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Hannah O

Quite brilliant! I must admit I got 494 and then was positively kicking myself when Carol showed how to do it. The colour scheme of the letters hurt my eyes though!

Hannah O

Haha, I like that one. There are many funny bloopers on youtube, but don't be fooled by the one Charlie mentioned, which is clearly edited! It would be funny if Rachel did choose 3 other large numbers!

Hannah O

Ah! I've enquired about the Bristol Countdown Society but have no reply, so this is the next best thing! Do we have any information at all? I need something to aim towards in the near future!

Hannah O

I didn't know you were banned from taking possible cheat items! Of course, it makes sense, it's just I never really thought about how you could cheat on Countdown! Incidentally, Stephen Fry says on his twitter, "Mm. I can see you're getting a picture of sybaritic luxury. If I told you I'd rathe...

Hannah O

See, a good reason for doing English A Level would have been to force me to read books. I don't make time for it with all the AS work I do now, and when I have free time I either internet or sleep! And I think I skipped the first few posts (bad me) which said hobbies that others didn't have! What do...

Hannah O

Charlie: :cry: That's just beautiful, man! To have an intelligent Countdown player of such high standing endorse the Pokemon games is super! (Not implying that the rest of you aren't intelligent, but if you don't like Pokemon... :P) I do agree that the animated stuff is pretty rubbish. However, I'm ...

Hannah O

Good point! I'll correct myself: I think that some people today don't appreciate that Britain wasn't always like it is now, and also don't respect the legacy of the soldiers that died to protect our freedom. Thanks, Charlie!

Hannah O

You have put a name to THE Countdown font? You earn my never-ending respect. I have a rather odd ambition, which is to make my own Countdown cards for use in school, and it would help to use the right font! Oh, um, sorry for going off-topic (I see it says non-Countdown style!) Let me haul my post ba...

Hannah O

(For example, although 'beat your swords into ploughshares' is often quoted, there's a passage in Joel which says the exact opposite. ;) ) There's a real reason for that- for my Religious Studies GCSE, one of the topics was War, and in the paper you write about Christian beliefs on it. Of course, y...

Hannah O

You write so vividly, it really shows that you're an artist, and that those memories are important! In Hollywood films, as you said, nobody gets hurt. Either that, or it goes to the opposite extreme, with a film about unfortunate victims of Hitler and his regime. They just don't portray everyday lif...

Hannah O

It really is fascinating! It's tough to imagine living in the middle of the war, but it's even more difficult to imagine it seeming normal! I think I'm spoilt, living comfortably with no real problems. The most I complain about is getting up early or not getting enough sleep! It really pales in comp...

Hannah O

Grudge match of doom!

I got my cousin addicted to Countdown and now he keeps beating me

Hannah O

You have to remember that you see into "the mind of god" only via the mind of one or other flavour of believer. And they are not omniscient and loving at all - they are narrow minded, petty, mean and vengeful. There is no evidence whatever for any form of supernatural being or supernatura...

Hannah O

As soon as the economic situation perks up in the household, I shall subscribe! I got the schedule wrong and got up on a Tuesday at 5am to see Alice in the Looking Glass or something- suffice to say, I was not very pleased with myself. That reminds me- it's on at 4.55 tomorrow! I can't decide whethe...

Hannah O

Apologies for the slight off-topicness, but are you the same countdowngoofs who owns a youtube account full of amusing Countdown bloopers? If so, I think your channel is superb and thanks for collecting a bunch of hilarious videos that helped ignite my passion for Countdown!

Hannah O

My excuse is if I'd had longer I would have come up with a better polemic! Gavin: Good point, though I think I remember reading somewhere religious (it might have been a story paraphrased from the Qu'ran, so may not be completely relevant) a tale about a...well, a woman of the night who gave a thirs...

Hannah O

I'm sorry to hear about the pain caused by the Rockets and Doodle Bugs :( But there's nothing wrong with telling us children about the good old days- they must be called that for a reason! There's nothing as good as learning about what happened back then from real life tales! Also, I must confess me...

Hannah O

I concur, but Callum Laddiman is also very clever! And I have no idea who played what this week, so please don't spoil me! Repeats are about 3 days behind.

Hannah O

Poor Sir Attenborough! The way I see it, Earth has a population of idiots (i.e. people that have committed deeds that are unarguably stupid), and these are randomly distributed throughout the population, therefore wherever you look, in the Christian population, in another religion's population, in t...

Hannah O

No problem, George

It sounds dangerous though- not only almost getting stuck in a wood for the night, but putting out fires! I think that you were a much braver 16 year old than I am! Did the Doodle bugs keep bothering you then, or was it the only one that fell near you?

Hannah O

Jon: Snake Pokemon- no points for guessing what species they are due to their name!

Hannah O

Callum (Laddiman) completely wiped the floor with me in a numbers-only game. I'm now assuming that the entire Laddiman family is made up of geniuses

Hannah O

Get well soon! I hope you don't miss too much Countdown either.

Hannah O

Continuing the off-topicness, how do you play against a bot? Do you need to subscribe? I assumed that I need to subscribe, then again, I didn't read any instructions, so I'm blaming ignorance of the controls for my first awful game! Anyway, thanks again for all your comments, and Clare, your advice ...

Hannah O

Hello George! I also feel slightly nervous as a lot of the people here have been fans of Countdown for much longer than I have- I've always known it's been around, but I only started watching it properly last week! However, everyone has been very welcoming and patient, letting me ask lots of questio...

Hannah O

Thanks again for the advice, I shall invest in a puzzle book if possible now so I can practice in school! Jimmy, on apterous my opponents tend to select letters too fast for me to write down, so I have trouble with the letters rounds sometimes :P But one thing that does happen is that I see that the...

Hannah O

Welcome! I'm also aiming for the teapot but I need a lot of practice first

Music is great too.

Hannah O

I tried it at school today in the afternoon; I was just wondering if the reason it wouldn't load was because it was at school with various other computers on the same internet-thing (I'm not so good with technology!) or whether it was down. Ah well! Well-earned break indeed, apterous is super

Hannah O

Thanks all for your input and clarifications, with that and reading the experiences of past contestants on the Countdown page I'm really enjoying building up my knowledge of the process behind the actual show! I'm full of questions though, and I have another one to pose! I got up at 5am to watch the...

Hannah O

Thank you for the advice! I can see where you're coming from about going on it a second time. Clare: I think they're on the Countdown wiki, I might have got the list name wrong. It gives a stem and then gives you 5 possible 8-letter words which you get by adding on any vowel! NITRITES is on the list...

Hannah O

I see! I was surprised when I found this out, but it makes sense- it probably saves money as well as time filming several a day. As for multiple applications, assuming that someone applies to go on Countdown for the experience and loses on their first show, would they be allowed to reapply later (af...

Hannah O

Well, give me about 5 years' practice and I might stand the ghost of a chance. I was thinking of going to see it, but unfortunately finances and the distance from here to Leeds have ruined that plan for now. What I find that I can't do at all is the conundrums! Out of curiosity, how many shows are a...

Hannah O

I'm not sure why they're adding more, being pretty much a beginner at Japanese, but I'd assume they're adding kanji that are used relatively frequently nowadays, or maybe dropping some that aren't used so much in modern times. The third possibility is giving a Japanese word a kanji reading- since ka...

Hannah O

Languages! More specifically, learning them. Also, I see that anime, manga and the Japanese language were brought up earlier, so I have to add my comments! Currently I'm not learning it because my tutor returned to Japan over the Christmas holidays and I haven't had an email about resuming. I did ta...

Hannah O

Apologies if this is slightly off-topic, but what would be the ideal requirement to get on to Countdown, words-wise and number-wise? I've watched some of the COC games this series and I'm noticing that all the contestants get 7 letter words practically every round. Also, they seem to usually get wit...

Hannah O

Hello! I'm Hannah, and I admit that I haven't really been a fan of Countdown- I've probably watched it a few times in the past, but after finding out it was repeated at around 5am in the week, I decided to watch it then. Suddenly, I've been converted! I could improve a lot at it though- a sign of my...

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