Spoilers for Tuesday 26th May
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Spoilers for Tuesday 26th May
Today we should see two forum members in action, as I believe James is being joined by Jack, who some of us met at CoNot on Saturday.
Best of luck to both of you.
Best of luck to both of you.
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OVARITIS as a beater, rd 4.
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SHUTSERUP with a nine in round 3
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Simpler first numbers:
75x7 + 50 - 6/6
75x7 + 50 - 6/6
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RIGADOON - round 1.
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Barry Cryer told that ventriloquist's story the last time he was on. As I recall Kai was the champion at the time.
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You should see him down the pub...
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close one this... that's not Jack from apterous is it? Missed the start...
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I would have been 100 percent on that...
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ooh... tense. I wonder did James have a 6 there? Obviously not... polite was an easy enough spot...
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I'd never in a million years write 'per cent' as two words. Plus I've never come across this one before; American words are allowed, but American spellings are not. So I suppose 'percent' is the American spelling of 'per cent' - it doesn't matter than 'per cent' is two words not one. But I'm amazed it's not it.
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Yeah, there were lots of easy 6s (PLANET was another one), and there was also POLENTA for 7 - Jack obviously lost focus for a moment there.Andy Wilson wrote:ooh... tense. I wonder did James have a 6 there? Obviously not... polite was an easy enough spot...
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What a game... WELL DONE JAMES!!!
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Ouch, unlucky Jack.
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I don't post in these threads very often... but that was awesome!!
Bout time there was a good quality close encounter.
Well done James. Great Win
Bout time there was a good quality close encounter.
Well done James. Great Win
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Yes, if only he hadn't messed up the last numbers round he'd have been safe going into the conundrum. Well played by both players but congratulations especially for a brilliant fight back by the DOD-a-like.Ben Wilson wrote:Ouch, unlucky Jack.
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IMPLANT, TOENAIL, ELATION etc - I think that round is the one that Jack would look back on as the decider, unlucky Jack.Phil Reynolds wrote:Yeah, there were lots of easy 6s (PLANET was another one), and there was also POLENTA for 7 - Jack obviously lost focus for a moment there.Andy Wilson wrote:ooh... tense. I wonder did James have a 6 there? Obviously not... polite was an easy enough spot...
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Great game. Well done James, and real bad luck Jack.
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Thanks guys, at least I lost in a good game!
There were actually FOUR conundrums, a countdown record. Due to time constraints they cut two of them out, including one with me incorrectly guessing "puppeter" when the answer was "puppeteer". Shame they cut those, but oh well.
Well played James for coming back like that!
There were actually FOUR conundrums, a countdown record. Due to time constraints they cut two of them out, including one with me incorrectly guessing "puppeter" when the answer was "puppeteer". Shame they cut those, but oh well.
Well played James for coming back like that!
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4 conundrums!
Awesome... how long was left after you guessed PUPPETER for James to buzz in with the right answer?!
Awesome... how long was left after you guessed PUPPETER for James to buzz in with the right answer?!
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Would Susie have checked PERCENT had Jeff not interjected?Martin Gardner wrote:I'd never in a million years write 'per cent' as two words. Plus I've never come across this one before; American words are allowed, but American spellings are not. So I suppose 'percent' is the American spelling of 'per cent' - it doesn't matter than 'per cent' is two words not one. But I'm amazed it's not it.
Or would someone had told her anyway and it would have been edited
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Well done James, great game. Bad luck Jack, really felt for you there.
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Ooh, PTOMAINE then.Darren Carter wrote:IMPLANT, TOENAIL, ELATION etc - I think that round is the one that Jack would look back on as the decider, unlucky Jack.Phil Reynolds wrote:Yeah, there were lots of easy 6s (PLANET was another one), and there was also POLENTA for 7 - Jack obviously lost focus for a moment there.Andy Wilson wrote:ooh... tense. I wonder did James have a 6 there? Obviously not... polite was an easy enough spot...
(Sorry, I haven't watched it yet)
16/10/2007 - Episode 4460
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
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This seems wrong to me. A bit ironic that it happened on a day when the DC yarn was a repeat (allegedly).Jack Morgan wrote:There were actually FOUR conundrums, a countdown record. Due to time constraints they cut two of them out...
Edit: Thanks for telling us Jack. Exciting game and very bad luck.
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Unlucky Jack, great game and very well played to you both
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Four conundrums!
A tight finish such as that is so rare - and yet they decide not to show us.
I think that is unfair and silly.
Great game James and Jack.
A tight finish such as that is so rare - and yet they decide not to show us.
I think that is unfair and silly.
Great game James and Jack.
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And had Jack risked REMODEL he would have won it too. No offence to James but I thought that was Jack's game in the bag, easily. Can't believe he lost it. Unlucky mate - what a game.
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upstairs had already spotted it, jeff justs looks bad for asking on tvmarc meakin wrote:Would Susie have checked PERCENT had Jeff not interjected?Martin Gardner wrote:I'd never in a million years write 'per cent' as two words. Plus I've never come across this one before; American words are allowed, but American spellings are not. So I suppose 'percent' is the American spelling of 'per cent' - it doesn't matter than 'per cent' is two words not one. But I'm amazed it's not it.
Or would someone had told her anyway and it would have been edited
I had already buzzed at this stage, being so hyped up from still being in the game (luckily), seeing letters that weren't even thereAndrew Hulme wrote:4 conundrums!
Awesome... how long was left after you guessed PUPPETER for James to buzz in with the right answer?!
yeah, but if I stuck with the words I had in part two I would have won, what happened happened and made it a great game to watch (not to take part in though)Kirk Bevins wrote:And had Jack risked REMODEL he would have won it too. No offence to James but I thought that was Jack's game in the bag, easily. Can't believe he lost it. Unlucky mate - what a game.
Saving the best for last:
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Seriously? You've never heard that before? That's been the rule since Whiteley's days. Do you watch the programme at all?Martin Gardner wrote:I've never come across this one before; American words are allowed, but American spellings are not.
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Peonies for another 7 in round 2
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I had no idea the Jack from CoNot was on today until 3:26pm - did you trek to Notts from Whitstable?!
One of the best games to watch this year, and it's a shame the full conundrum saga couldn't have been played out. To lose on a crucial conundrum has got to be tough, but to lose on 4 of them?
Well played to James though, the two conundrum spots shown were very quick under such pressure.
One of the best games to watch this year, and it's a shame the full conundrum saga couldn't have been played out. To lose on a crucial conundrum has got to be tough, but to lose on 4 of them?
Well played to James though, the two conundrum spots shown were very quick under such pressure.
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I think that it would be a good idea if challengers, who get beaten by a tiebreak conundrum, automatically get another chance in the next series
Does anybody else agree ?
Does anybody else agree ?
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You've actually missed the emphasis (or it was a deliberate joke, in which case I've missed it too). I mean, obviously stuff like FLAVOR/FLAVOUR it's a pretty clear cut case, but what happens when one word becomes two? Can you consider something to be a 'variant spelling' in this case? I'm not aware of anything specific that covers this in the rules, but I reckon they got this one right. Somewhat astoundingly, PERCENT isn't in my older ODE at all. Surely this is just a really bad omission.Andy Thomson wrote:Seriously? You've never heard that before? That's been the rule since Whiteley's days. Do you watch the programme at all?Martin Gardner wrote:I've never come across this one before; American words are allowed, but American spellings are not.
If you cut a gandiseeg in half, do you get two gandiseegs or two halves of a gandiseeg?
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I'm sure someone agrees, just not me.marc meakin wrote:I think that it would be a good idea if challengers, who get beaten by a tiebreak conundrum, automatically get another chance in the next series
Does anybody else agree ?
If you cut a gandiseeg in half, do you get two gandiseegs or two halves of a gandiseeg?
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Why? PER CENT is the standard spelling in British English. If PERCENT is creeping in as a variant, then it's fair enough that newer editions list it as such, but the compilers of older editions weren't clairvoyant.Martin Gardner wrote:Somewhat astoundingly, PERCENT isn't in my older ODE at all. Surely this is just a really bad omission.
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Well, this version was published in 1998. Searching for "percent" on Google books between 1500 and 1998 gets 188,536 hits (English only) while "percent" gets 157,600 (English only). So even before 1998, percent was the more common spelling. When I say 'per cent' it makes me pause between the words, while percent I stress the last syllable.
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I'm trying to think of an occasion I have had cause to write 'per cent' instead of just %, none is coming to me...
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Really? So does the space "make you" pause between the words when you say per minute, per month, per diem, per annum etc? And why should per cent be a special case and spelled as one word when all the others are two?Martin Gardner wrote:When I say 'per cent' it makes me pause between the words, while percent I stress the last syllable.
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Yeah, I think so. But I'm pretty sure if such a person reapplied they'd be given another chance anyway, so it just filters out people who weren't that fussed anyway.marc meakin wrote:I think that it would be a good idea if challengers, who get beaten by a tiebreak conundrum, automatically get another chance in the next series
Does anybody else agree ?
FWIW it's a lot easier on a phone, at least on my model, to type words than to find symbols.Michael Wallace wrote:I'm trying to think of an occasion I have had cause to write 'per cent' instead of just %, none is coming to me...
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I think I'd always go for the symbol option on the grounds of character-saving, although I suppose if your message was something short like "I'm 100% sure I'm right" then it's not that big a dael.Charlie Reams wrote:FWIW it's a lot easier on a phone, at least on my model, to type words than to find symbols.Michael Wallace wrote:I'm trying to think of an occasion I have had cause to write 'per cent' instead of just %, none is coming to me...
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That's just how English works. We went from "to morrow" to "to-morrow" to "tomorrow", same with "alone" (used to be "all one") and many other examples. "Alright" is now pretty standard, and other words that commonly occur together, including "per cent" will tend to undergo the same process.Phil Reynolds wrote:And why should per cent be a special case and spelled as one word when all the others are two?
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I disagree, because all appearances on Countdown are at the discretion of the organisers.marc meakin wrote:I think that it would be a good idea if challengers, who get beaten by a tiebreak conundrum, automatically get another chance in the next series
Does anybody else agree ?
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Carrying on from my previous post, from 1998-2009, 'percent' is more than six-times as common as 'per cent'.
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You can never be 100% sure of anything according to Charlie.Michael Wallace wrote:"I'm 100% sure I'm right" then it's not that big a dael.
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Is he certain of that?Kirk Bevins wrote:You can never be 100% sure of anything according to Charlie.
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Are you certain of that?Kirk Bevins wrote:You can never be 100% sure of anything according to Charlie.
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...and anyone who understands maths. Did you spot that Raccoon was mocking you in the OP?Kirk Bevins wrote:You can never be 100% sure of anything according to Charlie.Michael Wallace wrote:"I'm 100% sure I'm right" then it's not that big a dael.
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Just caught up with this game online. Quality stuff! As someone else mentioned above I really thought Jack had it in the bag but well done to James. Very eerie that you should manage 89 after it was mentioned in the introduction! Just about to watch your 4th game now.
Just to add, Jack it was great to meet you at CONOT and hope to see you at the next one. Speaking of CONOT, despite the flattish rounds today there were a few Countdown Whatever! 9s: ANTIVIRUS, BEDJACKET, RECEPTION, PTOMAINES/MELANOTIC/PLANETOID etc and having read Chris Davies post RIGADOONS?
Strange I thought he looked a bit like Jonathon Coles. Now I'm wondering what really went on during their quarter-finalPhil Reynolds wrote:brilliant fight back by the DOD-a-like.
Just to add, Jack it was great to meet you at CONOT and hope to see you at the next one. Speaking of CONOT, despite the flattish rounds today there were a few Countdown Whatever! 9s: ANTIVIRUS, BEDJACKET, RECEPTION, PTOMAINES/MELANOTIC/PLANETOID etc and having read Chris Davies post RIGADOONS?