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Gavin Chipper

I'd like a tattoo but don't think there's anything worthwhile enough to justify the lifelong commitment. Open to suggestions though. This seems back to front. I can more understand someone saying "I think this would look good on me but I'm not sure I want to be scarred for life." But you're saying ...

Gavin Chipper

Pizza cutter? Ridiculous suggestion. I think this was a really good suggestion, and I daresay nearly everyone here has a pizza wheel or a dedicated pizza cutter in a different geometric shape. You're the dick here. I'm not having this. What do you even mean by a dedicated pizza cutter in a differen...

Gavin Chipper

Maybe the tattoo question should have its own thread because in the last twenty years or so it's becoming quite common Agree with Gevin it's not a good suggestion for this thread. Hang your head in shame. But then raise your head again because this is a great new thread. I bet there are some intere...

Gavin Chipper

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 15, 2018 4:35 pm
I want to add Jewellery of any sort.
Also no tattoos, not sure if you 'own ' them though

I don't think either of these is rare. Certainly most people don't have tattoos. And it might depend on how you define jewellery. E.g. I have medals from running events. Do I therefore own jewellery?

Gavin Chipper

I'm not impressed by comb. Do most people really have combs? It's just a poor man's hairbrush. Lots of people don't even drive so not having a car is no big deal. Social skills and life - well certainly on a Countdown forum it's no big deal. Pizza cutter? Ridiculous suggestion. I've had slippers sin...

Gavin Chipper

Matt Morrison wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 13, 2018 6:47 pm
Thought you meant Ashwin Shah for a minute.

Gavin Chipper

As well as Ashwin Abinashi, John Clarke from the 80s is on 15 to 1 right now.

Edit - And I saw Andrew "Quichehead"* Sullivan.

*Or whatever that middle name he uses on Facebook is.

Gavin Chipper

I think boxers know the risks before taking up the sport as do Motor sport drivers/riders. By all means do anything necessary to make its as safe as possible but banning the sport will drive it underground I think there's a difference between a sport where there is a risk of injury and a sport wher...

Gavin Chipper

M. George Quinn wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 08, 2018 8:17 am
Yusss! I've spent 10 years off the forum, too. Just to be on the safe side.

You did make a brief comeback in 2016 though.

Gavin Chipper

I'll start. I've been to F1 races at Brands Hatch, Silverstone, Singapore, and Austin, Texas. But I've also been to Donington Park for non-F1 racing, Zandvoort in the Netherlands randomly when there wasn't a race on, and I've been to Caesar's Palace hotel in Las Vegas, although the specific car par...

Gavin Chipper

I concur again with Bradman. I find this weird. I don't think I could say who the greatest ever sportsman would be, but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't choose a cricketer. Cricket doesn't test athletic abilities in any meaningful way and one person's influence over the team performance is only ever goin...

Gavin Chipper

I improved my overall PB from 18:22 to 18:16 at Maldon parkrun on Saturday. Not a massive improvement, but I think there are much faster courses than Maldon, and I'm now confident of finding one of these courses and going under 18 minutes without having to improve any further (although I will improv...

Gavin Chipper

Good game today. I thought Chris might become an octochamp, but this Kiwi guy looks fairly decent too.

Gavin Chipper

I can definitely see it.

Gavin Chipper

I believe the official rule is no, but then again there are several returnees in recent years, so much so that it has de facto become such a rule. I would personally leave at least 15-20 years between appearances, and I am very surprised Zarte was allowed back on. *shrug* I was surprised too. There...

Gavin Chipper

There was this article on Damian Eadie earlier in the year.

Oh, and this.

Gavin Chipper

this episode was basically just incoherent noise from the derailing of the series 1 episode onwards. It was just silly and there was nothing there to "believe" anyway. I agree that once we realised what had happened in the first ten minutes was intentional and that what we were watching was all scr...

Gavin Chipper

I can understand that there might have been some people who thought they were genuinely showing that episode from the first series but then when it suddenly went "weird", that was it. But that was over ten minutes in, by which time apparently a fifth of viewers had switched off. And I can't see how...

Gavin Chipper

The site is effectively down for Hallowe'en as usual.

Gavin Chipper

A lot of people turned off when the gremlins happened so some people believed it was real. You generally have to suspend belief when watching a horror film/program. If you analyse it you ain't enjoying it. I mean how can a go pro camera suddenly be broadcast. I enjoyed it Fwiw but was a bit peeved ...

Gavin Chipper

I will let you know No need, I already know the answer. The fact that it's available on catch-up at all means the twist doesn't work. Should still be an enjoyable watch though. Completely forgot about it until I saw it mentioned in this thread. Quickly noped out for the avoidance of spoilers but ye...

Gavin Chipper

Owen Carroll wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 29, 2018 6:30 pm
Well done to Georgia. She could give us another octochamp

I don't think she was terrible or anything, but I think she'd need to use that game as a starting point to improve upon.

Gavin Chipper

Normless being a super spot too! I was watching the episode on my phone and when Susie said it was in, I burst out into laughter! :lol: After the show when I checked Lexplorer I was like "So it is a word..." If there was a UK compilation of Dumb Luck in gameshows, this would definitely make the cut...

Gavin Chipper

The only thing that is used to counter potential upsets is the five point penalty per word challenge. In some American tournaments you lose your turn for an incorrect challenge, which is harsh. The 5 point penalty worked against me yesterday as one of my opponents played SALTIER then later hooked a...

Gavin Chipper

The challenger really struggled with the numbers there.

Gavin Chipper

...last letters round, I'm 40 points ahead, the first eight letters are NNSTRIEO... You didn't need to go to the 8th letter - what kind of amateur picks five consonants to start, and not some permutation of 4C 3V from the first seven? Back to topic, I'm not aware of any rating system which is parti...

Gavin Chipper

I'm not sure I really see the problem. Surely the Scrabble rating system should be robust enough to deal with the occasional freak result. And how likely is it really that some randomer will beat a world-class player anyway? And even if their rating drops, surely it will pick up again soon enough. A...

Gavin Chipper

Mo Farah has a very good championship record at 5000m and 10000m but what holds him back is his lack of top times.

Hamilton wouldn't probably come top in most people's list of all-time F1 drivers, let alone all sports.

Gavin Chipper

Toby McDonald wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 22, 2018 3:38 pm
According to Susie, are we now disallowing GOATIER and GOATIEST?

Should be fairly clear cut. They'd have to be specified.

Gavin Chipper

GAROTTE in the last letters.

Gavin Chipper

Fair point in its way, but then if you only include sports that all the world plays, are you left with anything but athletics and football? And possibly not even football, given the almost total lack of interest in China and India? You've reminded me of something I saw ages ago. Someone (in America...

Gavin Chipper

Owen Carroll wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 20, 2018 2:49 pm
You can go back after 5 years.

He can go back to his island any time he wants.

Gavin Chipper

What Ho! Countdown enthusiasts. I recorded on 31st July and am on my countdown to Countdown to be aired 30 October. Since the filming of the series finished, SD has been on her one woman show The Secret Life of Words, so that was fun to see and I have been following RR on Twitter - she is very enth...

Gavin Chipper

Updated. Dan's at uni, everyone else as above with a few new ones, may still have missed some idk Joseph Krol, Sophie Krol Callum T, Jamie M, Zarte, Jen, Andy, Heather S, Mark and Graeme, Matt and Loz, Matty, Giles, Aidan, Sara, Anoush Jonny Rawlinson Tanmay Oli Garner Dan Byrom While some of these...

Gavin Chipper

Owen Carroll wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 13, 2018 5:01 pm
Today's episode made me wonder, does anyone know when Martin May will be appearing on the show this series?

How did you know he was going to be on?

Gavin Chipper

Thomas Carey wrote: ↑
Wed Oct 17, 2018 11:30 am
79, 79. Paul Hollidge won a closely fought battle yesterday so now he's the man to beat.

He scored 77 yesterday so he needs to find an extra 2 today.

Gavin Chipper

I'd rather go swimming than jogging for exercise. Pools are great cause you can do so much, either be really active or also use it for relaxation. Have you ever been to a water park? Bloody amazing fun. You said getting wet is annoying. It's anything but. I think no one should leave school without ...

Gavin Chipper

I just cannot agree with you at all Gevin. That's all I have time to say right now, but I'm hoping to find modern C4C-ers agree with me more than with you and do the work for me. Well, as I said above, I did relent and go in a pool in 2007, and I have been in maybe a handful of times since, but onl...

Gavin Chipper

Owen Carroll wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 15, 2018 1:16 pm
This really hasn't been used in 10 years?

Exactly. People just don't swim any more.

Gavin Chipper

Criminal Prosecution. It means Jason is posting to us from prison. Consider it a trial run for the next lot of posts from Richard Brittain. Wow. I like swimming by the way. I used to be pretty good (I remember doing 50 lengths for a BHF sponsored swim when I was young enough that 50 lengths was dec...

Gavin Chipper

Unfortunately a lot of the stuff was deleted, but there's also this thread.

Gavin Chipper

Peter Mabey wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 12, 2018 1:23 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 12, 2018 9:21 am
I'm always a bit surprised that POUNDER isn't one of those "in combination" words.

TOBESTER was in round 7. Not valid though as it's a name.
POUNDER would be OK as someone who pounds something into a pulp

Interestingly, both meanings are "usually in combination".

Gavin Chipper

I'm always a bit surprised that POUNDER isn't one of those "in combination" words.

TOBESTER was in round 7. Not valid though as it's a name.

Gavin Chipper

Nice post.

Gavin Chipper

Zarte Siempre wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 09, 2018 2:15 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 09, 2018 2:14 pm
The idea of going by percentage is actually a really stupid idea anyway. Does it take more effort to serve more expensive food?
Yes.

To carry it from the kitchen to the table?

Tap water must take no effort compared to a bottle of wine.

Gavin Chipper

Thomas Carey wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 09, 2018 1:14 pm
That was one of the weirdest episode openings ever, according to Zarte. Im not really watching. Mike's won a few, how's he gonna do today?

What happened? I wasn't really paying attention. (I'm not asking specifically you because you weren't really watching.)

Gavin Chipper

The idea of going by percentage is actually a really stupid idea anyway. Does it take more effort to serve more expensive food?

Gavin Chipper

£45 sounds reasonable. I actually hate the concept of tips, but we live in a world where they exist so I just go along with it. Really restaurants should pay their staff properly, and there's no reason why people who happen to deal directly with customers should get paid extra on top of their wage w...

Gavin Chipper

Mike facing another good player -9 maxes apiece, do not think someone has lost on that in a prelim for a good while. Scoreline was a bit harsh imo and like Tealin, Susan could have one a few but Mike is a good player :) It was a decent enough game, but maxes don't tell you everything. I think the r...

Gavin Chipper

Hello All, I hope this is the appropriate place to post this. I just wanted to put up a message of thanks to you all. I've had a super 2 or so years preparing for and taking part in Countdown. I always wanted to, so it's checked off my list, but I'm ready to move on. Well, it was nice to read your ...

Gavin Chipper

Johnny Canuck wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 04, 2018 2:13 pm
Pleased to get a max game here, though dampened somewhat by the max score being so low.

4th Numbers Alt.: (25 * 4 - 1 - 7) * 6

I got 13 maxes - the conundrum and the REBEGAT round going missing.

Gavin Chipper

I remember when Richard Whiteley used to joke about the word MOLESTER commenting on how it looked like MOLE-STER. For some reason, I can't quite imagine that happening now. And Susie certainly looked a bit uncomfortable saying it.

Gavin Chipper

Nice to see a young Jon Corby winning today's game.

Gavin Chipper

COC10 aside (when K Ogilvie and S Mearns had to be given byes because they only had 5 episodes to use), they've never been seeded, so I don't like seeding them. Actually some of the early ones were. The first six I think. And no, I don't think the answer is blocking out a series with mostly non-Apt...

Gavin Chipper

I don't see any reason to suspect that there was foul play in the draw. I think it's unfortunate that the "top two seeds" are playing each other in the first round, but I don't see any particular reason that they would have done it on purpose. Just bad luck. But having said that, I probably wouldn't...

Gavin Chipper

I don't mind saying this now that he's an ocotchamp, but I thought that Robin's first game was truly awful. He scored 57, and that was against someone having a bit of a nightmare of their own. I was expecting him to go out in the next game, but he really turned it around and his later performances w...

Gavin Chipper

Geoffrey!

Gavin Chipper

Has any Octochamp ever got 0 conundrums? He's 0/6 so far. Ryan Taylor got only 1/8. I think there may have been octos with 0/8 success rates in the 9 round era (Lindsay Denyer comes to mind). There was a reason Ryan Taylor only got one though. Because his arms are so long, the buzzer was too close ...

Gavin Chipper

Zarte Siempre wrote: ↑
Mon Sep 24, 2018 6:49 pm
your other daft opinions

Gavin Chipper

Don't really get your thinking here. It's just an old-fashioned format. If you're going for a long final, pick 15 rounds. Conundrums at these events are pretty random, often decided by 0.1 seconds, and a two-conundrum final offers a potential 40-point swing based on this essentially random event. C...

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