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Benji Hanks

darn

Though I didn't really think I had much chance

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certainly is looking like my chances of being invited back as "a young'un" are dwindling thanks to Kai.... dam him.

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Well, i finished with a Desmond (2:2) in my degree, does that make me more qualified?

Benji Hanks · Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 23 July 2008 Loving Hate.- Classic Shakespeare

Loving Hate.- Classic Shakespeare

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Well, I don't know about you guys, but for Damian...

I hereby apply for the job!

I can send you a cv if you like, i've been on tv before!

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Get Tennant on and invite me back for a one off "colourful-hair" off or something.

Please?

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I still say you need a bit more colour.... and a whipping boy

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David O'Donnell wrote:
Richard Brittain wrote:Julian wasn't raised in the Hood, blood.

Safe.

Bear straight, innit.

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i sang that during the free drinks...

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my friend tori had a great day, as did i, and for a dyslexic did quite well...

twat, sex and hore i believe she got during the final day.... (she didn't know it was spelt with a w)

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CofC definitely needs a bit more colour if you ask me

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Yeah, I hope you dedicate your win to me, given that without me you wouldn't have been able to write you were shaking so much

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Indeed, I was sitting in an exam roughly 4 hours before this was filmed

Thanks for all the kind words, I'll wait to see what bits were cut before I make many comments, but like I said, I had fun

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Damian E wrote:No joy so far. Several new guests lined up for Series 59 though.

i thought you were keeping me a secret?

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David O'Donnell wrote:I have to disagree, Alastair is by far the nicest of any of the celebrities I have ever met and rather than being condescending he takes a genuine interest in people.

quoted for truth

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Speak for yourselves.... amateurs

I got home at 1am and carried on drinking when i got there!

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... you call your partners post-work advances a "teatime teaser"

... when ordering food from a supermarket, you never look for more than 4 options from the top shelf.

... when playing Civilisation, whenever a Destroyer attacks you immediately pick 6 small numbers to try and slow it down.

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noone backing me to topple the destroyer, eh?

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dinos_the_chemist wrote:
Jason Larsen wrote:Who would Emma be?
That would be my girlfriend Jason.

funny name for a girl....

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Lightweights.... pfft... And free champers was a LOVELY end to the day... i got through 7 glasses before I set off. Kate's response to last orders was fantastic "can i have the bottle"? Only 7? Who's the lightweight Mr Hanks?! It wasn't me who spotted the un-popped champagne being taken o...

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Lightweights.... pfft...

Indeed I had a great time, was great fun

And free champers was a LOVELY end to the day... i got through 7 glasses before I set off.

Kate's response to last orders was fantastic "can i have the bottle"?

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Dear David: You are a great guy with so much to offer. You have been a good friend to all of us. You are clearly one of the reasons why most of us have smiles on our faces. I've got a nine to describe what kind of a person you are -- FANTASTIC! Best wishes to you, I hope you're well and I hope you ...

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Well... by far my highest ever percentage score (115/122)... lets just hope I can carry on this form to wednesday... god knows i'll need it!

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all in favour? *raises hand*

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I won't be getting there til about an hour before I (might have to be) being filmed... I've been given the extension due to my 9am exam on the wednesday in Nottingham ;) :shock: Good Luck, Benji. Wednesday is going to be a stressful day for you all in all but you strike me as a young lad who soaks ...

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I won't be getting there til about an hour before I (might have to be) being filmed... I've been given the extension due to my 9am exam on the wednesday in Nottingham

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Given I might have to face him, can we not just take 40 points off him?

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Oddly, I believe I may be busy next wednesday as well... and i'm not talking about the 9am exam I have...

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Didn't Britney Spears sing about her......I'm addicted to you, don't you know Sandi Toksvig? Fame at last Jim :mrgreen: Damian.... that's by far the worst pun I've ever heard by anyone about anything ever. Don't let that put you off though. Here's time for my little pun though... *points at thread ...

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Motion to get David Tennant installed for the quarter finals?

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I just checked and you can have QUIETS for 6. You can also have EQUITES for 7 too. I remember in the mailing list that we worked out what was the longest word(s) you could have which contained at least two letters out of J, Q, X and Z. This is what we came up with: JQ - JONQUILS JX - JUXTAPOSE JZ -...

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Jack Dee would be fantastic.... as would Jimmy Carr... and he's contracted to 4, isn't he?

Amy Lee IS the lead singer of Evanescence yes

And I suppose you have a point about JR. How about Jim Ross then? (He's a commentator for the WWE)

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Just a short list...

Amy Lee
Ben Kowalewicz

More seriously...

Frankie Boyle
Hugh Dennis
Stephen Fry
Jonathan Ross
David Tennant
Christopher Eccleston
Jeremy Clarkson
James May
Bob Geldof
Craig Charles
Dave Benson Phillips

Vic Reeves

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dinos_the_chemist wrote:lol the bacon thing was hilarious! I'm not sure what I'd do with that much bacon though...

The world's greatest ever sandwich?

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AIIYXDUZN

Is this the hardest selection of letters ever given in any game of countdown anywhere ever?

(zany is the 4 letter word i got... apparently there's only one other... anyone else spot it)

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(100+25)*3+50-10 seemed easier to me, but then, hindsight is a wonderful thing.

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Joseph Bolas wrote:
Benji Hanks wrote:
Joseph Bolas wrote:
I would probably miss both EXQUISITE and EQUITIES and only come up with a 5 like EXITS or QUIET
surely you'd at least manage quiets
I would possibly see QUIETS, but then convince myself its not a word so only stick with 5

of course... it's quietens...

*headdesk*

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Joseph Bolas wrote:
I would probably miss both EXQUISITE and EQUITIES and only come up with a 5 like EXITS or QUIET

surely you'd at least manage quiets

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Joseph Bolas wrote:
Benji Hanks wrote:when you get X and Q next to each other, you know it's not your day
Not unless you were extremely lucky to get a selection that offered the 9 letter word EXQUISITE

i'd probably only see equities to be fair...

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Ralph wrote:Ben now has red hair I see.
A good contestant because he is pleasant and he smiles (many don't).

Thankyou very much.

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when you get X and Q next to each other, you know it's not your day

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That was a re-take. *from now on is going to use a hyphen in ALL words starting with re...* Just lost it today, quite simply. reenacts wasn't there and then i didn't think gonners through properly (i'd seen congers but dismissed it, foolishly), and then my mind went blank for the following numbers. ...

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erathirea is my handles. SOWPODS only.

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I used to struggle with the questions... and then get UUIU as my vowels...

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I've just uploaded it... and been ever so slightly annoyed at it on a couple of occasions (didn't register clicks etc.)

Other than that, nice... and proves my point about being erratic...

112
95
57
95
86
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87

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For some reason, after having plonker, morons and custard, I actually predicted the conundrum before it came up. Couldn't quite believe it!

Though for the record, I won last Friday 101-92

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Most people do know me as Benji to be honest, I just thought I'd go ever so slightly more "professional" for my countdown appearance... possibly due to the fact I was asked whether I preferred Ben or Benjamin!

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Damian E wrote:Haha - i thought i wouldn't have done one SO easy.

You're not 'losing it' before the QF's are you David?

I hope so! (If I get there)

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Gevin-Gavin wrote:
I think we all saw the joke but left it to others to comment.

i giggled. But it was 4am, so wasn't sure if it was actually funny or if i was just hallucinating...

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David Roe wrote:What's wrong with Q anyway? I quite like having it there, especially if there's no U, because it restricts the letter options and makes the round slightly easier. Stand up for Q!

unless of course you have intars there

(or is that SOWPODS only?)

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Excellent performance Ben, shame about the first numbers as that cost you the century. If course if he hadn't have got it, you'd have got the century anyway. Martin Saw it after the time. Makes no sense... I'm much better at numbers when its on telly, but better at the words in the studio (as a gen...

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Well... I could tell... but that would ruin it a bit

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Lara Searle wrote:I'm not sure I like the way this thread is going!

I can't imagine it being any other way...

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I saw delations but didn't know it was a word

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I was VERY disappointed at only getting a 6 in R6... and actually rather annoyed at missing shagpile/s, especially after Jo's "Hag-pile" on Friday! Also hit 885 today when watching the dam thing, but never mind! (By the way, R 10 your maths is slightly wrong, i think you just forgot to wri...

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Always been good with anagrams... and no, not religiously, just a few goes to make sure I could do it ok... strange thing is, I'd almost never got a conundrum til Friday! You should take up Scrabble, it's basically like Countdown but more interesting. ;) Way ahead of you there! Quite a fan of scrab...

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It was a friend of mine who actually put me up to applying, and I must confess, I'd only watched about 10 episodes in total featuring Des til my application was accepted and I was invited to interview! That's pretty cool. Did you watch religiously after that or are you just naturally quite good? Al...

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Ben, is this your first time without a television? Since I've been at uni, in my first year I had no tv, there was one communal one which seemed permanently on either sport or soaps. In my second year, I didn't get on with my housemates who spent most of their time watching the only telly in the ki...

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Ben, how did you find out about Countdown in the past? In reference to what? I watched it as a young child, apparently... demanded that my Gran turned it on if she was ever looking after me for a day... I liked the numbers, you see. Couldn't do more than add them, but i still liked looking at them....

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For the record, I saw Ambient in the ?3rd? round, but didn't want to risk it as wasn't 100% as to whether it was ent or ant.

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