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Re: Veggies
If rabbits have a greater capacity for suffering than haddock (which they probably do) and you base your diet on how much the organisms you eat have suffered before they ended up on your plate then that would make sense to me. You have to draw the line somewhere, otherwise you can replace haddock w...
Re: Veggies
(I'm not proposing that religion is a 'sensible moral code', by the way, more just saying something that seems relevant.) By "sensible moral code", I didn't actually mean "a moral code you agree with". I'm not vegetarian, but I can see it as understandable if that's how it takes...
- Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:28 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Leeds - The Final Countdown?
- Replies: 80
- Views: 13936
Re: Leeds - The Final Countdown?
The Lancashire [Evening] Telegraph is advertising a coach tour to Granada studios to see Countdown recorded on 12th May. Is that the first day of filming?
Re: Veggies
There's nothing hypocritical about eating fish but not other meat, it all depends on your reasons for not eating meat. Quite right, Ben. The hypocritical element is anyone calling themselves a vegetarian and eating fish. I don't consider that particularly hypocritical. What would be hypocritical wo...
Re: Veggies
CJ de Mooi said it on Eggheads, that may have been the one you heard.Kieran Child wrote:A term I heard recently and quite liked was "fish and chip-ocrite"
- Wed Apr 15, 2009 2:09 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Health and safety on the railways? It didn't exist
- Replies: 74
- Views: 9319
Re: Health and safety on the railways? It didn't exist
None of your stories are serious enough for libel cases, George. It costs a fortune to sue for libel, and the rewards for publicity on a site like this would be titchy. Besides, the best defence against libel is truth. He's got to prove you're lying (on balance of probability) to win. Anyway, I want...
- Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:04 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 13th April
- Replies: 58
- Views: 8586
Re: Spoilers for Monday 13th April
And then again, the official government definition of "free range" eggs includes (unless they've changed it recently) a giant chicken house with only one small door, so half the chickens don't even know they can get out. As opposed to the little farm where the chickens run around wherever ...
- Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:34 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 13th April
- Replies: 58
- Views: 8586
Re: Spoilers for Monday 13th April
Doughnuts have milk & eggs in. Not a problem for vegetarians, but vegans are a little more picky.
- Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 13th April
- Replies: 58
- Views: 8586
Re: Spoilers for Monday 13th April
Also, wrt Rachel saying 'there must be a more straightforward way' for the 424, I ended up doing 28*15 + 4, which I'm not really convinced is more straightforward (tbh, I think doing 106*4 is a pretty intuitive way to do it, I was trying to do that at first, but couldn't make it work). Also, this d...
- Thu Apr 09, 2009 9:34 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Health and safety on the railways? It didn't exist
- Replies: 74
- Views: 9319
Re: Health and safety on the railways? It didn't exist
Health and safety on the Railways? It didn't exist in the old days. This is probably of interest only to Railway enthusiasts, and is an indication of how we were expected to work. Just to correct your misconception, George, I'm by no means a railway enthusiast but still find your stories really int...
- Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:29 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Longest word with no anagrams
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2450
Re: Longest word with no anagrams
GRRRL for 5, maybe? Or is GRR in there?
- Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for March 17th
- Replies: 97
- Views: 11846
Re: Spoilers for March 17th
Just watching it back now I'm sweating as it brings back so many memories. After the edits (hardly any if any at all) I remember Charlie and Sid stormed onto the set and Charlie gave me a massive hug. :D It's a dangerous game, playing well when Charlie's around. Fortunately I'll never be at risk. O...
- Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:55 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Trick questions
- Replies: 42
- Views: 6889
Re: Trick questions
The trick in question 10 - is it that Torbay isn't a town?
- Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:39 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: More linguistic nonsense
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5339
Re: More linguistic nonsense
There are plenty of sentences where recasting them to move the preposition away from the end gives a very awkward result, e.g. "The children knew what I was looking at." and some where even a simple sentence would require major surgery to remove the trailing preposition, e.g. "The do...
Re: Ghosts?
I don't believe in ghosts, but... When my niece was just about 2, her great-grandma died. Rose was too young to know this. A couple of days before the funeral, Rose said "What's grandma doing in the garden"? The others told her not to be silly, but asked which grandma; Rose said "Gran...
- Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:20 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: "Frustrated by the programme marginalising her sexuality."
- Replies: 223
- Views: 28172
Re: "Frustrated by the programme marginalising her sexuality."
I think Kate's sexuality has been thoroughly marginalised by now!
- Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:17 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown in the news
- Replies: 217
- Views: 65351
Re: Countdown in the news
Even Channel 4's own subtitler had you as "Bevans" today.Kirk Bevins wrote:So frustrating that no-one ever spells my name right. Grrrr.
- Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:11 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Cheating: What it is, and why you shouldn't do it
- Replies: 257
- Views: 236432
Re: Cheating: What it is, and why you shouldn't do it
I did, but it never occurred to me that it was in connection with Apterous.Michael Wallace wrote:I'm surprised by the discussion about how the cheat detector works - did no-one else notice Charlie installing cameras in their bedroom?
- Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:04 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: EMail for the start of the Show
- Replies: 48
- Views: 4583
Re: EMail for the start of the Show
Damian, I asked because when I looked over the e-mail I eventually sent to Des and Carol which Des O'Connor eventually read on the air, I had just realized I forgot to plug UK Nova. Kate suggested this, and I ended up sending an e-mail to Jeff and Rachel congratulating them on getting the job as th...
- Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:15 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thu 05/03/2009
- Replies: 104
- Views: 13567
Re: Spoilers for Thu 05/03/2009
Oh, and nobody's said this because it's of little importance, but did you all notice the challenger asking for "consonance" all the way through the game? You'd think someone who'd been on 8 quiz shows including 15-to-1 would be able to pronounce a nine-letter word. It's of no importance a...
- Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown words spotted in real life
- Replies: 122
- Views: 60705
Re: Countdown words spotted in real life
I've had my share of idolaters.
Whatever happened to Gentoo? It was the Leotard of the 80's, but hasn't been seen since?
Whatever happened to Gentoo? It was the Leotard of the 80's, but hasn't been seen since?
- Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:14 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thu 05/03/2009
- Replies: 104
- Views: 13567
Re: Spoilers for Thu 05/03/2009
No I'd choose one or two large there. If he's 19 behind then obviously he's gotta try and win, but he's nearly 100 behind! The only immediate example I can think of, is in professional baseball if a pitcher's got a perfect game going in the late innings, you don't try and bunt for a hit, you try an...
- Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:55 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Countdown probability problem
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2703
Re: Countdown probability problem
If you're over 45, you couldn't work out the 15th root of anything unless you had access to a mainframe computer. If you're under 45, the powers that be didn't realise pocket calculators had been invented, so carried on teaching logs.
- Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:51 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Leeds - The Final Countdown?
- Replies: 80
- Views: 13936
Re: Leeds - The Final Countdown?
(From the original link) "Under the plans, Emmerdale would become self-contained at its current filming location, but with far fewer staff, and Countdown could move to a different studio facility elsewhere in the UK." Any chance that Emmerdale might have a big studio they can lend out for ...
- Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:51 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The C4C Football Thread
- Replies: 1265
- Views: 215547
Re: The C4C Football Thread
Shame Damian doesn't come on any more. I'd like to tell him about Burnley beating his mob for the second time this season.
- Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Leeds - The Final Countdown?
- Replies: 80
- Views: 13936
Re: Leeds - The Final Countdown?
They've used Tyne-Tees studio in the past, when the Leeds studio was double-booked - I think it was about 2001. (Is Tyne-Tees studio still there?)
- Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:14 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Mon 02/03/2009 - Kirk Bevins' debut
- Replies: 121
- Views: 14224
Re: Spoilers for Mon 02/03/2009 - Kirk Bevins' debut
Don't blame the parents - she's married.Paul Howe wrote:Haha, worst parents ever.Ben Hunter wrote:The superbly named Ann Abel
- Sun Mar 01, 2009 1:46 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The C4C Football Thread
- Replies: 1265
- Views: 215547
Re: The C4C Football Thread
We seem to be better suited to teams that want to try and beat us, hence they come forward and attack, rather than have 10 players camped in their own six yard box like most teams do that come to the Emirates. I don't blame the smaller teams for this tactic, just cant understand why, with the quali...
- Sun Mar 01, 2009 1:39 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Sandwiches Part II: The Heresy
- Replies: 34
- Views: 5483
Re: Sandwiches Part II: The Heresy
Although I've used the word "butter" a couple of times, I actually use margarine in sandwiches. It spreads more easily and is more neutral-tasting, but has the necessary lubricative properties. If it's just spreading that's the problem, use spreading butter. So much better tasting than ma...
- Wed Feb 25, 2009 11:06 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Sandwich/Sandwiches
- Replies: 195
- Views: 15801
Re: Sandwich/Sandwiches
Anyway, why has no one yet addressed the far more controversial question I posed earlier, viz: is it a "sand-widge" or a "sand-witch"? Neither. In this case, you are utterly wrong. Never in the field of human conflict has any man or woman ever pronounced the 'd' in sanwitch. (or...
- Wed Feb 25, 2009 11:03 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Sandwich/Sandwiches
- Replies: 195
- Views: 15801
Re: Sandwich/Sandwiches
If you have a sandwich in your hand, and you eat half of it, what are you left with? Half a sandwich, or a sandwich? Half, surely. If you eat a sandwich in 12 bites, how many sandwiches have you eaten? 1, or 12? 1, surely. So far, I've agreed with every word Phil has said. (I think I need profession...
- Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:07 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Sandwich/Sandwiches
- Replies: 195
- Views: 15801
Re: Sandwich/Sandwiches
So does a sandwich have a clear definition? What if you don't know the "history" of the bread it is cut from? If you're at a party, and there's a plate of little triangular sandwiches with different fillings, and someone asks you to "pass them a cheese sandwich", do you simply l...
- Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:03 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Best ever contestants
- Replies: 546
- Views: 425098
Re: Best ever contestants
I'd just like to say that by posting here I can ensure that searching for my name on this site will bring up the "Best Ever Contestants" thread.
Signed,
David Roe.
Signed,
David Roe.
- Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:57 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Sandwich/Sandwiches
- Replies: 195
- Views: 15801
Re: Sandwich/Sandwiches
If you make a sandwich with 2 whole slices of bread, and then cut it in half, you get two sandwiches. If you cut each of the two new sandwiches in half, you get two sandwiches cut in half. The poll is not sufficiently detailed to cover this option. Boo. Be ashamed.
- Tue Feb 24, 2009 1:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: "Frustrated by the programme marginalising her sexuality."
- Replies: 223
- Views: 28172
Re: "Frustrated by the programme marginalising her sexuality."
I would have thought the great majority of viewers of Countdown want to see good contests and don't care about the domestic arrangements of competitors. Most contestants want to do well, but some it seems have hidden agendas, and use the programme to publicise themselves, either as a job interview ...
- Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:01 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Multiple Anagrams
- Replies: 46
- Views: 5326
Re: Multiple Anagrams
OPPO. That makes 2/6.Michael Wallace wrote:Of course, if you have repeated letters this reduces the number of possible permutations, so POOP scores 1/6 since there are only 6 ways you can distinctly arrange 2 pairs of letters.
- Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Hansford
- Replies: 53
- Views: 4476
Re: Hansford
I thought conumdrums only ever had one soloution, if he said measuring would he have been wrong? There was at least one occasion, probably 10+ years ago, when a contestant buzzed in and said some word which sounded to me like one of Jo Brand's words, but RW said let's see if you're right, and it wa...
- Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:06 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Teapots
- Replies: 38
- Views: 5247
Re: Teapots
On't bookshelf in't front room. Never been used for tea.
We stopped the tape when the teapot was on, to see if we could spot the difference. we couldn't. Of course, we wouldn't get colour shades.
We stopped the tape when the teapot was on, to see if we could spot the difference. we couldn't. Of course, we wouldn't get colour shades.
- Sun Feb 15, 2009 10:03 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 13th February 2009
- Replies: 65
- Views: 10061
Re: Spoilers and comments for Friday 13/02/2009
Anyone?David Roe wrote:When did "grails" become acceptable? It's always been disallowed when I've heard it before, presumably it's got into the NODE2 with a lower case g?
- Sun Feb 15, 2009 12:17 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 13th February 2009
- Replies: 65
- Views: 10061
Re: Spoilers and comments for Friday 13/02/2009
You are a bit innocent aren't you David!! Russell T Davies is a playwright best known currently for bringing back 'Doctor Who' to the BBC after a lengthy gap. About ten years ago he wrote a series about homesexual goings-on in Manchester and wanted to call it "Queer as Fuck" but C4 wouldn...
- Sun Feb 15, 2009 12:13 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: "Poofter" on Countdown
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5770
Re: "Poofter" on Countdown
the lgf are a good old lesbian and gay charity in manchester, worth supporting (like george house trust is worth supporting, the charity hiv charity i work for) The guy who put this on the web-site delivers condoms to me at work on a regular basis (it's part of my work - how i wish i could of talke...
- Sat Feb 14, 2009 11:59 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 13th February 2009
- Replies: 65
- Views: 10061
Re: Spoilers and comments for Friday 13/02/2009
When did "grails" become acceptable? It's always been disallowed when I've heard it before, presumably it's got into the NODE2 with a lower case g?
- Sat Feb 14, 2009 11:58 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 13th February 2009
- Replies: 65
- Views: 10061
Re: Spoilers and comments for Friday 13/02/2009
But, what about Russell T Davies using it in the title 'Queer as Folk' which I know is a play on the expression, but none the less... Don't know who Russell T. Davies is, but I do know the expression "queer as folk" as it is normally used has absolutely nothing to do with homosexuality. I...
- Sat Feb 14, 2009 11:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: "Poofter" on Countdown
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5770
Re: "Poofter" on Countdown
If that's what the Lesbian and Gay Foundation reckon to be controversial, they must have led very sheltered lives.
- Sat Feb 14, 2009 11:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Say hello to Susie
- Replies: 67
- Views: 12097
Re: Say hello to Susie
If you want people to know the difference between mathematics and arithmetic, you need to start at school. That's where the two get confused, with GCSE mathematics. By and large it's only people who've seen or studied maths at university that realise you can be a competent mathematician even though ...
- Sat Feb 14, 2009 11:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown Calendar
- Replies: 126
- Views: 18450
Re: Countdown Calendar
You could buy it from Amazon in late 2008, but I've no idea whether they still have them in stock.Hannah O wrote:Now, seriously, where can one get hold of this Calendar? Is it exclusive to Countdown contestants only (did it arrive in their goody bag), or can the general public buy it too?
- Thu Feb 12, 2009 10:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Rachel Riley at the numbers board
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5135
Re: Rachel Riley at the numbers board
She drew a 9 from the top today, and it wasn't a great success. The loop was almost closed.
- Thu Feb 12, 2009 2:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: dress code
- Replies: 120
- Views: 14497
Re: dress code
1) I am a rampant feminist who believes make-up is demeaning to women, and any woman who wears make-up, is to some extent, prostituting herself. 2) I hate myself and don't think I deserve to look pretty. 3) I'm allergic to make up and would come out in an itchy red rash. 4) It never occured to me t...
- Thu Feb 12, 2009 10:15 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Making Change
- Replies: 62
- Views: 7115
Re: Making Change
While I'm here, is there an example that counters this theory: 1: There must be a 1p coin. 2: The gap between each coin must be the same or greater then the preceding gaps of lower calue coins. 3: From the 4th coin onwards, you must be able to make change for that coin from any combination of just ...
- Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:58 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Rachel Riley at the numbers board
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5135
Re: Rachel Riley at the numbers board
Maybe she could start her 6's from the bottom, like upside-down 9's?
- Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:54 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: How-To Guides
- Replies: 172
- Views: 44270
Re: How-To Guides
I had the same set of numbers three times in a row on my own choice of numbers on Apterous earlier: 100, 75, 50, 25, 10, 3 The first time, the target was 314, which looks alright until you try it. Towards the end of the time, I came up with this: 75 * 100 = 7500 10 - 3 = 7 7 * 50 = 350 7500 + 350 =...
- Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: How-To Guides
- Replies: 172
- Views: 44270
Re: How-To Guides
The sum in my head has now become "(7x(75-2))+5", and I neither know nor care what the intermediate totals are. So then I'd say to Rachel, "Take the 2 from the 75, then multiple by 7..." and she'd be saying, "7 x 73 is..." and I haven't a clue what 7 x 73 is! OK so I c...
- Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: dress code
- Replies: 120
- Views: 14497
Re: dress code
For Roxanne to give an opinion is fine. To give it in a "I'm right, anyone who disagrees is wrong" way is arrogant. But to give an instruction to us all is asking for trouble on this forum. Maybe with only 7 posts she hasn't noticed, but there are people on here who don't like being told w...
- Wed Feb 11, 2009 1:14 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: How-To Guides
- Replies: 172
- Views: 44270
Re: How-To Guides
Tips on 4 large? Best one IMO is that 25 x 25 = 625. You can use (100-75) or (75-50) to get one of the 25s; you've got 100 or 50 left to add or subtract; and you've still got 2 small numbers to fiddle about with for the detail. Anything between 510 and 740 or so and that's my first stop. If it's a b...
- Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:41 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Drifting semantically
- Replies: 61
- Views: 7777
Re: Drifting semantically
Danish have a letter Å, or å in lower case, which can also be written as AA or aa. Eg. the town of Ålborg, or Aalborg. With the complication that the letter Åå as a separate letter comes at position 27, after Z, so Ålborg is at the end of any index. But Aalborg is at the beginning of any index. Whic...
- Mon Feb 09, 2009 5:13 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Drifting semantically
- Replies: 61
- Views: 7777
Re: Drifting semantically
I find this hard to believe, although there isn't another language I speak well enough to test this out on. I'd love to know what your source is, I'll gladly read (or skim) it. No idea what the source was, sorry, it's something I heard years ago. But it was said in relation to crosswords, and why t...
- Mon Feb 09, 2009 3:33 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Drifting semantically
- Replies: 61
- Views: 7777
Re: Drifting semantically
Anglo-French pun: Why does the French President only have one egg for breakfast? Because one egg's un oeuf. I was told English and French are the only two languages where cryptic crosswords really work, because they're the only two languages with puns. Oddly enough, American seems to be included as ...
- Sun Feb 08, 2009 8:12 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: C4C Cryptic Crossword No. 1
- Replies: 42
- Views: 5368
Re: C4C Cryptic Crossword No. 1
I got ALL the clues right. It was the answers I struggled with.Kai Laddiman wrote:I got all but 7 of the clues right.
- Sun Feb 08, 2009 12:13 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Wednesday 4th February 2009 (Series 60 Prelim 3)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1589
Re: Wednesday 4th February 2009 (Series 60 Prelim 3)
Hymn sung every year before the FA Cup Final, and also at funerals - the first line is
"Abide with me, fast falls the eventide"
It means evening.
"Abide with me, fast falls the eventide"
It means evening.
- Sun Feb 08, 2009 12:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: On the search for Countdown episodes
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4213
Re: On the search for Countdown episodes
Thomas. Why?