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- Sun Oct 02, 2022 10:21 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 3rd October 2022 (Series 86, Heat 76)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1009
- Sat Oct 01, 2022 4:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: The Countdown Android App is now out!
- Replies: 156
- Views: 32693
Re: The Countdown Android App is now out!
I notice that the "Max games" section of the 10-second 15-rounder leaderboard is conspicuously empty... I came close to rectifying that with this game - http://jackhurst.co.uk/countdowngame?QmXKq1 - but a slightly disappointing miss in R7 spoiled it. Nonetheless, it's not a bad 10-second g...
- Thu Sep 29, 2022 1:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 29 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 74)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1420
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 29 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 74)
My thread not good enough for you?
- Thu Sep 29, 2022 1:51 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 29 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 74)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 600
Spoilers for Thursday 29 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 74)
Well that was something!
I bet Tom was fuming when 6s was picked in R14 and delighted when 108 was the target.
I bet Tom was fuming when 6s was picked in R14 and delighted when 108 was the target.
- Wed Sep 28, 2022 8:50 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: AV: Yes or No?
- Replies: 277
- Views: 51256
Re: AV: Yes or No?
Didn't we have a referendum on this, and it was rejected. We had a referendum on AV, not PR, and I don't think that a "no" result in a referendum for one type of electoral reform (whatever you happen to think of how that referendum was conducted) should mean that all other forms of electo...
- Fri Sep 23, 2022 12:13 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: The Countdown Android App is now out!
- Replies: 156
- Views: 32693
Re: The Countdown Android App is now out!
It's the 115th daily challengeSteve Hyde wrote: ↑Fri Sep 23, 2022 11:43 am Like today's - should I know what a "115 challenge" is?
- Fri Sep 23, 2022 9:40 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: The Countdown Android App is now out!
- Replies: 156
- Views: 32693
Re: The Countdown Android App is now out!
Downloaded the app yesterday! I hope you don't mind me sharing my thoughts here: - On the whole, smooth and easy to use. I've played a good number of games on it and the interface is intuitive. It'll be my go-to when I want to knock out some practice games. - If there's a way to undo one step on the...
- Tue Sep 20, 2022 8:32 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 29008
Re: Next Champion of Champions series
Maybe my use of language is out of touch, but there are two things that have so far been described as a "leak" in this thread 1) The draw being given to the contestants themselves 2) A contestant revealing information about the draw privately (and therefore in implied confidence) Am I alon...
- Tue Sep 13, 2022 8:25 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 29008
Re: Next Champion of Champions series
I'm pretty certain that won't happen this time.Carl Harrison wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 7:21 pm Would be good to see the draw for the tournament once that's been confirmed! (like it's been posted on this forum in previous years)
- Sun Sep 11, 2022 4:15 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: The Countdown Android App is now out!
- Replies: 156
- Views: 32693
Re: The Countdown Android App is now out!
Actually... speaking of the daily duel thing, how come on Thursday there were zillions of 'em that all related to the number 100 somehow? Were you celebrating a milestone? Make sure you are up to date by the 8th, because on the 8th there will be some special daily challenges to celebrate it being t...
- Fri Sep 09, 2022 7:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 9 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 60)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1122
- Fri Sep 09, 2022 11:00 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 29008
- Sat Aug 27, 2022 11:32 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
- Replies: 597
- Views: 350859
Re: CO:parkrun Recaps
Today, as it happens. But not a CO parkrun so it barely counts at all.
- Wed Aug 17, 2022 10:54 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Veganism Discussion
- Replies: 117
- Views: 11448
Re: Veganism Discussion
Interesting how the entire article is framed in terms of the environmental impact. I think environmental concern has become a "socially acceptable" reason for adopting (at least partially) vegan practices whereas you get funny looks if you're one of the "militant" vegans who focu...
- Wed Aug 17, 2022 9:32 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 700584
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
It's also useful if you don't have one of those double sinks to be able to run water down the side of your washing up bowl (e.g. to rinse items) without sending cold water directly into your hot washing-up water.
- Mon Aug 15, 2022 5:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Is it time to introduce the 10 letter conundrums?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2650
Re: Is it time to introduce the 10 letter conundrums?
Until the top players learn all the 10-letter conundrums.Paul Anderson wrote: ↑Mon Aug 15, 2022 5:39 pm 10L Cons > Supernundrums (which is just more 9L cons)
It would remove the muscle memory aspect of the game and provide a real (and fair) challenge
- Fri Aug 12, 2022 8:12 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Lexico.com Dictionary Website to Close on 26 August
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1597
Re: Lexico.com Dictionary Website to Close on 26 August
My copy of the dictionary guidelines (although this is getting on for two years ago now) started with "For all editions of Countdown we now use the Oxford Dictionary website as our method of adjudication (http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/)" - no mention of Lexico. Although now that I foll...
- Wed Aug 10, 2022 9:48 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Is it time to introduce the 10 letter conundrums?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2650
Re: Is it time to introduce the 10 letter conundrums?
This is what the CG-ification of conundrums was heading for all along. 4D chess from CountdownTeam.
- Wed Aug 03, 2022 8:26 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Commonwealth Games
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1217
Re: Commonwealth Games
They showed the entire 10,000m race, as well as studio discussion, live as part of the main coverage.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Aug 03, 2022 8:12 am The athletics started yesterday and they had the men's 10,000m final. Didn't even get a mention.
- Tue Aug 02, 2022 5:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 28 July 2022 (Series 86, Heat 29)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 294
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 28 July 2022 (Series 86, Heat 29)
(10 - 3) * 8 * (4 + 5) is probably worthy of consideration
- Wed Jul 13, 2022 1:31 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1757885
Re: Politics in General
The closest I can get is tugs.tend.that or tugs.send.that - the former is in the middle of the Australian desert and the latter is a cabin in the woods in North Carolina.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 11:56 am Edit - I wonder what horrific location you'd end up at if you put TUG END HAT into whatthreewords.
- Tue Jul 12, 2022 12:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Selling the OED
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1029
- Sat Jun 18, 2022 7:39 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 17th June 2022 (Series 85 Grand Final)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2562
Re: Spoilers for Friday 17th June 2022 (Series 85 Grand Final)
It's a standard 4L trick - 146 is (50*75 - 100)/25
- Thu Jun 09, 2022 2:45 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Veganism Discussion
- Replies: 117
- Views: 11448
Re: Veganism Discussion
Here's another interesting story
- Fri May 06, 2022 8:18 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1757885
Re: Politics in General
Is that the reason? Or is it largely because the gain of a single council is quite an insignificant story compared to the massive losses suffered overall?Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 6:17 pm (And the BBC haven’t really bothered to dwell on it, largely because they didn’t send any reporters here.)
- Thu Mar 17, 2022 9:29 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Veganism Discussion
- Replies: 117
- Views: 11448
Re: Veganism Discussion
It seems like most of the opposition is to the idea that the council will only serve plant-based food at its own events, rather than the school menus thing which almost anyone ought to realise is a good idea in a country where 20% of school-aged children are either already vegan or would like to bec...
- Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:49 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 22nd December 2021 (Series 84, SF2)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1344
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 22 December 2021 (Series 84, SF2)
Obviously I'm not fully impartial, but solving SEPTENNIA as a crucial is one of the greatest conundrum solves IMO
- Tue Dec 14, 2021 2:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Inspirations and audition times
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4056
Re: Inspirations and audition times
After 30 years I have decided to re apply.(after a disastrous audition in London) I have had my email and an audition by phone arranged tomorrow. Only problem is the audition information won't open on my phone Can anyone who has been through it recently give me some idea what's involved Cheers My a...
- Sat Oct 16, 2021 11:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1740
- Views: 742607
Re: Ask Graeme?
In how many games have there been more vowels than consonants picked in total across all letters rounds? I'd hazard a strong guess that surely there has never been a TV game where every single letters round has had 5 vowels. Sure, but that wasn't the question. More vowels than consonants has happen...
- Thu Oct 14, 2021 8:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1740
- Views: 742607
Re: Ask Graeme?
In how many games have there been more vowels than consonants picked in total across all letters rounds?
- Tue Oct 05, 2021 9:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 4th October 2021 (Series 84, Preliminary 70)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 906
Re: Spoilers for Monday 4 October 2021 (Series 84, Preliminary 70)
A completely different word which is also spelled PIROGI can be found in Lexico, too, just for interest: https://www.lexico.com/definition/pirog
- Tue Oct 05, 2021 5:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Monday 4th October 2021 (Series 84, Preliminary 70)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 982
Re: Monday 4 October 2021 (Series 84, Preliminary 70)
Thanks, Fiona!
My reading of the ODO entry is still the same - that all plurals ought to be +ES rather than just +S. I don't think there's any other sensible way to interpret it.
My reading of the ODO entry is still the same - that all plurals ought to be +ES rather than just +S. I don't think there's any other sensible way to interpret it.
- Tue Oct 05, 2021 3:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Monday 4th October 2021 (Series 84, Preliminary 70)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 982
Re: Monday 4 October 2021 (Series 84, Preliminary 70)
Susie thinks PIROGI can be pluralised, Apterous doesn't think so. There's nothing in Lexico to say PIROGI should be valid anyway, it's not given as a variant of PIEROGI, but equally there's nothing suggesting PIEROGI can't be pluralised. Lexico suggests that the acceptable plurals of PIEROGI are PI...
- Wed Sep 22, 2021 6:24 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Is it time to end Countdown?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 9098
Re: Is it time to end Countdown?
Without chit chat you could easily do a 9-rounder in 15 minutes and a full 15-rounder in 30.Mark James wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 5:11 pm I think going back to half hour 9 rounders and cutting alot of the chit chat would help.
- Sun Sep 19, 2021 2:02 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 700584
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
You mean under them, surely?
- Thu Sep 16, 2021 10:43 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 700584
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
I don't know but I find this part of the article amusing By contrast many of the shows on streaming platforms appear “generic” because they are designed by algorithm to appeal to a global audience. I'd love to know which shows were designed by an algorithm. I bet the creator of that algorithm is rol...
- Thu Sep 16, 2021 7:59 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 700584
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
The song My Sharona. Sharona is not a name. Sharon is a name. Why not pick a real name that had the requisite number of syllables then amend a real name to fit, but that now just sounds stupid? When Doug Fieger was 25 years old, he met 17-year-old Sharona Alperin, who inspired a two-month-long run ...
- Wed Sep 01, 2021 1:22 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Words and expressions that grind your gears
- Replies: 108
- Views: 21587
Re: Words and expressions that grind your gears
It's a good job we don't use MW then: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expresso
- Tue Aug 31, 2021 4:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Tuesday 31st August 2021 (Series 84, Preliminary 46)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 700
Re: Tuesday 31 August 2021 (Series 84, Preliminary 46)
Some schools are, in fact, going back tomorrow.Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Tue Aug 31, 2021 2:14 pm Anne says children will be going back to school tomorrow. Will they? Won't they be going back on Monday?
- Tue Aug 17, 2021 5:54 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
- Replies: 597
- Views: 350859
Re: CO:parkrun Recaps
Good post, 8/10.Adam Latchford wrote: ↑Tue Aug 17, 2021 5:46 pm is there anything I'm not gonna be scored on in the countdown world
- Mon Aug 16, 2021 6:23 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown Online
- Replies: 2
- Views: 991
Re: Countdown Online
https://forums.digitalspy.com/discussio ... ion-thread is the more current Digital Spy thread - the other one doesn't have any discussion any more, just people declaring their words while watching.
- Wed Aug 11, 2021 2:19 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
- Replies: 503
- Views: 159346
Re: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
Err, I don't think Mark is talking about vaccine passports, nor is he concerned with people who have a medical reason to be exempt, which is obviously a valid reason.
- Tue Aug 03, 2021 8:13 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Olympics 2020
- Replies: 135
- Views: 17232
Re: Olympics 2020
Music is a standard at all the IFSC contests where they usually have a live DJ. And most climbing centres have music playing too. I think they're used to it.
- Tue Aug 03, 2021 2:48 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Olympics 2020
- Replies: 135
- Views: 17232
Re: Olympics 2020
Fans of competition climbing have known for a long time that the scoring system in the Olympic format is stupid, but the men's qualification today really hammered the point home. Bassa Mawem of France is a competitive speed climber. He won the speed climbing portion by a clear margin with a time tha...
- Mon Aug 02, 2021 9:12 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
- Replies: 503
- Views: 159346
Re: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
The part of the post I quoted isn't anything to do with persuasion methods.
- Mon Aug 02, 2021 8:24 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
- Replies: 503
- Views: 159346
Re: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
Everything these days has become so divisive - you either agree with 'us' or you're wrong. It's toxic and horrible, and I much preferred the days where you could have strong differences of opinion on important topics, and respect that others may not always agree with you. There are topics where the...
- Sun Aug 01, 2021 9:55 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
- Replies: 503
- Views: 159346
Re: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
May have missed the mark there. I wasn't defending anyone - I was just trying to amplify the point that there's no good reason to refuse the vaccine. You can still call them what you like.
- Sun Aug 01, 2021 8:05 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
- Replies: 503
- Views: 159346
Re: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
Normally you only call something selfish if the action leads to personal gain - since there's no personal gain to be had from refusing a vaccine I think you can drop the "selfish" and leave the rest.
- Sat Jul 31, 2021 1:08 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Olympics 2020
- Replies: 135
- Views: 17232
Re: Olympics 2020
Dina Asher-Smith doesn't make the 100m final but her teammate Daryll Neita takes one of the "fastest loser" spots by 1/1000th of a second. The BBC really made a pig's ear of the coverage around the event. Not only did they jump the gun last night and put "featuring Dina Asher-Smith&q...
- Sat Jul 31, 2021 8:24 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
- Replies: 503
- Views: 159346
Re: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
I wouldn't say that a stiff shoulder is a side-effect of the vaccine, but rather a primary effect of being stabbed in the arm with a needle.Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 8:42 pm 8 weeks to the day today I have had my second one. Find it interesting that I have had the same side effect (a stiff shoulder) twice.
- Sat Jul 31, 2021 8:21 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 30th July 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 24)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 853
Re: Spoilers for Friday 30 July 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 24)
Fun solution to R14: 10 x (50+1)/(9-6) + 7 = 177
- Tue Jul 20, 2021 5:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: First impressions of Anne
- Replies: 141
- Views: 25153
Re: First impressions of Anne
Anne's conversations all seem really awkward and everyone always comes out of them looking a bit embarrassed by the whole encounter. Her conversations with Rachel Parris are really bad, and when she said of Florence Cappleman-Lynes (who has been on this series and wins 0 to 8 games) "Her husba...
- Sat Jul 17, 2021 9:05 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 14th July 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 13)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1190
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 14th July 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 13)
No: https://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_5259Peter Thomas wrote: ↑Sat Jul 17, 2021 8:51 pm Is this the first time three large numbers have been chosen three times?
- Fri Jul 09, 2021 6:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Friday 9th July 2021 (Series 84, Preliminary 10)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1392
Re: Friday 9 July 2021 (Series 84, Preliminary 10)
The target was 285, and you seem to have gotten 287 twice, so apparently not!Peter Mabey wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 2:57 pm R14 alt: 9x8x4 = 288, then either 5-2x2 or 2/2, so it's actually pretty easy
- Thu Jul 08, 2021 3:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 8th July 2021
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1554
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 8th July 2021
We didn’t get UNPENAL in R1. Susie offered ELASTICS, albeit without reason why; says mass noun but two example sentences give the plural – I wonder now if examples are still used for mass noun rulings, but not for capitalised or two-word entries. PLASTICS given as a count noun. This episode was fil...
- Thu Jul 08, 2021 3:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Thursday 8th July 2021 (Series 84, Preliminary 9)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1574
Re: Thursday 8 July 2021 (Series 84, Preliminary 9)
I count 3.Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Thu Jul 08, 2021 2:12 pm COURGETTE goes down as the joint-second-worst guess of all time with just two letters in common with the scramble.
- Mon Jul 05, 2021 11:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 5th July 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 6)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 563
Re: Spoilers for Monday 2nd July 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 6)
Even ESTANCIA in R12!
I think this episode was shown on 5th July, though...
I think this episode was shown on 5th July, though...
- Fri Jul 02, 2021 7:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: First impressions of Anne
- Replies: 141
- Views: 25153
Re: First impressions of Anne
Edited - I somehow linked the wrong game entirely!
- Fri Jul 02, 2021 2:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Friday 2nd July 2021 (Series 84, Preliminary 5)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1686
Re: Friday 2 July 2021 (Series 84, Preliminary 5)
As Martyn Simpson did in this game!Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Fri Jul 02, 2021 2:11 pm This is a horrible conundrum as the CAKEBREAD trap would have been far too easy to fall into, and it's Susie who gives the answer.
- Fri Jul 02, 2021 1:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 2nd July 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 5)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1661
Spoilers for Friday 2nd July 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 5)
Interesting that the same conundrum, with the same scramble, was used towards the end of the previous series.