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Thomas Carey

A lot later than usual, sorry. Countdown recap for Friday 27 January 2012. C1: Champion Sri Gutta (2 wins, 198 points.) Good Countdowner and potetnial octochamp. C2: Challenger Susan Hughes. Said she'd appear on Countdown after becoming a housekeeper, and the rest is self explanatory. DC: Susie Dent...

Thomas Carey

Today's R13 had the subtitles say MISTAKES instead of MISDATES. No K in selection.

Thomas Carey

This is game 13, not 12.

Nice to see Mark finally zhiqked. Sri was an awesome player (even though he missed that obvious nine in R3).

Thomas Carey

Cool quiz, got 17. Ones I missed: 5-1, 7-1, 7-5, 8-1, 8-3, 8-5, 9-1, 9-2.

Thomas Carey

2012-01-22 16:50:50 Nick Deller got a CSW 9 from TNMEAOFIS; can you spot it? 2012-01-22 16:50:51 Apterous Caesar got a 9 from OSEATNMIF; can you spot it? 2012-01-22 16:51:00 Giles Hutchings says: manifesto 2012-01-22 16:51:01 Giles Hutchings takes his 55914th point! The English (CSW) 9 from TNMEAOF...

Thomas Carey

It's not an error in the question, but still.

On yesterday's MPDL, just after an ad break the presenter says "Welcome back. Zack and Jon have..."
Their name badges said Zeph and Jon.

Thomas Carey

Apologies: I may have got the second numbers method, second teaser clue or conundrum scramble wrong. Fixed, thanks JR. Sorry there isn't much in this recap, to be honest there wasn't much to say about the game. And as always, my lateness. -------------------------------------------------------------...

Thomas Carey

OVERCAST (Cloudy, with too many actors) has been used at least twice.

Thomas Carey

COWY or whatever would be awesome, finally a local one...

Thomas Carey

ROOIKAT r13

Thomas Carey

In case you didn't know, since Mike has retired, I've got the Friday slot. Enjoy. And sorry about my extreme lateness. Countdown recap for Friday 13 January 2012. C1: Champion Jack Worsley (5 wins, 521 points.) An aptoforumite from Blackpool, Lancashire, who has centuried all 5 of his games so far. ...

Thomas Carey

Stewart Gordon wrote:Jack gave INVADERS. But he had declared 7, and there was no R or S in the selection. Yet it was just accepted without comment.

??????????

INVADED wasn't it? Tbh I thoutgh it sounded like INVADERS but judging by the selection and the fact that it's Jack I assumed I'd misheard.

Thomas Carey

Matt Morrison wrote:For fuck's cunting sake. Don't know what to do.

My advice: go to COLIN. You can tape the football or use some other means of watching it later, but you can't play in or even watch COLIN later. The most you can do is read the recaps, and hardly anybody does them.

But it's up to you.

Thomas Carey

Thanks! Wow, they are greedy bastards for wanting 450k rather than just settling for 225k. There's something really quite sick about the whole thing. Agreed. Even on Goldenballs where the amount is much more modest I always think "Just share it you greedy cunts. It's the least you could do aft...

Thomas Carey

I have a board game which I can bring but it is missing an A.

Thomas Carey

TRITANOPE for 9 in round 13

Thomas Carey

The quiche thing and apple pie w. custard, please. Paypalling the money now.

Thomas Carey

James Robinson wrote:
Phil Reynolds wrote:Today's was quite possibly the best episode of Pointless ever.
Yeah, a very interesting finish too. Quite an interesting end to the head-to-head.

Nice to know that the £500 I put in the jackpot has gone to a good place too.

Technically you put in £2500.

Thomas Carey

This happened a few weeks ago, only just remembered to post: Me and some mates at school got talking about Thatcher, and the at one point one of them said "Wait. Stop. I have a very important announcement." He then stood up, wearing a top hat (because it was non-uniform day). Better still,...

Thomas Carey · Re: Yet another silly 'predict the time' game **18th January 2012, 10:05 pm.**

18th January 2012, 10:05 pm.

Thomas Carey

Kirk Bevins wrote:[There was one variant where the rules tab was for another variant - not sure if that's been fixed now though. A more regular player on apterous may be able to confirm/know what I'm talking about.

Unlimited Junior shows Aegilops rules.

Thomas Carey

Series 30 it got implemented, I tnink. Ask Mike.

Thomas Carey

Rhys Benjamin wrote:In please. Not first. Please.

P.S. Who was the undefeated champion at the end of the last series?

Scott Gillies.

Thomas Carey

Phil Reynolds wrote:
Thomas Carey wrote:I'm pertty sure 9 is [...]
Almost - you're thinking along the right lines, but being too specific.

Ok, not the Laddimans' ones, but four random people's then.

Thomas Carey

I'm pertty sure 9 is the of the Laddimans' locations according to their C4C profiles. I know that the last 2 are Callum and Kai so I'm assuming the others follow the trend.

Thomas Carey

Err, knowing the capital of Idaho isn't easy at all and Antimony is a pretty obscure element, never mind knowing it's strange symbol. This whole thing is a good idea IMO, but the 2 quizzes have been far too difficult. That's true, but they should be easy for people on a Countdown forum. And they're...

Thomas Carey

I think this is good difficulty; some easy questions (2,3,4), some medium questions (5,6,8,9) and some insanely hard ones (1,7,10). Maybe it should be a weekly quiz. Drop the quickfire element. Just say the winner is the one who scored the most points. If it will be weekly, there should probably be ...

Thomas Carey

Isn't the RRP of the dictionaries about £4200? Or is that when they were leather-bound?

Thomas Carey

Mark Deeks wrote:I'll sign up even though I don't know what it is.

It basically simulates a Countdown series (but with tetrachamps instead of octochamps), and a series final at the end.

Thomas Carey

Thomas Carey

The lines are closed.

Eoin: No, but you won. 6/10 (taking your first answer for Q8) in 1hr53.
Joseph Krol got 5/10 in 0hr57.

Answers:

1. Fish
2. Antimony
3. Boise
4. Hungary
5. ARCHETYPE
6. Bakerloo
7. Hampshire
8. Alpaca
9. Switzerland
10. Pete Cashmore

Thomas Carey

Eoin Monaghan wrote:I'm pretty sure number 5 is something to do with pressing 6442 to Enter the Ministry of Magic (in Harry Potter series), but I don't know the first part.

I think it was 62442 (which spells MAGIC on a phone).

Thomas Carey

Sorry for missing it, alarm didn't go off :( . Hopefully next person will do it better. 1. What kind of animal is an opah? 2. Which element has the chemical symbol Sb? 3. What is the capital of the US state Idaho? 4. Which country’s local name is Magyarorszag? 5. Conundrum: THEYRECAP 6. Which London...

Thomas Carey

Congrats, Graeme. Couldn't catch it live so I had to wait for the recap to see what happened, a shame because it looked to be a very good contest. A bit miffed that ^badugi (An obscure poker variant) is no good in round 7. There's a repeat on Monday (tomorrow), 5:25 - 6:10 am on CH4 which you can t...

Thomas Carey

Eoin Monaghan wrote:So, about this then.

Hoped it would go unnoticed.

Alarm didn't go off, so sorry but it's now a Sunday quiz for this week.

Thomas Carey

Mike Brown wrote:Not sure if there's any kind of waiting list at the moment, but as I've said in my recap of the final, I'm going to be relinquishing my Friday slot with immediate effect. Don't fight, please...

Can I have a go?

Thomas Carey

WOO!

Thomas Carey

Jon Corby wrote:
The conundrums have been awesome for these finals as well, the perfect level.

No they haven't. If BLACRHINO was instead something easier then Mark would have spotted it instantly, and would have won.

Thomas Carey

Carl "The Cheating Asshole" Williams. I'm SOOOOO looking forward to this. Since I haven't watched any of this series apart from the finals, what happened? He said 'different method' on the numbers, and then copied his opponent. More importantly, he came from 9 behind on a crucial. 29.75 s...

Thomas Carey

Graeme (or Paul, depending on who wins on Thursday) MUST stop that c*nt. Unlucky Mark, and go Graeme!

Thomas Carey

Please can you use all 52 winners this time?

Thomas Carey

DERATION and DERATING in the RATIONED round (round 9)

Thomas Carey

Rhys Benjamin wrote:
Thomas Carey wrote: Round 11: T P B E I E R T A

C1: -
C2: BIRETTA (7)
DC: BERATE (6)
OT: BATTERIE (8)
Score: 64–54 (max 87)

IMPORTANT! Didn't hear what Paul had or what else DC got because my brother was scratching a cardboard box.
4od?

Dosen't work on my computer.

Thomas Carey

Wikicap here: {{episode|previous=Episode ?|next=Episode ?}} '''Episode ?''' was broadcast on 12 December 2011 as part of [[Series 65]]. [[Paul Keane]] played [[Dave Taylor]], with Paul Keane winning 96 - 78. The [[Dictionary Corner]] guest was [[Jon Culshaw]], and the [[lexicographer]] was [[Susie D...

Thomas Carey

Sorry I'm late. Here's the recap. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It’s Jeff’s last week (aww) of Countdown Unfortunately the Channel 4 woman was right, which m...

Thomas Carey

Conclusion: this was extremely badly run. :D Hopefully Thomas will run it better. Don't count on it. Just incase I'm not up by 6, the quiz will go from 8am to 8pm. You won't be allowed to look stuff up. The questions probably will still be quite hard but not as hard as this quiz. I'm not sure how t...

Thomas Carey

As I'm running the next one, I think I'll start it Saturday morning at whenever I wake up (usually about 6am). Is this good or should it be earlier?

Thomas Carey

Joseph Krol wrote:Joseph's Arbitrarily Calculating Knowledge Addition/ Subtraction Scoring

Can the winner set up the next quiz?

Thomas Carey

I knew that there was a nine in the DRAGLINES round but still couldn't find it. Interesting that both Mark's and Graeme's nines have both contained the eight letter word READINGS. I wonder if Mark's going to post an image of your reaction to finding the nine. :D You couldn't see it on the TV becaus...

Thomas Carey

Why does winning the toss put you in the champion's chair? I would call that losing the toss - in the other seat you get to choose two numbers, get a better view of Rachel, don't have a hot floor light just to your right, and don't have Gloria Hunniford in dictionary corner saying words out loud du...

Thomas Carey

Finals starting today. Mark is currently favourited to win by 73%, but apart from him only Graeme has votes.

Mark Deeks vs David Butcher today. No prizes for guessing who'll win.
(This is no spoiler - I'm just saying that it is very unlikely that Mark will lose. Not even seen it yet.

Thomas Carey

BUMP

5000 days old today

Thomas Carey

Food- As frequent attendees will know, the last few years for an additional £2 a cooked lunch has been offered. Would there be any interest in this this time around? Following the slightly disappointing returns for food at CoNot, I do need people to let me know one way or the other pretty quickly t...

Thomas Carey

James told me that noone dropped out, so the games in the original post are for definite.

Thomas Carey

Tony Atkins wrote:Phyl beat me on apterous on Sunday, though I scored better today. HERNIAE as alt to HEAVIER in R11.

Round 12.

Thomas Carey

Well, who? Games: QF1: Thu 8 Dec - Mark Deeks vs David Butcher QF2: Fri 9 Dec - Graeme Cole vs Nikki Roberts QF3: Mon 12 Dec - Paul Keane vs Dave Taylor QF3: Tue 13 Dec - Carl Williams vs Jayne Wisniewski SF1: Wed 14 Dec - QF1 winner vs QF4 winner SF2: Thu 15 Dec - QF2 winner vs QF3 winner FINAL: Fr...

Thomas Carey

CRAPPER round 11

(Don't think it was mentioned)

Thomas Carey

Jack Worsley wrote: How about we do one each? I've already seen next Monday's episode so I may remember more when I watch it again and you could do the third quarter final. Is that alright with you, Thomas?

Yeah, that sounds good.

Thomas Carey

Rhys has put up his recap slot for the time being. It'll probably just be for the last 2 Mondays of this series, but does anyone want it :?: I'd be willing to give it a go if no one else minds. I've had a go at using the recap writer and I think I've got the hang of it. I might like to do one as we...

Thomas Carey

Innis Carson wrote:
Thomas Carey wrote:Another reason I wanted to get on quickly was the fact I know it's not gonna last long.
What makes you say this?

New host, low viewing figures etc. I hope Nick is good.

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