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- Tue Nov 20, 2018 7:51 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
- Replies: 773
- Views: 677204
Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
Yep. But you also only like one song. Entertainment is not for you.
- Sat Nov 17, 2018 7:51 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Things normal people normally own but you don't own for some reason
- Replies: 66
- Views: 128172
Re: Things normal people normally own but you don't own for some reason
This is wonderful. Gevin would like a photo for clarification.
- Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:08 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Things normal people normally own but you don't own for some reason
- Replies: 66
- Views: 128172
Re: Things normal people normally own but you don't own for some reason
Maybe the tattoo question should have its own thread because in the last twenty years or so it's becoming quite common Agree with Gevin it's not a good suggestion for this thread. Hang your head in shame. But then raise your head again because this is a great new thread. I bet there are some intere...
- Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:07 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Things normal people normally own but you don't own for some reason
- Replies: 66
- Views: 128172
Re: Things normal people normally own but you don't own for some reason
STOOOOOOOOOOOOODENT.
Wow. I have a comb and a brush. Wow.
- Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:06 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Things normal people normally own but you don't own for some reason
- Replies: 66
- Views: 128172
Re: Things normal people normally own but you don't own for some reason
This made me chuckle since the word "although" doesn't work at all here.Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Thu Nov 15, 2018 9:57 amNo wallet , although I do keep my credit / debit cards etc in a tin.
- Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:04 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Things normal people normally own but you don't own for some reason
- Replies: 66
- Views: 128172
Re: Things normal people normally own but you don't own for some reason
Pizza cutter? Ridiculous suggestion. I think this was a really good suggestion, and I daresay nearly everyone here has a pizza wheel or a dedicated pizza cutter in a different geometric shape. You're the dick here. Not got a microwave though. Not a bad shout. Though I still think not as ubiquitous ...
- Thu Nov 15, 2018 8:12 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Things normal people normally own but you don't own for some reason
- Replies: 66
- Views: 128172
Re: Things normal people normally own but you don't own for some reason
A food processor (this will separate the grown ups and the children).
- Thu Nov 15, 2018 8:12 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Things normal people normally own but you don't own for some reason
- Replies: 66
- Views: 128172
Re: Things normal people normally own but you don't own for some reason
Can highly recommend slippers, even though I only ever seem to wear mine when I go for a sleepover (cute) at my mate's house who has a dirty "outside-y" floor. They are super cool. I usually sleep with my tits and bits on display but I do have a pair of loungewear-type shorts and (separate...
- Tue Nov 13, 2018 6:47 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Countdowners On Other Quizzes
- Replies: 253
- Views: 230194
Re: Countdowners On Other Quizzes
Thought you meant Ashwin Shah for a minute.
- Sun Nov 11, 2018 10:21 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you randomly encounter who share names with Countdowners but aren't actually the Countdowner, just a namesake
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8844
Re: People you randomly encounter who share names with Countdowners but aren't actually the Countdowner, just a namesake
Now, come on. Have you or have you just been Googling people off of Countdown's names?
- Thu Nov 08, 2018 9:34 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Football grounds you've been to
- Replies: 57
- Views: 51240
Re: Football grounds you've been to
The Dripping Pan is a fucking horrible name for anything other than things I don't like.
- Wed Nov 07, 2018 1:49 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Is Chase Tag a thing ?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2903
Re: Is Chase Tag a thing ?
Raised in the mean streets of Jo'burg.
- Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:14 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous World Cup 2018: Team Assignations & Group Stage
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4870
Re: Apterous World Cup 2018: Team Assignations & Group Stage
Also managed to spot the fuck up I made adding the fixtures on apterous before Zarte spotted it for me, so that's good.
- Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:06 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous World Cup 2018: Team Assignations & Group Stage
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4870
Re: Apterous World Cup 2018: Team Assignations & Group Stage
Group of death?
- Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:05 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous World Cup 2018: Team Assignations & Group Stage
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4870
Apterous World Cup 2018: Team Assignations & Group Stage
Previously: Announcement | Qualifying Player/Team Assignations Sorry for the fact that this is taking fucking ages, but hey, at least what with starting way after the World Cup Proper finished it doesn't feel like we're working to a particular deadline (other than 2022, perhaps)... We finally have ...
- Fri Nov 02, 2018 11:44 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: the Countdowner's Homes I've Been In game (CHIBIN)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 55569
Re: the Countdowner's Homes I've Been In game (CHIBIN)
Haha that's a great story.
- Mon Oct 15, 2018 10:58 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Can you swim?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 20798
Re: Can you swim?
See, Mark's a good guy. And yes Gevin I guess it's fair to differentiate "swimming" and "being in the water", which I think both Mark and I have alluded to. I like them both but being in and around water is the best part for sure. I understand why you didn't get this at first as ...
- Mon Oct 15, 2018 4:17 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Can you swim?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 20798
Re: Can you swim?
I just cannot agree with you at all Gevin. That's all I have time to say right now, but I'm hoping to find modern C4C-ers agree with me more than with you and do the work for me.
- Mon Oct 15, 2018 11:31 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Can you swim?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 20798
Re: Can you swim?
Seems to be this: viewtopic.php?p=2 (IDs 0 and 1 no longer exist)
- Mon Oct 15, 2018 8:22 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: An appropriate question
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3837
Re: An appropriate question
Any update here?
- Mon Oct 15, 2018 8:21 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Can you swim?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 20798
Re: Can you swim?
Criminal Prosecution. It means Jason is posting to us from prison. Consider it a trial run for the next lot of posts from Richard Brittain. Wow. I like swimming by the way. I used to be pretty good (I remember doing 50 lengths for a BHF sponsored swim when I was young enough that 50 lengths was dec...
- Wed Oct 10, 2018 8:51 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: How to host an event (for dummies)?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 39433
Re: How to host an event (for dummies)?
Yeah Graeme at his best.
- Wed Oct 03, 2018 5:43 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: the Countdowners In My Place game (CIMP)
- Replies: 38
- Views: 37567
Re: the Countdowners In My Place game (CIMP)
Great shout. Forgot to update this. I've hit 11 then! Truly wonderful.
- Wed Oct 03, 2018 9:04 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: C of C Draw......
- Replies: 105
- Views: 74069
Re: C of C Draw......
Haha, not necessarily the response I expected, but that's for the best.
This thread is already a car crash, no need to rubberneck.
Glad to hear it's going well (as obviously it would).
This thread is already a car crash, no need to rubberneck.
Glad to hear it's going well (as obviously it would).
- Mon Oct 01, 2018 1:16 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: C of C Draw......
- Replies: 105
- Views: 74069
Re: C of C Draw......
You know you done fucked up when you make Graeme swear.
- Sun Sep 23, 2018 5:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: How to host an event (for dummies)?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 39433
Re: How to host an event (for dummies)?
Totally agree you cannot have more than one group per table. I'm far from the most ADD around, but I found that really distracting/annoying/frustrating at Colon.
- Wed Sep 19, 2018 9:03 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: How to host an event (for dummies)?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 39433
Re: How to host an event (for dummies)?
Basically, no-one wants to play more than six games I do. Irritates me how long people give for lunch breaks. Less wandering around, more Countdown. Or make the whole event shorter. The pub's for chilling, the Countdown tournament is for playing Countdown. I'm up for making events shorter. I don't ...
- Mon Sep 17, 2018 2:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: How to host an event (for dummies)?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 39433
Re: How to host an event (for dummies)?
Great tips. Great idea for a thread too. I think there's a small part of all of us that is tempted to host an event, though I imagine that is almost exclusively due to either "I know this cool venue/place to go afterwards that everyone would love" or "I would love to proudly show Coun...
- Thu Aug 23, 2018 8:30 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How often do you go to the toilet?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11132
Re: How often do you go to the toilet?
Am I the only one who can take a shit and then after I have wiped and washed my hands, can then immediately take a piss. This was discussed a while back I believe. In the "men who sit down to wee" thread possibly, or one of the other similar threads at the time. I do this from time to tim...
- Sun Aug 19, 2018 11:48 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous World Cup 2018: Announcement
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9821
Re: Apterous World Cup 2018: Announcement
says The Most Photogenic Man In The World.
- Fri Aug 17, 2018 10:17 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous World Cup 2018: Announcement
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9821
Re: Apterous World Cup 2018: Announcement
Didn't think you were gonna accept the faceless :( I won't. They signed up agreeing to the rules, so I'll give them a chance to provide a picture. They don't have to have one on apterous (as I can't grab them from apterous anyway). But yeah, I expect I'll have to do some shitty eliminating and rein...
- Fri Aug 17, 2018 3:45 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous World Cup 2018: Announcement
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9821
Re: Apterous World Cup 2018: Announcement
Did something change in Pro Ranks by the way Gevin?
Checked last year's and Heather had a pro rank of 545th.
This year there are 8 people unranked entirely (lowest ranked player is 183rd).
Checked last year's and Heather had a pro rank of 545th.
This year there are 8 people unranked entirely (lowest ranked player is 183rd).
- Fri Aug 17, 2018 3:38 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous World Cup 2018: Qualifying
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4023
Apterous World Cup 2018: Qualifying
Previously: Announcement The 16 top-ranked entrants are in the main competition. The rest of us lowly 32 will qualify or return to local competition by way of double elimination action. The first round of randomly-drawn 16 fixtures is now in the system, so play away! https://www.apterous.org/to_tou...
- Fri Aug 17, 2018 3:14 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous World Cup 2018: Announcement
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9821
Re: Apterous World Cup 2018: Qualifying
I've just done the top 16 via Pro Ranks, like we did last time. As before, it has thrown up some ridiculousness with massive names like Ben, Graeme, Ryan and Gevin not currently ranked due to inactivity. This crudely formatted list shows the top 16 entrants based on pro ranks, numbers at the end bei...
- Fri Aug 17, 2018 3:09 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous World Cup 2018: Announcement
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9821
Re: Apterous World Cup 2018: Qualifying
Ok, got my 48 signups. Even though I'm pretty sceptical about some of the faceless amongst them. Let's hope they all get knocked out in qualifying.
- Tue Aug 14, 2018 8:31 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XV- Countdown in Lincoln, 19-20 January 2019
- Replies: 59
- Views: 84005
Re: COLIN XV- Countdown in Lincoln, 19-20 January 2019
Apropos of not much, has Colin ever been held in Lincoln rather than Hykeham?
- Mon Aug 13, 2018 9:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Susie coming to town!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6391
Re: Susie coming to town!
Ah, Wimborne.
- Sat Aug 04, 2018 4:13 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Why don't you like basketball?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 44805
Re: Why don't you like basketball?
One of the most important and biggest differences. Especially when we're talking about impressionable young kids.Mark James wrote: ↑Sat Aug 04, 2018 1:00 pm[...]it requires a basket to play. There's no jumpers for goalposts equivalent for basketball.
- Sat Aug 04, 2018 4:11 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Why don't you like basketball?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 44805
Re: Why don't you like basketball?
I can tell you why I love football. It's the goals. There's no feeling like when your team scores a great goal, or winning goal. Every football fan can relate to this. For me the greatest goal was Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's last minute winner in the 1999 Champions League final. Other goals that stand o...
- Sat Aug 04, 2018 4:08 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Susie Dent's Two Words
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14246
Re: Susie Dent's Two Words
fuck you
- Wed Aug 01, 2018 10:56 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How many of your Facebook friends are dead?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 11578
Re: How many of your Facebook friends are dead?
One of mine would have had her 30th birthday today, good timing Gevin!
- Wed Aug 01, 2018 9:42 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How many of your Facebook friends are dead?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 11578
Re: How many of your Facebook friends are dead?
Three for me. All of them taken way too young and in three different but consistently sad circumstances.
- Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:42 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous World Cup 2018: Announcement
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9821
Re: Apterous World Cup 2018: Qualifying
Qualifying will be set up, announced and begin around 14th/15th August kind of time.
Only 35 signups so far, so hoping we can get closer to the 48 of last time... come on!
Only 35 signups so far, so hoping we can get closer to the 48 of last time... come on!
- Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:27 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
- Replies: 759
- Views: 481297
Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
If I understand correctly, it's people like you who ruined CoC.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Jul 31, 2018 9:34 pm I had a couple last night I think actually. All a bit vague, but I seem to remember Moose winning a game at a CO-event to much applause and over-reaction, including Moose shouting out his own name.
- Tue Jul 24, 2018 8:36 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What Degrees do you have
- Replies: 28
- Views: 26014
Re: What Degrees do you have
I don't know anything about this, but it reads like "I got a BA and then I paid to upgrade it to an MA without doing any work". Is that what is meant? Is this common?Noel Mc wrote: ↑Sat Jul 21, 2018 6:54 pmOxford/Cambridge? Or does anywhere else do this?Peter Mabey wrote: ↑Mon Jul 16, 2018 7:04 pm BA (pass only) Maths - subsequently paid fee to register as MA.
- Sun Jul 22, 2018 10:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: C of C Draw......
- Replies: 105
- Views: 74069
- Thu Jul 19, 2018 8:39 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Change one letter of a film title to make a funny one
- Replies: 63
- Views: 49184
Re: Change one letter of a film title to make a funny one
Goodness me I posted this weeks ago and thought it was another turkey. I mean, it was a shit idea but people ran with it so you saved face. It's not a shit idea, it just tends to be a bit played out as most people will have seen this kind of thing somewhere before. Any non-Countdown suggestions sho...
- Thu Jul 19, 2018 8:06 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Change one word in a film title to make a different film
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7421
- Thu Jul 19, 2018 3:34 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous World Cup 2018: Announcement
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9821
Apterous World Cup 2018: Announcement
It's later than the real World Cup this time, but this is still fucking happening! 32 players. Obviously. One per team in the real thing. However, the tournament is most definitely open to all - we'll just run a qualifying round as before to whittle down to 32. Last time we had 48 entrants, of whic...
- Wed Jul 18, 2018 10:13 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Left handed apterites
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5849
Re: Left handed apterites
This just made me think of "One-handed apterous".
- Mon Jul 16, 2018 4:03 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Inquisitive media
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2739
Re: Inquisitive media
Thanks Jen!
- Fri Jul 06, 2018 5:38 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Change one letter of a film title to make a funny one
- Replies: 63
- Views: 49184
Re: Change one letter of a film title to make a funny one
fuck i thought that was only a book.
- Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:59 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Change one letter of a film title to make a funny one
- Replies: 63
- Views: 49184
- Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:49 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Change one letter of a film title to make a funny one
- Replies: 63
- Views: 49184
Re: Change one letter of a film title to make a funny one
Children of the Corb
- Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:47 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Change one letter of a film title to make a funny one
- Replies: 63
- Views: 49184
Re: Change one letter of a film title to make a funny one
Gevin & Perry Go Large
- Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:43 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Change one letter of a film title to make a funny one
- Replies: 63
- Views: 49184
- Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:43 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Change one letter of a film title to make a funny one
- Replies: 63
- Views: 49184
- Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:37 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Change one letter of a film title to make a funny one
- Replies: 63
- Views: 49184
- Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:35 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 734052
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
we have a vicar friend and my only-lightly-informed opinion would proffer: - more sermons and services than you'd expect - community work, varied levels of involvement from "attending" to "actively hosting" - a surprising amount of meetings, both at Vicar of Dibley-style parish l...
- Wed Jul 04, 2018 8:35 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: World Cup 2018
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10475
Re: World Cup 2018
difficult butt to crack