Discuss anything that happened in recent games. This is the place to post any words you got that beat Dictionary Corner, or numbers games that evaded Rachel.
Whoever appears, apparently this is a very special date. Because it's 9/9/9 there has been a big rush on people wanting to get married today for example. So, if you believe in luck/fate/omens etc. I am sure you can put some kind of spin on today's game, however it turns out.
Marc Meakin wrote:I wonder if this date will be mentioned today or do they not know the airdate in advance?
They do know the airdate in advance.
Yeah Medallion Man, I'd already made that clear in my reply. Anyway, if you want to give a sobre answer, virtually every day Jeff mentions some kind of anniversary which occurs on the transmission day of the programme, so Marc obviously doesn't pay as much attention to Jeff's every word as many of this site's members.
I am impressed with Marc's knowledge of the word "airdate" though, considering both Jeff Stelling and Des O'Connor denied all knowledge of the word, despite working in television for about 70 years.
Davy Affleck wrote:It's good to see 2 normal people playing against each other.
The continual stream of "apterous superstars" is a bit wearing.
Who are you calling "normal"?
In the "HORNIEST" round, I kept seeing THORNIEST (which I had on my audition) and I couldn't get that out of my head. I was a bit miffed that they did a re-take on MILLETS but it wouldn't have affected the outcome.
Phil Reynolds wrote:Whoops - Bob obviously doesn't know the divisibility by 9 rule.
Nor do I. Can you explain please Phil?
A number is always divisible by 9 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 9. The target in this case was 207 which, provided you remember the rule, takes a split second to recognise as being divisible by 9 - and there were two 9s in the selection. 207/9 = 23, so the problem is then reduced to making 23 from 5 small numbers - there were loads of ways of doing this.
Davy Affleck wrote:It's good to see 2 normal people playing against each other.
The continual stream of "apterous superstars" is a bit wearing.
Who are you calling "normal"?
In the "HORNIEST" round, I kept seeing THORNIEST (which I had on my audition) and I couldn't get that out of my head. I was a bit miffed that they did a re-take on MILLETS but it wouldn't have affected the outcome.
Now, I wonder if I'm allowed to re-apply.
Unlucky Ken - you gave it a good go. Re Millets, this is a valid word on Apterous.
With regard to reapplying, I suggest you look at this link.
Phil Reynolds wrote:Whoops - Bob obviously doesn't know the divisibility by 9 rule.
Nor do I. Can you explain please Phil?
A number is always divisible by 9 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 9. The target in this case was 207 which, provided you remember the rule, takes a split second to recognise as being divisible by 9 - and there were two 9s in the selection. 207/9 = 23, so the problem is then reduced to making 23 from 5 small numbers - there were loads of ways of doing this.
Thanks Phil. I've jotted the rule down for future reference.