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Was it my imagination or did today's challenger fail to score a max on any letter round?

Susie declared AREOLAR as a six today too, maybe she was trying to spare the contestants feelings.

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CENTIMOS

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I've decided not to apply until I've thought of something original to say when requesting the numbers. My favourite request of the existing ones is the "Motown selection". Yeah, I agree. I wish I'd thought of it; I must see if I can mention Phil Watson, as the originator of the 'Motown se...

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 4th March 2008. C1: Champion Barry Smith (3 wins, 238 points.) C2: Challenger Mary Ridout. (Has been married for 47 years so Ridout by name and ... actually, I am better than that). DC: Susie Dent and Rick Wakeman. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: M...

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DaveC wrote:
"Mediocraties"

DC

Clever joke or evidence to support your assertion?

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Yes mate. Don't worry, pretty much every post on this site is aimed at extracting the urine out of someone ... bar yours of course.

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K is KARYOTYPE which I only found while I was checking to see if KRAYOTYPE^ is valid.

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jasoncullen wrote:The word is CATECHISM Joseph

SCHEMATIC is a valid word though, Jason.

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I spotted a few others in addition to those but I have never heard of ZUCCHETO, nice one Joseph.

B - BARRACUDA
D - DIAPHRAGM
F - FALSEHOOD
G - GINORMOUS
I - IMMEDIACY
O- OTHERWISE (WHORESITE is exactly the same way as CT scrambled this word)
P- PROPRIETY
T- TURQUOISE
Y- YELLOWISH

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Hello again, everyone! I was told to post in this forum every time I come back from a long absence, so I thought I would tell you all that I'm back now. The reason why I left is because I just came back to work last week. My name is Jason Larsen. I like US and UK game shows, going places, talking t...

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Jason Larsen wrote: She has had a lot of plastic surgery'.

Has she had her breasts done? I find I am staring at them for long periods of time and I drift in and out of a libido induced trance-like state.

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Only had a quick gander so didn't get all of them. A. (Was thinking ASSUASIVE here, is that it?) B. BANDWAGON C. CESSATION/CANOEISTS/CARTHORSE D. DIAGNOSIS E. F. FROSTBITE G. GROTESQUE H. HUNCHBACK I. IBUPROFEN J. JOCKSTRAP K. KIDNAPPER L. LONGITUDE M. N. NIGHTLIFE O. ORCHESTRA P. PROTOTYPE Q. QUINT...

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I had BOATIE, AGISTERS and GATEMEN. My apologies if some of these were said but I got a phone call during today's show and had the volume on mute.

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Corby wrote:
David O'Donnell wrote:MANSION

CORBY

But CORBY has no anagram. You broke the chain!

Oh REALLY! According to your logic on the infamous "GERANIUMS" conundrum issue wouldn't CORBY be an anagram of itself?

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Hi all, I've just logged on and caught up with all the posts over the last couple of weeks, and so have just seen your entry Ben P. saying you're away from today. It turns out that I'm available most of today, so if you get this in time give me a call on [number redacted -Ed] to fix up a time. Mark...

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I think the only way to continue this challenge is to decide upon a word and see if we can get to it via a chain. Anybody have a word in mind? Please don't make it ridiculously difficult as I am an idiot.

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I was looking at anagrams and it seems that each word has an anagram that is a synonym of the proceeding word, am I on the right lines? If that isn't the answer, then it bloody well should be! And MANSION is definitely the best answer if you look at its anagrams :twisted: LOL! I hadn't even noticed...

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Both CORPUS and PODIUMS seem to be fine, I had PODIUMS and probably would have risked it.

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I have a long history of not really thinking about these puzzles and diving in with an erroneous answer so I thought why not dive in and reveal my idiocy anyway. I was looking at anagrams and it seems that each word has an anagram that is a synonym of the proceeding word, am I on the right lines? ST...

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To me, the original hosts make a game show a classic. It's nice when someone can take over the gameshow when the regular hosts pass on/retire etc, but the game show will never be the same again. There have been many gests in DC, so I suppose some of the regulars there could take over as the viewers...

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Doesn't look like it, Bryan. Am I the only one who was trailing 0-18 to Des O'Connor after round one?

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It's certainly not a great film but when I watch a British comedy I expect to be disappointed these days. So maybe I enjoyed it because I had already set the bar quite low. I mean, Johnny English, wtf! That was pretty good! Although I was in Year 7 when I watched it. You have just completely eroded...

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Damian E wrote:
quite a few of my openings are from the romantic era too
Sounds like an entry in the Chris Wills love diaries.

Though that's quite a few digs you've made at Chris's expense. I mean, is he not human? If you prick him does he not bleed? (Oh wait, now I am doing it too).

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give a quick playing demonstration to my fellow classmates. I was given a tune to play that was ridiculously simple (yankee doodle), and would normally have laughed at the idea of struggling with it. But as I was playing in front of an audience - even a meagre one of about 25 people, many of whom d...

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It's on again tonight. 9pm, ITV2. Maybe I should give it another go. My opinion may have been tainted by the fact that I didn't see it until after everyone else had, so it was surrounded by this huge hype "zomg this is the funniest film ever!!11" bubble. As such, I probably just sat there...

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Did it the same way but then there probably aren't that many ways.

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UNLADEN in that round and probably LANGUED but not too sure.

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You are most welcome, Bryan. I daresay you will revise your opinions on my courteous and modest nature

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Corby wrote:Can you be certain the two events were directly related?

I like the bit when they knock the guy down and then express relief that he's a zombie.

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Yeah, sorry Charlie. I couldn't get into my hotmail account yesterday.

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Corby wrote:
Conor wrote:I felt it whilst watching Shaun of the Dead. I thought it was the zombies.
Shit film, ain't it?

erm, I kinda liked it.

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When are Messrs Pugh and Tournoff due to play as I'd like to watch the game? (Or any other games for that matter.)

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Ditto, Charlie.

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 26th February 2008. C1: Champion Nick Chamberlain (1 win, 77 points.) C2: Challenger Jean Simpson. DC: Susie Dent and John Inverdale. CV: Carol Vorderman. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: T L O D W E T E I R02: V A D R S E O R A R03: G J E F N E E R O R04: T I L N X E I...

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A bit easier than usual, Dinos, so I actually managed to get a few: A: ABORIGINE B: BRIGADIER C: CHELATION D: DIRIGIBLE E: EAVESDROP F: FACETIOUS G: GERIATRIC H: HORTENSIA/SENHORITA I: INAUGURAL J: JAMBALAYA K: KISSOGRAM L: LIMOUSINE M: MANICURED N: NEIGHBOUR O: OBSTETRIC P: PERCOLATE Q: QUICKSAND R...

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I am really rusty too, Michael, having not played club chess since I moved back to Omagh. My first chess book was Howard Staunton's, "The Chess Player's Handbook" so quite a few of my openings are from the romantic era too.

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I would have risked CHROMATE in one of the rounds but not sure if it's valid.

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Thanks for that, Charlie. I'd also like to thank David O'Donnell, Julian Fell and Jason Larsen for the undeservedly kind things they've said about me in earlier posts. I don't know whether Tim Reypert reads contributions to the forum, but I'd like anyway to offer congratulations to him on an impres...

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Rich Hall is a good Scrabbler, apparently. He wrote a song about falling in love with a Scrabbler that has the immortal line, "I gave her ROSES and she gave me SORES." I would love to see him in DC though he may not everyone's cup of tea at tea-time. PS I could imagine Richard Herring doin...

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Martin Smith wrote:Congrats to Paul. Now we just need David to take Scrabble up and give him some rivalry for the Province's best player.

Not bloodly likely.

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Hi Matt. Good luck for your appearance on the show, I look forward to seeing it. It's not really hot under the lights but I would agree with Charlie that you should definitely wear something light. Also, think about wearing something to which a mic can easily be attached. PS The goody bag contains a...

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Have to jump on board the John Inverdale bandwagon, he comes across very well ... I did wonder if he may actually be a fan of the show.

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I don't mind doing a few but unfortunately I am NODE-less so less than ideal.

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The "fake" Richard Brittain and the "real" Richard Brittain. LMAO

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Okay let's have a Spartacus moment:

I'm Richard Brittain!

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I agree too. I think Susie Dent is splendid. Does anyone remember a rather bumptious man - may have been called Richard Sampson (?) - who always crossed off the word he was talking about with a flourish of his pencil. I didn`t like him at all in Dictionary Corner. Quite a while ago. I remember him ...

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Ralph wrote: Don`t forget too, that Countdown winners and charisma don`t always come together in one packet.

There may even be a negative correlation.

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Ben Pugh wrote:GELATOMAN deserves to be in the OED.

And they did say MANDATED.

MALONATE was there in that round which made up for the fact that I missed ENROBES/OPENERS

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Great recap!

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Cheers for the recap, Jono. Bad luck, you must have thought you had him prior to that last number game. DISENTAIL was quality btw.

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Anonymous posting is not really Corby's style, it's obviously some rather juvenile loser.

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M. George Quinn wrote:I agree with the big lad. Merciless trollery that should really be reserved for people who use words like cognoscenti.

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Sorry mate, I didn't mean to stir painful memories but I just know that I won't be underestimating anybody once the Quarter Finals come.

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Quite a few of us banter with each other and that's grand. I come from a country where slagging is de rigueur so I see no reason why I shouldn't export this fine mode of interaction to various forums I visit. Also, if someone gets too big for their boots I am certainly not averse to bringing them ba...

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...... he probably won't be dislodging Michael MacDonald-Cooper in the top spot. David, are you not in first place? What total score did you and Michael get? Bugger! You're right, Matthew. I sometimes forget that I am actually in this series: I am so used to commentating on players. My total is 880...

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Hold your horses, you'll get your answer! :) ...And it is Chris Wills vs. Jon O'Neill, possibly the most anticipated 'new' fixture in online Countdown history (neither player has ever played the other before). Festivitie start tomorrow at about 7pm. In all seriousness, an 'events calendar' might be...

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Corby wrote:How big are her tits?

****HERE IS THE LINE*** ***FOR NEAREST JON CORBY TRAVEL 1,000,000 MILES***

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No.. Drew Carey is a wonderful man, and please be prepared for a fun game. I don't really like Drew Carey myself, I can't watch the US version of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" Clive Anderson was much funnier and didn't need to spell his gags out. Everyone knew that the points were awarded ra...

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Conor wrote:PETALINE.

PETALINE is well worth remembering, didn't spot this one because I have never heard of it.

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DOGGEREL was there in one round, I think it has come up recently.

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