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Gavin Chipper

The wiki hasn't made the connection, but is today's champ likely to be the Jackie Pinkney from Series 19? Mike's records have the original one as coming from Sevenoaks, but it is certainly plausible that she could have moved to the Isle of Man within 25 years......... :P What would her average spee...

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Just outside the time but (50+1+3)×9-25-75=386

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Apologies if this has been asked before, but who's the best player at each numbers selection? I imagine Scott Mearns must be quite high up the 6 small board. It's not up to Graeme to decide who's the best! Obviously you can have percentage success rate, but then you have to look at statistical sign...

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Thought I had RAINCOVER as an equaller in round 15 but it's not valid.

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Yes. What the others have said. Very good run and you did well to sneak up to number two with it being very tight from 2 to 5.

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I know some of you will be cheering for someone not to win. What a disgrace.

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Kirk Bevins wrote:I'll be coming to both events so stick me down please. I'm assuming several of you will be down on the Friday night too? I can't decide whether to drive down Friday afternoon or Saturday morning

Obviously get there on Friday.

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Peter Mabey wrote:Alt (9+3+2)x(10+1)x6 = 924 is the direct way

The standard method.

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FLUSHER in the reflush^ round and no-one thinks to mention it.

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George Pryn wrote:I blame Gevin

I blame George Ford.

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Jon Corby wrote:
Gavin Chipper wrote:I want Steven and Dave to come to COLIN.

As you were.
Eh, why am I not going to COLIN anymore?

Because it's not big enough to hold you, Steven M. McCann and Dave Preece all at once.

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In case anyone is wondering,I would just like to make it clear, that the PANTIHOSE/LADDERING reference was not meant to be taken literally, it was made light heatedly (like ....... in a joke!). I'm slowly beginning to realise, humour is in very short supply on this forum. Because of Corby's psychop...

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I want Steven and Dave to come to COLIN.

As you were.

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There was a standard method for the second numbers. (75+1)×(7+7-9)-1=379. c4c folklore in action. never get bored of these! I don't go in for putting every DC/contestant equaller I ever get (not that I care when other people do), but I think if they use an overly complex method on the show, or they...

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oh for christ's sake a female contestant does well and suddenly we're commenting on her looks??? how OLD SHE LOOKS???? Absolutely ridiculous and unwarranted. Antoinette played brilliantly, focus on the performance. Yes, but from my point of view, I would have said what I said in response to Stephen...

Gavin Chipper

Is it just me, but does Antoinette's hairstyle make her look far older, than she probably really is? She is certainly a formidable opponent and should comfortably make the QF's (barring an upset). How old do you think she looks and how old do you think she probably is? Uh-oh, this is unlikely to tu...

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Steven M. McCann wrote:Is it just me, but does Antoinette's hairstyle make her look far older, than she probably really is?
She is certainly a formidable opponent and should comfortably make the QF's (barring an upset).

How old do you think she looks and how old do you think she probably is?

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There was a standard method for the second numbers. (75+1)×(7+7-9)-1=379.

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Did anyone else also notice that if Antoinette had picked a vowel in the first round, we'd have had the exact same letters in round 1 as we did in yesterday's game :?: :? 8-) :shock: :o :geek: :ugeek: I noticed they were one letter different, but didn't notice that specifically. (I'm sure she did p...

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Jon Corby wrote:
Gavin Chipper wrote:Corby?
She clearly said COLLECTER, not COLLECTOR. It shouldn't have stood.

Well I've just watched it back in HD and it's now pretty obvious to me that she said QALEQTA.

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I don't think you could point to a patch of games and say he was particularly exceptional there. He had two virtual walkovers against weak performances. They were Beevers quotes about Conor , in case no-one got it. Much as I keep a mental index of what's been said here, you're being a bit hard on u...

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Graeme Cole wrote:
Gavin Chipper wrote:What if she'd said "It isn't COLLECTOR, is it?" Should Nick have said "You're right. It isn't"?
"You're wrong, it is. The rest of the time goes to Antoinette."

That's what I meant.

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Ben Wilson wrote:
Gavin Chipper wrote:.docx. Disappointing.
Fine then, have a fucking pdf.

Thank you!

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Well done Antionette. That conundrum should never have been allowed as she didn't declare. 'I was going to say collector but it's wrong isn't it' is a retraction not a declaration. Well, it was the word she buzzed in with, and she still said it. I don't see a problem with it. I too thought Nick was...

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Gavin Chipper wrote:I don't think you could point to a patch of games and say he was particularly exceptional there. He had two virtual walkovers against weak performances.

They were Beevers quotes about Conor, in case no-one got it.

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.docx. Disappointing.

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Phil Collinge wrote:Well done Antionette.

That conundrum should never have been allowed as she didn't declare. 'I was going to say collector but it's wrong isn't it' is a retraction not a declaration.

Well, it was the word she buzzed in with, and she still said it. I don't see a problem with it.

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Jono came up with what he calls the "TV GOAT list", which is a player's most number of maxes over three consecutive games. He reckons that he's done this himself (and that he's second with 41 out of 45) but is refusing to publish it, but it sounds like a good idea. Maybe it could be done a...

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I don't think you could point to a patch of games and say he was particularly exceptional there. He had two virtual walkovers against weak performances.

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Wasn't this two years ago? But anyway I hope you've achieved a full recovery in that time, Jason!

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That Whitehall is a useless old shit in Dictionary Corner. Susie desperately looks for him to say something in every round, and if she's lucky he'll read out one word she's written down and that's it. Fucking toss. His son's a cunt as well. By contrast, Kate Garraway was excellent last week. Really...

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Bit weird that Rachel didn't tell us the first letter in round 11. She thanked Malcolm X and then said nothing.

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Tony Atkins wrote:Trick on the second numbers was to save the 6 and make 23 with the other four smalls.

I've just seen how to do that now. ((7-3)×8-9)×25+6. Pretty nasty though. I gave up on that and went Rachel's much cleaner route.

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Thanks.

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Tony Atkins wrote:You would have thought watching the IT Crowd episode was mandatory for any new presenter!

I saw the T-shirt but missed what was said at the start. What did he say?

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I'm 100% happy with sabre-toothed tiger. Smilodon is good too. But in your original statement it is unclear whether the person is equating sabre-toothed tiger and sabre-toothed cat, which is plain wrong, or whether they in fact understand the distinction, in which case it is you who has missed the ...

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The thing is that people say they're not sabre-toothed tigers but sabre-toothed cats because they're not actually tigers. Well: 1. Killer whales aren't whales, but that's their name. 2. Are they really even cats? The "official" family name is Felidae but we informally call them cats, beca...

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People who think they're being really clever by saying "sabre-tooth cat" instead of "sabre-tooth" tiger. Get over yourselves - they're sabre-tooth tigers. The sabre-toothed tiger (smilodon) is the most recent of a number of species of sabre-toothed cats that have existed from ti...

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-I am the only player to have finished in every position between 1st-10th at a co-event (assuming you take beaten quarter-finalists as all having finished 6th. Which you should). Really? I'd say 5th, 6.5th or undefined. But not 6th. I went for '6.5th rounded up' if it makes you feel any better. OK,...

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Matt Morrison wrote:How do I point out it's "toothed" not "tooth" whilst ensuring I piss you off Gevin?

It can be either.

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Yeah I watched it, it was okay - light years better than his shit TV specials have been, in that it was a proper magic show. The thing about Derren is that even if he might not have explicitly stated it at the start of this show, it's sort of implied from what he claims he does generally that every...

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People who think they're being really clever by saying "sabre-tooth cat" instead of "sabre-tooth" tiger. Get over yourselves - they're sabre-tooth tigers.

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Ben Wilson wrote: -I am the only player to have finished in every position between 1st-10th at a co-event (assuming you take beaten quarter-finalists as all having finished 6th. Which you should).

Really? I'd say 5th, 6.5th or undefined. But not 6th.

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James - with the England game kicking off at 5.00pm on Saturday, if possible, can you try to squeeze the schedule with a view to finishing earlier than 6.00pm - e.g. start early if everyone there, shorter lunch break etc. Cheers Trying to use football to dictate the timing of a CO event. Whatever n...

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Well, I wouldn't there to be any subjective decisions made, because contestants then have to guess whether a lexicographer might consider a word to be reasonable. Also, Susie has used her own subjective judgement in the past and it has led to criticism on here. That doesn't mean FEINTER has to be a...

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Interesting that FEINTER is a word today. An extra dose of blood-pressure medication needed I think. Having a blanket one-syllable rule would OK if it could be applied consistently, but it plainly can't be. As far as I'm aware the current dictionary gives no support for it's continued half-use, whi...

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Tony Atkins wrote:Seems 947 is best on 1st numbers.

Or 945.

Interesting that FEINTER is a word today.

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Fred Mumford wrote:If it isn't Abdi v Mark Hartnett, I'll eat my breakfast.

If it is, what's the next highest?

There's an obvious one from this series too but that won't come up. Maybe if we wait until lunch.

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I just had a look at the Ask Graeme thread , and it seems that some people have been allowed to continue their runs rather than start again. But I don't think there's "proof" in terms of someone that came back to continue their run in a later series and made the knockout stages with a seed...

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Right yes. I probably meant two or three wins rather than one or two.

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Tony Atkins wrote:
Peter Mabey wrote:Surprised to find POORISH isn' t there
(OK in Scrabble)
The 7 is an ISH word

You mean it's sort of a word?

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Innis Carson wrote:Apparently Jonny will be invited back next series. (link for those of you who can read the apterous chat logs)

It's interesting that he says he'll start again rather than carry anything forward (either one or even two wins).

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Tony Atkins wrote:Anyone get 553? Lots of ways to a miserable 560....

I got 557 using the standard method in the time but haven't tried beyond that.

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PEATLAND in round 4.

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PEATLAND in round 4.

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Also Helen Grayson.

Graeme Cole wrote:This is because scraping [...] is a moderate pain in the backside because of various things that tend to go wrong.

Time to change your brand of toilet paper.

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Fred Mumford wrote:If you're counting maxes, would R3 be a free max for both players? I'm guessing it has to be.

I would definitely count it.

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No BLACKIE^ or even BACKIE^ allowed in round 10.

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What's the most numbers games anyone's played scoring 0 in all of them?

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Fred Mumford wrote:C2 has pretty much got this wrapped up if he plays tactically in R14 and goes for "some numbers".

Harsh.

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