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And if you read the Manchester Eevning News, look out for some possible quotes from me in a forthcoming feature on the DoND phenomenon. |
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Sounds interesting. Whens it out? I'm in Manchester - but only next weekend unfortunately so I'll probably miss it! Still, I do have spies in the north who could get me a copy... |
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Tomorrow's edition. If it's not on Manchester Online, he'll send me a .pdf on Monday. |
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Who's it gonna be today... ;) |
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Almost certainly the best game of the Lynam era finishes 101-95 to the new challenger. |
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Pennies or pounds? I'm full from a big pub lunch. |
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Possibly the worst shirt even Noel has ever worn leads us in. |
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Noel does a Countdown. Dorothy is addicted but doesn't understand it. Noel acts like it's episode one. |
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Hello Dorothy who doesn't understand the rules. |
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At last, at last. She gets Noel to escort her to the table. |
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John G and Fin are in the audience. Don't take advice from them, they're two of the most reckless gamblers in history. |
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She recalls Fin and John who are both present for this massively anticipated game. |
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She works with the police dealing with drug addicts. |
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The most eagerly anticipated show in weeks, possibly ever. |
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I thought Lucy would be kept back for Saturday. |
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Round 1: At Last... |
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Total trainwreck. |
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This won't be pleasant. |
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This is absolutely hilarious. We need the light relief. |
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She's going at him, she worries about him being the target of all the show's negative energy. |
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Lucy actually feels sorry for the Banker 'unless you're actually heartless'. |
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No deal, who expected otherwise. |
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She asks for Fin's strategy. This could turn ugly. |
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The eyes are closed. The Fin tactic is employed. |
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Are you from Manchester then Brig? |
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I thought he said the Bar was in Cambridge once. |
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The Virgin Atlantic advert finished with a slogan 'always pioneering' displayed in Eurostile, as used extensively in DoND. |
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Fantastic game so far. Not going to be providing propper commentary because I want to watch it too much. |
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Alton Towers' new ride brings us back. Its yet another kiddie ride. |
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Well, most of these stats are actually nice, apart from the mean and FD. |
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Lucy should be a case opener on the US version. |
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Offer 2 |
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No deal. |
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I think we're chasing an OPW here. |
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The first requirement of DoND seems to be that you must be superstitious, such is the tendency for having big money in Box 13. |
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obvious cloud on noels hand - suggest all have been weather symbols |
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At this rate, her spa trip will be the most valuable prize she takes. |
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Not even the banker can believe she did that. |
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All this waiting for Lucy's game, and it's worse than the Countdown that preceded it. No Deal. |
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>obvious cloud on noels hand - suggest all have been weather symbols |
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Round 4 |
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She likes a challenge. She seemed to expect a train wreck. |
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She is suffering out there. |
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If the LTL winner wins more than Lucy, that will be the final insult. |
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4 blues and 5 reds isn't train wreck territory. Even if the reds are only mid ones. |
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£3,000 or £10,000 going would make it awfully 'neat' and 'tidy', if not 'even'. Which normally I'd say is a good ting visually but not with the way it would be neat and tidy. We've still got a chance of an all red final five. Just. |
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Damnit, ITV need to put a gameshow against Paul O'Grady. |
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These stats are weird, actually. Awful mean and FD, reasonable median and absolute balances... |
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Box 12 (Linda) |
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...I so called that. |
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Visually neat and tidy. |
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Offer 4 |
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£3,500. Below even the awful FD. |
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No deal. Wasn't expecting anything else. |
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Round 5 |
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Mean: £10,101 |
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She didn't like that. So she answers the phone to state her intentions. |
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£7,500. |
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2 blues, 3 reds. |
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She's very brave. |
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Oh my God |
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Round 6: Death Or Glory |
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This could be interesting... |
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Mean is £5002. |
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Offer 6 |
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I reckon she'll gamble |
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JT: I'll give you a grand if I win more than a grand, I mean that. |
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JT offers £1,000 if he wins more than that. |
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she has had the best *chats* with the banker, hasn't she |
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she has had the best *chats* with the banker, hasn't she |
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Unless JT gets a train wreck too she's going away with a four-figure sum. |
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She really deserves to win. |
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BA-RIIIING!! |
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£5. That is really harsh. |
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Box 5 (Lucy) |
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It's horrible reliving this game again |
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Damn, that's depressing. |
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If anyone deserved a decent amount of money it was her. |
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Gutted for her... hope the rumour of TV work is true |
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She'll leave a lasting legacy on the game. |
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The ultimate train wreck. 10p per show. John G's presence was the curse. |
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LTL for Jen Cooper, York. |
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Wonder if she got the £1000 she was promised? |
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JT has promised Lucy to give her a grand if he wins more than a grand. He's very serious about it |
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With £1,000 from JT and some inevitable work in TV if she wants to leave her police work she's a lot richer than that game leaves things. |
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Would she have accepted the £1000 from JT, do you think? |
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Paul O'Grady gives Lucy his sympathy... |
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I could see her accepting it and donating it to charity myself. |
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She should have offered to reciprocate his offer if she had have won the £10,000. Then it would have been a fair deal. |
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That was simultaneously the most entertaining yet harshest game I think I've seen. |
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Really sad for Lucy and hope she gets some inevitable work in TV. |
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...And still we don't see the £1000 in the contestant's box. 121 games and counting... |
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To be honest, gutted. If anyone didn't deserve that, it was her. |
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Is the absence of a Weaver analysis so far tonight significant? |
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Maybe Weaver's busy. |
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I did assume that but was thinking that he might be ignoring this game for one reason or another, like he did with the later games of Sequencegate. Though that said, if he did feel suspicious, he'd eloquently rant about it here rather than retain dignified silence. |
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I'm wracking my brains trying to work out where the conspiracy is here. In the end, Lucy opened the boxes in a bad order, no more, no less. It's harsh, but ultimately that's the game. |
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The offers seemed fairly standard for the board, yes. |
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Yes I did give Lucy her money |
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