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00:31Well, good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34I read a rather sort of disappointing article recently, actually, about the disposable nature of clothing today.
00:42I guess you could call it fast fashion.
00:44And the truth of the matter is that a million tons, Rachel, extraordinary, a million tons of clothing are thrown
00:49away every year.
00:51And it's all down, I guess, to fashion and the cost of clothing.
00:53You can go and buy a T-shirt, apparently, for two quid.
00:56And a lot of people just go and buy a sort of an outfit for the weekend, wear it once
01:00and bin it, which I think is pretty odd.
01:03If it's all recycled, fine.
01:06But just to sort of trash it, I find disappointing.
01:09Is it down to fashion or what is it?
01:11What do you reckon?
01:12Yeah, I guess.
01:13I mean, the whole industry, isn't it, is designed to make you want to buy the new stuff every single
01:16season.
01:17But, I mean, let's talk about you.
01:19How many tyres do you have?
01:19How often do you re-weigh your tyres, Nick?
01:22Oh, a lot.
01:23But admittedly, I've got a lot of them.
01:25But let me tell you, the last fashionable thing I bought was in about 1969, which was a pair of
01:33flared jeans.
01:35Yeah.
01:35And that was it, honestly, because I'm not susceptible to fashion.
01:39Yeah, and that's what you're wearing under the desk right now, isn't it?
01:40No, I'm just wearing a little choo-choo under the desk.
01:44What about you?
01:45Do you chuck...
01:46Do you wear once and chuck?
01:48Ah, no, I like to re-wear stuff, especially on here.
01:51I do wear things more than once, that's always asked.
01:52But I have been doing my bit with terms of clothing and the environment inadvertently.
01:57Yeah.
01:57Because especially things that are plastic, I never realised, but I've been doing this.
02:01You're supposed to wash stuff as little as possible.
02:03And when you do, ram it all in, get as much into the washing machine as you possibly can.
02:08And so me being lazy, I've inadvertently been helping the environment.
02:12And what's the purpose?
02:13I'm sorry.
02:14Because I think when there's plastic clothing and fibres can come off, if there's only a few things in there
02:17and they go round and round and round, more fibres come off and they go into the water supply.
02:21But if you cram everything in and wash it as little as possible, there's fewer bits going.
02:25And yet the washing is as effective as ever.
02:27This is very interesting news, and I hope our viewers are listening.
02:30And I know also that you give stuff to charity, which is a wonderful thing, some of your great outfits.
02:36Exactly.
02:37All right.
02:37Rachel Harry's back, young Harry, sports journalism student at the SGS College from Old Land Common.
02:45Welcome back.
02:45You're joined by Mark Patton, training and development officer from Carrick Fergus, working in the insurance industry, I think.
02:52Yes, that's right.
02:53Abby Broker's up there in Carrick Fergus.
02:55But you're also part of a church leadership group that bought a pub.
02:58Yes.
02:59Tell us a little bit more about it.
03:00Well, the pub had closed some years ago.
03:03The building was going into decay.
03:06So we were able to buy it at the right price.
03:09And it's going through planning at the moment to, you know, for the council to accept the plans.
03:15It was called the Rose and Crown.
03:18It's now, we're going to call it the anchor.
03:20The anchor.
03:20It's right next to the church.
03:21Next door, adjoining the church.
03:23Okay, which is a congregational church, is that?
03:25Congregational, yeah.
03:26Excellent stuff.
03:27All right.
03:27Good for you.
03:28Anyway, have fun today.
03:30Both of you.
03:30Big round of applause now for Mark and Harry.
03:38And Susie's over in the corner there.
03:40Of course she is.
03:41And she has the joy of sitting next to TV and radio presenter, startlingly good-looking, Gethin Jones.
03:54Welcome back, Gethin.
03:56Welcome back.
03:57Now, Harry, off we go.
03:58Let us go.
03:59Hello, Rachel.
04:00Hi, Harry.
04:01Can I start with a consonant, please?
04:03Start today with N.
04:05And another.
04:07R.
04:07And a vowel.
04:10I.
04:11And another.
04:14A.
04:15Consonant.
04:17H.
04:19Vow.
04:20I.
04:22Another vowel.
04:24E.
04:26Another vowel.
04:29A.
04:31And a consonant.
04:32And a final L.
04:34And here's the countdown clock.
04:37Vow.
04:39Vow.
04:40And a consonant.
04:41And I.
04:43And a consonant.
05:07Harry?
05:08Eight.
05:10Mark?
05:11Six.
05:12And that six is?
05:13Healer.
05:15Yes.
05:15Harry?
05:16Hairline.
05:17Excellent.
05:18Very well spotted.
05:19Well done.
05:22Well done.
05:24Susie and Gethin, what have you...
05:26First of all, you haven't shortened the time since I've been here last.
05:29That seems to go very quickly.
05:30It does.
05:32Actually, hairline popped out of me straight away, and that was it.
05:35I got nothing but that, but it's...
05:37Well done.
05:38It's good.
05:38It's pretty good.
05:39Inhaler is there for seven.
05:41Well done.
05:42Eight takes it, though.
05:43Well done.
05:44Now, Mark, your letters game.
05:45Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:46Afternoon, Mark.
05:47May I have a consonant, please?
05:49You may, indeed.
05:50N.
05:51And another.
05:53R.
05:54And a vial.
05:56O.
05:58And a consonant.
06:00T.
06:01And a vial.
06:03I.
06:04And a consonant.
06:07S.
06:09And a vial.
06:11E.
06:13Consonant.
06:15P.
06:18And a final vial, please.
06:22A final oaf.
06:25Stand by.
06:25p.
06:52And aisson
06:54But a half
06:57mark it and a also to aids mark proteins harry pointers happy enough yes very happy and what
07:09have you got what have you got over in the corner there i like had mark and harry's voice as
07:16they
07:16were saying it because exactly what we had written down as well that's it and portions as well for
07:21eight thank you 16 plays eight harry in the lead and it's harry's numbers game can i have one large
07:28and five small please you can indeed thank you harry one from the top five little and the first
07:33numbers of the day are nine one six eight seven and the large one 75 and the target 746 746
07:52so
08:17Harry?
08:19746, why haven't we written it down?
08:22Mark?
08:22744.
08:24So let's start with Harry.
08:27So 8 minus 7 is 1.
08:30Yep.
08:3175 minus 1.
08:3374.
08:359 plus 1 is 10.
08:379 plus that 1 is 10.
08:40Multiply them.
08:41740.
08:42And add to 6.
08:43Perfect, 746, well done.
08:44Well done.
08:48Well done, Harry.
08:4926 plays 8 as we turn to our first tea time teaser, which is Flask Tube.
08:55And the clue, she didn't need a trolley at the supermarket, but she did have quite a lot to carry.
09:00She didn't need a trolley at the supermarket, but she did have quite a lot to carry.
09:21Welcome back.
09:21I left with the clue.
09:22She didn't need a trolley at the supermarket, but she did have quite a lot to carry.
09:28And the answer to that one is she had a basket full.
09:32A basket full.
09:34Now, 26 to 8, Harry leads, and it's Mark's letters game.
09:38Mark?
09:39May I have a consonant, please?
09:40Thank you, Mark.
09:42D.
09:43And another.
09:46B.
09:47And a vial.
09:50A.
09:51And a consonant.
09:53R.
09:55And a vial.
09:56U.
09:58And a consonant.
10:00K.
10:02And another consonant.
10:04S.
10:05And a vial.
10:07E.
10:11And a final vial, please.
10:14A final O.
10:16Standby.
10:48Mark.
10:49Six.
10:50Six.
10:51And Harry?
10:51Six.
10:52Mark.
10:54Soaked.
10:55Yes, Harry.
10:56Breaks.
10:57Yeah, that's what you find.
10:59Solid sixes get in.
11:01Break is in there, and we had aroused as well.
11:04Aroused.
11:05I had aroused until Susie added the D.
11:08So, there you go.
11:10Aroused.
11:10It'll do.
11:1132 to 14.
11:13And now, Harry, your letters came.
11:15Can I start with a consonant, please?
11:17Thank you, Harry.
11:18N.
11:19And another.
11:21M.
11:22And a third.
11:24P.
11:25A vowel.
11:27A.
11:28Another vowel.
11:30I.
11:32Consonant.
11:34H.
11:36Vowel.
11:38A.
11:41Consonant.
11:43G.
11:45And another consonant.
11:47And lastly, N.
11:50Stand by.
11:50T.
11:52The.
12:00That.
12:11I.
12:19I.
12:20I.
12:22Harry it's risky seven mark six and you're six naming how much for risk is
12:30this Harry hamping yeah I don't think we're going to be lucky that it's not
12:39there I'm afraid I am sorry bad luck no get in and Susie get him again that's
12:45all I got but the chief here yet there is a seven a hangman a morbid one hangman
12:52hangman yeah well done 32 to 20 and now mark it's your numbers game off we go
12:58may have one from the top and five small please Rachel you may thank you mark one
13:03large five little again and this time around they are three seven nine ten five
13:12and the large one seventy-five this time the target two hundred and sixty-eight to six
13:47eight
13:50yes Harry two six eight and mark two six nine and two six nine Harry three times
13:59seventy-five two two five five times ten fifty at that on two seven five and minus a seven
14:08well done two six eight well done so Harry on 42 mark on 20 as we link over to Gethin
14:18Gethin
14:19what have you got for us today do you know Nick I've just started a relatively new job it's a
14:25breakfast show which means I have to get up very early for work and it's made me become obsessed with
14:32sleep you know I'm thinking about sleep I'm researching sleep we actually spend one third of our lives
14:38sleeping and I'm rubbish at sleeping too and I just feel like it's a bit of a waste of time
14:42you're
14:43looking at me how he's like I don't want to sleep I'm a young man want to be out there
14:45doing stuff
14:46like so when you're an infant you sleep in what 16 hours a night what a waste of time there's
14:51so
14:51much I could have been doing but you know I could do my GCSEs at four you know I could
14:55have been up
14:55doing stuff um but I've become obsessed with it like if I say to Susie we're going for dinner it
15:00has
15:00to be at half past five in the afternoon because I have to be in bed by half past eight
15:04and you start
15:05thinking about sleep the whole time and I think in the olden days in some factory mill towns they
15:10used to employ people to go around to other people's houses to knock on their windows to make
15:15sure they were at work at the right time I asked a few friends they said no that's not going
15:19to happen
15:20um and actually I was reading an article about some of the most successful people in the world all say
15:25they get up at four o'clock in the morning and one of those is Barack Obama he said absolutely
15:29and I
15:30remember this he was at a conference in South Wales and he insisted that a treadmill was put into his
15:35hotel room because he likes to get up early four o'clock and get on the treadmill and Nick after
15:41nine months of doing this job I can absolutely tell you that they are all absolutely wrong there is
15:47nothing nice at getting up at four o'clock in the morning I agree with you well listen you are
15:52amongst a
15:52group of people here Susie sleeps terribly badly madam over here Rachel's you know she she never
16:01goes to bed and hates getting up in the morning which is the question how you know this Nick but
16:06anyway no I'm sleep obsessed it's true but apparently Margaret Thatcher she hardly slept at all
16:12I rather wish she'd slept a lot more and um but people say generally speaking the scientists that
16:19actually you do need good sleep it's it's it's healthy for you very true yeah we're all much
16:24better people when we have sleep unfortunately uh I'm missing out on quite a bit of it at the
16:28moment anyway thanks very much big round of applause
16:34very good 42 plays 20 harry how about the letters game
16:40consonant please thank you harry m and another c and a third p vowel e another vowel o and a
16:58third e consonant w consonant t
17:10and a final vowel a final i stand by
17:17so
17:31so
17:32so
17:46Harry?
17:47Seven.
17:48Seven, Mark?
17:49Five.
17:50And that five is?
17:52Twice.
17:53Thank you, Harry.
17:54Compete.
17:56Mm-hmm.
17:56Nice.
17:57Very nice.
17:58She's doing very well at the moment, yeah.
18:00Now, what's the corner got?
18:01Gethan and Susie?
18:02Yeah, Compete, I got as well.
18:04Yeah.
18:05Otherwise, poetic for six.
18:07Poetic.
18:08Yeah.
18:09Excellent.
18:0949 plays 20.
18:11Mark, letters game.
18:12Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
18:14Thank you, Mark.
18:15N.
18:16And another.
18:18R.
18:19And a vial.
18:20O.
18:22And a consonant.
18:24B.
18:25And a vial.
18:28I.
18:29And a consonant.
18:31M.
18:32And another consonant.
18:35D.
18:36And a vial.
18:38A.
18:39And a final vial, please.
18:41And a final E.
18:44Stand by.
18:45Thank you, Mark Frag dazu.
18:47Bye.
18:47And auted.
19:08Bye.
19:08Bye.
19:08Bye.
19:09Bye.
19:10Bye.
19:10Bye.
19:11Bye.
19:13Bye.
19:14Bye.
19:16mark six harry six mark remind harry remain yes two sixes yes now what's the corner got yeah i
19:30think there's better aren't there yeah domain is in there with the e so vineyard okay that will
19:35give you a seven thank you good seven 55 plays 26 harry a numbers game for you one large voice
19:43more again please thank you harry one from the top row and five not and this time they are ten
19:50six six
19:53five nine and a large 175 again and the target six hundred and thirty seven six three seven
20:32harry six three seven thank you mark six three seven off we go harry uh nine times 75 nine 75
20:42six
20:43seven five six times six six times six thirty six uh take that away take it away for six three
20:49nine
20:50and then ten divided by five well done six three seven and mark same way same way there we go
20:57well done
21:02so 65 plays 36 harry in the lead as we turn to our second tea time teaser which is silk
21:08ounce and the
21:09clue it sounds like santa claus is formed from a silvery white metal it sounds like santa claus
21:15is formed from a silvery white metal
21:34welcome back i left with the clue it sounds like santa claus is formed from a silvery white metal
21:40the answer that is looks as though he's formed of nicholas
21:46susie yes nickel i can cope with nicholas yeah it's simply the adjective from nicholas there's also
21:52nicolic which i really like which means pretty much the same thing so made from nickel containing
21:58nickel but it just sounds lovely it's sort of sort of nicholas really 65 plays 36 mark your letters game
22:05a consonant please rich thank you mark s and another l and a vial o and a consonant c and
22:20a vial
22:22a and a consonant g and another consonant n and a vial
22:34vial e and a final vial please a final i stand by
22:42so
22:56so
23:12Well, Mark?
23:14Six.
23:15And Harry?
23:16Seven.
23:17Mark?
23:18Slogan.
23:20Harry?
23:21Closing.
23:22Mm-hm.
23:23Yeah.
23:24Not bad.
23:25And the corner, Gethin?
23:26T6 is angels, and what I'd be doing if I was playing either Mark or Harry, losing.
23:32Well done.
23:33Losing.
23:34Susie, anything else?
23:35Yes, a few eights there, actually.
23:38Congeals is there, and gasoline as well.
23:41Gasoline.
23:42Yes.
23:42Gasoline, good.
23:43Gasoline alley.
23:44Yeah.
23:4572 to 36.
23:46Harry, your letters, Kim, Harry.
23:48Can I start with a vowel, please?
23:50Thank you, Harry.
23:51U.
23:52And another?
23:53B.
23:54A consonant?
23:56D.
23:58Another?
23:59J.
24:01A vowel?
24:03O.
24:05A consonant?
24:07T.
24:08Another consonant?
24:10T.
24:12Third?
24:14S.
24:16And another consonant.
24:19And the last one, R.
24:22Stand by.
24:38And another harmon講座.
24:39And another consonant.
24:39And the air.
24:39And the air.
24:39A consonant.
24:39Oh, oh, yeah.
24:39And the air.
24:42There you go.
24:43And the air.
24:43And the air air.
24:43Nice.
24:43And the air.
24:44And the air.
24:51And the air is a list.
24:53Harry?
24:54Seven.
24:55Yes, Mark?
24:56Seven.
24:57Off we go, Harry.
24:58Jousted.
24:59And?
25:00The same word.
25:01Jousted.
25:02Jousted.
25:03Very good.
25:04What contribution from the corner there?
25:06Well, I jotted something down, which then led me on to jotters.
25:10Jotters, indeed, yeah.
25:12For a seven.
25:12Very good.
25:13Susie?
25:14Tuted is another seven.
25:16Tuted.
25:18Yeah.
25:1879 to 43.
25:21Susie?
25:21It's your origins of words, Tom.
25:24Well, this is for Gethan, actually, because he asked me where this particular phrase or expression
25:29comes from, and it's something we use all the time.
25:31Pulling someone's leg.
25:32You're pulling my leg.
25:34Why do we say that's such an odd expression?
25:36You're teasing someone, or you're deceiving them in some sort of fairly harmless way.
25:42First recorded in the 1800s, and in Scotland, the expression was to draw someone's leg,
25:48which is equally curious.
25:50But why?
25:51So I go back to the kind of theory that we've had, linguists have had, for quite a long time.
25:55Did it refer to the pulling of someone's leg when they were in the process of being hanged?
26:01So fairly grisly.
26:02The idea was that it would speed up asphyxiation and shorten the suffering.
26:07There is evidence of this.
26:08So if you look back to one newspaper from Belfast in the 1820s, it's writing of the execution of one
26:14Charles Thomas White at Newgate Prison in London.
26:17His suffering was soon put to an end by the executioner pulling his legs and hanging to them.
26:22So literally sort of holding on to them.
26:24As I say, fairly morbid.
26:26But you'd sort of think, why did this then transfer to the idea of mild teasing?
26:31Because that is so grim that it seems a bit of an odd journey for the expression then to take.
26:37More plausible is probably the idea that you might pull the legs from under a person by tripping them up,
26:42either in order to rob them, because that was quite a standard strategy amongst the kind of pick thieves of
26:48London in the 18th century,
26:49or simply to make them look foolish.
26:52But there are other records that suggest, and this is probably where it comes from,
26:56that bosuns on board a ship would pull the leg of a sleeping sailor in order to rouse him and
27:02get on board.
27:04And this might well fit, because we know the expression to show a leg went back to days when wives
27:09were allowed on board,
27:10and it said that the stewards would come down and say, show a leg,
27:15and the hairy ones had to get up and do their shift,
27:19whereas the kind of non-hairy female kind would be allowed to stay in bed.
27:22So again, there seems to be more evidence that goes back to this, you know, being on board a ship,
27:28and this pulling a leg, literal pulling of a leg.
27:30Why, though? Why it means this mild teasing? We have yet to find out.
27:33So it's a mystery we have yet to solve.
27:35But there are so many theories out there, but I think I like the one on board a ship.
27:39Yeah, I do.
27:4479 to 43. Harry in the lead. Mark, it's your letters again.
27:48Consonant, please, Rachel.
27:50Thank you, Mark.
27:51G.
27:52And another.
27:54T.
27:55And a vial.
27:57I.
27:59And a consonant.
28:01V.
28:03And a vial.
28:05E.
28:06And a consonant.
28:08D.
28:10And a consonant.
28:12Q.
28:13And a vial.
28:16U.
28:18And another vial, please.
28:20And lastly, O.
28:23Stand by.
28:24Home.
28:38Bye.
28:39Have a Utiled
28:41Bye.
28:41Bye.
28:41Bye.
28:42Bye.
28:45Bye.
28:47Bye.
28:49Bye.
28:52Bye.
28:57mark i'll go for a seven harry i'll go for a seven as well off we go mark uh requite
29:05and out give
29:08um okay um requite um you need to ease what is there but you do need to ease i'm sorry
29:16um out
29:16give a really rare word but it is in the dictionary to outdo someone in giving so to give more
29:21than
29:21someone else really very good yeah very good harry well done and get them in susie yeah it's six for
29:27me quoted it's all i had but worth going for the seven for sure yeah i mean susie nothing else
29:33still
29:33thank you harry final letters game off we go can i start with a consonant please thank you harry
29:39r and another c third t uh vowel i another vowel e another vowel o and a fourth e a
30:00consonant
30:00z and another consonant and the last one r stand by
30:09so
30:39harry
30:40seven yes mark seven off we go harry reciter and mark same word reciter
30:48get had that within two seconds and it is in the dictionary yeah you saw reciter sort of coming
30:53didn't you it's been spelt out as rachel put uh the letters up there so yes seven here yep uh
30:58and
30:59another seven is uh the bishop's crozier the hooked staff that he carries as a symbol of office symbol
31:05of the shepherd i think probably as well yeah all right 93 plays 50 harry on 93 and it's mark's
31:12numbers game mark can i have one from the top and five small please you can indeed final one of
31:18the
31:18day same selection but this time your numbers are three eight ten five nine and a large one 50
31:27and your target seven hundred and twenty five seven to five
31:36so
31:41so
31:46so
31:50so
31:54so
32:04yes mark
32:05seven two six
32:06one away how about harry
32:08seven two six
32:09so mark
32:11so it's ten plus five
32:13ten plus five fifteen
32:14multiplied by fifty
32:16is seven fifty
32:17fifty
32:18and then eight times three is twenty four
32:21yep
32:21and then minus
32:23that gets you to one away seven two six
32:25harry
32:25same way
32:28well done harry but
32:30we're one away we've got to rely on rachel
32:32seven two five
32:33it was then nikki p say 50 times five is 250 minus eight for 242 times that by three gets
32:42you to one away seven two six and then you have ten minus nine left over for your one to
32:47take away for seven two five
32:48thank you
32:50thank you
32:54spot on as ever
32:55harry
32:56100 points
32:58terrific well done
32:59100 plays 57
33:01into the final round
33:03fingers on buzzers
33:04let's roll today's countdown conundrum
33:24mark
33:26holstered
33:27let's see whether you're right
33:29now then
33:30oh look at that
33:31holstered well done
33:36well done mark
33:37i'm very pleased for you
33:38because it's a real boost isn't it
33:40to get the conundrum
33:41that's fantastic
33:41well played
33:42anyway 67
33:43but harry takes today with a solid 100
33:46but well done mark
33:47that was fantastic
33:48good luck with the anchor
33:49don't forget your goodie bag
33:51oh i will
33:51all right
33:52harry
33:52we'll see you tomorrow
33:53well done
33:54see you tomorrow
33:54well done
33:55and gethin and uh
33:56susie too
33:57we look forward to seeing you both tomorrow
33:58here then
33:59and rachel
33:59and i'm off to not wash my clothes
34:01or iron them as usual
34:04see you tomorrow
34:04see you tomorrow
34:05join us then
34:06same time same place
34:07you be sure of it
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