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I'm a retired (retired in 2003) after sales manager in the motor trade (mainly Citroen).

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Heh, my implication was that I have the powers to make people think things; it's a gift I've had now for a number of years Jennifer!

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See, I'm now glad I got him thinking about it a little more

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Why do iPhones not come on straight away when you plug a charger into it when it's dead, like most phones do?

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No maybe not... I was thinking of Ray Tate.

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I'm sure there was one in this series?

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Congratulations, nice touch!

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So...

What do all you guys and gals on here do for a living???

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Soz mate!

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Is Graeme still playing with us???

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Andy Platt wrote:Yeah, surprised Rachel missed that. I wonder if she might have been looking for trick solutions like ((75 - 4 - 3) x 100 - 50) / 25, but got a bit mixed up.

As a sexist aside, how fit was the girl that answered the conundrum?

VERY, Andy, very!

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My home town!!!

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OH WELL...!!!

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About a quarter past 11, sir!

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This lad is very good!

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Former presenters — Des, Des and Jeff?

Carol Vorderman would defo be interesting!

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Gavin Chipper wrote:
Dave Preece wrote:I'm a massive fan of the show but not the best player of the game
All the more reason to go on Apterous!

I don't like the numbers game on apterous, I don't find it very user-friendly

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Hint: The final step in the solution is to divide by 25.

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Not that much of an expert!

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My daily raw score average is around 100, although, I am a numbers games expert, I'd like to think!

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I'm a massive fan of the show but not the best player of the game

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Thing???

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So what the guys rank??? I cant seem to get on apterous ATM??? 1187 rating, 127th pro ranks, but 3rd in Most Time Played. The man is an apterous legend. Can't wait to see him on Countdown. I know pool players who play loads and loads (8 hours a day), and aren't that good! Practice makes perfect, bu...

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John Garcia wrote:
Martin Long wrote:Very difficult 4L selection for the 3rd numbers round. I got to 831 using the same method as Mark and spent a fair amount of time after viewing the show trying to get 832 and still couldn't get it.
Hint: The final step in the solution is to divide by 25.

Kidding?

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So what the guys rank??? I cant seem to get on apterous ATM???

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Who are the best players, say top five, not to make a series finals. Going by the current finals qualification rules IE players are sorted by number of wins then by number of points. Points from both wins and losses count.

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Jason Larsen wrote:I really like Abdi

Is it... Is it... I didn't

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Jason Larsen wrote:Mark reminded me of myself when I watched that game! I don't know how in the world I beat Abdi in our first game together but I did it! And so did Mark! I hope Mark doesn't have a heart attack right now!

I hope so too!

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Gavin Chipper wrote:
Graeme Cole wrote:Also, 119 is the highest ever debut score for someone who didn't get the conundrum. (Thanks Marcus!)
What's the highest debut score for someone who didn't score in round 3?

Good one!

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Got to be up there as highest losing score in heats?

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I can't wait to see this guy get destroyed by a top 3 seed in the semis; be very satisfying that!

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For the second time in a week or so, I was embarrassed watching Countdown, at least Hansford got nearly all his conundrums correct!

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He's a cheat, simple as that IMHO.

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Remember, it's just a mass-market entertainment programme on the teevee. For those who want to take it seriously, maybe someone should come up with a web site where we can play online. That's a brilliant idea. I've got the perfect name for it as well. Why don't we call it apterous. :lol: In other w...

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By the way, whatever one may think of people's ideas, I definitely think it's good that there are people willing to make a sustained argument for something. I know some people probably think "shut up about this - it's getting boring now", but I consider arguments like this a good thing, e...

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Or another attempt at cheating?

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Shit idea(!)

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Ouch!

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Funny!

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For very good players, the knowledge that there's an 8 there (especially that their opponent has spotted) can be supremely helpful, and a lot of the time it will then just jump out at them. These "very good players" have enough going for them as it is, without giving them this extra help....

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For very good players, the knowledge that there's an 8 there (especially that their opponent has spotted) can be supremely helpful, and a lot of the time it will then just jump out at them. These "very good players" have enough going for them as it is, without giving them this extra help....

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Words not written down - there's no issue with that, is there? It's not a speed-writing contest after all and we do go to the non-writer first in the event of equal declarations. Oh, and utopians isn't capitalised. The ODO reflects the printed version in terms of textual content. There's not an iss...

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Sorry, bad example then. TRUANCIES is a better example. What I'm getting at is, if a player offers TRUANCIES for 9, is the process: look up "truancy" on ODO, see that it's a mass noun, and disallow it; or look up "truancies", see that it gives you the entry for "truancy&quo...

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Can't the conundrum board simply face the audience and/or only have a shut off on contestant's monitors, not the ones the crowd can see? It's very doable and it will stop the cheats, I think there are far more Hansforders than get mentioned. If the conundrum board faced the audience, wouldn't that ...

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Can't the conundrum board simply face the audience and/or only have a shut off on contestant's monitors, not the ones the crowd can see? It's very doable and it will stop the cheats, I think there are far more Hansforders than get mentioned. If the conundrum board faced the audience, wouldn't that ...

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Can't the conundrum board simply face the audience and/or only have a shut off on contestant's monitors, not the ones the crowd can see?

It's very doable and it will stop the cheats, I think there are far more Hansforders than get mentioned.

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James S Roper wrote:
Jon Corby wrote:the monitor should shut off on buzzing
That's a seriously good suggestion, apterous follows similarly. I'd suggest emailing Damian about that one.

That is one of the best ideas I've read on here!

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Callum Todd wrote:Adbirizak is certainly one to watch. He plays with great enthusiasm and skill.

My episode(s) will be broadcast on Friday 27th September (and each weekday thereafter, should I pick up any wins).

Hats off to Callum, after today's antics!

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PS

Good player or not, and Abdi might be a lovely guy and all that, but he was cheating like Hansford on crack! Two conundrums and a numbers game (at least)!

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I think she might have been wise to use the word probable?

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Rachel deffo said he makes the finals!

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Good question!

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He prefers Eric(!)

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Zarte Siempre wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:Get on it, recent contestants!
Can't be arsed.

LOL!

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Great news, if you still need surplus, Id be glad to donate a fiver???

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Mark James wrote:I think the scramble can have an effect on the difficulty. Can you include those as well?

Absolutely agree, I think this is a very important point!

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I'm not sure you could rank the best players using the following criterion but a measure of a top player to me is not only their consistency in every discipline, and nailing maximums, but also looking at what maximums they do get or do miss. Someone might have missed maximums in their run of MURIQU...

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Mark Deeks wrote:He showed more of his working than you did, Butty McButthurt.

LOL!

Funny!

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