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Kai Laddiman

Dinos Sfyris wrote:Was pretty pleased with this game. Not sure what my personal best is but this must be my highest losing score with 12 maxes against his 13.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=14343

What about this?

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I was 32-0 up after Round 3 (with a max of 32) and I slumped to a below 100 score.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=14641

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My new PB!

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Round 6: S T T A E I Y K E C1: steaky C2: ESTATE (6) DC: SATIETY (7) Score: 36–18 (max 45) I think Mike's effort here deserves what Scrabblers call "The Cupboardy Award", for best disallowed word. Without giving too much away, I think it's fair to say that the Cupboardy Award for Champion...

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Charlie Reams wrote:A fair admission. It should be pointed out that Paul still spanked us at Goatdown, twice, and that was with about nine of us playing.

"Give me another chance at 4 large!"

"It's DIAGNOSED! No, it's SADDENING! Thanks a lot David."

"******* **** *******! (Sorry, Kai)"

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Giles actually said, "Oh, wet pet." (Well, that's what I heard anyway.)

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In one round (TSCMOUIEN or something like that), both players declared 8, but when Junaid came to say his word, he said "MISCOUNT but I heard Susie say it".

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We could just take normal (long) words and remove all the vowels.

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Conor wrote:I'll admit to thinking the conundrum was "INFOMAGIC". :S

I'll admit to the fact I got it after 5 seconds in the studio.

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Just to put an end to this 4 large debate, he was doing it to annoy Carol.

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Jon Corby wrote:
David O'Donnell wrote:Thought I'd try this one in honour of Gavin Chipper:

Is it Gavin causing an irritation? (9)
vaginitis

Jon, this is your 1200th post. Nice one.

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Charlie Reams wrote:
Kai Laddiman wrote:Important question: Can my mum (Mrs Kai) join this forum please?
She's already a member.

Of this private forum?

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I was beaten on no less than 6 rounds by Charlie today.

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PeterMabey wrote:Des could have had PERUSALS for an equaller

Actually, PERUSAL's a mass noun, i.e. you can't pluralise it. Bad luck.

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Matthew Green wrote:(6x8x2) + 7 = 103
103 x 9

I was about to post the exact same answer.

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ANFSCD. Just a little note to Charlie: the description of this forum says The Countdown Databasel.

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Important question: Can my mum (Mrs Kai) join this forum please?

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Ben Hunter wrote:I want to see txtspkdown.

You, Ollie Garner and I would be amazing at that!

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I have just looked at my page and found out I got a measly 53 out of 90 maxes in my prelims, including just 5 in my 8th, which averages 6.625 a game. I've just looked at that as well now. One thing interesting about those maxes of yours (and I make it 54 btw) is how they are spread over the three p...

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I have just looked at my page and found out I got a measly 53 out of 90 maxes in my prelims, including just 5 in my 8th, which averages 6.625 a game.

And you haven't changed 'This Month's Featured Article'.

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Haven't had an alphaconundrum puzzle in ages, now I come to think of it. Hyperalphagoatconundrum puzzle would be even better. Snap to it, Cullen (or whoever it was who did it last time out). You could just get the 26 words as usual and make the last letter (using every letter from A-Z) the same col...

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Charlie Reams wrote:
Ben Hunter wrote:the difference between two squares?
Never prime, you mean? (Well, apart from 5.)

What about 3? (4-1)

And 7? (16-9)

And 11? (36-25)

And 17? (81-64)

...

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. I'm sure I wasn't the only one who was looking forward to seeing Susie in the bar on Tuesday evening, but unfortunately she had to get home to see her kids before returning for Michael Wylie's funeral the next day. She asked me to pass on her apologies to you all, which was quite unnecessary under...

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No Martin, DON'T SAY MOANIER!...too late.

NEUROMIA?

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Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words.

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Did you notice how Jo said PUNPEAS but it wasn't in the selection!

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Round 15: C L A S S R I D E C1 buzzes to say LASERDISC which is correct. Score: 92–73 (max 132) Quite possibly the most difficult conundrum of all time. In fact this one even cropped up on the Countdown Calendar a few weeks back which I remembered from the scramble but still couldn't solve! Sorry f...

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Ha! Has anyone noticed:

Our newest member Mrs Kai

For those who don't know, that's my mum

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Eoin.V.Monaghan wrote:
Junaid Mubeen wrote:Man Utd. Forever.

Hate Chelsea. Hate Liverpool more. Don't mind Arsenal so much.
I am new to this forum, but straight away I agree with Junaid, it's Man.United all the way. Europe, England and the F.A cup will be conquered this year, just ike 1999

But not by Man U

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Why don't you do a custom game of 26 rounds of Hyper Letters Attack but with an Alphagoat theme (so you only use A-Z once as the 12th letter) and see what's the highest or lowest scores you could get there. I think that would be called a Hyperalphagoatdown format game :P Hyperalphagoatundrum Attack...

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John Evans wrote:
Kai Laddiman wrote: I have recently had an easy but funny conundrum CUNTSGILT.
I think this needs a "sorry Kai" from someone.

(For those who don't know, it's DoD

)

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On the IMPOSABLE topic, Charlie declared a 'safe' 7 - IMPOSABLE was his other thought. (Damn, I wish he'd gone for it - 7 more points for me!)

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Joseph Bolas wrote:
Ken MacKenzie wrote:
Joseph Bolas wrote:LAMEBRAIN was a tough conundrum.
But Jo Brand got it - does this mean that I have to take back everything I've ever said about her?
It could've just been a lucky guess

It was

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Jon Corby wrote:I'm actually pretty depressed at returning to normality

Exactly the same here. Especially as normality is school.

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David Gunn wrote:In the NOTARISED/ORDINATES round, did you see Kai put his pen down and take a drink, then remember "tactics" and pick it up and pretend to scribble. It seemed clear that Charlie was doing the same thing.

I actually tried to take a sneaky quick sip - and I spilt it!

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Just out of interest, what do you reckon the lowest max in a Hypercountdown letters round has been?

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As I say, LAMEBRAIN was so obscure that Jo Brand got it. I can't believe some of the stuff I didn't get today. Our 9 spot has to be one of the quickest on record - the exact same letters had come up earlier on in the day. Well done Charlie, you handled the pressure much better than I did. Ah well, t...

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Charlie Reams wrote:Danielle is lovely. How many women can make a sling into a fashion accessory?

67. But Danielle does it the best.

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She's OK, I suppose...(what mum, that's not enough of a compliment? Oh fine...)

Danielle is great. She is very helpful, kind, caring, cool, and other good things. (OK mum, you can stop pointing the gun at my head now.)

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Jason Larsen wrote:Hi, Kai!

I haven't been online in quite some time because my connection has been down!

How are you?

Hi, Jason! I am great (as in feeling great).

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Great score Junaid, and thank you very much Howard for filling in for me while I was gone.

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Congratulations Steve - you did brilliantly. The conundrum 'spot' in the final was absolutely legendary - soon after it's shown there will probably be a Youtube clip of both of them, one after the other. I am also hoping it will be a scramble in a future game. :D Thank you very much everyone for mak...

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One other thing I noticed was Kai's watch. I'm convinced that was the one he was given on the morning of his 12th birthday. Ok, in the introduction it was said that he was twelve, but when the programme was recorded, it was still a few weeks before his 12th birthday. Had he been lent it in advance ...

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Matt Coates wrote:ive got Kai to smashed by Charlie tomorrow.

That's confidence for you.

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Ha...'Charlie Reams' is an anagram of 'I smear Rachel'.

Also 'Junaid Mubeen' becomes 'u mundane jibe' (although that is not as good).

'Kai Laddiman' - 'I am a kind lad'

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Jason Larsen wrote:Well, Kirk, on November 2, 2009 we will sing "Happy birthday dear Countdown!"

As Kirk would say, more like you will sing "Happy Birthday dear Countdown!"

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Two things: first of all, I started an identical topic ages ago, but yours sounds more official because...well...you called it 'Official'. Secondly, I voted for Rich Priest, not Mr Brittain.

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Charlie Reams wrote:Is anyone bringing a laptop? Otherwise the Daily Duel will be deprived of its supposedly finest contributors!

Who would pay 5 quid an hour for Wi-Fi? I'll only be playing on the train.

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Joseph Bolas wrote:Did anyone else struggle with today's duel (especially the number rounds)?

Nope, I loved it. I got 50 on the numbers, and quite a decent score on the others.

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Joseph Bolas wrote:ZAIDES has come up in the writer, but I can't find what it means.

I heard somewhere else that it is in, but you have to look under ZAYDES.

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Ben Hunter wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=13911

In R4 of this game FAJITA was disallowed, but FAJITAS was suggested as an acceptable beater.

Beat me to it.

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I got THEREIN as well.

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David O'Donnell wrote:I had 6 misses on the max available here, all on the eve of the CofC. I am so screwed.

That's nothing. I missed 8 maxes, about half of which I've never even heard of.

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I was gutted that BONNIES isn't allowed, as I thought it BONNY is a noun, but it is apparently an adjective.

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Am I the only TV contestant to have lost to Waldorf?

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Dinos Sfyris wrote:
Kai Laddiman wrote:D'oh!
LOL at Plum getting the conundrum in 41.3 seconds

I got the conundrum wrong because my computer didn't register that I'd pressed the D.

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Wow - no beaters in the first part of the show? That's unusual.

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I was actually attracted to this by the title of this thread... (Homer-like hunger noises)

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I am only allowed on this at school (usually), yet I have the 5th highest posts-per-week. Yay!

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I'm after the formidable speed numbers 200 now - got the first 17 before getting stumped twice in one effort. Race you there Jim? :) It is done At the 20th attempt this morning no less. I'm not touching numbers again for a while. No less than five scores of 190 came in the same session, but persist...

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