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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.

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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?

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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...

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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...

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

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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.

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Nice post.

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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Geoffrey!

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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 ...

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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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14-round finals is lunacy 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 e...

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Chas.

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Thomas Carey wrote: ↑
Fri Sep 21, 2018 1:09 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPpUYXZb2AA

Robin Johnson won 57-47 yesterday, let's see what he can do now.

I thought he was a lot better today actually. Yesterday's game seemed a bit of a struggle all round.

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Thomas Carey wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 20, 2018 1:41 pm
Let's hope I haven't mangled the thread this time

Greg Purling got a decent win yesterday. Can he make it two? I have no idea but the episode's nearly over so you might

I don't think he'll be happy with that performance.

Gavin Chipper

Thomas Carey wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 19, 2018 12:46 pm
two new contestants. are we gonna get back to back to back to back octochamps? that'd be well good wouldn't it

It would still be sick.

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Thomas Carey wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 19, 2018 12:46 pm
two new contestants. are we gonna get back to back to back to back? that'd be well good wouldn't it

It would be sick.

Gavin Chipper

Denis Norden.

Gavin Chipper

Well done to Dave! Wow, three in a row, I think that's the high point thus far of this Series... I only have one thing to say today: Rachel's comment on "kicking youselves" in R9 shouldn't be really applied in this sort of situation (I mean, the average contestant won't think of 18 x 51 immediately...

Gavin Chipper

Basically, no-one wants to play more than six games I do. Irritates me how long people give for lunch breaks. Less wandering around, more Countdown. Or make the whole event shorter. The pub's for chilling, the Countdown tournament is for playing Countdown. I'm up for making events shorter. I don't ...

Gavin Chipper

Yes, good thread. As a player and someone who has never hosted, from my point of view I think it's a mistake for an organiser to think "OK, we've got the venue for x hours, so how many games can we cram into this period?" Basically, no-one wants to play more than six games, unless they make the fina...

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Owen Carroll wrote: ↑
Mon Sep 17, 2018 7:40 am
Could I give the three people I'm expecting to be the winner?

This isn't Only Connect.

Gavin Chipper

I don't think people were invited as such. I think they had to put their names forward. This ended up largely being people from the online Countdown community and the Scrabble community because they were the easiest groups to reach in the short amount of time available. I think it would have been n...

Gavin Chipper

I got MICHELNIS in one of the rounds.

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Marc Meakin wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 05, 2018 8:42 am
Problem I have is I can't wake up get washed and dressed and then eat a breakfast.
I have always needed a couple of hours between waking up and eating.
Although weirdly enough I have no problem with eating a meal just prior to sleeping

I can eat at any time.

Gavin Chipper

I have to leave for work around 4 and I don't get a break at work until around ten. I quite often eat a curry or soup as my brain thinks it's lunchtime . Other people I work with can't get their heads around that and think it weird that I don't eat a breakfast. Is it really that odd? I don't think ...

Gavin Chipper

100×10×(9-7+1)/8=375 for an alternative in round 9.

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Thomas Carey wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 06, 2018 12:46 pm
It's two new contestants. Will one of them octo again? Probably not

6 rounds in and I think this guy could.

Gavin Chipper

I watched The Thing the other day. Thought it was quite good. A bit silly really, but entertaining enough.

Gavin Chipper

Quite weak by Tony's standard but he got through.

But, as Tony Atkins would say, it was the first/last game of the day or the recording immediately before/after lunch/morning tea so it's to be expected really.

Gavin Chipper

Bournemouth saw just me doing the parkrun. The results out of 469 runners: 6. Gevin Chapwell - 18:30 (50 points) That's actually my second fastest parkrun time (my PB being 18:22 at King's Lynn last year). The overall points: 1. Gevin Chapwell - 360 2. Giles Hutchings - 106.7 3. Oliver Garner - 80 ...

Gavin Chipper

I need specific. Where people are sending me ranges I'm taking the middle value. (If anyone who gave a range reads this, I will allow them to pick a number within their range to be more specific, but otherwise, middle value) People have actually done that? What kind of lunatic would send you a rang...

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I need specific. Where people are sending me ranges I'm taking the middle value. (If anyone who gave a range reads this, I will allow them to pick a number within their range to be more specific, but otherwise, middle value) People have actually done that? What kind of lunatic would send you a rang...

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Toby McDonald wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 29, 2018 3:59 pm
Apterous says PELAGES is allowed, but if Susie and Oxford Dictionaries say it's a mass noun, should it be removed?

Maybe, but one of the example sentences talks about the "first pelage", so can't we have the second and third pelages as well?

Gavin Chipper

It's a real shame Scott Mearns was never invited back for the 30BC. Maybe he was and rejected his invitation. Julian fell did I don't think people were invited as such. I think they had to put their names forward. This ended up largely being people from the online Countdown community and the Scrabb...

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Slightly controversial, because Paul Erdunast originally finished in second place, but was promoted to first after the winner was found to have a fork in his possession. Particularly controversial as forks weren't explicitly listed on the banned list.

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Bournemouth saw just me doing the parkrun. The results out of 469 runners: 6. Gevin Chapwell - 18:30 (50 points) That's actually my second fastest parkrun time (my PB being 18:22 at King's Lynn last year). The overall points: 1. Gevin Chapwell - 360 2. Giles Hutchings - 106.7 3. Oliver Garner - 80 4...

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Apparently Jonathan Rawlinson did the London Marathon as well and absolutely smashed it in 2:58:36. So we have: 1. Tim Down - 2:57:19 2. Jonathan Rawlinson - 2:58:36 3. Gevin Chapwell - 3:09:16 4. Matt Bayfield - 3:09:22 5. Giles Hutchings - 4:19:15 I've done one marathon, 3:53:53. So I'm top of th...

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