I like him too - very approachable and friendly. He even remembered my name which I've heard a lot of presenters probably wouldn't.Jeffrey Burgin wrote:I like Jeff Stelling.
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anosrep VT sih ton s'ti os hgouht mih tem ev'uoyKirk Bevins wrote:I like him too - very approachable and friendly. He even remembered my name which I've heard a lot of presenters probably wouldn't.Jeffrey Burgin wrote:I like Jeff Stelling.
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All the Countdown people are like that, which I think is why everyone who goes on the show has such a great time. I really don't see how he's smug, patronising, talentless or a waste of space, although each to their own I guess.Kirk Bevins wrote:I like him too - very approachable and friendly. He even remembered my name which I've heard a lot of presenters probably wouldn't.
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We decided within 4 posts to ban Nigel?
I like Jeff Stelling. I love his style of jokes.
I like Jeff Stelling. I love his style of jokes.
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Will you be including any profane words in your dissertation, then, Charlie?
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?Percy Round wrote:Will you be including any profane words in your dissertation, then, Charlie?
knockabout chat with mates on a forum != dissertation
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I got the word 'fuckload' onto my S1 exam, and got an APercy Round wrote:Will you be including any profane words in your dissertation, then, Charlie?
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My mate wrote a load of explicit gay lyrics on the back of his GCSE DT exam and was severely reprimanded. I usually just write some jokes on the back to try and win the examiner over- example from A-Level Nazi Germany this year:Kieran Child wrote:I got the word 'fuckload' onto my S1 exam, and got an A
Which film star was known as the Fuhrer?
Brad-olf Pitt-ler.
That joke's my own work as well.
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Well, it spurred my laughing gear into achtung!Jeffrey Burgin wrote:Which film star was known as the Fuhrer?
Brad-olf Pitt-ler.
That joke's my own work as well.
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Jeffrey Burgin wrote:Which film star was known as the Fuhrer?
Brad-olf Pitt-ler.
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No, I decided.Kieran Child wrote:We decided within 4 posts to ban Nigel?
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I worded it poorly. I wanted a cross between "within 4 posts we all hated Nigel" and "this lead to him getting banned"Charlie Reams wrote:No, I decided.Kieran Child wrote:We decided within 4 posts to ban Nigel?
I fused the two great sentences into one AWESOME sentence that didn't really mean what I wanted it to.
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Nevertheless we knew what you meant and agreed with you and Charlie.Kieran Child wrote:I worded it poorly. I wanted a cross between "within 4 posts we all hated Nigel" and "this lead to him getting banned"Charlie Reams wrote:No, I decided.Kieran Child wrote:We decided within 4 posts to ban Nigel?
I fused the two great sentences into one AWESOME sentence that didn't really mean what I wanted it to.
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And it was definitely awesome.Ian Fitzpatrick wrote:Nevertheless we knew what you meant and agreed with you and Charlie.
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What happened to the post I submitted about this time yesterday, Charlie?
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Urm, here, right where you left it. You seem to have a strange and unmotivated fear that I'm deleting your posts or otherwise restricting your ability to make a bit of an idiot of yourself. Rest assured that I am not.Percy Round wrote:What happened to the post I submitted about this time yesterday, Charlie?
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Yes, Charlie, you're probably right: I am making an idiot of myself, although, when I was your age, we didn't say things like that to people old enough to be our grandparents. Your brain- power and certainly your eyesight are obviously greater than mine, because you can see my post that began, as I recall, "Let me put (or set - I can't remember which) the record straight" and ended with a message to you about profanities and obscenities. I still can't see it. All things considered, I think I no longer deserve a place among the delightful intellectuals who use your website, so I resign. Good luck with your PhD - don't forget to include a few obscenities (I refer, of course, to the post that you can see and I can't)
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I'm probably the only person who is thinking "George Jenkins would destroy Percy Round in a fight".
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Lighten up pal, I was only having a gentle prod at your senior moment in apparently forgetting which topic you'd posted in. I checked the link I posted and your post is still there, and indeed has stimulated several replies.Percy Round wrote:Yes, Charlie, you're probably right: I am making an idiot of myself, although, when I was your age, we didn't say things like that to people old enough to be our grandparents. Your brain- power and certainly your eyesight are obviously greater than mine, because you can see my post that began, as I recall, "Let me put (or set - I can't remember which) the record straight" and ended with a message to you about profanities and obscenities. I still can't see it. All things considered, I think I no longer deserve a place among the delightful intellectuals who use your website, so I resign. Good luck with your PhD - don't forget to include a few obscenities (I refer, of course, to the post that you can see and I can't)
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I made up my own episode of Curb your enthusiasm for my GCSE English exam and they gave me an A* for it. I don't really know if that is comparable to swearing in an exam.Jeffrey Burgin wrote:My mate wrote a load of explicit gay lyrics on the back of his GCSE DT exam and was severely reprimanded. I usually just write some jokes on the back to try and win the examiner over- example from A-Level Nazi Germany this year:Kieran Child wrote:I got the word 'fuckload' onto my S1 exam, and got an A
Which film star was known as the Fuhrer?
Brad-olf Pitt-ler.
That joke's my own work as well.
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Loved that!Jeffrey Burgin wrote:
Which film star was known as the Fuhrer?
Brad-olf Pitt-ler.
That joke's my own work as well.
I also liked the WW2 joke on 'Mock The Week' on Thursday:
We were evacuated to Dorset during the war.
Then everyone was shocked by the surprise Japanese attack on Poole Harbour.
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^ that was Milton Jones I love Milton Jones. You must listen to his radio show at some point, it's brilliant. "another case of Milton Jones" is probably my favourite set.
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I noticed with silent (well until now) interest that nobody jumped on Sue when she ran down Jeff a few times recently.
Conversely people are still very quick to defend Rachel to an obsessive degree.
I have just read this interesting paragraph by Damian from his book from 2001:
"Would we really want to see a Brylcreemed Mr. Clean sitting there spewing out word-perfect introductions day in, day out, getting the score right every time, calling the contestants by the right name every time? I shudder at the thought of how boring and stale that would become."
To use an expression of which Jeff would approve - food for thought.
Conversely people are still very quick to defend Rachel to an obsessive degree.
I have just read this interesting paragraph by Damian from his book from 2001:
"Would we really want to see a Brylcreemed Mr. Clean sitting there spewing out word-perfect introductions day in, day out, getting the score right every time, calling the contestants by the right name every time? I shudder at the thought of how boring and stale that would become."
To use an expression of which Jeff would approve - food for thought.
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I think you may be under the misapprehension that anyone cares what Sue Sanders thinks.Derek Hazell wrote:I noticed with silent (well until now) interest that nobody jumped on Sue when she ran down Jeff a few times recently.
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Good lord that's 8 years old and was written about the comments that Richard Whiteley used to get about him being an incompetent bumbling presenter at times. What i was basically saying there was, take away Richard's fallibilities, which were often his most endearing qualities, and you've lost a lot of what made him Richard Whiteley. Not sure how this relates to Countdown in 2009 though.Derek Hazell wrote:I noticed with silent (well until now) interest that nobody jumped on Sue when she ran down Jeff a few times recently.
Conversely people are still very quick to defend Rachel to an obsessive degree.
I have just read this interesting paragraph by Damian from his book from 2001:
"Would we really want to see a Brylcreemed Mr. Clean sitting there spewing out word-perfect introductions day in, day out, getting the score right every time, calling the contestants by the right name every time? I shudder at the thought of how boring and stale that would become."
To use an expression of which Jeff would approve - food for thought.
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WOW. I assumed at first that was an image. I have absolutely no idea how you did that. Clarke's Third Law applies.Alec Rivers wrote:¿ƃuıʇıɹʍ ʇuoɹɟ-oʇ-ʞɔɐq ǝɥʇ ɥʇıʍ s,ʇɐɥʍ
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Indeed it does. And, accordingly, I would hate to spoil the mystery so soon.Phil Reynolds wrote:Clarke's Third Law applies.
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Hmm. I'm torn between 'a pair of built-up shoes' or 'more sex'.Charlie Reams wrote:I think you may be under the misapprehension that anyone cares what Sue Sanders thinks.Derek Hazell wrote:I noticed with silent (well until now) interest that nobody jumped on Sue when she ran down Jeff a few times recently.
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Basically there are enough weird characters in Unicode that you can find passable upside-down versions of most common characters (notice how some are defective, like i and the apostrophe).Phil Reynolds wrote:WOW. I assumed at first that was an image. I have absolutely no idea how you did that. Clarke's Third Law applies.Alec Rivers wrote:¿ƃuıʇıɹʍ ʇuoɹɟ-oʇ-ʞɔɐq ǝɥʇ ɥʇıʍ s,ʇɐɥʍ
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Charlie Reams wrote:Basically there are enough weird characters in Unicode that you can find passable upside-down versions of most common characters (notice how some are defective, like i and the apostrophe).Phil Reynolds wrote:WOW. I assumed at first that was an image. I have absolutely no idea how you did that. Clarke's Third Law applies.Alec Rivers wrote:¿ƃuıʇıɹʍ ʇuoɹɟ-oʇ-ʞɔɐq ǝɥʇ ɥʇıʍ s,ʇɐɥʍ
I was going to reveal all tomorrow.Alec Rivers wrote:I would hate to spoil the mystery so soon.
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Surprisingly, they don't work in this version of IE.
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