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- Tue Jun 19, 2012 10:07 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday June 18th 2012
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3110
Re: Spoilers For Monday June 18th 2012
INGENUES in r1.
- Sat Jun 16, 2012 1:43 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday June 15th 2012 (Series 66 Prelim 109)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1950
Re: Spoilers for Friday June 15th 2012 (Series 66 Prelim 109
Got the first numbers Jack's way, with no time lapse.
Terribly slow conundrum solve there. Appalling, really.
Terribly slow conundrum solve there. Appalling, really.
- Fri Jun 08, 2012 5:36 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C Fantasy Football
- Replies: 174
- Views: 81106
Re: C4C Fantasy Football
I'm confident of a top 4 finish.
- Thu Jun 07, 2012 7:29 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Words You Would Have Thought...
- Replies: 479
- Views: 190878
Re: Words You Would Have Thought...
I had INSINCERENESSES for 15. INSINCERENESSES? No, I'm afraid not. ... We managed to find a 13 in SINCERENESSES. http://media.skateboard.com.au/forum/images/t231478_my%20head%20is%20full%20of%20fuck.jpg Heh - same case can be made for INSANENESSES (not valid) to SANENESSES (valid)... Although I sup...
- Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:51 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C Fantasy Football
- Replies: 174
- Views: 81106
Re: C4C Fantasy Football
Are we doing one of these for the Euro 2012 Fantasy Football? The site's here if anyone's interested in making a team/setting up a C4C league.
- Thu May 31, 2012 1:29 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Name Our Child
- Replies: 110
- Views: 18419
Re: Name Our Child
If you still haven't decided, you could name her on the spur of the moment...
Certainly not too boring. Few too many syllables for your specification though.
Certainly not too boring. Few too many syllables for your specification though.
- Wed May 30, 2012 9:42 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Is Apterous down? [DO NOT POST IN THIS TOPIC FOR ANY OTHER REASON]
- Replies: 604
- Views: 403262
Re: Is Apterous down?
Yeah. It blew out briefly for most people earlier, but now it's totally down.
THE END IS NIGH
THE END IS NIGH
- Sat May 26, 2012 11:10 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Eurovision Song Contest 2012
- Replies: 38
- Views: 5896
Re: Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Sweden's song was pretty good actually, it's really grown on me. That, Romania, Greece, Iceland and (if you read my liveblog, you'll know) Russia were my favourites - especially Russia. Loved the grannies, they were so adorable - plus it was the only really novelty record in the final, apart from ma...
- Sat May 26, 2012 10:20 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Eurovision Song Contest 2012
- Replies: 38
- Views: 5896
Re: Eurovision Song Contest 2012
I still can't believe that Albania got any points, let alone were in the top five...
- Sat May 26, 2012 6:31 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Eurovision Song Contest 2012
- Replies: 38
- Views: 5896
Re: Eurovision Song Contest 2012
This post links to my Eurovision liveblog. I'll be updating it more regularly once the show has started - please read and comment at your leisure. It'd be great to have people reading it
- Sat May 26, 2012 1:35 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
- Replies: 759
- Views: 491619
Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
Maybe your subconscious is telling you to file a ticket along those lines... Weirdly, I also had an Apterous dream involving racism the other night. I was being gobby and annoying in chat, as usual, when Eoin Monaghan started having a go at me for being racist. I don't know why, because I wasn't bei...
- Tue May 08, 2012 6:59 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Phones and networks
- Replies: 36
- Views: 5254
Re: Phones and networks
Blackberries are one of those love 'em/hate 'em things, but I have a Blackberry Curve something-or-other which is quite pretty and I really like it (except when it deletes lots of my old messages without telling me, which is fairly often). I'm not really a fan of touchscreens for typing purposes (my...
- Sat May 05, 2012 3:50 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Eurovision Song Contest 2012
- Replies: 38
- Views: 5896
Re: Eurovision Song Contest 2012
NOOOOOOOOOO I HAD A LONG RESPONSE TO THIS TYPED OUT AND IT LOGGED ME OUT IN THE MEANTIME. Ahem. I'm going to be liveblogging Eurovision this year if anyone's interested. (Because what's better than watching Eurovision? Watching someone write about watching Eurovision, obviously.) As for the ones I'v...
- Sat May 05, 2012 2:56 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Aptoteam 2012
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3774
Re: Aptoteam 2012
Yep, sounds good Rhys.
I like the idea of 9 rounders because there's more potential for shock victories, which would be pretty cool in this sort of competition IMO. Will be interesting to see what others think though.
I like the idea of 9 rounders because there's more potential for shock victories, which would be pretty cool in this sort of competition IMO. Will be interesting to see what others think though.
- Sat May 05, 2012 2:00 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Aptoteam 2012
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3774
Re: Aptoteam 2012
Provisionally I quite like this idea, but I think people should get at least point for being in the last 32. Also, participants from the top 25 of Pro Ranks should be evenly split between teams to prevent a Goliath team - this would also (hopefully) limit the number of team mates playing each other....
- Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Best ever contestants
- Replies: 546
- Views: 427906
Re: Best ever contestants
Lol'd at this.Phil Reynolds wrote:I thought we'd agreed to stop talking about Easter.David Barnard wrote:It's definitely a god thing
Wow, the tangent this thread has gone on is tedious. I'm starting to long for some arseholey comments from Corby to liven it up, to be honest.
- Sun Apr 15, 2012 3:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CoLei5 - Saturday 14 April 2012
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8305
Re: CoLei5 - Saturday 14 April 2012
And me.Gavin Chipper wrote:Me too.Phil Reynolds wrote:It isn't.Matt Morrison wrote:Ok, it's probably only me
- Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Best ever contestants
- Replies: 546
- Views: 427906
Re: Best ever contestants
If you're so keen to stop talking about it, why post about it?David Barnard wrote:And thank god we've stopped talking about such a repulsive subjectJason Larsen wrote:And Easter is now over
- Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:05 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: **The Apterous Olympics 2012 (Fri 11th May-Thu 26th July)**
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5556
Re: ** Announcing - The Apterous Olympics 2012 **
Sounds great. Will you want people to start registering interest in specific events in advance, or is it just a case of turning up in the evenings of your chosen events?
- Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:17 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1656
- Views: 1827048
Re: Politics in General
And I, your pet mini-Tory, is back with more propaganda. 1. Your grammar really highlights what an excellent job the Tories are doing with education. :roll: 2. It's soundbites like this that imbue me with a feeling of dread whenever I see you're the last person to have posted in this thread. Rememb...
- Sat Mar 31, 2012 4:41 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: 'Gevin's Delight' Tournament 2012
- Replies: 65
- Views: 19332
Re: 'Gevin's Delight' Tournament May-June 2012 - enter here
No laydeez have entered the tourney yet? Time to change that. In.
- Sat Mar 24, 2012 6:21 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Name Our Child
- Replies: 110
- Views: 18419
Re: Name Our Child
Zamira is quite a nice one - a bit out there, but not so off the wall it sounds like a race of aliens from Doctor Who.
My child-naming skills leave much to be desired though, I used to think Mercury would be a great name for a girl. Even after I found out it was a type of poison.
My child-naming skills leave much to be desired though, I used to think Mercury would be a great name for a girl. Even after I found out it was a type of poison.
- Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:52 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: You know you're playing too much apterous when...
- Replies: 114
- Views: 70189
Re: You know you're playing too much apterous when...
When you're in a club on a night out and, as your peers drink and dance to excess, all you can think is that you'd rather be playing Apterous. (And, while thinking this, then decide to write said thoughts in this thread because it's better than watching narcissistic obese girls wearing overly tight ...
- Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:36 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Thursday 8th March 2012 (Series 66, Prelim 44)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2166
Re: Thursday 8th March 2012 (Series 66, Prelim 44)
I like her already.James Robinson wrote:C2: Challenger Gerri Kostrzewa. ... She and her husband ran Red Rhino Records and released Pulp's first ever single.
- Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:45 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C Link Dump
- Replies: 329
- Views: 62272
Re: C4C Link Dump
Also an interesting article about the Kony video and the worrying 'America saving the world' mentality it supports (don't worry, I'm not promoting my own articles for once)
Re: Music
Yeah, Nizlopi was number 1 (in 2005) the week before the Christmas number 1 was announced. Stopped Westlife being top of the charts if I remember rightly, which is never a bad thing. Unfortunately it couldn't stave off the X Factor's Christmas number 1 monopoly, which has only been broken twice (200...
- Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday February 28th 2012 (Series 66 Prelim 37
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4880
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday February 28th 2012 (Series 66 Preli
Excellent game, excellent response by Graeme to Andy. Top marks all round.
- Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:21 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What did you want to be when you were a kid?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6499
Re: What did you want to be when you were a kid?
Changed over time, including an author, a singer (except I can't sing...), one of the Spice Girls (...problem solved), a league football team manager, and a primary school teacher. I suspect the football manager thing came from my sheer joy at steering Bristol Rovers to promotion from the Third Divi...
- Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:15 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous Masters 2012
- Replies: 88
- Views: 18562
Re: Apterous Masters 2012
Just wondering, how were the byes decided - was it a 'drawing names out of a hat' scenario or was there some kind of equation for working out that those five should go straight into the main tournament? ...Not because I'm bitter or anything.
- Sat Feb 11, 2012 9:52 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How Googly are you?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 7939
Re: How Googly are you?
As Jennifer Steadman: 3rd (Facebook), 4th (Google+) and 7th (Twitter). Imageswise, 6th (old Twitter picture) and 14th (blog). As Jen Steadman: 3rd (Google+), 4th (Google+ again), 5th (Formspring, even though I deleted my account on there), 6th (Twitter). Images: 8th (my Apterous ratings graph :? ), ...
- Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:24 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
- Replies: 417
- Views: 125610
Re: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
I'd be interested to know whether the Apterite ban covers just a certain demographic of player. Virtually all of the 1600+ rated players on Apterous are men under the age of 30, so would Andy's audition have been procrastinated if he were female or a pensioner (or a female pensioner) with the same r...
- Sun Feb 05, 2012 1:44 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous Masters 2012
- Replies: 88
- Views: 18562
Re: Apterous Masters 2012
I'll have a go at this qualifying lark. (please)
- Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:21 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Google Demographics
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6044
Re: Google Demographics
Arts & Entertainment - Music & Audio - Rock Music - Indie & Alternative Music Arts & Entertainment - TV & Video Arts & Entertainment - TV & Video - TV Shows & Programmes Games Hobbies & Leisure Age: 18-24 Gender: Male Surprised football doesn't come up, as I look ...
- Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Countdown in Lincoln 2012- Saturday 28th January
- Replies: 150
- Views: 50010
Re: Countdown in Lincoln 2012- Saturday 28th January
Everyone else has said it already but thanks to Ben for organising everything, great event - definitely worth the 12 trains and 15,000 hours on public transport (approx) to get there. Also thanks to everyone for just being generally lovely - that probably sounds really obsequious, but I mean it. It ...
- Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:27 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: aptoSOS.02 - signup and shiz
- Replies: 76
- Views: 22219
Re: aptoSOS.02 - signup and shiz
Count me in.
- Thu Jan 26, 2012 1:45 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Countdown in Lincoln 2012- Saturday 28th January
- Replies: 150
- Views: 50010
Re: Countdown in Lincoln 2012- Saturday 28th January
And so the 400-mile journey from Cornwall begins... I guess this is the start of CoLin!
- Mon Jan 23, 2012 12:18 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Countdown in Lincoln 2012- Saturday 28th January
- Replies: 150
- Views: 50010
Re: Countdown in Lincoln 2012- Saturday 28th January
Could I have the casserole and apple pie with custard, please? I'll send the money tomorrow.
- Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday January 9th 2012
- Replies: 49
- Views: 9186
Re: Spoilers For Monday January 9th 2012
As you'd expect, Nick was a bit awkward, but he did pretty well considering he's ultimately a businessman and not a TV presenter. A bit stilted and some talking over Susie, but in time that'll be ironed out. The Guardian did a live blog to celebrate his first show (though they wrongly said that the ...
- Thu Jan 05, 2012 11:07 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1656
- Views: 1827048
Re: Politics in General
I never realised until I read this thread that teenage boys talk about Thatcher so much.
- Sat Dec 31, 2011 12:11 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Yet another silly 'predict the time' game
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3749
Re: Yet another silly 'predict the time' game
15th Jan, 3pm.
- Fri Dec 23, 2011 11:18 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Wiki Spamming
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10387
Re: Wiki Spamming
A message for anyone who does have an account on the AptoWiki - this article requires a few edits: 1 - removing 'sissis' from the useful letters guide as this is no longer valid on Apterous, 2 - removing 'senseless' from the Fours (9s) as the same letters are used to make 'senselessnesses' which is ...
- Fri Dec 16, 2011 3:08 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For The Stelling Swansong (Series 65 Grand Final)
- Replies: 73
- Views: 17115
Re: Spoilers For The Stelling Swansong (Series 65 Grand Fina
I really hope Graeme wipes the smug, self-satisfied smile off Carl's face by thrashing him 140-0 or something like that... Good luck!
- Thu Dec 08, 2011 7:15 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Thursday December 8th 2011
- Replies: 49
- Views: 4886
Re: Spoilers For Thursday December 8th 2011
I got 956 as well :shock: I was glad David eventually got some points, especially as he took his thrashing so well. Quality word choices and banter from Mark - really setting the standard for the other quarter finals there. Not really much else to say that hasn't been said... roll on the rest of th...
- Wed Nov 30, 2011 6:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Countdown in Lincoln 2012- Saturday 28th January
- Replies: 150
- Views: 50010
Re: Countdown in Lincoln 2012- Saturday 28th January
Being terrible at Countdown and being in Cornwall are no match for too much time, money and curiosity. See you all there.
- Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Nick Hewer, YOU'RE HIRED!!!
- Replies: 204
- Views: 39444
Re: Nick Hewer, YOU'RE HIRED!!!
Can't imagine him telling cheesy jokes or flirting with Rachel, but it'll be interesting to see how he does. I wonder if he'll manage to coax Alan Sugar or Margaret Mountford into Dictionary Corner.
- Wed Nov 02, 2011 6:03 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown in the news
- Replies: 217
- Views: 65489
- Wed Oct 12, 2011 5:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday October 12th 2011
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1906
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday October 12th 2011
RADDEST in R9. And I said DUALISE in R7 before my housemate's boyfriend nipped in to say "Couldn't you have DUALIZES?" before I spotted it...
- Fri Oct 07, 2011 10:42 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Food you like that no-one else does
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1400
Food you like that no-one else does
My favourite sandwich filling ever is Brussels pâté with cheese and onion crisps. I know that's weird. But no-one in my family likes marzipan and I love the stuff. It's a big sugary mouthgasm for me, but they won't go near it. What weird/unpopular foods do you like? (Qualifying 'no-one else' as mean...
- Fri Oct 07, 2011 9:39 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1656
- Views: 1827048
Re: Politics in General
No Mrs Thatcher's legacy was the much stronger position she put the UK in - for a legacy you mostly need to look at the period of time after she knifed in the back. She basically won the election for John Major. She built up the UK, which Major and Blair reaped the rewards of. But at what cost? The...
- Thu Oct 06, 2011 6:05 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1656
- Views: 1827048
Re: Politics in General
Children debating without researching. Sigh. We should aspire to share the views of great political leaders. Not when they screw up the lives of millions of people. Do you aspire to be like Hitler or Stalin? Exactly. To use your reasoning from further down your post, there's a reason why so many peo...
- Wed Oct 05, 2011 8:59 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1656
- Views: 1827048
Re: Politics in General
No, I'm against rehabilitation. It's too soft in my opinion. I'd probably send them to prison for a very short time and do community service which is compulsory. but the prisons are overcrowded enough as it is (plus jail time in their formative years is probably more likely to screw them up in the ...
- Wed Oct 05, 2011 7:10 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1656
- Views: 1827048
Re: Politics in General
-5.12, -4.15. I'm so glad I managed to break the family tradition of being rabidly Conservative. Children who illegally smoke/do drugs should be heavily punished. Why and how? It's unlikely they'll have the money to pay a fine (you'd have to fine the parents and, although you may argue that parents ...
- Thu Sep 29, 2011 11:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: 10 ways to improve Countdown Viewing Figures
- Replies: 61
- Views: 10977
Re: 10 ways to improve Countdown Viewing Figures
I don't think you need to advertise Countdown. Everybody's heard of it, it's ingrained in popular culture, but seeing an advert for it is unlikely to make significant numbers of people watch it who don't already. Top two questions I get asked about Countdown 1. "That Rachel Riley bird's fit, i...
- Wed Sep 28, 2011 6:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Tuesday September 27th 2011
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3588
Re: Spoilers For Tuesday September 27th 2011
Thought both women played excellently - Ophelie would've beaten most of the other winning contestants from the past few weeks on that form. But Jayne's looked fantastic so far, easily the best female contestant of the series. Well played!
- Mon Sep 26, 2011 7:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: People who share names with Countdowny people
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2443
Re: People who share names with Countdowny people
There's another Ryan Taylor who plays for Newcastle United, and is currently in the Barclays Fantasy Football dream team. But he's not ginger.
- Mon Sep 26, 2011 11:46 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous Autumn Tournament
- Replies: 186
- Views: 36378
Re: Apterous Autumn Tournament
Julie Taylor's having issues with her internet connection on holiday and hasn't been able to play any games as a result - she's trying to get it sorted out before the deadline, but would it be possible for us to play later in the week if she can't get it sorted out today?
- Sun Sep 18, 2011 12:30 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous Autumn Tournament
- Replies: 186
- Views: 36378
Re: Apterous Autumn Tournament
He's been moving house and hasn't had his computer available, but will be online at 3 today to play our week 1 game. Ah, the magic of Aptomail.Thomas Carey wrote:Anyone seen Dan Abrey? I've got a week 1 game.
Re: Music
Out of interest, what do you think of music in films - do you find it annoying/not conducive for adding to the mood of a scene? It's still annoying most of the time. The rest of the time it's so samey that it's cringeworthy (e.g. the music for a love scene or a farewell scene). Sometimes it's cool,...
Re: Music
Maybe it's just me finding it difficult to come to terms with an 'alien concept', but I can't imagine that there isn't, somewhere in the universe, at least one artist who you could listen to and just be blown away by their music, if you get what I'm saying? (I haven't phrased it well.) But then I wa...
- Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:21 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C Link Dump
- Replies: 329
- Views: 62272
Re: C4C Link Dump
I went to the Reading Festival this year and reviewed all the acts I saw - if anyone's interested, here are the articles for Friday's gigs, Saturday's, and Sunday's.
Sorry for continually bumping this for my own purposes, but I get quite a lot of views out of it
Sorry for continually bumping this for my own purposes, but I get quite a lot of views out of it