. I've not done so yet. They seemed to be on the look out for bright 8 year olds at the time - well there's no shame in losing to an adult, but a child! Welcome Doug. You should definitely try to go on again. Now is the time. Ho...

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Admittedly I can't draw on other people's assessments of Carol and Rachel in person (having only met Rachel), but on screen I've always thought Carol came across as incredibly fawning and fake, whereas Rachel had a sort of nervous but bubbly charm about her. As one of a short list of people who hav...

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David O'Donnell wrote:Bloody hell, had no idea you were so young - Happy Birthday, Innis! (and the other bloke).

Yeah, you're only 18

Blumming heck, but anyway, many happy returns Innis and to Mike if he decides to show up.

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I've been a Bradford City season ticket holder for about 30 years. I've missed the derbies with Huddersfield over the last couple of years. At least we'll have one thing in common - we'll both hate Leeds! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that City give Sven a stuffing in the opening game of the seaso...

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Had a nice week in Portugal at the end of June/beginning of July.

Off to Whitby tomorrow for a few days, but will be back to see the Mighty Terriers give Stockport a good stuffing in the Carling Cup on Tuesday.

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With the likes of David Mitchell and Lee Mack on the panel, it'll be funny. Yeah, it is. This is now its third series and the previous 2 with Angus Deayton as host were very funny. WIth Rob Brydon now as host, it should be even more exciting. Just think if we could get any of those 3 to appear on D...

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I can't be bothered watching this - I take it's some kind of drivel updated version of Call My Bluff? I suppose that's a loose way of putting it. A member of one of the teams reads out a statement. The other team have to work out whether it's TRUE or a LIE. It'd be interesting to see if what Carol ...

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Has anyone seen this clip of Carol from a preview of Monday's upcoming edition of Would I Lie To You?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIG5w1y6Fv8

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I did vote but when I clicked 'vote' nothing happened for whatever reason, and quantifying my opinion with a vote was secondary to expressing my feeling about breaking records, so I didn't bother trying to work out why my vote didn't register and simply gave up. Is that a clever/crafty ploy to get ...

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I thought Countdown's ratings were higher than they've ever been now! You're clearly mistaken, Jason! As much as we all like the new format, viewing figures are nowhere near what they once were! I was looking on BARB's website the other day to see how many people watched any of my 3 shows and none ...

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Ben Hunter wrote:I voted for athletics. The only exciting thing about it is the breaking of records (this is usually an indicator of a boring sport).

Interesting that you say that you voted for athletics, considering that only 1 person has voted for athletics and that would happen to be me!

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It is believed that nowadays the viewing figures are roughly 1 million, if that. On episode 1 in 1982, it was believed that around 7-8 million watched it and nearly all of them went the next day, believed to be the biggest drop between 2 consecutive episodes of the same show. It was believed that th...

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My sister probably has the worst one.

When she was born the Mr. Blobby song was no.1

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Definitely OSTRACIZE when beating the legendary Innis Carson in this match I had today. http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=101621 A close second is probably ARBROEAL when I beat Chris Maudsley immediately after that. http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=101626 EDIT: If I seem so happy, i...

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I chose Marmite and other.

My other choice being sweet, sweet honey!

Waiting for someone to say they put toast in a toaster!

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No-one died exactly on my birthday and the only person of note was Pope Gregory V in 999.

Just read Bobby Robson has died. He was born on my birthday with a gap of 55 years.

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I think Marmite is just gorgeous, but it seems to have this strange addictive taste that sometimes makes you wonder why you had it in the first place.

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I have 2 people who share my exact birthday. They're probably not well known names, but they're actors Shane Lyons and Maiara Walsh (she's currently on Desperate Housewives apparently!) I used to share the same birthday with Rihanna, until it was revealed it was 2 days later! :evil: EDIT: And also a...

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I'm not being picky, so I picked everyone except Cate.

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Tiffany's "I Think We're Alone Now" was no.1 when I was born. A couple of days later it was "I Should Be So Lucky" by Kylie.

"Bridge Over Troubled Water" is a pretty good starting block though!

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Yeah, but was it actually ever claimed that you could 'play along at home' :?: Well no, but for me that's quite a big factor in enjoying a quiz-type programme. Well, you're right about that, but I still find it enjoyable. Better than all these quiz shows that ITV are just putting on willy-nilly at ...

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I watched the first couple of episodes yesterday. The main thing I found was that I was pausing it after the announcement of each subject so I could think about the topic for myself (and this isn't really possible in the final round either). Did anyone else find that the 'play along at home' factor...

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Did 'Jim'll Fix It' ever get brought back in any guise? I thought I heard some rumours a few years back...? It's such a solid concept for a kids show it's hard to believe it's not around in some form or another? Or are there equivalents which I'm forgetting about? There've been a few that shared th...

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Jeffrey Burgin wrote:Rachel definitely takes it from the names above, but anyone with Lara administering their audition will probably agree it was difficult to focus at times.

That's definitely true, Jeffrey!

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Not sure about the n00bs but Mel Giedroyc is the worst of all time. I personally think that Johnnie Casson was the worst of all time. Since you started the sentence with "I" doesn't the "personally" bit seem extraneous? And if I am right about that then trust me I am right about...

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Rosemary Roberts wrote:
James Robinson wrote:Thank god Barry's team won!
SPOILER ALERT !!

How is that a spoiler! It was on yesterday!

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David O'Donnell wrote:Not sure about the n00bs but Mel Giedroyc is the worst of all time.

I personally think that Johnnie Casson was the worst of all time.

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I've just seen the first 2 episodes and I thought they were quite interesting.

It's an unusual quiz show, maybe because of Gyles Brandreth, but I thought he was quite good as the host.

That girls team on show 2 were just so dreadful by the end of the show. Thank god Barry's team won!

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I make no apologies for copying this from the other thread (or for talking about my least favourite in that other thread, before this one was started): 'Even if Ian Hyland did 'leak' the 'Susie has help' story, the worst was Jon Gaunt for his "It's great because it's old / English / because I ...

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Daniel H wrote:Jonathan Ansell came across as a massively smug wanker, so him.

You've got that right, Daniel. His stories weren't even that interesting! Good lord!

P.S. Daniel, your website dedicated to Rachel is like her, just lovely

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Who the heck put Donal down as the worst

EDIT: I can understand the reason for about 4 of the others, but DONAL

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I thought I'd add an additional poll to see who you think is the worst of the new 14?

As with the other poll, it will close when Countdown returns.

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Eoin Monaghan wrote:Tim Vine rocks

You've got that right

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It's 4 weeks till Countdown returns to our screens, so in the meantime, I'd thought I'd start a poll about the newest dwellers of Dictionary Corner. I've always wondered, since we seem to talk about the players most of the time, what people have thought about DC since Series 60 began? Since the star...

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It's a pretty limited list isn't it

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Jeffrey Burgin wrote:Any Apterites recording at the early September dates?

Unfortunately, I can't go on again, but I've got my audience tickets, so I'll be watching out for anyone on the forum

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Ah, thank goodness I've found it at last. Now I can thank you properly, Mr Reams, since no-one else has done in the last 12 months.

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