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Andy McGurn

I just saw Jafar Panahi’s “It was Just an Accident”.

This was a fantastic movie

Andy McGurn

I don’t see how religious people can be truly moral. If they do anything to help people and it’s motivated by what their religion says and not from a pure desire to help then that just seems ridiculous to me.

Also I have been in Humanists Uk for many years (since before it changed its name from the ...

Andy McGurn

This week Pam Hill made a reappearance, she is the fourth of my opponents in my octorun to return (in regular heat games). Am I the only octochamp to have four opponents from my run reappear?

Also which other octochamps have had the most opponents later return?

Andy McGurn

Re: Temple of Doom

My wife (who is Indian) was eleven when this movie came out, she ended up being insulted at school by other kids who assumed she ate things like snake surprise, chilled monkey brains and eyeball soup.

Also, apparently a lot of Indian people feel the film insults their culture

Andy McGurn

My run included PETROLEUM ABANDONED BLOODBATH which sounds like some kind of disaster

Andy McGurn

A former boss of mine took the attitude that if one gives their employees flexibility then they will work harder. Under him there was no requirement to come to the office (other than for monthly team meetings or one to ones). The only requirement was that ones work should be done when it’s meant to ...

Andy McGurn

Every series I have a personal favourite contestant and this series it was Leo. Gutted to see him lose but he had a great run

Andy McGurn

Her name is actually Susannah, she said it aloud during this episode: http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_1812

Andy McGurn

Well, I would say it’s the other way. I watch loads of foreign language films subtitled but would never want to watch dubbed versions.

Andy McGurn

I am a social worker and my profession never gets recognition but maybe we don’t deserve it. I don’t think it’s for me to judge.

The most notable way in which the pandemic has affected my work is a massive increase in domestic violence incidents often involving children as well as adults. Lockdown ...

Andy McGurn

It may be that one of today’s contestants (presumably the one who lost the game) has a criminal record that makes them ineligible

Andy McGurn

Carl Harrison wrote: Wed Dec 04, 2019 5:53 pm Under the old pre-series 64 system he would have made the quarter-finals (better total score than 4 of the octochamps).

They actually have not used points over wins since series 37

Andy McGurn

I was just watching BBC news and an anti-Trump protestor called Leo Murray was just interviewed. I am almost certain it was this guy: http://wiki.apterous.org/Leo_Murray

Andy McGurn

There have been a lot of very likeable female winners this series (Kerry, Misba, Dorcas, Maggie, Fiona and now Katie) Shame that only a couple of them will probably make the finals.

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Tom S wrote: Sun Apr 07, 2019 7:05 pmI was still wondering when the last octochamp to win a Tie-Breaker was

Moose

Andy McGurn

Primer - What was that all about? ?/10

Finally watched this and it's amazing. 100% totally recommended, would see again (I think I need to because I definitely didn't understand it all the first time and I've looked at diagrams and everything.

Should have made it clearer that I too ...

Andy McGurn

I think Martin is now the record holder for most prelim games won with 14

Andy McGurn

Dave reminds me of Mark Davies, seems like he has a similar personality and is at a similar level as him in terms of the standard of play, he even talks like Mark and sounds like him.

They are not the same person are they?

Andy McGurn

1981:
1. Prince from England married
2. Liverpool wins the Champions League
3. The pope dies

2005:
1. Prince from England married
2. Liverpool wins the Champions League
3. The pope dies

2018:
1. Prince from England marries
2. Liverpool is in the Champions League final

Anyone have the ...

Andy McGurn

Greg Wilhere
Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Angelo Abela

These are nearly as
obscure as some of the people on my famous names list

I think sometimes when one is familiar with some people one can assume that they are more well known than they are in general. In the case of Gabriela Cowperthwaite ...

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Greg Wilhere
Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Angelo Abela

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I have only just seen that someone on my list died 3 weeks ago. RIP Emmanuelle Riva

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Clarke Carlisle
Alex Horne

(not apterites but they are Countdowners)

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Ray Reardon
Bob Carolgees
Tommy Wiseau
Noam Chomsky
Emmanuelle Riva
Peter Blake
Christina Crawford
Glynis Johns
Peter Sallis
Jim Neidhart

Andy McGurn

Question - How come Graeme has not answered a question on here since March, despite quite a lot being asked?

Not meaning to be insulting, just curious

Andy McGurn

Life of Brian. but I think people hype it way too much. "Ooh, it got banned so we have to say it's

If this were really true, it would be ironic when you consider that the central message of Life of Brian is that people should think for themselves and not blindly follow others opinions. Anyone who ...

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Faves: Life is Beautiful, Life of Brian, The Lives of Others, Pan's Labyrinth, A Separation, Room, It's a wonderful life.

Echo what people are saying about Life is Beautiful, would also recommend Room to anyone who likes Life is Beautiful as both essentially have the same theme (that of a ...

Andy McGurn

CO:LON 2011 ( my first co event)

Played:

Thomas Cappleman (lost on crucial)
Jimmy Gough ( won)
Ned Pendleton (won)
Richard Priest (lost)
Ann Dibben (lost)
Toby Perreira (lost)

Final was between Thomas Cappleman and Matt Bayfield (Bayfield won)

HUDDERSFIELD ACES TROPHY

Can't remember all my ...

Andy McGurn

Question: was Fred Mumford correct when he PM-ed you his CoC predictions based on what people had said on the forum? If not how close was he?

Andy McGurn

Round 6: 25, 1, 2, 10, 6, 10. Target: 666.

Jen: 672.
Callum: 668. (10 × 2 + 6) × (25 + 1) − 1 (7)
RR: 666. ((25 + 10 − 1) × 10 − 6) × 2 (10)
Score: 47–49 (max 58)
Something wrong here :( (10 × 2 + 6) × (25 + 1) − 1 = 675, not 668
and ((25 + 10 − 1) × 10 − 6) × 2 = 668, not 666
Also 672 is ...

Andy McGurn

Countdown recap for Monday 25 January 2016.

C1: Champion Tim Down (1 win, 85 points.)
C2: Challenger Nicholas Birks.
DC: Susie Dent and Nicholas Owen.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: K S B U I A M L E
R02: C U S G T O E L I
R03: 75, 50, 100, 25, 7, 5, . Target: 357.
TTT ...

Andy McGurn

Countdown recap for Monday 18 January 2016.

C1: Challenger Jen Steadman.
C2: Challenger Callum Todd.
DC: Susie Dent and Naga Munchetty.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: K T D W U I E A R
R02: H N T G E O I A R
R03: 2, 6, 8, 6, 3, 1. Target: 320.
TTT: AMENLASS - "This ...

Andy McGurn

Just to let everyone know, I am quitting the Monday recap slot. It's getting harder to fit them in and I don't want to fall massively behind. I hope to do them until a replacement is found and will try to be as up to date as possible until this happens....

Andy McGurn

UK, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Norway, Greece, Netherlands, USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Cook Islands, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore

so, 20

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Countdown recap for Monday 11 January 2016.

C1: Champion Callum Todd (10 wins.) – A lab technician from Leeds and champion of series 69. Callum tells Nick that no longer plays countdown at home so “it’ll be interesting to see how this goes”. He is the only champion of a fifteen round series to lose ...

Andy McGurn

Jennifer Steadman wrote:Disappointed to be out when this broadcasts. I was really looking forward to re-listening to Gloria's DC spot today.

Jim Bentley will have hated it

Andy McGurn

Countdown recap for Monday 4 January 2016.

C1: Challenger Tom Cappleman.– Champion of series 72 and software engineer from Enfield who loves computer games and Lord of The Rings (also my first ever opponent at a CO event)

C2: Challenger Glen Webb - Octochamp and semi-finalist in series 69, also ...

Andy McGurn

Countdown recap for Monday 21 December 2015.

C1: Champion Tom Carey (9 wins.) Sixth form student from Bingley and the series number one seed. Beat Matty Artell last week to reachthis semi-final

C2: Champion Matthew Tassier (9 wins.) Statistical consultant from Ealing who as fifth seed ousted the ...

Andy McGurn

Countdown recap for Monday 7 December 2015.

C1: Champion Scott Babb (1 win, 89 points.)
C2: Challenger Jane Kempton.
DC: Susie Dent and Nicki Chapman.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: B W L A O I C U S
R02: H W Z I E I N T A
R03: 50, 3, 7, 6, 7, 10. Target: 253.
TTT: DAVEPERM ...

Andy McGurn

Countdown recap for Monday 30 November 2015.

C1: Champion James Richards (5 wins 359 points) James Richards – Won all five games last week to return today as defending champion. The rap star from Tottenham will (apparently) get to show his rap skills if he makes eight wins.

C2: Challenger Steven ...

Andy McGurn

James Robinson wrote:
Andy McGurn wrote: Round 6: 8, 2, 10, 4, 50, 25. Target: 661.
RR: 662. ((50-10)*2*8)+(25-4) (7)
Score: 36–43 (max 57)
You might want to change that to 10 points and bump up the max by 3.

I think the title at the top should say 23rd, rather than 21st November as well.....

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Andy McGurn

Countdown recap for Monday 23 November 2015.

C1: Champion Margaret Fatih (2 wins.) Margaret Fatih – Retired school teacher from Surrey, won a really close game to make it two wins on Friday.

C2: Challenger James Richards. – A vocalist, rapper and music producer from Tottenham who supports ...

Andy McGurn

Countdown recap for Monday 16 November 2015.

C1: Champion Matthew Tassier (5 wins, 507 points) Statistical consultant on five wins. Nick tells us hes a bit bored telling us about Matthew as he has been here for so long. Could become an octochamp on Thursday

C2: Challenger Sarah Bladon. – A self ...

Andy McGurn

Has anyone ever completed an octorun without getting a conundrum?

I ask this as a topical question because Matt Le Tassier is currently half way there.

Andy McGurn

Countdown recap for Monday 9 November 2015.

C1: Champion Keith Kan (2 wins, 164 points) Former manager at Aston Martin, who proved he kould win last week with two victories. Looks pretty relaxed and happy to be there.

C2: Challenger Matthew Le Tassier– A statistical consultant from Ealing who ...

Andy McGurn

Countdown recap for Monday 2 November 2015.

C1: Champion Hazel Drury (2 wins, 177 points) A student from Leeton. Hazel won two games last week to give her a countdown teapot and quarter-octochampdom.

C2: Challenger Gary Cocker. Gary is a civil servant from Edinburgh. He works at the Scottish ...

Andy McGurn

What format will it be? Edinburgh style, Bristol style or something else?

Its obviously great that a CO event is coming to Leeds.

Andy McGurn

Countdown recap for Monday 26 October 2015.

C1: Champion Zac Goodman (4 wins, 261 points.)
C2: Challenger Francesca Kerr.
DC: Susie Dent and Margaret Mountford.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: R L J B O I E A R
R02: F S U R E O V S R
R03: 100, 2, 7, 3, 8, 3. Target: 768.
TTT ...

Andy McGurn

Jon Corby wrote:+7 on that final numbers game, not +3

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Andy McGurn

Thomas Carey wrote:The round 4 selection was actually T S H U A Y T U A so THUYAS was the darren.

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Thomas Carey wrote:(Also if John loses tomorrow with 12 or less then he won't overtake Matty, unlikely as that may be)

Retrospective now of course, but that would be a billion to one shot (which to me is the same as certainty)

Andy McGurn

Countdown recap for Monday 19 October 2015.

C1: Champion Gareth Champan (1 win, 90 points.) – A retired school headmaster from Wicksley in Yorkshire. He got the win in the battle of the newbies on Friday following the end of the shows latest octorun.

C2: Challenger Alex Skulnick. – A medical ...

Andy McGurn

Countdown recap for Monday 12 October 2015.

C1: Champion John Hardie (4 wins, 419 points.) Four time winner John beat apterite James Ro in his last game on a crucial and lightning quick conundrum. I was hoping James would be here today, but well done to John on getting the win.

C2: Challenger ...

Andy McGurn

Countdown recap for Monday 5 October 2015.

C1: Champion Matt Le Tissier (3 wins, 293 points.) Former England and Southampton Footballer, if he wins today he will be the first footballer to win four televised games of countdown

C2: Challenger John Hardie. – A scrabble enthusiast from Willoughby ...

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Countdown recap for Monday 21 September 2015.

C1: Champion Thomas Carey (2 wins, 242 points.) Thomas’s run thus far is described by Nick as “short but remarkable” in that he has had two scores of 120+ in his two games thus far.

C2: Challenger Alwyn Davies. – A retired bank manager who lives near ...

Andy McGurn

Nice to see Matty declare seven with certainty rather than pretend he doesn’t know if its in.

I take exception to this!!! I knew it was in having seen it in ODO ^_^

Ok, sorry. I was actually trying to give you a compliment in that many times other contestants have described a word as risky when ...

Andy McGurn

Bradley Cates wrote:Good luck, everyone! I'm sure that this will be a very entertaining Champion of Champions!

Were you invited?

Andy McGurn

Countdown recap for Monday 7 September 2015.

C1: Champion Matty Artell (2 wins, 177 points) – Matty scored two wins last week, following on from the end of Jonathan Wynn’s octorun. He scored 87 and 90 points respectively in his two wins.

C2: Challenger Paula Lewis. – A nurse from Derby who is ...

Andy McGurn

Countdown recap for Monday 31 August 2015.

C1: Champion Jonathan Wynn (5 wins, 549 points) – Jonathan has wun five games so far and is streaking towards octochampdom. The interesting thing with his last three games is to see whether he can supass Stephen Briggs as the current series number one seed ...

Andy McGurn

I have been watching countdown since it started and have never (at least knowingly) maxed a game. Today i was one point off (because of DIVAGATE), i know that i'll never get that close again...

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Countdown recap for Monday 24 August 2015.

C1: Champion Chris Roy (1 win 78 points.) Chris Roy – An international teacher from north of the border who won last Tuesdays show defeating incumbent champion Kevin Breeze. If he thought that game was a Breeze he may be right compared to his challenger ...

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