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Charlie Reams wrote:

Ryan Taylor wrote:...the first ever postcard you send is to somebody you've met once and lives in the USA.

..with the incorrect postage so it never arrives.

Ungrateful sod. The thought that counts.

Charlie Reams wrote: ..with the incorrect postage so it never arrives.

So how do you know he was talking about you? He actually sent it to Larsen.

Kirk Bevins wrote:

Charlie Reams wrote: ..with the incorrect postage so it never arrives.

So how do you know he was talking about you? He actually sent it to Larsen.

Ryan's met Larsen?

Ben Wilson wrote:

Kirk Bevins wrote:

Charlie Reams wrote: ..with the incorrect postage so it never arrives.

So how do you know he was talking about you? He actually sent it to Larsen.

Ryan's met Larsen?

If 'met' is the past tense of 'to meat', and his dreams count, then yes.

...you attempt to play Apterous whilst in the shower by using the voice control on your laptop. (As I did this morning).

Joseph Krol wrote:...you attempt to play Apterous whilst in the shower by using the voice control on your laptop. (As I did this morning).

I got SHLRHLR for 7, but I was toying with SHLRHSLRH for 9?

Ben Hunter wrote:

Joseph Krol wrote:...you attempt to play Apterous whilst in the shower by using the voice control on your laptop. (As I did this morning).

I got SHLRHLR for 7, but I was toying with SHLRHSLRH for 9?

Actually the voice control on my laptop is pretty good. It was against prune so I won, albeit by thirteen points to none.

... you get a headache from consecutive gruelling games (e.g. the 3 Hypertouchundrum Attacks that Innis and I played this evening)

...I packed my laptop away in my bag to get it out of the way for Christmas and I thought to myself "Apterous and everyone playing it is now in my bag."

...every time you log in you see Innis Carson's name at the top.

Kirk Bevins wrote:...every time you log in you see Innis Carson's name at the top.

That's not very nice.

Ryan Taylor wrote:

Kirk Bevins wrote:...every time you log in you see Innis Carson's name at the top.

That's not very nice.

Yeah right. This basically reads as "Innis Carson is playing even more than too much apterous."

... 6 days and 11 hours (approx.) constitutes an aptosabbatical.

...you see "4.32MB" on your screen at work and immediately think "9 x 8 x 6".

You are in a car and see the car in front has a registration of: AL 10 VLE and immediately see ALVEOLI.

Kirk Bevins wrote:You are in a car and see the car in front has a registration of: AL 10 VLE and immediately see ALVEOLI.

I saw something like VE10 JCN today and immediately thought CUNJEVOI.

I was passing Regent's Park recently, where I saw London Zoo signposted. As the zoo is part of the Zoological Society of London, the sign read "ZSL London Zoo".

"Ooh," I thought, "that's VIZSLA in Aegilops..."

....you're recording a game show and the first answer you want to give is a 9 letter word that you see intermittently on Apterous. (more on that nearer the time)

In a French lesson, the word FINISSENT comes up and you immediatly yell "NIFTINESS!"

Thomas Carey wrote:In a French lesson, the word FINISSENT comes up and you immediatly yell "NIFTINESS!"

Oh, don't remind me....

You're watching QI and you keep thinking "OUTRAN".

Graeme Cole wrote:

You're watching QI and you keep thinking "OUTRAN".

Or seeing a TOURAN car. Admittedly, that's not much of an anagram.

Or feel outrage when you see a touareg.

Joseph Krol wrote:Or feel outrage when you see a touareg.

Reported for racism.

Kirk Bevins wrote:...every time you log in you see Innis Carson's name at the top.

this

Thanks for bumping this - most entertaining catching up!

My contribution:

... you deliberately miss a couple of duels a month to prove to yourself that you're not addicted.

Wasn't sure whether to post this here or on "C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams", so I've put it in both!

I had a dream last night where I was playing apterous, and started a new star chart path. I'd forgotten to click on 'details' first, and found that I had no idea how to play the variant, and there was nothing in the rules section or elsewhere to guide me.
The variant was really strange (no details in the dream), but I tried to wing it, thinking I'd pick it up, and managed to fumble my way through a couple of stars.
Then, at the end of each I game, I started getting instructions about when I had to complete the next star, in a "must keep the bus going over 50mph" type way, with an undisclosed danger if I failed.

Quite scary! Then I woke up.

Julie T wrote:Wasn't sure whether to post this here or on "C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams", so I've put it in both!

I'm fairly sure the whole dreams thread counts as "You know you're playing too much apterous when..."

You know you're playing too much Spanish apterous when you declare Spanish words in the first three rounds of the daily duel and wonder why they are disallowed!

.....when you are making pasta for a dinner party and the recipe says to use 75g of pasta per person and you find you can do the maths so much easier than before!!

When you're in a club on a night out and, as your peers drink and dance to excess, all you can think is that you'd rather be playing Apterous. (And, while thinking this, then decide to write said thoughts in this thread because it's better than watching narcissistic obese girls wearing overly tight clothes dance to Rihanna.)

Jennifer Steadman wrote:When you're in a club on a night out and, as your peers drink and dance to excess, all you can think is that you'd rather be playing Apterous. (And, while thinking this, then decide to write said thoughts in this thread because it's better than watching narcissistic obese girls wearing overly tight clothes dance to Rihanna.)

I think this means you're not playing enough apterous.

Jennifer Steadman wrote:narcissistic obese girls wearing overly tight clothes dance to Rihanna

pixpls

...you try and post a comment somewhere and you type in the anagrams of the captchas instead of the words themselves.

You see the name David Walliams and you think there's a misprint.

You can solve 4 anagrams in Biology in 2-3 seconds:

RODRECUP (has two solutions)
ANSWER: PRODUCER, PROCURED

BEDWOOF (two worded answer)
ANSWER: FOOD WEB

GREENY
ANSWER: ENERGY

MRSUCONE
ANSWER: CONSUMER

Rhys Benjamin wrote:You can solve 4 anagrams in Biology in 2-3 seconds:

RODRECUP (has two solutions)
ANSWER: PRODUCER, PROCURED

BEDWOOF (two worded answer)
ANSWER: FOOD WEB

GREENY
ANSWER: ENERGY

MRSUCONE
ANSWER: CONSUMER

About two weeks ago in DT we had a series of 40 'conundrums'* to do in teams of 4.

40/40, mostly instant, for me

*Anything subject related between 7 and 12 letters. Also had proper CD clock animation.

Heather Badcock wrote:

Matt Morrison wrote:You know you're playing too much apterous when...

...you have actually missed out on sex for the sake of "one more game". On more than one occasion.

Yup - *hangs head in shame* - another true story.

Matt just asked me to like this.

Dear Matt,
I DON'T like this.
OK?

I guess I get 10 points, as I don't think I took more than 30 seconds to see a solution to this conundrum.

Thomas Carey wrote: About two weeks ago in DT we had a series of 40 'conundrums'* to do in teams of 4.

40/40, mostly instant, for me

*Anything subject related between 7 and 12 letters. Also had proper CD clock animation.

What is DT?

Graeme Cole wrote:...you see "4.32MB" on your screen at work and immediately think "9 x 8 x 6".

... and I thought I was playing too much because I passed a mailbox number 245 and thought "that's 49*5"!

You get frustrated in Spanish and write n.a.w in your book, much to the confusing of my teachers.

James S Roper wrote:You get frustrated in Spanish and write n.a.w in your book, much to the confusing of my teachers.

N.A.P surely?

Andy Platt wrote:

James S Roper wrote:You get frustrated in Spanish and write n.a.w in your book, much to the confusing of my teachers.

N.A.P surely?

N.E.P

...when you're watching Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. with the kids. Two characters are arguing over whether a mysterious vial contains antiserum or vaccine, and you instinctively side with the one who says ANTISERUM because it's a 9...

Julia Hayward wrote:...when you're watching Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. with the kids. Two characters are arguing over whether a mysterious vial contains antiserum or vaccine, and you instinctively side with the one who says ANTISERUM because it's a 9...

RUMINATES

You see that R Whiteley plays for Worcestershire and you think there's been a misprint.

Whilst writing a Bible study on the Gospel of Matthew, you note down to mention 'the fraternal rotalines among the disciples.'

You begin to wonder what non-apterites actually do with all their time, as you enter the fourth day of sitting on your laptop staring at a blank screen.

Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Sat Jun 06, 2020 11:12 am You begin to wonder what non-apterites actually do with all their time, as you enter the fourth day of sitting on your laptop staring at a blank screen.

true indeed

You log in.

You play a few Omelette 9 rounders, determined to get a 90.

You get the conundrum answer of CHOOSIEST.

You moan in chat about how on earth that's actually a word (like srs how can someone be more choosy, unless they mean this).

You log out.

Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Wed Jun 17, 2020 12:46 am You log in.

You play a few Omelette 9 rounders, determined to get a 90.

You get the conundrum answer of CHOOSIEST.

You moan in chat about how on earth that's actually a word (like srs how can someone be more choosy, unless they mean this).

You log out.

Amazing, so Rhys has found a way to upload is dreams directly to YouTube. Also, does the guy at about 1:30 survive?

Don’t know, but it’s from the same episode as Countmuck.

You have an existential crisis and decide to go and play a Nice Numbers Attack to clear your head.

Edit: and then you forget to declare on one of the rounds, thus costing you a max game
Edit: twice

You bookmark Lexplorer at work because it’s the most accurate and correct dictionary you can think of.

A constituent’s letter makes reference to “my Chambers dictionary” and your first reaction is “heretic!”