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by Pete Fraser
Tue Sep 08, 2009 10:58 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What Have You Done?
Replies: 5
Views: 1528

Re: What Have You Done?

I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die.
by Pete Fraser
Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:26 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Carol on The Apprentice
Replies: 12
Views: 2981

Re: Carol on The Apprentice

I was pleased to see Carol on our screens too. :D And I loved that she did some quick sums on a couple of occassions too while the others tried to add up. :lol: I recorded this last night and watched it earlier. Bloody hell, did you see Jonathan Ross looking amazed at Carol doing a not-very-hard bi...
by Pete Fraser
Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:31 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: A question about them
Replies: 6
Views: 1532

Re: A question about them

Jason Larsen wrote:There are a handful of people who will no longer be appearing in Dictionary Corner because they don't like the mistreatment of Carol Vorderman. For example, Rick Wakeman.
Pleased to hear it. With a bit of luck, Martin Jarvis might be another one.
by Pete Fraser
Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:14 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Countdown words spotted in real life
Replies: 122
Views: 54806

Re: Countdown words spotted in real life

Charlie Reams wrote:Anyone else seen a tangelo in the wild?
No, the agoutis ate them all.
by Pete Fraser
Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:52 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Rachel Riley at the numbers board
Replies: 19
Views: 5094

Re: Rachel Riley at the numbers board

Gary Male wrote:On 15-1 for years they used to put up the contestant application address with a line through the 7. Then they changed it to no line due to the number of complaints from viewers that the 7 with the line through was too European!
I think it was one complaint, and that from an asshole.
by Pete Fraser
Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:09 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Oops
Replies: 62
Views: 13929

Re: Rachel Riley at the numbers board

Give the girl a chance! I do not know what her instructions are from on high but I think it is wrong to expect a repetition of the Carol person. I would have thought that her instructions from on high (i.e. Eadie) would be to become a repetition of the Carol person as quickly as possible. I really ...
by Pete Fraser
Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:54 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday February 2nd 2009
Replies: 43
Views: 5444

Re: Spoilers for Monday February 2nd 2009

what on earth did Rachel just say when GOD came out in R1 letters? It was truly mumbletastic. The look on Rachel's face when that woman said "he's with us" (or did Rachel say that, I wasn't paying attention). Definitely Rachel who said "He's with us" That was bizarre. From the w...
by Pete Fraser
Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:22 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Rachel Riley Unveiled.
Replies: 141
Views: 19082

Re: Rachel Riley Unveiled.

Saying her favourite Beatle was "the scouse one" was a funny line. Goshdarn, I think Rachel might actually be the kind of comic foil that Carol simply never could be, while Jeff Stelling (now that he's got over making football references in every round) might be the best presenter the show...
by Pete Fraser
Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:14 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Countdown in the news
Replies: 114
Views: 12119

Re: Countdown in the news

I understand Carol won't watch Countdown again, but I thought she said she was going to try like heck to continue her TV career. Didn't she say she was "only" going to do three major projects and a load of guest appearances this year? Which if anything would surely represent an increased ...
by Pete Fraser
Sun Jan 11, 2009 8:24 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: This Morning...tomorrow
Replies: 37
Views: 3796

Re: This Morning...tomorrow

Jason Larsen wrote:I saw a picture of Rachel back when she was in high school sticking out a part of her body that she shouldn't have (Hint: It's in her mouth.)
Her left palatine tonsil? Filthy girl! :P
by Pete Fraser
Sat Jan 03, 2009 3:42 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: guardian magazine - article about Countdown
Replies: 18
Views: 3452

Re: guardian magazine - article about Countdown

Three words leap out from that article...

"Countdown chocolate set"

What? How? Why? Huh?
by Pete Fraser
Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:14 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: An interesting spot
Replies: 38
Views: 3795

Re: An interesting spot

It's come up before that CECIL will repeatedly generate the same number until reset by a second button on the back, to facilitate retakes. So it sounds to me as if the big red button only initiates the display, and the actual number generation is initiated by the reset button. In other words, the nu...
by Pete Fraser
Tue Dec 30, 2008 10:01 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Rachel Riley Unveiled.
Replies: 141
Views: 19082

Re: Rachel Riley Unveiled.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1102343/Is-brainiac-new-girl-good-Carol-It-really-Countdown-conundrum.html It was only a matter of time... Carol wouldn't get many (if any) solutions that the contestants didn't spot in a Champion of Champions series either. And if RR is having problems ...
by Pete Fraser
Wed Dec 24, 2008 4:09 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Is Countdown a 'guilty pleasure'?
Replies: 31
Views: 4472

Re: Is Countdown a 'guilty pleasure'?

It seems strange to me that admitting to playing along would be considered any worse than admitting to watching without playing along. I mean, surely the point of watching the show at all is to play along?
by Pete Fraser
Tue Dec 16, 2008 12:41 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: An alternate title for Countdown
Replies: 70
Views: 6834

Re: An alternate title for Countdown

The thing that strikes me about the photos of Jeff and Rachel is how American they look. Like they're channelling Pat Sajak and Vanna White or something. (One for Jason Larsen there!)
by Pete Fraser
Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:13 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Rachel Riley Unveiled.
Replies: 141
Views: 19082

Re: Rachel Riley Unveiled.

'She’s wonderful at maths. I never understood her work at university – it all looked like random squiggles to me.’

That's a coincidence. My maths looks like random squiggles too.
by Pete Fraser
Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:08 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Carol's farewell programme
Replies: 58
Views: 6546

Re: Carol's farewell programme

Exactly. It was planned to be appropriate to the occasion, which makes it very much unironic.
by Pete Fraser
Sat Dec 13, 2008 11:45 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Carol's farewell programme
Replies: 58
Views: 6546

Re: Carol's farewell programme

Jason Larsen wrote:Isn't that ironic about the conundrum on Carol's last show?
Er, no, it really wasn't. Take it from me, I'm British and therefore understand irony. And I have terrible teeth.
by Pete Fraser
Sat Dec 13, 2008 11:09 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Reaction to Carol's farewell programme
Replies: 31
Views: 5364

Re: Reaction to Carol's farewell programme

Jason Larsen wrote:It's amazing how quickly Carol can lose and gain her composure!
Why yes, it's almost as if the programme had somehow been edited down from a longer recording. :D
by Pete Fraser
Sat Dec 13, 2008 5:44 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Reaction to Carol's farewell programme
Replies: 31
Views: 5364

Re: Reaction to Carol's farewell programme

They could have come up with some better clips. The only example of her displaying the arithmetical skills that made her famous was that over-familiar clip from the first episode of her explaining a not-particularly-difficult numbers game very slowly. Surely a clip of her explaining a seemingly impo...
by Pete Fraser
Sat Dec 13, 2008 12:20 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: The Official Congrats to Mike Thread
Replies: 27
Views: 3571

Re: The Official Congrats to Mike Thread

David O'Donnell wrote:I did think Des's "Goodness, gracious me" comment was about a million miles off - makes me kinda glad he's off.
Surely the blame for that one lies with Damian Eadie, or as I shall name him for the purposes of this thread, Pip.
by Pete Fraser
Fri Dec 12, 2008 10:57 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Welcome! - Post here first
Replies: 1961
Views: 1027120

Re: Welcome! - Post here first

Oh man, that sounds far too much like hard work. The standard nowadays is so high, it feels like you need to memorize OSW just to compete. At least I'm good at the numbers, though.
by Pete Fraser
Fri Dec 12, 2008 9:07 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Welcome! - Post here first
Replies: 1961
Views: 1027120

Re: Welcome! - Post here first

Hi, long-time viewer (since sometime in my student years so must be about '91), lurker for a few months, new poster. I've never been on the show, but maybe with a lot more practice I'll get good enough. Mind you, if I'm still rubbish after all these years, it's unlikely I'm ever going to be teapot-w...