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    It's the end of the world as we know it..!

    Carol 'quits' Countdown.

    So Channel 4 have slashed her annual salary from 1.5 million to £150,000.

    She says they wanted rid of her and felt she had no option but to quit.

    I suppose it's all relative, but surely £150,000 is better than a slap in the face. Could she earn more elsewhere? I mean, what else could she do?

    I'm bloody good at the numbers on Countdown. I'd do it for £149,999 + half a curly wurly.

    So...who will take over from Carol? Who will take over from Des? I can hardly bare the suspense.

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    Re: It's the end of the world as we know it..!

    Quote Originally Posted by Double Trouble View Post
    I'm bloody good at the numbers on Countdown. I'd do it for £149,999 + half a curly wurly.

    So...who will take over from Carol? Who will take over from Des? I can hardly bare the suspense.
    and I can tell awful jokes just as badly as Des. I'd do it for the other half of the curly wurly.
    Problem solved.

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    Re: It's the end of the world as we know it..!

    It's interesting the different perspective you get on this depending on whether you look at it as a 90% pay cut or the fact that £150k per annum is on offer.

    Regardless of that I have always felt Carol Vordeman to be deeply unlikeable so I can't say I have shed any tears over this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by robd View Post
    Regardless of that I have always felt Carol Vordeman to be deeply unlikeable so I can't say I have shed any tears over this.
    When she started doing the debt consolidating loan ads, I started to feel she was a bit of a money grabbing wannabe with delusions of importance and celebrity.

    They are now talking about doing away with Countdown all together. I don't know how I'm going to cope...it took me years to get over the shelving of 15 to 1.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Double Trouble View Post
    . . . .{scarysnip} Countdown. . . . . . 15 to 1{/scarysnip}. . . . .
    I am so so glad that I am never in to watch afternoon tv.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Double Trouble View Post
    When she started doing the debt consolidating loan ads, I started to feel she was a bit of a money grabbing wannabe with delusions of importance and celebrity.

    They are now talking about doing away with Countdown all together. I don't know how I'm going to cope...it took me years to get over the shelving of 15 to 1.

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    Quote Originally Posted by robd View Post
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    ...Regardless of that I have always felt Carol Vordeman to be deeply unlikeable ..

    May be, but she did / does have nice legs

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    Re: It's the end of the world as we know it..!

    Quote Originally Posted by Gerry View Post
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    Oh C'mon. William G. Stewart? The thinking woman's crumpet?

    Mind you...I drew the line at "Going for Gold". I can't be doing with Henry Kelly and all those European general knowledge bores.

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    Re: It's the end of the world as we know it..!

    Quote Originally Posted by Gerry View Post
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    Why? 15 to 1 was great. When did it finish though, seems like at least a decade. TV is too dumbed down for it now though

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    Re: It's the end of the world as we know it..!

    Quote Originally Posted by Double Trouble View Post
    Oh C'mon. William G. Stewart? The thinking woman's crumpet?
    Hardest man in television as well. Wouldn't spill his pint

    To answer the original question - if my employer told me they were going to give me a 90% pay cut, I know where I'd tell them to shove it....

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    Re: It's the end of the world as we know it..!

    Quote Originally Posted by philsmove View Post
    May be, but she did / does have nice legs
    And the rest......maybe she could go back to modelling...........


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    Re: It's the end of the world as we know it..!

    Quote Originally Posted by TurboTomato View Post
    To answer the original question - if my employer told me they were going to give me a 90% pay cut, I know where I'd tell them to shove it....
    Not to mention you could take your employer to court for offering you below minimum wage, assuming you earn less than £100,000 per annum currently.

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    Well if she gets into financial problems through being unemployed, I'm sure Ocean Plus Loans Finance Norton Debt Consolidation Solutions Limited would stand her some cash secured on her house. It would mean that all her monthly outgoings would be turned into one manageable sum*. There may even be enough money left over for a family holiday, after all she'd deserve a treat for working so hard at getting herself into so much debt.






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    Re: It's the end of the world as we know it..!

    ...and I feel fine!

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    Re: It's the end of the world as we know it..!

    Quote Originally Posted by Barry Shnikov View Post
    ...and I feel fine!
    Damn ..you beat me to it.. although i was going for more the

    "That's great, it starts with an Ad break,
    Vowels and consonants, a Numbers game - Carol Vorderman is not employed"


    sort of idea.. but that's as far as I got..

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    Re: It's the end of the world as we know it..!

    Quote Originally Posted by StokeBloke View Post
    Well if she gets into financial problems through being unemployed, I'm sure Ocean Plus Loans Finance Norton Debt Consolidation Solutions Limited would stand her some cash secured on her house. It would mean that all her monthly outgoings would be turned into one manageable sum*. There may even be enough money left over for a family holiday, after all she'd deserve a treat for working so hard at getting herself into so much debt.
    Alternately she could just quadruple her earnings from the daytime TV ads market. Admittedly, this would involve assassinating June Whitfield to get in on the geriatric insurance market, go round setting up a few dozen accidents for the ambulance chaser market, and then banging Barry Scott to get the Cillit Bang gig.

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    Barry Scott Bang and the dirt;s gone.

    Well it is with a 9mm and attached silencer.

    Actually it is more of a fffssshhh with silencer.

    My rates are reasonable.

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    Re: It's the end of the world as we know it..!

    Quote Originally Posted by dave the scaffolder View Post
    Actually it is more of a fffssshhh with silencer.
    Isn't that a fish with no eyes?

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    Re: It's the end of the world as we know it..!

    Quote Originally Posted by Baruch View Post
    Isn't that a fish with no eyes?
    ooohhhh

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    Re: It's the end of the world as we know it..!

    Yeah, I know - it's bad, but it's the best I could come up with at short notice!

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