What was your first 9?

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 3:52 pm

Anyone who watches Countdown must remember the first time they got a 9, what was yours?

Mine was SHARPENED when I was (appropriately) 9 years old.

James Robinson · Post by **James Robinson** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 4:06 pm

Mine was DECANTING which I saw immediately, as soon as it appeared.

http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5140

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 4:26 pm

I think mine was Round 1 of this game, which is a pretty easy place to start.

Innis Carson · Post by **Innis Carson** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 4:33 pm

I remember getting THREADING when I was little and being absolutely thrilled. Must have been here.

Joseph Krol · Post by **Joseph Krol** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 4:43 pm

I think my first was RELATIONS.

Matt Bayfield · Post by **Matt Bayfield** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 5:20 pm

I don't remember, but I do remember getting a conundrum ALUMINIUM sometime in the early to mid 80s. Back then, it was extremely rare for me to get a conundrum.

On checking with the wiki, this must have been Episode 161!

Mark James · Post by **Mark James** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 5:39 pm

I have no idea when I first spotted a 9 while watching Countdown. I remember in primary school our teacher would play Countdown with us and I beat the Asian kid by spotting CREAMIEST. First one on Apterous I think was CABRIOLES.

Graeme Cole · Post by **Graeme Cole** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 6:22 pm

I think it was CAPTIONED. If so, it must have been this game.

Edit: and my first on apterous was REDACTION.

Rhys Benjamin · Post by **Rhys Benjamin** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 7:01 pm

QUATORZES

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 7:01 pm

James Robinson wrote:Mine was DECANTING which I saw immediately, as soon as it appeared.

http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5140

That's scary because I was going to post this. It wasn't necessarily my first nine, but I specifically remember getting a nine in this episode, and it must have been DECANTING.

Adam Gillard · Post by **Adam Gillard** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 7:58 pm

Eoin Monaghan wrote:Anyone who watches Countdown must remember the first time they got a 9

Nope; must have been when I was in primary school though as that was when I watched it daily and I would get a 9 every now and again (maybe 2 or 3 a series; really can't remember though). I vaguely remember beating Dictionary Corner with an 8 or 9 once in primary school and checking the dictionary to make sure as I could hardly believe it.

Jennifer Steadman · Post by **Jennifer Steadman** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 10:47 pm

It was at some point last summer when my mum had people over to play Mahjong, which means it was probably a Monday, but I have no idea what it was or who was playing -this was before I started paying attention to/fancying the contestants. It was probably an '-ing' word, though, because I'm a simpleton like that and I don't see the clever 9s.

Mind you, seeing as everyone else seems to have started out playing really young, I'm going to blame my simpleton-ness on the fact that I only started watching the show last year. As in, I watched it when I was 7 a few times and thought I was an absolute genius for managing a 5, but that's it. (Though getting a 5 was still better than my uni housemates last year, who used to be proud of their 4s.)

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Fri Aug 19, 2011 9:08 am

Can't remember my first 9 but I vaguely remember getting SHITFACED sometime in the the eighties.
BTW i would have thought getting a 9 that DC missed would be far more memorable.

Richard Priest · Post by **Richard Priest** » Fri Aug 19, 2011 11:18 pm

Can't remember my first ever as it was about 1986 when I started watching but first televised one was FACULTIES in my 3rd heat game against Angus McGregor. Saw FISTULA first, then pondered FISTULAE and then saw the 9 on about 15 seconds and then hoped and prayed Angus wouldn't see it (which he didn't).

Mark James · Post by **Mark James** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 1:19 pm

Mark James wrote:I have no idea when I first spotted a 9 while watching Countdown. I remember in primary school our teacher would play Countdown with us and I beat the Asian kid by spotting CREAMIEST. First one on Apterous I think was CABRIOLES.

Turns out my first 9 on apterous was MONITORED. I got CABRIOLES the next day. Landmarks are cool. Well done Charlie.

Thomas Carey · Post by **Thomas Carey** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 4:51 pm

INSPECTOR when I was 9 http://www.apterous.org/cdb/recaparchive.php?game=13527

Apterous: NUTRITION (goat)
Normal: MASCULINE (had CALUMNIES aswell but went for the safer one)

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 6:43 pm

Mark James wrote:
Mark James wrote:I have no idea when I first spotted a 9 while watching Countdown. I remember in primary school our teacher would play Countdown with us and I beat the Asian kid by spotting CREAMIEST. First one on Apterous I think was CABRIOLES.
Turns out my first 9 on apterous was MONITORED. I got CABRIOLES the next day. Landmarks are cool. Well done Charlie.

Thanks!

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 1:19 am

My first was DEPARTING sometime in Series 63.

Graeme Cole wrote:Edit: and my first on apterous was REDACTION.

IDONTCARE would be an awesome conundrum - AFAIK it's never been used though.

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