c4countdown

She sometimes doesn't appear during an ad break to offer me a chance to pay off all my debts in one consolidated loan. That worries me that credit might not be as freely available as before, and we could be heading for what one might call a "credit crunch" so for that she really annoys me.

Cheers Ralph, I've youtubed it and found a match. I had Elmer Bernstein in my mind, probably because of the Magnificent 7 soundtrack, but it's definitely Hoe-Down

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_ ... 710093.stm

Anyone? I genuinely don't know the answer, so please please please help!

And yes,I know I could just ask on a proper music forum, but I really can't be bothered.

Very strange indeed. The 2-volume Shorter Oxford has no hyphens for PREDATE (either of them, though to be fair only one of them potentially has a hyphen)

I think it's time we had a black person or a female person as host - or better still, both. Are you a black female John? http://i38.tinypic.com/2a4witv.jpg Let's also make her a blind transsexual lesbian uniped, just to cover all bases. Now that's just being discriminatory against deaf people.

Being an octochamp does not necessarily mean you can do 5 second rounds! Hell, it takes me that long to realise the round has started sometimes.

Not that I'm accusing anyone of cheating (well maybe I am) but Thomas Cappleman topping the leaderboard caught my eye today. Upon checking out his game, he got the conundrum in 0.2 seconds - an obvious cheat there. If you're going to cheat, don't get the conundrum faster than reactions allow! I'd l...

Opens the path for Drew Carey to take over, then.

Did I really just type that?

What, no Richard Herring or Stewart Lee material yet?

Paul Howe wrote:

Jon O'Neill wrote:Want to meet his dad though.

Met him. Knob. Not worth it. Want to meet his mum though.

She's got a nice voice, just the thing to rouse you in the morning. True story.

Ah, I get it now! I'll go and have a sulk because I'm not allowed a number.

Jon Nakamatsu, Jeff Tyzik and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra's version of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Does that count?

Snakes. Not that I'm deathly afraid of them or anything, but in Bristol I was looking around that natural gardens thing with the giant metal sphere outside, saw a snake, then ran as fast as I could along the path. Only after I turned back to make sure it wasn't following me did I realise it was a ra...

I believe you should always support the best team closest to your place of birth. So I support Brazil.

And Rushden & Diamonds.

Paul Howe wrote:
I may post the one about the villagers who don't know their eye colour sometime, it seems to have been popular on the internet recently though so maybe people have already seen it.

Please do. I love the puzzles based on eye colour, hat colour, and so on.

You've got the twins the wrong way round, surely? Chas is the younger, so he can be born in August. Dave is older, he can be born in July. 1982 works for me.

Any saucy behind-the-scenes gossip you can share with us? Does it count as gossip that the behind-the-scenes team are absolutely amazing? Well, I'd hoped for more sauce, to be honest, maybe a wardrobe malfunction or two, or an unexpectedly ribald anecdote from Des about an encounter with a transsex...

How about:
Pickle and Daughter Of The Setting Moon Whose Eyes Are Like Daggers In The Hearts Of Men Who Ride The Great Caravan Of The Sultan.

Kirk Bevins wrote:

Jon Corby wrote:
if they say something stupid, I'll rip on them, be they reverend, drunken Irish man or sexy Countdown production staff member.

Awww, I didn't think you felt that way about Damian.

I didn't think Damian was a drunken Irishman either.

How about Gullible and Bluegill

I need ideas for music to walk on to for county darts matches. 2 clauses on that - nothing with naughty words in, and nothing that any proper professionals use.

Cat 1 and Cat A.
Or Brighton and Hove

Is this the place for mass noun arguments? DOLOMITES - yay or nay?

Thinking about it, it's only really a bug if it happens against a human, the console has the same messages come up in the same order, and it's Stitcher you're playing against.

Test 2. Just having the console window open I got this on a new test - I think it shows the server is sending the word the computer player gets to the client *Edit - and is viewable* before the clock starts: SX Sending... SX Waiting... GameEvent{key=-5074184217195225575,o=87622} SX Yep GameEvent{key...

When it is the computer's turn to declare first, Optimus Prune is declaring word as soon as the round starts in the observer window - technically I think it's before the human player gets to see the last letter selected. I found this while observing my own game. I think the following is everything r...

A confirmation popup for if you press to end the round early, but haven't yet entered a word/numbers declaration.

Hmm, as long as everyone's job on the production team is safe, I guess that's the most important thing. Justin Lee Collins to host and allowed to wander around the set, Alan Carr to do the putting stuff up, and a cheaty computer to do the maths except sometimes it can't be bothered to work it out to...

Yes. I don't really put much effort in these days. I kind of stopped trying seriously when it became apparent that I was too crap to be invited back for the Champion of Champions. Then in 2006 I proved conclusively I was too crap for Champion of Champions.

I'm guessing that Kerrry Kattona is horribly wrong, not to mention incorrectly spelt to make it fit.

Oh, this is an easy one. It's either John Davies or Steve Graston.

Hello. I'm Gary, as you may have guessed from my username. I used to be quite good at Countdown. My hero is Kirk Bevins.