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Less than three hours til Kirk-off.
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
He's the kirkman to beat.
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Haha. Nice use of the word kirkman there.Simon Myers wrote:He's the kirkman to beat.
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Ooh, da Kirk!
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Who is he playing? I forgotted.
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Julie Russell, who of course beat Patrick McCurdie in her first show, who in turn beat me on his first show!
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
That could be the first line of a limerick.Charlie Reams wrote:Less than three hours til Kirk-off.
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Is that a spoiler? Are you saying he's going to lose?Charlie Reams wrote:Less than three hours til Kirk-off.
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Ah yes, I remember her.James Robinson wrote:Julie Russell, who of course beat Patrick McCurdie in her first show, who in turn beat me on his first show!
She's gonna get raked (as Alan Pardew would say)
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Since limericks seem to be topical on Countdown at the moment, I got the idea this morning of doing a few "limerick" style lines for each of the quarter finalists. I'll do one each day under "Spoilers" from now until the final. I'll then bring it all together on a separate thread. I've just finished todays version:Phil Reynolds wrote:That could be the first line of a limerick.Charlie Reams wrote:Less than three hours til Kirk-off.
The Quarter Finals kick off with the legendary Kirk Bevins,
Will he plunge to the depths, or soar to the heavens?
Will the number one seed hit the latest headlines?
By unscrambling the letters into eights and nines,
Or by round eleven, will he be all sixes and sevens?
Kirk’s opponent today is the lovely Julie Russell,
As the underdog, will her tactics be to hustle and bustle?
In order to win, will she go to any lengths?
Focussing on playing to her own undoubted strengths,
Just who has the muscle, to win this great tussle?
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Will the cur queue later or duly rustle up something special?
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Writing his 8s and his 9s on his paper,
Poor Julie Russell, he's going to rape her,
Not literally of course,
As she looks like a horse,
And her poor elatives will be wanting to tape her
Poor Julie Russell, he's going to rape her,
Not literally of course,
As she looks like a horse,
And her poor elatives will be wanting to tape her
If I suddenly have a squirming baby on my lap it probably means that I should start paying it some attention and stop wasting my time messing around on a Countdown forum
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
There once was a man from China
Who wasn't a very good climber
He slipped on a rock
And chopped off his cock
And now he's got a vagina.
A metaphor for countdown really.
Who wasn't a very good climber
He slipped on a rock
And chopped off his cock
And now he's got a vagina.
A metaphor for countdown really.
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Watch out - I'm currently working on Monday's limerick. I'll try make yours special.Jimmy Gough wrote:There once was a man from China
Who wasn't a very good climber
He slipped on a rock
And chopped off his cock
And now he's got a vagina.
A metaphor for countdown really.
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
I can't believe Kirk's already lost his max game. He's changed.
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
A good Kirk-beater from DC in round 6.
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Extremely respectful effort from Julie. Kirk obviously not as his best, but still, awesome score from such a massive underdog. No rake in sight.
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Yeah, I was very impressed with the way Julie hung in and didn't seem overawed despite Kirk's early lead, all credit to her.
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Julie was fantastic and a lovely lady to boot.
She was happier than Kirk at the end of that game...and she lost!
She was happier than Kirk at the end of that game...and she lost!
Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Sorry, Charlie, but Kirk is a better player even than you! What an amazing vocabulary that man has, I'll be gobsmacked if he doesn't win the whole series, and the next champion of champions as well!
Well done Julie, a brave runner-up, you certainly gave him a run for his money!
Well done Julie, a brave runner-up, you certainly gave him a run for his money!
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Good game. A lot closer that I was expecting. Well done both players!
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Sentiments Echoed!
It was closer than I expected and not through Kirk being particularly out of form i didn't think. Julie played well and came across as a nice lady.
That being said, Kirk was never in danger of losing I didn't think, while Julie kept up with him very well I didn't see her ever coming up with some Kinky word that was gonna outscore the Kirkulator.
Once he went 15 up it was game over.
Well done Kirk. Business as usual!
It was closer than I expected and not through Kirk being particularly out of form i didn't think. Julie played well and came across as a nice lady.
That being said, Kirk was never in danger of losing I didn't think, while Julie kept up with him very well I didn't see her ever coming up with some Kinky word that was gonna outscore the Kirkulator.
Once he went 15 up it was game over.
Well done Kirk. Business as usual!
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Also. Parergon in the first round = the sex.
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Haha, umm, I don't think this is as controversial opinion as you're rather flatteringly implying.AnnieHall wrote:Sorry, Charlie, but Kirk is a better player even than you!
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
She narrowly beat me in her third game (94 - 31) before she met Hamish.James Robinson wrote:Julie Russell, who of course beat Patrick McCurdie in her first show, who in turn beat me on his first show!
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Charlie Reams wrote:Haha, umm, I don't think this is as controversial opinion as you're rather flatteringly implying.AnnieHall wrote:Sorry, Charlie, but Kirk is a better player even than you!
I'd just take it and run Reams before she changes her mind!
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Matt Morrison wrote:I can't believe Kirk's already lost his max game. He's changed.
It's easy to forget dementia
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
is "proddie" slang or in the dictionary?
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Hmmm, was 13 maxes not good enough Matt? I shouldn't have missed DEMENTIA to be fair. I knew there was an 8 out of that set of letters and was looking for it during the round but couldn't see it.Matt Morrison wrote:Extremely respectful effort from Julie. Kirk obviously not as his best, but still, awesome score from such a massive underdog. No rake in sight.
Julie was superb and hardly gave me an inch. Had I been a little bit off form I could easily have lost - was too close a game for my liking which showed on my face at the end during round 14!
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
13 maxes is indeed not good enough. I go into every game expecting you to hit the max. No, not really - it was brilliant, you only dropped two points.Kirk Bevins wrote:Hmmm, was 13 maxes not good enough Matt? I shouldn't have missed DEMENTIA to be fair. I knew there was an 8 out of that set of letters and was looking for it during the round but couldn't see it.Matt Morrison wrote:Extremely respectful effort from Julie. Kirk obviously not as his best, but still, awesome score from such a massive underdog. No rake in sight.
Julie was superb and hardly gave me an inch. Had I been a little bit off form I could easily have lost - was too close a game for my liking which showed on my face at the end during round 14!
I think I was just shocked that you missed DEMENTIA and I found it myself. Beating you in a letters round is somewhat akin to an impending apocalypse.
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Slang is in the dictionary, Des, but proddie is not.Davy Affleck wrote:is "proddie" slang or in the dictionary?
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Cheers Charlie - Is "Des" in my name or is it "Davy"?Charlie Reams wrote:Slang is in the dictionary, Des, but proddie is not.Davy Affleck wrote:is "proddie" slang or in the dictionary?
Thanks anyway
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Well played Kirk, and well played Julie to keep it relatively tight.
She should have done 6 small numbers at the end though to try to get back in conundrum range and rattle Kirk a bit.
Great standard shown so far, hopefully Neil will win tomorrow also.
She should have done 6 small numbers at the end though to try to get back in conundrum range and rattle Kirk a bit.
Great standard shown so far, hopefully Neil will win tomorrow also.
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
I was humorously alluding to that way that Des O'Connor would express surprise every single time Susie allowed a slang word. But I think you can be forgiven for paying slightly less attention to the rules of the game than I would expect him to.Davy Affleck wrote:Cheers Charlie - Is "Des" in my name or is it "Davy"?Charlie Reams wrote:Slang is in the dictionary, Des, but proddie is not.Davy Affleck wrote:is "proddie" slang or in the dictionary?
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
This page suggests that may not have been the optimal choice, but you never know.Jojo Apollo wrote:Well played Kirk, and well played Julie to keep it relatively tight.
She should have done 6 small numbers at the end though to try to get back in conundrum range and rattle Kirk a bit.
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
You'll be lucky - It's Cate and Hamish (at least I hope it is after earlier querying the order of play so that I could sort out a priority for writing limericks!!)Jojo Apollo wrote:Great standard shown so far, hopefully Neil will win tomorrow also.
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Correct.Philip Jarvis wrote:You'll be lucky - It's Cate and Hamish (at least I hope it is after earlier querying the order of play so that I could sort out a priority for writing limericks!!)Jojo Apollo wrote:Great standard shown so far, hopefully Neil will win tomorrow also.
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Haha - I thought of proddie too but I assume only people in Scotland and N Ireland will have heard of it.Davy Affleck wrote:is "proddie" slang or in the dictionary?
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Sorry Charlie, but I don't think you've got a chance of beating Federer or Nadal at this years Wimbledon!
If I suddenly have a squirming baby on my lap it probably means that I should start paying it some attention and stop wasting my time messing around on a Countdown forum
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
I've been banned from playing after my comments regarding the LTA.Matthew Green wrote:Sorry Charlie, but I don't think you've got a chance of beating Federer or Nadal at this years Wimbledon!
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Oh yeah sorry, forgot Cate. Jimmy number three seed, so Neil is number 4, which means if he gets through would have to take on Kirk in the semi. Yikes!Philip Jarvis wrote:You'll be lucky - It's Cate and Hamish (at least I hope it is after earlier querying the order of play so that I could sort out a priority for writing limericks!!)Jojo Apollo wrote:Great standard shown so far, hopefully Neil will win tomorrow also.
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I can vouch for this, I met her after the show and she was sound as a pound .Kate Horton wrote:Julie was fantastic and a lovely lady to boot.
She was happier than Kirk at the end of that game...and she lost!
Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Matthew Green wrote:Writing his 8s and his 9s on his paper,
Poor Julie Russell, he's going to rape her,
Not literally of course,
As she looks like a horse,
And her poor elatives will be wanting to tape her
That's just all kinds of awesome!
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Fantastic start to the knockouts, well played both. PARERGON...stuff of legend. Nice conundrum spot, too.
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Yes, I know how you feel - I'm shit at Countdown, but managed to beat Julie in Round 6 with "mediate".Matt Morrison wrote:Beating you in a letters round is somewhat akin to an impending apocalypse.
Living life in a gyratory circus kind of way.
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Unfortunately I'm in France so I'll have to wait for the recap... I'd appreciate someone posting the final scores in these topics for people like me who can't see them live.
If you cut a gandiseeg in half, do you get two gandiseegs or two halves of a gandiseeg?
Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
The recap's already up.Martin Gardner wrote:Unfortunately I'm in France so I'll have to wait for the recap... I'd appreciate someone posting the final scores in these topics for people like me who can't see them live.
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Actually Neil is number 5 seed but that doesn't change the fact that I will play either Neil or Shane in the semi.Jojo Apollo wrote: Oh yeah sorry, forgot Cate. Jimmy number three seed, so Neil is number 4, which means if he gets through would have to take on Kirk in the semi. Yikes!
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
And should there be any day when the recap doesn't appear quite so promptly, you can always look at the wiki to see the final score.Jon Corby wrote:The recap's already up.Martin Gardner wrote:Unfortunately I'm in France so I'll have to wait for the recap... I'd appreciate someone posting the final scores in these topics for people like me who can't see them live.
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Ah righto, cheers Kirk.Kirk Bevins wrote:Actually Neil is number 5 seed but that doesn't change the fact that I will play either Neil or Shane in the semi.Jojo Apollo wrote: Oh yeah sorry, forgot Cate. Jimmy number three seed, so Neil is number 4, which means if he gets through would have to take on Kirk in the semi. Yikes!
That will be the closest quarter final match I reckon.
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Awesome? I thought it was just plain meanJon Corby wrote:Matthew Green wrote:Writing his 8s and his 9s on his paper,
Poor Julie Russell, he's going to rape her,
Not literally of course,
As she looks like a horse,
And her poor elatives will be wanting to tape her
That's just all kinds of awesome!
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Davy, although proddie isn't in the OED2r, which is the one they use for countdown, it is in the full OED.
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
[quote="Jojo Apollo"]Well played Kirk, and well played Julie to keep it relatively tight.
She should have done 6 small numbers at the end though to try to get back in conundrum range and rattle Kirk a bit.
Great standard shown so far, hopefully Neil will win tomorrow also.[/quote
My strategy was to lose with as good a score as I could muster, trying to outsmart or rattling Kirk was never an option.
She should have done 6 small numbers at the end though to try to get back in conundrum range and rattle Kirk a bit.
Great standard shown so far, hopefully Neil will win tomorrow also.[/quote
My strategy was to lose with as good a score as I could muster, trying to outsmart or rattling Kirk was never an option.
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Thanks Kate, I was just so happy to be there. To be in the green room with players I had watched and admired and in the studio for games I wasn't playing was an amazing experience. To be a part of the finals was something I had never considered and I felt like a tourist and just a wee bit cheeky to be there. To have given Kirk a fairly good game for the quarter final was such a bonus.Kate Horton wrote:Julie was fantastic and a lovely lady to boot.
She was happier than Kirk at the end of that game...and she lost!
The production team went all out to ensure that the Countdown experience was exceptional and one I'll never forget. The end of series party was the icing on the cake, I had the pleasure of meeting fellow apterites and got drunk for free
Thanks to all
Julie x
Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Er... yeah, I meant awful. TypoJulie Russell wrote:Awesome? I thought it was just plain meanJon Corby wrote:Matthew Green wrote:Writing his 8s and his 9s on his paper,
Poor Julie Russell, he's going to rape her,
Not literally of course,
As she looks like a horse,
And her poor elatives will be wanting to tape her
That's just all kinds of awesome!
Well, it's a good limerick is what I meant. I don't think it's meant to be taken seriously.
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Re: Spoilers - 11 Jun 2009 [Series 60 First QF]
Congratulations to Julie for giving Kirk such a good game and not capitulating, which would have been easy to do.
Well done to Kirk for a solid QF and i am looking forward to the SF with great interest.
Well done to Kirk for a solid QF and i am looking forward to the SF with great interest.