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Gavin Chipper

Unbelievable that DC didn't point out DEFLATION in the DELATION round. Sometimes people have suggested they don't want to make the contestants feel bad when they miss an open goal, but it's not something they do consistently, and not bringing it up makes for bad TV, frustrating the viewer who has se...

Gavin Chipper

Oh also I now know the real reason that Chukka Umuna withdrew from the Labour leadership race in 2015. His excuse, that he didn't like being under so much media scrutiny, turns out to be actually quite honest. Of course, the reason that he didn't want the scrutiny was because of what he was up to a...

Gavin Chipper

Just finished watching Black Mirror on Netflix. For the most part I thoroughly enjoyed it, but for some reason Netflix made me watch it back to front (kind of a Black Mirror moment), so I watched Season 4 first and Season 1 last. Did it make you or did it just come as by default and you didn't do a...

Gavin Chipper

I meant to do this. Never mind - next year!

Gavin Chipper

Surely you can buy anything online!

Also there might be a non-conventional downloader for All 4 that allows you to keep it. I'm pretty sure there is for the iPlayer.

Edit - just did a very quick search.

Gavin Chipper

Philip Wilson wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 16, 2019 12:13 am

Owen Carroll wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 13, 2019 5:27 pm
Wasn't sure if you could pluralise isobar
Probably more likely you can't have the singular tbf. When do you ever see just one?

Iso as in isolated obvs. So they can charge what they want as there's no competition.

Gavin Chipper

Down.

Gavin Chipper

agree with the suggestion that they can be retaken at any time They can be can't they? They can, but GCSEs are like two-year courses or something. Under my system, there would just be numeracy and literacy "driving tests", and anyone who is basically numerate and literate would be able to walk off ...

Gavin Chipper

I can totally understand Rachel's frustration and incredulity when someone who is 11-20 behind goes for 1 large in the last numbers.

Gavin Chipper

I'll go for this ten contestants thing, even if it hasn't proven popular so far. In chronological order of first appearance: Mark Nyman Harvey Freeman Allan Saldanha Don Reid Graham Nash Julian Fell Paul Gallen Conor Travers Jack Hurst Edward McCullagh Some quite tough choices here. Mark Nyman is i...

Gavin Chipper

MP Robert Halfon thinks we should scrap GCSEs . And even though he's a Tory, I agree with him. We go to school to learn stuff, and I think it should be a safe learning environment, not something for employers to be able to use against you at a later date if you haven't paid enough attention. Obviou...

Gavin Chipper

MP Robert Halfon thinks we should scrap GCSEs . And even though he's a Tory, I agree with him. We go to school to learn stuff, and I think it should be a safe learning environment, not something for employers to be able to use against you at a later date if you haven't paid enough attention. Obvious...

Gavin Chipper

You need two implements - whether it's a knife and a fork, two forks, a spoon and a fork or whatever. I have a friend who eats with just a fork and it's really frustrating watching him chase bits of food around the plate with it. Either that or you end up shoving bits of food onto your fork with yo...

Gavin Chipper

Tom S wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 09, 2019 11:33 pm
A belt.

Me neither. They're just for people who go on a diet after buying their trousers.

Gavin Chipper

You need two implements - whether it's a knife and a fork, two forks, a spoon and a fork or whatever. I have a friend who eats with just a fork and it's really frustrating watching him chase bits of food around the plate with it. Either that or you end up shoving bits of food onto your fork with you...

Gavin Chipper

Is it just a coincidence that sea lions are similar to seals and the first four letters are also the same?

Gavin Chipper

Glad to be of assistance.

Gavin Chipper

I kind of agree. I wouldn't call myself a feminist, I would say I support feminism. If people want to call me a feminist that's fine, I try not to give myself labels. It's useless to just call yourself one anyway, it should be defined by your actions. I also wouldn't call myself a feminist. If some...

Gavin Chipper

I think until recently, it could have been argued that Federer, Nadal and Djokovic (and to a lesser extent Murray) have dominated the men's game for so long because we just happened to get a bunch of truly great players turn up at around the same time. But the longer it goes on (when one or more are...

Gavin Chipper

I might as well use this thread for this. What do you think of feminism? Are you a feminist? I just read this article , and the thing the article refuses to explicitly state is basically my opinion on the matter and I'd been considered posting something on the matter anyway. In short - people agree ...

Gavin Chipper

It was hilarious when they both discovered that there was such a thing as four vowels late in the game and then there was no stopping them!

Gavin Chipper

No-one mentioned forum legend Joseph Bolas yet? Also Amey Deshpande.

Gavin Chipper

Three vowels every time, regardless of what came up - I wish they both could have lost.

Great game though!

Gavin Chipper

A Frank Mulvey v Will D Downing special needs to happen. I only discovered this forum and the wiki as a result of wondering exactly when Downing's game had taken place, as I could still remember it so well. Really shocked to discover you only joined in October 2013. Thought you'd been around foreve...

Gavin Chipper

I think it gets logged as an error if Nick tries to say "going" and ends up saying "gawing".

Gavin Chipper

Heather Badcock was robbed when her opponent was allowed PEACES.

Gavin Chipper

First octochamp sorted. Two new contestants. Can we get another run like last series? Let's find out If Adam plays like he did today, despite the nervy start, then I would say that a double octochamp run would not be out of question. Unholiest was a cracking 9 and Carriage was a good spot too. Also...

Gavin Chipper

Owen Carroll wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 28, 2019 10:27 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 28, 2019 4:07 pm

samir pilica wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 27, 2019 5:51 pm
Jeffrey Hansford
I was going to say that but you buzzed in too quickly.
Is that a joke from Jeffrey always buzzing in quickly?

Yep!

Gavin Chipper

Callum Todd wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 21, 2019 11:08 am
As for those of you in the South who are disappointed that most of the named options on the survey are in the North, that's because I'm the one offering to host the event, and I live in the North.

What's with all the Wales options then?

Gavin Chipper

samir pilica wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 27, 2019 5:51 pm
Jeffrey Hansford

I was going to say that but you buzzed in too quickly.

Gavin Chipper

Bayfoster.

Gavin Chipper

((9x8x6)+1+1)/2=167 for R9 - pretty chuffed with that! Though well done Dylan for ending my 179 show winning streak against the TV :P. Very well done both today, absolutely insane standard! Shame to see you go Gemma but good luck for 2014 onwards :) I know I'm several years late to this, but I did ...

Gavin Chipper

I think James Rowan was unlucky to lose to a Hansforded conundrum on his only appearance.

Gavin Chipper

There is a list of the parkrun courses by how fast they are according to the average "SSS" rating on runbritainrankings. The SSS rating of a course is its difficulty rating based on how fast people run compared to how fast they should run according to their previous runs on the runbritain site (not ...

Gavin Chipper

I've just been through the list again. First of all, welcome to Tom Chafer-Cook on this list. We also have improvements from Rose Boyle and Stephen Read who has managed to leapfrog over Tom Feilding. But perhaps most exciting of all is that Oliver Garner has improved his PB from 17:04 to 17:00, and ...

Gavin Chipper

At the first CO-event of the year, me and Mike Springett both took part in the Lincoln parkrun. Neither of us fell over. Results out of 477 runners: 15: Gevin Chapwell - 20:07 (67 points) 126: Mike Springett - 25:30 (33 points) I can't be bothered to do a championship table because it's the same as ...

Gavin Chipper

A Frank Mulvey v Will D Downing special needs to happen. I only discovered this forum and the wiki as a result of wondering exactly when Downing's game had taken place, as I could still remember it so well. Really shocked to discover you only joined in October 2013. Thought you'd been around forever.

Gavin Chipper

Watched The Dark Knight again the other night because I didn't like it the first time and thought maybe a second viewing might do the trick but no. Still don't get the praise. It was better than the first time but I still think it's pretty crap. The pacing is really weird and the dialogue is awful....

Gavin Chipper

Richard Whiteley.

Gavin Chipper

James Robinson wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 23, 2019 8:46 pm
Well, I certainly wouldn't decline an invite, and it has been 10 years since the last time...

But, I have a feeling that "you know who" might have other ideas....

Voldemort?

Gavin Chipper

Is it Tim Morrissey? I had his name in mind anyway and that description sounds right. If so, "obscure enough"? And I thought you were a scholar of the game. Yes, it's Tim Morrissey. And yes, I had to look him up because I'm not Robbo. Are you saying I am? I didn't do any research for your question!

Gavin Chipper

Is it Tim Morrissey? I had his name in mind anyway and that description sounds right.

If so, "obscure enough"? And I thought you were a scholar of the game.

Gavin Chipper

At least I beat Graeme's random guesses!

Gavin Chipper

Has Zarte always scored over a hundred in his Countdown 'career' ? He got 81 against Dylan Taylor in the first part of his "career". But anyway, great game, great series. Well done to Zarte, Bradley and the rest. Maybe a grudge match special between Dylan and Zarte would be a good idea, especially ...

Gavin Chipper

Just looking at the scoring for today's game, it does seem strange that you get 50 points (plus whatever you get for margins) for predicting Ann Dibben to beat Tom Chafer-Cook, whereas you get -75 if neither of your players are in the game. I actually kind of assumed that you would only get the win ...

Gavin Chipper

Callum Todd wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 20, 2019 9:53 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 20, 2019 9:49 pm
Survey done.
I gathered. Some of those comments could only have been written by one person.

Really? Mine was the one that said "Yay! A goatdown tournament!" with lots of smileys after it.

Gavin Chipper

Ah, I've only just noticed that incorrect predictions have been interpreted as a scale rather than a number... is this right? For instance, Jen's predicted a 17-point win for Stephen against 'Maus, but there's an argument to say this should be interpreted as "2 away + incorrect result" (36 pts), no...

Gavin Chipper

Survey done.

Gavin Chipper

I thought Philip seemed a bit more subdued than usual in this game, like Zarte had given him a pre-match punch in the face. But at the end he was perfectly fine about the whole thing, so that's probably not what actually happened.

Gavin Chipper

On this historic anniversary of another COC rematch (Jen hammering Callum uta) we have the second non-special threematch in history. Zarte obviously leads Philip 2-0 so far, but what will happen in this incarnation? Indeed, this is only the 2nd time in 21 years that the two same players has had to ...

Gavin Chipper

Jon Corby wrote: ↑
Sat Jan 19, 2019 11:39 am
146 is a different record really, as it’s a different format.

Yes.

Gavin Chipper

(But anyway, I did enjoy that game. It was decent enough.) I did think it was funny that Susie thought TIRAMISUS might have been slightly contentious though. The restaurant rule is so deeply ingrained into Countdown culture that I don't think anyone else would have wondered about whether the plural ...

Gavin Chipper

Zarte Siempre wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 17, 2019 5:53 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 17, 2019 5:48 pm
What? Your quoting function obviously doesn't work.
Bit like your hiding the edit you just made function.

If you must know, I was on my mobile with my fat thumbs.

Gavin Chipper

Zarte Siempre wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 17, 2019 5:34 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 17, 2019 5:22 pm
If Zarte had been any good he good have got 168.

Sure. But preferably someone who can say it without fucking it up

"any good he good"

Waste.

What? Your quoting function obviously doesn't work.

Gavin Chipper

If Zarte had been any good he could have got 168.

Someone needed to say it.

Gavin Chipper

Nice to see Conor Travers in the audience sitting behind Laverty.

Gavin Chipper

Up to 45 now with the addition of COLIN I veteran Anthony Endsor! We are actually in danger of maybe needing some more sets... Judging by Anthony's sense of direction, you might want to post a set to the capital of Nebraska. :o It happened! It finally happened! Someone found a use for knowing the U...

Gavin Chipper

Adam Dexter wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 13, 2019 10:46 am
Is there a prize for doing well based on your seeding? I could claim to have been playing the long game if so.

Did this go in the wrong place?

Gavin Chipper · Re: COLIN XV- Countdown in Lincoln, 19-20 January 2019 Dale Levell.

Dale Levell.

Gavin Chipper

Sadly, yes. The Labour antisemitism thing keeps rumbling on. At first, I thought the Lab leadership was being nice but dim and not understanding, but given some of the things Corbyn has said I'm not sure. The problem is that a lot of people conflate "Israel" and "Jews" since Israel is the only Jewi...

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