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Allan Harmer

SCANTIER for an anagram of CANISTER in Rd 11

And well done to Shane - I really enjoyed his run. Seems a nice bloke too.

Allan Harmer

I think you must have banked nearly all their money too Dinos. They should call a Stewards' Enquiry on this one. At least you join a jost of top quizzers who have been voted off tactically. I think Daphne and CJ from the Eggheads suffered similar fates as you, so no disgrace at all. As everyone else...

Allan Harmer

Claire - Bad luck in coming against a good champ at the top of his form. You came across as very pleasant person with a bubbly personality (as you do on here) and were a good contestant. From your blog it sounds like you really enjoyed your time at CD and it was a shame that the coveted Teapot elude...

Allan Harmer

George

I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed these stories. They are great stuff and give a great insight into your working life and character.

Allan Harmer

Kirk Bevins wrote:
Chris Davies wrote:Yesterday's duel was nice. Considering the fact that I never play hyper, I was dead pleased to do this well.

I rarely play it too Kirk but it does add a different perspective with 12 letters - I think I'll need a pen and paper for the conundrums next time as they are just so tough to spot

Allan Harmer

Countdown Recap for Friday 10 April 2009 Jeff tries to get Rachel to do a dance in the Intro and, as usual, has a resounding lack of success - More later. C1: Champion Shane Roberts (1 win, 87 points.) Shane is a likeable chap who showed signs of promise in his surprise defeat of Andrew yesterday, c...

Allan Harmer

Looking forward to it Dinos.

I will be watching with keen interest to see how you deal with the 'Wicked Witch'.

Allan Harmer

I have had two bad evenings. Playing from 20.30 through 22.00 was really slow and it was taking about 2 minutes for the letters to come out.

It locked up several times and froze on the Duel on Wednesday.

Thanks for monitoring it Charlie

Allan Harmer

By the way - I could never go on The Weakest Link, as I can't understand half the rubbish that Ann Robinson comes out with. Her pronunciation is diabolical IMO.

Rachel is like Brian Sewell in comparison to Ann.

Allan Harmer

Well. Rachel certainly doesn't irritate me, I think she's lovely and like a breath of fresh air amongst all the doom and gloom of the world at the moment. I did notice that she puts a big emphasis on certain letters, but I imagined she had been trained that way in order that people at home with sig...

Allan Harmer

I think Rachel should use the phonetic alphabet and she can tell us to Foxtrot Oscar!

Allan Harmer

Any more unlimited bollocky wank and I will be lucky to be in the top 50

Allan Harmer

Cracking recap Mike.

I really enjoyed reading it and I was pleased to see that my offering of SOLITUDES was acceptable - phew!

Cheers!

Allan Harmer

Junaid Mubeen wrote:
Erm...fourthed. Will actually be gutted if she loses tomorrow.

fifthed

- after her initial nerves she is playing way above the standard of her first few games and is visibly enjoying it now. She is no pushover now that her confidence has considerably increased. Credit where it is due!

Allan Harmer

Ben Hunter wrote:THERAPODS returns.

Edit: therapods isn't a word, what was that word Kate Richardson got? I'm seeing all kinds of shit today.

I think it was THEROPODS Ben

Allan Harmer

SOLITUDE is a noun so I guess SOLITUDES is allowed - I would have gone for it in Round 3 but it is probably a mass noun and not allowable

Allan Harmer

Innis, you've auditioned before? Thanks Allan. You get through all of that and then face Charlie Reams in your first game. Very unfortunate. Absolutely Ian - You hit the nail on the head mate :D - I should have added that you need to keep your fingers firmly crossed all the way to the studio and ho...

Allan Harmer

I had 6 words rounds - there were quite a few 8 and nine letter words available in the selections so look out for them.

There were 3 numbers rounds that were all reasonable and 3 conundrums. The process was as Kai advised.

Good luck Ian

Allan Harmer

Joseph Bolas wrote:
Mike Brown wrote:Nice recap, Allan - going the extra mile is always appreciated!
IAWTP. Very nice recap Allan

Thank you guys - Much appreciated!

Allan Harmer

DC: Susie Dent and John Gaunt. It's actually Jon Gaunt. No problem with this - Thanks for pointing it out. Corrected. TMESES is the separation of the parts of a compound word by an intervening word or words. Mainly used informally (e.g. can't find it any-flipping-where). What you've defined there i...

Allan Harmer

tomrowell wrote:also HEPARIN for 7 in round 12

Good spot Tom - I have made the correction.

Thanks!

Allan Harmer

C1: Champion Cate Henderson (4 wins, 379 points). She reveals that she is a fan of Johnny Depp (nothing to do with his looks just his versatility - Yea right!!). Let's hope that Kirk doesn't get as grumpy as Cate after 30 years in the teaching profession ;) C2: Challenger Helen Kerr from Blackheath ...

Allan Harmer

Congratulations Jason

I am very pleased for you.

Well done!

Allan Harmer

Charlie Reams wrote:Respect to Corby for maxing that very difficult duel.

Hear Hear! Brilliant work Jon.

Those anagrams were so difficult. I thought it was just me being thick but apparently not!

Allan Harmer

Great recap Dinos - You had me laughing over my brekky!

Allan Harmer

I think the old CD favourite AMNIOTES was there too in round 3

Allan Harmer

Very good recap Howard - Thanks!

Allan Harmer

I played Andrew at Goatdown recently and he missed the max game by one letter, so this was on the cards.

Well done to Andrew and Steve for a near perfect performance.

Great stuff chaps.

Allan Harmer

Thanks for the link Joseph.

Also compulsive viewing in the Harmer household.

I don't think the best of last lot of contestants were as bright as their predecessors on previous series' so I hope there are a few bright sparks amongst the new intake.

Allan Harmer

Thanks for sharing with us Damian. It's great to see everyone having such a great time

It's great to see the new team getting along so well.

Cheers!

Allan Harmer

Truely awesome Kirk - We are all proud of you becoming the best player of all-time on CD.

Gawd knows where you got that last numbers solution from in 30 seconds under that pressure - The old silicone chip must have been in overdrive!

Many congratulations mate.

Allan Harmer

I only caught the tail end of this programme but recognised Chris and stayed with it. Thanks for the link so that I can now watch the whole programme on replay.

I must say that I was mightily impressed with his answer to the Jackpot question.

Well done Chris.

Allan Harmer

Andrew Hulme wrote:Can I be a Reserve?

You can have my place Andrew - I am happy to be a reserve

Allan Harmer

Charlie Reams wrote:
Allan Harmer wrote:I'll make the numbers up.
Jeffrey Hansford, is that you?

We spotted Charlie

Allan Harmer

I, too, thought the boys' idea was more marketable. Don't see how the velcro suits will sell at all. But, then, I have 4 sons, so maybe I'm more tuned in to boys toys. I totally agree Julie - My son is a collectaholic so I think the boys had the right idea but Gerald Ratner was crap at selling it. :D

Allan Harmer

I'll make the numbers up Ian.

Cheers!

Allan Harmer

I have just watched Carol dressed up in her tight black velcro suit helping promote their product on The Apprentice with Ruby Wax + Co. From what I saw, I must agree that it was more of a product for the over 50's rather than 5-8 year old kids. ;) Hopefully, I will be able to get my blood pressure b...

Allan Harmer

Done! I wil lget the family to respond when they get home too.

Best wishes Kate.

Allan Harmer

Kirk buzzes as soon as the letters appear and delivers the coup de grace to poor Barrie, who never looked at home in a game of this quality. I don't think it's fair to blame Barrie for the one-sided game. Perhaps one of the stats buffs could work out how many of last season's players would have fin...

Allan Harmer

Filtering out swear words on this forum would fall right in line with the policies of Gordon's troupe of clowns, and it would make Communist Dictatorship look like a soft touch in comparison, so I for one won't be letting the PC brigade tell me what I can and can't say in my own country. Hear Hear!...

Allan Harmer

Ian Fitzpatrick wrote:"Ella Fitzgerald. Or is it Gerald Fits Ella? - boom boom"

Not funny - if I had a pound for every........................

Sorry Ian I couldn't resist it mate

Allan Harmer

Interesting story George. It must have have been very spooky.

I have not experienced anything like that, just a few instances of 'deja vu' but I would certainly not dismiss it out of hand.

Perhaps we should send Kirk along to spend a night or two there

Allan Harmer

Round 13: J P N A I O D A C C1: PANIC (5) C2: CAPON (5) DC: JAPONICA (8) Score: 91–29 (max 100) Thanks for another awesome recap, Allan. Just to let you know you have C1 and C2s words mixed up here. Well done for getting the 8 - I don't think I'd heard of it. Thanks Kirk - sorry about that mate - c...

Allan Harmer

Good luck Eoin

Keep us informed how it goes mate.

Allan Harmer

Countdown recap for Friday 6 March 2009. C1: Champion Kirk Bevins (4 wins, 480 points.) Our very own dart-loving, Kylie loving, intrepid ghost-hunter. Jeff asks if Kirk if he would prefer to meet Phil The Power Taylor or Kylie Minogue? Kirk replies Kylie, to which Jeff retorts 'You should be so luck...

Allan Harmer

Interesting stat Charlie.

It begs the thought as to how many 2, 3 and 4 letter words there are of the 82,162 as they are least likely to be used?

Allan Harmer

Great effort Ian.

Just a little bit of bad luck at the end of GK otherwise you could easily have won.

Well done mate - no disgrace at all.

Allan Harmer

Awesome once again Kirk.

It's great to watch a master a work!

Let's hopefully see a few more records go on the way.

Allan Harmer

I must admit that hadn't even noticed him as I generally tend to concentrate on the minor issue of getting the best words and numbers slutions rather than worry about DC on apterous.

Is it me???

Allan Harmer

Fantastic, Kirk! Epic game! :D BTW, re your chat at the start about wanting to meet Phil Taylor, the darts player. Maybe I should bring my son Philip to the next Co Event, instead of Alex, then at least you can meet a Phil Taylor, LOL! :lol: And his middle name is 'The Power' How could you Julie?? :o

Allan Harmer

Epic recap worthy of this unique game.

Well done Charlie!

Allan Harmer

Great max game Kirk - Truly awesome and sheer class.

Well done mate.

Allan Harmer

760=
9+7=16x5=80-4=76x10.

Got it just after the time - bugger!

Allan Harmer

I class it as his debut in this series, pretty much in line with Charlie's thinking.

Allan Harmer

Great recap of a briliant game by Kirk.

Thanks!

Allan Harmer

Brilliant stuff Kirk. I think all the superlatives have been used, so as a racing man I will try and summarise as follows: First time out this season, The Kirkinator was quickly away, soon in front going well. Established a good lead at the first Teatime Teaser. Pulled further away on the bottom ben...

Allan Harmer

Aptobash II Grand Final: Kirk Bevins vs Dinos Sfyris Kirk has 7 wins and +272 spread to Dinos' 6 wins and +247, but these are by far the highest spreads of anyone in the tournament so it should be a cracking best-of-3 final. Congrats also to Junaid and Ben who made it to 6 wins and were only denied...

Allan Harmer

I'll be watching Ian.

Like Jojo I'm a fan of MM too. Best wishes and looking forward to seeing you and Kirk in the same week.

Mind you, I can't name too many of Metallica's greatest hits

Good luck mate!

Allan Harmer

Congratulations on becoming an Octochamp Neil.

Well played mate and it was well deserved.

Allan Harmer

An empty plate if my son is about

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