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as opposed to a surprising missus?

also I've noticed RAPED, RAPES and RAPIST today - which has only led to me imagining someone writing countdown fanfiction where someone talks about Des O's 'teatime teaser' (emphasis on the inverted commas there...)

now where's that mental floss...

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RAPED

and any other spoilers for today (how has this thread not been started yet?)

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13 - JUNKERISM?
16 - WHIPSAWED?

these just sound like the crap I make up when i'm playing countdown online with people...

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Adolf Hitler.

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this is awesome - it reminds me of syobon action - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=733wle0LQtI for an example - there are versions that have been made with the same sort of thing as this though, but I figured I'd post (an) original, even though it's not pretty

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I don't know what it was, but I'm guessing we experienced the same problem, yeah

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I'm too tired to check my dictionary - can you have MATZOS..oh they just said it, never mind

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This was introduced on Channel 4 by the voiceover person saying "next on 4, it's all friendly fire on countdown" (or something like that) - now I appreciate that the film on before was in black and white, and so presumably was about a war, but what does this mean? Can we expect some sort o...

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I once emailed Quron asking them why they didn't call their quorn cornish pasties Quornish pasties.

Although I suppose that's more of a cornwall story than a corn one.

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I think Des O' is awesome, but mostly because he says things that, when you think about it, are rather offensive, and yet you don't notice unless you're paying attention because of how he says them (indeed, I don't believe he is actually trying to be offensive most of the time).

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I don't understand what happened in that game. I was half-watching it (whilst half-sleeping and half-talking to people online), thought the challenger was giving him a run for his money, then suddenly at the end he had 25 points?! I'm going to have to read the recap on this one despite watching it o...

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that was some fantastic piss-taking of the challenger's 'degree' by Des O' there

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+1 to the list of people who hate the 'lists', but it's mostly annoying when the person clearly hasn't really thought about what they were going to say (since it's rare for that to be at all interesting, and you wonder how much they've been paid for it) - Jo Brand has been the worst for this sort of...

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Corbyworby wrote:When you say "datapoint", you presumably mean "erection"?

When *don't* I mean erection?

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I have sex with men and eat it like a typewriter (corn on the cob, that is).

(Just to give you another datapoint...)

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oh, a countdown bot is certainly doable - a friend of mine found one that would play Les Numbres et les Chiffres (including number rounds), but had various drawbacks such as the timing being a bit off (it was set to 30 seconds per round, during which you had to have typed your answer - I was thinkin...

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how good do you think this sweetcorn would be at countdown?

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yarrr - I set one up in the hope of also writing a bot who could play countdown with people (rather than needing a host), but since I'm only a wannabe script kiddie, I lacked the compsci-fu to make it better than people just hosting themselves, and whilst I still think a chat room would be better fo...

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how did you fit him in there?

or are you some sort of giant?

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Would it not be informative to keep track of (I appreciate this can't be done retrospectively) the letters each player had during the game? Also, how good are the good scrabble bots? Do they just look for the best individual word they can make? Or are they more tactical (not setting up triple words ...

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dinos_the_chemist wrote:For some reason I like adding a biggie on at the end.

I *bet* you do...

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That person is here! I think I recall the game you mention and I thought she went for two large. Her preference is something like: 1 large 2 large 3 large 4 large/6 small Really? Damn. Although I suppose my only rationale was that I was surprised by her choice, rather than actually remembering what...

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I believe 6 small is her second favourite - I remember a show where the contestant asked her for her second favourite selection, and I was surprised by her choice

(of course, this is when someone with a better memory than me comes along and corrects me...)

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Carol should also be horsewhipped for being pleased when the numbers game is piss-easy. She groans if the target is 101 and there is a 100 and a 1, but other than that she seems to prefer the easy games. I dunno, I imagine if it was my job I'd be constantly terrified of getting a game that I couldn...

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Joseph Bolas wrote:Well done to Barry though for getting 7 wins and more importantly, beating his wife .

:S

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only an equaliser, but could youh ave had AUBURNS?

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it's poo

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dinos_the_chemist wrote:
Michael Wallace wrote:can you have MISTLE? 'MISTLE THRUSH' is in as 2 words, but not MISTLE on its own
No mistle I'm afraid

yarr, I thought it wouldn't be ok, but it seems a bit odd to have something in as a (lower case) word in a phrase, but not by itself (to me, at least)

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guessing you can't have CONSOLATE then...

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can you have MISTLE? 'MISTLE THRUSH' is in as 2 words, but not MISTLE on its own

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yeah, I was wondering about PODIUMS - surprised Susie didn't check (you'd've expected Des O' to ask, too)

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I can't find my dictionary - is CORPUS ok (round 6?)

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oh, I completely forgot about the t-shirt - possibly because I've never been sufficiently confident in my own natural coolness to think I can get away with wearing it (well, that's not entirely true - I wore it when my friends and I had a 'let's watch Raccoon lose at countdown' party, for the sake o...

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Joseph Bolas wrote:I don't think Carol would never stop co-hosting Countdown. If she did then it wouldn't be the same.

So what you're saying is that if she did retire they'd have to create some Vordermann cyborg to carry on in her place? Interesting..

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way to ruin my dreams, Conor

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we'll not go into what he's wearing then

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Matthew Green wrote:They should have some pretty unkown 17 yr old girl, wired up to Jon O'Neill getting the answers

I hope I'm not the only one who's now imagining Conor in a wig...

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Probably a discussion that's been done to death before, so sorry if so, but I do wonder what would happen should Carol eventually decide that consolidating her loans into one simple monthly repayment is a better career move than countdown. Is there a deputy Carol being groomed as we speak? Personall...

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"...even though you're a loser today..."

classic Des O'

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PS The goody bag contains a veritable cacophony of treats from the far reaches of the world, including: 14 Nubian slaves who will attend to your every whim; a magic carpet to cope with those tedious situations when waiting for that mode of public transport is just a drag; a leprechaun (for the Iris...

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I wore a t-shirt with an undone shirt over the top, which was fine - if you feel the cold especially then obviously wear a little more, but it's a bit of a personal thing as for the goody bag, well there are people on the forums who can give you a more up-to-date list (I was on series 55), but I got...

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Round 5: 25, 100, 75, 50, 7, 8. Target: 476. C1: 475.8*50+75 (7) C2: 475.7*75-50 (7) Jono (late): 476. (50-75/25)*8 (10) Score: 40–28 (max 49) maybe it's because it's nearly 3am, but I don't follow this solution...47*8 = 376, not 476...right? ...right? edit: and now I realise that you had a 100 left...

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I've wanted a COLON for ages, but figure it's the cost that's the problem - I know a pub which we could rent out if we'd spend £750 at the bar...how are countdowners for alcoholism?

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poor Kirky (pirky?)

I do wonder how they decide how 'difficult' a question is - I know "it's only easy if you know the answer" (well, except for the maths ones which you can work out), but they obviously try to make them get harder round by round, but it still feels laughably inconsistent

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Hang on, which Michael? I never agreed to anything!

(Jim Carey kinda scares me)

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I don't think I could commit until I see proof that you could stump up the cash (what's the exchange rate for cyber dollars these days, anyway?)

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so what we've learnt here is that if you're going to say anything at all insincere you must suffix such comments with at least 3 smilies and j/k so no confusion can occur :p :p :p lol j/k

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I think we're missing the bigger issue here - have you noticed how many times he says 'the' and 'and'?

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after failing to find better than 870 (25x(8/2)*8+10*7) I used a solver, but apparently that's the best you can do

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so hang on, David prematurely ejaculated at a Corrs gig?

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so how much can I charge for a book about losing on your first show?

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is it just me, or does the current champ have a habit of staring across at his opponent towards the end of the time? I wasn't paying attention in all the rounds, but he definitely did it at some point, presumably he's looking at the clock, but I think I'd find that a bit unnerving! legendary numbers...

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surprise miss from carol...

((50*(8-6))+5)*9-10

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Ben Pugh wrote:MATERIEL

I'll remember that next time I spot REALTIME (which is still two words, apparently...)

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lalala you know what to do

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I was wondering the same with my conundrum (DYSTOPIAN) - I had a brief panic before answering as to whether it was spelt DISTOPYAN (yeah yeah, it looks stupid when you write it down...) - although I presume that had I given that by mistake, we would have had more fun and games...

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Gevin-Gavin wrote:
Michael Wallace wrote:I quite like cheese, but can't really stand things that smell cheesy (yes, I'm an odd sort, don't even get me started on cheese *flavoured* things...)
Really? And what does Gromit have to say on the matter?

wow, that takes me back to my school days...

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for those fortunate enough not to see my game against David, all you need to know is that I was awesome, whereas he cheated and only won because he bribed Conor

(some or all of this may or may not be untrue)

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I'm particularly fond of halloumi (although possibly because it usually just tastes of salt), and occasionally paneer (although possibly because it usually comes with curry)

a nice strong cheddar is a good default, though

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hmm...I wonder if I put my dictionary on my head whether osmosis will do the rest

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