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That's right get ya spoilers, get em while they're nice and warm.

We're now halfway through the week. That amazing match yesterday between Ryan & Lesley has made me look forward to today's game with great interest. Hopefully, we'll have another cracking game.

Ryan just needs to win with a score of 133 to knock Bob off No.8 spot. That would be a shame, because Bob was unfortunate a few times on his run and now he might not even get to the quarters.

It was also interesting to see Kirk's scruffy looking twin in the audience yesterday getting that tricky conundrum.

Will he or his champion twin make another appearance today? Who knows (He does )

James Robinson wrote: It was also interesting to see Kirk's scruffy looking twin in the audience yesterday getting that tricky conundrum.

Oi. He was not scruffy.

RANGIEST for contestant beater in rnd 3

I gave Tim Vine a lift to the station once.

Also INGRATES in R3

Also ANGRIEST in round 3.

Shame PHOTOGENE^ is Scrabble only.

Also ADMIRER in round 9

Sue Sanders wrote:I gave Tim Vine a lift to the station once.

Jeff Stelling lives just up the road from me, near Alton

Vole canoe (has tim nicked my joke book?)

Should get double points for declaring PUDENDA here.

Ooh, was that Series 13 (1987) semi-finalist Nita Marr?

Hmm APERTURED was very unlucky, although totally meaningless in the end.

Allan Harmer wrote:

Sue Sanders wrote:I gave Tim Vine a lift to the station once.

Jeff Stelling lives just up the road from me, near Alton

My Dad's bigger than your Dad.

Marc Meakin wrote:Vole canoe (has tim nicked my joke book?)

You've done a book of them? A new idea for the Countdown goody bag perhaps!

Edit: Now wait for Damian to come along and say "We don't give out booby prizes"

Allan Harmer wrote:

Sue Sanders wrote:I gave Tim Vine a lift to the station once.

Jeff Stelling lives just up the road from me, near Alton

I call Rachel Riley every night (but she doesn't know it's me)

Derek Hazell wrote:Ooh, was that Series 13 (1987) semi-finalist Nita Marr?

Yes it was. We had a nice chat with the Edinburgh Countdown Club afterwards.

DC beater in round 4 - SOLFEGE rears its head once again. Last R in that round would have given the sweet FILMGOERS.

I was pleased to get a max game today but most of the rounds were pretty standard stuff.

Edit: Had the lovely CARLISLE^ in round 1 too, and I don't mean Belinda.

Kirk Bevins wrote:Edit: Had the lovely CARLISLE^ in round 1 too, and I don't mean Belinda.

Haha are yuo sure you're as young as you say, Kirk? That's the 2nd time today you've mentioned one of the great loves of my childhood!

Kirk Bevins wrote:

Derek Hazell wrote:Ooh, was that Series 13 (1987) semi-finalist Nita Marr?

Yes it was. We had a nice chat with the Edinburgh Countdown Club afterwards.

Well recognised, Derek.

Because Nita already has a Countdown mug, having already appeared a few times, she's now using the mug she won at today's show as a prize in the twice monthly competition she runs in Edinbugh. She says she's letting the mug who comes last in the competition hold the Countdown mug.

Round 2 - ASTEROID
Round 6 - TOTALISE
Round 11 - ABJECT

2 Alternatives To 3rd Numbers:

1. - 50 + 10 + 1 = 61, 61 x 6 = 366, 366 + 3 + 1 = 370
2. - 6 + 1 + 1 = 8, 8 x 50 = 400, 3 x 10 = 30, 400 - 30 = 370

It was good to catch Ryan picking his nose for all to see during round 8 - nice one mate.

Also in round 6, after the TOASTIES teatime teaser, popped TOASTIE. It reminded me of the MUTINEER teatime teaser and in the very next letters round MUTINEER reared its head.

That happened in my game. Both of us declared the word that had just been the teatime teaser, but I'd not taken any notice of the TTT as Des L was chatting me up! I think playing the TTT is something that comes when you're relaxed to say....pick your nose on screen?!

Sue Sanders wrote:I gave Tim Vine a lift to the station once.

I can top this, at least in terms of aptness for the episode. I've seen Tim Vine do karaoke (It's Impossible by Perry Como).

I wrote:Tim talking about karaoke brought back memories of hearing him sing in a karaoke bar at the Pleasance during the 1999 Edinburgh Fringe. Can't remember what he sang

Martin Bishop wrote:I've seen Tim Vine do karaoke (It's Impossible by Perry Como).

Nope, that wasn't it.

Phil Reynolds wrote:

I wrote:Tim talking about karaoke brought back memories of hearing him sing in a karaoke bar at the Pleasance during the 1999 Edinburgh Fringe. Can't remember what he sang

Martin Bishop wrote:I've seen Tim Vine do karaoke (It's Impossible by Perry Como).

Nope, that wasn't it.

No, this was when I saw him in a pub in Epsom. He lives near me. I've seen him around several times.