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Mark Deeks

Unlucky Tom, but you beat a hell to get that far. A fine achievement.

Congratulations, hearty ones at that, to Matt. Always good to see people realise ambitions. Your delight was infectious.

Mark Deeks

Err, I thought I understood until you said that. Am I playing three games against Scott or aren't I?

Mark Deeks

At the start they let some insufferably smug squeaky-voiced computer nerd hog the champion's chair

I remember him. The water sipping Jools Hollandy-channeling bastard. Yeah, fuck that guy.

Mark Deeks

Why's it called lemonade when it doesn't taste of lemons?

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How come the plug in the bathroom only has two pins?

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Didn't look 17.

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Andy looks scared, uncertain and/or angry at every word he declares. Really scrunches his face up. Cheer up Andy!

Mark Deeks

A late in.

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Innis's idea for Nasty Letters was to work in the No E's idea that I mentioned a few posts back. I think it's a good idea, as, as of right now, nasty letters are no different.

Mark Deeks

I'm pretty sure the list from the Countdown Page is incorrect, for the plain reason that I know there is more than 1 W in the set. How do you know? As recently as yesterday, there were two W's in a letters round . Admittedly, it does say that in the opening stanza. At the very least, if it's not ri...

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If he's got residual roid rage going on, though, you don't even have the emotional advantage. See, you do need my help after all.

Mark Deeks

You know what? I don't mean this disrespectfully or anything, but I think he could take you. You have raw unkempt emotion on your side, but he's got some guns. Mmmmmm. Guns. Yummy.

Mark Deeks

Eh, yeah, a bit. I've forgiven you now by the way. For the whole "miserable cunt" thing. We cool.

Mark Deeks

Yeah I don't mean to sound obnoxious because I suck at six small. But if there's a 10 there, and it ends in a 0....well, shit. There's your starting point.

Mark Deeks

Just dawned on me that if he'd got that conundrum, he'd've tied with me for highest score of the year. Had he done that, I'd've joined in with the beats.

Mark Deeks

Also, if you pick six small, and you can't get that target with those numbers in the 90 seconds or whatever that he took....you prolly shouldn't pick six small.

Mark Deeks

Just watched it properly. I agree with you. The cheeky bugger.

Mark Deeks

In one of my shows, I had a last second spot, and said "Eight" without saying "not written down," simply because it was very last second and I forgot. I got away with it because the opponent only had a seven. So it's easily done.

Mark Deeks

1) A new bug appeared as of today, whereby chat messages are showing up an inch or two to the right of the person's picture. This is the case in both main aptochat and private chat windows, and the amount of the gap seems to vary randomly. Minor inconvenience. 2) This game was 1000 rounds long, as e...

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Mike Brown wrote:I wonder if Adam Gillard has a brother called Armand?

I wonder if Lauren Hamer does.

Mark Deeks

So what happens if we didn't register in time? Do we just turn up anyway and hang around in the bar downstairs, wait for you to all finish the Countdown aspect of the whole thing, and then we can all get a burger together?

Mark Deeks

Bad luck Mr Giuliani.

Mark Deeks

Cillian said CATERAN in the ERADICANT round.

Did DC say you can put the S on ULTIMO?.

Mark Deeks

I didn't turn her lezzy. Andrea turned her lezzy. That is the calibre of woman that Andrea is. She's a lezmaker.

Mark Deeks

Andrea's great. Leave Andrea alone.

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Peter seems nice, but fuck Peter because he beat Andrea. Andrea should be the prize for this series. I'm going to kill enough people as it takes for Andrea to be a quarter finalist.

Mark Deeks

God damn. What a woman.

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Not like a bit hot, but, like, totally way hot. God bless Andrea. Best contestant this series.

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Really hot, in fact.

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Andrea's hot.

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On a similar theme, this was in Bishop Stortford Tesco's male toilets, a place I like to hang out in of an evening.

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Spanish town whose name I forgot, late 2008:

Point taken.

Mark Deeks

Best England cricket team I've ever seen. And by quite a long way.

Mark Deeks

Oh hell yeah. And DINOSAUR. And DILATOR.

Mark Deeks

I was watching Sky Sports Years 1996 a few days ago, and it turns out that Jeff Stelling from 15 years ago look older than Jeff Stelling from today.

Mark Deeks

An otherwise conventional 15 rounder variant that has no E's in the deck.

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I can scream really, really, really high, like a 4 year old girl.

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http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ga ... 6#r7132256

'Av it.

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Good ploy.

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TANDOORI. How is anyone supposed to get a word that ends in an I?

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Yea, to elaborate, the Guardian's first step is 6x4=24, and then he uses the other 4 numbers to hit the target, just leaving that 24 there without actually doing it. I assume that if the Guardian can get the solution with 4 or fewer numbers that aren't the red one, he can, in theory, just waste the...

Mark Deeks

CASAREEP is a permissible word on apterous, yet ODE3 lists only CASSAREEP. Any ideas?

Mark Deeks

CODENAMES.

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Some great news on this front, which I can bring back from my recent visit to the studios. It seems that now that the dust has settled, the countdown team are going to do their best to work around Jeff's new expanded sky sports schedule, so he may not have to give up his position after all. Hip Hip...

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DC go darrenic leaving us all to wonder if Mark was thinking of RAPTURES after sticking with a "safe 7". Nope, PASTURER. Never saw RAPTURES. Do people really criticise those who finish early in the numbers? Christ. Some people will criticise anything. Someone will probably write in and co...

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The stupid face I pulled in shot while Linda was being introduced was due to the fact that a wire underneath the desk had come loose and had placed itself lovingly across my crotch. While Linda was talking, I was trying to steathily yet aggressively reattach it with the remnants of its less-than-eff...

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I got FORCEPS at the 10 second mark or so. At the 20 second mark or so, Susie Dent said it really rather loudly.

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They didn't show either version in the end.

Mark Deeks

I did have PLIABLE, but I didn't go for it in the end. Partly because the camera-induced paranoia convinced me that it had a Y in it, and because I didn't have to because Linda only had 4. They did edit out the bit where we discussed whether PLIABLE was acceptable. When Rachel first put BAREFOOT in ...

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Additionally, Linda was a good spotter who by her own admission couldn't do the numbers as well. Such people will always get on Countdown, and rightly so. There are way more letters rounds for a reason.

Mark Deeks

The fact is that most people look to times a big number by a small number, and they don't think to make the multiple from other big numbers. It's not because they're dumb; rather, it's because you only have 30 seconds so you stick to what you know. This is the advantage of picking 4 large, which is ...

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In my defense, I missed these words because I'd never heard of them.

Mark Deeks

Everyone tells me I look like someone. Joel Przybilla, Jonathan Papelbon, Bradley from Eastenders, Will Clarke the triathlete, Edward fucking Elgar, John Arne Riise, Jean Paul Sarte, Stan Laurel, all the way to Sully from Monsters Inc. But Calvin Harris? That's a new one. Maybe slightly.

Mark Deeks

SPOILER ALERT - I don't think there are going to be any more accidental allusions to seminal gay porn websites today. Unlike the SCATMEN debacle.

Mark Deeks

You do realise I was kidding, right

I do, which is why I think we should hang out more. In fact, I want us to go on the road, tapdancing together.

Mark Deeks

See, that's why you're better than me.

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Didn't think TARMACKED had a K in it. In hindsight, it obviously does.

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Of everyone on apterous, I think Mark Deeks has by far the best frat brother name. I can totally imagine Mark chugging a beer bong while a bunch of guys chant DEEKS DEEKS DEEKS DEEKS during it and after he finishes they let out a loud MARK DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKS!!! in celebration. ...why do I get...

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Jon Corby wrote:I've gone off Deeks now, the miserable cunt. I hope Taymar tears him a new one.

We should hang out more.

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