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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown this Thursday afternoon as we chew on 15 more rounds of letters and numbers, digest whatever words are thrown up and obviously swallow whatever that randomiser throws up in the numbers. It's the 31st of August and you know this, Rachel, without me telling you, it's eat outside day.
00:52Ah, I mean, I've got the eating references. I was wondering why you mentioned throwing up twice within that. It's kind of like Roman banquet style.
00:59A bit too much on that. Listen, it's a bit of a US thing. Don't really want to talk about it, but it got me thinking about sort of eating al fresco.
01:08And often they're the moments you remember on a holiday or maybe a romantic picnic or whatever it is. When I talk about eating outside, what do you think of?
01:17I mean, I just love it. There's something joyous about it, isn't it? Because we don't get to do it too much in the UK.
01:21So there's something very holiday feel. I guess the one time that sticks out is we were in the Pantanal, which is near the Amazon in Brazil, a huge wetlands area.
01:34And we were at this eco lodge and we'd done all the safaris during the day and then it was quiet and it was just us two in this whole huge, expansive place.
01:42And it was pitch black and all you could hear every now and again was something going, argh, and then splashing in the water.
01:47And it was the sound of capybara playing in the dark in the night time. I mean, just so special and unique.
01:52I hate to tell you it wasn't. It was me. I was there at the same time. I was going swimming.
01:56You were just going, argh, around all the caiman and the jaguar. You're a bold man to do that.
02:01It's a wonderful thing. Right. Happy days. Thank you so much, Rachel, serving up food for thought every single day with her origins of words are G of the D, Susie Dent and back in Dick's scenery corner.
02:13All this week is comedian, actor and author, Ard Lohanlon.
02:20Well, maybe having a less than healthy lunch while mum's away, I reckon, are the copley kids who are watching Rachel speed her way.
02:30Halfway, halfway towards becoming an octo champ. Hi, Rach. Hi.
02:34Who's at home? We haven't given them a shout out, haven't we? The kiddies.
02:37I've got Tom, who's 14. Yeah. And Arthur, who's 10. Right. So I think Arthur will appreciate the shout out.
02:44I think so. Tom may be getting towards that terrible teens bit.
02:47He is well into it. Yes. Eat whatever they want. Crisps and chocolate and everything today.
02:52Right. You're up against Joanne Devaney. Now, Joanne, you're from, let me get this right, Banny Brachainioch.
03:00Banny Brachainioch, yeah. Yeah. So not too bad. No.
03:03The reason why I say that is because most people will call it the Brachain Beacons, but recently I covered at my radio show that the official name is the Welsh.
03:11Although in everyday conversation you would say the Brachain Beacons.
03:15Only more I wouldn't. You wouldn't say it at all. See, I wanted to do that respect for you there.
03:19So, Banny Brachainioch. Brachainioch. There you go. Easy enough. Just needs a little bit of effort to learn it.
03:25And it's beautiful to say it. Right, Joanne, good luck. Rachel, let's see if you can make it five.
03:32Close letters round, champ. Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you. Rachel, start today with R.
03:38And another. T. The third. S. And a fourth, please.
03:44D. A vowel, please. A. And a second. E. A third. O. A consonant, please. T. And a final consonant, please.
03:59Nice selection so far. A final P. OK, our old man in the studio, let's play Kintyne.
04:35Rachel. Eight. Joanne. The seven. The seven. What have you got, Joanne?
04:40Roasted. Roasted. And what have you got, Rich? Re-adopts. Re-adopts. Let's check that dictionary.
04:46Absolutely fine, yep. Excellent. Well done.
04:48APPLAUSE
04:50Ardell, was there a magic nine?
04:55Possibly. Well, I only got as far as eight, but a prostate.
04:58Excellent. Yes, there is a nine there. Tetrapods are four-footed animals.
05:06That's it!
05:08APPLAUSE
05:09Just any four-footed animal. A dog is a tetrapod.
05:14Especially a member of superclass tetrapodos, so amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.
05:20That's pretty big. There you go.
05:21Yeah. Could have told me that the first time, but there you go.
05:24Joanne, your first time picking the letters.
05:26Hi, Rachel. Consonant, please.
05:28Ten points so anyone can name me a four-footed bird.
05:31Right. T.
05:32T. And another consonant.
05:37Y.
05:38And another consonant.
05:41T.
05:43And a vowel, please.
05:45E.
05:47Another consonant.
05:50R.
05:52And a vowel.
05:54I.
05:56And another vowel.
05:58A.
05:59Another consonant.
06:03G.
06:04And a final consonant, please.
06:06And a final S.
06:08That's 30 seconds.
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06:22That's 30 seconds.
06:23That's 30 seconds.
06:24That's 30 seconds.
06:25That's 30 seconds.
06:26Time's up. Joanne?
06:42Seven.
06:43And Rachel?
06:44Eight.
06:45Joe?
06:46Gators.
06:46Gators and Rich?
06:48Strategy.
06:49Strategy.
06:49The strategy is to start strongly from Rachel Copley.
06:53Very good.
06:54Yeah.
06:56APPLAUSE
06:57Arno.
06:59Stage year for seven.
07:01Yeah?
07:02Yeah.
07:03Gyrates was there for seven.
07:04Gyrates is a nice one.
07:05Don't often get that.
07:07Right, first numbers round of the day.
07:09Let's get back to the game.
07:10Rachel, your choosing.
07:12We'll keep it simple.
07:12Have one for the top and five for my NRLs, please.
07:15Your favourite selection.
07:16Thank you, Rachel.
07:17One large five little.
07:19First one of the day is...
07:21Eight.
07:22Ten.
07:23One.
07:24One, nine and 50.
07:27Could be tricky.
07:27Let's see the target.
07:30445.
07:31Or maybe not.
07:32445.
07:32Numbers up.
07:464-4-5. How did you get on, Rachel?
08:064-4-5.
08:07And yourself, Joanne?
08:084-4-4.
08:09Just missed it by one, Rach, for 10 points.
08:119 turns 50 is 450.
08:134-50.
08:151 plus 1 is 2.
08:1710 divided by 2 is 5.
08:19And take it off.
08:20The only way I saw.
08:214-4-5.
08:24The first tea time teaser is Foxy Diet.
08:27Foxy Diet.
08:28Come clean and feel much better for it.
08:30Come clean and feel much better for it.
08:32MUSIC PLAYS
08:46Welcome back.
08:49Come clean and feel much better for it.
08:51Foxy Diet becomes detoxify.
08:54Detoxify.
08:55Slim picking so far for Joanne, our challenger, but I'm sure that's going to change.
08:59Let's get more letters.
09:00Consonant, please, Rachel.
09:01Thank you, Joanne.
09:02D
09:03And another one.
09:06P
09:06And another one.
09:10N
09:10And another one.
09:14T
09:15And a vowel.
09:18U
09:18And another vowel.
09:22E
09:22And another vowel.
09:25I
09:27And a consonant.
09:33S
09:33And a vowel, please.
09:38And lastly, O.
09:41And an O.
09:4230 seconds.
09:42MUSIC PLAYS
09:44That's it, Joanne.
10:15Seven.
10:16And Rich.
10:17Seven.
10:17There you go, Joanne.
10:18Dispute.
10:19Yes.
10:20And Rachel.
10:21Pointed.
10:21Seven points each.
10:23I know O'Hanlon's going to try a nonsense nine here.
10:27No, no, no, no, no.
10:28We're all on top of this.
10:30An eight.
10:31OK.
10:31Unposted.
10:33Unposted.
10:33Very good.
10:34All done, Suze, with that?
10:35Yep, all done.
10:36Good.
10:37Good.
10:37Rachel, let's do it again.
10:38Consonant, please, Rachel.
10:40Thank you, Rachel.
10:41L
10:41And another.
10:44H
10:44A third.
10:46B
10:47And a fourth, please.
10:49S
10:50Now a vowel, please.
10:52U
10:53A second.
10:54E
10:54And a third.
10:57O
10:57Now a consonant.
11:00R
11:01And a final consonant, please.
11:03A final D.
11:05There you go, half a minute.
11:18Bye.
11:18Bye.
11:20Bye.
11:21Bye.
11:25Bye.
11:26Bye.
11:27Bye.
11:28Bye.
11:28Bye.
11:29How?
11:30Talk to me, champ.
11:38Eight.
11:38And Joanne?
11:40I'm risking eight.
11:41Rach, what's the word?
11:42Boulders.
11:43Boulders.
11:44And Joanne?
11:45Doublers.
11:46Doublers and boulders.
11:48I was just looking at that exact term, Jan, and it's used in physics.
11:52You might have a voltage doubler, for example.
11:54Eight.
11:56Shoulder.
11:57Yes.
11:58Yeah, boulders.
11:59Oh, so we had a few eights, but...
12:01Loads of them.
12:02OK.
12:02Yeah.
12:0341 plays 15.
12:04That doesn't really tell the full story, though.
12:07After drawing a blank, Joanne, in part one, you've went back-to-back.
12:11Big scores there.
12:11Seven and eight.
12:13And it's your numbers.
12:14Our daughter says anything less than three from the top as a cop.
12:18I'd say three from the top.
12:19Please, Rachel.
12:20I like your daughter.
12:22Strong woman.
12:23At sea level, I don't.
12:24Listen to her.
12:24Gambling time.
12:25Let's get in there.
12:26Three little, three large.
12:27They are three, one, and seven.
12:31And the big one's 50, 75, and 100.
12:35And the target...
12:36Oh, sorry.
12:38275.
12:39Yeah, that randomiser's all your fault.
12:41Two, seven, five.
12:42Numbers up.
12:42Two, seven.
12:57Two, seven, six.
12:57I'm going to go out on a limb here and say, you nailed that, Joanne.
13:16275.
13:17Yeah, Rich?
13:18275.
13:19All right, about 300 ways to get there.
13:21What way did you go?
13:22OK, 3 plus 1 is 4.
13:243 plus 1, 4.
13:25Times 50, 200.
13:26Yeah.
13:27Add the 75.
13:28Don't know why I wrote that down.
13:29275.
13:30Rich?
13:31One difference, 3 minus 1 is 2.
13:332.
13:33Times 100.
13:34200.
13:35That's 75.
13:36Yeah, we're definitely not writing that down.
13:40Our blow hand in his ninth countdown.
13:43Now, so I feel like I can say this to you.
13:46I've got a bit of a problem with comedy clubs.
13:49Because here's the thing, right?
13:50I'm going out with mates and I'm laughing and then I pay money to laugh.
13:56Do you know what I mean?
13:57It's a stupid quirk I've got in my head.
13:59I know, I know.
13:59So I'll ask you a straightforward question.
14:01Who'd be a stand-up comedian?
14:03You must have had dark days.
14:05Well, I mean, I ask myself that question every day.
14:08Like, why am I doing this?
14:09You know, you get up every morning and go, why?
14:12And I've thought about it.
14:14I think it's possibly, and I hate to admit this, possibly because I didn't get enough attention when I was younger.
14:19I mean, it's that simple.
14:20That's why you're in that chair, I'm sure.
14:22I was a third child.
14:24I've narrowed it down to that.
14:27You know, there's no photographs of me in the house at home, which is fine.
14:31Apart from one blurry one of me in the background changing my own nappy when I was seven.
14:36LAUGHTER
14:36And I do think third children are discriminated against.
14:40I believe this is to be the case.
14:42And I've done some research on this, that firstborns, the vast majority of Nobel Prize winners in all the fields, scientific and the arts, are firstborn children.
14:53Which tells you a lot, that they get all the attention, all the resources, dare I say it, all the love.
15:00Most astronauts are firstborn, and the vast majority of US presidents are firstborn children.
15:06There are exceptions, no prizes for guessing one of them.
15:09Donald Trump was a thirdborn child, of course he was.
15:12That's literally all you need to know.
15:13So was Hitler, so was Henry VIII.
15:16Wow.
15:16My parents are lucky I'm just a comedian, is what I'm trying to say here.
15:19LAUGHTER
15:19And it's not just within the home that third children are discriminated against, but society discriminates against thirdborns as well.
15:29You take the average family ticket at the cinema, what does it consist of?
15:32Yes, two plus two.
15:34Two adults, two children.
15:35I mean, I've got the stink...
15:37I mean, people should be kicking up a fuss about this.
15:39Meal deals are always the same as well.
15:41Exactly.
15:41Family deals, two plus two.
15:42Two plus two, I mean, we should be outraged.
15:44I have this memory, when I was 12 years old, sitting in the car while the rest of my family went to Rocky II in the cinema.
15:50LAUGHTER
15:51LAUGHTER
15:52Right, thank you very much, Arno.
15:56APPLAUSE
15:56This game is getting more and more interesting as each round transpires.
16:03Let's have another one.
16:04Champ.
16:04Consonant, please, Rachel.
16:06Thank you, Rachel.
16:07M.
16:07And another.
16:10R.
16:11A third.
16:12N.
16:13And a fourth.
16:14D.
16:16A vowel, please.
16:18A.
16:19And a second.
16:20E.
16:21And a third.
16:23A.
16:24A consonant, please.
16:26N.
16:28And a final vowel, please.
16:31A final E.
16:33Start the clock.
16:34MUSIC PLAYS
16:48MUSIC PLAYS
17:05Valdez, Rach? Seven.
17:07How many have you got, Joanne? Eight, I think.
17:09You think, OK, the seven. Meander.
17:11Meander. And let's meander over to the challenger.
17:14Mannered. Mannered. As in mild mannered.
17:18Oh, my goodness. Let's really hope that that is there.
17:22I was not expecting that one. We hadn't seen it.
17:25And although it's there, usually in combination,
17:28it is in the dictionary on its own. So, well done.
17:33Right, a brilliant eight. Surely can't be better.
17:36Very good. And no, we can't, you know, beat that one.
17:38A few sevens, but...
17:40There you go. Eight points back. It's now 51-33.
17:44Let's keep the roll going, Joanne.
17:46Consonant, please, Rachel.
17:48Thank you, Joanne.
17:48Q.
17:51And a vowel, please.
17:53I.
17:54And a consonant.
17:56D.
17:58And a vowel, please.
18:00E.
18:01And a consonant.
18:03J.
18:04And another consonant.
18:06H.
18:07And a vowel.
18:10I.
18:11And another vowel.
18:12O.
18:13And a consonant, please.
18:16And lastly, C.
18:18Start the clock.
18:19And a vowel.
18:37And a vowel.
18:37And a vowel.
18:41By the vowel.
18:42Time's up. Joanne?
18:51Five. What about you, Rach? Five.
18:53Yeah, let's hear them. Chide.
18:55Chide as well. Chide.
18:57Excellent. Anything else in Dictionary Corner?
19:00That was it. Nothing.
19:02No, nothing here either. There you go.
19:04Best we can do. Chide!
19:06Let's switch back to the numbers then.
19:08And Rachel, third one of the day.
19:10Same as usual, please. One large, five small.
19:12One biggie. Five little ones.
19:15Coming up, Rachel.
19:16And for this round, your selection is three, five, two, seven, seven and fifty.
19:24And the target. Come on, something more challenging.
19:27454.
19:29454. Numbers up.
19:40Not a test at all.
20:02Rich? 454.
20:03Yeah, Joanne?
20:04454.
20:05Right, off we go.
20:06Two plus seven is nine.
20:08Yep.
20:09Times fifty is 450.
20:10450.
20:11The other seven minus a three is four.
20:13Very straightforward.
20:14Yeah.
20:15You aren't getting a round of applause for that.
20:17There you go.
20:18We'll just give you ten points each.
20:19Let's get a second tea time teaser.
20:21And it's weak span.
20:23The weak is W-E-E-K for those who are visually impaired.
20:27Weak span.
20:28According to George, this was coined almost 40 years ago.
20:32According to George, this was coined almost 40 years ago.
20:36Welcome back.
20:53We're going to have to deconstruct this clue a little bit.
20:55How does weak span become newspeak?
20:57Well, according to George, this was coined almost 40 years ago.
21:01Susie will talk us through it.
21:02The George is?
21:03George Orwell.
21:04And almost 40 years ago was?
21:071984.
21:08The name of the book, not when it was released.
21:10Dystopian novel.
21:11And he had old speak and he had new speak,
21:14which was used in political propaganda.
21:16So it's not news speak, it's new speak.
21:18Brilliant.
21:19Six more rounds left today.
21:20Joanne, here we go.
21:21Still very much alive and kicking.
21:24Consonant, please, Rachel.
21:25Thank you, Joanne.
21:26N.
21:27And another one.
21:28T.
21:30And another one.
21:32S.
21:32And another one.
21:34M.
21:36And a vowel.
21:38A.
21:40And another vowel.
21:41O.
21:42And another vowel.
21:45E.
21:46And a consonant.
21:48W.
21:48And a consonant, please.
21:54Lastly, R.
21:56Oh, big final choice, that.
21:57Right, let's play.
22:11MUSIC PLAYS
22:29Talk to me, Joanne.
22:30Only six.
22:31The six and Rach?
22:32Seven.
22:33Joanne, what's your six?
22:34Strewn.
22:35And the seven?
22:36Moaners.
22:36And moaners, the dictionary corner.
22:39I have a possibly good seven and a possibly good eight
22:42and an ordinary bog-standard seven.
22:46Which do you want first?
22:48I want all three.
22:48I'll give you a wanters for a good solid seven.
22:51Yes.
22:51Wanters.
22:52We're all wanters, aren't we?
22:53Yes.
22:54No mates.
22:55As in Billy.
22:56As in Billy.
22:57Yeah, it's there, but it's hyphenated.
22:59And capital N and capital M.
23:01So can't allow that.
23:01And a potential eight, straw men.
23:03Oh, yes.
23:05Straw...
23:06Oh, it's two words.
23:07Oh, my goodness.
23:08A straw man.
23:09I don't know if you actually could even pluralise it,
23:11but almost store man would give you an eight.
23:14A store man, somebody, particularly in America,
23:16who works in a shop.
23:17Oh, and that's there.
23:18Yeah.
23:19Store man.
23:19There you go.
23:20At 73, 48, the score, Rachel, it's on you again.
23:23Consonate, please, Rachel.
23:25Thank you, Rach.
23:26B.
23:27And another.
23:29R.
23:29And another.
23:31A.
23:32And a fourth.
23:34M.
23:35A vowel, please.
23:36A.
23:37And another.
23:38U.
23:39And one more.
23:40E.
23:41And a consonant, please.
23:43M.
23:44And finish with the consonant.
23:46Finish with T.
23:48Good luck, everybody.
23:48Good luck, everybody.
23:49Good luck, everybody.
23:50Good luck, everybody.
23:50Good luck, everybody.
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23:59Good luck, everybody.
24:00Good luck, everybody.
24:01Good luck, everybody.
24:02Good luck, everybody.
24:03Good luck, everybody.
24:04Good luck, everybody.
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24:06Good luck, everybody.
24:07Good luck, everybody.
24:08Good luck, everybody.
24:09Good luck, everybody.
24:10Good luck, everybody.
24:11Rachel?
24:20Six.
24:21And Joanne?
24:22Just five.
24:23Just the five.
24:24What's the five, Joanne?
24:25Just break.
24:26Rachel?
24:27Number.
24:28Number.
24:29So you got your number the last couple of rounds.
24:31Very good.
24:32Dictionary corner.
24:33I'm going to back Ardell to wow the nation.
24:36Yeah, with a seven.
24:38Unbreak?
24:39No, unbreak.
24:40Unbreakable.
24:41But no, unbreak.
24:42Tony Braxton did Unbreak My Heart.
24:44Oh, hello, Rach.
24:45Swap seats here with me.
24:47Yeah, it's a very good point she makes.
24:48I mean, it was a huge hit.
24:50Everybody sings it.
24:51Unbreak my heart.
24:52I won't sing it.
24:54But, you know, I think you should feel robbed.
24:57I do, yeah.
24:58Yes, I agree.
25:00I can only offer you a six, otherwise turban, there's a mining term,
25:04bank it, but no more than that.
25:05Bunker.
25:06Bunker.
25:07Nice.
25:08That's it?
25:09Yeah.
25:09That's all we've got.
25:10Right.
25:10Let's stay with you then, Suze.
25:12Origins and words.
25:13Let me just recap people and who haven't been watching.
25:16It was one, two, three on Tuesday.
25:19It was four, five, six yesterday.
25:22Yes.
25:22And now we're doing, what, seven, eight, nine today?
25:24The other month, so from one year to quintets?
25:29Yeah.
25:30So, just seven, I suppose, the one expression that I often get asked about involving seven
25:35is in seventh heaven, which is a lovely term.
25:39And that goes back to the Islamic belief that there are seven levels of heaven and the highest
25:45is the seventh.
25:46And that's where God and all the exalted angels dwell.
25:48So, that's quite beautiful.
25:50So, it's a state of intense happiness.
25:53The best expression involving the number eight is behind the eight ball.
25:58And that probably goes back to pool.
26:00And I'm not a pool or a snooker player, so it doesn't really mean much to me.
26:03But...
26:03It's the last one you popped the one again.
26:05Yeah.
26:05So, it probably goes back to that one.
26:07But that was a bit tough.
26:08On Cloud Nine, that's a gorgeous one, again, in a state of absolute bliss.
26:13Two series, there's an international cloud atlas in which Cloud Nine is the cumulonimbus,
26:18the really fluffy, white, gorgeous ones.
26:20So, if you're up there, you're probably very happy.
26:22But also, there was an American comedy show called The Johnny Dollar Show,
26:26in which this slightly hapless man is always encountering lots of accidents
26:31and then goes to Cloud Nine to recuperate.
26:33And that probably propelled on Cloud Nine into our dictionary, if you like.
26:38And dec, D-E-C, is the Latin root for turn.
26:42You have decade, you have decimal.
26:43And famously, you have decimate, which real purists of English say can only be used,
26:49not for total destruction, but for killing of one in ten,
26:52which is what happened in Roman legions as a punishment.
26:56So, yes, the days in English are clearly numbered, but not in ways in which you expect.
27:01Are we stopping there?
27:02Are we going 11, 12, 13?
27:03No, no, we're going to stop there.
27:04You'll be glad to hear.
27:10Four rounds to go.
27:11Joanne, let's get started again.
27:13A consonant, please, Rachel.
27:14Thank you, Joanne.
27:15V.
27:18And another consonant.
27:19F.
27:21And a third one, please.
27:23W.
27:24And a fourth one.
27:26G.
27:28And a vowel.
27:30A.
27:30And another vowel.
27:33I.
27:35And another vowel.
27:37E.
27:38And a consonant.
27:41T.
27:42And another consonant, please.
27:44And lastly, N.
27:46Kind of.
27:58Joanne?
28:18Seven.
28:19Rich?
28:20Seven.
28:21Yeah, might be the same word, I'm thinking, let's find out.
28:23Weaving?
28:24Yeah.
28:24There it is.
28:25Weaving.
28:27Yeah.
28:27I think a lot of people spent 25 seconds trying to get beyond that with no luck,
28:32but maybe Susie and Ardell managed it.
28:34Just sevens.
28:36Yes.
28:37Wafting.
28:37A wafting.
28:38A wafting's a good one.
28:39Vintage is another one.
28:40Did you say wafting?
28:41Wafting, I would say.
28:43Wafting, wafting.
28:44OK.
28:45I tend to waft.
28:46I definitely waft more than a waft.
28:50Right, last letters round.
28:52Rachel Copley.
28:53And a consonant, please, Rachel.
28:55Thank you, Rachel.
28:56S.
28:56And another.
28:57R.
29:00And a third.
29:01T.
29:02And one more, please.
29:04D.
29:05Now a vowel, please.
29:07U.
29:08And a second.
29:09I.
29:10And a third.
29:12A.
29:14Now a consonant.
29:15L.
29:15And a final vowel, please.
29:18A final E.
29:20Kind of.
29:20A vowel, please.
29:22A også.
29:22A fourth.
29:23bulb.
29:24A verse.
29:29A 3.
29:32A second.
29:32A first.
29:33A second.
29:34A November.
29:34A fourth.
29:35A eighth.
29:35A third.
29:36A fourth.
29:36A third.
29:38A menos.
29:38A fourth.
29:39A third.
29:39A second.
29:40A fourth.
29:40A third.
29:40A fourth.
29:41A third.
29:41A third.
29:42A fourth.
29:43A fifth.
29:43A fourth.
29:44In a fourth.
29:46A fourth.
29:47A fourth.
29:47OK, Rachel?
29:52Eight.
29:53Joanne?
29:54A risky eight.
29:55Rachel, what's the eight?
29:57Residual.
29:58Residual. Joanne?
29:59Red tails.
30:00Red tails?
30:01Yes, like that. A bird with a reddish tail, such as a red-tailed hawk,
30:05but also some fish have a reddish tail. Either way, very good.
30:09Nice.
30:10APPLAUSE
30:12Is that as good as it gets?
30:14Yes, we had lardiest, which is not nearly so nice.
30:17Yeah. If you eat too much strudel.
30:19Mm-hm.
30:20Lovely.
30:2294-63, 20 points still up for grabs.
30:26So, Rachel, you've got your fifth win in the bag,
30:29again against really impressive competition,
30:32with your red tails and your mannered...
30:35You really pushed Rach, but she's been so sensational today.
30:39Still another 20 possible points.
30:41So, Joanne, let's have our last numbers.
30:42I'll stick with three from the top and three from anywhere else, please, Rachel.
30:46Yeah. Daughter's orders.
30:47Three large, three little. Final one of the day.
30:50Let's get a challenge. Come on, numbers.
30:51We have seven, five, ten...
30:5525, 75 and 100.
31:00And this time the target, 857.
31:028-5-7, numbers up.
31:04We have seven, five, ten...
31:15No, no, due...
31:19We have seven, nine...
31:25time's up John now I've just lost at the end so rich lost it too really oh my you're not getting
31:42to do this Ardell no chance no chance no listen just a bone no chance about it by the way Rachel
31:48and Joanne just kick yourselves under the table here we go well it will take you one second to
31:52kick yourself when I say 75 times 10 is 750 add 100 fatigue is setting in I think there you go
32:03eight five seven I tell you I'm sure at home 95 percent of people watching went oh yeah that
32:09that's how you do it very different sitting here and if you haven't tried it here you haven't played
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32:30customers these days really so come along 10 more points up for grabs Rachel can you get another
32:36century we will find out with your finger on the buzzer good chance here Jo to take the final
32:4210 points as we reveal today's countdown conundrum
32:45go on rich plummeted plummeted let's look it's wrong here we go Joanne
32:56didn't need more than another two seconds pummeled pummeled yes
33:05I'm just trying to work this out out Joanne um I think you were 26 nil down was that right
33:14uh going into the first tea time teaser you finished just 21 points behind so you know when a football
33:22manager says well done lads we won the second half yeah you still lost don't get me wrong but if you
33:28look at that after three rounds with 12 rounds to go positive thinking the score was higher than a
33:33brilliant champion that deserves a round of applause thank you for being here Joanne no thank you it's
33:40been lovely and have a safe trip back to Bannybrook Antioch nearly took a long time to learn to say
33:47that half right I'm gonna I'm gonna make use of it and Rachel I've said it before you can't
33:53underestimate the standard of of challenger that you've been beating along this way how many wins
33:57now five five three more to go see you tomorrow last day for you Arnold thank you very much yes
34:03looking forward to it cheers thank you looking forward for all those possible words that might
34:07be in the dictionary Susie you'll be you'll be busy yeah I will be yeah see you then and if you want
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