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- Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:29 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:Rea - 20 April 2024
- Replies: 53
- Views: 32905
Re: CO:Rea - 20 April 2024
In pls for the meal
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 8:26 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Was Jeanne Calment a fraud?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 32005
Re: Was Jeanne Calment a fraud?
I was just wondering what Great Western Railway had to do with thisElliott Mellor wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2024 4:24 pm Hugely embarrassing for GWR, though they've always had shockingly low standards for validation.
- Sat May 13, 2023 11:22 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Eurovision 2023
- Replies: 49
- Views: 5933
Re: Eurovision 2023
Nice to have a final where there was actual doubt on who had the win until the very end! This points system does close results very well
- Sat May 13, 2023 7:18 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Eurovision 2023
- Replies: 49
- Views: 5933
Re: Eurovision 2023
Also quite weird now they’ve split the jury and televote points into two separate totals, that the spokespeople announce e.g. “Greece’s 12 points go to…” on the opinions of 5 people rather than the opinion of the thousands of voters. Made more sense to have a spokesperson when it was combined
- Sat May 13, 2023 1:16 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Eurovision 2023
- Replies: 49
- Views: 5933
Re: Eurovision 2023
Yep last night was the jury final, absolutely the most important one to nail vocally and I'm pretty sure a few acts were saving themselves for it - but apparently Alessandra (Norway) missed her big whistle note having hit it in the first 4 shows
- Fri May 12, 2023 5:53 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Eurovision 2023
- Replies: 49
- Views: 5933
Re: Eurovision 2023
Agree it's a weak year - although plus point is it's more unpredictable than normal! Last few have had obvious winners. I've been about 98% sure Loreen would win since February but gradually starting to doubt that
- Thu May 11, 2023 8:04 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Eurovision 2023
- Replies: 49
- Views: 5933
Re: Eurovision 2023
Thinking Armenia, Estonia, Belgium, Cyprus, Poland, Slovenia, Georgia, Austria, Lithuania, Australia today. Like Denmark also, but think Albania/Greece probs most likely to sneak into that list if any are wrong, maybe in place of Estonia/Georgia who are more jury songs although two of my faves! Gree...
- Wed Feb 15, 2023 2:39 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Button Bashing Mayhem (another Sporcle game)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 6481
Re: Button Bashing Mayhem (another Sporcle game)
I realised on a failed attempt that if I just held 1 & 2 at the same time it'd fairly consistently output 21212121... with no errors, so eventually managed a run where I hit 1 then mashed both keys and it worked - imagine that's how the other 300 was achieved too! I'm struggling to hit 200 witho...
- Wed Feb 15, 2023 12:20 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Button Bashing Mayhem (another Sporcle game)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 6481
Re: Button Bashing Mayhem (another Sporcle game)
*Spends 7 seconds winning the game then more than 7 minutes failing to get the right part of the picture to show*
- Wed Feb 15, 2023 12:12 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Button Bashing Mayhem (another Sporcle game)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 6481
Re: Button Bashing Mayhem (another Sporcle game)
Easy game, what was all the fuss about?
- Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:23 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Eurovision 2023
- Replies: 49
- Views: 5933
Re: Eurovision 2023
I'm slightly surprised they're still bothering having 3 shows for the semi final, given there will now be no jury vote in those. I guess it's still useful practice for acts + camera crew etc and perhaps most importantly a chance to make some money back. And I kinda want to go to one of those more th...
- Wed Dec 14, 2022 9:52 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: GCHQ Christmas Challenge 2022
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2519
Re: GCHQ Christmas Challenge 2022
Think so, got
Christmas GreetIngs
Christmas GreetIngs
- Tue Nov 22, 2022 10:08 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-lympics
- Replies: 118
- Views: 25537
Re: Co-lympics
Yeah never going to catch onGavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2009 7:00 pm This won't happen. Is this being taken as a serious suggestion? Why the fuck would anyone think "Let's get Countdowners to do running"?
- Sun May 15, 2022 1:11 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Eurovision Song Contest 2022
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1983
Re: Eurovision Song Contest 2022
Interesting looking into the "voting irregularities" - six dodgy votes out of 21 countries voting in SF2 is insane. They've now published the detailed jury results (exact ranks) but left out details for Azerbaijan, Georgia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania & San Marino - who also didn't hav...
- Sat May 14, 2022 3:21 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Eurovision Song Contest 2022
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1983
Re: Eurovision Song Contest 2022
UK bookies favourites to win the jury vote after last nights performance - but it's tight. Ukraine overwhelming favourites to cruise the televote & so overall, still. Nice having a final where there are still several genuine contenders - been a while!
- Thu May 12, 2022 2:03 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Down for the count
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4261
Re: Down for the count
Also in that club, but for me it was the first number. Was the most obvious one to start off searching for but eluded me until long after I'd found the others!
- Tue May 10, 2022 10:52 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Eurovision Song Contest 2022
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1983
Re: Eurovision Song Contest 2022
Think I got three wrong there, would've swapped out Switzerland, Iceland and Moldova for Austria, Albania and Latvia in my predictions. Switzerland had one of the most impressive/impactful stagings on the night and Moldova is a banger and classic eurovision so only really surprised by Iceland - the ...
- Fri Apr 01, 2022 2:00 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Wordle
- Replies: 81
- Views: 14796
Re: Wordle
Heardle today is excellent
- Thu Mar 03, 2022 4:46 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Wordle
- Replies: 81
- Views: 14796
Re: Wordle
If you did want 1000 puzzles, changing the "n=1" part in the nordle link (eventually*) gives you 1000 wordle puzzles that would take at least 1000 attempts. Though once it starts putting puzzles across multiple lines (>18 on my screen) it gets pretty hideous. https://www.nordle.us/?n=1 (*I...
Re: TENNIS
Mad to think the AELTC almost didn't give Emma a wildcard for Wimby. The LTA only persuaded them to give her one after she won a couple of games at Nottingham
If she didn't get that, she wouldn't have even been highly ranked enough to be in US Open qualifying, and none of this would have happened!
If she didn't get that, she wouldn't have even been highly ranked enough to be in US Open qualifying, and none of this would have happened!
Re: Cricket
I like the idea too, although the format is weak. With 9 teams, having 8 best of 3 series (4 home, 4 away) each seems to be the obvious route, which would take about two years. But for some reason we've got each team playing 6 opponents, so certain teams get advantages there (for example West Indies...
- Sat Aug 07, 2021 10:25 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Best and Worst National Anthems
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1615
Re: Best and Worst National Anthems
Liechtenstein is great as it is totally unique, never heard a melody like that in my life! The lyrics on the other hand seem rather familiar...
- Sat Aug 07, 2021 10:06 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Best and Worst National Flags
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2904
Re: Best and Worst National Flags
Seychelles top for me. North Macedonia, Cambodia, Uganda and Saint Lucia probably round off my top 5. Not so keen on Turkmenistan, Morocco and any that are annoyingly close together (the ones Mark mentioned but also Guinea/Mali, India/Niger, Ireland/IvoryCoast & half the middle east) and Haiti's...
- Thu Aug 05, 2021 3:20 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Football grounds you've been to
- Replies: 57
- Views: 51872
Re: Football grounds you've been to
Great thread, some mighty impressive lists! Only 8 for me, but definitely want to build on that soon: Wembley 5 times *depressed Exeter fan noises* St James' Park (Exeter) 3 times Fratton Park (Pompey) twice Dean Court (B'mouth) St Mary's (So'ton) Memorial Ground (Bristol R) The Valley (Charlton) Tw...
- Thu Jul 29, 2021 11:13 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Olympics 2020
- Replies: 135
- Views: 18087
Re: Olympics 2020
Nice to see San Marino winning their first ever Olympic medal this morning (in women's trap shooting) - smallest ever nation to do so, with a population around 5000 times smaller than Bangladesh, who are yet to get one.
- Tue Jun 29, 2021 9:50 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The C4C Football Thread
- Replies: 1265
- Views: 215588
Re: The C4C Football Thread
So all the third place teams have gone through to the last 8... except the reigning champs
Re: TENNIS
Draper winning the first set on centre court for Wimby 2021 certainly not what I expected! Bahhh I've missed this beautiful grass
- Sun May 23, 2021 11:31 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
- Replies: 67
- Views: 12219
Re: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
There were 8 groups (3 or more) this year. All 8 made it to the final (7 of which came through the semis), and in fact they all finished in the Top 20, with 5 in the top 8. The only duo almost made it, too.
Is this a coincidence? (yeah, probably...)
Is this a coincidence? (yeah, probably...)
- Sun May 23, 2021 4:15 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
- Replies: 67
- Views: 12219
Re: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Pretty chuffed with those predictions, only got San Marino and Moldova more than 4 places off and 14 of them bang on/within 1. As Sam says, was disappointingly obvious that Italy would win as soon as Finland's televote came out, was expecting a more tense finish :( Our UK performance wasn't bad and ...
- Sat May 22, 2021 6:23 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
- Replies: 67
- Views: 12219
Re: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
A last minute change of heart: I'm going France to win. Big jury score guaranteed. The rest stays the same.
Bulgaria are similar to last year (though maybe a little lower in the reckoning due to the overall quality of the whole comp). Could definitely be up there
Bulgaria are similar to last year (though maybe a little lower in the reckoning due to the overall quality of the whole comp). Could definitely be up there
- Sat May 22, 2021 10:58 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
- Replies: 67
- Views: 12219
Re: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
I just don't think it stands out enough, and it hasn't sounded as good vocally in rehearsals as in the studio version. I do like the song, but then Germany is super energetic, Belgium has a pretty unique sound and seem to be moving up, Moldova has that long note and Spain has the highest note by a m...
- Sat May 22, 2021 12:49 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
- Replies: 67
- Views: 12219
Re: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
I'll go for: 1st - Italy 2nd - France 3rd - Iceland 4th - Ukraine 5th - Russia 6th - Switzerland 7th - Malta 8th - Lithuania 9th - Finland 10th - Greece 11th - San Marino 12th - Portugal 13th - Bulgaria 14th - Norway 15th - Cyprus 16th - Serbia 17th - Sweden 18th - Belgium 19th - Albania 20th - Isra...
- Fri May 21, 2021 11:44 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
- Replies: 67
- Views: 12219
Re: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
13th - actually lower than last year surprisingly (we had Iceland, Russia, Lithuania top 3 in 2020)
- Fri May 21, 2021 10:24 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
- Replies: 67
- Views: 12219
Re: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Did a simulation tonight with 12 mates (using music videos), and ended up with the following top 5: 1st - Iceland - 204 2nd - UK - 145 3rd - Germany - 120 4th - Lithuania - 85 5th= - Netherlands - 84 5th= - Norway - 84 So we have the three favourites to come last in our top 5. Clearly a very accurat...
- Fri May 21, 2021 12:36 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
- Replies: 67
- Views: 12219
Re: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
I guess Albania, Israel, Belgium and Moldova were all probably 8th-10th in the semis so were never gonna get prime spots. I like the order tbh, Germany being followed by Finland is pretty funny and they've gone all out with the Tix & Efendi stuff. It's a really fun one being so hard to predict.....
- Thu May 20, 2021 11:38 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
- Replies: 67
- Views: 12219
Re: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Surprised Cyprus are opening the show. I expected them to throw the UK into the fire instead!
Closing with Flo Rida probably less surprising. France and Italy in good winning spots.
Closing with Flo Rida probably less surprising. France and Italy in good winning spots.
- Thu May 20, 2021 9:05 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
- Replies: 67
- Views: 12219
Re: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
The bookies were spot on. Didn't think Moldova did enough tonight!
Would favour Croatia over quite a few of those, a shame how the semis draw came out. Still, Saturday will be epic
Would favour Croatia over quite a few of those, a shame how the semis draw came out. Still, Saturday will be epic
- Wed May 19, 2021 4:35 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
- Replies: 67
- Views: 12219
Re: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
So yesterday was the best semi final, and tomorrow might be the most interesting semi final. Easy to predict the first 6: Switzerland Bulgaria Iceland (should easily overcome the "severe disadvantage" [as Montaigne put it] of video performance; everyone already loves them) Finland Greece (...
- Wed May 19, 2021 4:01 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: ...and that's ZoomDown
- Replies: 314
- Views: 118714
Re: ...and that's ZoomDown
I missed the first half of the episode, so have basically only watched the 5 seconds of this game that Eoin mentions, and I don't see it coming across rude or frosty at all? Doesn't Jay say "shall I tell you what I have Paul?" or something anyway? I think if Jay had mentioned he had an 8 P...
- Tue May 18, 2021 7:58 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
- Replies: 67
- Views: 12219
Re: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
I'd agree on those 10, but can see Sweden, Norway and Romania missing out (not all of them at once!) Belgium are storming up the odds after a good few days (apparently Geike now smiling in the performance made a big difference?) and I think Australia and Israel will do well in the juries (barring po...
- Thu May 06, 2021 2:30 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
- Replies: 67
- Views: 12219
Re: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
I'd say the contest is absolutely stacked this year too, especially in Semi Final 1; there are at least 12 songs I like there and only really North Macedonia I can fairly confidently say won't qualify. Found Tix's new music video particularly good, the original video of just the performance doesn't ...
- Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:53 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Covid 19 roll call
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4827
Re: Covid 19 roll call
Had a test at uni as my mum wouldn't let me come home without one, but otherwise nothing really.
Seemed to hold a bit of a covid curse though; my doubles partner and I had 5 games in a row where our opponents ended up forfeiting the following week's game after playing us as they'd ended up isolating
Seemed to hold a bit of a covid curse though; my doubles partner and I had 5 games in a row where our opponents ended up forfeiting the following week's game after playing us as they'd ended up isolating
- Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:34 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
- Replies: 503
- Views: 161072
Re: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
Well, I'm glad they ensured there was one token day of school before the lockdown so the kids could all reunite with minimal social distancing. Just what we needed to slow down the new variant!
- Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:28 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Have you put weight on during lockdown
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7724
Re: Have you put weight on during lockdown
Typically all of my exercise is social stuff like tennis/rounders etc as I can never motivate myself consistently to run/cycle etc alone, so lockdown and distancing culling uni combined with comfort eating has somewhat ruined me... up a strong 5 stone over 2020! Not optimistic for lockdown 3.0...
- Thu Dec 03, 2020 10:24 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Introducing... the H2H-o-Matic!
- Replies: 36
- Views: 27730
Re: Introducing... the H2H-o-Matic!
Re http://wiki.apterous.org/Co-event, Innis' total doesn't look right - says 6 wins but lists 9
The H2H and wiki stuff all very cool as a stats guy though, nice work all!
The H2H and wiki stuff all very cool as a stats guy though, nice work all!
- Mon Jun 29, 2020 1:39 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Classic Aptochat moments
- Replies: 222
- Views: 181658
Re: Classic Aptochat moments
Not my doing actually, I only set up two games, Andy created the mayhem!
But it may've been responsible for the bizarre duel today allowing me to pencil 'A'
But it may've been responsible for the bizarre duel today allowing me to pencil 'A'