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Brian Moore wrote:Not quite sure how you managed to avoid talking about sinking balls into the corner pocket.

I do recall Ted Lowe using the phrase "kissing the pink" quite gratuitously during one of Kirk's games.

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Michael Wallace wrote:Snooker is fundamentally unsexy

Those of us who recall Kirk Stevens' figure-hugging white suit, trousers forever threatening to burst as he half-straddled the table with the spider rest for yet another tricky corner shot, might respectfully beg to differ.

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Julie T wrote:Definitely one to put on full screen mode:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=430ykbW1zqA

Nice images, shame about the appalling soundtrack.

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When will you're repeat be shown Phil?? James has apparently been told that his second show is being aired on November 7th, so it looks like they're only continuing to repeat series 3 until next Friday. OK, well as we all know events have taken a meander into the unexpected, so it looks like Sue's ...

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Nice to see a picture of Ryan with a big cock between his legs. And isn't that Brian in the red car?

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In the perceptive words of Charlie Brooker, it's "like trying to order from a waiter who keeps finishing your sentences while ramming spoonfuls of what he thinks you want directly into your mouth".

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A lot of Jody's reactions to the strange stuff happening to him seemed 'overacted', but the most fake-looking part of the whole thing was when he left the house to go to the police station and Derren and the crew made out like they were panicking because he'd reacted unpredictably - when in fact he'...

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I didn't get to see this last night - in my region they showed a very bizarre episode of Beadle's About instead. Was it any good? You might think the producers risked tipping Jody off as to what was happening to him right at the start by naming his fellow conference delegates after the characters i...

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Maybe we should have a "Countdown Mentions in Other Shows" topic for this kind of thing.

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PAINTIER and PAINTIEST were only added recently (new in the change from ODE2 to ODE2r I think) and they're out already? Gotta love the flux of the English language. "Interestingly", they were in the NODE and all earlier Countdown dictionaries, which means (if the above is correct) they've...

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Julie T wrote:Russell Howard?

Already ruled out on at least two counts, in that he has (a) appeared on Mock the Week and (b) lives in Leamington Spa.

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Tony Atkins wrote:the ODE3 says III with seraphs

What, no cherubs?

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Comedy gold.

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I generally hate fancy dress parties. The weird thing is that, as an actor, I love physically transforming myself into somebody else and looking as unlike me as possible: http://home.philreynolds.org.uk/theatre/images/beads.jpg http://home.philreynolds.org.uk/theatre/images/nerd.jpg http://home.phil...

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Martin Bishop wrote:
Phil Reynolds wrote:Does he live in Leamington Spa?
Incredibly, no.

Fair enough. I was hoping it might have been Russell Howard.

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Does he live in Leamington Spa?

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Phil Reynolds wrote:Have fun today, and post lots of nice pictures where I can see them (i.e. not in some private gallery on Facebook).

Supee Juachan wrote:Photos are now on face book.

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Vote for the nightclub, and motion to have all future Co:Lons held on a Thursday. Cool. Wasn't Jack Hurst asking for suggestions for contests to enter? That would have to be worth the entry fee. Despite seeing it about ten times, I still don't get the joke. I'm guessing Lesley's post didn't arouse ...

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By the way - is it just me or is anyone else experiencing the following weird effect? Whenever I click on the little "View first unread post" icon for this topic, it takes me instead to the last post made by me (in this topic). This doesn't happen with any other topic. Have fun today, and ...

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Jon O'Neill wrote:Fucken embarrassing.

But only for her, surely? You interpreted the message sensibly and behaved entirely appropriately.

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Ben Wilson wrote:4,671,828,054. Will laugh if someone's able/sad enough to calculate my birthday based on that alone.

22 March 1983.

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We don't get it, on either Freeview or Freesat from Sky. That's a bit weird, it should be standard as channel 46 on all Freeview subscriptions (it replaced some defunct channel last February). Maybe you need to do a retuning to get it if you've had the box before February? Nope, in this area we onl...

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Phil Reynolds wrote:Today's episode was #3.26; I made my debut in #3.41, so if they continued to repeat series 3 I'd be on in three weeks' time.

Or maybe sooner, as today we seem to have skipped straight to #3.28. Wonder why?

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Rhys Benjamin wrote:
Phil Reynolds wrote:We don't get it, on either Freeview or Freesat from Sky.
No, you do on Freeview

No, we don't.

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Michael Wallace wrote:
Phil Reynolds wrote:What's Challenge?
TV channel that shows constant game show repeats.

Ah right. We don't get it, on either Freeview or Freesat from Sky.

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Michael Wallace wrote:
Phil Reynolds wrote:
Douglas Wilson wrote:When will you're repeat be shown Phil??
Not for some time it appears, if at all.
Isn't Pointles on Challenge now? We can be on TV forever if so.

What's Challenge?

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When will you're repeat be shown Phil?? Not for some time it appears, if at all. Today's episode was #3.26; I made my debut in #3.41, so if they continued to repeat series 3 I'd be on in three weeks' time. But James has apparently been told that his second show is being aired on November 7th, so it...

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Michael Wallace wrote:More costume advice.

"Thanks to everyone who came out with their costumes." Who do you suppose she means? My money's on the guy in the Thor outfit.

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Opening night. All leg-breaking sentiments gratefully accepted.

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Michael Wallace wrote:I'll be honest, I came into this thread expecting it to be about full stops.

But it turned out to be pointless, yeah?

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Garlic prawn pasta - yum.

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Jon O'Neill wrote:Ironically, Jon is probably the only one here who has actually been hypnotised on stage.

Wrong.

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Jon O'Neill wrote:Ok, now all this has been set up I feel a bit bad about my costume just being Ryan Taylor. I will think of something better.

Do you mean you were simply intending to dress like Ryan, or you were planning to actually wear Ryan as a costume?

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Pierre Moerlen died in 2005, but they're still going. Caught them live in Glasgow last year with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth, Steve Hillage, and Miquette Giraudy included in the line-up. Awesome concert, with Daevid Allen jumping about like a lunatic even although he must be in his early 70s, and gre...

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Not sleeping at all well at the moment due to being afflicted with frozen shoulder . My wife had that once. Didn't fancy anything the doctor told her, so she did a bit of research and started taking selenium tablets. Within a week it was gone. I don't think you can get them any more, but a couple o...

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Jon O'Neill wrote:Literally no idea what this could mean.

I think Gevin is casting aspersions at your inadequate snippage.

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Michael Wallace wrote:doing it Bristol style [...] That sounds really shit.

Fnerr.

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Our bathroom scales needed a new battery, so I opened them up and discovered it was one of those flat circular ones, number 2032. Don't make the same mistake I initially did and pay around £4 to buy these individually from a watch repairer's. You can buy them online, in bulk, for 25p each or less. ...

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Lesley Hines wrote:Our local's had a refurb and they've got some proper sexy new Carlsberg glasses in there. Having been coveting them for a week or so now, one of our punters has had the decency to nick one and then bugger off, leaving it in the room.

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Even worse is that while I was in Wales last month, we were practically feasting on barmbrack every day............ :oops: And yet, as Richard explained, it's an Irish delicacy. Are you sure what you were eating wasn't bara brith ? The show is going into repeat mode for the next 3 weeks, mid-Series...

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Who's doing today's recap?

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Karen Pearson wrote:
Michael Wallace wrote:As long as you've remembered that all the cool kids lose in the head to head on their first show (thus maximising screen time), you'll be fine.
Rubbish! The best contestants get straight through to the final!

The two statements are not mutually incompatible...

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Julie T wrote:From The Times today:

Cecil Korer [...] brought Cheers and Dallas across the Atlantic to Channel 4.

When was Dallas on Channel 4?

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Towards the end of Craig's performance Michael and I looked at each other and said almost in unison: "Did he just sing 'collecting your jar of farts?'"

He did. 1:46. It's not even ambiguous.

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Michael Wallace wrote:Puts a whole new spin on "not for turning", amirite?

Arf.

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Spoiler That guy Grinter on the opposing team tonight was terrifying. He answered his starter questions like a psychopath. I can understand you losing, simply out of fear. Spoiler I SAID CARBONIC. If you're going to post spoilers in different coloured text, might I suggest picking a colour that doe...

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Michael Wallace wrote:So hang on, is this guy gay

You could watch some of this and make up your own mind. (There's a fairly hefty clue at 0:40.)

Or you could read this interview in which "the openly-gay singer" says "I had a boyfriend for 12 years".

But he's not gay, because Rhys says so.

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If you were asked what sort of establishment the BBC sitcom Chalk was set in, would you be able to guess even if you'd never heard of it? Thought so. Was that a genuinely puzzling result or am I turning into Craig Beevers? :shock: Having never heard of it, I'm going to have a go. 1. Snooker club 2....

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Rhys Benjamin wrote:He's not tho.

Is that the level of debating skill that won you the school prize? Must have been entertaining to listen to. "Why is the sky blue?" "It isn't."

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If you were asked what sort of establishment the BBC sitcom Chalk was set in, would you be able to guess even if you'd never heard of it? Thought so. Was that a genuinely puzzling result or am I turning into Craig Beevers?

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Not sleeping at all well at the moment due to being afflicted with frozen shoulder . My wife had that once. Didn't fancy anything the doctor told her, so she did a bit of research and started taking selenium tablets. Within a week it was gone. I don't think you can get them any more, but a couple o...

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Rhys Benjamin wrote:Go Johnny, go!

You do know Margaret Thatcher hated and persecuted gays, right?

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I'm surprised no one has yet commented that I wore the same shirt on Countdown and my second appearance on Pointless.

Jon O'Neill wrote:I'll take Victoria thanks.

Would you like me to give her your number? BTW, did you notice her "live demo" is for "Corby Rent-A-Skip".

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Want a video presenter for your website? The second person on this page would be OK if he didn't wave his hands about so much.

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Not sleeping at all well at the moment due to being afflicted with frozen shoulder . (Read about it - you'll feel sorry for me, I promise.) Thus I've been very tired most days for several weeks now. However, I did actually sleep a bit better last night and so today I'm only tired rather than very ti...

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Jon Corby wrote:I predict that Rhys is not for turning, and also that he's "enjoying this".

Don't forget "We have become a grandmother".

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Is Thatcher your target? *waits for assassination joke, probably from Phil* Well... Not original, but I am reminded of the headline from Not The Nine O'Clock News that went something like: "The Metropolitan Police are making progress in the search for the people who have said they wish to kill...

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Michael Wallace wrote:Does Wetherspoons do curry every day, or only on curry night? (And do they do parathas?)

Not every day you see parathas in parentheses.

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Rhys Benjamin wrote:Within touching distance of Thatcher now.

Try not to throw up.

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Okay who actually got some of the answers on the second pass of the cross-dressing film question? I got most of them. Only one's I didn't know was the Guy Pearce one and I knew Cate Blanchet was in a Bob Dylan film but couldn't remember the name. I actually thought the pointless answer was an obvio...

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