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Oh no! What can we do?
Countdown slipped to page two.
Rescue it, we must we must,
Carol & company can't go bust....

(yeah so I'm no poet, and my writing doth show it, but at least I know it)

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He He, Favs wonders when the next round is going to be, even though the signs are that Richard is going to throw all his toys out of the pram, pet Carol on the rear and make an exit into the glories of the Yorkshire T.V. studio's carpark, go straight ahead, daringly cross Kirkstall Road, and fall into the milk vats of the Milk Distributors across the road.

Or he could turn right into the studios of Radio Aire and interrupting a live broadcast, throw a massive wobbler, say things like "I'm going to try and copyright the word "countdown" and makes me millions" and then ride off on his pedalo down the canal.

Or he could.................

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rescued from very nearly page three!!!😕

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Originally posted by The Plumber
rescued from very nearly page three!!!😕
rescued from *actually* page 3!

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Originally posted by Alcra
rescued from *actually* page 3!
I was waiting to see if we could make page 4....

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Perhaps this might explain our host's absence...

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13345679,00.html

MÅ¥HÅRM

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Originally posted by Mayharm
Perhaps this might explain our host's absence...

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13345679,00.html

MÅ¥HÅRM
ACHHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

*Richard wipes nose on green and pink tie. Used to be just a pink tie*

Will probably be well enough to do some kind of an update tonight.

R

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DoDooDoDooDoDooDidiDummmmDiDiDiDummmmmmmmmm

Sorry, but going to be a strictly functional update…

The solutions are…

Alcra
(7 * 8) * 10 = 560
560 + (25 * 2) = 610
610 + 4 = 614

The Plumber
>(8+4)=12
12*25=300
300+7=307
307*2=614

Jacko
25*((10*2)+4)+(7+8)=615

Favs
8+4=12
12*25=300
Add 7 (=307)
Times by 2!

Marcusr
8+4=12
12*25=300
300+7=307
307*2=614

Mayharm
(((8 + 4) * 25) + 7) * 2 = 614

kyngj
25 * (10+4) = 300.
300 + 7 = 307.
307 * 2 = 614

chris
(8+4)x25+7=307x2=614


And the table looks like…
The Plumber 25 (25)
Marcus 25 (25)
Chris 18 (24)
Favs 17 (24)
Mayharm 17 (24)
Alcra 17 (23)
Carol 10 (21)
Kyngj 10 (10)
Fred 8 (8)
Demonseed 7 (14)
Darvlay 7 (7)
Jimmyb270 7 (7)
Mat 7 (7)
Jacko 0 (12)
Wucky 0 (13)
Richard 0 (12)

And the letters for the historic game 5, Round 4 are

*** Y A D I O E T P S ***

There’s 9 in the frame, lets get on with the game.

R

PM me the word. 1 point per letter awarded to the person(s) with the longest word. 18 points awarded for 9 letter words. Dictionaries are allowed. Software of any sort that can be used for solving games isn't.

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Originally posted by Ragnorak
[b]DoDooDoDooDoDooDidiDummmmDiDiDiDummmmmmmmmm

Sorry, but going to be a strictly functional update…

The solutions are…

Alcra
(7 * 8) * 10 = 560
560 + (25 * 2) = 610
610 + 4 = 614

The Plumber
>(8+4)=12
12*25=300
300+7=307
307*2=614

Jacko
25*((10*2)+4)+(7+8)=615

Favs
8+4=12
12*25=300
Add 7 (=307)
Times by 2!

Marcusr
...[text shortened]... s. Dictionaries are allowed. Software of any sort that can be used for solving games isn't.[/b][/b]
* twiddles thumbs after discovering an 8 *

fred

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Originally posted by Ragnorak
And the table looks like…
The Plumber 25 (25)
Marcus 25 (25)
Chris 18 (24)
Favs 17 (24)
Mayharm 17 (24)
Alcra 17 (23)
Carol 10 (21)
Kyngj 10 (10)
Fred 8 (8)
Demonseed 7 (14)
Darvlay 7 (7)
Jimmyb270 7 (7)
Mat 7 (7)
Jacko 0 (12)
Wucky 0 (13)
Richard 0 (12)
Pardon my ignorance - can you explain what the difference between the numbers before the parens and the number inside the parens is?

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Originally posted by The Plumber
Pardon my ignorance - can you explain what the difference between the numbers before the parens and the number inside the parens is?
If I remember correctly, it is total points scored versus point that counted.

For example, yours are the same, because you had the longest word, mine are different, because in the one round I only had a six letter word against the (longest) 8 letter word. Therefore, I "scored" 6, but they did not count towards my "real" score.

Make sense? If so, please feel free to translate the above into something vaguely understandable! 😀

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Originally posted by Alcra
If I remember correctly, it is total points scored versus point that counted.

For example, yours are the same, because you had the longest word, mine are different, because in the one round I only had a six letter word against the (longest) 8 letter word. Therefore, I "scored" 6, but they did not count towards my "real" score.

Make sense? If so, please feel free to translate the above into something vaguely understandable! 😀
Yup, thats it. The numbers in the brackets are just there to see how well you compared to how Richard and Carol did in the show.

D

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Originally posted by Alcra
If I remember correctly, it is total points scored versus point that counted.

For example, yours are the same, because you had the longest word, mine are different, because in the one round I only had a six letter word against the (longest) 8 letter word. Therefore, I "scored" 6, but they did not count towards my "real" score.

Make sense? If so, please feel free to translate the above into something vaguely understandable! 😀
Eggggggsellent.....

Thanks for the explanation.

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Originally posted by Ragnorak
[b]DoDooDoDooDoDooDidiDummmmDiDiDiDummmmmmmmmm

Sorry, but going to be a strictly functional update…

The solutions are…

Alcra
(7 * 8) * 10 = 560
560 + (25 * 2) = 610
610 + 4 = 614

The Plumber
>(8+4)=12
12*25=300
300+7=307
307*2=614

Jacko
25*((10*2)+4)+(7+8)=615

Favs
8+4=12
12*25=300
Add 7 (=307)
Times by 2!

Marcusr
...[text shortened]... s. Dictionaries are allowed. Software of any sort that can be used for solving games isn't.[/b][/b]
Hmmm... <going over the numbers....>

Well, I think the final results is: YOU KILLED THE THREAD!!! 😕

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Originally posted by arrakis
Hmmm... <going over the numbers....>

Well, I think the final results is: YOU KILLED THE THREAD!!! 😕
*Richard calmly fixes tie and stares heckler in the eye, retorting...*

There's a game you might understand better in the studio next door.

*Shouts of 'HIGHER! HIGHER! LOWER! LOWER!' can be heard as heckler leaves studio with head hung in shame.*

R

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