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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour
00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:34It's a big day down in Battersea in London, bar none today.
00:37Why? Because that's where the Publican Awards are being held this evening.
00:42And I guess essentially it's a search for the best pubs,
00:46the best people running pubs in the country, the best pub operators,
00:51and some accommodation to food, to drink, to choice of beer and all of those things.
00:56But I'm allowed to think a little bit more deeply about this, Rachel,
01:00because you're looking at a recipient of the All Party Parliamentary Beer Club Annual Award.
01:07Me. Can you imagine? You won a beer club award? Yeah. For what?
01:11I've just been a nice bloke, who likes a pint occasionally.
01:14But what makes a great pub? I'll tell you what I think makes a great pub.
01:18A great choice of beer. And of course the people that make that pub a great thing,
01:22particularly in local surroundings. So, you know, the hub of the village is the pub,
01:28and it's so important. And I think that, you know, the Society of Independent Brewers,
01:33these are the small brewers who may be, some of them have got no pubs at all,
01:37they're just brewing beer, but others have got a few pubs,
01:40and those are the ones that we've really got to cherish and visit as often as possible.
01:44But you love a good pub? I love a good pub, especially when they let dogs in.
01:49A client cuddler puppy. Lovely. Exactly. Thank you, Rachel.
01:52Who have we got with us? We've got Laurie Collingwood.
01:54Laurie's back with two good wins under his belt, a retired teacher from Burton-on-Humber.
01:59Welcome back, Laurie. And you're joined today by Sam Northing.
02:03Now, Sam, a parcel planner from Edgbaston. Yes. Parcel planner.
02:09Are you tracking my parcel? Sort of. So, you know, all the trailers on the road.
02:13Yeah. I'm in the office planning all the movements of it.
02:16Now, interestingly, I think you travelled around the Philippines last year. Yeah.
02:19Tell us about that. I think that's a great thing to do. You get to know a country that way.
02:23So, yeah, my friend from university, Richard, he's half Filipino,
02:26so he invited me to stay with himself and his family last summer.
02:30Had a great time travelling around, seeing the beaches. Yeah, it was an awesome experience.
02:35Good for you. Let's have a big round of applause, shall we, for Laurie and Sam Northing.
02:41And over in Dictionary Corn, of course, the wonderful Susie Dent.
02:46And from Mock the Week to Outnumbered, but for the first time here in Countdown Country,
02:51it's actor and comedian Hugh Dennis. Welcome, Hugh. Thank you.
02:57Very good. Now, let's get down to business. Laurie?
03:00Thank you. Good afternoon, Rachel. Afternoon, Laurie. Start with a vowel, please.
03:03Thank you. Start today with E.
03:06And the second one.
03:10And a third.
03:13Consonant.
03:17Second consonant, please.
03:20And a third consonant.
03:23And a fourth.
03:28A vowel, please.
03:33And a consonant.
03:36And here's the Countdown clock.
04:06CLOCK TICKS
04:11Laurie?
04:12Seven.
04:13A seven. Sam?
04:14I think I've got a seven.
04:16Laurie?
04:17Ripwind and powderer?
04:20It is in, actually, but... Oh, you need two R's. You need two R's, yeah.
04:24And it will give you an eight. Yeah, bad luck.
04:26What else have we got there? Hugh, Susie?
04:28I think there's also an eight, isn't there, which I think is ironweed.
04:31Ironweed, yes. Whatever that is.
04:33It's...
04:34Any of various plants growing as weeds of cultivated land
04:37with tough or wiry stems.
04:39And specifically, the black knapweed.
04:43Doesn't sound like something you'd want growing in your field.
04:46Certainly not.
04:47APPLAUSE
04:48Thank you. Well done.
04:51So, Laurie, off to an early start. Seven points there.
04:54But it's Sam's turn now for the letters game. Sam?
04:56Afternoon, Rachel. Afternoon, Sam.
04:58Can I start with a consonant, please?
05:00Thank you. Start with G.
05:02And another consonant, please.
05:06And a vowel.
05:10Another consonant, please.
05:14And a vowel.
05:18And a consonant.
05:22Another consonant, please.
05:27A vowel.
05:28A vowel.
05:31A.
05:33And a final...
05:35consonant, please.
05:37And a final R.
05:39Turn back.
05:58MUSIC PLAYS
06:09Yes, Sam?
06:10Seven.
06:11A seven, Laurie?
06:12Seven.
06:13Sam?
06:14Harming.
06:15Harming as well.
06:16Harming?
06:17Yeah.
06:18Well done.
06:19Any more harming? Hugh?
06:21Well, we've got harming, yeah.
06:23I think... Is there also har-ing, as in humming and har-ing?
06:26So, you've got enough R's?
06:28Yeah, I don't think you would spell that with two R's.
06:31It's interesting, that, though.
06:33How do you spell har-ing if it hasn't got two R's?
06:35I think humming and har-ing is usually H-A-H-I-N-G, I think.
06:38Is it? To be investigated.
06:40She's the one.
06:41I think there's a number of ways you can spell it.
06:43A little bit like swore.
06:44Is there any flexibility about the spelling of that?
06:47We have mar-ing as well as in spoiling.
06:49Mar-ing. All right, well done.
06:51The answer to your question, Hugh, is no.
06:53You can't spell it like that.
06:55Hugh, 14 plays seven, and now it's numbers time.
06:58Laurie. One large and five small, please, Rachel.
07:01Thank you, Laurie. One from the top and five little ones coming up.
07:04And the first numbers game of the day is...
07:07eight, four, nine,
07:10another eight, five, and the large one, 50.
07:14And the target, 745.
07:16Seven, four, five.
07:26BUZZER
07:49Yes, Laurie.
07:51750.
07:53Five away. Sam?
07:55746.
07:56So, Sam?
07:58So I've done nine plus five is 14.
08:01Yep.
08:02Eight divided by eight is one.
08:04It is indeed.
08:05Add them together for 15. Yep.
08:07Times that by the 50.
08:08750.
08:09And then take away the four.
08:10And you're one away, 746.
08:12Not bad, but not quite perfect.
08:15For that, we turn to Rachel.
08:17Can it be perfect?
08:18There were a couple of ways,
08:20and you could have said 50 minus four is 46.
08:24Eight plus eight is 16.
08:26Times them together for 736,
08:29and add the nine for 745.
08:31Well done. Thank you.
08:33745.
08:34So it's 14 points apiece as we turn to our first Tea Time teaser,
08:38which is Black Door and the clue.
08:40You want to look at the black door at 10 Downing Street,
08:43but this prevents you.
08:45You want to look at the black door at 10 Downing Street,
08:48but this prevents you.
09:05Welcome back. I left you the clue.
09:07You want to look at the black door at 10 Downing Street,
09:10but this prevents you.
09:11What does?
09:12The roadblock does.
09:14The roadblock. You can't get in there any more.
09:17You certainly cannot.
09:1814 points apiece. Sam, letters game.
09:20Can I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
09:22Thank you, Sam.
09:24L
09:25And can I get another one?
09:27G
09:29Can I get a vowel, please?
09:31E
09:32And another one?
09:34U
09:35A consonant, please.
09:37S
09:39A vowel?
09:41O
09:43A consonant, please.
09:45T
09:46Another vowel?
09:49A
09:51And a final...
09:54consonant, please.
09:56And a final Y.
09:58Stand by.
10:17MUSIC
10:31Yes, Sam?
10:33I've got a seven, not written down.
10:36And Laurie?
10:37Seven.
10:38All right. Sam?
10:40Outages.
10:42Laurie?
10:43Outages. It's Americanism.
10:45It's Americanism. Comes up a lot on the programme.
10:47Indeed it does. Hugh?
10:49What news?
10:50Outlays.
10:51Yes. Outlays are there for seven.
10:53And only five, but I like this one.
10:55Gusto is there as well.
10:57Bags of gusto.
10:58Yeah.
10:59It's not as good a word as harring, I don't think.
11:02LAUGHTER
11:04Well done.
11:06All right, 21 apiece.
11:08And, Laurie, letters game.
11:11Vowel, please, Rachel.
11:12Thank you, Laurie.
11:13O
11:14And a second.
11:15E
11:16And a third.
11:18A
11:20And a fourth, please.
11:22I
11:24Consonant.
11:26R
11:28Another consonant.
11:29S
11:31Another one.
11:33T
11:35Another one.
11:37D
11:40And a fifth, please.
11:42And a final...
11:44T
11:46Tantan.
12:13Laurie?
12:15Eight.
12:16An eight, Sam?
12:17Just a seven.
12:18Your seven?
12:19Roadies.
12:20Now, then, Laurie, try this.
12:22Roadster?
12:23Roadster, yes.
12:24Very good.
12:25Nick, you used to have a roadster, didn't you?
12:27Yes.
12:28I probably still do.
12:29I think it's just a two-seater open car.
12:31Yeah, exactly.
12:32Yeah.
12:33Now, Hugh?
12:35Asteroid.
12:37Asteroid.
12:39Very good.
12:42Asteroid, perfect.
12:44Strong eight there from Hugh,
12:46and it's 29-21.
12:48We turn to Sam.
12:49Numbers time, Sam.
12:51Hi, Rachel. Can I get one large and five small, please?
12:53Thank you, Sam.
12:54One from the top row again, and five from the bottom ones.
12:57And this time, the five little ones are seven, nine, four, ten,
13:03and one, and the big one, 25.
13:06And the target, 143.
13:08143.
13:10Let's go.
13:42143.
13:43143, Laurie?
13:44143.
13:45Sam?
13:46So, ten minus four is six.
13:48It is.
13:49Times by 25 for 150.
13:51And then you've got the seven to take away.
13:53Perfect. 143.
13:54And, Laurie?
13:55Exactly the same way.
13:56Happy?
13:57All right.
14:02So, 39 plays Sam's 31 as we turn to Hugh.
14:07Hugh, when you're not on our radio and TV screens,
14:11you like a bit of travelling, I'm told.
14:13I do love to travel, actually, yeah.
14:15And when I do travel, I like to keep it as simple as I can,
14:18because it doesn't really feel real otherwise.
14:21And I was very lucky and I went on safari about four or five years ago
14:26to see the wildebeest crossing the Mara River.
14:29Have you ever seen that on the documentary,
14:31where the wildebeest pour across?
14:33And sometimes they don't go, the wildebeest.
14:35They're there day after day, just waiting for this thing to happen.
14:38And on the second day, I looked at one of the other Land Rovers
14:41and I realised that Andre Agassi was in it.
14:45So, he was watching the wildebeest.
14:47And for four days, I was in this Land Rover,
14:49about three away from Andre Agassi.
14:52And on the fourth day, the guy who was driving us
14:55thought it would be really funny if he put me next to Andre Agassi,
14:59not understanding global fame versus being on Mock the Week.
15:05So, I chatted. I don't think anybody else can claim this.
15:08I have chatted to Andre Agassi about wildebeest,
15:11which I did for about ten minutes or so.
15:14But the fantastic thing about it was that everybody else was dressed in khaki
15:18and sort of very muted colours, like you're meant to wear.
15:20Andre Agassi was in a full tennis kit.
15:26There we are. Wildebeest. Brilliant stuff.
15:29Lovely story.
15:31All right, Laurie on 39, Sam on 31, and we turn to Laurie.
15:35Letters, Laurie.
15:37A vowel, please, Rachel. Thank you, Laurie.
15:40E. And the second?
15:43A. And the third?
15:45O.
15:47A consonant, please.
15:49D.
15:50And the second consonant?
15:52N.
15:54And the third?
15:56Z.
15:58And the fourth?
16:00F.
16:02And a vowel?
16:05E.
16:08And a consonant, please.
16:10And the last one? N.
16:12Stand by.
16:30WHISTLE BLOWS
16:44Yes, Laurie? Six.
16:46Sam? Six or so.
16:48Laurie?
16:50Demean.
16:51And?
16:52Moaned.
16:53Thank you. Yeah.
16:55Can we get beyond six, Hugh and Susie?
16:58I don't think we can, actually.
17:00No, I think we've got deafen.
17:02Yeah. Yeah.
17:04I also wonder whether this probably isn't a word, and it's not six.
17:07It's only five, but I like it as a word, which is fezed.
17:10Ah, wearing a fez.
17:12I tried to buy a fez, you know.
17:14Somehow that doesn't surprise me.
17:16I did end up buying a fez, but what disappointed me so much
17:21was I wanted a deep fez,
17:25which Tommy Cooper wore so effectively.
17:28But they don't sell them in Marrakesh anymore.
17:31They're little flat fezes.
17:33I was terribly disappointed.
17:35I've still got it, though. I don't wear it a lot.
17:3845 plays 37. Laurie's in the lead.
17:40And Sam.
17:42Hi, Rachel. Can I get a consonant, please?
17:45Thank you, Sam. T.
17:48And a vowel?
17:50A.
17:51And a consonant, please.
17:53D.
17:55And another consonant.
17:57M.
17:59And another consonant.
18:01S.
18:03And a vowel, please.
18:05E.
18:07And another vowel.
18:09O.
18:11A consonant, please.
18:13D.
18:15And I'll finish with a consonant, please.
18:20And finish with T.
18:22Dun-dun.
18:53Yes, Sam?
18:55Seven.
18:56A seven, Laurie?
18:57Seven as well.
18:58Sam?
18:59Toasted.
19:00You're both toasted?
19:02No, I'm the maddest.
19:04Well done.
19:06And in the corner, what news?
19:08Yeah, maddest. We've got seven.
19:10Yep.
19:11Susie?
19:12No advance on that.
19:13That's it?
19:14Yep.
19:15Thank you. All right. 52 plays Sam's 44.
19:17So, Laurie, numbers game.
19:19One large and five small, please, Rachel.
19:21OK. One large, five little, and this time they are...
19:32And this target, 221.
19:342-2-1.
19:51MUSIC PLAYS
20:06Yes, Laurie?
20:072-2-1.
20:08And Sam?
20:092-2-1 also.
20:10Laurie?
20:11100 x 2 makes 200.
20:13It does.
20:14And 7 x 3, I hope, makes 21, and add them together.
20:17Yeah, nice and straightforward. 2-2-1.
20:19And Sam?
20:20I don't know why I didn't do that.
20:22I did 100 x 7 is 107.
20:24107.
20:25Times that by 2 for 214.
20:27Yep.
20:28And then add the 4 and the 3.
20:29That'll do as well. Well done.
20:31Well done.
20:36So, 62-54, Laurie's in the lead
20:38as we turn to our second Tea Time teaser, which is Tom Walker.
20:42And the clue, Tom didn't do that well at school,
20:45but he excelled at this.
20:47Tom didn't do that well at school,
20:49but he excelled at this.
21:05Welcome back. I left with the clue,
21:07Tom didn't do that well at school, but he excelled at this.
21:11What did he excel at?
21:13Why, he excelled at metalwork.
21:15Metalwork.
21:17Laurie on 62, Sam on 54.
21:19We're on the final run-in here, Sam.
21:21So, have a go.
21:23It's a letters game for you.
21:25Hi, Rachel. Can I get a consonant, please?
21:27Thank you, Sam. K.
21:29And another one.
21:31T.
21:33And another one.
21:35R.
21:37And another one.
21:39L.
21:41And a vowel, please.
21:43U.
21:45Another vowel.
21:47E.
21:49Another vowel.
21:51I.
21:53A consonant.
21:55J.
21:57And a final...
21:59vowel, please.
22:01And a final...
22:03A.
22:05Time, time.
22:15MUSIC PLAYS
22:37Yes, Sam?
22:39Just a six.
22:41A six, Laurie?
22:43And...
22:45talker.
22:47And talker.
22:49Anything beyond six?
22:51Well, on the talking part, I think talkier.
22:53You can be talkier?
22:55I certainly can be talkier, yeah.
22:57LAUGHTER
22:59A film, play or novel could as well.
23:01To be talkier is containing a great deal of dialogue,
23:03so one film can be talkier than the next.
23:05All right. Very good. Anything else, Susie?
23:07No, that was our best for sevens, down to sixes otherwise.
23:11Right, 68 plays 60.
23:13And, Laurie, letters.
23:15A vowel, please.
23:17Thank you, Laurie.
23:19E.
23:21The second.
23:23O.
23:25And the third.
23:27E.
23:29And the fourth.
23:31A.
23:33A consonant.
23:35C.
23:37And the second.
23:39N.
23:41And another, please.
23:43And, lastly, S.
23:45Countdown.
24:09MUSIC PLAYS
24:19Laurie?
24:21Seven.
24:23And Sam?
24:25Just a risky six.
24:27And that six?
24:29Heaton.
24:31Heaton.
24:33And, Laurie?
24:35Heavens.
24:37Heaton.
24:39All right. Bad luck, Sam. And, Hugh?
24:41Well, we can't do better than seven, I don't think,
24:43but I think there's also the word novates.
24:45Novates.
24:47In other words, people who are new, I guess, is it?
24:49It's not actually the legal term.
24:51It can't be forgiven for not knowing this.
24:53It's quite technical.
24:55It's to substitute an old contract with a new one.
24:57That's what I was going to say.
24:59But it's the newness. You're absolutely right.
25:01It is to do with novates. New things.
25:03All right. Pops up all the time. It does.
25:0575 to 60.
25:07And Susie.
25:09Now, Hugh, you're going to enjoy this.
25:11She's masterful, if I'm allowed to use that word.
25:13Coming from Susie.
25:15It's her origins of words.
25:17Well, just at the turn of this year,
25:19I talked about the origin of January,
25:21how that goes back to the gods Janus,
25:23who looks both ways,
25:25and the idea is that when the clock strikes 12 on New Year's Eve,
25:27we both look back to the year that's passed
25:29and look ahead to the new one.
25:31So I thought I would do a quick round
25:33whirlwind tour over the coming days
25:35of the months of the year
25:37and where they got their names from.
25:39I've talked about January.
25:41I'm going to start with February, last month.
25:43The middle of the month of February
25:45was marked in ancient Rome
25:47as the time for a religious ceremony.
25:49It was a very particular one,
25:51quite a strange one, really, to modern ears.
25:53It was one of ritual purification
25:55in which women who had proved barren,
25:57unable to bear children,
25:59were beaten for that infertility.
26:01And the festival at which this took place
26:03was called Lupercalia
26:05and that was held in a cave by the river Tiber.
26:07Two young men would be chosen,
26:09goats would be sacrificed
26:11and the hides of these goats
26:13would be made into leather thongs
26:15with which these women were beaten.
26:17And the idea, it sounds very, very brutal
26:19and I'm sure it was,
26:21but the idea was that this leather was sacred
26:23and that it would beat the infertility
26:25out of these women.
26:27And the thongs themselves
26:29were thought to be endowed
26:31with the power from Juno.
26:33Now, she was the goddess of fertility
26:35and she was also known as Februaria.
26:37Februar itself meant purification.
26:39It might go back to an old Greek word
26:41meaning sulphur because that was used
26:43ritualistically in purification ceremonies.
26:45So it's from this word
26:47that we took the name of the month of February.
26:49And just a little fact,
26:51incidentally, you probably know this, Nick,
26:53but February once had 29 days
26:55but the Roman Senate decided
26:57to take one away and give it to August
26:59so that that month wouldn't be seen
27:01as inferior to July.
27:03LAUGHTER
27:05APPLAUSE
27:07I mean,
27:09it's rough on those poor women
27:11being taken into a cave
27:13and beaten by blokes
27:15with sort of goat-hide whips
27:17just because they hadn't had any children.
27:19Quite how hard they were whipped,
27:21I'm not sure, but yes,
27:23it was supposed to help them.
27:25The idea was that the goddess...
27:27I'm sure that would help them a lot.
27:29Why did Janus look both ways?
27:31Crossing a road?
27:33LAUGHTER
27:35Very helpful for crossing a road.
27:37Good point. We can do with them today.
27:39All right, thank you very much.
27:4175 to 60, Laurie in the lead
27:43and it's Sam's letters game.
27:45Hi, Rachel. Can I get a consonant, please?
27:47Thank you, Sam. W.
27:49And another one?
27:51R.
27:53And another one?
27:55S.
27:57And a vowel, please?
27:59I.
28:01And another one?
28:03E.
28:05And a consonant, please?
28:07N.
28:09And another consonant?
28:11T.
28:15And a vowel?
28:17O.
28:19And a final vowel, please?
28:21And...
28:23a final I.
28:25Stand by.
28:49MUSIC PLAYS
28:59Yes, Sam?
29:01Seven. And Laurie?
29:03Seven as well. Sam?
29:05Winters. And Laurie?
29:07I had winters as well.
29:09Well done.
29:11Any advance on winters, I wonder? Hugh?
29:13No, nothing bigger than seven,
29:15but I think you can do Stonia as well.
29:17Not Estonia, just Stonia.
29:19Stonia, yeah.
29:21Stonia Beach. Stonia Heart.
29:23And Susie, anything else?
29:25No, that was our best for seven.
29:27Stonia, thank you, Hugh. And 82 plays 67.
29:29Laurie, final letters game for you.
29:31Vowel, please, Rachel.
29:33Thank you, Laurie.
29:35U.
29:37And another?
29:39E. And a third?
29:41A.
29:43And a fourth, please?
29:45Consonant?
29:47L.
29:49A second?
29:51X.
29:53And a third?
29:55T.
29:57And a fourth?
29:59L.
30:01And a fifth, please?
30:03And lastly, P.
30:05Stand by.
30:07MUSIC PLAYS
30:15MUSIC STOPS
30:35Laurie?
30:37Seven, not written down.
30:39Sam?
30:41Seven, written down.
30:43So, Laurie, pollute.
30:45And pollate?
30:47Oh, I'm not having much luck today.
30:49No, collate, pollute, but not pollate.
30:51Sorry.
30:53I'd like Sam.
30:55Now, Hugh, anything there, Susie?
30:57Well, only seven, isn't it, which I think you can do,
31:00which is outleap.
31:02If you were to leap out at someone...
31:04Yeah.
31:06..you would be outleaping.
31:08Anything else, Susie?
31:10I'd like to surpass or excel in something as well,
31:13but no, that was our best, along with pollute, for seven.
31:16Thank you. All right, so into the final numbers game.
31:19Sam. Good luck, Sam.
31:21Can I go for four large and two small, please, Rachel?
31:24You can indeed. Thank you, Sam.
31:26Four from the top and two little for the final one of the day.
31:29And these two small ones are eight and two.
31:32And then the big ones.
31:3450, 75, 25, 100.
31:38The target, 972.
31:40972.
32:09Yes, Sam?
32:11975.
32:13And Laurie?
32:15Likewise, 975.
32:17OK, Sam?
32:19Eight plus two is ten.
32:21Eight plus two, ten.
32:23Times by 100 and then take away 25.
32:271,000, 975.
32:30Well done. And Laurie?
32:32Exactly the same way.
32:34Same way? We happy about it?
32:36972. How tricky is that, Rachel?
32:38I got to one away, but this one's impossible.
32:41All right. Well done. So it can't be done. Well done.
32:43Thank you. 96 plays 74.
32:45As we go lurching into the final round,
32:48it's conundrum time, gentlemen.
32:50Fingers on buzzers. Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:01Laurie?
33:02Torturous.
33:03Torturous. Let's have a look.
33:05Well, well done.
33:11Well done. That's a cracking score. 106.
33:14Third win. Well done, Laurie.
33:16Well done. Bad luck, Sam.
33:18Came up a great player up against a great player there.
33:20His third win, but you did well. 74.
33:23Great score. Great score.
33:25But today it's Laurie's day, so it's back to Edgbaston
33:28with this goodie bag of yours.
33:30And you travel safely and thanks for coming.
33:32Thanks for having me. Appreciate it.
33:34All right. And we shall see you tomorrow, Laurie,
33:36Susie and Hugh tomorrow.
33:38How's it been for the first game?
33:40It's been great. I've decided, actually,
33:42tomorrow I'm going to wear my glasses to look more intellectual.
33:45It does look quite intellectual, actually.
33:47All right. And you're still fuming over the humming and harring?
33:50Yeah. Or you got over that?
33:52Cos if it isn't spelt that way, it should be.
33:54And we all know that.
33:56It'll happen. All right. We'll see you tomorrow.
33:58See you, Rachel, tomorrow.
33:59I think if Hugh's going to look more intellectual,
34:01you should come in your fez.
34:04That was a true story about the fez.
34:06I'm sure it is. I was furious about it.
34:08Cos the tall ones are the best.
34:10What you need is an extendable one,
34:12so you can wear it for the same ones all occasions.
34:14Well, you know, they used to have top hats for the opera
34:16were extendable. You used to be able to fold them up.
34:18Bring them back. Exactly.
34:20See you tomorrow. See you tomorrow.
34:22Same time, same place. You'll be sure of it.
34:24A very good afternoon.
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