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Adam Gillard

Just seen the POUNDER round - nothing remotely dodgy to me.

Adam Gillard

Tony Atkins wrote:Rachel is too polite to the contestants - just take the 6 off not the 7 in Tricia's way.

I was thinking this too!

Adam Gillard

Jennifer Steadman wrote:Not the best, but has the ratings already calculated. Hope that helps.

I was Googling the same thing and found an all-music link with some ratings, but not as clearly defined as the one that you found.

Adam Gillard

There WILL be another C of C. Logistics yet to be worked out as we're not that far ahead, but likely on-screen in Jan 2015 for 3 weeks, so just 16 players and definitely excluding 30th birthday participants, for no other reason other than to give different people a chance to play again. Filming wou...

Adam Gillard

I had great fun! Unencumbered by silly things like playing Countdown, I was able to get round most of the tables and speak to most of the people attending. Apologies if you're reading this and I didn't speak to you! I think I placed 41st out of 40.

Adam Gillard

Anyone planning on driving back to London (or that direction) any time after 10.30pm on Saturday night? I live in Stanmore, which is on the way back to London from St Albans.

Adam Gillard

For this coming Monday's show, I wonder if they filmed Dan Walker reacting to various possible scenarios for the World Cup final. "England beating Honduras 7-1 in the final - who'd have thought it?".

Adam Gillard

Gavin Chipper wrote:People who use the -ed past tense instead of the -t version - e.g. LEARNED instead of LEARNT, DREAMED instead of DREAMT, SPELLED instead of SPELT etc.

You've earned this one!

Adam Gillard

Will anyone else be getting into St. Alban's Abbey station at 09:17 or similar? I've had a look at the walk from there to the event and it seems to be a choice between a 1 mile walk using no fewer than 6 roads and a riparian stroll, or around 1.5 mile going up one road and along another - decisions...

Adam Gillard

Congratulations, Mark! That wasn't as close as I expected it to be, but that's largely because you were on such sparkling form throughout, especially your smile when holding the trophy aloft at the end! Well done to Andy for reaching the final with some strong performances along the way. A great sen...

Adam Gillard

Both players have been solid on the letters and it's really tough to call. In the last final, much of the excitement was post-hoc as Callum really caused an upset in beating Dylan. That was a great final and I have high hopes for this series finale too!

Adam Gillard

Well played Andy! Some great letters spots to pull ahead towards the end and a gutsy 6 small selection that paid off too! Samir, you've had a great series and there's no shame in losing a hard-fought semi-final like that one. Nice conundrum solve by that very clever audience member! :ugeek: Looking ...

Adam Gillard

All 6 Spurs players through to the knockout stages!
- Bentaleb, Chadli, Dembélé, Lloris, Paulinho and Vertonghen
(Assou-Ekotto is at QPR so he doesn't count)

Adam Gillard

Was it just me or did the music carry on playing after Neil buzzed? Yes I think it did, I just thought my telly was out of sync. :) I was about to post this too! Well played Mark, OXIDASE in particular was very nice. Neil, you gave him a good run for his money and it just didn't fall your way with ...

Adam Gillard

James, I still have every intention of walking to St. Albans for this event. You can add another category below 'Interested Entries' for 'Overeager Spectators' and plonk me there

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Adam Gillard

That "841... No, wait, I meant to say 843" was very dodgy. I know there wasn't much of a delay, but still - Bobby had 847 so could have got 7 points there.

Adam Gillard

Terrible pronunciation of OUTJIE from Susie. I can understand this is a difficult one to pronounce, but there's no excuse when you have the dictionary there with the pronunciation guide.

Adam Gillard

Can you play apterous on a Chromebook? I've been looking into it and the default web browser is 32-bit Chrome, which means you can't install java and run java applets. Does anyone who plays apterous have a Chromebook (I'm thinking of buying one)? There seems to be a beta trial of 64-bit Chrome (Cana...

Adam Gillard

Thanks Samir, sounds exciting - looking forward to seeing it!

Adam Gillard

Off on a tangent here, but does anyone know if the pencam was used at these finals? Or has the last word to be pencammed already been broadcast?

Adam Gillard

Just to say I had SUPERSONIC for that first one. Also, I can't be bothered with this hidden text thing, especially when typing on my phone.

Adam Gillard

Graeme Cole wrote:MORRIBAKE = BIOMARKER
HERHOTSIS = HORSESHIT

MORRICOPE
DUETRILEY
MOONHEWER

MORRICOPE = MICROPORE
DUETRILEY = ERUDITELY
MOONHEWER = HOMEOWNER

MANAUSLOO
TYUBRASIL
NEYMARREC

Adam Gillard

This thread is a bit like Jack's conundrum game thread but with ten-letter conundrums. The rules: Solve as many as you like, but replace however many you solved with your own ten-letter conundrums. No obscure words. There's nothing wrong with a conundrum being difficult, but it should be difficult ...

Adam Gillard

This thread is a bit like Jack's conundrum game thread but with ten-letter conundrums. The rules: Solve as many as you like, but replace however many you solved with your own ten-letter conundrums. No obscure words. There's nothing wrong with a conundrum being difficult, but it should be difficult ...

Adam Gillard

Welcome, Will and Mark! Glad to have you here

Adam Gillard

Gavin Chipper wrote:People who refer to their mother as "Mum" rather than "my mum".

You mean siblings?

Adam Gillard

What hotel(s) do people plan on using for this? I'd like to be quite close to the venue but really I'm looking for one as cheap as possible! :) I was looking into hotels / guest houses as well, and prices seem a bit steep in that area. I'll probably walk the 11 or so miles from where I live instead.

Adam Gillard

N̶e̶d̶ Victoria Pendleton?

Adam Gillard

Query failed in gen mode , please report as a bug to charlie@apterous.org

Technically I haven't followed the instructions, but this way Charlie will get that electroshock prompt.

Adam Gillard

Meteorologists

Adam Gillard

I'd like Rachel to still show her method when the target is unreachable, like they used to. Also, apparently Samir plays online - you can play Countdown online now?!

Adam Gillard

JimBentley wrote:
Adam Gillard wrote:
Mark Deeks wrote:Paul Kaye?
Yep.
Good one from Adam that, lots of mileage. I would never have guessed!

Can I do one? I was leaving Tesco in Redcar one day a few years back and passed by someone going in through the adjacent door as I was leaving. But who was it?

Gwyneth Paltrow / John Hannah?

Adam Gillard

Gavin Chipper wrote:TV presenter?

Nope.

Sports person?

Nope.

Comedian?

Yep.

Politician?

Nope.

Writer?

Nope.

Academic?

Nope.

Musician?

Nope.

Mark Deeks wrote:Paul Kaye?

Yep.

Adam Gillard

Surprised Rachel didn't declare or show a method within 10 for the 487 round - I got 480 pretty easily within the time.

Adam Gillard

Jon O'Neill wrote:Larry David?

Still nope.

Matt Morrison wrote:David Primhak.

Nope - I haven't heard of some of your guesses, including this one.

Jon Corby wrote:Moses?

Nope.

Gavin Chipper wrote:OK. Is this person over 40? Yes
50? 60? 70? 80? 90? No to all

Ian Volante wrote:Jonathan Sacks?

Nope.

Gavin Chipper wrote:Jesus?

Nope.

Adam Gillard

James S Roper wrote:Michael Douglas?

Edit: No, wait, I've missed a couple of things.

Nope.

Ryan Taylor wrote:Colin Murray!

Nope.

Gavin Chipper wrote:Eddie Murphy

Nope.

We've barely progressed since Graeme guessed that the person is male and Jewish. You all seem to be guessing names rather than delving deeper, e.g. age, profession, etc.

Adam Gillard

Gavin Chipper wrote:
Adam Gillard wrote:
JackHurst wrote:Has this person been in an episode of countdown?
No, but interestingly, someone with the same name (first name and surname) has!
Let's start at the beginning. Michael Goldman.

Nope.

Adam Gillard

I'll lend you a hand here and plump for 'mutually masturbatory'.

Adam Gillard

To be honest, I'm at a loss as to who this Jewish man who likes to offer lifts to random young men in his fast car could be. It wasn't Alain de Botton was it? Nope. You've also jumped to some conclusions. I'll help you out a bit. I'm not a random young man (to this person), and his car isn't fast. ...

Adam Gillard

To be honest, I'm at a loss as to who this Jewish man who likes to offer lifts to random young men in his fast car could be. It wasn't Alain de Botton was it? Nope. You've also jumped to some conclusions. I'll help you out a bit. I'm not a random young man (to this person), and his car isn't fast.

Adam Gillard

Matt Morrison wrote:Is it Hatem Ben Arfa?

No.

Gavin Chipper wrote:Sacha Baron Cohen.

No.

Adam Gillard

JackHurst wrote:Are they on any of these lists:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_Jews

Yes.

Adam Gillard

Great to see Sean's reaction at the end there - he was overwhelmed with relief and could barely speak! Makes a change from the cool customers I've seen recently who don't flinch even when they win on a crucial (nothing wrong with that, just nice to see how much it meant to Sean).

Adam Gillard

John Gillies wrote:
Adam Gillard wrote:I declined because it was the Sabbath.
Ozzy?

Heh, no, not Ozzy.

Adam Gillard

Ian Volante wrote:Gerald Kaufman.

No, not Gerald Kaufman.

Adam Gillard

Mark Deeks wrote:David Baddiel.

No, not David Baddiel.

Adam Gillard

Gavin Chipper wrote:Larry David.

No, not Larry David.

Adam Gillard

Guess who offered me a lift when they drove past me on the way to synagogue tonight (I declined because it was the Sabbath). Zarte will probably get it straight away, but it would be tough to get from blind guessing (yes, it is a famous person). Are they male? I'm guessing Jewish? Yes, male. Yes, J...

Adam Gillard

Guess who offered me a lift when they drove past me on the way to synagogue tonight (I declined because it was the Sabbath). Zarte will probably get it straight away, but it would be tough to get from blind guessing (yes, it is a famous person).

Adam Gillard

Steven, I get the impression that you are easily shocked.

Adam Gillard

What a game!

Adam Gillard

Dave, have you ever seen Baby's Day Out? You can't make a top 20 list without having seen it.

Adam Gillard

Why do I remember nonsense like this? Whenever someone says something like "you'll forget about this by tomorrow", I seem to remember it forever. Otherwise I forget things all the time.

Adam Gillard

I found out on Facebook that my then girlfriend's cousin was going out with an ex next-door neighbour of mine who I was good friends with. Also this was another part of the country - he'd long since moved well away from me. That's the best coincidence ever. Just realised there was a guy at middle s...

Adam Gillard

Can we pay on the day? We should be on the 99.9% definite list, please Sorry for the delayed response, Phyl. Just need to confer with my counsel. :) We would preferably like to know of numbers before the event, mainly for catering reasons. (I'm sure you'd like the same for CoMultiLon. ;) ) I may co...

Adam Gillard

Nick played it well there in the ORGASMIC / GRIMACES round.

Adam Gillard

LORIKEET is excellent!

Adam Gillard

Giles wrote:
Fred Mumford wrote: Giles put the series 68 final on youtube a few weeks ago, and it was taken down within 2 days.
A-ha! I re-uploaded it, under the "pseudonym" Tiddlywinks semi-final

Where'd you get that daft idea from?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rHtm4zjsMM

Adam Gillard

Just caught up on the final.

Congratulations to Richard and Team Trinity!

Adam Gillard

Just stuck this on for a few rounds this morning - letters have been top quality from both contestants; GRAPHEME had me beaten all ends up!

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