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Mark Deeks

Might be. I forgot.

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Let's play ZarteDown!

ZARTEISON
ZARTEISIN
ZARTEISUP
ZARTEQUIT
ZARTEMIKE
ZARTEINNY
I, SHY ZARTE
ZARTE'S OIL
CUSS ZARTE BOGIE
CO:ZARTESHITINACAR (the next Co:event)
CALM ZARTE NOT IN GIMP
CLUE: ZARTE NIPAIDS
REASONING? I LOVE ZARTE

Mark Deeks

Turn up about 7 or 8 or whenever the cool people are getting there, then stay and chat for a few hours, and that's it really. It's like the Co:Lin pub bit except considerably closer to where you live. What's not to like! So yeah, you're coming.

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You coming to Co:Bliv, or at least the pre-party? Just bring it to that, if you are. And if you're not, come to Co:Bliv!

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Way to share toys, James.

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I remember Whiteley did that once when the target came up at exactly 100 and there was a 100 in the selection. fwiw.

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On the one hand it's definitely a nice idea, in that it would bring an incentive for players to aim higher if they knew they were aiming for some sort of public exposure. However, the down side would be that it might actually put off some people from attending CO events. For example, the 2 ladies w...

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Reasonable excuse but please do the decent thing and turn up pass-out drunk at 6am. Ta.

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I'll add three: Kevin Bacon … Connection: Meryl Streep … Connection: Uma Thurman … Connection: Dwayne Johnson … Connection: Samuel L Jackson … Connection: Harrison Ford … Connection: Sean Connery … Connection: John Cleese … Connection: Cameron Diaz … Connection: Tom Cruise … Connection: Dustin Hoffm...

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Distinctly heard Nick mention Steve's first opponent last Tuesday was Mark.... but did not mention a final score. Mauro I reckon it was Mark D and the Countdown Team did not realise until after the recording that it was Mark Deeks who had applied under an alias. ;) Wasn't a very good choice of alia...

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Probably Edward Snowden.

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Hi Jason! Kate and Sarah are no longer with Countdown, unfortunately.

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Those who I would say don't play much these days are you, Rhys, Charlie, Niall, Joe Harrison, Gevin, Jordan Leckonby, James Hall, Zubair, Ned, Eskay and Danny Pledger. Of that I'm assuming you, Charlie and Gevin are easy enough to notify when the time comes. Joe's banned so discount him. Ned goes th...

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Might be a good idea to Aptomail all those who signed up to check they still want to be signed up. The sign-up period has been so long that some of those guys don't come around any more.

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Yes there is. Treble twenty, treble twenty, double nineteen and a half. Or treble twenty, single 49, bull.

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At the Comic Relief marathon, Mark Watson said he'd "absolutely love" to be in Dictionary Corner. I assume he meant it. He'd be good at it, too, I reckon.

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I can't see that a few obscure words from Dictionary Corner would alienate anyone. They're not going to impress anyone. Some might, the "nice" words - while it's always subjective as to what makes a nice word, stuff the general public might actually encounter at some point probably counts...

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There'll be three more tomorrow, hopefully they'll redeem the concept then.

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It's about what Penelope wants. Obscure words you'll never need to know can alienate viewers who aren't too intense about the word knowledge.

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Still, not to worry. It was only in front of about two million people.

Studio must have been packed that day because Countdown hasn't churned out those numbers in about 85 years. Don't you read the Daily Mail?

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I'm pretty big too, don't forget. *winks, flexes, drapes knackers on work surface, blushes, puts tiny knackers away again*

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That said, it would be quite fun for some random guy in sub-Saharan Africa to be walking around with Kirk's misspelt name on their chest. Fun thought. But yeah, I will take it off your hands nonetheless.

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Honestly not kidding about this - I was going through your pictures on Facebook yesterday (I was trying to find the one of Jono dressed as Robin Hood for the Apterous calendar), saw the Kirk Bevans is God one, and thought, I'd like that. And now this. SPOOKY coincidence.

I'll take it!

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This level of unpredictability, devil-may-careness and wild uncontrollable danger seeking surely helps to brighten everyone's day.

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Richard Blackwood?

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Oh you you you.

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So, we had that rematch. http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=993319 It puts the "board game effect" into some context as well as the sleep deprivation one. Things of note: 1) The max on the board game version was 3,550. The max on the Apto version was 3,770. (NB: the more sedate numb...

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I learnt this was a thing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer

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Would like to be. Will know more in 5 months.

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And only a minimum of 13 more frames to go! Thrilling stuff lined up there.

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Why are the high-value colours near the non-baulk end where they're easier to get to after potting reds? After you've potted a red, it's likely to be easier to pot the black or pink than one of the baulk colours, but you get more points for the easier shot than for the harder one. Surely it makes m...

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Do you need condoms in a bumming situation? Asking for a friend.

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I dunno Rhys. There's something to be said for acting your age.

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Well done to Innis! He won 6-5. We managed three max games (including a double) and 11 crucials in 11 games, which is not bad going.

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If anyone wishes to spectate the final, it'll start in about 25 minutes.

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Yes I, uh, love Lexii.

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FAO Innis Carson

Is this an attempt for points scored or for longevity?

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There's the small 19 meg option also at that link, silly goose!

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Done.

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I'm going to make it easier for you and make a self-aggrandizing Facebook photo album.

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It's a she, and she really has.

On page 165 is a picture of me and Innis hitting a man in the face with a Victoria Sponge.

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Matt Morrison wrote:Also who are these girls in the background that Mark keeps flirting with? What are they doing there, and are they hot as fuck?

Page 498.

Would.

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Note on page 161, proof of the time at 7am in the morning when the whole crowd came to visit us, and left coats and cake. No one saw this, I don't think, so finally there's some proof it actually happened. Possibly my favourite moment of the whole thing.

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One of the members of the audience for this show minuted the entire thing. And while it's taken them six weeks to do it, they have finally finished writing up those minutes. All 94,000 words of them. The Countdowning features heavily - there is a round by round recap that even includes definitions. ...

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Jimmy Gough did it by mistake.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f94MpV0OGPo

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It was something to do.

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In the crush around the Houses of Parliament at the Queen's jubilee celebrations, with 1.5 million people in attendance, Ryan SWEARS he saw me. I didn't see him back, but I do honestly remember thinking at the time that I heard someone shout "MAAHHHHK!!!", so I believe him.

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Has there ever been a show where there has been two or three numbers games which have only required a single working (for instance, 106 - 100,6 and any other four)? Also, full kudos to Graeme and everyone for this thread. It's an amazing font of information. I'm pretty sure there was once a numbers...

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Well then I think we should claim it. 6 points and an extra max onto the total please

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MEETER is valid on Apterous and always has been. CONTROVERSY.

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No one spoke ill of her. No one rejoiced.

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Be strong, brother.

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When I was a young, idiotic boy, I was convinced that the BBC Six o Clock News reader Nicholas Witchell was actually the first man on the moon Neil Armstrong, and that the actor Peter Sellars was actually Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, based solely off of this stamp. (Collected stamps as a boy and r...

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Maybe if we have something similar in 2 years time for the 27th anniversary, maybe we should get another 2 players to do 27 hours of Countdown, as it's fair to say that this has proved to be a fantastic idea, and I think it definitely needs to be repeated in the future. Well, we would do it again, ...

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Reading back those last rounds gave me a nice warm feeling. They were pretty amped. I hope Innis won't mind me mentioning that he was as into is as I've ever seen him into anything - the surrealness of the whole thing (especially with Rachel dealing), the closeness of the score, the intensity. And a...

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FWIW, I didn't really guess SIDEBOOB in that round. I declared first and only have 7 (BOOBIES), then AFTER innis outscored me I asked him to put my declaration is as that.

Great effort, James!

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It is freaking ridiculous, to be fair. But yeah.

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LOSINGEST is a word actually used in American sport.

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If today's challenger (haven't see the show so apologies for not knowing the name) Googles his/her own name some day soon, finds this thread, and sees a discussion about quite when and to whom they should have been served up as mere fodder, they're prolly going to be disrespected.

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