It's certainly a well used word around the coastline! I suppose they'll catch up at some point
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- Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:01 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 1st April 2024 - Mark Mills debuts
- Replies: 17
- Views: 669
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 1:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 1st April 2024 - Mark Mills debuts
- Replies: 17
- Views: 669
Re: Spoilers for Monday 1st April 2024 - Mark Mills debuts
Demasting in the first round, missed by everyone!
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:35 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 666145
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Maybe in the future AI will stop cars going too closs Why use AI when a simple distance sensor would do the job? That's what I meant, and if it cut the accelerator when activated it might encourage safer driving My car applies the brakes too - but only when I'm millimeters away from the obstacle! I...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:15 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Should I be worried?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1170
Re: Should I be worried?
thanks GraemeGraeme Cole wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 1:14 pm I've opened an Apterous ticket. It seems strange to raise tickets on Apterous for things related to C4C, but precedent exists.
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:13 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Should I be worried?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1170
Should I be worried?
Logging on this morning (and yesterday) :_ Web Protection by Bitdefender This page was blocked for your protection http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/ucp.php?mode=login An attempt to send your password unencrypted, in plain text, was prevented on this page. View more details in the Notifications area of y...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 11:29 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The 1% Club
- Replies: 57
- Views: 5800
Re: The 1% Club
Yes, there were at least two, what I called ambiguous, questions last night.Steve Hyde wrote: ↑Sun Feb 25, 2024 12:57 am Is it just me or were there 3 or 4 questions where you could make a decent argument for more than one answer being correct tonight? 5% question in particular can eff right off
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:38 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 29th January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 20)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 485
Re: Spoilers for Monday 29th January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 20)
Looked like he was put off of his game by his first attempt with co-optedGavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 11:10 pm Geezer looked like a potential octochamp yesterday. Not sure what happened to him.
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 10:31 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Was Jeanne Calment a fraud?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 25883
Re: Was Jeanne Calment a fraud?
I think in 30 years time living to 100 plus will be the norm however as we are all gifted with a limited amount of brain cells I can envisage 120 year olds roaming the streets like zombies. There's a horror movie in that Improvements in the global south might enable us to surpass 80, but I'd be ama...
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 10:24 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 640
- Views: 290103
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Aran sweaters come from Ireland and not Scotland!
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 10:58 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Dead of 2024
- Replies: 62
- Views: 4931
Re: The Dead of 2024
Not only the famous, too many friends already this year!
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- Sat Jan 06, 2024 10:55 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 281
- Views: 33768
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Being trans is not really related to being gay, except in a superficial sense, and the concept of an LGBT (plus some extra letters maybe) "community" is somewhat bizarre. I basically feel this way too, except I realise I don't know very much about this so it's very possible I'm missing so...
- Tue Jan 02, 2024 11:52 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Jeopardy!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2675
Re: Jeopardy!
Quite a painful watch, needs to find a way of putting some pace into it. Is it money they are accumulating or just points? Wasn't clear what happens to the winner going forward, does he take his "money" with him?
- Sat Dec 16, 2023 11:38 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Question of Sport Axed
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1900
- Fri Dec 08, 2023 12:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 7th December 2023 (Series 88, Heat 115)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1619
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 7th December 2023 (Series 88, Heat 115)
Is that the record lowest score?
- Mon Nov 27, 2023 10:04 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Deal or No Deal with Stephen Mulhern
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2584
Re: Deal or No Deal with Stephen Mulhern
Can't stand the man, let alone the show, it was bad enough with Noel Edmonds and I can't see it can be any better with Mulhern at the helm!
- Sat Nov 18, 2023 11:09 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Do you have a pet?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4005
- Sat Nov 18, 2023 11:07 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 17th November 2023 (Series 88, Heat 101)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1041
Re: Spoilers for Friday 17th November 2023 (Series 88, Heat 101)
Unlucky for the challenger to come up against him on his 8th game, especially as he had suffered the same fate 20 years ago!
- Fri Nov 17, 2023 10:25 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 666145
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Not if you have a combi-boilerGavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Nov 17, 2023 9:18 am Isn't hot water always from a tank? It's not served directly to your house hot anyway. It's heated locally.
Anyway, don't drink it.
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 10:09 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Joke Items
- Replies: 250
- Views: 83750
Re: Joke Items
I use airplane mode when on a Cruise Ship!
- Wed Oct 18, 2023 10:20 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 17th October 2023 (Series 88, Heat 78)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1021
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 17th October 2023 (Series 88, Heat 78)
5 in a row every time shows no thought about what might be available - childish in my opinion.
Nothing wrong with 5 vowels for sure, but not like that!
Nothing wrong with 5 vowels for sure, but not like that!
- Wed Oct 18, 2023 8:57 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 17th October 2023 (Series 88, Heat 78)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1021
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 17th October 2023 (Series 88, Heat 78)
Thankfully the challenger didn't win, I couldn't have coped with another day of 5 vowels straight off on each of his selections!
- Tue Oct 10, 2023 9:22 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: BBC Two Quiz Shows
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1366
Re: BBC Two Quiz Shows
wow, quite a result, so far!
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 9:36 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 2nd October 2023 (Series 88, Heat 67)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1091
- Wed Sep 06, 2023 11:24 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 5th September 2023 (Series 88, Heat 48)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1232
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 5th September 2023 (Series 88, Heat 48)
You mean using words you've never heard of?Howie Myers wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 6:44 am r1 alt: INDUCES
Is it just me, or have the teasers become more difficult/cryptic/obtuse?
- Mon Aug 28, 2023 9:27 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 25th August 2023 (Series 88, Heat 41)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 819
- Sat Jul 29, 2023 9:45 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 27th July 2023 (Series 88, Heat 20)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1282
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 27th July 2023 (Series 88, Heat 20)
Who's going to be the next Welsh Octochamp?
- Mon Jul 24, 2023 9:13 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
- Replies: 252
- Views: 50946
Re: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
But still only came in third!Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sun Jul 23, 2023 7:26 pm Fantastic by Hughes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/66283143
- Tue Jul 04, 2023 9:02 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 3rd July 2023 (Series 88, Heat 2)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1027
Re: Spoilers for Monday 3rd July 2023 (Series 88, Heat 2)
Doorsill in one of the rounds
- Thu Jun 22, 2023 8:28 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Greatest comeback
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1427
Re: Greatest comeback
After such an amazing comeback the day before it looked like she was on for the lowest ever score in the champions chair - I assume ni the end that it wasn't?
- Fri May 19, 2023 11:27 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1643
- Views: 1715372
Re: Politics in General
Good for them!
- Thu Apr 27, 2023 8:58 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Countdowners On Other Quizzes
- Replies: 253
- Views: 189389
Re: Countdowners On Other Quizzes
Did they get it right?
- Sat Apr 22, 2023 10:27 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1643
- Views: 1715372
Re: Politics in General
What are people's experiences about waiting for a GP appointment? I was reading this article on the BBC, and it was talking about people waiting more than two weeks. But I thought it was standard these days for appointments all to be on the same day that you make them. Basically you and everyone el...
- Thu Apr 13, 2023 8:12 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 12th April 2023 (Series 87, Heat 58)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 732
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 12th April 2023 (Series 87, Heat 58)
I'm not sure what happened in the STARRIEST round? It was a bit confusing, I agree. The challenger said “starriest” but as he declared 8 instead of 9, and Susie said it needed two Rs, he likely spelled it with one R. Very unfortunate nonetheless. I rewound and rewound but was still none the wiser u...
- Tue Apr 11, 2023 9:02 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 666145
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Always the fun way to go to Europe!
- Sat Apr 01, 2023 9:15 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Type 2 diabetes
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1302
Re: Type 2 diabetes
I'm on 42 and classed as pre-diabetic which according to the pre-diabetic nurse I can undo with the right diet and exercise. she says that once diabetic you are always a diabetic - but I'm not sure I believe her. My wife is diabetic type 2 and has been for years, borderline and I reckon she could ge...
- Thu Mar 30, 2023 9:06 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: E Scooters
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1153
Re: E Scooters
If you're going over farmland I would suggest you go for a 4-wheel drive one!
- Tue Mar 21, 2023 10:11 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Getting back on for a second go
- Replies: 88
- Views: 19796
Re: Getting back on for a second go
I bought my wife the Ninth edition of the Concise twenty odd years ago for her Christmas present as she had just introduced me to Countdown. She wasn't amused!
- Fri Feb 24, 2023 9:57 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Veg shortage
- Replies: 2
- Views: 686
Re: Veg shortage
No veg shortage in our local greengrocers
- Wed Feb 22, 2023 12:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown adjudication dictionary
- Replies: 103
- Views: 12368
Re: Countdown adjudication dictionary
But we aren't interested in Scrabble at this point!Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Feb 22, 2023 11:03 am I think they are words alright but a means to an end in Scrabble as hooks are fundamental to the game and the all have meaning if not neccessarily in coomon usage
- Wed Feb 22, 2023 10:16 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown adjudication dictionary
- Replies: 103
- Views: 12368
Re: Countdown adjudication dictionary
Not off the top of my head, but many years ago when I was a bit more into Scrabble I came across the so called Scrabble Dictionary which contained a ridiculous set of words, many only 1, 2 or 3 letters long.
- Wed Feb 22, 2023 10:14 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Censorship
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2526
Re: Censorship
This is PC gone mad. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64702224 I should at least have read it properly as it seems Roald Dahls estate are greenlighting it, as a business decision. Still think Roald is spinning in his grave though. "Some said they approved of the changes." doesn...
- Wed Feb 22, 2023 10:08 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown adjudication dictionary
- Replies: 103
- Views: 12368
Re: Countdown adjudication dictionary
I have been a Countdown viewer for in excess of 25 years and really am only interested in the spectacle of the television programme with the hope that I may know a few words and on occasions actually beat the contestants (and perhaps DC). What annoys me most is when these "high fliers" com...
- Fri Jan 27, 2023 11:33 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1643
- Views: 1715372
Re: Politics in General
They'd have to build two!!Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 7:07 pm https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64413242
Maybe they should build a prison for trans felons
- Fri Jan 27, 2023 10:51 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 26 January 2023 (Series 87, Heat 4)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1370
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 26 January 2023 (Series 87, Heat 4)
ha ha, thanks! Never liked dogs anyway!Steve Hyde wrote: ↑Fri Jan 27, 2023 10:39 amIt's spelled ALSATIAN unfortunately. STATIONAL and ATONALIST were alternative 9s in that round
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- Fri Jan 27, 2023 10:30 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 26 January 2023 (Series 87, Heat 4)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1370
- Sat Jan 21, 2023 11:39 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 20 January 2023 - The 16th Championship of Champions Grand Final
- Replies: 47
- Views: 3940
Re: Spoilers for Friday 20 January 2023 - The 16th Championship of Champions Grand Final
What a great game, both played incredibly well. A bit of a lacklustre ending to the programme though, I thought. Colin didn't even talk to James at the end (maybe he wasn't in a fit state!?) and no presentation of the trophy! Good to see it wasn't always being referred to as a piece of Kryptonite ![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif)
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- Wed Jan 04, 2023 10:52 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 3 January 2023 - CoC XVI, Prelim 2
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2853
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 3 January 2023 - CoC XVI, Prelim 2
5 vowels again - makes for boring Countdown for the "average" viewer in my opinion
- Tue Jan 03, 2023 11:23 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 3 January 2023 - CoC XVI, Prelim 2
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2853
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 3 January 2023 - CoC XVI, Prelim 2
When did Dino first appear on Countdown. He is the one person I particularly remember from when I first starting watching Countdown after i retired.
- Fri Dec 23, 2022 10:26 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Is Colin Murray making Countdown too competitive?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4800
Re: Is Colin Murray making Countdown too competitive?
I agree totally with this, so disrespectful to the ultimate loser. He's done it twice this week already.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Dec 22, 2022 2:54 pm I don't really like it when Colin makes a big announcement that someone has won the game when there are still rounds to play. It doesn't seem quite appropriate to me.
- Thu Dec 22, 2022 12:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 20th December 2022 (Series 86, QF 4)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1226
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 20th December 2022 (Series 86, QF 4)
I think I had GASTROIDS in round 7
- Fri Dec 16, 2022 10:04 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 15 December 2022 - Series 86 QF1
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1779
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 15 December 2022 - Series 86 QF1
Conundrum: I was expecting a difficult conundrum for the first game, but guess what? I laughed out loud when I figured out the answer a few seconds after Tom buzzed in :lol: . What an answer that was, describing one of Tom's personalities which we all heard of before! Oh my gosh, what are the odds?...
- Tue Nov 29, 2022 10:01 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 28 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 116)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2822
Re: Spoilers for Monday 28 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 116)
It's a pity there aren't more posts about the actual game. Surely this isn't the place to argue about lists etc?
- Tue Nov 22, 2022 9:32 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 21 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 111)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 645
- Tue Nov 15, 2022 10:26 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: World Cup 2022 Qatar
- Replies: 54
- Views: 4537
Re: World Cup 2024 Qatar
No, not really.
- Fri Nov 11, 2022 10:20 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Down the YouTube rabbit hole
- Replies: 2
- Views: 399
Re: Down the YouTube rabbit hole
that's the ONE BIG reason I never use YouTube unless I really need to.
- Tue Nov 08, 2022 10:00 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 7 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 101)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 658
Re: Spoilers for Monday 7 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 101)
I only scrubbed thru the bits to see how he'd do in the entrance, breaks, and conundrum (for obvious reasons), and honestly, I think Richard might be the best backup for a host I've seen. Gentle approach and a kind heart really sold it to me. Yes, I would agree with that, so relaxed and on top of i...
- Wed Oct 19, 2022 9:10 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 18 October 2022 (Series 86, Heat 87)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 844
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 18 October 2022 (Series 86, Heat 87)
Good to see C4Cer and Apterite Christy Cooper winning today. A shame to see the end of Richard Digance Junior though! By the way, I thought it was a bit weird that John Thomson hadn't seen Saxondale (starring his mate Steve Coogan) because it just wasn't for him. How can he know if he hasn't seen a...
- Mon Oct 17, 2022 9:18 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: 4 Chancellors and a Funeral
- Replies: 4
- Views: 623
Re: 4 Chancellors and a Funeral
They're just preparing the ground so that we won't notice when Labour win the next election!Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sun Oct 16, 2022 7:20 pm It's almost surreal how bad the government have been, in so many ways.
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- Thu Sep 29, 2022 9:13 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Pointless (In General)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 16358
Re: Pointless (In General)
I think she's doing fine. I well remember Alexander and Richard's first weeks and they were dreadful. She is very natural.Mark James wrote: ↑Wed Sep 28, 2022 4:39 pm How are we feeling about Sally Lindsay replacing Richard?
It will be interesting to see the others when it's their turn!
- Wed Sep 21, 2022 10:24 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 28090
Re: Next Champion of Champions series
Great to see Dinos in the mix ![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif)
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