tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post594899417963106172..comments2023-06-02T12:22:11.624+10:00Comments on Playing Letters and Numbers: Ep 256: Judithe Hall, Rebecca Skovron (February 9, 2015; originally aired August 22, 2011)Geoff Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11150696891132723600noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-84875301775302364712015-02-10T19:04:04.079+11:002015-02-10T19:04:04.079+11:00No worries about the deleted message, Justin -- I ...No worries about the deleted message, Justin -- I get rid of those when I notice them. I agree, of course, about SBS having made a mistake axing the show.<br /><br />TANGOES is officially valid according to David; I'm not completely happy about that, because the reasoning he gave is not very helpful. I wrote more about that in <a href="http://playinglettersandnumbers.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/ep-405-norm-do-hans-peters-march-16.html" rel="nofollow">episode 405</a>, where the issue came up. All in all, it's better to avoid the issue by going with ONSTAGE (as Rebecca did last night).Geoff Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11150696891132723600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-48410520483845856752015-02-10T10:41:32.374+11:002015-02-10T10:41:32.374+11:00Didn't realise that there were two conundrums ...Didn't realise that there were two conundrums (shades of last week) but luckily played the last round on this site and all the rest off the tv game.<br /><br />STAGED<br />MUSTIER<br />3*50-25-10=115 (1 off)<br />WANDS<br />CAPONS<br />10*50+75-5*2=565<br />MAILER<br />(6+2)*(100-5)=760 (4 off)<br />MARKETING (16s) Mike Backhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05265408052872463790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-4630769721169477412015-02-09T23:45:48.064+11:002015-02-09T23:45:48.064+11:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07081430915626414854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-48695684008532526512015-02-09T21:47:59.623+11:002015-02-09T21:47:59.623+11:00I'm glad it helped, Sam. I'm hoping to be...I'm glad it helped, Sam. I'm hoping to be able to get the blank post up by around 7pm each night, depending on how busy the day is. Round 3 felt surprisingly difficult, I agree, and that's a nice solution to round 8!<br /><br />UNDERFLOW was bad luck for Rebecca. I recall a certain amount of controversy about it on the website comment section at the time. It was certainly memorable for that reason, and I did recall it.<br /><br />When this episode went to air I had just received the official invitation to be a contestant (received on the Friday, more precisely). I think it's that impending appearance that made me decide to blog about the show, in fact, so I was perhaps paying extra attention to episodes for two reasons at the time; the mild controversy over the conundrum, and the conundrum itself, thus had more attention paid to them than they might have at other times.Geoff Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11150696891132723600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-22836404230956102012015-02-09T20:03:39.045+11:002015-02-09T20:03:39.045+11:00Had some fun here: a nine-letter word, high Round ...Had some fun here: a nine-letter word, high Round 8 subtotal, and fast conundrum. Don't know if I'd seen the episode before.<br /><br />Appreciate the early blank post, Geoff.<br /><br />1. DONATES<br />2. SUBMITTER. In a game, declaring second, would I have stuck with TRIBUTES?<br />3. 116 = (50-10+7)*3 - 25. Awkward one.<br />4. DISOWN<br />5. POUNCES<br />6. 565 = (50-3+2)*10 + 75<br />7. IMPLORE<br />8. 764 = (75*50+100)/5 - 6<br />9. X UNDERFLOW - 1.4s. The 'Max Power' way: wrong, but faster. The recent UNDERTOW must have contributed to this, and possibly long-term memory. Looked it up in the dictionary, got WONDERFUL at maybe a minute.<br />10. MARKETING - 1.3sSam Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11974226775029093087noreply@blogger.com