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Ian Volante

Thanks to Douglas Adams, this is known as the long dark teatime of the soul, the dead time between decent quizzes and something not mind-meltingly bad like the news or something.

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Don't get in from work until later, telly usually stays off as long as I can manage!

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Martin Gardner wrote:I'm claiming the slowest ever conundrum, I got PROCREATE yesterday in 29.8 seconds.

I've had one at about 31.8s I think...

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I'm sure payment in kind would be welcome.

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I kept an eye out for smugness, in case of a free clue for a nine that I'd missed. Didn't work.

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How about a pornographic film? Not hardcore obviously, I mean they're real ladies after all. I'd be up for adjudicating this. Excellent choice of words, Kirk. Susie: "I've got the solution Kirk". Kirk: "Well, squirt it over Carol's naked buttocks then, and we can move on to the conun...

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kirsty wrote:Just thought I'd say hello! This looks like a friendly & intelligent forum.

It has potential...

Where's Corby when you need him?

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As for diphthongs, as I understand it, being a Yorkshireman with a funny accent, I don't use a diphthong for words such as "gate". Is that correct Lucy? Absolutely right, Ian. I'm originally from Durham and we Mackems don't hold with diphthongal pronunciations for words like gate either. ...

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Floopy.

Edit: Oh, I missed the word "rules" in the thread title.

As for diphthongs, as I understand it, being a Yorkshireman with a funny accent, I don't use a diphthong for words such as "gate". Is that correct Lucy?

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Just bump my rating up a couple of hundred points, and I'll see what I can do.

Sincerely,
T. Gasman

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jeff wharton wrote:I support St.Helens rugby league team.

As a Leeds Rhinos fan, I welcome you especially warmly, with joyous memories of a recent trip to Old Trafford

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Well David, as a veteran of 15 to 1, University Challenge and Mastermind (not broadcast yet), I'm happy to join your Eggheads!

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Hello all!

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Jon Corby wrote:
Julie T wrote:Not everyone is as intolerant as you, Jon, and you shouldn't assume that the new members are.
Oh do shut right up, I'm not intolerant

I think, Julie, that he disparages everyone equally, or as they deserve it, whichever is worse.

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Welcome David, and all new users that might flood the site today! Has this place got some publicity or something? That's a joke, right? :lol: Not at all! I've not seen anything that would suggest that this website has had wider promotion. I'm guessing that it was maybe mentioned on the programme? I...

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Dinos Sfyris wrote:Welcome David, and all new users that might flood the site today!

Has this place got some publicity or something?

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I'm free any time after about 5pm today, how does that sound?

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My highest score yet, although nothing compared to the greats. Just thought I'd try and put Martin off a bit before our semi final! For the record I saw REPLACER but didnt risk it as Ian declared first, so only real annoyance was round 11 http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=4941 Aye, a very g...

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One of my colleagues (another statistician) applied, she'd do well I suspect

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I used to play along with the telly as a three-player game, once winning the series final, must have been low quality, some time early to mid nineties! Good idea

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Oh, Sunday you mean. I can't play Sunday, korfball commitments...

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Did I just miss you?

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I've been on all evening, just never checked in here! If you want to play, any time is fine!

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Jon Corby wrote:
Jon Corby wrote:plus my bird wants me to go to bed, which sounds like it might be more fun.
Wow, how wrong can you be

Looks like I was a winner on one count at least

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Ben Wilson wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:I find it much harder to play Plum than Caesar. Does anyone else?
Already well-documented mate, in this very thread no less.

I'm talking in general really, I rarely play speed games.

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I find it much harder to play Plum than Caesar. Does anyone else?

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An unexpected end to this bout. Fine display, go do a good job elsewhere.

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7, campier...

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I didn't

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I got polar...

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5C 4V

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Who's going to host?

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Go on then...

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Jason Larsen wrote:Is that right?

Ian, did they let people of all ages play rugby where you were?

The local rugby league leagues generally start at under-eight level.

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Joseph Bolas wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:I'm still grumpy that I never thought to grab my name plate when I got beat. I'd have it over my bed or something.

Make one? I'm way too busy with checking apterous every two minutes and not washing up...

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I used to play rugby with a Kai. His brother was an Iron Maiden fan too. This is irrelevant.

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Connection problems? We has it.

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The game just seems to have gone tits up...can't log in, and a challenge was not forthcoming when it should have been.

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I'm playing you then Charlie aren't I?

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The rebel group herein (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-p ... 635021.stm) tickles me for some reason...

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Bruised I am, oh well! To the plate...

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I'm still grumpy that I never thought to grab my name plate when I got beat. I'd have it over my bed or something.

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I just couldn't be bothered rephrasing it...

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Gavin Chipper wrote:
Kirk Bevins wrote:You hope what will come in handy - the K or the knowledge that they are 3.5 inches of pure square?
Presumably the fact that, when in Susie's hands, objects look like they are of more inches.

Her husband must be very pleased.

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In training?! Gawd, I'm in trouble.

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I can't chat again today, but no error is showing in the applet. Is this symptomatic of today's problems, or do I have a more fundamental issue?

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So where are we - MSN or apterous? I'm happy with either, although on apterous I've had trouble with the chat failing sometimes, so I might end up silent.

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Julian Fell wrote:Wasn't Martin referring to Ian Fearon, not Ian Volante?

Who knows?!

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Ian seemed slighly Aspergic to me, very awkward and somehow distant. That's probably a fair assessment, although it would only be very slightly. I've never really got the grasp of small talk and the like, it all seems a bit pointless to me, and I have always naturally gravitated towards avoiding so...

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Cheers, I'll log off for now as I need to go and be (more) useful elsewhere.

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Aaand I just logged out and back in, and my record is back to zero again. Is this just what happens with less than five games?

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I'm currently on the applet, and the chat just isn't working for me at all. I've played a game fine, which has made me notice that the two games I played yesterday aren't taken into account in my record: It says I've got one win from 1 game when I lost twice yesterday. Stee-range. The error is "...

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Aye, definitely get Amey back, it balances my annoyance at losing to him with the excuse of having been beating by a CoC participant... :) Doesn't it annoy you though, that you got beaten by Amey on his second chance at becoming an Octochamp, whereas if you played against someone else you might've ...

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Make me 173, I was excreting bricks, hence my lack of chat.

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Forget it, probably my old version of Java.

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I'm a nice bloke really, but at that moment I would have greatly preferred to have been leaping around the studio

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I've just signed up for this, and the Applet appears to freeze when I open it. I get the message "Logging in to.......please wait...", but that's all I get. Is this a bug, or am I missing something?

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Jason Larsen wrote:Hi, Ian!

Welcome back!

How are you?

Busy it seems! Not too bad thanks, glad to be back. Now I've just got to remember to look in more than once a fortnight...

Next task is to find an avatar that fits with the damn restrictive dimensions enforced here.

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Ah no worries. I've re-read the earlier post and realise it wasn't addressed to me either

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Yep, I can do Wednesday at 5.30pm. I'll make sure I'm home in time. Not sure about Friday, depends if we go to the boozer after work or if I go out to play frisbee...

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