... -- ... -- ... the ... One small problem - it's not in the Noddy, I'm afraid. I agree with your comment about DC-beaters, though, Martin - I only spotted...
mj_brown2000
mike@...
Dec 1, 2002 6:47 pm
363
... one ... -- ... -- ... Oh darn, its in the oxford concise Dict - how unlucky can one guy be?...
Duh
martin_gardner1983@...
Dec 1, 2002 7:56 pm
364
If i were to submit my answers, could i then send a further email to correct/add words? So long as i was within the time limit, this would be ok, i assume ????...
... and ... it. ... but ... Sorry I haven't been around to reply to this. But it looks like you've put the link up anyway. As for what the website is, I have...
... quiet ... You're sending me mixed messages here. You say I've gone very quiet and then you tell me to shut up. What is one to do? Anyway, in message 346 -...
... Well, I only spotted one DC-beater last week (although I think Mike's two were from the same round, if I'm surmising correctly from the info on the website...
... only ... probably ... Mike's ... Darn, i had thought of SEEDLING but never considered that a little reed was a 'reedling' - is it in the NODE? I see why...
... Just that it seems to have become 'pick on Gev week'. None of us know what your life is like or what possible reasons you have for not applying, so it...
Do you know a good website for looking up articles of the law? I often wonder stuff but i really don't know where to go and check it. Besides, i can't think of...
Martin G
mgloves2003@...
Dec 2, 2002 7:02 pm
373
Anyone catch Dave Cross winning a heat of 15-1 today? I think he was a previous winner, too, so that makes him a winner on both the 'quiz zone' shows. Kudos...
Who tapes the show? Anyway, you know the drill this drivel is just to fill a few lines so that nobody can read the word who doesn't want to. The smart ones...
Martin G
mgloves2003@...
Dec 2, 2002 9:24 pm
375
Hi Countdowners: Off hand: Evan Simpson, Clive Spate, Chris Russon, Ingram Wilcox, Gino Corr, Helen Grayson. ... Mauro on 2/12/2002 8:07 pm, jimbentley2003...
The winner of Fifteen to One today (Monday) was David Steadman (again) - I imagine Dave Cross isn't the same person. I could not find Mr Steadman's name on...
Man, I really am losing it in my old age! Sorry about that, I only caught the end of 15-1 and when I saw the guy, I thought - oh, that looks like that Dave...
Calling all NODE experts... Any reason that from... R K E H S I G A P ...GARPIKES isn't allowed? I know GARPIKE is a valid word - it's a fish - but when I...
... Its a bit like ... should ... I do know because I've now lost to Melanie Beaumont twice on my guest appearances at the Edinburgh Countdown Club (the second...
Has anyone ever tried to make a functional explanation of how the Countdowner's brain works during the 30 seconds? I think it would be really interesting, as a...
Although our own David Stainer never made Octochamp status, he did play in some remarkable games. Conundrum win over Peter Coutts, a come-from-behind win, a...
Can be done in (by my reckoning) one move- in a method identical to his sample one. Observe- 4 5 6 7 8 9 simply move the 6 to the end, and- (5plus(7x8))=61 ...
I heard this nice story today. This guy was the Countdown champion for five days. He played his first game as a challenger in the morning, won it, then won all...
I looked up both PIKE and GARPIKE. PIKE as in the fish only has the plural PIKE, but you can have PIKES because there are other meanings for PIKE. As for...
Thanks for the info on GARPIKES, Gev. I'll take a moral victory on that one! From today's game, Round 1: L M D E O I T N S [space] I thought Geoff Mills was...
Hmmm, it seems that Susie has hit a boggy patch. She missed........................(wait for it)........................... DEBACLES, UPRAISED and MELODIST...
Martin G
mgloves2003@...
Dec 4, 2002 10:36 am
389
... concentration, ... it! ... How about fatigue caused by an extreme shortage of lexicographers??? I think it's time Damian or the Mighty Samson stepped in...
If you do not have a N.O.D.E. (The dictionary used for checking Countdown words) ... and your Internet Service Provider - your I.S.P. - is A.O.L. (Permanent or...
... And if the order of selection for Vowels & Consonants had been slightly different? CVCCVCCVC would have spelt ZEFLORDEM CVCCVCCCV would have spelt...
