Spoilers for Friday 12 June [Series 60 2nd QF]

Philip Jarvis · Post by **Philip Jarvis** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:56 am

Day 2 of the contest sees smiling Cate Henderson,
To achieve a win today very much depends upon,
Whether she can manage to maintain her early promise,
But the answer that we all really want to know is,
Did Cate really engender fun, with lacy black suspenders on?

Good old Hamish Williamson, now there’s a wily Scot,
He burst onto the scene in April, to win his new teapot,
With a giant debut score, that had never been seen before,
He posted a record total, of one hundred and thirty four,
A nine today may be difficult to spot, but I’m sure he’ll give it his very best shot.

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 1:12 pm

I'm about 90% as excited as I was yesterday. I hope someone is keeping detailed records of this.

Davy Affleck · Post by **Davy Affleck** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:19 pm

I would have liked to see Julie vs Cate - I wouldn't like to go home to any of them with a pound short in my wages.

Matt Morrison · Post by **Matt Morrison** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:26 pm

Charlie Reams wrote:I'm about 90% as excited as I was yesterday. I hope someone is keeping detailed records of this.

Andy Wilson · Post by **Andy Wilson** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:31 pm

Davy Affleck wrote:I would have liked to see Julie vs Cate - I wouldn't like to go home to any of them with a pound short in my wages.

Andy Wilson · Post by **Andy Wilson** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:34 pm

Go on Hamish ya boy ya

Mark Kudlowski · Post by **Mark Kudlowski** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:40 pm

1st numbers (much quicker)

(50 + 5) x 9

James Doohan · Post by **James Doohan** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:40 pm

Hamish is class, give him his own TV show

Liam Tiernan · Post by **Liam Tiernan** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:44 pm

1st rd. LARVAE for six? Not a max but still enough to win the round.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:47 pm

R6: yay HEDARIM

Andy Wilson · Post by **Andy Wilson** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:50 pm

Two slips from Hamish...

Matt Morrison · Post by **Matt Morrison** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:52 pm

the contract for fellow tenants: GROUPRENT
followed by something not stored in brine: BRINELESS

Matt Morrison · Post by **Matt Morrison** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:56 pm

Hamish is starting to annoy me now. I so want him to win and he's going to throw it away on phantom letters and numbers which I'm sure has to be considered inexcusable for a series final.

Andy Wilson · Post by **Andy Wilson** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:56 pm

and another... whoops...

Matt Morrison · Post by **Matt Morrison** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:58 pm

alternate 2nd numbers:

75 + 8 - 3 = 80
80 x 9 = 720, + 3 = 723

Andy Wilson · Post by **Andy Wilson** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:58 pm

It's like he's not giving it the full concentration... he's too cool.

Liam Tiernan · Post by **Liam Tiernan** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:59 pm

Pulled it back though with two great spots in AMNESTY and SENSIBLE.

James Doohan · Post by **James Doohan** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:59 pm

He's just too damn cool.

Hamish -> Sensible

I think not

Matt Morrison · Post by **Matt Morrison** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:00 pm

Liam Tiernan wrote:Pulled it back though with two great spots in AMNESTY and SENSIBLE.

you watching on a 15 minute delay or something?!

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:02 pm

Niner in this one... (r12)

edit: Hamish shoots and scores!

Matt Morrison · Post by **Matt Morrison** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:03 pm

Ben Wilson wrote:Niner in this one... (r12)

Didn't expect him to get that, glad he did.

Andy Wilson · Post by **Andy Wilson** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:04 pm

Woohoo!

Fractious... brilliant!

Sorry Cate, can't hide my blatant favouritism!

Matt Morrison · Post by **Matt Morrison** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:04 pm

another 9 coming... this one's much easier.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:04 pm

Potential flake for Hamish?

edit: alas no.

Andy Wilson · Post by **Andy Wilson** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:04 pm

Portioned!

Matt Morrison · Post by **Matt Morrison** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:05 pm

I'd never have got FRACTIOUS, picked up PORTIONED within a second.
Funny how people can think so differently.

Davy Affleck · Post by **Davy Affleck** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:09 pm

Well done Hamish - he still reminds me of doc Emmett Brown in "back to the future"

Andy Wilson · Post by **Andy Wilson** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:11 pm

yeah, it's like Dementia yesterday. Popped out at me straight off yet i wasn't keeping pace with the game. It's got to be the pressure. Well done Hamish. So it's Jimmy/James against Hamish for the semi? Can't wait.

Philip Jarvis · Post by **Philip Jarvis** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:18 pm

I see the 2nd Tea Time Teaser was SHELLING.

Shame Jeff didn't read out this limerick:

There was an old gardener called Stelling,
Whose peas were just ripe for shelling,
He went down to the Village Show,
And won first prize for his giant marrow,
Now it’s his head, and not his veg that’s swelling.

Phil Reynolds · Post by **Phil Reynolds** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:49 pm

Good to hear Kirk getting yet another name check at the end, this time from Hamish.

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:50 pm

I got SENSIBLER and DEPORTION

That's why I am not ready to audition yet

Jojo Apollo · Post by **Jojo Apollo** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 4:45 pm

Well played Hamish and hardlines Cate.

Another quality ton quarter.

Looking forward to the next two.

Keith Bevins · Post by **Keith Bevins** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 6:58 pm

When Hamish got his 2nd numbers wrong by using the 3 too often he could have done:-
(75-3)*(9+8-7)+3
I see Hamish as a dark horse to win (but i hope I am wrong Kirk before you kill me

)
I did get fractious but missed portioned.

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 7:09 pm

Keith Bevins wrote:When Hamish got his 2nd numbers wrong by using the 3 too often he could have done:-
(75-3)*(9+8-7)+3
I see Hamish as a dark horse to win (but i hope I am wrong Kirk before you kill me )
I did get fractious but missed portioned.

I missed fractious in the audience (had never heard of it) but got portioned.

I'm surprised Mr Phil Reynolds didn't pick up on Jeff's mistake on opening when he said the word CATCHED^ instead of CAUGHT and then when Susie tried spelling EJECTA she spelt it EGECTA. Phil, you're slipping.

Junaid Mubeen · Post by **Junaid Mubeen** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:17 pm

Hamish. What a guy. Like the grandpops I never had.

Phil Reynolds · Post by **Phil Reynolds** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 12:34 pm

Kirk Bevins wrote:I'm surprised Mr Phil Reynolds didn't pick up on Jeff's mistake on opening when he said the word CATCHED^ instead of CAUGHT and then when Susie tried spelling EJECTA she spelt it EGECTA. Phil, you're slipping.

I don't know where people get this idea that my mission in life is to spot and point out every mistake everyone else makes or to set myself up as some kind of paragon of perfection. Genuine typos/slips of the tongue I practically never draw attention to, unless they're amusing. I occasionally pick people up in a handful of cases, either where I think a particularly egregious solecism is being perpetuated, or in the interests of the accuracy of a permanent record (as with the recaps).

I did notice that Susie said G instead of J but I thought it was pretty obvious what she meant as there was no G in the selection. I didn't notice Jeff's slip at the beginning, but I was making a sandwich during the intros so wasn't entirely concentrating.

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 12:14 pm

Did anyone else think that Rachel's description of pi was terrible? All she had to say was that it's the length of the circumference of a circle divided by the diameter. If you want to say other stuff in addition to that, fair enough but instead?! No-one watching that who didn't already know what pi was would be any the wiser.

Rosemary Roberts · Post by **Rosemary Roberts** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 12:47 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote:Did anyone else think that Rachel's description of pi was terrible? All she had to say was that it's the length of the circumference of a circle divided by the diameter. If you want to say other stuff in addition to that, fair enough but instead?! No-one watching that who didn't already know what pi was would be any the wiser.

Is the UK's education system so abysmal that there are people who know there is a number called pi but do not know that it is the circle ratio? She would have done better to have described it as a transcendental number, rather than an irrational, but my guess is that she was merely told to be arcane enough that Jeff could pretend not to understand. I think it is a mistake to assume that she writes her own lines and is responsible for their content.

John Bosley · Post by **John Bosley** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 1:09 pm

Rachel was clearly having a laugh and taking the piss out of Jeff. She is just brilliant.

Peter Mabey · Post by **Peter Mabey** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 3:10 pm

Using the circle ratio to define pi is an incidental aspect of its properties.

Using the Euler identity, we have pi = ln(-1)/sqrt(-1).

Paul Howe · Post by **Paul Howe** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 4:10 pm

Get in Hamish, a bit erratic but undeniably brilliant, going to be a serious test of my c4c loyalties if Jimmy gets through to play him. Think Cate will be disapointed though, definitely capable of much better.

Julie Russell · Post by **Julie Russell** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 5:49 pm

Davy Affleck wrote:I would have liked to see Julie vs Cate - I wouldn't like to go home to any of them with a pound short in my wages.

FYI I don't know what my man earns, nor do I care. I'm just glad he comes home to me

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 7:00 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote:Did anyone else think that Rachel's description of pi was terrible? All she had to say was that it's the length of the circumference of a circle divided by the diameter. If you want to say other stuff in addition to that, fair enough but instead?! No-one watching that who didn't already know what pi was would be any the wiser.

Rachel was asked specifically to give some mumbo-jumbo that no one would understand as part of the joke. I remember thinking as I watched it happen, "I bet Gevin complains about this." Good to see that your reputation as a whining git is not undeserved.

Richard Priest · Post by **Richard Priest** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 7:23 pm

Paul Howe wrote:Think Cate will be disapointed, definitely capable of much better.

Definitely.It was the last game to be filmed that day and when I spoke to her afterwards she said she'd had a rough day and was tired.Take nothing away from Hamish though, he was a bit hit-and-miss but produced the goods in the end.

Phil Reynolds · Post by **Phil Reynolds** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 10:29 pm

Rich Priest wrote:
Paul Howe wrote:Think Cate will be disapointed, definitely capable of much better.
Definitely.It was the last game to be filmed that day and when I spoke to her afterwards she said she'd had a rough day and was tired.Take nothing away from Hamish though, he was a bit hit-and-miss but produced the goods in the end.

The morning after the finals, Cate was sitting a couple of tables away from me in the hotel dining room having breakfast. When Hamish came in, she called over to him with a cheery good morning and invited him to join her, so there were evidently no hard feelings. (Not unless she took the opportunity to slip Ex-Lax into his porridge, anyway.)

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 10:55 pm

Phil Reynolds wrote: (Not unless she took the opportunity to slip Ex-Lax into his porridge, anyway.)

Porridge? Which hotel were you staying at?

Phil Reynolds · Post by **Phil Reynolds** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 5:35 am

Kirk Bevins wrote:
Phil Reynolds wrote: (Not unless she took the opportunity to slip Ex-Lax into his porridge, anyway.)
Porridge? Which hotel were you staying at?

It sounded better than "self-service variety pack Kellogg's Frosties".

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 5:16 pm

Charlie Reams wrote:
Gavin Chipper wrote:Did anyone else think that Rachel's description of pi was terrible? All she had to say was that it's the length of the circumference of a circle divided by the diameter. If you want to say other stuff in addition to that, fair enough but instead?! No-one watching that who didn't already know what pi was would be any the wiser.
Rachel was asked specifically to give some mumbo-jumbo that no one would understand as part of the joke. I remember thinking as I watched it happen, "I bet Gevin complains about this." Good to see that your reputation as a whining git is not undeserved.

I didn't think it came across as intentionally humorous, but never mind.

Derek Hazell · Post by **Derek Hazell** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 8:04 am

Gavin Chipper wrote:I didn't think it came across as intentionally humorous, but never mind.

Rachel is a funny girl in a funny friend kind of way. She is not a natural gag-teller. But. Its infinite variety + its variance of delivery = what makes humour such fun.