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- Thu Dec 24, 2015 11:43 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Grand Final Spoilers For Wednesday December 23rd 2015
- Replies: 44
- Views: 12310
Re: Grand Final Spoilers For Wednesday December 23rd 2015
Born to Wynn! I hadn't seen anything of Matthew this series - managed to completely miss his octorun, QF and SF. Welcome to the runner-up club!
- Mon Dec 21, 2015 7:45 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Friday December 18th 2015
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6387
Re: Spoilers For Friday December 18th 2015
No repeat this morning... ah well, I know the result now as I checked to see whether there was a broadcast on Friday.
Re: Music
Out of interest, what do you think of music in films - do you find it annoying/not conducive for adding to the mood of a scene? It's still annoying most of the time. The rest of the time it's so samey that it's cringeworthy (e.g. the music for a love scene or a farewell scene). Sometimes it's cool,...
- Thu Dec 17, 2015 7:41 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday December 16th 2015
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2964
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday December 16th 2015
REWAKED is an odd one; not valid on apterous.
Good-natured contest - sad to see Liam go!
Good-natured contest - sad to see Liam go!
- Tue Dec 15, 2015 7:39 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday December 14th 2015
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1385
Re: Spoilers For Monday December 14th 2015
Good game that; great final numbers from Rachel!
- Mon Dec 14, 2015 9:06 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Game of the Year (GotY) 2015 - nominations
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5253
Game of the Year (GotY) 2015 - nominations
Evening, all! I'm setting up this thread for information and discussion about GotY 2015. For now (before the nominations go "live"), this thread is the forum for any questions about the rules and the general format of the nominations and the GotY 2015 poll. I'm planning to accept nominatio...
- Mon Dec 07, 2015 7:31 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 4th December 2015
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2393
Re: Spoilers for Friday 4th December 2015
Nice to see MOANIEST is valid now.
- Fri Nov 27, 2015 6:21 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 26th November 2015
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2933
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 26th November 2015
Was this spoilers thread started after broadcast?
Anyhow, I've seen bits and pieces of James's games so far, and just wanted to remark that he seems very strong on the letters. He has a good chance of octochamping.
Anyhow, I've seen bits and pieces of James's games so far, and just wanted to remark that he seems very strong on the letters. He has a good chance of octochamping.
- Sat Nov 21, 2015 6:16 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1753
- Views: 774514
Re: Ask Graeme?
Related: what's the most used conundrum? DECLARING and PERPETUAL, which have been used six times each. Another 32 conundrum solutions have been used five times. Plus, PERPETUAL was used on the Countdown board game box, so it wins really. http://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/171748189556-0-1/s-l1000.jpg
- Fri Nov 20, 2015 7:27 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
- Replies: 598
- Views: 389675
Re: CO:parkrun Recaps
Your religion says you can't run on a Saturday? Correct. So nobody in your religion could be any kind of athlete (professional or otherwise)? Well yes, if you keep that law of the religion and there are meets on Saturdays then obviously you wouldn't be able to take part and therefore you wouldn't g...
- Wed Nov 18, 2015 8:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
- Replies: 598
- Views: 389675
Re: CO:parkrun Recaps
Christmas Day is the only one I can do all year - will have to get me a barcode next time! I've put you in with an asterisk. What about New Year's Day as well? Our local parkrun is doing both days so I presume others are too. Erm, the fuck? Clearly it shouldn't count, Asterix or otherwise. Why can ...
- Wed Nov 18, 2015 7:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
- Replies: 598
- Views: 389675
Re: CO:parkrun Recaps
Christmas Day is the only one I can do all year - will have to get me a barcode next time!Jon Corby wrote:I think you can fuck off with that thenAdam Gillard wrote: I didn't grab a barcode thingy - I'm 'the 'Unknown' who finished 11th: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/fulhampalace/ ... qNumber=63.
- Wed Nov 18, 2015 12:33 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
- Replies: 598
- Views: 389675
Re: CO:parkrun Recaps
20:21 for the one I did, Gevoby. Where/when/link? Edit - I had previously searched for you but couldn't find anything. The parkrun website doesn't seem to be searchable, but searching often brings up the runbritainrankings site, although not reliably so. I didn't grab a barcode thingy - I'm 'the 'U...
- Sun Nov 15, 2015 8:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
- Replies: 598
- Views: 389675
Re: CO:parkrun Recaps
20:21 for the one I did, Gevoby.
- Tue Oct 20, 2015 5:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: It has officially been a year...
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5820
Re: It has officially been a year...
Yay! Thanks Ben, Graeme, Charlie and Jono - catching up on the ones I missed from the short-lived Netdown era
- Fri Oct 16, 2015 6:40 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday October 15th 2015 (S73 P72)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3684
Re: Spoilers for Thursday October 15th 2015 (S73 P72)
Great moment for David at the end there with POPULIST - had me beat!
Brilliant play from John from what I've seen of his run - he will be tough to beat in the finals, especially if it comes down to a crucial!
Brilliant play from John from what I've seen of his run - he will be tough to beat in the finals, especially if it comes down to a crucial!
- Fri Oct 16, 2015 6:35 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday October 15th 2015 (S73 P72)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3684
Re: Spoilers for Thursday October 15th 2015 (S73 P72)
Well, Susie got an ostracon this week at least!
- Tue Oct 13, 2015 6:39 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: It has officially been a year...
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5820
Re: It has officially been a year...
Are the podcasts still available anywhere? None of these links work any more: http://www.apterous.org/podcast/ http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~calr3/aptocast/aptocast_1.mp3 http://www.jononeill.com/podcast/ (Saw FAPTEROUS* available in a selection on Countdown this morning and it reminded me of the Jo Bol...
- Sat Oct 10, 2015 10:38 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 491234
Re: People you shouldn't trust
There are many different facets to the Internet and although the web is the main point of traffic we think of when discussing the net, there are still multiple other services you can run from a single domain name, e.g.: ftp.domain.com (file transfers) nntp.domain.com (newsgroups) smtp.domain.com / ...
- Fri Oct 09, 2015 4:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday October 8th 2015 (S73 P68)
- Replies: 47
- Views: 15101
Re: Spoilers for Thursday October 8th 2015 (S73 P68)
Superb conundrum! Bad luck James, came up against a really strong champion in John.
- Wed Sep 30, 2015 9:26 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Who posts here?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 12912
Re: Who posts here?
Oops sorry Jim, that was indeed a quote from Gevin, not sure how it became so mangled! Fixed that post now.
- Wed Sep 30, 2015 7:53 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Who posts here?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 12912
Re: Who posts here?
Until you ran for Parliament I didn't know whether to believe Toby was your real name, or another pseudonym!Gavin Chipper wrote:at that time I didn't really have a fixed "identity" to be credible or otherwise.
- Fri Sep 18, 2015 6:40 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Thursday 17th September 2015
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3743
Re: Spoilers For Thursday 17th September 2015
"New balls, please!" for badminton?
- Thu Aug 27, 2015 6:45 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: New changes to the ODO
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5238
Re: New changes to the ODO
There are sensible words too. For example RANDOMIZER , which has been declared a bunch of times on apterous (mostly with an S though, which doesn't seem to be valid!). In terms of niche technical words, if you are involved in the field, then it's nice to finally see what seems a very common word mak...
- Tue Aug 25, 2015 10:47 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Fantasy World Athletics Championships
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4173
Re: Fantasy World Athletics Championships
How come everyone else got 8 points for van Zyl and I only got 2?
- Mon Aug 24, 2015 11:03 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Fantasy World Athletics Championships
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4173
Re: Fantasy World Athletics Championships
Vivian Cheruiyot a snip at £6 - easy choice!
- Sun Aug 23, 2015 2:23 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Fantasy World Athletics Championships
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4173
Re: Fantasy World Athletics Championships
Anyone who picked KJT, don't worry - she's got a few jumps left in her - see if she can pick herself up for the individual long jump. So agonising for her; I was with Colin Jackson though in that she should have played it ultra-safe on her last jump, even go for a 6.30-6.40 to keep in among the meda...
- Sat Aug 22, 2015 9:14 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Fantasy World Athletics Championships
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4173
- Fri Aug 21, 2015 6:21 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Fantasy World Athletics Championships
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4173
Re: Fantasy World Athletics Championships
Great stuff Oli, just submitted my team
- Tue Aug 18, 2015 7:29 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
- Replies: 598
- Views: 389675
Re: CO:parkrun Recaps
Very good times, Oli!Oliver Garner wrote:17:41 the other week - PB 17:29 a few years back, hoping to finally push on to under 17.
- Tue Aug 18, 2015 7:00 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge 2014/15
- Replies: 33
- Views: 20894
Re: University Challenge 2014/15
Is Hugh a full-time question setter for University Challenge now?
- Thu Aug 13, 2015 6:05 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Lance Armstrong and "doping" generally
- Replies: 121
- Views: 44384
Re: Lance Armstrong and "doping" generally
I'm willing to bet that most of these 28 athletes, once they are named, will mainly be Russian. Interesting bet - I understand that you are saying that at least 15 of the 28 athletes will be "mainly Russian", whatever that means... perhaps they are cyborg drug cheats with some body parts ...
- Mon Aug 10, 2015 6:40 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Friday August 7th 2015
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3397
Re: Spoilers For Friday August 7th 2015
Well played, Stephen! Great run and some really big scores along the way - very likable contestant!
- Fri Aug 07, 2015 6:28 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday August 6th 2015 (S73 P29)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3891
Re: Spoilers for Thursday August 6th 2015 (S73 P29)
I done did the numbers and Rachel done didn't
Oh now she's done it but had AGES in the ad break to think about it. Same method as me, she must have copied me...
Oh now she's done it but had AGES in the ad break to think about it. Same method as me, she must have copied me...
- Thu Jul 23, 2015 6:43 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday July 22nd 2015 (S73 P22)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3075
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday July 22nd 2015 (S73 P22)
Really enjoying Liam's run - he's quietly cheeky and I think that's why he and Nick have such a great rapport - very entertaining!
- Sat Jul 18, 2015 9:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: How do I know if my word is valid?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 71816
Re: How do I know if my word is valid?
That being said, if Apterous allows it, I would be offering it, whether it should be allowed or not. Paineder/est is a horrific example of this - no-one's going to throw away the 9 though. Innis and I made a suicide pact before our 30BC game in the event that the word LOSINGEST was available in a l...
- Thu Jul 16, 2015 11:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday July 15th 2015 (S73 P17)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3396
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday July 15th 2015 (S73 P17)
Also Judy was drawn against Conor Travers the first time she was on the show, so she was due a nice draw this time if that's how people see it!
- Thu Jul 16, 2015 10:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday July 15th 2015 (S73 P17)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3396
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday July 15th 2015 (S73 P17)
Judy had a great run from what I saw of it, no luck involved in bossing the conundrums to come through some tight games early on. Well done Judy! Strong performance from Liam to win with that convincing a scoreline in the end. Hopefully Judy has done enough to make the finals.
- Sun Jul 12, 2015 8:58 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: How do I know if my word is valid?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 71816
Re: How do I know if my word is valid?
Is CLOVERS valid?
- Wed Jul 08, 2015 6:43 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday July 7th 2015 (S73 P13)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5120
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday July 7th 2015 (S73 P13)
Good game that. Judy is a beast on those conundrums, good numbers solve earlier on too to get that win!
- Tue Jul 07, 2015 6:35 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: £27,000 for getting beat...........
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6742
Re: £27,000 for getting beat...........
lol!Heather Styles wrote:Getting BEAT in the first round of Wimbledon is not necessarily a bad thing - it might have been the longest available word.
- Sat Jun 27, 2015 10:34 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CoStAl2 - Countdown In St. Albans - Saturday 27th June 2015
- Replies: 44
- Views: 15031
Re: CoStAl2 - Countdown In St. Albans - Saturday 27th June 2015
Thanks to Jeff and James, very well run as ever!
Congratulations to Matthew, who drank milk and played Countdown. He finished his milk before the final and that was what gave him the edge over Tom in the end.
Congratulations to Matthew, who drank milk and played Countdown. He finished his milk before the final and that was what gave him the edge over Tom in the end.
- Thu Jun 25, 2015 6:23 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Oxford Dictionaries update
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2280
Re: Oxford Dictionaries update
HEMIan Volante wrote:Meh.
- Tue Jun 23, 2015 6:42 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday June 22nd 2015
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2637
Re: Spoilers For Monday June 22nd 2015
Now I know why Nick always says "Good afternoon!" - saucy sod :p
- Sun Jun 14, 2015 8:17 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Mondegreens
- Replies: 127
- Views: 35564
Re: Mondegreens
Heather Styles wrote:A mondegreem?
- Sun Jun 14, 2015 8:51 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C Fantasy Football
- Replies: 174
- Views: 80623
Re: C4C Fantasy Football
Huge congratulations to Ed for winning this year's c4c league by a whopping 193 points (yes, ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY THREE POINTS) to finish 1,727th in the overall standings out of over 3.5 million players (top 0.05%)! Ed retained his lead majestically from Gameweek 8 right through to the end of the ...
- Sat Jun 13, 2015 10:14 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Grand Final Spoilers For Friday June 12th 2015
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6901
Re: Grand Final Spoilers For Friday June 12th 2015
Congratulations, Tom! I liked the conundrum guess particularly
Well done Tracey on making the final and putting up a good fight. You can be proud of that!
First final between two contestants from previous series?
Well done Tracey on making the final and putting up a good fight. You can be proud of that!
First final between two contestants from previous series?
- Wed Jun 03, 2015 9:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown mentions on other shows
- Replies: 315
- Views: 153967
Re: Countdown mentions on other shows
Come On Down! The Game Show Story on ITV right now just had a bit on Countdown and it changing the role of women as hosts on TV shows.
- Tue Jun 02, 2015 7:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday June 1st 2015
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2339
Re: Spoilers For Monday June 1st 2015
Would have been a different final if Graeme had such a deadpan delivery of the conundrum solution! Not a lot of people know this, but the difference between -ISE and -IZE endings is in the deadpanness of the delivery. So if you ever have to decide which ending to use, think how it would be said in ...
- Tue Jun 02, 2015 6:43 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday June 1st 2015
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2339
Re: Spoilers For Monday June 1st 2015
Would have been a different final if Graeme had such a deadpan delivery of the conundrum solution!
- Thu May 28, 2015 5:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Who Will Win Series 72? (Spoilers Included)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2669
Re: Who Will Win Series 72? (Spoilers Included)
T-Capitation!
- Wed May 06, 2015 5:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CoStAl2 - Countdown In St. Albans - Saturday 27th June 2015
- Replies: 44
- Views: 15031
Re: CoStAl2 - Countdown In St. Albans - Saturday 27th June 2015
Encore tricolore!James Robinson wrote:Along with Mark Murray, Jeff has managed to bring over a trio of French contestants for our tournament, making our total a magnificent 7 for now.......
- Thu Apr 16, 2015 9:53 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Breaking Bad... Episode 1 on Freeview31. 11pm Tonight.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1904
Re: Breaking Bad... Episode 1 on Freeview31. 11pm Tonight.
Catch-uppable online too: http://www.channel5.com/shows/breaking- ... s/pilot-25. Might have to see what all the fuss is about (other than Hal from Malcolm in the Middle obviously).
- Tue Apr 14, 2015 6:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO-Parkrun
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5389
Re: CO-Parkrun
I did one on Christmas Day in Fulham but can't do them generally because of the Saturdaynesses. Sounds like a fun idea though!
- Tue Apr 14, 2015 6:24 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge 2014/15
- Replies: 33
- Views: 20894
Re: University Challenge 2014/15
Loveday absolutely smashed those starter questions, stellar performance!
Well done to Hugh and team for a great series and a strong showing in the final. G&C seemed like a really nice four, so I'm happy for them too!
Well done to Hugh and team for a great series and a strong showing in the final. G&C seemed like a really nice four, so I'm happy for them too!
- Mon Apr 13, 2015 10:43 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO-Parkrun
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5389
Re: CO-Parkrun
Following Richard Brittain's attempt at a Co-lympics , it seemed that there was an appetite for an athletics-based event ...PARKRUN! They are really easy to register for - you register just once ever and print off a bar code, which you can then take to any Parkrun event across the UK ...PARKRUN! Br...
- Tue Apr 07, 2015 9:47 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C Fantasy Football
- Replies: 174
- Views: 80623
Re: C4C Fantasy Football
Brag - £5.2m loss on transfer, huge gain on points! Not often I actually get anything right in this game
Boom!
Boom!
- Fri Apr 03, 2015 4:42 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The General Election of Thursday 7 May 2015 *
- Replies: 100
- Views: 18698
Re: The General Election of Thursday 7 May 2015 *
Well I knew it wasn't a picture of Jen!Ian Volante wrote:I recently spotted that it's a rip from a Taylor Swift video. I never would have suspected.Adam Gillard wrote: On a different note, Jen's picture scares me. Anyone else?
- Fri Apr 03, 2015 2:33 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The General Election of Thursday 7 May 2015 *
- Replies: 100
- Views: 18698
Re: The General Election of Thursday 7 May 2015 *
free-wheeling farrago of fuckery (politicians call it "campaigning") His friends call him "Nige". Who watched the debate tonight then? I thought it was quite interesting. I watched most of the debate last night. I thought it was a good format and the arbitrator did a good job. I...
- Wed Apr 01, 2015 5:49 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Matt Le Tissier to appear on Countdown
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6022
Re: Matt Le Tissier to appear on Countdown
*Wags finger reproachingly*JimBentley wrote:Also Jimmy Bullard plays as Adam Gillard. And I'm really the Jim Bentley that manages Morecambe FC.Gavin Chipper wrote:Yeah, and Graeme Le Saux plays as Bob de Caux, so I imagine he'll be on shortly as well.Adam Gillard wrote:He plays on apterous as Matthew Tassier, right?