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Is that Mark Deeks on the Chase right now ?

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I have the wrong glasses on but....

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I am off work that day so could finally go to one but I have to occasionally have to look after my mum so won't be certain until nearer the time Do you have a maximum number before it's fully booked or can I , say , book it a week before ? I imagine a week before would be fine. It probably won't bo...

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I am off work that day so could finally go to one but I have to occasionally have to look after my mum so won't be certain until nearer the time
Do you have a maximum number before it's fully booked or can I , say , book it a week before ?

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By the way, how much does it matter if a few specks of piss that you can't see or smell, and as far as you're concerned doesn't even exist, land on some of the surfaces near your toilet? You're not going to know. Also they say piss is sterile don't they? I mean, it's probably some bullshit myth, bu...

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2019 11:55 am David Kelly died in 2003.

You are right and wrong at the same time.
The David Kelly I'm thinking of from Fawlty Towers died in 2012 it was his birthday this week that's where my confusion lie.
To add to my confusion I've now forgotten if it's Kelly or Kelley

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Quincy Jones was (is) the king.
Not sure if he is still alive

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David Kelly and Freddie Jones both died this week.
Mandela effect in action as I thought they died 2 years ago

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Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2019 10:43 pm
JimBentley wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2019 9:50 pm
Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2019 6:31 pm I object to you calling me an ultra-right bigot, to be honest.

And that's 150,000 people more than the zero who elected Gordon Brown.
Seriously, you're actually a member of the Conservative Party?
Correct.

Would Centre Right bigot be more apt

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After about 100 attempts to remember my password after resetting my laptop.... I'm going to vote for Boris Johnson. He does have some nice policies that really appeal to me, such as the reduction of "sin" taxes. Jeremy Hunt represents continuity Theresa May, so I'm avoiding him like the p...

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Rachel got married

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Phil Reynolds wrote: ↑Sat Jun 29, 2019 9:14 am People who call a PIN a "pin number".

Same people who refers to ATMs as ATM machine.
I do believe there is a word for this.....I think it was on Only Connect
Edit it is called RAS syndrome

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Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Fri Jun 28, 2019 5:59 pm People who make fake accounts on here.

Name and shame

Okay the Penny Has dropped , just seen the Spoilers thread
As you were

Richard

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The Virtues.
Not an easy watch , but brilliant acting , especially from Stephen Graham.
Years and Years , Black Mirroresque , very good .
Gets a bit Doctor Who like towards the end but still perfectly feasible future for Great Britain.
Quite chilling.....Boris/Jean Rook

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I can easily run up the stairs two at a time, but the penalty for a mistake is much less as well. I used to do 3 at a time easily when I was younger. Strangely, I don't find it so easy now. You don’t walk very well do you Zarte ? I'm guessing that's Zarte's sense of humour. Don't think he's ready f...

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One of the funniest things I've ever seen was someone falling up the stairs. She tripped over and by all laws of physics should have gone downwards but she ended up five steps up from where she started. Don't know how it was done. That was how I chipped my tooth when I was ten. 40 odd years later ,...

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I'm not sure how many people can actually do this but I've seen people running down stairs while missing out steps and not tripping and killing themselves in the process. How is this even possible? I think it's a combination of balance, coordination and inertia I am better at running up the stairs ...

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They are so non descript i actually voted for Dominic Raab (Alan B'stard ) instead of Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart will never get the backing of the right wingers.
He would make a good Labour leader though

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Don't forget the free Mindsports T shirt

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Jun 15, 2019 4:24 pm Years and Years on the BBC. Quite an interesting drama set in the near future suggesting how things might pan out. I'd recommend it.

Sort of like Black Mirror light.
Very scary as it's all plausible

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People who make a post without finishing their

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Can we have a list of who is going from this forum.
I may go if I have a chance

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Does anybody else miss the posts of Jason Larsen ?

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Any news on the guy who hacked his account Ben ?
Maybe he is back .

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People with mental health issues have always been treated with respect here 🤭

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I'm guessing he will get 1047.
Whatever he gets in sure he will get a t shirt with the winning total

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I have no evidence to back it up Someone else will know more, but I was under the impression that Carol and Damian didn't have a falling out, and are on good terms. I understand that initially she was asked to take a 90% pay cut to continue and refused. Whether she slagged off Channel four after sh...

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L'oisleatch McGraw wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2019 4:22 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2019 1:11 pm Or calling the producer a dick , tantamount to the same thing
Are you sure that's true?
I had heard that Carol's beef was with someone other than the crew or production team. (But I don't remember the story fully, and it may not be accurate anyway.)

I have no evidence to back it up

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Less than an epsilon chance of that, I should think... Yeah as she was banned from ever returning to the countdown studios Was this because of the time she interrupted a recording and started attacking the audience with a machete? Or calling the producer a dick , tantamount to the same thing 😀

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Elliott's discomfort in the last couple of days when he's thinking he might be condemning his opponent to a score of 0 is more than evident. At least such a scenario is unlikely to develop in his post-octorun (no spoiler, I have no idea if he won his 8th game) Countdown career of finals and potenti...

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David Williams wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2019 11:25 pm Carol?

That would be nice.
I would like someone like Toff from Made in Chelsea but I'm not sure if she's good at maths

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Who is going to take over for maternity leave ? Might not be necessary. Countdown is recorded unusually far in advance of broadcast at the moment - usually it's a few weeks, currently it's a few months (perhaps for this very reason?). They've got so many episodes in the bank they could have a huge ...

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Who is going to take over for maternity leave ?
CECIL a good call for a boy

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ISONOMES in the MOONIES* round

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If my shaky maths is correct Elliott's last two games only need modest (by his standards ) wins by 99

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Then you would get a truer reflexion of which song deserves to win This is totally off-topic but I enjoyed your use of "reflexion" rather than "reflection" here, you don't see that any more. I used to read a lot of Agatha Christie stuff when I was very much younger and was alway...

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Probably the easiest set of numbers rounds in a long time.
Edit
The first time I've got all four in time

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I believe he needs to average 107 or thereabouts to break the thousand point barrier in his octorun

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 11:29 pm
Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 7:32 pm
Ray Wilding wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 7:11 pm

I was kidding.
This is why we need a bit of punctuation for sarcasm.
I think it can lose the effect if you have to point it out.

Obviously.

But seriously anyone on the spectrum ( and my daughter is ) may not get sarcasm unless it's telegraphed

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Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 7:32 pm
Ray Wilding wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 7:11 pm
Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 6:17 pm
I gotta agree with Elliott here. That's a hard word to get.
I was kidding.
This is why we need a bit of punctuation for sarcasm.

An appropriate emoji usually suffices

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Unlucky, SPRUCIEST and VALIUM both valid Scrabble words as is PIECRUSTS

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Is there a policy of giving blanket do overs for players beaten by an octochamp ?

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I'm curious what the budgets are for staging ?

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In which case it's no wonder we came last.
I'm sure it wasn't always this way

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I didn't think visuals were part of it , if so Australia should have won

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Thats why the voting juries would need to get the songs before anyone else and actually seal their votes until the big day

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This probably should be in a seperate thread but here goes. Most people who criticise the event cite national bias collusion , hatred of the UK etc. What if the same judges that vote on the songs hear them on tape weeks before they are played on radio , social media etc with no prior knowledge as to...

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Australia winning is the only way England will get a chance of hosting it ever again

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Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2019 7:19 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2019 6:27 pm Jeffrey Handsfords 0.0001 second conundrum solve in the final was spectacular
That was series 57 right?

Probably although he did get called for buzzing too early

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Jeffrey Handsfords 0.0001 second conundrum solve in the final was spectacular

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Kirk got a 130, but that was the old 15 round format. Dan McColm's 123 remains the only perfect game in the new format as far as I know. I wondered if he meant the highest possible maximum. According to the wiki, the old format had a highest max of 173 , and the record for the new format is 175 . A...

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Does anyone know what the highest max game ever , was ?

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Australia to win if only so next year Sydney can host next year

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The oldest people alive are probably not known .
If they were born in a country that don't carry out a census who will know.
I used to use this argument for tallest Man , fastest man etc.
If they live somewhere remote how would we know

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When you gotta you gotta go. Members of the proletariat who can't hold it in to stick it to the bourgeoisie. Straight to the gulag with you. Couldn't agree more. Marc is evidently in need of re-education. Incidentally, how did "bootlickers" get changed into "boot awlickers" in y...

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People who go to the toilet on their lunch break. Don't waste a perfectly good bathroom break you capitalist boot awlickers. When you gotta you gotta go. Although have you noticed a new trend , well at John Lewis at least , where people take bathroom breaks to spend time on their phones. Inconvenie...

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I've just found out that certain Irish names are pronounced nothing like their spelling like Niamh (neeve ) Padraic (porik) Eidlah (ailey ) They are pronounced how they are spelled. When you're taught how certain letter combos are pronounced in the Irish language they make sense. Certainly more sen...

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The Highwaymen.....Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson. A netflix special. It's about the hunt for Bonnie and Clyde. I quite enjoyed it 7/10 Also new on netflix, The Thing. I hadn't seen this in over 30 years and was surprised how well it had aged. It's considered to be one of the last big special ef...

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