# How angry would you be if Carol Vorderman asked you to add up two and two? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 12, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-angry-would-you-be-if-carol-vorderman-asked-you-to-add-up-two-and-two/683566 "2014-03-12T22:37:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![compositejoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/compositejoe/32/7232_2.png) [@compositejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/compositejoe)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-angry-would-you-be-if-carol-vorderman-asked-you-to-add-up-two-and-two/683566/1 "2014-03-12T22:37:24Z")
The sting in the tale, of course, is that you would promptly drop dead if you got the answer wrong. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-angry-would-you-be-if-carol-vorderman-asked-you-to-add-up-two-and-two/683566/2 "2014-03-12T22:41:24Z")
> [@compositejoe](#): > > The sting in the tale, of course, is that you would promptly drop dead if you got the answer wrong. Even after Googling her, I have no context for this question. Pray, elucidate. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-angry-would-you-be-if-carol-vorderman-asked-you-to-add-up-two-and-two/683566/4 "2014-03-12T23:56:04Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Even after Googling her, I have no context for this question. Pray, elucidate. Vorderman is the host of a British gameshow called _Countdown_. The OP may be referring to a _Doctor Who_ episode where there was a _Countdown_ parody which killed the contestants who got a wrong answer. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-angry-would-you-be-if-carol-vorderman-asked-you-to-add-up-two-and-two/683566/5 "2014-03-12T23:58:17Z")
Then the OP should have picked a better example than adding 2+2, because it still wouldn’t cause me the least bit of anxiety. ---
**Author:** ![Longshanks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Longshanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Longshanks)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-angry-would-you-be-if-carol-vorderman-asked-you-to-add-up-two-and-two/683566/6 "2014-03-13T00:01:26Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Vorderman is the host of a British gameshow called _Countdown_. The OP may be referring to a _Doctor Who_ episode where there was a _Countdown_ parody which killed the contestants who got a wrong answer. That was Anne Robinson from Weakest Link not Vorderman. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-angry-would-you-be-if-carol-vorderman-asked-you-to-add-up-two-and-two/683566/7 "2014-03-13T00:19:26Z")
Cake, please! ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-angry-would-you-be-if-carol-vorderman-asked-you-to-add-up-two-and-two/683566/8 "2014-03-13T00:20:21Z")
> [@bmoreno](#): > > How do you post threads? Thoughtfully. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-angry-would-you-be-if-carol-vorderman-asked-you-to-add-up-two-and-two/683566/9 "2014-03-13T00:44:41Z")
> [@Longshanks](#): > > That was Anne Robinson from Weakest Link not Vorderman. Portrayed (or caricatured) by a robot! Hilarious! I think it was actually Anne Robinson’s voice, but am not sure. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-angry-would-you-be-if-carol-vorderman-asked-you-to-add-up-two-and-two/683566/10 "2014-03-13T02:02:40Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > Cake, please! Sorry, your choice is “or death”. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-angry-would-you-be-if-carol-vorderman-asked-you-to-add-up-two-and-two/683566/11 "2014-03-13T02:14:45Z")
Death cake ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-angry-would-you-be-if-carol-vorderman-asked-you-to-add-up-two-and-two/683566/12 "2014-03-13T02:57:05Z")
> [@compositejoe](#): > > The sting in the tale, of course, is that you would promptly drop dead if you got the answer wrong. What do I win if I get the answer right? ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-angry-would-you-be-if-carol-vorderman-asked-you-to-add-up-two-and-two/683566/13 "2014-03-13T03:12:37Z")
I’m going to move this over to MPSIMS since the reference seems to be lost on all but the OP (making the topic just a little pointless). ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-angry-would-you-be-if-carol-vorderman-asked-you-to-add-up-two-and-two/683566/14 "2014-03-13T03:17:51Z")
Couldn’t we just pretend the thread got the answer wrong and kill it? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-angry-would-you-be-if-carol-vorderman-asked-you-to-add-up-two-and-two/683566/15 "2014-03-13T03:25:32Z")
Sherbert. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-angry-would-you-be-if-carol-vorderman-asked-you-to-add-up-two-and-two/683566/16 "2014-03-13T03:28:31Z")
Not angry. Happy to be talking to her. She totally fucking rocks. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-angry-would-you-be-if-carol-vorderman-asked-you-to-add-up-two-and-two/683566/17 "2014-03-13T04:04:11Z")
> [@Longshanks](#): > > That was Anne Robinson from Weakest Link not Vorderman. I’ll admit it’s been a couple of years since I watched that episode. There were parodies of several game shows. The main ones were _The Weakest Link_, _Big Brother_, and _What Not to Wear_. However there were also shorter references to _Call My Bluff_, _Ground Force_, _Stars in Their Eyes_, _Wipeout_, and _Countdown_. That said, I have no idea if this is what the OP is talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-angry-would-you-be-if-carol-vorderman-asked-you-to-add-up-two-and-two/683566/18 "2014-03-13T08:56:13Z")
> [@bmoreno](#): > > How do you post threads? [The answer is here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=717748) ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-angry-would-you-be-if-carol-vorderman-asked-you-to-add-up-two-and-two/683566/19 "2014-03-13T10:00:35Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Vorderman is the host of a British gameshow called _Countdown_. The OP may be referring to a _Doctor Who_ episode where there was a _Countdown_ parody which killed the contestants who got a wrong answer. And also the classic example of what Viz would call a “borderline boiler” (the head says “NO” but the nuts say “GO”) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-angry-would-you-be-if-carol-vorderman-asked-you-to-add-up-two-and-two/683566/20 "2014-03-13T11:32:00Z")
Note that Vorderman hasn’t been on Countdown for years - it’s now the lovely [Rachel Riley](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Riley) putting up the tiles and doing the sums. If the regular version of Countdown is too tame for you, try watching _8 Out of Ten Cats Does Countdown_ with a bunch of comedians playing and presenting. Anarchic, rude and bizarre, but in a good way. ---
**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-angry-would-you-be-if-carol-vorderman-asked-you-to-add-up-two-and-two/683566/21 "2014-03-13T11:59:21Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Note that Vorderman hasn’t been on Countdown for years - it’s now the lovely [Rachel Riley](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Riley) putting up the tiles and doing the sums. > > If the regular version of Countdown is too tame for you, try watching _8 Out of Ten Cats Does Countdown_ with a bunch of comedians playing and presenting. Anarchic, rude and bizarre, but in a good way. You could try street countdown. Just remember the first rule of street countdown. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-angry-would-you-be-if-carol-vorderman-asked-you-to-add-up-two-and-two/683566.md?page=2)