It's big, it's bad, it's B E F F Y N O S E Last time the random number was 1. Numbers divisible by 5 and/or 7 and/or 11 score. GAME H GAME L Mark Stretch 900 +900 points 139 0 points James Hardy 99 +99 points 99 +99 points Andrew Huddleston 930 +930 points 467 0 points 887 -887 points EVERYBODY ELSE NMR! 0 points NMR! +1000 points Running totals: Huddleston 2340 points Huddleston -1676 points Stretch 1806 points Stretch 0 points Colledge 465 points Colledge 1465 points Hardy 99 points Hardy 2099 points Everyone Else 0 points Everyone Else 4000 points ANOTHER superb turn for Andrew H., the two-numbers-per-turn option being once more well exploited. Remember, you can submit two numbers in each game, but if the second one doesn't follow the rule, you lose that number of points. Good examples lie above. These are the ten rules for turn 5. Pick a number based on these ten rules, one of which will apply to the numbers that you all pick. 1: First digit must be 2, 4, 6 or 8. 2: Must be even and under 800. 3: Must have exactly one odd digit. 4: All three digits different and not 0. 5: Must be odd and over 123. 6: First digit must be 1, 3, 7 or 9. 7: Must be prime or 1000 minus a prime. 8: Digits in ascending/descending order. 9: Must be chosen by at least 2 players. 10: Must be exactly 1000. [Note: not strictly ascending/descending for 8: 776/777/778 are good, 781 isn't.] F A N T A S Y C H E F Pete Birks opted (in e-mail) to serve the same meal he'd want to other players. T U R N T W O IDEAL MENU SERVING UP JOHN COLLEDGE Cock-a-leekie soup Prawn cocktail Home-made granary roll PETE BIRKS Six fresh oysters served with tabasco sauce, white & black pepper and white wine vinegar to hand; whole lobster per four guests DENNY COLLEDGE Garlic mushrooms Smoked salmon Crusty bread JAMES HARDY Cheese and onion crisp butty Haggis (on the grounds that (Mmmm..... nice!) the Colledges are playing) GEOFF BROWN Hot chicken in garlic butter (N/A) potatoes, carrots and sprouts ANDY MANSELL Grilled fillet of sea bass (N/A) with lemon butter Again, not a lot of very clear matches. I award points like so: JOHN COLLEDGE: 5 (Pete Birks wants uncooked seafood) + 4 (Andy Mansell wants seafood) + 1 (Geoff Brown wants meat) = 10 + 4 (previous turn) = 14 PETE BIRKS: 4 (Andy Mansell wants seafood) + 1 (Geoff Brown wants meat) = 5 + 0 (previous turn) = 5 DENNY COLLEDGE: 4 (Pete Birks wants seafood) + 4 (Andy Mansell wants seafood) + 1 (Geoff Brown wants meat) = 9 + 1 (previous turn) = 10 JAMES HARDY: 1+1 (Pete Birks and Andy Mansell want seafood) + 2 (Geoff Brown wants meat) = 4 + 5 (previous turn) = 9 ANDY MANSELL: 4 (previous turn) You can appeal against these, giving reasons, if you feel REALLY strongly about my point distribution, if you think it really necessary. A clue for round three: people are wanting things which could very loosely be described as hors d'oeuvres. But sort of starting towards main meals.