Talk:The Mint (British game show)

message: the mints page- i think there is far too much unneccesary information on 'the mint'. They only play 4 or 5 games on a regular basis and writing about each one plus old games in great detail is a waste of space. If you look at other quiz channels pages - a summary is better.
:Agreed this article is very long, longer than it needs to be. Mglovesfun 02:52, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Page length

message: I think "Add the Numbers" should be added to the critisims. If you google:
"Add the numbers" mint
you'll find a lot of critisism on that type of puzzle they've been doing for a while. The current puzzle is:
Add the numbers
NINTEEN MINUS FIVE =
4 + 3 x 2 =
6 - 5 =
Basicly they seem to be making up arbitrary rules which don't follow any consistant logic. There is a lot of conjecture as to what this means, for a start do you evaluate the expressions or just sum the digits? does multiplication come before addition? Some people say they use roman numerals, e.g. FIVE contains "IV", which is 4. Some people say it's digits on a mobile phone. F=3, I=4, V=8, E=3.
When one of these puzzles is solved, they do not explain the solution. With the previous one, it was pointed out by someone on a  forum (i forget which, i think it was QuizTelly forum) that they acidentally flashed the answer on screen, this posably means that the winner did not work it out, they only saw this. I personally did not see that happen but I have seen them accidentally flash answers ot other puzzles so I would belive it.
I hesitate to add any of this to the main page as much of it is speculation. If anyone has anything substansial to contribute, please do. I find this puzzle iritating as it is illogical. I belive a few people have complained to OFCOM about this particular puzzle, or at least talked about doing so.
:I see from http://www.goldstag.co.uk/clients/answersINC/welcome.asp?GameID=456 that the final answer was 2106. Anyone know how that was worked out? --Stoive 00:48, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add The Numbers 

message: I wrote almost all of this entire article myself!  Whenever anything needed changing or adding 95% of the time I was the one that did it. This is the last time I am going to make a full page from scratch as it was too much work!
I know there were a few other helpers and if you did contribute something, thanks! Mr.bonus 16:25, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bloody Hell 

message: The Mint Extra started on Sat 9 September. Since then, for about 4 hours every show, they have played the same 'find the word' game. It is so frustrating that for about a days worth of TV, the same puzzle has been repeated. The Mint must be making so much money, it's unbelievable. Also, the amount of people who answer with the word DATA is stupid.
Here is the puzzle for people who haven't been watching:
 MA*E
  M*SS
 DA*E
 BE*T
There must be so many possibilities. Aleksander Shilling 20:13, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This is exactly the game I was thinking of the other day when talking to somebody about The Mint. I rarely watch the program but every time I switched it on this was the particular puzzle being played. I thought I'd never find out if there was an answer! Which reminds me - I heard a local London radio (LBC) presenter talking about The Mint and gave an example of a question - What can you find in a woman's handbag. The top answer? Rawlplug. Can anybody confirm that this is actually from The Mint and is genuine? Johan Aruba 20:30, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mint Extra: Find the Word 

message: I put a note to see such a page. I have not edited the work just put it on a sub page. It has a link under the 'Games' subhead Alec1990 23:01, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Made sub-page for helping of the length. 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:The mint tv.jpg

message: Lol, just removed the mention of Ken Korda dating from 25 November 2008, I think somebody must have been watching Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe. Rob (talk) 19:47, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ken Korda