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00:30Welcome to the Countdown Studio. Now, would you go on a mission to the moon? And if you thought about it, and you had an opportunity to take 10 people with you, who would you take? Rachel, I'll come to you in a second. But first of all, let's talk about this Japanese fashion designer. He's called Yasuko Mizewa. And he's the first person to book a flight on Elon Musk's moon shot.
00:56Brave guy. Brave guy. He's decided he's going to take a mixture of artists, a musician, painter, film director, and so forth to capture that experience. Imagine that. Imagine. I'm not going to the moon. But if I did, I would take nine scientists and a philosopher. Right. Who would you take?
01:14I'm with you. I would take Chris Hadfield, the astronaut, a bunch of engineers, a psychologist, an anaesthetist, a hypnotist. I'm not keen. I get a tiny bit claustrophobic at times. And the thought of going into space, apparently it's a mixture of claustrophobia and agoraphobia at the same time.
01:30Yeah. So I won't be signing up. I'm sure it'll be an amazing experience. I love it. I do love these science films. The Martian, I loved. Hidden Figures was my favourite space film.
01:41Yeah. But you're right. Clambering into that capsule. Whoa. And then you've got a big engine beneath you full of very flammable stuff.
01:54Just a bit.
01:54I love watching it, but good luck to them. Yeah. Leave it to braver people. Brave people. We've got some brave people, Rachel. We've got Kerry Copeland back. Oh, yes. Had a slow start yesterday, didn't you?
02:08Yes. You came back on a crucial conundrum and just got in just before George. Thank you. Well done. Well done. But you're joined now by Nick Seymour, supermarket worker from Newton Popperford in Devon.
02:20And Nick is an interesting man because you're a heavy metal fan and you love the quiet and a crossword.
02:27I do. Yeah, I do. One extreme to the other. Excellent. And crosswords, of course, leads you to Countdown. You're a big fan of Countdown?
02:34Yeah. Excellent. You've been watching it for years, I hope. Oh, donkeys. Excellent. Well done. Listen, have a lot of fun today.
02:39Thank you. A lot of fun, Nick. Big round of applause for Kerry and Nick.
02:43And Susie's over there, along with the chaser, professional quizzer, Sean Wallace. Welcome back, Sean.
02:55Good afternoon, Nick.
03:00Yeah, I am. Excellent. Kerry, off we go.
03:04Good afternoon, Rachel. Afternoon, Kerry.
03:06I'll start with the consonant, please. Thank you.
03:07Let's start today with R.
03:10And another.
03:12M.
03:13And another.
03:15H.
03:17A vowel.
03:19A.
03:20Another vowel.
03:22E.
03:23Consonant.
03:25S.
03:27Another consonant.
03:29X.
03:30A vowel.
03:33I.
03:33And another consonant, please.
03:36And lastly, R.
03:38And here's the Countdown clock.
03:40T.
03:52M.
03:53A vowel.
03:53A vowel.
03:53Let's keep it in Jupiter.
03:53A six.
04:12A six, Nick?
04:14Six.
04:15Kerry?
04:16Mixers.
04:17And shamer?
04:19Yes, you can be a shamer.
04:21Absolutely fine.
04:22No, in the corner.
04:24Sean?
04:24I've got a seven.
04:25I've got Harry's.
04:27Yeah.
04:27To Harry somebody.
04:28Exactly.
04:29And Susie?
04:30Yes, Mary's an alternative after that.
04:33And also Miss here, another seven.
04:35Thank you for that.
04:36All right, six apiece.
04:37Now, Nick, the first letters game.
04:39Off we go.
04:40Hello, Rachel.
04:40Hi, Nick.
04:41Consonant, please.
04:43Start with L.
04:44And another one.
04:47D.
04:48And a vowel.
04:50O.
04:52Consonant.
04:54W.
04:56Vowel.
04:58U.
05:00Consonant.
05:02S.
05:05Vowel.
05:07E.
05:10Consonant.
05:11D.
05:13Consonant.
05:14And lastly, S.
05:16Stand by.
05:41What, Nick?
05:49A six.
05:50A six, and...
05:51And six.
05:52Nick?
05:53Slowed.
05:54Kerry?
05:55Same word, slowed.
05:57Just to exchange notes.
05:59And over in the corner there, Sean and Susie.
06:02I don't think we could improve on six.
06:03I've got douses.
06:04Yes, the words dowels that you might use in carpentry
06:09and making something, and worst as in worst out.
06:12Worst out indeed, all right.
06:14Thank you for that.
06:14Twelve apiece, and Kerry, numbers game has come around for you.
06:19I'll have one large and five small, Rachel, please.
06:21Thank you, Kerry, one big one.
06:22Five little coming up, and the first numbers of the day are...
06:25Five, four, four, two, six, and twenty-five.
06:31And the target to reach 580.
06:34Five, eight, oh.
06:39Five, seven, seven.
07:09Three away, Nick.
07:10I think 580.
07:12Shall we try?
07:13Yep.
07:13Off we go.
07:15Right.
07:17I have to start, Nick.
07:19Oh, no, no.
07:20Sorry.
07:20I've lost it.
07:21Sorry.
07:21Kerry, five, seven, seven.
07:24Six times four is 24.
07:26Yep.
07:27Five minus four is one.
07:29Five minus the other four.
07:30Take that away.
07:31Twenty-three.
07:32Multiply by twenty-five.
07:33Five, seven, five.
07:34And add the two.
07:36Yep.
07:36Five, seven, seven, three away.
07:38Well done.
07:39Well done.
07:40But 580.
07:40Rachel, can you unravel that for us?
07:44Yes.
07:44If you say 25 times six is 150, take the five for one, four, five, and times that by four.
07:53Five, eight.
07:53That's the way.
07:54Thank you, Rachel.
07:58Well done.
07:59All right.
07:59So, 19 to 12, Kerry taking the lead there as we go to our first key time teaser, which
08:05is Drake Mayer.
08:06And the clue, she had designated certain funds to pay for piercings.
08:11She had designated certain funds to pay for piercings.
08:30Welcome back.
08:31I left with the clue she designated certain funds to pay for piercings.
08:35She had, in fact, earmarked them.
08:39Earmarked.
08:40Now, if you'd like to become a Countdown contestant, you can email countdown at channel4.com to request
08:47an application form or write to us at contestants applications, countdown leads, LS3, 1, J, S.
08:56Now then, it's 19 to 12 in Kerry's favour, and Nick, it's your letters game.
09:03Consonant, please, Rachel.
09:04Thank you, Nick.
09:05F.
09:07And another one.
09:09G.
09:10And a vowel.
09:12I.
09:14And another vowel.
09:16A.
09:18And a consonant.
09:19B.
09:23And a consonant.
09:25L.
09:27And a vowel.
09:29O.
09:31And a vowel.
09:34I.
09:37And a consonant.
09:39And lastly, G.
09:42Stand by.
09:42OK.
09:55Well, Nick.
10:15Four.
10:15Kerry.
10:16Four.
10:17And a four.
10:18Nick.
10:19Golf.
10:20And.
10:20Flag.
10:21And flag.
10:23Now, Sean.
10:25There was a six I managed to squeeze out there.
10:28Logia.
10:29Yeah.
10:29L-O-G-G-I-A.
10:30Mm-hmm.
10:32Yes, or Logia.
10:33I think often pronounced two.
10:34It's a gallery or room with one or more open sides.
10:37Often has a side open to the garden.
10:39Yeah.
10:40Thank you for that.
10:41Well done.
10:4123 playing 16.
10:43Kerry, your letters game.
10:44A consonant, please.
10:45Thank you, Kerry.
10:46T.
10:47And another.
10:49S.
10:50And another.
10:52T.
10:53A vowel.
10:54E.
10:56Another vowel.
10:57A.
10:58Consonant.
10:59Q.
11:01Another consonant.
11:03L.
11:04A vowel.
11:06U.
11:08And another consonant, please.
11:12And the last one, P.
11:14Countdown.
11:16A vowel.
11:21A vowel.
11:28A vowel.
11:44A vowel.
11:45Kerry.
11:46Six.
11:47A six, Nick.
11:48Seven.
11:49Kerry.
11:50Pleats.
11:51Now, Nick.
11:52Plaques.
11:54Excellent.
11:55Very nice.
11:56Can we match that?
11:57Yes, we can.
11:59Pulsate.
12:00Oh, very good.
12:00And like the capital of New York State is Albany, and that's upstate.
12:05Upstate.
12:06Well done.
12:06Very good.
12:0823 apiece.
12:09And now it's Nick's numbers game.
12:11Good luck, Nick.
12:12One large and five small, please, Rachel.
12:15Thank you, Nick.
12:16One from the top row again.
12:17And this time your five little ones are three, two, seven, four, and four.
12:25And the large one, 100.
12:27And this target, 236.
12:29Two, three, six.
12:44Two, three, six, did you say?
13:08Yes.
13:08Well done.
13:09Off we go.
13:10Two times 100.
13:11Two times 100, 200.
13:13Three plus seven is 10.
13:15Yep.
13:16Multiplied by the four.
13:17Multiplied by the four for 40.
13:19Add that on, and then take off the remaining four.
13:22Perfect.
13:22236.
13:23Well done.
13:24Well done.
13:27All right.
13:29A breakaway there, 10 points.
13:3033 to 23 as we turn to Sean.
13:33And Sean, you're writing your book On This Day.
13:36On This Day.
13:37Today's the Thursday, the 7th of February.
13:40And on This Day, Edward Carnarvon, the son of Edward I, became the first English Prince
13:45of Wales in 1301.
13:47And the supporters of Gerardo Savilarona were required to burn arts, books, and cosmetics
13:54in Florence.
13:55And that led to the phrase, bonfire the vanities.
13:581979, while we're on the theme of space, Pluto, which is no longer a planet, moved inside
14:04the orbit of Neptune for the very first time, and again, still on the theme of space, the
14:10U.S. astronauts Bruce McCandless and Robert Stewart did the first untethered spacewalk
14:15in 1984.
14:17Some other people were born on this day.
14:19St. Thomas More, the patron saint of lawyers, born in 1478.
14:23Charles Dickens was born on this day, 1812.
14:27Laura Ingalls Wilder.
14:28Do you remember Little House on the Prairie?
14:30Sort of.
14:31Yeah, she wrote that.
14:321867 was her birthday.
14:34Do you remember Buster Crabb, who played Flash Gordon, Tarzan, and Buck Rogers?
14:42Right.
14:42He was an Olympic swimming champion in 1932.
14:45He was born on this day as well.
14:48And on this day, sadly, King Hussein of Jordan died in 1999, and he, in 1952, also became king,
14:58just like our queen, in 1952.
14:59You talked about the patron saint of lawyers, St. Thomas More.
15:04Because you're a lawyer.
15:05Yes, I'm still a practicing criminal barrister.
15:07I've been a barrister now for the past 34 years.
15:10So I mainly do criminal defence law, so ranging from shoplifting to murders.
15:15Right.
15:15So how do you manage to combine that, then, with the chase?
15:18Well, when I'm required to do the chase, then, obviously, I can't do big trials, but, obviously, it's a really major trial.
15:25Like, a couple of years ago, I had a murder trial, and, obviously, the chase producers are understanding, and, obviously, that takes priority.
15:32Because, although I love the chase, I always want to be remembered, I'm a lawyer who happens to be on the chase, not the other way around.
15:38Not the other way around.
15:38Because you've also appeared at the Bailey, I think.
15:41Yes, I've done loads of cases at the Bailey.
15:43And you're in chambers somewhere, and you're taking a lot of legal aid work, or...?
15:47Yes, I prefer to do legal aid work, because, although legal aid is currently under a lot of strain, it's important that people have access to justice.
15:55I'm absolutely with you.
15:56It's an outrage that they should be priced out of getting a fair hearing.
16:01Indeed.
16:02Good.
16:09Thanks for that.
16:10Sean Kerry, with your 10-point lead.
16:13Now, let us go.
16:15I'll have a consonant, please, Rachel.
16:16Thank you, Kerry.
16:17S.
16:18And another.
16:20D.
16:21And another.
16:23V.
16:24A vowel.
16:25E.
16:27A consonant.
16:28H.
16:30Another vowel.
16:31O.
16:33Another vowel.
16:36A.
16:37Consonant.
16:39M.
16:41And another consonant, please.
16:43And finish.
16:44Y.
16:45Stand by.
16:45BELL RINGS
17:01Well, Kerry?
17:17Six.
17:18Nick?
17:18Six.
17:19Thank you, Kerry.
17:21Mashed.
17:21Nick?
17:22Shoved.
17:23Shoved.
17:24Those are sixes.
17:26Can we beat it?
17:26I saw shoved, shaved, but I managed to squeeze out a seven with Sunday.
17:32Sunday.
17:32Thank you for that.
17:33And 39 to 29.
17:36Still 10 points in it.
17:37Nick?
17:37What shall we do with this letters game?
17:40Consonant, please.
17:41Thank you, Nick.
17:42R.
17:44Consonant.
17:45P.
17:47Vowel.
17:49E.
17:51Vowel.
17:53A.
17:55Consonant.
17:56D.
17:59Vowel.
18:01E.
18:03Vowel.
18:05U.
18:07Consonant.
18:08C.
18:12And consonant, please.
18:14And lastly, R.
18:16Stand by.
18:17Vowel.
18:18You're welcome.
18:18Come on, Clay.
18:19Please.
18:20Have a living.
18:22What shall we do with that?
18:22You're welcome.
18:25Tκα Joseph.
18:33T Wake.
18:33Clifford.
18:35After hike.
18:35Anthony.
18:36How will you do?
18:42Fantastic Week.
18:43Withwood.
18:43Gra 800-isia.
18:44Thanks.
18:44Bye.
18:45Have ahealth.
18:46cargo.
18:46Bye.
18:46Yes, Nick?
18:49Seven.
18:50And Gary?
18:50Just a six.
18:52Your six is?
18:53Draper.
18:54Draper and...
18:56Oh, I'll pass it up.
18:57A creeper, but I've used three E's.
18:59Oh.
18:59Sorry.
19:00Bad luck.
19:01Sean?
19:02I first saw a seven, capered,
19:04then I managed to see an eight with pre-cured.
19:08Oh, very good.
19:09Pre-cured.
19:11Well done.
19:12And the answer is...
19:14No, just to tell you what that is,
19:17it's not particularly relevant to some meat.
19:19You might think you might pre-cure ham, et cetera,
19:21but it's all about resins to cure them
19:24prior to going to a higher temperature and curing them again.
19:27Oh, I see.
19:28Thank you for that, Susie.
19:2945 to 29.
19:31Kerry, numbers have swung round.
19:33Off we go.
19:34I'll try two large and four small, please.
19:37Thank you, Kerry.
19:37Two, this time, changing it up a little bit,
19:39see if it makes a difference.
19:41The four little ones are nine,
19:42two, five and three.
19:45And the big two, 25 and 75.
19:49And this target, 753.
19:517-5-3.
20:05I think I've got 752, but it's not written down.
20:29Nick?
20:29I think 753.
20:31Nick?
20:32Five times two is ten.
20:33It is.
20:35Times 75.
20:37750.
20:38Plus three.
20:39And you've closed the gap.
20:40Well done, Nick.
20:41Well done.
20:42Well done.
20:48Now it's time for our second tea time teaser, which is Lim Heels and the Clue.
20:51To make his story more exciting, he'd often throw in a few extra details.
20:55To make his story more exciting, he'd often throw in a few extra details.
21:00Welcome back.
21:16I left you with the clue.
21:17To make his story more exciting, he'd often throw in a few extra details in order to embellish it.
21:25Embellish is the word.
21:27Now, 45 to 39.
21:30Kerry's still in the lead, but it's Nick who's chasing her.
21:33Nick?
21:34Consonant, please.
21:35Thank you, Nick.
21:36T.
21:39Consonant.
21:40R.
21:42Vowel.
21:44I.
21:45Consonant.
21:47N.
21:49Vowel.
21:50E.
21:53Consonant.
21:54C.
21:58Vowel.
21:59O.
22:03Consonant.
22:04W.
22:06And consonant.
22:08And lastly, S.
22:11Stand by.
22:12C.
22:12C.
22:13C.
22:16C.
22:17C.
22:19C.
22:20C.
22:26E.
22:26C.
22:34C.
22:35C.
22:35C.
22:40C.
22:40Well, Nick?
22:43A seven.
22:44A seven, Kerry?
22:45Eight.
22:46And an eight.
22:47Nick?
22:48Winters.
22:49Kerry?
22:50Corneist.
22:51Yes, the corneist joke ever written.
22:53Yeah, very good.
22:58Well, we've heard a lot of those, I guess.
23:01What about the corner?
23:01What about Sean and Susie?
23:03Well, I had corneist, but I had a really interesting word.
23:07Strine.
23:08Now, that's Australian slang, I believe.
23:10So, that was only six, but I thought it was an interesting word.
23:14Yes, sadly capitalised.
23:15So, not valid for countdown, but it is a good word.
23:18English is spoken by Australians.
23:19Otherwise, we have one more eight, Nick, which was notices.
23:2353 to 39.
23:26Kerry?
23:27Off we go.
23:29A consonant, please, Rachel.
23:30Thank you, Kerry.
23:31M?
23:32And another.
23:34L?
23:35And another.
23:36R?
23:37A vowel.
23:39A?
23:40Another vowel.
23:41I?
23:42Another vowel.
23:44U?
23:46Consonant.
23:47N?
23:49Consonant.
23:50T?
23:52And vowel, please.
23:54And lastly, E.
23:57Stand by.
23:57The.
24:11highestonos.
24:11Namely.
24:11And again, it answers.
24:14Here's what.
24:15I?
24:15bilir?
24:15I?
24:16I?
24:16Yes.
24:17I?
24:17I will.
24:17I?
24:18I?
24:18I?
24:19I?
24:19I?
24:19I?
24:20I?
24:20I?
24:21I?
24:21I?
24:21I?
24:22I?
24:22I?
24:22I?
24:22I?
24:23I?
24:24I?
24:25Well, Kerry?
24:29Seven.
24:30Nick?
24:31Six.
24:32And your six is?
24:33Marine.
24:34Kerry?
24:35Numeral.
24:37Susie and Sean.
24:38Well, there's quite a few eights there, actually.
24:40Go on.
24:40You've got tramline.
24:42Yep.
24:43Terminal.
24:44And ruminate.
24:46Quite nice to have a little ruminate now and again.
24:48All right.
24:4960 plays 39.
24:51Susie, what have you prepared for us today?
24:53What little dish?
24:55What exquisite dish?
24:56Well, I'm going to talk about unpopularity today because there are a few expressions and words in English where the story behind them is all to do with particular citizens being deemed very, very unpopular and what happened to them as a result.
25:11I'm going to take you back to ancient Athens first where citizens would gather every year to cast a vote on whether the most unpopular citizen should be expelled for 10 years.
25:22Pretty harsh.
25:23So you can imagine sort of the ganging up that might happen in those circumstances.
25:28But essentially what they did is they would write the name of the person they thought should be evicted or perhaps it was a yes or no on an ostracon.
25:37And that was a little shard of pottery or a shell.
25:40They would put it into an urn.
25:41The votes would be counted and the victim's fate would be decided.
25:45So that ostracon is actually related to oyster.
25:49But of course, it gave us the word to ostracize because that's exactly what they were doing.
25:53They were ostracizing a citizen for a good 10 years.
25:57So pretty harsh.
25:58And the other expression, I'm asked about this one a lot, actually, and that's being sent to Coventry.
26:02What's wrong with Coventry is the question.
26:05And this is said to stem from the extreme unpopularity of soldiers stationed there, but during a very specific time period.
26:14So this was royalist troops who apparently had been captured in Birmingham and were sent as prisoners to Coventry.
26:21As I say, they were royalist.
26:23Coventry was notoriously parliamentarian, so it was staunchly in favor of Commonwealth and the parliament.
26:29So the idea was that any royalist troop that was sent to Coventry would be completely ignored by the citizens,
26:35would be kept apart and lived a pretty rubbish life.
26:39Not only were they prisoners, but they were also totally ignored, no help forthcoming from the citizens of Coventry.
26:44And that's where we get that expression from.
26:46Sent to Coventry.
26:47Well done.
26:52Six to pace, 39.
26:54Nick, your letters go.
26:55Consonant, please, Rachel.
26:57Thank you, Nick.
26:58F.
26:59And another one?
27:01N.
27:02And a vowel?
27:04O.
27:05And another vowel?
27:07E.
27:09And a consonant?
27:10P.
27:12And a consonant?
27:14T.
27:16And a vowel?
27:18I.
27:20And a vowel?
27:22A.
27:26And a consonant?
27:27And lastly, R.
27:29Stand by.
27:30A.
27:31And a consonant?
27:45By.
27:50A.
27:51well nick six a six kerry seven and a seven nick russian now then kerry pointer a pointer yes
28:10very good happy with that sean yes very good but so i've got a nice little quaint eight word
28:15uh pinafore pinafore indeed hms pinafore yes pinny being a sort of a an apron i think isn't it
28:23pity yes old-fashioned boyfriend acorn thank you yes it was pinned in front that's what it means
28:28with pin a four um a couple more eights for you nick um atropine uh you'll find it in deadly
28:34nightshade yes um and panforte which is a really lovely uh cake from sienna in italy recommend it
28:41thank you both excellent 39 to 67 carry on 67 final letters game kerry a consonant please rachel
28:51thank you kerry k and another g and another n a vowel o a vowel a another vowel e consonant
29:08s another consonant v and a vowel please and the last one i stand by
29:20so
29:30so
29:32MUSIC PLAYS
29:49Kerry. A seven. Nick. Seven.
29:54Two sevens. Kerry. Evoking. Nick. Soaking.
29:59Soaking, yes, very nice.
30:00Now, Sean. This is what tax dodgers do. Evasion.
30:06Evasion. Very bad. Very naughty. And Susie?
30:10Another seven for you. Agonise.
30:12Agonise. Thank you for that. 74 to 46. Final numbers game for you, Nick.
30:18One large and five small, please.
30:20Thank you, Nick. One from the top pro.
30:23And five small ones to finish the day.
30:25And these are nine. One. Four. Four. Two.
30:30And 25. And the target? 424.
30:34Four. Two. Four.
30:35One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One. One
31:05Yes, Nick?
31:07I think I've got it.
31:09Kerry?
31:09424.
31:10Nick?
31:114 times 4.
31:124 times 4, 16.
31:14Plus 1.
31:15Plus 1, 17.
31:17Times 25.
31:18Times 25 for 425.
31:21And then two 4s are 8.
31:24You've already used the 4s, I'm afraid, Nick.
31:27Oh, sorry.
31:28Bad luck.
31:29Bad luck, Nick.
31:31Kerry?
31:329 plus the two 4s, 17.
31:339 plus 4 plus 4, 17.
31:36Multiply it by the 25.
31:37Again, 425.
31:38And take off the 1.
31:39And you haven't used that.
31:40Well done, 424.
31:41No, well done.
31:42Well done.
31:42Bad luck, Nick.
31:46So, into the final round.
31:49That's conundrum time, chaps.
31:50It's fingers on buzzers.
31:52Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
31:54Bye-bye.
32:08No, two good players foxed here.
32:27Who in the audience will take this on?
32:30I see hands. I see lots of hands.
32:32I see a hand right at the back.
32:34Yes, you, sir.
32:35Armadillo?
32:36Let's see whether you're right.
32:37Armadillo.
32:40Well done.
32:46Well done.
32:47Excellent.
32:49All right.
32:49So, Kerry goes through on 84 to Nick's brave 46.
32:55Well played.
32:56Well played, Nick.
32:58Take this goodie bag with our very best wishes back to Newton Poppleford in Devon.
33:03Whereabouts in Devon is that?
33:05It's between Sidmouth and Exeter.
33:07Sidmouth, I remember, on the coast there.
33:09Yeah, lovely.
33:11All right.
33:11Travel safely.
33:12Thank you very much for coming.
33:14Thanks very much.
33:15And we shall see Kerry back tomorrow.
33:18You came here today on your fourth win.
33:21You're leaving with your fifth.
33:22Well done.
33:22See you tomorrow.
33:23Jolly good.
33:24And we shall see Sean tomorrow.
33:25And Susie too, of course.
33:27Yeah.
33:27It's been a bit of fun.
33:28But before you go, I just want to talk to you about this tome.
33:32I've had a little look.
33:33It's a huge book.
33:35Yes.
33:35So what prompted you to write this?
33:38I started to write it after I lost the Egghead's grand final.
33:41And I sat in my car despondent.
33:43Yeah.
33:43Listening to Stevie Downs' greatest hits.
33:44And I tell my life story within that hour.
33:47I look forward to digging into that.
33:48And we'll see you tomorrow.
33:49Yes.
33:50All right.
33:50Susie too.
33:52And Rachel also.
33:52See you tomorrow.
33:53And I love that conundrum.
33:54Smooth on the inside, crunchy on the outside.
33:57Every time I hear the word armadillo, it goes back to that 90s advert.
34:00Don't know how my brain works, but that's what.
34:02I love it.
34:03We'll see you tomorrow.
34:04See you then.
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34:06Same time, same place.
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