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by Jon O'Neill
Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:13 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Rachel Riley Unveiled.
Replies: 141
Views: 19082

Re: Rachel Riley Unveiled.

I think, if you really want to help the guy improve his grammar, these things are better placed in a PM, as it is generally of no use to everyone else.

Also, Rachel Riley illicits happiness from me.
by Jon O'Neill
Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:06 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Aptobash II
Replies: 66
Views: 7499

Re: Aptobash II

Never mind, Kirk ruined it. :roll:
by Jon O'Neill
Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:06 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: How-To Guides
Replies: 172
Views: 37318

Re: How-To Guides

Was wondering whether you reckon it'd be possible to just memorise all the possible solutions for 4 big numbers. I highly doubt anybody would ever do it, but do you think it's actually possible? Since there are only finitely many solutions I have no doubt it is possible. However it is extremely lik...
by Jon O'Neill
Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:04 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: How-To Guides
Replies: 172
Views: 37318

Re: How-To Guides

Just PRACTISE and eventually you will be good! Seriously? You don't use any other methods for improvement? Surely there's a lot more to it to be that good? Seriously. Most of these techniques help by engaging your mind with letters and numbers, but you would benefit just as much from playing the ga...
by Jon O'Neill
Sun Jan 18, 2009 7:27 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Aptobash II
Replies: 66
Views: 7499

Re: Aptobash II

In.
by Jon O'Neill
Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:15 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 15 Jan 2009 (CoC Heat 4)
Replies: 120
Views: 10148

Re: Spoilers for Thursday 15 Jan 2009 (CoC Heat 4)

Is it just me, or was the conundrum a bit unfair? In a CoC crucial conundrum you have to press immediately you see something, and I would expect nearly every player of CoC standard to "see" CAFETERIA and buzz immediately. If Tony had been just a little slower, I expect Kai would have buzz...
by Jon O'Neill
Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:28 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Countdown in the news
Replies: 114
Views: 12119

Re: Countdown in the news

This is the right thread to post this in! I guess all the posts in this thread show the difference between praising and panning. What is panning and praising? These are verbs which mean to criticise (usually something arts-based, like a TV gameshow) and to compliment respectively. How very tedious.
by Jon O'Neill
Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:51 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: US states
Replies: 31
Views: 3223

Re: US states

This is good trivia.
by Jon O'Neill
Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:52 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: US states
Replies: 31
Views: 3223

Re: US states

Errr, Maine.
by Jon O'Neill
Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:50 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Des Lynam
Replies: 22
Views: 4100

Re: Des Lynam

Lynam had a hilariously deadpan way of dealing with the humourless drip that was Richard Brittain. Other than that, he was alright. My order would be:

1. RW
2. Des
3. Deso

Obviously I've seen much less of Stelling but he looks to me to be right out of the Whiteley mould.
by Jon O'Neill
Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:46 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: US states
Replies: 31
Views: 3223

Re: US states

My guess is Alaska northerly, Hawaii Westerly, Hawaii Southerly, Main Easterly.
by Jon O'Neill
Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:39 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Talk a bit about yourself
Replies: 185
Views: 16083

Re: Talk a bit about yourself

mother (6-yr-old Felix, 6-month-old Oscar) Have you named your cats yet Jono? I love these names for kids. My kittens are called Pippa and Penny. They were neutered yesterday so have those big cones around their head, which has lead to all kinds of hilarious consequences. :) As for me, well, I'm a ...
by Jon O'Neill
Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:32 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Bug reports
Replies: 2157
Views: 437516

Re: Bug reports

The clock goes round smoothly, no juddering.
by Jon O'Neill
Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:52 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Bug reports
Replies: 2157
Views: 437516

Re: Bug reports

Paul Howe wrote:Not really a bug as such, but my clock definitely goes round too slowly. Having done some timing this evening I get about 12 seconds in speed rounds. Strangely I tried on two comps and they were both slow by the same amount.
I've had this before. Lots.
by Jon O'Neill
Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:11 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 13th Jan 2009
Replies: 27
Views: 12728

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 13th Jan 2009

Eoin.V.Monaghan wrote:i beat junaid but forgot by what and can't be bothered to check.
And nobody cares.
by Jon O'Neill
Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:44 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Characters you'd like to see
Replies: 89
Views: 11456

Re: Characters you'd like to see

Madeleine McCann.
by Jon O'Neill
Mon Jan 12, 2009 1:17 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: How-To Guides
Replies: 172
Views: 37318

Re: How-To Guides

Just PRACTISE and eventually you will be good!
by Jon O'Neill
Mon Jan 12, 2009 1:09 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Game of the Week: First ever Poll!
Replies: 13
Views: 2762

Re: Game of the Week: First ever Poll!

Who is "Paul"? Or did you mean 'poll'?
by Jon O'Neill
Sun Jan 11, 2009 9:00 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: Countdown in Lincoln 2009
Replies: 167
Views: 17427

Re: Countdown in Lincoln 2009

I'd like lunch please and I'll be staying afterwards for the post-COLIN piss-up and discussion of 9s that have another anagram.
by Jon O'Neill
Thu Jan 08, 2009 7:54 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Countdown Scattergories III
Replies: 37
Views: 2993

Re: Countdown Scattergories III

Although Kirk's two wins don't necessarily mean it isn't random... it isn't random.
by Jon O'Neill
Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:45 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: General feedback
Replies: 284
Views: 52469

Re: General feedback

That thing was kind of clumsy. Most of the time if you search for a word you want to know who got it, not who didn't. Maybe I could add a "only show games I was involved in" button, or something. Maybe this would do the trick for Kirk, but I much prefer the old system.. I like seeing how ...
by Jon O'Neill
Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:54 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Game of the Week
Replies: 14
Views: 2245

Re: Game of the Week

You guys are good enough to be playing GoatBlitz at a standard where it is best enjoyed. I suggest you do this instead of wasting your time with boring old gay Countdown!
by Jon O'Neill
Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:52 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: General feedback
Replies: 284
Views: 52469

Re: General feedback

You seemed to have changed the word search feature to just state "dictionary corner" got it. Is there a way you could revert back to the "Jon Corby vs Kirk Bevins"? I wanted to see if I'd seen PERACUTE before and I'm sure I had so I did a word search which would tell me instantl...
by Jon O'Neill
Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:32 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Risk(y words)
Replies: 49
Views: 3818

Re: Risk(y words)

Actually I'm not sure this is c4c etiquette (is that the right word?). I use the circumflex to denote a word that is no good in Countdown (e.g. MOANIEST^) as I couldn't care less whether it's allowed in scrabble (unless you want to appear to be clever and say "I got TRAINFUL^ disallowed, but i...
by Jon O'Neill
Tue Jan 06, 2009 1:47 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Risk(y words)
Replies: 49
Views: 3818

Re: Risk(y words)

CUTTED
POOPER
UNRAILS
PLAICES
ENTRAILED
ALEAPING
CORNEAE
CODGE
TRACTED
HORNIES

Man, I sucked.
by Jon O'Neill
Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:01 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Official Thread of Brag
Replies: 1176
Views: 167173

Re: Official Thread of Brag

I think this is the closest I have got to a max game :) http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/2773/iconrolleyesgi3.gif Do you mean to imply that Joseph "Cheating" Bolas cheated in this game? You do? And that's confirmed and he's admitted it and promised to sort his life out? I see what you m...
by Jon O'Neill
Sun Jan 04, 2009 2:32 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Characters you'd like to see
Replies: 89
Views: 11456

Re: Characters you'd like to see

Jimmy wrote:Alan Partridge.
Great shout.

Ali G.. Borat.
by Jon O'Neill
Sat Jan 03, 2009 4:48 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Aptochallenge 2: Letters Attack
Replies: 24
Views: 2590

Re: Aptochallenge 2: Letters Attack

Because it's racist.
by Jon O'Neill
Thu Jan 01, 2009 7:31 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: December's Daily Duel - Epilogue
Replies: 5
Views: 1142

Re: December's Daily Duel - Epilogue

Seconded.
by Jon O'Neill
Thu Jan 01, 2009 5:51 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: A new set for a new season!
Replies: 58
Views: 7078

Re: A new set for a new season!

I believe adverts are cut out of 4od.

Also I remember a Countdown advert with a montage of Conor just before his final..
by Jon O'Neill
Tue Dec 30, 2008 9:57 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: An interesting spot
Replies: 38
Views: 3796

Re: An interesting spot

They probably could, to appease the one or two people who have ever noticed it. If only Damian still came here...
by Jon O'Neill
Sun Dec 28, 2008 4:05 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Aptochallenge 2: Letters Attack
Replies: 24
Views: 2590

Re: Aptochallenge 2: Letters Attack

You fucker.
by Jon O'Neill
Thu Dec 25, 2008 1:57 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: xmas
Replies: 21
Views: 2252

Re: xmas

Also, read as much Dickens as you can.
by Jon O'Neill
Thu Dec 25, 2008 1:56 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: xmas
Replies: 21
Views: 2252

Re: xmas

Best of luck to you, Eoin. :) , but as a 12 year old I think you are reading too much Dickens. Yes, Scrooge and his famous 'bah humbug' makes a great story but you should not regard my attitude to xmas as miserly. Many people of different faiths and of no faith (like me) celebrate nothing at this t...
by Jon O'Neill
Mon Dec 22, 2008 6:21 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Countdown Unlimited
Replies: 5
Views: 1659

Re: Countdown Unlimited

Crap format, in my opinion. Although in Apterous terms I think standard-down is pretty crap now. Roll on SpeedGoats.
by Jon O'Neill
Mon Dec 22, 2008 1:42 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Connection problems
Replies: 136
Views: 15011

Re: Connection problems

Yo.

Trying to play at work, I get an error. I guess it means ports need to be opened or something ...

java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.net.SocketPermission 78.143.212.226:443 connect,resolve)

Cheers.
by Jon O'Neill
Mon Dec 22, 2008 1:35 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: xmas
Replies: 21
Views: 2252

Re: xmas

Other people are having extra fun this time of year, and you're not. I don't understand why you think you're misunderstood.
by Jon O'Neill
Mon Dec 22, 2008 1:29 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: CountMax errors
Replies: 727
Views: 91048

Re: CountMax errors

I believe FAUXER and FAUXEST are missing.
by Jon O'Neill
Mon Dec 22, 2008 1:28 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Will an 'ordinary' person ever win a series again?
Replies: 76
Views: 24252

Re: Will an 'ordinary' person ever win a series again?

Martin Gardner wrote:Would it be such a good thing if someone who didn't put much effort in won a series?
Yes.
by Jon O'Neill
Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:32 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Christmas Podcast!
Replies: 21
Views: 3058

Re: Christmas Podcast!

It was. It's a fantastic impression.
by Jon O'Neill
Thu Dec 18, 2008 12:20 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Christmas Podcast!
Replies: 21
Views: 3058

Re: Christmas Podcast!

Jon O'Neill wrote:Haha. I bet he feels silly now.
Charlie, I mean.
by Jon O'Neill
Thu Dec 18, 2008 12:19 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Christmas Podcast!
Replies: 21
Views: 3058

Re: Christmas Podcast!

Haha. I bet he feels silly now.
by Jon O'Neill
Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:08 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: CountMax errors
Replies: 727
Views: 91048

Re: CountMax errors

David O'Donnell wrote:
Kai Laddiman wrote:BIOSPHERES was disallowed in one of my games. BIOSPHERE is not listed as a mass noun. :?
The Goatdown wordlist is not as accurate as the standard wordlist.
He means HyperCountdown.
by Jon O'Neill
Wed Dec 17, 2008 1:53 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Forum Decorum
Replies: 78
Views: 9910

Re: Forum Decorum

Sorry Kai, but I agree with the clique comment. Sort it out you bunch of twatheads.
by Jon O'Neill
Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:56 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: New Colour Scheme!
Replies: 50
Views: 4873

Re: New Colour Scheme!

I've changed back to ProSilver because I love it and the new one is uggers. I'm neutral to the change, therefore.
by Jon O'Neill
Sun Dec 14, 2008 4:12 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What would you put into Room 101?
Replies: 60
Views: 6400

Re: What would you put into Room 101?

I personally only read this forum to groom homosexuals and children.
by Jon O'Neill
Sat Dec 13, 2008 1:32 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: APTOBASH I: Enter the Dragon
Replies: 64
Views: 6770

Re: APTOBASH I: Enter the Dragon

I'm in!
by Jon O'Neill
Sat Dec 13, 2008 12:20 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Welcome! - Post here first
Replies: 1961
Views: 1027237

Re: Welcome! - Post here first

Pete Fraser wrote:Oh man, that sounds far too much like hard work. The standard nowadays is so high, it feels like you need to memorize OSW just to compete. At least I'm good at the numbers, though.
ODE not OSW!!
by Jon O'Neill
Sat Dec 13, 2008 12:11 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: New starter problem
Replies: 2
Views: 949

Re: New starter problem

I've got PUP for 3.

Sorry, I can't really help.
by Jon O'Neill
Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:14 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Favourite Word
Replies: 35
Views: 3202

Re: Favourite Word

Acatalectic.
by Jon O'Neill
Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:43 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: December's Daily Duels
Replies: 132
Views: 12797

Re: December's Daily Duels

9 rounds for me. I got them all, as well.
by Jon O'Neill
Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:38 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 10th December SF1
Replies: 56
Views: 6369

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 10th December SF1

It's obscure in a real-life sense, Joseph. Unless by your bracketed sentence that your real life consists solely of conundrum challenges, which I would believe.
by Jon O'Neill
Wed Dec 10, 2008 1:51 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: December's Daily Duels
Replies: 132
Views: 12797

Re: December's Daily Duels

I've had no problems.
by Jon O'Neill
Mon Dec 08, 2008 9:41 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: End of an era
Replies: 9
Views: 1845

Re: End of an era

Actually on balance, I've read it and that wasn't so bad. I mean, it's still drivel, but it sounds like you might be over it in about twenty years after all.
by Jon O'Neill
Mon Dec 08, 2008 9:38 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: End of an era
Replies: 9
Views: 1845

Re: End of an era

< corby >Ooooh, you bitter, jealous, twisted woman, you.< /corby > Regrettably, Vorderman will probably get lots of TV offers over the next year. Hopefully she'll take the absurdly overoptimistic exclusive deal with UK Noviewers, like Richard and Judy before her. As for Des, I wonder whether he's e...
by Jon O'Neill
Thu Dec 04, 2008 6:32 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Official CoC speculation thread
Replies: 28
Views: 4716

Re: Official CoC speculation thread

Ecclesiastes Myanmar
by Jon O'Neill
Wed Dec 03, 2008 11:01 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: FAO Kirk Bevins
Replies: 5
Views: 1418

Re: FAO Kirk Bevins

I can name ten things Kirk is great at.

Darts
Countdown
by Jon O'Neill
Wed Dec 03, 2008 10:59 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Texas hold 'em poker
Replies: 95
Views: 11380

Re: Texas hold 'em poker

How unlucky were you on Pokerstars? Just a kind of standard unluckiness really if that makes sense. Well, it doesn't, but luck isn't that easy to measure. Only played on there a few times, my main site was always PPP, PokerStars was a brief aside taken up shortly before deciding to give up. I only ...
by Jon O'Neill
Wed Dec 03, 2008 1:42 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Worst thread ever
Replies: 20
Views: 4146

Re: Worst thread ever

I've noticed that some contributors (like Jon) seem to respond quickly and bluntly to any post that irks them. I don't think (despite the language) that he intends to start flame wars, it's just his way of expressing himself. I think Jono hit the nail on the head in the latest podcast actually ;) C...
by Jon O'Neill
Wed Dec 03, 2008 1:35 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: I'm a celebrity get me out of here!
Replies: 20
Views: 3089

Re: I'm a celebrity get me out of here!

I <3 Ant + Dec