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Damian E

That is correct yeah.

Damian E

Following in the footsteps of previous Scrabbler-turned-Countdown-champ Stewart Holden, the undefeated series champion Craig Beevers has pulled out of Championship of Champions. I think it's fair to say that the man they call "Shaved" was hotly tipped to win the contest, and is regarded b...

Damian E

Just about to do the 'draw' for the 13th C of C.

Good luck to all those involved

Damian E

The original 'GOTCHA' was the full-length 30-minute Countdown. I think after editing, it ran about 7 minutes on House Party.

Damian E

No thanks, Ben.
At least not yet anyway.

Damian E

I wasn't meaning CJ.

I'll spell it how i like. Its my keyboard.

Damian E

I remember after the death of RW, Richard Digance remembered (so do I) that RW said to the champion half way through the game when announcing his score : "69, that's a nice position to be in". Mr Digance was adamant it was an innocent remark, but having seen Richard W's face when he said ...

Damian E

They don't exist, Gevin.

I merely like to feed you with things for you to speculate about. 99% of the things i do on Countdown are done with you in mind.

Damian E

She's really a bloke called Daniel.

Great to meet you guys again this week. Debbi, Charlie, Jono, Mike Brown......... the end is listless.

Damian E

Jennifer Turner wrote:I seem to recall that one or other of the producers (probably Eadie) was quite scathing of "showboating" contestants in "Spreading The Word". All the more reason to do it, really...

A pint of BITTER, Turner?

Damian E

Poor Charlie, stop picking on him. I want to do that tomorrow.

Damian E

Actually Kirk, no.
That's not embarrassment, that's just lack of education. I blame the school teachers.

Damian E

Maybe Julian is getting a trifle jealous. :mrgreen: Yeah definitely ;) All it is Damian is that a couple of times now you've made (what looked like) sharp replies to extremely innocuous posts by Mike, which I thought were uncalled for given everything Mike's done for the show. If I were Mike I woul...

Damian E

I hope all of you suffer excruciating embarassment.

Damian E

Any other good examples??! RW - after a winning DC word "eyes like PISTOLES in the snow". RW to me in DC, after getting an 8 with a rogue Q in the selection "Anything else Damian"...to which i replied "what do you want, the moon on a stick?", much to RW's annoyance. Me...

Damian E

A max for DC? oooooh.

Damian E

I'm pretty sure W*NKER was transmitted in one programme with Richard Whiteley, unbleeped, at which he said "I have heard of the word" and passed on. You are right John, it has passed by before without real alarm, hence the reason we didn't do a retake, but C4 rightly pointed out that it i...

Damian E

Tickets not distributed yet, Ben.

If you call Nick Charlwood on 0161 952 0408, he'll oblige i am sure. Tell him Uncle D sent you.

Damian E

Actually, its FAR too soppy. Will get in touch asap re C of C.

Damian E

MIke Brown said This raises a very interesting point, I think. Should we now be extra-careful what is said on C4C, because of its effect on the show? I don't really know, to be honest. Things are inevitably going to be said that are not liked by everybody and the more members and visitors that come...

Damian E

The instructions given to the studio floor, are and always have been, that the letters are shuffled after every show. I think the term shuffle lends itself to the image of someone with a pack of cards, but obviously the Countdown letters are far too big and heavy to do that kind of shuffle with, so ...

Damian E

Lets rewind please - the question was "Are contestants seeded from the beginning of the series?" - the answer to that is an emphatic NO. We need approx 110 contestants for a series, and we find them as we go along. We do not have the whole 110 in place prior to recording the first show - s...

Damian E

C of C, providing we get the participants, WILL be recorded in late November 2008 - and this WILL be the first shows with the new presenters, and will be shown in January 09. Once our recording dates are confirmed, all invitees will be notified immediately. Paul H, am interested to know why this is ...

Damian E

OK, I feel suitably embarrassed now! Sorry if I've overstepped the mark in my cheekiness, Damian, certainly no offence was meant, although I expect you know that. I was very grateful for all the plugs my site got when I was on the show, URL or no URL, and it's great to see Charlie getting all the p...

Damian E

Not quite sure what to say to that, Julian. You sometimes feel i (meaning me personally) am a bit harsh towards Mike? I genuinely don't know where you are coming from. Do you have any examples? I I don't believe the countdownpage was 'extensively' used a research tool by the production team, either....

Damian E

What surprised me is that Charlie was allowed to advertise this site on the programme. When Mike Brown was on, it was said that he runs a Countdown website, but the URL wasn't given. And I mentioned my numbers game solver on my application form, but this information was completely censored out for ...

Damian E

Julie, I think in principal your ideas are very good. However, when it comes to specific adjudications on words, it a tricky situation. We know the ODE isnt as user-friendly for Countdown as we would like, but its still a cracking dictionary. The problem is, who writes the definitive list of words? ...

Damian E

Carol expressed surprise yesterday during the introduction that you ran a Countdown website (or 3), but I'm assuming this was faked for effect, and also that you must have chatted about it - Des/Carol/Susie must browse this place surely ? (If so, what does Carol think of my avatar? :)) Doubt very m...

Damian E

Julie, it's funny because any member of the Countdown staff may not reply to you if you do send them any messages. This is because they are busy. Yet, we have three members of the Countdown crew who post here. I guess we should consider this the official Countdown forum. Jason, there are only 5 of ...

Damian E

There are two of them in Right Said Fred.

Damian E

Very good.

Damian E

Charlie Reams wrote:I'm pretty sure ASSHOLE is allowed now.

Am sure i've just seen one on the telly, Charlie.

Damian E

You mean Ecclesiastes Myanmar isn't a real person?

Its a wonderful moniker though, which oddly enough converts anagrammatically into SARCASTIC NAME, SEEMLY.

I feel so cheated.

Damian E

Unless you actually don't watch the numbers games (which would surprise me), then you're going to sit through another "boring" numbers game anyway, whichever side of Susie's thing it is. The numbers game is part of the game, Susie's thing is not, so the ordering seems a no-brainer to me. ...

Damian E

I especially like the new "origins of words" bit that Susie does before round 10.

Yeah, i like it too. Wonder who's idea that was?

Damian E

Someone like Kate Horton?

You must mean Penelope Keith?

Damian E

We did a similar thing at the Mind Sports Olympiad, many moons ago Jono. Gave all the applicants a sheet with all the rounds printed on. If you got a 9 in two seconds on Rd 1, you then theoretically had 58 seconds for Rd 2 etc. It wasn't QUITE adhering to the Countdown rules, but it was still such j...

Damian E

I don't use the keyboard with my fingers, Paul.
I have a large proboscis-like implement wrapped around my forehead which i use to peck at the keys with.
I'll put it up on YouTube someday.

Damian E

Don't you just love it, Charlie, having everyone pick holes in your craft. Now you know how i've felt for 12 years

Half of Dover.

Damian E

I find the keyboard harder Paul, in that i have to look down to see where my finger is going, plus it means i have to let go of my drink. :shock: Sure, Rex needs to be a tough old challenge, but with the conundrums, i don't think anyone could beat 0.8 seconds, which is what they would have to do. My...

Damian E

I play a lot of conundrum attacks etc, and i have noticed that Rex is incredibly quick, almost to the point of unbeatability - given that we have to click on or press on the correct letter first. Have noticed many times, that whenever i've beaten Rex to the word, pretend its CHOCOLATE, i've clicked ...

Damian E

It was me, Joseph - long before i came out of the closet.

Damian E

Weird thing happened to me in the Daily Duel on Thursday this week. TYPED in Judgement for conundrum, was not allowed, then answer was revealed as Judgement. The game said JUGDMENT is not the right answer, and carried on, but in the text box where i typed the answer, it was clearly written down as J...

Damian E

Dinos Sfyris wrote:
Jason Larsen wrote:By the way, Lara, is that you? If so, I'm not surprised you're so sweet and no wonder!
The picture doesn't do her justice. She's even more gorgeous in person

This is nauseating.

Damian E

GASOLINES is a bad move.

Won't be accepted. PETROL(S) is related to the colour, GASOLINE is not.

Damian E

Belated Happy Birthday, Kate.

You rancid old bag.

Damian E

I cant connect at work........which is a bummer. Socket connection error, whatever that means.

Going to ask in-house IT chaps to take a look at it. Failing that, i'll just have to quit my job.

Damian E

Excellent explanation, Gavin.
I wouldn't have put it better myself.

I just wouldn't.

Damian E

I'll find out for definite and let you know.

Its not that crucial anyway is it, but even so its good to put it to rest. How did you research the 100 game if Martin posted it?

Damian E

Ok found it, this seems to settle the argument: Link The final numbers game, pity he didn't go for 4 large. You see Charlie, I told you :mrgreen: Well researched, Martin. Am surprised though that nobody has yet spotted that Junaid Mubeen has been on before................ Cue the mass protests from...

Damian E

Was the Middle East really the smartest example to use, considering the backgrounds of the people present in Monday's game? It was a perfect example of how the plural of tension is used. I wonder how many complaints it will receive To date, none. and whether they considered editing it our or reshoo...

Damian E

Reminds me of Baldrick reciting his Ode To a Bee.

Inspiring stuff.

Damian E

Charlie, i think the idea is, you change the programming on Apterous to incorporate the possibility of a 100 target, then i come out a week or two later and say it was a mistake and that 101 is actually the lowest. It's called messing you about. Seriously, i do think that 100 is the lowest, but if i...

Damian E

Yes Jon, it arrived last week.
Cheers

Damian E

Cecil.........(pronounced SeeSill), is programmed to select ANY 3-figure number, so 100 is legitimate.

Damian E

Let it go, Joseph.

Amey was a kid when he first played, then he came back as an adult.

You first played as an adult, but cannot come back as a kid, unless of course we play Goatdown and you attach synthetic teats to your midriff.

Damian E

Forgive me for asking, but aren't the number tiles used on countdown rectangular? No, Joseph. They are square. 3.5 inches of pure square. I think Ben made a similar point recently so you're certainly no more freakish than him, although that might be a poor reassurance. Jesus, is it that bad, for Be...

Damian E

Firstly, hats off to Charlie for not only Apterous, but for being the grandmaster of the online Countdown community and for putting in countless hours of effort over the last 4 or 5 years. Now, on to Apterous. It might be just me and my alleged aspergic ways, but i struggle with it. The size of the ...

Damian E

......unless of course you happen to be a hermit crab.

Damian E

I think the ODE did a fair job this time. It clearly states that FUNNEST isnt acceptable in standard English. It's about balancing things out. It's raised a few eyebrows on this forum, but not 1 viewer has queried it, but i think had we allowed, we'd have had a mob weilding burning tyres outside the...

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