As apterous is down...

[Jon Corby]

...who wants a game of Countdown in this thread?

Normal rules.

[Ian Volante]

Go on then...

[Ian Volante]

Who's going to host?

[Jon Corby]

Cool

I'll host, as well as play.

You can pick first. It's probably best, considering the mechanism, if you pick them all in one go

[Ian Volante]

5C 4V

[Jon Corby]

R P Q L Z O I A O

Give yourself 30 seconds, then submit your word.

[Jon Corby]

I've got polio.



But anyway, back to the game!

No, I'm joking. That was my word.

[Ian Volante]

I got polar...

[Jon Corby]

Good stuff. Nothing more than 5 there.

Score after round 1: Ian 5 - 5 Jon (max 5)

My letters:

C E T E R I M A P.

Go!

[Jon Corby]

I got IMPRECATE for 9

[Ian Volante]

I didn't

[Jon Corby]

What are you declaring?

(I don't know if IMPRECATE is okay yet, but I think it is. It won't get checked until we've both declared.)

[Jon O'Neill]

CHEAT.

[Ian Volante]

7, campier...

[Jon Corby]

CAMPIER and IMPRECATE are both fine.

Scores after round 2: Ian 5 - 23 Jon.

I'm resigning though because I can't be arsed to do this, plus my bird wants me to go to bed, which sounds like it might be more fun. You win!

Makes you appreciate how good apterous is though, eh? When it's not fucked, I mean.

[Ian Volante]

An unexpected end to this bout. Fine display, go do a good job elsewhere.

[Jon Corby]

plus my bird wants me to go to bed, which sounds like it might be more fun.

Wow, how wrong can you be

[Ian Volante]

plus my bird wants me to go to bed, which sounds like it might be more fun.

Wow, how wrong can you be

Looks like I was a winner on one count at least