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by Jennifer Steadman
Tue Jun 19, 2012 10:07 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Monday June 18th 2012
Replies: 7
Views: 3044

Re: Spoilers For Monday June 18th 2012

INGENUES in r1.
by Jennifer Steadman
Sat Jun 16, 2012 1:43 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday June 15th 2012 (Series 66 Prelim 109)
Replies: 4
Views: 1940

Re: Spoilers for Friday June 15th 2012 (Series 66 Prelim 109

Got the first numbers Jack's way, with no time lapse.

Terribly slow conundrum solve there. Appalling, really.
by Jennifer Steadman
Fri Jun 08, 2012 5:36 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: C4C Fantasy Football
Replies: 174
Views: 68774

Re: C4C Fantasy Football

I'm confident of a top 4 finish.
by Jennifer Steadman
Thu Jun 07, 2012 7:29 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Words You Would Have Thought...
Replies: 479
Views: 164128

Re: Words You Would Have Thought...

I had INSINCERENESSES for 15. INSINCERENESSES? No, I'm afraid not. ... We managed to find a 13 in SINCERENESSES. http://media.skateboard.com.au/forum/images/t231478_my%20head%20is%20full%20of%20fuck.jpg Heh - same case can be made for INSANENESSES (not valid) to SANENESSES (valid)... Although I sup...
by Jennifer Steadman
Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:51 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: C4C Fantasy Football
Replies: 174
Views: 68774

Re: C4C Fantasy Football

Are we doing one of these for the Euro 2012 Fantasy Football? The site's here if anyone's interested in making a team/setting up a C4C league.
by Jennifer Steadman
Thu May 31, 2012 1:29 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Name Our Child
Replies: 110
Views: 17743

Re: Name Our Child

If you still haven't decided, you could name her on the spur of the moment...

Image

Certainly not too boring. Few too many syllables for your specification though.
by Jennifer Steadman
Wed May 30, 2012 9:42 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Is Apterous down? [DO NOT POST IN THIS TOPIC FOR ANY OTHER REASON]
Replies: 604
Views: 307614

Re: Is Apterous down?

Yeah. It blew out briefly for most people earlier, but now it's totally down.

THE END IS NIGH :cry:
by Jennifer Steadman
Sat May 26, 2012 11:10 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Replies: 38
Views: 5789

Re: Eurovision Song Contest 2012

Sweden's song was pretty good actually, it's really grown on me. That, Romania, Greece, Iceland and (if you read my liveblog, you'll know) Russia were my favourites - especially Russia. Loved the grannies, they were so adorable - plus it was the only really novelty record in the final, apart from ma...
by Jennifer Steadman
Sat May 26, 2012 10:20 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Replies: 38
Views: 5789

Re: Eurovision Song Contest 2012

I still can't believe that Albania got any points, let alone were in the top five...
by Jennifer Steadman
Sat May 26, 2012 6:31 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Replies: 38
Views: 5789

Re: Eurovision Song Contest 2012

This post links to my Eurovision liveblog. I'll be updating it more regularly once the show has started - please read and comment at your leisure. It'd be great to have people reading it :)
by Jennifer Steadman
Sat May 26, 2012 1:35 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
Replies: 758
Views: 399873

Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams

Maybe your subconscious is telling you to file a ticket along those lines... Weirdly, I also had an Apterous dream involving racism the other night. I was being gobby and annoying in chat, as usual, when Eoin Monaghan started having a go at me for being racist. I don't know why, because I wasn't bei...
by Jennifer Steadman
Tue May 08, 2012 6:59 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Phones and networks
Replies: 36
Views: 5005

Re: Phones and networks

Blackberries are one of those love 'em/hate 'em things, but I have a Blackberry Curve something-or-other which is quite pretty and I really like it (except when it deletes lots of my old messages without telling me, which is fairly often). I'm not really a fan of touchscreens for typing purposes (my...
by Jennifer Steadman
Sat May 05, 2012 3:50 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Replies: 38
Views: 5789

Re: Eurovision Song Contest 2012

NOOOOOOOOOO I HAD A LONG RESPONSE TO THIS TYPED OUT AND IT LOGGED ME OUT IN THE MEANTIME. Ahem. I'm going to be liveblogging Eurovision this year if anyone's interested. (Because what's better than watching Eurovision? Watching someone write about watching Eurovision, obviously.) As for the ones I'v...
by Jennifer Steadman
Sat May 05, 2012 2:56 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Aptoteam 2012
Replies: 13
Views: 3713

Re: Aptoteam 2012

Yep, sounds good Rhys.

I like the idea of 9 rounders because there's more potential for shock victories, which would be pretty cool in this sort of competition IMO. Will be interesting to see what others think though.
by Jennifer Steadman
Sat May 05, 2012 2:00 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Aptoteam 2012
Replies: 13
Views: 3713

Re: Aptoteam 2012

Provisionally I quite like this idea, but I think people should get at least point for being in the last 32. Also, participants from the top 25 of Pro Ranks should be evenly split between teams to prevent a Goliath team - this would also (hopefully) limit the number of team mates playing each other....
by Jennifer Steadman
Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:53 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Best ever contestants
Replies: 509
Views: 351708

Re: Best ever contestants

Phil Reynolds wrote:
David Barnard wrote:It's definitely a god thing
I thought we'd agreed to stop talking about Easter.
Lol'd at this.


Wow, the tangent this thread has gone on is tedious. I'm starting to long for some arseholey comments from Corby to liven it up, to be honest.
by Jennifer Steadman
Sun Apr 15, 2012 3:28 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CoLei5 - Saturday 14 April 2012
Replies: 21
Views: 7946

Re: CoLei5 - Saturday 14 April 2012

Gavin Chipper wrote:
Phil Reynolds wrote:
Matt Morrison wrote:Ok, it's probably only me
It isn't.
Me too.
And me.
by Jennifer Steadman
Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:22 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Best ever contestants
Replies: 509
Views: 351708

Re: Best ever contestants

David Barnard wrote:
Jason Larsen wrote:And Easter is now over
And thank god we've stopped talking about such a repulsive subject
If you're so keen to stop talking about it, why post about it? :|
by Jennifer Steadman
Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:05 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: **The Apterous Olympics 2012 (Fri 11th May-Thu 26th July)**
Replies: 12
Views: 5450

Re: ** Announcing - The Apterous Olympics 2012 **

Sounds great. :D Will you want people to start registering interest in specific events in advance, or is it just a case of turning up in the evenings of your chosen events?
by Jennifer Steadman
Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:17 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1604
Views: 1651823

Re: Politics in General

And I, your pet mini-Tory, is back with more propaganda. 1. Your grammar really highlights what an excellent job the Tories are doing with education. :roll: 2. It's soundbites like this that imbue me with a feeling of dread whenever I see you're the last person to have posted in this thread. Rememb...
by Jennifer Steadman
Sat Mar 31, 2012 4:41 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: 'Gevin's Delight' Tournament 2012
Replies: 65
Views: 18899

Re: 'Gevin's Delight' Tournament May-June 2012 - enter here

No laydeez have entered the tourney yet? Time to change that. In.
by Jennifer Steadman
Sat Mar 24, 2012 6:21 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Name Our Child
Replies: 110
Views: 17743

Re: Name Our Child

Zamira is quite a nice one - a bit out there, but not so off the wall it sounds like a race of aliens from Doctor Who.

My child-naming skills leave much to be desired though, I used to think Mercury would be a great name for a girl. Even after I found out it was a type of poison.
by Jennifer Steadman
Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:52 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: You know you're playing too much apterous when...
Replies: 114
Views: 56053

Re: You know you're playing too much apterous when...

When you're in a club on a night out and, as your peers drink and dance to excess, all you can think is that you'd rather be playing Apterous. (And, while thinking this, then decide to write said thoughts in this thread because it's better than watching narcissistic obese girls wearing overly tight ...
by Jennifer Steadman
Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:36 pm
Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
Topic: Thursday 8th March 2012 (Series 66, Prelim 44)
Replies: 4
Views: 2127

Re: Thursday 8th March 2012 (Series 66, Prelim 44)

James Robinson wrote:C2: Challenger Gerri Kostrzewa. ... She and her husband ran Red Rhino Records and released Pulp's first ever single.
I like her already.
by Jennifer Steadman
Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:45 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: C4C Link Dump
Replies: 329
Views: 60561

Re: C4C Link Dump

by Jennifer Steadman
Fri Mar 02, 2012 11:01 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Music
Replies: 295
Views: 83878

Re: Music

Yeah, Nizlopi was number 1 (in 2005) the week before the Christmas number 1 was announced. Stopped Westlife being top of the charts if I remember rightly, which is never a bad thing. Unfortunately it couldn't stave off the X Factor's Christmas number 1 monopoly, which has only been broken twice (200...
by Jennifer Steadman
Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:09 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday February 28th 2012 (Series 66 Prelim 37
Replies: 20
Views: 4786

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday February 28th 2012 (Series 66 Preli

Excellent game, excellent response by Graeme to Andy. Top marks all round.
by Jennifer Steadman
Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:21 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What did you want to be when you were a kid?
Replies: 27
Views: 6328

Re: What did you want to be when you were a kid?

Changed over time, including an author, a singer (except I can't sing...), one of the Spice Girls (...problem solved), a league football team manager, and a primary school teacher. I suspect the football manager thing came from my sheer joy at steering Bristol Rovers to promotion from the Third Divi...
by Jennifer Steadman
Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:15 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Masters 2012
Replies: 88
Views: 17718

Re: Apterous Masters 2012

Just wondering, how were the byes decided - was it a 'drawing names out of a hat' scenario or was there some kind of equation for working out that those five should go straight into the main tournament? ...Not because I'm bitter or anything.
by Jennifer Steadman
Sat Feb 11, 2012 9:52 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: How Googly are you?
Replies: 46
Views: 7328

Re: How Googly are you?

As Jennifer Steadman: 3rd (Facebook), 4th (Google+) and 7th (Twitter). Imageswise, 6th (old Twitter picture) and 14th (blog). As Jen Steadman: 3rd (Google+), 4th (Google+ again), 5th (Formspring, even though I deleted my account on there), 6th (Twitter). Images: 8th (my Apterous ratings graph :? ), ...
by Jennifer Steadman
Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:24 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
Replies: 417
Views: 115816

Re: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here

I'd be interested to know whether the Apterite ban covers just a certain demographic of player. Virtually all of the 1600+ rated players on Apterous are men under the age of 30, so would Andy's audition have been procrastinated if he were female or a pensioner (or a female pensioner) with the same r...
by Jennifer Steadman
Sun Feb 05, 2012 1:44 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Masters 2012
Replies: 88
Views: 17718

Re: Apterous Masters 2012

I'll have a go at this qualifying lark. (please)
by Jennifer Steadman
Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:21 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Google Demographics
Replies: 26
Views: 5717

Re: Google Demographics

Arts & Entertainment - Music & Audio - Rock Music - Indie & Alternative Music Arts & Entertainment - TV & Video Arts & Entertainment - TV & Video - TV Shows & Programmes Games Hobbies & Leisure Age: 18-24 Gender: Male Surprised football doesn't come up, as I look ...
by Jennifer Steadman
Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:27 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: Countdown in Lincoln 2012- Saturday 28th January
Replies: 150
Views: 43067

Re: Countdown in Lincoln 2012- Saturday 28th January

Everyone else has said it already but thanks to Ben for organising everything, great event - definitely worth the 12 trains and 15,000 hours on public transport (approx) to get there. Also thanks to everyone for just being generally lovely - that probably sounds really obsequious, but I mean it. It ...
by Jennifer Steadman
Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:27 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: aptoSOS.02 - signup and shiz
Replies: 76
Views: 21430

Re: aptoSOS.02 - signup and shiz

Count me in.
by Jennifer Steadman
Thu Jan 26, 2012 1:45 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: Countdown in Lincoln 2012- Saturday 28th January
Replies: 150
Views: 43067

Re: Countdown in Lincoln 2012- Saturday 28th January

And so the 400-mile journey from Cornwall begins... I guess this is the start of CoLin! :)
by Jennifer Steadman
Mon Jan 23, 2012 12:18 am
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: Countdown in Lincoln 2012- Saturday 28th January
Replies: 150
Views: 43067

Re: Countdown in Lincoln 2012- Saturday 28th January

Could I have the casserole and apple pie with custard, please? I'll send the money tomorrow.
by Jennifer Steadman
Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:02 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Monday January 9th 2012
Replies: 49
Views: 8921

Re: Spoilers For Monday January 9th 2012

As you'd expect, Nick was a bit awkward, but he did pretty well considering he's ultimately a businessman and not a TV presenter. A bit stilted and some talking over Susie, but in time that'll be ironed out. The Guardian did a live blog to celebrate his first show (though they wrongly said that the ...
by Jennifer Steadman
Thu Jan 05, 2012 11:07 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1604
Views: 1651823

Re: Politics in General

I never realised until I read this thread that teenage boys talk about Thatcher so much.
by Jennifer Steadman
Sat Dec 31, 2011 12:11 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Yet another silly 'predict the time' game
Replies: 25
Views: 3576

Re: Yet another silly 'predict the time' game

15th Jan, 3pm.
by Jennifer Steadman
Fri Dec 23, 2011 11:18 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Wiki Spamming
Replies: 37
Views: 9951

Re: Wiki Spamming

A message for anyone who does have an account on the AptoWiki - this article requires a few edits: 1 - removing 'sissis' from the useful letters guide as this is no longer valid on Apterous, 2 - removing 'senseless' from the Fours (9s) as the same letters are used to make 'senselessnesses' which is ...
by Jennifer Steadman
Fri Dec 16, 2011 3:08 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For The Stelling Swansong (Series 65 Grand Final)
Replies: 73
Views: 15818

Re: Spoilers For The Stelling Swansong (Series 65 Grand Fina

I really hope Graeme wipes the smug, self-satisfied smile off Carl's face by thrashing him 140-0 or something like that... Good luck!
by Jennifer Steadman
Thu Dec 08, 2011 7:15 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Thursday December 8th 2011
Replies: 49
Views: 4777

Re: Spoilers For Thursday December 8th 2011

I got 956 as well :shock: I was glad David eventually got some points, especially as he took his thrashing so well. Quality word choices and banter from Mark - really setting the standard for the other quarter finals there. Not really much else to say that hasn't been said... roll on the rest of th...
by Jennifer Steadman
Wed Nov 30, 2011 6:27 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: Countdown in Lincoln 2012- Saturday 28th January
Replies: 150
Views: 43067

Re: Countdown in Lincoln 2012- Saturday 28th January

Being terrible at Countdown and being in Cornwall are no match for too much time, money and curiosity. See you all there. :)
by Jennifer Steadman
Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:31 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Nick Hewer, YOU'RE HIRED!!!
Replies: 204
Views: 38624

Re: Nick Hewer, YOU'RE HIRED!!!

Can't imagine him telling cheesy jokes or flirting with Rachel, but it'll be interesting to see how he does. I wonder if he'll manage to coax Alan Sugar or Margaret Mountford into Dictionary Corner.
by Jennifer Steadman
Wed Oct 12, 2011 5:17 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday October 12th 2011
Replies: 8
Views: 1884

Re: Spoilers For Wednesday October 12th 2011

RADDEST in R9. And I said DUALISE in R7 before my housemate's boyfriend nipped in to say "Couldn't you have DUALIZES?" before I spotted it... :x
by Jennifer Steadman
Fri Oct 07, 2011 10:42 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Food you like that no-one else does
Replies: 2
Views: 1374

Food you like that no-one else does

My favourite sandwich filling ever is Brussels pâté with cheese and onion crisps. I know that's weird. But no-one in my family likes marzipan and I love the stuff. It's a big sugary mouthgasm for me, but they won't go near it. What weird/unpopular foods do you like? (Qualifying 'no-one else' as mean...
by Jennifer Steadman
Fri Oct 07, 2011 9:39 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1604
Views: 1651823

Re: Politics in General

No Mrs Thatcher's legacy was the much stronger position she put the UK in - for a legacy you mostly need to look at the period of time after she knifed in the back. She basically won the election for John Major. She built up the UK, which Major and Blair reaped the rewards of. But at what cost? The...
by Jennifer Steadman
Thu Oct 06, 2011 6:05 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1604
Views: 1651823

Re: Politics in General

Children debating without researching. Sigh. We should aspire to share the views of great political leaders. Not when they screw up the lives of millions of people. Do you aspire to be like Hitler or Stalin? Exactly. To use your reasoning from further down your post, there's a reason why so many peo...
by Jennifer Steadman
Wed Oct 05, 2011 8:59 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1604
Views: 1651823

Re: Politics in General

No, I'm against rehabilitation. It's too soft in my opinion. I'd probably send them to prison for a very short time and do community service which is compulsory. but the prisons are overcrowded enough as it is (plus jail time in their formative years is probably more likely to screw them up in the ...
by Jennifer Steadman
Wed Oct 05, 2011 7:10 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1604
Views: 1651823

Re: Politics in General

-5.12, -4.15. I'm so glad I managed to break the family tradition of being rabidly Conservative. Children who illegally smoke/do drugs should be heavily punished. Why and how? It's unlikely they'll have the money to pay a fine (you'd have to fine the parents and, although you may argue that parents ...
by Jennifer Steadman
Thu Sep 29, 2011 11:28 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: 10 ways to improve Countdown Viewing Figures
Replies: 61
Views: 10659

Re: 10 ways to improve Countdown Viewing Figures

I don't think you need to advertise Countdown. Everybody's heard of it, it's ingrained in popular culture, but seeing an advert for it is unlikely to make significant numbers of people watch it who don't already. Top two questions I get asked about Countdown 1. "That Rachel Riley bird's fit, i...
by Jennifer Steadman
Wed Sep 28, 2011 6:53 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Tuesday September 27th 2011
Replies: 16
Views: 3527

Re: Spoilers For Tuesday September 27th 2011

Thought both women played excellently - Ophelie would've beaten most of the other winning contestants from the past few weeks on that form. But Jayne's looked fantastic so far, easily the best female contestant of the series. Well played!
by Jennifer Steadman
Mon Sep 26, 2011 7:07 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: People who share names with Countdowny people
Replies: 10
Views: 2413

Re: People who share names with Countdowny people

There's another Ryan Taylor who plays for Newcastle United, and is currently in the Barclays Fantasy Football dream team. But he's not ginger.
by Jennifer Steadman
Mon Sep 26, 2011 11:46 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Autumn Tournament
Replies: 186
Views: 35519

Re: Apterous Autumn Tournament

Julie Taylor's having issues with her internet connection on holiday and hasn't been able to play any games as a result - she's trying to get it sorted out before the deadline, but would it be possible for us to play later in the week if she can't get it sorted out today?
by Jennifer Steadman
Sun Sep 18, 2011 12:30 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterous Autumn Tournament
Replies: 186
Views: 35519

Re: Apterous Autumn Tournament

Thomas Carey wrote:Anyone seen Dan Abrey? I've got a week 1 game.
He's been moving house and hasn't had his computer available, but will be online at 3 today to play our week 1 game. Ah, the magic of Aptomail.
by Jennifer Steadman
Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:03 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Music
Replies: 295
Views: 83878

Re: Music

Out of interest, what do you think of music in films - do you find it annoying/not conducive for adding to the mood of a scene? It's still annoying most of the time. The rest of the time it's so samey that it's cringeworthy (e.g. the music for a love scene or a farewell scene). Sometimes it's cool,...
by Jennifer Steadman
Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:49 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Music
Replies: 295
Views: 83878

Re: Music

Maybe it's just me finding it difficult to come to terms with an 'alien concept', but I can't imagine that there isn't, somewhere in the universe, at least one artist who you could listen to and just be blown away by their music, if you get what I'm saying? (I haven't phrased it well.) But then I wa...
by Jennifer Steadman
Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:21 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: C4C Link Dump
Replies: 329
Views: 60561

Re: C4C Link Dump

I went to the Reading Festival this year and reviewed all the acts I saw - if anyone's interested, here are the articles for Friday's gigs, Saturday's, and Sunday's.
Sorry for continually bumping this for my own purposes, but I get quite a lot of views out of it :)