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Mark Deeks

Should I curve it upwards or downwards?

No, wait, what about sideways? Or maybe a full chicane?

Mark Deeks

Are curved penises really better to have than straight ones? Because mine's arrow straight and I always thought that was a good thing. Guess not. Maybe I should start shoving it into industrial strength bending equipment.

Mark Deeks

2nd, 3rd and 10th.

An image search for my name reveals the 27th result to be a picture of Jen Steadman.

Mark Deeks

I admit to not watching Countdown much before going on it. I watched the whole of series 64, the back end of 63, used to watch it in the late 90's when getting home from school, and had a bit of a phase during the Des O'Connor era. Never did I watch regularly, though. When I did, I always used think...

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I attached a passport photo in which I looked reaaaaaaaaaaaaaally miserable, and used it as a means to make a rather half-arsed joke about how I don't always look that miserable. It's a passport sized box on the form, so I guess a passport photo is assumed. I doubt they care though. The vetting proc...

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Let's not forget that doing an anagram just because a word was mentioned is not acceptable outside of apterous and you will look like a prick. That's just a symptom of the addiction, though. When you sign up to Apterous, you impliedly consent to the fact that this is how the rest of your life is go...

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I guess that's conducive to writing recaps for old shows, which is what the 9 rounder is normally used for. Throws up an anomaly here though.

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Valid on Aptodic, and I offered it and it was accepted on the show as recently as June. Haven't got me ODE3 to hand, but surely just a blip with the recap writer and not actually an invalid word.

Mark Deeks

Edward McCullagh wrote:I'd love to, but you can put my name in red.

Aww, come on. Think of yourself as Paul Scholes here.

I will gladly accept this offer to join basically the hardest field ever.

Mark Deeks

75 / 25 = 3
3 * 100 = 300
300 + 50 = 350
9 * 8 = 72
350 - 72 = 278

Prize please.

Mark Deeks

Unless you're pencil fishing, if you have a choice between a word you know the meaning of, and a word you don't, take the former.

Mark Deeks

Please take your clothes off, champ.

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BANG, "APOSTOLIC, YES!" says Mark about as quickly as you read those words. Sorry if that came across as dickish. It was just a hell of a release, what with that being (a) the final that should have been, and that I had spent weeks thinking about, and (b) almost the greatest collapse ever...

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Auditioned for this on Saturday. I'm not even an average pub quizzer so was way out of my depth. My team weren't much better, so we ain't going to make it to the televised stages. But I just wanted to talk about me for a minute. Hi.

Mark Deeks

Are there any explanations?

I think the only explanation that is necessary is that you are quite possibly the only person to have noticed this, so it's probably not been deemed that important to vet them all over beforehand.

Mark Deeks

DC did point out PILOTAGE, I seem to remember. If they did, pointing it out without mentioning the plural is pretty weird. Maybe I misremember.

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Or it might be "rest" because in the (inter) word "interesting" is the word "rest". I dunno.

Mark Deeks

You didn't miss much in the way of unrepeatable drama. Basically, Jeff left fairly early to a big cheer, Damian made a very brief appearance, Jon Culshaw was somewhat quieter than I expected, Graeme walked around in a circle for an hour unable to settle down, Nikki stared loathingly at Carl's trouse...

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As far as I could tell - and while I wasn't really looking, you can sort of see - Carl had ORGASMIC and AROUSING way before Susie revealed them. We both did. (She never actually said AROUSING that I could hear, but she did giggle pretty loudly at about the 15 second mark, which was a clue. I think C...

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Heh, it's really not about me. I mean for the future. Countdown's not about the prizes, obviously, but it can be a big gap between heats and finals. And if you go through that gap, win a game, and yet get the same prize as someone who didn't, it feels a bit underwhelming. Just spent like an extra £2...

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Quarter finalists get that too. So do backup contestants. There ought be something to something to commemorate that extra win.

Mark Deeks

On this subject, and with a little bit of bias present, I think you should get a prize for being a losing semi finalist. Nothing great, like. But at least something. A standard class return rail fare to anywhere in the country. A book token. Lunch. I dunno, something.

Mark Deeks

I'll sign up even though I don't know what it is.

Mark Deeks

1. writing 2 dodgy words down, choosing which one to declare and then changing your mind as your opponent declares the other one and you are ahead (In fact both words were fine so it didn't make any difference) That's fine. You still spotted the word yourself within the time. 2. spotting in princip...

Mark Deeks

Yeah, fuck that Graeme guy, more about the Blockbusters please.

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Jeff was pretty awkward for his first couple of series, then went on to take the show to a level it has never seen before and will be lucky to see again.

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His 900, however, was.

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It's difficult for me of all people to speak on this subject, given that doing so will unfailingly make me seem like a sore loser. But at the same time, I am perhaps the most able to answer the question of what he does and why. So I ought try. As far I can best express it, Carl's approach to the gam...

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It's allowed.

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Because Paul's shows had not aired by the time the finals were filmed, he was a complete unknown to us. But it quickly transpired that he was a perfectly pleasant man and an incredibly solid player. Scant few misses in his 10 shows. Very solid stuff.

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it's entirely plausible Carl had several written down and was simply dithering over which one to read out (and remember, he'd declared his 7 first). Yes so do I. Remember in his QF against Jayne, he declared SWORDED instead of DROWSED because he wanted to be different. I think he was just doing tha...

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Cheers everybody. I'm not going to disparage Carl. He deserved to win because he did the things I didn't do. He spotted everything obvious and slept well the night before. That, it seems, was enough. He improved a lot since his heats, perhaps more so than any of us. I was pretty gutted to lose, as w...

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Also, in the audience, Jayne Wisniewski spotted APTERITE in round 11.

Mark Deeks

You're probably wondering if Dave is as affable and awesome off the screen as he was on it.

Good news. He was. As was his enormous all-female entourage.

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Heh. Awesome. I was trying not to do the smugly-sit-back thing, but wasn't sure what to do instead. It seems that this was apparent It seems the "don't do the smugly-sit-back thing" advice hasn't yet reached down under... Christ. That's like awkward satire. I know Countdown over here has ...

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I'm assuming Susie was going to say KEEMAS and invoke the food plurals rule, but forgot.

Mark Deeks

So did Jeff actually get 956 himself?

During the break, I asked him if he got it through his earpiece. He was quite curt with his response; he said "NO, LOOK AT MY WORKING!", and showed me his working. I believe him. I like that guy.

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I tried. It wouldn't let me.

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A pretty impressive perofrmance by Graeme indeed. 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...

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Always up for some nosh

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In hindsight, should have done an awkward turtle.

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Heh. Awesome. I was trying not to do the smugly-sit-back thing, but wasn't sure what to do instead. It seems that this was apparent

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Also, would it not have been worse for Phyllis to have won 6 early in the series, probably (and entirely justifiably) assume she'd done enough to make it back, then have to watch the rest of the series unfurl as she slides down the leaderboard, painfully just missing out. That's what Matt Croy, a qu...

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It does suck for Phyllis, a good player and good company. It was made worse by the fact that she seemed really quite upset by it off camera - she was thinking about 8, as would anybody with 6 in the hole, and she not only lost but lost heavily. Alas, there really is no way to change it, nor should t...

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Also the biggest difference between Apterous and Countdown is not the cameras, nor the prestige, but the doubt. I saw OUTSIDES and didn't go for it, because my brain was all like "nooooo, that's not a word, you just think it is cos INSIDES is." Them lights make you think weird. I don't lik...

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R14: 8*8*(7+5)+2+1, unless I misread something. We all missed this. Too used to splitting the multiple. I worked it out during the outro, and said it to Rachel in case they wanted to do a retake with the solve in. She shouted "SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT" with that many I's in it. ...

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HeroEase (©) - Heroin in tablet form for club goers.

Haven't quite decided who I should write to about this, though. Fisher Price didn't seem too interested.

Mark Deeks

It's not the end of the world. Countdown isn't going anywhere, so imagine how good she'll be in 7 years.

Mark Deeks

It's an 8 out of 10 cats special. Jeff isn't involved.

Mark Deeks

I think an apterite should apply

Ned Pendleton kind of did

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Also, I have no idea who Nick Hewer is.

Mark Deeks

It'd be real unfortunate if Countdown's strange if sparse filming schedule were inflexibly coincident with The Apprentice's one. That's a hurdle they can surely work around.

Mark Deeks

Don't worry, she's not had work done. She's just got a hell of a wardrobe.

Mark Deeks

We asked everyone we saw, both on and off the record, in and out of the gallery. No one gave a answer because no one could. A decision has not been made.

Mark Deeks

Nothing about the Nick Hewer thing is confirmed and that inappropriately jumps the gun. He is merely the odds leader and a strong candidate.

Mark Deeks

I think I was the one who said it, but I don't think 12th was ever official. It was just in the region of 12th.

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It's true. James was announcing them with such a flair that it was both unnecessary and distracting to look at him when he was doing it. That is, until it became necessary.

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You definitely, definitely, definitely, definitely, definitely said D.

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