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you misunderstood me - I was describing Rachel not offering a Dc-beater !!!!!!!
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2nd numbers alt: (75 + 2 + 1 ) x 9
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Why do I have an urge for pink schapps. No serious that's a lovely outfit, I think with her blond hair and pale complexion light pastel colours and white suit her well, such as the floral dress yesterday and the peach "Dorris Day" dress today. Oh and it was a good game too!
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This is what happens when I roll my head on the keyboard:Martin Gardner wrote:Why do I have an urge for pink schapps. No serious that's a lovely outfit, I think with her blond hair and pale complexion light pastel colours and white suit her well, such as the floral dress yesterday and the peach "Dorris Day" dress today. Oh and it was a good game too!
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This is what happens when I roll my head on the keyboard:Phil Reynolds wrote:Martin Gardner wrote:Why do I have an urge for pink schapps. No serious that's a lovely outfit, I think with her blond hair and pale complexion light pastel colours and white suit her well, such as the floral dress yesterday and the peach "Dorris Day" dress today. Oh and it was a good game too!
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This was the first of Cate's games that I saw live in the studio, and when I saw her 2nd game the other day it reminded me of this one in that she stepped up a gear in part 3.
Gerald was a nice guy, he sat just in front of me in the audience for the next show and we were comparing words and solutions.
Gerald was a nice guy, he sat just in front of me in the audience for the next show and we were comparing words and solutions.
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If SUPERFIT describes Rachel, who does the 9 in round 12 refer to? CUNTHEADS.John Brackstone wrote:superfit
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Yay! I got a max game today (I'm getting quite good at this in recent times - if only I'd waited a few more years to apply). I had a DC beater in GARPIKES in round 2 (obtained as I missed GARPIKE in my own run).
I 'beat' the poor challenger 131-16. Would have been quite fun had this been in the studio.
I 'beat' the poor challenger 131-16. Would have been quite fun had this been in the studio.
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You're a merciless beast Kirk, I'd hate to win that emphatically (would love the 131, but would like my opponent to grab a decent haul too).Kirk Bevins wrote:Yay! I got a max game today (I'm getting quite good at this in recent times - if only I'd waited a few more years to apply). I had a DC beater in GARPIKES in round 2 (obtained as I missed GARPIKE in my own run).
I 'beat' the poor challenger 131-16. Would have been quite fun had this been in the studio.
Indeed, when I was beating Keith Maynard 50-0 my feelings alternated between embarrassment at the scoreline and a looming sense of dread that I'd somehow still manage to bottle it.
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I know what you mean, I felt a bit like that when I was 34-0 up on Richard Wilson. I was glad when he finally got some points on the next round but when he beat me with a well-risked 7 in the next I too started to fear a comeback.Paul Howe wrote: Indeed, when I was beating Keith Maynard 50-0 my feelings alternated between embarrassment at the scoreline and a looming sense of dread that I'd somehow still manage to bottle it.
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Wow. Maybe I don't have compassion or something but if I can win by 110 points I'll try to do just that.Rich Priest wrote:I know what you mean, I felt a bit like that when I was 34-0 up on Richard Wilson. I was glad when he finally got some points on the next round but when he beat me with a well-risked 7 in the next I too started to fear a comeback.Paul Howe wrote: Indeed, when I was beating Keith Maynard 50-0 my feelings alternated between embarrassment at the scoreline and a looming sense of dread that I'd somehow still manage to bottle it.
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^ Not lack of compassion. Just lack of Romance. If I could win by 110, I'd try to get it so I won by 100. That would be so stylish.
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And not get the record? Nice one.Kieran Child wrote:^ Not lack of compassion. Just lack of Romance. If I could win by 110, I'd try to get it so I won by 100. That would be so stylish.
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Susie was a bit short with her guess of 1200 shows in today's intro.
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But if you get the record, then in two years time someone will beat it and you'll be forgotten.Kirk Bevins wrote:And not get the record? Nice one.Kieran Child wrote:^ Not lack of compassion. Just lack of Romance. If I could win by 110, I'd try to get it so I won by 100. That would be so stylish.
If you get exactly the same score as your opponent, but with another 1 in front of it, then it doesn't matter what anyone does. In two years time it will still look stylish.
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Alternative numbers:
R1 - (4 -1) x 50 = 150 - 8 = 142 x 4 = 568
R2 - (9 -2) x (100 + 1) = 707 - 5 = 702
R1 - (4 -1) x 50 = 150 - 8 = 142 x 4 = 568
R2 - (9 -2) x (100 + 1) = 707 - 5 = 702
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Yeah, like that Julian... oh, what's his name again?Kieran Child wrote: But if you get the record, then in two years time someone will beat it and you'll be forgotten.
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Julian still has the record?
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No. Someone beat it, and now he's forgotten. Humour, see?Kieran Child wrote:Julian still has the record?
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Julian's remembered because of the 146 more than anything.
If you want to map this to what I said, two years before Julian's 146, the highest 15 rounder was by Ian McMenzie...
Had Ian McMenzie scored 100 points higher than someone, it would have still been cool today, but no. He went and got a record, then it got broken, now he's not really more notable than other countdown contestants.
If you want to map this to what I said, two years before Julian's 146, the highest 15 rounder was by Ian McMenzie...
Had Ian McMenzie scored 100 points higher than someone, it would have still been cool today, but no. He went and got a record, then it got broken, now he's not really more notable than other countdown contestants.
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Nope, Julian's remembered because he consistently came up with dazzling words (and not just your usual high probability stuff) at a time when getting that stupendously good was a lot harder than it is now, and he had a certain aura about him that noone else, impressive though they may have been, has ever come close to replicating.Kieran Child wrote: Julian's remembered because of the 146 more than anything.
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He's also remembered for being able to define almost every word he declared, which I don't think any of the superstars since (Conor, Kirkie, even Craig) have been able to do.Paul Howe wrote:Nope, Julian's remembered because he consistently came up with dazzling words (and not just your usual high probability stuff) at a time when getting that stupendously good was a lot harder than it is now, and he had a certain aura about him that noone else, impressive though they may have been, has ever come close to replicating.Kieran Child wrote: Julian's remembered because of the 146 more than anything.
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Oi - I wasn't asked to define them all and ones I were asked to define I could sometimes get them, e.g. NAIANT involved a horizontal fish and TOWAI was a tree. Give me some credit mate!Ben Wilson wrote:
He's also remembered for being able to define almost every word he declared, which I don't think any of the superstars since (Conor, Kirkie, even Craig) have been able to do.
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As I said, you really should write dictionaries. Albeit short ones.Kirk Bevins wrote:NAIANT involved a horizontal fish and TOWAI was a tree.
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Indeed she was! And by my reckoning, she is due to make her 2,000th appearance at the first quarter-final.Ben Wilson wrote:Susie was a bit short with her guess of 1200 shows in today's intro.