Carol's memory lapse?

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Carol's memory lapse?

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In a feature in today's Times, Carol is reported to have remarked that there are ten letters rounds in a Countdown game. I wonder if Carol's memory is playing tricks with her, or was the reporter the same person who took Charlie's comments out of context last week.

The feature wasn't about Countdown; it was to do with spelling.
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I wonder which letters round she was forgetting about? I reckon it's the ninth.
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Jon Corby wrote:I wonder which letters round she was forgetting about? I reckon it's the ninth.
I could agree with you. Either the ninth or the fifth, as she was probably still thinking about the numbers round in which she'd made a mistake.
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Well Jeff got it right. Wonder if Carol's watching.
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I don't believe it!

Is she getting amnesia?
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Maybe she's thinking ahead to the new: ten letters games, 4 numbers games and the Conundrum format. ;)
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Howard Somerset wrote:Well Jeff got it right. Wonder if Carol's watching.
I read somewhere where she said she didn't want to watch Countdown any more.
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Jojo, how do you know there will be a new format soon?
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Jason Larsen wrote:Jojo, how do you know there will be a new format soon?
There won't be, I was just harping back to what I said in my introductory post, asking if it would be better to have contestants picking the same number of numbers rounds and letters rounds.

Sorry. :oops:
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Jojo, I'm sorry I misunderstood you there. Then again, I haven't received a reply to the introductory thread in quite some time!
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Carol's memory will be coming in handy for today's news (from Teletext)!:

"Former Countdown number queen Carol Vorderman is to turn her hand to vowels and consonants and publish a "no holds barred" autobiography.

The 48-year-old left the long-running quiz after 27 years last summer amid reports Channel 4 asked her to take a 90% pay cut. She was relaced (sic) by 22-year-old Oxford graduate Rachel Riley.

Vorderman has promised to give the full story of her departure from the show."
Living life in a gyratory circus kind of way.
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Wonderful!
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Derek Hazell wrote:Vorderman has promised to give the full story of her departure from the show."
I wonder if she'll also include her efforts to undermine her replacement and the show in general?

Just for balance, like.
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Jon Corby wrote:I wonder if she'll also include her efforts to undermine her replacement and the show in general?

Just for balance, like.
Oh, so now I know you were joking when you reprimanded Damian the other day ;)
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