Search found 1647 matches

by Johnny Canuck
Tue Mar 28, 2023 11:11 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 28th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 47)
Replies: 4
Views: 535

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 28th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 47)

Anyone know who Mandy Perry is? She said she appeared previously and I guess that was under a different surname.
by Johnny Canuck
Thu Mar 23, 2023 11:04 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 23rd March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 44)
Replies: 2
Views: 421

Re: Spoilers for Thursday 23rd March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 44)

Pretty long time to wait to buzz in and give an answer that didn't even have a C or a Y.
by Johnny Canuck
Thu Mar 23, 2023 12:30 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1615
Views: 630390

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

Marc Meakin wrote: Thu Mar 23, 2023 4:17 am That Hunchback of Notre Damme was good.
Cant remember his name, but his face rings a bell?
Quasimodo I believe. Bells can only be rung well by a full Modo.
by Johnny Canuck
Wed Mar 22, 2023 8:45 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 22nd March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 43)
Replies: 5
Views: 627

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 22nd March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 43)

Steve Hyde wrote: Wed Mar 22, 2023 2:54 pm Delighted with ORIFICES in R13
Were you watching the show at the same time?
by Johnny Canuck
Tue Mar 21, 2023 10:57 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Getting back on for a second go
Replies: 88
Views: 19428

Re: Getting back on for a second go

Was Series 12's Karl Kurdistan (formerly Series 1's Saladin Khoshnaw) a slip-through or was the team aware?
by Johnny Canuck
Tue Mar 21, 2023 12:55 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1615
Views: 630390

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

What do they do, teapotwise, for returnees whose first appearance was already teapotful? Might be a solution :mrgreen:
by Johnny Canuck
Thu Mar 16, 2023 12:44 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 15th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 38)
Replies: 3
Views: 540

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 15th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 38)

Unlucky Karyn, but maybe later this series they’ll let you have another shot
by Johnny Canuck
Mon Mar 13, 2023 10:28 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 13th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 36)
Replies: 10
Views: 1129

Re: Spoilers for Monday 13th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 36)

Graeme Cole wrote: Mon Mar 13, 2023 10:26 pm
Johnny Canuck wrote: Mon Mar 13, 2023 8:43 pm It's -OUR here too, guys
I did wonder what he was talking about here. The hyphen makes it clear.
For clarity, referring to the introduction where Colin told the Canadian-born challenger "Remember, only spellings with -OUR are allowed" or similar
by Johnny Canuck
Fri Mar 10, 2023 8:20 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 10th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 35)
Replies: 12
Views: 1225

Re: Spoilers for Friday 10th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 35)

Steve Hyde wrote: Fri Mar 10, 2023 5:51 pm Champ denied victory by having TANGLIER disallowed. Will he be invited back for another go next series?
Anyone got a ruling on whether it's good in premium?
by Johnny Canuck
Fri Mar 10, 2023 6:22 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 10th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 35)
Replies: 12
Views: 1225

Re: Spoilers for Friday 10th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 35)

Martin Long wrote: Fri Mar 10, 2023 6:17 pm Was there an extra R in the round where he declared MATURE? I can't recall.
Yep - poacher's goal :mrgreen:
by Johnny Canuck
Thu Mar 09, 2023 6:14 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 9th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 34)
Replies: 4
Views: 674

Spoilers for Thursday 9th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 34)

Nice to see some new teasers! I don't think EDGELORD existed the last time around.
by Johnny Canuck
Tue Mar 07, 2023 4:17 pm
Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
Topic: Wednesday 1st March 2023 (Series 87, Preliminary 28)
Replies: 2
Views: 1260

Re: Wednesday 1st March 2023 ( Series 87 Prelim 28 )

He's officially San Spinks to me now :D
by Johnny Canuck
Mon Mar 06, 2023 6:52 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 6th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 31)
Replies: 7
Views: 1567

Re: Spoilers for Monday 6th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 31)

Ryan Lam wrote: Mon Mar 06, 2023 2:55 pm First Recording of the Year 2023 according to the Credits, thankfully Dan survived even with peatiest wrongfully disallowed.
Is it officially "wrongfully" or does this follow the new MO?
by Johnny Canuck
Fri Mar 03, 2023 8:04 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 3rd March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 30)
Replies: 4
Views: 1131

Re: Spoilers for Friday 3rd March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 30)

Philip A wrote: Fri Mar 03, 2023 6:39 pm DOTAKU in R6 too.
When I first saw this word I honestly thought it meant an otaku (Japanese word for geek/anorak) specialising in the game Dota. Maybe I need to get out more.
by Johnny Canuck
Fri Feb 24, 2023 5:27 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 24th February 2023 (Series 87, Heat 25)
Replies: 7
Views: 1101

Re: Spoilers for Friday 24th February 2023 (Series 87, Heat 25)

Smithers is Montgomery Burns' "assistant". Suuuuure.
by Johnny Canuck
Thu Feb 23, 2023 11:58 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Censorship
Replies: 25
Views: 2505

Re: Censorship

But anyway, is there not something you lose by removing the original canon? I think it's fine to leave them as it is and put some sort of warning not or whatever. "These are historical books etc." Agreed to all counts, leave them untouched but try to make it known that the impressionable ...
by Johnny Canuck
Wed Feb 22, 2023 5:08 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Censorship
Replies: 25
Views: 2505

Re: Censorship

When I was in first grade in 2001, I got a good reprimand when I repeated a joke told by an Asian caricature in the sequel (Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator) to my parents. Could have gone a lot worse had I told it at school. I don't support censorship but I'd say please don't put the books on t...
by Johnny Canuck
Sun Feb 19, 2023 8:47 pm
Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
Topic: Thursday 16th February 2023 (Series 87, Preliminary 19)
Replies: 3
Views: 1018

Re: Thursady 16th February 2023 ( Series 87 prelim 19 )

Great recap Tracey but I must point out it's missing the second teatime teaser clue, which was:

LISTENON - "Quite rude while bathing in the river." - INSOLENT

Incidentally, The Solent seems to be a strait and not a river. It's like a teaser lied to us.
by Johnny Canuck
Sun Feb 19, 2023 5:27 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: In a Darts style, what music would Countdowners want playing when they enter the Countdown arena
Replies: 11
Views: 1883

Re: In a Darts style, what music would Countdowners want playing when they enter the Countdown arena

Black Eyed Peas - Let's Get It Started, but all of the "and runnin' runnin', and runnin' runnin'" sections have the Countdown clock music playing behind them
by Johnny Canuck
Sat Feb 18, 2023 10:57 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Countdown on YouTube [etc.]
Replies: 27
Views: 14007

Re: Countdown on YouTube [etc.]

Gavin Chipper wrote: Sat Feb 18, 2023 10:25 pmI don't know why people don't stick to their real names.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOImSuV6aQo
by Johnny Canuck
Tue Feb 14, 2023 12:02 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 13th February 2023 (Series 87, Heat 16)
Replies: 2
Views: 579

Re: Spoilers for Monday 13th February 2023 (Series 87, Heat 16)

REPUNITS as an alternative in the PICTURES round. For those unaware, REPUNITS are numbers composed only of ones - for example, 111 or 1111111111. These were apparently a more notable mathematical concept than RATIONALS^.
by Johnny Canuck
Tue Feb 07, 2023 4:02 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 7 February 2023 (Series 87, Heat 12)
Replies: 3
Views: 605

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 7 February 2023 (Series 87, Heat 12)

Nobody:

Me: (75 + 3) × (5 − 1) × 3 + 7 = 943
by Johnny Canuck
Thu Feb 02, 2023 7:04 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 2 February 2023 (Series 87, Heat 9)
Replies: 16
Views: 1761

Re: Spoilers for Thursday 2 February 2023 (Series 86, Heat 9)

Philip A wrote: Thu Feb 02, 2023 2:44 pmInsane 9 from DC, probably the best 9 ever found!
Makes up a little bit for them allowing TALLEN^ and offering DEMOTE when it wasn't there.
by Johnny Canuck
Wed Feb 01, 2023 12:28 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 31 January 2023 (Series 87, Heat 7)
Replies: 7
Views: 1137

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 31 January 2023 (Series 87, Heat 7)

First episode where 154 has been on the screen twice!
by Johnny Canuck
Tue Jan 24, 2023 2:59 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 24 January 2023 (Series 87, Heat 2)
Replies: 3
Views: 622

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 24 January 2023 (Series 87, Heat 2)

Still five letters shared with the scramble. Git gud and guess BYE or something :lol:
by Johnny Canuck
Tue Jan 24, 2023 3:31 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Where the hell, is Julian Fell?
Replies: 33
Views: 9724

Re: Where the hell, is Julian Fell?

Mark Deeks wrote: Tue Jan 24, 2023 2:40 am Howard died a couple of years ago.
Oh no - must have missed the update, not another one of the good old boys :cry:
by Johnny Canuck
Tue Jan 24, 2023 2:36 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Where the hell, is Julian Fell?
Replies: 33
Views: 9724

Re: Where the hell, is Julian Fell?

[Redacted - RIP Drawoh]
by Johnny Canuck
Fri Jan 20, 2023 3:22 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 20 January 2023 - The 16th Championship of Champions Grand Final
Replies: 47
Views: 3872

Re: Spoilers for Friday 20 January 2023 - The 16th Championship of Champions Grand Final

By the way, six correct conundrum solves across the whole championship, and half were by Ahmed. Outside of the preliminaries they were all Ahmed :ugeek:
by Johnny Canuck
Fri Jan 20, 2023 3:09 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 19 January 2023 - CoC XVI, SF 2
Replies: 21
Views: 2376

Re: Spoilers for Thursday 19 January 2023 - CoC XVI, SF 2

Dylan Taylor & Giles Hutchings' CoC semifinal
by Johnny Canuck
Fri Jan 20, 2023 1:37 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 20 January 2023 - The 16th Championship of Champions Grand Final
Replies: 47
Views: 3872

Re: Spoilers for Friday 20 January 2023 - The 16th Championship of Champions Grand Final

After this one, we get to force one person from every Championship of Champions back for a Championship of Championships of Champions. Bring them to a nightclub in Ibiza and broadcast it live.
by Johnny Canuck
Fri Jan 20, 2023 1:16 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Is Apterous down? [COMMENTING HERE WILL ... Yeah, we know]
Replies: 50
Views: 22138

Re: Is Apterous down? [COMMENTING HERE WILL ... Yeah, we know]

Have had a big orange bar saying You have new messages from 3 users (last changes). at the top of my wiki page for a couple of months. I've heard you can run https://wiki.apterous.org/api.php?action=clearhasmsg to remove the bar but this in turn leads to { "error": { "code": &quo...
by Johnny Canuck
Thu Jan 19, 2023 11:24 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 19 January 2023 - CoC XVI, SF 2
Replies: 21
Views: 2376

Re: Spoilers for Thursday 19 January 2023 - CoC XVI, SF 2

Is 232/234 the best joint haul by percentage? I don’t remember any double-maxes-minus-1 offhand.
by Johnny Canuck
Thu Jan 19, 2023 5:08 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 19 January 2023 - CoC XVI, SF 2
Replies: 21
Views: 2376

Re: Spoilers for Thursday 19 January 2023 - CoC XVI, SF 2

NEARLY as the English anagram of ANERLY
by Johnny Canuck
Tue Jan 17, 2023 4:02 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 17 January 2023 - CoC XVI, QF 4
Replies: 11
Views: 1361

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 17 January 2023 - CoC XVI, QF 4

Letters and numbers were indeed a Jos! Only the unspotted MINDRIES and SCAZONS were beaters.

Come to think of it, isn't it a total Jos since nobody knew the conundrum until Colin turned it over?
by Johnny Canuck
Mon Jan 16, 2023 10:48 pm
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: Countdowners On Other Quizzes
Replies: 253
Views: 165146

Re: Countdowners On Other Quizzes

Thanks MarMeakin
by Johnny Canuck
Mon Jan 16, 2023 3:05 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 16 January 2023 - CoC XVI, QF 3
Replies: 46
Views: 4093

Re: Spoilers for Monday 16 January 2023 - CoC XVI, QF 3

Wow. I always just thought DOUGLAS meant the Douglas Fir tree. One of those massive redwood evergreens that you see in northern California. And in the game Myst.
by Johnny Canuck
Sun Jan 15, 2023 11:13 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Replies: 630
Views: 275439

Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised

Gavin Chipper wrote: Sun Jan 15, 2023 9:25 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: Thu Jan 12, 2023 8:15 pm Public school is posh
"Public school is private" is probably a better way of putting it.
On this side of the pond, public schools are the government-run ones and private schools are posh!
by Johnny Canuck
Sat Jan 14, 2023 5:50 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 13th January 2023 - CoC XVI QF 2
Replies: 29
Views: 3267

Re: Spoilers for Friday 13th January 2023 - CoC XVI QF 2

Rhys Benjamin wrote: Sat Jan 14, 2023 11:09 amDIANARIOT
For what it’s worth, solving that one from the audience was the very first thing Elliott did on Countdown.
by Johnny Canuck
Sat Jan 14, 2023 1:59 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 13th January 2023 - CoC XVI QF 2
Replies: 29
Views: 3267

Re: Spoilers for Friday 13th January 2023 - CoC XVI QF 2

As a current Ascender, I honestly feel like they leapfrogged over a few available difficulty levels in selecting this set of conundrums - I think 8 of the 10 so far have been Unobtainiums. Even among those in Ascension, I am seeing many Corundum and Diamond (9/10 and 10/10) ranked words that I'm sur...
by Johnny Canuck
Fri Jan 13, 2023 3:26 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 13th January 2023 - CoC XVI QF 2
Replies: 29
Views: 3267

Re: Spoilers for Friday 13th January 2023 - CoC XVI QF 2

This competition is reminding me of those worldwide Mario Kart races where you go from second place to tenth place if a green shell wings you.
by Johnny Canuck
Thu Jan 12, 2023 5:41 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 11th January 2023 - CoC XVI Prelim 8
Replies: 17
Views: 1575

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 11th January 2023 - CoC XVI Prelim 8

Philip A wrote: Wed Jan 11, 2023 2:19 pm I didn’t know this, but you can slot a U in VOYAGER to make VOYAGEUR; lesser known as it is a historical term, and comes from Canada.
Bad miss from me - not just a word from my country but from my province :roll:
by Johnny Canuck
Wed Jan 04, 2023 5:09 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 4 January 2023 - CoC XVI, Prelim 3
Replies: 11
Views: 1545

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 4 January 2023 - CoC XVI, Prelim 3

I think he actually still might be the first person to try four nines and the conundrum though :mrgreen:
by Johnny Canuck
Wed Jan 04, 2023 4:25 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 4 January 2023 - CoC XVI, Prelim 3
Replies: 11
Views: 1545

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 4 January 2023 - CoC XVI, Prelim 3

Philip A wrote: Wed Jan 04, 2023 2:53 pm Ed sets a new record: 5 bids on a nine-letter word.
Was it not 4?
by Johnny Canuck
Tue Jan 03, 2023 10:30 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 3 January 2023 - CoC XVI, Prelim 2
Replies: 31
Views: 2810

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 3 January 2023 - CoC XVI, Prelim 2

Nah, these conundrums are starting off gentle and slowish.
by Johnny Canuck
Mon Jan 02, 2023 3:17 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 2 January 2023 - CoC XVI, Prelim 1
Replies: 13
Views: 1454

Re: Spoilers for Monday 2 January 2023 - CoC XVI, Prelim 1

CECIL starting off this year's Countdown with a 3-2-1!
by Johnny Canuck
Sat Dec 31, 2022 3:39 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Wednesday 8th June 2022 - Cancelled episode
Replies: 9
Views: 1496

Re: 8 June 2022 - Cancelled episode

Mr. Team confirms the final score was 88-57. Updated the wiki to include.
by Johnny Canuck
Fri Dec 23, 2022 3:16 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 23 December 2022 - Series 86 Grand Final
Replies: 34
Views: 2821

Re: Spoilers for Friday 23 December 2022 - Series 86 Grand Final

Dude. That grand final was, like, totally minacious, y'know?
by Johnny Canuck
Thu Dec 22, 2022 3:27 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 21st December 2022 (Series 86, SF 1)
Replies: 16
Views: 1212

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 21st December 2022 (Series 86, SF 1)

By the way, I did that exact same "Cara-BEE-ner? Cara-BY-ner?" thing on the conundrum when playing along at home.
by Johnny Canuck
Wed Dec 21, 2022 7:23 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 21st December 2022 (Series 86, SF 1)
Replies: 16
Views: 1212

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 21st December 2022 (Series 86, SF 1)

Also exactly 1000 points in eight games and exactly 1250 points in ten games. This man is a machine.
by Johnny Canuck
Tue Dec 20, 2022 4:09 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 20th December 2022 (Series 86, QF 4)
Replies: 11
Views: 1202

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 20th December 2022 (Series 86, QF 4)

Didn’t realise this was the first instance of a non-1234 semifinal bracket since Series 79! Back in the good old days when our biggest concern was VSCO girls or something.
by Johnny Canuck
Sat Dec 17, 2022 4:55 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: C4C appears to have been pwned
Replies: 18
Views: 2123

Re: C4C appears to have been pwned

Have also had security-related popups saying “Your computer has been locked down”. Props for referencing an Apterous variant, but still annoying.
by Johnny Canuck
Fri Dec 16, 2022 2:08 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 16th December 2022 (Series 86, QF 2)
Replies: 11
Views: 1370

Re: Spoilers for Friday 16th December 2022 (Series 86, QF 2)

Make sure to listen carefully to the intro today since Colin may mention Steven's total.

EDIT: Got the subtitles and it seems he didn't at any point during the show. I wonder if we could wangle the info from Mr. Countdown Team?
by Johnny Canuck
Sun Dec 11, 2022 1:29 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Genius things
Replies: 41
Views: 10753

Re: Genius things

The electric motor, when first invented in the 19th(?) century. Not obvious to orient a coil and a magnet that way.