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Martin Gardner

Charlie Reams wrote:Ha, that's pretty good.

Fucking excellent.

Martin Gardner

I can't speak for viewing figures as I don't have access to them, but it's interesting to see the number of positive comments on this forum as a whole about how most people enjoy Countdown more now that Jeff and Rachel are on it. I wouldn't trust that article as far as I can throw my dining room tab...

Martin Gardner

But in fairness, how much can one language change in 12 months? Not a great deal. Indeed not, in a permanent sense; most of the words discussed are probably transient floaters in the great sewer that is the English lexicon, which I think Susie acknowledges in the book. But it's interesting to have ...

Martin Gardner

I just finished reading Larpers and Shroomer : The Language Report 2004. While it's not a bad book, it's not particularly the style of linguistics I'm interested in. She starts off with certain fields, like business, Internet and texting, politics, sport and gives examples of neologisms that have en...

Martin Gardner

It's working now, sort of. I had to leave the duel when it froze during round one - maybe I can get a score of zero overall? That'd be pretty cool.

Martin Gardner

Kirk Bevins wrote:
D Eadie wrote:The weather affects every show right across the board. The day in question was Wednesday March 18th.

I can't help noticing that I was no longer on the show on this date - perhaps the weather has nothing to do with it

Hmmmm.

Martin Gardner

Mark Kudlowski wrote:
Martin Gardner wrote:Can't really blame the male contestant for having trouble concentrating. Ahem.
Is it Rachel's ravishing beauty ?

Well, in a word, yes!

Martin Gardner

Interesting use of being left-handed at the end there! Oh, and

Spoilers for Monday 23rd Match

Martin Gardner

Interesting to see STROKE in the first six letters there.

Martin Gardner

Can't really blame the male contestant for having trouble concentrating. Ahem.

Martin Gardner

Well, can you prove it then?

Martin Gardner

Sounds good, I'm free that weekend, hopefully all my exams will be finished by then too. Put me down as a very likely, barring unexpected exams or social events.

Martin Gardner

You mean Barack Obama, don't you, George? It might have been Jason, but time passes so quickly when you get a bit ancient. I get confused by the speed that Presidents and Prime Ministers come an go, so I hazarded a guess. I've changed my mind about old people knowing more than young people. Young p...

Martin Gardner

I was working on the 'consecutive games record', I can come up with the following. So far these are all Julian Fell, I won't factor in Kirk until at least the end of this Series: #1 game : 146 #2 games : 146 + 125 (271) #3 games : 146 + 125 + 138 (409) #4 games : 146 + 125 + 138 + 122 (531) In fairn...

Martin Gardner

There will be drinky-poos afterwards and given that it'll be not only the last Countdown at Leeds, but the last ever show to be made in those historic studios, i think there is a strong argument for many people to get bladdered out of their minds. No bias on my part at all, but would be poignant an...

Martin Gardner

Hello my name is Tracey Mills and I am a former Countdown contestant that appeared on series 47 against Jeremy Slaney I lost my game by 4 points due to 1st half nerves, I enjoyed the experience of being on Countdown meeting Richard Whiteley and Carol Vorderman who were very nice indeed as were the ...

Martin Gardner

Pretty sure that Chris Wills ago got 7 conundrums; NAVIGATOR was the only one to allude him (see his experience on The Countdown Page which confirms this).

Martin Gardner

As much as I do have sympathy, I this has got way too much media coverage, including totally dominating News 24. I mean she's not exactly the only person to die of cancer in this country this year. Having said that, yes of course it's sad that someone so young with 2 young children has passed away. ...

Martin Gardner

Kai Laddiman wrote:
Martin Gardner wrote:between the ages of 10 and 19 had a non-stop laugh for 10 years

I thought you had given up with the jokes.

I was counting inclusively!

Martin Gardner

Yeah I'd say that bullying is THE single must underestimated problem in this country. Rather than spending billions on wars in other countries, why not use that money to tackle bullyin in schools? It's pretty easy to see how many people it affects - just read this thread from top to bottom.

Martin Gardner

Kirk Bevins wrote:
Kai Laddiman wrote:So close!
But you wouldn't have got it!

Nice to see your opponent taking it really seriously.

Martin Gardner

So do Dinos and Charlie think that teenagers who commit suicide because of bullying are simply collateral damage? And bullied children, who get taken out of the situation, often get along fine with a different, less vile, group of children. Henry, who often used to cry at school, now has loads of f...

Martin Gardner

Kirk inspired me to find this. Happy listening.

Martin Gardner

One question: Do these ten points for the extra conundrum count towards Stephen's points total? Extra conundrums don't usually count but I thought that's when you were like 10 behind then won by 10 (so you scored 20 points and 10 of those didn't count). I'm almost certain that only your score after...

Martin Gardner

This is a really old joke, I literally heard this for the first time in about 1990, but here goes: An Englishman, a Scotsman and an Irishman are in the Amazon Rainforest. They get caught by a tribe who say they're going to kill them and skin them. The only conditions under which they can be set free...

Martin Gardner

Pretty vulgar this one, I've put it in white

What's the best chat up line talking to a man in a gay bar?

Can I push your stool in for you?

Martin Gardner

My first attempt I get 477. I imagine there's some room for refinement in there. Shit, I can't even find a combination that works. I figured that to use the zeroes the best thing would be to go for two from 101, 103, 107 and 109, then work down from there. But then there's all the other even number...

Martin Gardner

They used to rotate the lexicographers (can only remember Tania & Alison's names but think there were quite a few others) - when did Susie finally see off all the competition? I'm in the Susie over CV/Rachel camp too (probably a minority!) Nah, I think most true fans know that Susie's the real ...

Martin Gardner

George Bush has a heart attack and dies. Obviously he goes to Hell, where the Devil is waiting for him. 'I'm not sure what to do,' says the Devil. 'You're on my list, but I have no room for you. But since you definitely have to stay here, I am going to have to let someone else go. I've got three fo...

Martin Gardner

There was an Einstein quote that said "Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth." I think that's basically what George is trying to say.

I don't think Einstein always gets enough credit for being a damn good moral /scientific philosopher.

Martin Gardner

How the fluck did I win yesteday whilst missing so much? Cheers anyway.

Martin Gardner

Andrew Hulme wrote:My first ever max game!!!

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=36829

Steve obvious completely missed the 111 * 8 route. Max game both players for 13 rounds, yeah incredible. Hard to think of a game better than that.

Martin Gardner

Well I was actually agreeing with you, albeit only partially. I think Charlie's point about actually reading our posts before replying is pretty valid here.

Martin Gardner

Ha, I was the only person to get the max in round 9 yesterday. My biggest triumph, ever? At some point there will be bonus points for being the only person to get a certain max. But I CBA just yet. You know this is called a "solo" in duplicate Scrabble? I bet you do. Basically if there ar...

Martin Gardner

Okay so Facebook's pretty popular now, with over 175 million members, so here are a few Countdown links of Facebook. I'm not actually saying these are good, just that they exist.

Countdown itself

Rachel Riley

Jeff Stelling

Susie Dent

Carol Vorderman

C4countdown

Martin Gardner

Charlie Reams wrote:She was also a bit of a twat.

A very nice twat though. Or at least I'd like to chance to find out.

Martin Gardner

Good TV show.

Martin Gardner

I think Charlie is being a bit harsh but what's new there. No I think he's sticking to his guns which seems fair. I know I have upset people the same way by just arguing my point until at least the other person agreed what I said made sense, even if it wasn't actually true. Taking this sort of thin...

Martin Gardner

Gavin Chipper wrote:
Kirk Bevins wrote:I think Charlie is being a bit harsh but what's new there.
He can be a bit of a git - I think the best solution would be for one person who is definitely even more of a git to set up their own rival forum to take over. It's worked before!

This is pure genius.

Martin Gardner

Jon, did your contribution have to be so curt? :| ... Yes, the years have past by so it's vague, but at the time... erm, can't really think of a good example... perhaps was as real to me as you being on Countdown with Charlie recently was to you. If I told you it didn't really happen you'd find it ...

Martin Gardner

"I've learnt never to trust the experts" has to be one of the most idiotic statements ever. Oh I dunno, how many things get "demonstrated" or even "proven" and then a new scientific study shows the exact opposite six months later. I suppose the "never" bit is...

Martin Gardner

Just watched it now... great drama, plus it was great to see the look on Kirk's face when he got the 925. Reminds me why I started watching Countdown in the first place.

Martin Gardner

tomrowell wrote:i just saw Teignmouth further up in the post and decided to use my one and only fact about the place. nothing to do with poker whatsoever

Which one of the definitions of fact is that?

Martin Gardner

Simple, but effective.

Martin Gardner

Just watched this on tape. Fucking brilliant stuff there. I'd read in another thread that he needed 114 to beat it so I kept an eye on that all the way and I thought it might be difficult at one point. I know it's "below his average" but to get 114 is always tough however good you are bec...

Martin Gardner

Thought I'd reply here as it's the correct place. Yeah, one of my most memorable ever pots was when with ace-eight of hearts the flop came down 2-2-3 with two hearts. I elected to just call on the flop and the turn, and when a heart came on the river I moved all in because the pot was pretty big by ...

Martin Gardner

Three blondes walk into a bar,

Ouch, ouch, ouch.

Martin Gardner

Phil Reynolds wrote:It's looking to me very much like a load of pollocks.

Yup.

Martin Gardner

JimBentley wrote:Two nuns in a bath.
Nun 1: Where's the soap?
Nun 2: Yes it does, doesn't it?

Two nuns ride bicycles down a cobbled street.
Nun 1: Will it take long?
Nun 2: I don't know, I haven't come this way before.

I get the second one, but not the first.

Martin Gardner

Michael Wallace wrote:Must...resist...erection...joke...

And if he had said "Woodie dies in number two"... hmm let's not go there.

Martin Gardner

I've read the first few words of the Odyssey. Turns out that the 11th word is Troy IMO (Troiês).

Martin Gardner

Paul Howe wrote:Erp

Now that's what I call SCRAG lol.

Martin Gardner

ARRRRGGGH I had BIPODS down...but in my head thought of a tripod standing up, and figured a "BIPOD" would probably just fall over... and so there'd be no point in there being such a thing! http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=36637 Yeah good point, what stops if falling over? Still t...

Martin Gardner

This is not a very funy joke, but ah well, since when am I an expert on humour lol.

Martin Gardner

This is a totally un-intellectual topic than anyone can post is. Simply post any* image you like and we have to guess what is. I'm looking for a specific answer for this one. Is there any easy way to adjust the size? http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/fishwatch/images/walleye_pollock_photo2_exp.jpg *No hard-c...

Martin Gardner

Had this thread existed all those months ago, I would have proposed this, and this, with one post in advance for context.

Martin Gardner

No I've found a way round it, albeit a bit laborious it works. Kinda useful for doing etymologies on the Wiktionary, but not more than that. Btw Dinos, do you do Greek at Uni? I think modern Greek characters are similar but not quite the same anyway. The characters themselves are the same but some ...

Martin Gardner

Yeah if you exclude two letter words you can get longer than six, IMO. I'm too tired to be bothered now.

Martin Gardner

Marque for round 13. Or Barque, I think. Also is Sapiens allowed, in the penis round? And no disrespect meant, but if Kirk had been on today, I think Hazel Wheeler's record may have come under threat. (But maybe I'm being unfair, and it just seems that the contestant is worse than she actually is b...

Martin Gardner

If you mean absolutely no sub-words, I think the Scrabble solution to this is SYZYGY. In French it's XYLOL. This one is a bit better, although it's one letter shorter you can play without a blank. So on the first move, if you have WXYLOLQ the best play is XYLOL for 66 - not only that, it's the only ...

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