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- Fri Jul 27, 2012 12:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday July 19th 2012 (Series 67 Prelim 14)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2895
Re: Spoilers for Thursday July 19th 2012 (Series 67 Prelim 1
Goodbye. And yet, hello.
- Thu Jul 26, 2012 4:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday July 19th 2012 (Series 67 Prelim 14)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2895
- Thu Jul 26, 2012 8:51 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday July 19th 2012 (Series 67 Prelim 14)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2895
Re: Spoilers for Thursday July 19th 2012 (Series 67 Prelim 1
Well hello there Philippa.
- Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:46 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Joseph Krol
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4919
Re: Joseph Krol
Hehe
- Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday July 11th 2012 (Series 67 Prelim 8)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1799
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday July 11th 2012 (Series 67 Prelim
Tony Atkins wrote:I see Tom Leslie is an apterite, but played up to his rating.
Why would you say this?
- Thu Jul 05, 2012 9:34 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Should This Yankee Try To Apply?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5301
Re: Should This Yankee Try To Apply?
That's a hell of a lot cheaper, though. It's bloody pricy to cross the channel. But ITV will do the accommodation, Jordan, so if you can get together the flights cost, there's nothing to stop you.
- Tue Jul 03, 2012 5:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Should This Yankee Try To Apply?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5301
Re: Should This Yankee Try To Apply?
In the Countdown rules: FLIGHTS ARE ONLY PAID FOR CONTESTANTS TRAVELLING FROM IRELAND. I'm sure there's no restriction other than that. But you'll have to pay your own way over, which is a few hundred. It depends how much you want it. No mention of boats though... True. What's the going rate for tr...
- Mon Jul 02, 2012 1:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Should This Yankee Try To Apply?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5301
Re: Should This Yankee Try To Apply?
In the Countdown rules:
I'm sure there's no restriction other than that. But you'll have to pay your own way over, which is a few hundred. It depends how much you want it.
FLIGHTS ARE ONLY PAID FOR CONTESTANTS TRAVELLING FROM IRELAND.
I'm sure there's no restriction other than that. But you'll have to pay your own way over, which is a few hundred. It depends how much you want it.
- Thu Jun 28, 2012 10:38 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Inner thigh bald spots...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2441
Re: Inner thigh bald spots...
I'm very hairy there, but I shave it. So it's not just a bald "spot."
- Mon Jun 25, 2012 2:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday June 25th 2012
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2180
Re: Spoilers For Monday June 25th 2012
That was the closest Countdown has ever been to porn.
- Sat Jun 23, 2012 12:04 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday June 22nd 2012 (Series 66 QF 2)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2572
Re: Spoilers for Friday June 22nd 2012 (Series 66 QF 2)
Your opinion of people's performances isn't important. People don't go on Countdown to live up to the standards that you set out for them. And if you have nothing nice to say, don't say nothing.
- Fri Jun 22, 2012 8:51 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday June 22nd 2012 (Series 66 QF 2)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2572
Re: Spoilers for Friday June 22nd 2012 (Series 66 QF 2)
James, cut this stupid shit out.But, after today, I might have to re-evaluate my suggestion.........
- Mon Jun 18, 2012 10:08 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Apterous The Musical: Lyrics to First Number
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2258
Re: Apterous The Musical: Lyrics to First Number
Why are the lyrics all about you, you egomaniac.
- Fri Jun 01, 2012 10:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Countdown in Edinburgh - November 3rd
- Replies: 119
- Views: 40591
Re: Countdown in Edinburgh - November 3rd
Any confirmation of the 3rd date? Blagging acommodation off someone, and they need to know when so as to make the time available.
- Tue May 29, 2012 2:05 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: WANTED - Participants for mental health documentary
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1917
Re: WANTED - Participants for mental health documentary
She asked Graeme, I think. I think Graeme would be pretty good on the show.
- Sat May 26, 2012 9:08 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
- Replies: 759
- Views: 491619
Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
That's a rare dream indeed. Everyone knows I rarely hand in my university assignments! Last night I dreamt I was playing Apterous and Charlie had introduced a new bot called Apterous Racist. It declared NIGGER for every round even when it wasn't the max and even when the letters for NIGGER weren't ...
- Tue May 01, 2012 12:34 am
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Monday 30th April 2012 (Series 66, Prelim 75)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 930
Re: Monday 30th April 2012 (Series 66, Prelim 75)
SPLENIUMS is apparently valid too, so LUMPINESS shouldnt have been a conundrum. Call the police.
- Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:19 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Name Our Child
- Replies: 110
- Views: 18419
Re: Name Our Child
How about Maya? Or do you not want the double M?
- Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:41 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Name Our Child
- Replies: 110
- Views: 18419
Re: Name Our Child
FWIW, a friend of mine's dad was in the Navy, and thus travelled the world a ton, and thus loved the exotic name. He named his five working class unfailingly white kids Khatija, Klaus, Nasir, Shireen and Nalini. They oscillate between liking this and not liking this - on balance, I don't think they ...
- Sun Apr 29, 2012 4:01 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Name Our Child
- Replies: 110
- Views: 18419
Re: Name Our Child
I don't understand how you want to avoid porno names, and then want to call your daughter Bunny Badcock.
- Fri Apr 27, 2012 2:04 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: This needs no introduction
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2155
Re: This needs no introduction
Show-off.
- Thu Apr 26, 2012 5:37 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Name Our Child
- Replies: 110
- Views: 18419
Re: Name Our Child
If you go for Bunny, PLEASE use the Badcock surname.To give you an idea of what we're flirting with (though I won't mention which one of us prefers each, or indeed how likely each is): Indra, Betty, Bunny.
- Thu Apr 26, 2012 2:29 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Official thread of scrag
- Replies: 328
- Views: 65777
Re: Official thread of scrag
I'm flattered that you'd think I needed to make a conscious effort to be terrible.
- Thu Apr 26, 2012 2:16 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Name Our Child
- Replies: 110
- Views: 18419
Re: Name Our Child
Right well ignore everything I just said then and go for April.
- Thu Apr 26, 2012 2:15 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Name Our Child
- Replies: 110
- Views: 18419
Re: Name Our Child
I still reckon Zoe. It's kind of two syllables even if it's only three letters, it's rare while being normal, it's different without being weird, it's valid in Dutch, and it's got a Z. Ticks every box.
Failing that, Zooid or Epizoon.
Failing that, Zooid or Epizoon.
- Thu Apr 26, 2012 2:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Wednesday 25th April 2012 (Series 66, Prelim 72)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2616
- Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:41 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Official thread of scrag
- Replies: 328
- Views: 65777
- Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:35 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Countdown in Edinburgh - November 3rd
- Replies: 119
- Views: 40591
Re: Countdown in Edinburgh - November 3rd
Green and purple are kind of the same thing
- Wed Apr 18, 2012 3:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday April 18th 2012 (Series 66 Prelim 67)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 838
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday April 18th 2012 (Series 66 Prelim
DESORBER in whichever round it was that had the right letters for the word DESORBER.
- Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:08 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CoLei5 - Saturday 14 April 2012
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8305
Re: CoLei5 - Saturday 14 April 2012
stuff about SALINES. Just for the record, I think SALINES is given in Lexplorer because Susie has allowed it on several occasions, using the argument that you can have various types of saline solution. Personally, I'm more inclined to agree with the COLEI decision; I wonder whether Susie would allo...
- Thu Apr 12, 2012 2:36 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday April 12th 2012 (Series 66 Prelim 63)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1961
Re: Spoilers for Thursday April 12th 2012 (Series 66 Prelim
BONNES in whatever round it was.
- Thu Apr 12, 2012 2:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday April 12th 2012 (Series 66 Prelim 63)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1961
Re: Spoilers for Thursday April 12th 2012 (Series 66 Prelim
SILOXANE in round one.
- Fri Apr 06, 2012 11:54 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CobliviLon 4th august 2012
- Replies: 34
- Views: 12730
Re: CobliviLon 4th august 2012
We need to have a chat about your attachment issues to Edward.
- Wed Apr 04, 2012 4:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown Lookalikes?
- Replies: 390
- Views: 264385
Re: Countdown Lookalikes?
No, Jimmy Gough looks like this guy that I play pool with.
- Tue Apr 03, 2012 9:59 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Countdown in Edinburgh - November 3rd
- Replies: 119
- Views: 40591
Re: Countdown in Edinburgh - November 3rd
I will likely go, although I'll probably only be able to confirm this on November 2nd.
- Tue Apr 03, 2012 4:46 am
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Friday 30th March 2012 (Series 66, Prelim 54)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 693
Re: Friday 30th March 2012 (Series 66, Prelim 54)
Watching the repeat of this now, my first Countdown for about six weeks. Still not totally feeling Nick, but he's gotten noticably better.
- Mon Apr 02, 2012 9:56 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: A certain lady with a nickname
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3649
Re: A certain lady with a nickname
Jason, it is surely OK if she uses just one at a time. If she used both as some kind of deception, that would not be nice, but she's just using the one, and changed name when she changed her mind about using her real name. I think we can allow it.
- Wed Mar 28, 2012 1:14 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Shampoo v Shower Gel
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5105
Re: Shampoo v Shower Gel
Most shower gel I've seen is actually labelled "hair and body wash" or something like that. They're basically admitting it's the same stuff. That's cos you still use Lynx, don't you? You're in the esteemed company of people like Mark Deeks and Ryan Taylor, I reckon. You smell like the ins...
- Thu Mar 22, 2012 3:18 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Castigate Countdown
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3453
Re: Castigate Countdown
Regarding GALVANISE, I didn't even know that it sounded like it could have been GALVANISED until it was broadcast and someone else mentioned it. Exactly. You solved it. If you misspoke slightly in the heat of the moment - if - that is no means to take it away from you. Especially if you didn't even...
- Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:34 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Castigate Countdown
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3453
Re: Castigate Countdown
Even if she did say CASTIGATES, just like Graeme may have said GALVANISED, they still solve it. Just misspoke. I'd still award it them.
- Mon Mar 19, 2012 10:16 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Name Our Child
- Replies: 110
- Views: 18419
- Sun Mar 18, 2012 11:15 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Name Our Child
- Replies: 110
- Views: 18419
Re: Name Our Child
Matt Morrison wrote:Good stuff, keep it up. Deeks - you can't trick me with porn names, I know them all.
Ain't no trick. I admire everyone I've ever seen with that name. That name has a 100% success record.
- Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:22 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Name Our Child
- Replies: 110
- Views: 18419
Re: Name Our Child
Oh wait, girl. Right.
Cytherea.
Cytherea.
- Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:13 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Name Our Child
- Replies: 110
- Views: 18419
Re: Name Our Child
Dwayne
- Mon Mar 12, 2012 10:36 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Special Spoilers For Monday March 12th 2012
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4475
Re: Special Spoilers For Monday March 12th 2012
Very direct approach you've got to courting.I was hoping one of the players would get their balloons out again
- Mon Mar 12, 2012 12:41 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Special Spoilers For Monday March 12th 2012
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4475
Re: Special Spoilers For Monday March 12th 2012
Was Jordan the northen Irish cheerleader? I liked her.
- Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:50 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Help a brother out
- Replies: 0
- Views: 682
Help a brother out
Hello C4Countdown. Hope you are well. I am fine. In August, I am going to go to Uganda and help on a project to build a playground for a local community, in conjunction with the East African Playgrounds charity. In order to do so, I (and all my fellow volunteers) need to raise some money in advance ...
- Sat Mar 10, 2012 12:05 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous Masters 2012
- Replies: 88
- Views: 18562
Re: Apterous Masters 2012
Oliver Garner beat me 3-1:
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=648209 = bugger
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=648217 = bugger
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=648233 = COMEBACK'S ON!
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=648243 = bugger
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=648209 = bugger
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=648217 = bugger
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=648233 = COMEBACK'S ON!
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=648243 = bugger
- Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:05 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: May-June 2012 Tournament... you decide the format
- Replies: 33
- Views: 8010
Re: May-June 2012 Tournament... you decide the format
I think he's saying that that's what the format is in Gevin's Delights. And I think he's right. I don't know why it's the case, but it seems to be the case.
- Mon Feb 27, 2012 6:55 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?
Cartoonist. Then a crazy golf course owner. Then a fireman, before I remembered I was asthmatic and afraid of heights. So you went with crazy golf course owner after all? Wicked. I feel a co-event coming on. Fraid not. I would have done, but the plan fell down when it came to what to do between the...
- Mon Feb 27, 2012 5:48 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?
Cartoonist. Then a crazy golf course owner. Then a fireman, before I remembered I was asthmatic and afraid of heights.
- Sat Feb 25, 2012 8:57 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Buying faulty crap off eBay - where do you stand?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 11970
- Tue Feb 21, 2012 4:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Who is your favourite presenter?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4738
Re: Who is your favourite presenter?
Never understood why bumbling was considered a positive.
- Sat Feb 18, 2012 6:30 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Mass Noun Plurals
- Replies: 86
- Views: 20227
Re: Mass Noun Plurals
Seems as though C4C was an angrier place in the day. Let's move on, though. Let's be friends. Peace and love.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/ne7fPpxAnuM
http://www.youtube.com/embed/ne7fPpxAnuM
- Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
- Replies: 417
- Views: 125610
Re: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
You do touch kids, though. So they might mark you down for that.
- Wed Feb 15, 2012 12:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:REA - Reading - Saturday of Easter Weekend 2012
- Replies: 63
- Views: 16465
Re: CO:REA - Easter Saturday 2012
The wonky nose and shy one is way hot.
- Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday February 14th (Series 66 Prelim 27)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 5805
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday February 14th (Series 66 Prelim 27)
I think the best bet here would be to do away with all the special Countdown rules, i.e. the food rule and the subjects rule and stuff. If it says mass noun, it's a mass noun, and it can't be pluralled on Countdown even if it can in real life. This will lead to a few hard-done-by cases in the future...
- Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday February 14th (Series 66 Prelim 27)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 5805
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday February 14th (Series 66 Prelim 27)
Same could be said of OUTSETS, though. And as we both know, it wasn't. I dunno. It's all permanently confusing and a right answer probably doesn't exist. At least they haven't backtracked on previous precedent because there wasn't any.
- Tue Feb 14, 2012 1:04 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How Googly are you?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 7939
Re: How Googly are you?
Also, the female apparently has a corkscrew cervix, so it all totally checks out. I had a drink once in The Corkscrew Cervix, I think. Pretty sure it was one of those local only places near Hereford. Maybe I'm remembering it wrong. Either way, here's some more pig boning information: VWe know that t...
- Tue Feb 14, 2012 1:01 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How Googly are you?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 7939
Re: How Googly are you?
I've done the searching for you, and yeah, it's true, they do. They're kind of inside the body most of the time, but then they're long and straight when erect, with a corkscrew shape at the end, almost like an artistic flourish. It's actually quite beautiful. So much so that I'm going to avoid makin...