Spoilers for Thursday 5th November 2009

Derek Hazell · Post by **Derek Hazell** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 12:55 pm

Will today's champion Rock You Like Hurricane, or has he had his chips?

(Add fireworks-related jokes below)

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 1:23 pm

Remember, remember..................Oh bollocks I forgot

James Robinson · Post by **James Robinson** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 1:35 pm

I believe that Apterite and Forumite Ryan Taylor is today's challenger. I only know because I was told that he was on sometime soon, so I challenged him on Apterous last night and he said that it was today.

So, will we have another Apterite/Apteree/whatever you prefer starting an octochamp run today, or will he just be a damp squib? (Couldn't think of a good firework related pun there, sorry.)

D Eadie · Post by **D Eadie** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 1:53 pm

James Robinson wrote: (Couldn't think of a good firework related pun there, sorry.)

For Fawkes sake, no more.

Matt Morrison · Post by **Matt Morrison** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:00 pm

D Eadie wrote:
James Robinson wrote: (Couldn't think of a good firework related pun there, sorry.)
For Fawkes sake, no more.

You're a funny Guy.

Ben Hunter · Post by **Ben Hunter** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:08 pm

James Robinson wrote:I believe that Apterite and Forumite Ryan Taylor is today's challenger. I only know because I was told that he was on sometime soon, so I challenged him on Apterous last night and he said that it was today.

So, will we have another Apterite/Apteree/whatever you prefer starting an octochamp run today, or will he just be a damp squib? (Couldn't think of a good firework related pun there, sorry.)

Pretty soon after his recording if this is true.

Mark Kudlowski · Post by **Mark Kudlowski** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:32 pm

Equal R2 - MAIDENS and DEMESNE

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:40 pm

Your right Phil, Hilary IS obsessed with mistaken identity anecdotes

Sue Sanders · Post by **Sue Sanders** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:41 pm

Mark Kudlowski wrote:Equal R2 - MAIDENS and DEMESNE

And MEANIES as in The Blue Meanies

Derek Hazell · Post by **Derek Hazell** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:44 pm

Marc Meakin wrote:You're right Phil, Hilary IS obsessed with mistaken identity anecdotes

Do you think Hilary ever gets mistaken for TV's Dr. Mark Porter?

Maybe we'll find out tomorrow.

JackHurst · Post by **JackHurst** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:44 pm

Jono Vs michael fish.

Sue Sanders · Post by **Sue Sanders** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:47 pm

JUST SAY IT!!!!!!!!

Davy Affleck · Post by **Davy Affleck** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:48 pm

Wanked - beat that!

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:50 pm

DERATION

Peter Mabey · Post by **Peter Mabey** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:55 pm

second numbers: (25+1)x(10+5-10/5)=338

Sue Sanders · Post by **Sue Sanders** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:05 pm

Man goes in a pub....

He likes his timesing things by 10 does our Jezzer

Craig Beevers · Post by **Craig Beevers** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:07 pm

Brutal conundrum. I got it, but only because I used to spend too much time doing conundrums.

JackHurst · Post by **JackHurst** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:09 pm

Brilliant conundrum.

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:11 pm

I always thought it was a brand name for some reason

Chris Philpot · Post by **Chris Philpot** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:12 pm

I was just coming online to say how good the conundrum was today. Kudos to Damian for making it topical, different and challenging.

Liam Tiernan · Post by **Liam Tiernan** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:14 pm

Craig Beevers wrote:Brutal conundrum. I got it, but only because I used to spend too much time doing conundrums.

Not very hard at all I thought. Got it in about 3 secs.
Edit: Mind you, I'm pretty much addicted to the stuff.

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:16 pm

My definition of a hard conundrum is one that beats the contestants and the audience

JackHurst · Post by **JackHurst** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:19 pm

My definition of a hard conundrum is anything that exceeds 6.5 on Moh's scale of mineral hardness.

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:25 pm

JackHurst wrote:My definition of a hard conundrum is anything that exceeds 6.5 on Moh's scale of mineral hardness.

Andradite?

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:31 pm

...So what was the conundrum?

Craig Beevers · Post by **Craig Beevers** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:32 pm

BONFIREUP

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:41 pm

Craig Beevers wrote:BONFIREUP

Got it straight away, but only because I've read the last of all conundrums quite a few times. I presume it was unsolved.

Ryan Taylor · Post by **Ryan Taylor** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:55 pm

I also had WANKED in one of the rounds but was made to retake it and pretend I had PAWNED. It made for cringeworthy viewing for me! I came across extremely nervous, grumpy, didnt smile much and some people said I was smug. I assure you I was not intending to be any of these!!

Alice Moore · Post by **Alice Moore** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:55 pm

338 = (25 + 1) x (10 + 5 - (10/5))

Hmm. Suspect I either remembered something wrong there, or just plain got it wrong. Were there actually two tens in the selection? I can't check it now. Will have to wait for someone else to either confirm or correct.

Ralph Gillions · Post by **Ralph Gillions** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 5:00 pm

Ryan Taylor wrote: I came across extremely nervous, grumpy, didnt smile much and some people said I was smug.

I don't think so. You were fine.

Alice Moore · Post by **Alice Moore** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 5:10 pm

Peter Mabey wrote:second numbers: (25+1)x(10+5-10/5)=338

Oops, forgot I was watching on +1. Thought I was first to post this.

Craig Beevers · Post by **Craig Beevers** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 5:10 pm

I'm sure pretty much every contestant that has ever been on Countdown and won is said to have looked smug by someone.

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:03 pm

Ryan Taylor wrote:I also had WANKED in one of the rounds but was made to retake it and pretend I had PAWNED. It made for cringeworthy viewing for me! I came across extremely nervous, grumpy, didnt smile much and some people said I was smug. I assure you I was not intending to be any of these!!

I thought that had happened as pawned seemed harder to spot

Sue Sanders · Post by **Sue Sanders** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:15 pm

Marc Meakin wrote:
Ryan Taylor wrote:I also had WANKED in one of the rounds but was made to retake it and pretend I had PAWNED. It made for cringeworthy viewing for me! I came across extremely nervous, grumpy, didnt smile much and some people said I was smug. I assure you I was not intending to be any of these!!
I thought that had happened as pawned seemed harder to spot

I couldn't see anything other than WANKED, and I could see from your face you'd seen it. Made me chuckle!

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:22 pm

I do hope that Ryan hasn't broken any of Mr Eadie's rules by divulging this

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:26 pm

Marc Meakin wrote:I do hope that Ryan hasn't broken any of Mr Eadie's rules by divulging this

I believe you will find the full stop key a trust ally in your battle to be C4C's top comedian.

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:30 pm

Charlie Reams wrote:
Marc Meakin wrote:I do hope that Ryan hasn't broken any of Mr Eadie's rules by divulging this
I believe you will find the full stop key a trust ally in your battle to be C4C's top comedian.

No I was just hankering for a mention in "pedants corner'

Sue Sanders · Post by **Sue Sanders** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:07 pm

Marc Meakin wrote: No I was just hankering for a mention in "pedants corner'

Even your punctuation marks are funny, Marc!

(It is only my mastering of the quotes function allows me to join in.)

JackHurst · Post by **JackHurst** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 8:14 pm

Charlie Reams wrote:
Marc Meakin wrote:I do hope that Ryan hasn't broken any of Mr Eadie's rules by divulging this
I believe you will find the full stop key a trust ally in your battle to be C4C's top comedian.

Perhaps he was omitting the full stop in order to

Phil Reynolds · Post by **Phil Reynolds** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 8:17 pm

leave us in susp

JackHurst · Post by **JackHurst** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:00 pm

Sue Sanders · Post by **Sue Sanders** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:04 pm

JackHurst wrote:en

-suite

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:08 pm

Nice game today Ryan. I could see you were really annoyed at missing EPILATORS (which I got) but a solid performance. I got the conundrum too, I scored 118 missing BENZINE. I predict an octochamp.

James Robinson · Post by **James Robinson** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:55 pm

Ryan Taylor wrote:I also had WANKED in one of the rounds but was made to retake it and pretend I had PAWNED. It made for cringeworthy viewing for me! I came across extremely nervous, grumpy, didnt smile much and some people said I was smug. I assure you I was not intending to be any of these!!

It seemed that you got WANKED, partly because your face looked like it was saying "I've got WANKED, but here's something safer." Would've been interesting to see what would have happened if WANKED was the best word there and there was nothing better or if there wasn't another 6.

Well done, you played very well. Hopefully you won't come across too many people like Jeremy on your run. He did seem a very nice guy, but he was quite good at the game too. You just got a couple of lucky breaks, despite missing TUTORIAL and EPILATORS. Good luck to you.

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:06 pm

James Robinson wrote:your face looked like it was saying "I've got WANKED,

I think he was just stretching.

Sue Sanders · Post by **Sue Sanders** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 11:03 pm

Charlie Reams wrote:
James Robinson wrote:your face looked like it was saying "I've got WANKED,
I think he was just stretching.

No, he has confessed.....

Ryan 'I did it to relax' Taylor wrote:I also had wanked in one of the rounds

Darren Carter · Post by **Darren Carter** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:02 am

Ryan Taylor wrote:I also had WANKED in one of the rounds but was made to retake it and pretend I had PAWNED. It made for cringeworthy viewing for me! I came across extremely nervous, grumpy, didnt smile much and some people said I was smug. I assure you I was not intending to be any of these!!

I did think it was strange when you said you would *try* a 6, and for you to declare PAWNED which isn't really a risk. I think I had WEAPON in that round, disappointed to have missed the rude word.....

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:09 am

Darren Carter wrote:
I did think it was strange when you said you would *try* a 6, and for you to declare PAWNED which isn't really a risk.

Really? PAWNED would be risky to me. WANKED isn't risky at all.

Sue Sanders · Post by **Sue Sanders** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:42 am

Kirk Bevins wrote:
Darren Carter wrote:
I did think it was strange when you said you would *try* a 6, and for you to declare PAWNED which isn't really a risk.
Really? PAWNED would be risky to me. WANKED isn't risky at all.

To pawn - it's a verb - 'she pawned her fur coat for twenty quid' Are you thinking of chess pieces?

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:46 am

Sue Sanders wrote:
To pawn - it's a verb - 'she pawned her fur coat for twenty quid' Are you thinking of chess pieces?

Yes. I've only ever heard the word "pawn" in terms of chess or pawnbrokers. I've heard of the word "wank" in more than one occasion, usually in the form of the agent noun, directed at me.

Sue Sanders · Post by **Sue Sanders** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:02 am

Kirk Bevins wrote:
Sue Sanders wrote:
To pawn - it's a verb - 'she pawned her fur coat for twenty quid' Are you thinking of chess pieces?
Yes. I've only ever heard the word "pawn" in terms of chess or pawnbrokers. I've heard of the word "wank" in more than one occasion, usually in the form of the agent noun, directed at me.

Ah, ok. Well, the pawnbrokers is where you go to pawn things. It's a somewhat old-fashioned concept, but the chain 'Cash Converters' is essentially the modern equivalent.

Right - well, it's late. You better go off for a wank or you'll never get to sleep.

You and me both, actually

Philip Jarvis · Post by **Philip Jarvis** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:42 am

I didn't even get wanked. Mine was wooden!

Well played Ryan. It was nice to hear a Yorkshire accent.

Darren Carter · Post by **Darren Carter** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:57 am

Kirk Bevins wrote:
Darren Carter wrote:
I did think it was strange when you said you would *try* a 6, and for you to declare PAWNED which isn't really a risk.
Really? PAWNED would be risky to me. WANKED isn't risky at all.

To 'pawn' something is to sell it at a pawn brokers. WANKED could be one of those words that might not be in, like FARTER.

Derek Hazell · Post by **Derek Hazell** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:14 am

Darren Carter wrote:To 'pawn' something is to sell it at a pawn brokers. WANKED could be one of those words that might not be in, like FARTER.

My farter was a gas man
My marter took his fumes
But every day my brater would storm out of the rooms
My sissyter was too weak, to pick up scent or broom
Hence forth cussin grew foul-mouthed rage . . . and the whole house went *Boom*!

Davy Affleck · Post by **Davy Affleck** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:53 am

Sue Sanders wrote:
Kirk Bevins wrote:
Sue Sanders wrote:
To pawn - it's a verb - 'she pawned her fur coat for twenty quid' Are you thinking of chess pieces?
Yes. I've only ever heard the word "pawn" in terms of chess or pawnbrokers. I've heard of the word "wank" in more than one occasion, usually in the form of the agent noun, directed at me.

Ah, ok. Well, the pawnbrokers is where you go to pawn things. Right - well, it's late. You and me both, actually

Do they not have a wankbrokers in Kent Sue? Or is it more commonly known as" what everywoman wants"

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:12 pm

Sue Sanders wrote:
Marc Meakin wrote: No I was just hankering for a mention in "pedants corner'

Even your punctuation marks are funny, Marc!

(It is only my mastering of the quotes function allows me to join in.)

Liam Tiernan · Post by **Liam Tiernan** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 2:27 pm

[quote="Philip Jarvis"]I didn't even get wanked. Mine was wooden!

Philip Jarvis · Post by **Philip Jarvis** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 9:34 am

Charlie Reams wrote:
Craig Beevers wrote:BONFIREUP
Got it straight away, but only because I've read the last of all conundrums quite a few times. I presume it was unsolved.

Wow! This is a coincidence.

Watched the programme on Sky+ yesterday morning and then played the following game on Apterous last night:

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=137700

James had also watched the programme and was a bit too quick for me on the conundrum.