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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown this Monday afternoon, where the talk is clicking once again as two think quickers, welling
00:39spurs and 19 cumbers. And Rachel, the printing whys? A pea tot. A pea tot, exactly. Well done. Well done.
00:49I mean, I could decipher some of that.
00:52So today is Spoonerism Day, which goes back to the Reverend William Archibald Spooner, who was famous for this, switching
01:01two letters in two words in a phrase.
01:05So, you know, as in, you know, talk clicking instead of clock ticking. But yeah, and it's named after him.
01:11It's been in the Oxford English Dictionary, I think, first mentioned 1900, not the Step and Denticles feat. It's nice,
01:17though, isn't it?
01:18I think the most impressive thing about that is you managed to squeeze in, was that five or six? It
01:22was difficult. And none of them were rude.
01:26But yeah, Spoonerism Day, give it a go. Not as easy as you think. Let's get over to Dictionary Corner,
01:31then, our guardian of the dictionary, the one and only doozy scent.
01:33And alongside her, perfect timing, making her debut, Olympic medalist, former fastest woman in the world, over 400 metres, and
01:41now a fine, fine voice of athletics.
01:43Here on Olympic Week, it's Catherine Mary.
01:50Thanks, Colin.
01:51You all right?
01:51You know what? I'm all right. I'm excited for Paris.
01:54Yes.
01:55I'm excited to see what I can come up with today against the legend that is Susie.
01:59Oh, no, we're a team, not against.
02:01OK, what we can come up with. Heavy lifting on the right, it's been done.
02:05So, no, pleasure to be here.
02:07That's such an athlete's comment, isn't it? It's a competition, even, when it's not.
02:11Well, listen, I'm sure at some stage we will mention Fati Creeman.
02:14OK, no doubt.
02:16We'll definitely be mentioning Fiona Wood, because she's our four-time champion.
02:20She's averaging over 100 points so far.
02:23We were going up against Dan Barbie, who thankfully isn't called Ken, because that would be a nightmare for you,
02:29wouldn't it?
02:30Absolutely.
02:31It's lovely to have you. You're originally from Loughborough.
02:33It's got a great sporting connection.
02:35Many of our Olympians have been spurned from there, Dan.
02:38And I don't mean to bring the tone of the show down, but of all the stories you told us
02:42before coming on air,
02:44you've got to be careful here.
02:45You want to get stung by a bee where no man would want to be stung.
02:50What's the process? What happens?
02:53Um, I was kind of hoping you wouldn't bring that one up, but, um, no, I was at a family
02:59garden party and I was wearing flared trousers and I ended up getting stung in an unfortunate place, which resulted
03:06in me having to remove the majority of my clothes in front of my entire family.
03:13Fortunately, my mum's a nurse, so she knew exactly what to do, but it didn't help the situation in the
03:17slightest.
03:18Yeah.
03:18Uh, but yeah, not, uh, not one I'd like to repeat.
03:21Well, I can think of a few spoonerisms, but none I'll be allowed to put out at this stage of
03:25the day.
03:26And Dan, thanks for being a good sport and telling that story.
03:29Good luck to Dan.
03:30Good luck to Fiona.
03:34Okay, champion, let's get some letters.
03:37Afternoon, Rachel.
03:38Afternoon, Fiona.
03:39Start with a consonant, please.
03:40Start the week with N.
03:43And another one.
03:45D.
03:46And another.
03:48T.
03:49And another.
03:51M.
03:52And a vowel.
03:55A.
03:56And another one.
03:58E.
03:59And another.
04:02I.
04:03And a consonant, please.
04:06S.
04:08And a final vowel, please.
04:10From a sitting looking start, a final A.
04:13At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:46All right, Fiona.
04:48Eight.
04:48An eight.
04:49What a start.
04:50Dan.
04:50Just a five.
04:51Five.
04:52What's the five?
04:53Steam.
04:53Steam.
04:54And for Fiona?
04:56Animated.
04:57Animated.
04:57Very nice indeed.
04:58Well done.
05:02Don't worry, Dan.
05:03She's been here before.
05:04She's settled in.
05:05She's settled in.
05:06Cassie, you haven't been here before.
05:08Nerves for you.
05:09I'd put it up there with one of my biggest races ever.
05:12My first clock ticking on countdown, I have to say.
05:14It was pretty daunting.
05:16But I think we've gotten eight.
05:18Yes, we do.
05:20We've got a couple of them.
05:21We've got a couple of dates.
05:22Okay, um, Mandates.
05:24Brilliant.
05:24Yeah.
05:25That's a really good one.
05:25And Diamante, which is quite nice.
05:28Beautiful.
05:29And you can't pluralise that?
05:30You can't.
05:31Leave the S out.
05:32Okay, so eight was as good as it gets.
05:34I don't know you're worried about 30 seconds, Cass.
05:36You seem to have to win three Olympic goals in that time.
05:39I'd have to be halfway around.
05:41Dan, more letters.
05:42Consonant, please.
05:43Consonant, please, Rachel.
05:43Thank you, Dan.
05:45L.
05:45And another, please.
05:48H.
05:49Vowel, please.
05:51E.
05:52And another, please.
05:53E.
05:55Consonant.
06:09And a vowel, please.
06:13And lastly, U.
06:152 and 30 seconds.
06:17BELL RINGS
06:47MUSIC
06:48There you go, Dan. I've got a six, not written down.
06:51No worries, Fiona.
06:52Seven.
06:52And a seven. What's the six, Dan? Scheme.
06:55And Fiona?
06:56Mulchies.
06:57Oh, mulchies.
06:58Yes, back in the garden, absolutely fine.
07:00Mulch is decaying leaves, bark or compost, don't you?
07:03Spread it round your plants, don't you?
07:05Mulchies is a great spot. Anything else from Dictionary Corner?
07:08Yeah, chemise is another one, a sort of smock or shirt, a chemise.
07:12Going French, but just sevens for us two.
07:15All right, let's get our first numbers of the day, Fiona.
07:18I'll have one from the top and any other five, thank you.
07:20Thank you, Fiona. One large, five little coming up.
07:23First one of the week.
07:24Your numbers are seven, two, four, three, six,
07:30and the large one, 100.
07:32And the target, 567.
07:35Five, six, seven. Numbers up.
07:50One, two, three, six, five, six, five, six, five, six, five, six, five, six, five, six, five, six, five, six,
07:51five, six, five, six, five, six, five, six, five, six, five, six, five, six, five, six, five, six, five, six,
07:51six, five, six, six, seven, six, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
07:51seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
07:51seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
07:51seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven
08:075, 6, 7, Fiona.
08:09Yes, 5, 6, 7.
08:10Yeah, and Dan?
08:115, 6, 7.
08:12Well done.
08:13Come on, Fiona.
08:14It's 6 times 100, 600.
08:16Yep.
08:177 plus 4 is 11, times 3 is 33, and take it away.
08:23Perfect.
08:24Nice.
08:24Dan, what way did you go?
08:25Exactly the same way.
08:27APPLAUSE
08:31All right, let's get our first tea time teaser of the week.
08:34Dan, try not to wince too much at this.
08:37It's blue flat, blue flat.
08:39His shot on the blue fell flat, but there were still plenty of balls left.
08:44His shot on the blue fell flat, but there were still plenty of balls left.
08:57APPLAUSE
09:05A table full of them.
09:11Now, Dan got on the board, which was nice with the numbers.
09:14So, you're flying now, and we're back to the letters.
09:16Lovely.
09:17Vowel, please, Rachel.
09:19Thank you, Dan.
09:20I.
09:21Consonant.
09:23S.
09:24Consonant, please.
09:26R.
09:26Vowel.
09:29O.
09:31Vowel.
09:32E.
09:35Vowel.
09:37O.
09:38Consonant.
09:40G.
09:41Consonant.
09:43H.
09:45And a consonant, please.
09:47And lastly, M.
09:49Thank you, Rachel.
09:50Thank you, Rachel.
09:51Thank you, Rachel.
10:01Thank you, Rachel.
10:20Give me a number, Dan.
10:22I'll try a risky seven. Come on.
10:24And Fiona? Seven.
10:25No risk whatsoever involved. Dan, what's yours?
10:28Maury's. Thank you. And Fiona?
10:31Heroism. And heroism, no worries at all with that.
10:34What about Maury's? No, Maury's, I'm afraid.
10:37Not in the dictionary. I'm sorry about that.
10:40Unluckly. So there you go. Sorry, Dan.
10:41Heroics again from Fiona.
10:44Cass Mary? Susie obviously got more than me, standard.
10:47I got roomies. Very nice.
10:50I had my homies and then they became roomies.
10:54There you go.
10:54And then because people always put I-E-S in the end of anything,
10:57can you have groomies?
10:59You can't have groomies,
11:01but you can have a slightly odd adjective in modern times anyway.
11:06Groomish.
11:07And it means characteristic of a bridegroom,
11:10particularly with regard to clothing.
11:12Right.
11:12Groomish.
11:13And that's it?
11:14Yes.
11:14Well done. Well done. 32-10.
11:16Loving it already, Fiona. Let's get more letters.
11:19A consonant, please.
11:21Thank you, Fiona.
11:34And a final consonant, please.
11:49A final consonant, please.
11:50And half a minute.
12:14And a half a minute.
12:23Fiona?
12:24Five.
12:25And for you, Dan?
12:26A risky five.
12:27Fiona?
12:28Audit.
12:29Well, let's...
12:30You were going to spot that, all right.
12:33And Dan?
12:34Twain.
12:35Twain.
12:36T-W-A-I-N.
12:38Oh, yeah.
12:38Never the twain shall meet.
12:40It should be still in the dictionary.
12:42It is.
12:42Yes.
12:42An old word for two.
12:43Right.
12:44Five points each.
12:44Can we go better?
12:45Is it a win for dictionary corner?
12:47No.
12:48In a word.
12:49No.
12:49Taunt audit.
12:50Few fives.
12:51Rarely a...
12:52Not even going to give you a bronze medal for that.
12:54Right.
12:5537-15.
12:57Second numbers round of the day.
12:58It was just the one large last time.
13:00What's Dan going to do?
13:01Six more, please.
13:03Thank you, Dan.
13:04Six little ones.
13:05Time to make up some ground.
13:06And you're gambling.
13:07I like your style.
13:08Let's see if it pays off.
13:10We have ten...
13:10Nine.
13:11Nine.
13:12Two.
13:14One.
13:15And four.
13:17And the target.
13:18One hundred and seven.
13:19That helped.
13:51Oh, walk in the park.
13:52Surely, Dan.
13:53Did you get it?
13:54One hundred and seven.
13:54Yes.
13:55And Fiona?
13:55One hundred and seven.
13:56No worries.
13:57Let's do the audit then, Dan.
13:59Lovely.
13:59Two plus nine is 11.
14:01Yep.
14:02Times by the ten for one ten.
14:04One ten.
14:05Four minus one for the three.
14:08Take it off.
14:09Nice target.
14:10Yes.
14:10And Fiona?
14:11Ten plus one is 11.
14:14Times nine is 99.
14:16And four times two is eight.
14:19And add it on.
14:20Loads of ways for this one.
14:21Well done.
14:22APPLAUSE
14:25More points for our challenge are really settling in.
14:2747-25 the score as it stands on our first chat with Kath Mary on this Olympic week.
14:34We should say, Kath, that we talk about the Olympics being every four years, but it's the opening ceremony in
14:40Paris this Friday.
14:41But back in 2000, in the 400, when you won your bronze, you were in that iconic Olympic moment.
14:49And it began at the opening ceremony when Kathie Freeman lit the Olympic flame.
14:55And, you know, I've got to start at this place.
14:56We'll have loads of Olympic conversations this week.
14:58But just take me to, you know, maybe start from just walking out into that stadium and that, you know,
15:05I think she carried the weight of an entire globe on her shoulders.
15:09Oh, a hundred percent.
15:10And every nation starts looking at who are going to win the big Gs, who's going to deliver these big
15:14gold medals.
15:15And Kathie Freeman was the world champion.
15:17She was the silver medalist four years previously in Atlanta.
15:20So she was the one that's expected to win.
15:22And therefore, the pressure and hype just gets bigger and bigger as you get closer.
15:26So, no, we were fully aware that anybody that took part in that women's 400 metres in Sydney was going
15:31to be up against Kathie Freeman and up against the whole nation.
15:34And she had the weight on her shoulders.
15:37She was asked, as you say, to light the Olympic flame, just to put a little bit more pressure on
15:42her shoulders as well, walking up the steps and lighting it.
15:45And then to make my way through four rounds, one race every day to get to that final, one spot,
15:51eight lanes, was an absolute dream.
15:52But you go into a cool room, it's just you, it's eight chairs, nobody else.
15:58And we walked towards the Olympic Stadium.
16:00And it just got louder and louder the closer you were getting.
16:05And I tried to tell myself it was just any other race.
16:08I'd been there before, I'd been in big races.
16:09But as soon as I walked in Stadium Australia and saw 112,000 people, it's like, this is not any
16:16other race.
16:16You've got to take it for what it is.
16:18It was absolutely amazing.
16:19I can't believe it was 24 years ago, which is quite frightening in itself.
16:22There you were.
16:24One of maybe only seven people in the world, plus family members, that were rooting against Kathie Freeman.
16:30That's the bizarre bet, right?
16:32You have to be like...
16:34No, you wanted to be that party pooper, you know.
16:36You wanted to be the person rushing for the flight to fly out of Australia.
16:40But it wasn't meant to be.
16:42Kathie deserved to win.
16:43She was the best athlete.
16:45And she won Australia's 100th ever Olympic gold medal.
16:48She took both the flags around the track with her.
16:50Normally it's just the winner of an Olympics that does a lap of honour.
16:53But it was such a big race, I followed her like an ambulance on the lap of honour with my
16:57little British flag.
16:59It was an amazing night and it's still one of the most watched television events ever in Australian history,
17:05behind the opening ceremony and Princess Diana's funeral.
17:08It was...
17:08The stories I've heard since of the way people tried to make sure they watched it are just amazing.
17:13So to be part of it in my little lane three, I'd have liked to have watched it.
17:17But I'm very, very pleased that I was in it.
17:19Kath, thank you so much.
17:20Oh, you're welcome.
17:23Magic.
17:2347.25 on our race to the finish line.
17:26Let's go again, Fiona.
17:27I'll start with a continent, please.
17:29Thank you, Fiona.
17:30S.
17:31And another one.
17:33R.
17:35And another.
17:36N.
17:37And another.
17:39L.
17:41And a vowel.
17:42O.
17:44And another one.
17:45A.
17:47And another.
17:48E.
17:50And a consonant.
17:52R.
17:54And another consonant, please.
17:55And lastly, K.
17:58And here we go again.
18:00And here we go again.
18:30There it is.
18:31Fiona.
18:31Seven.
18:32Yeah.
18:32Dan.
18:33Risky seven.
18:34A risky seven.
18:35Okay, Fiona.
18:36Loners.
18:37Loners, yes.
18:38And for you, Dan.
18:39Larkers.
18:40Larkers.
18:41People who lark around.
18:43Oh, they're not there.
18:45They should be.
18:46But they're not, Dan, I'm afraid.
18:48It's such a great word, isn't it, larking about?
18:50It's a lovely word.
18:51It's like inoffensive boisterousness in public.
18:53You know, you don't mind a lark.
18:55No, it's beautiful.
18:56Love the bird as well.
18:57But no, it's more mischief making, isn't it?
18:59Yeah, you don't get arrested for it, but you might get a little word from the local policeman.
19:02Maybe calm down a bit there.
19:04You're larking too much.
19:05Yeah.
19:06What else do we have?
19:07We have a lovely seven.
19:09Yeah, a snorkel.
19:11Oh, nice.
19:11Yeah.
19:1254.25.
19:14Dan, let's go.
19:15Consonant, please.
19:16Thank you, Dan.
19:17B.
19:19A vowel.
19:21E.
19:22Consonant.
19:25V.
19:26Consonant.
19:28S.
19:29Vowel, please.
19:31A.
19:32Vowel.
19:34I.
19:37Consonant.
19:38N.
19:40Consonant.
19:41D.
19:43Vowel, please.
19:45Pad.
19:46Vowel, please.
19:47And a final E.
19:50Good stuff.
19:50Let's start the clock.
19:51MUSIC PLAYS
20:21All right, Dan.
20:23Seven.
20:24And for Fiona?
20:25Seven.
20:26Have we got, Dan?
20:28Devines.
20:29And Fiona?
20:30Invades.
20:31Invades.
20:32It's a lot of words up there.
20:33I didn't think it was going to be that one, Dan.
20:35That's all good, though.
20:36It's very good, yeah.
20:37Yeah, so you can devein a prawn, for example, but, yeah, very good.
20:41Wow.
20:42What a winter spot there.
20:42Well done.
20:43What else did you spot, Cass?
20:45Aniseed.
20:46Yeah.
20:46Seven.
20:47Yep.
20:48Aniseed, lovely for seven, and bandies as well.
20:51Bandies about.
20:51And you're a darts fan.
20:52And I thought you were going to have bendies, as in the bendy bullies, Dan.
20:56Belly bullies.
20:57Bendies, then.
20:57No.
20:58It's lucky you didn't have it there.
20:59Well done.
21:00We've deveined that round.
21:01Let's move on.
21:02More numbers now.
21:04Fiona?
21:05Could I have four large and two small, please?
21:07You can, indeed.
21:08Four from the top and two little ones.
21:10Another challenge coming up.
21:10And these two small ones, three and three.
21:14And we know what's coming.
21:15One hundred, twenty-five, fifty and seventy-five.
21:19And the target to reach, 202.
21:22Two or two.
21:23Numbers up.
21:24One hundred, twenty-five, fifty and seventy-five.
21:54Fiona?
21:56202.
21:56Yeah, and Dan?
21:57202 not written down.
21:59Off you go then, Dan.
22:0175 times three.
22:04Two to five.
22:05Minus the 25.
22:07200.
22:08100 over 50 for the two.
22:10Yep.
22:11And add it on.
22:12There you go.
22:12202.
22:13And Fiona?
22:14Three divided by three is one, plus 100.
22:18101.
22:19And then 50 divided by 25 for the two, and multiply.
22:22Lots of ways for this one.
22:24Yeah.
22:27A couple of low numbers already this Monday.
22:30Still one more to go in our last part, so stay with us.
22:33And we have this Tea Time teaser, which is a little bit morbid.
22:36Blamed me.
22:37Blamed me.
22:38Bond's boss applied lip cream to help stop the rot.
22:43Bond's boss applied lip cream to help stop the rot.
23:05Bond's boss is him, isn't it?
23:10So embalmed was her Tea Time teaser.
23:12Very clever.
23:13Let's get on with the game.
23:15Six more rounds to go.
23:17Dan, let's see if you can pull off something special.
23:19Consonant, please, Rachel.
23:20Thank you, Dan.
23:46Final consonant, please.
23:48Final consonant, please.
23:50Good luck.
23:52And good luck.
24:23Dan, six. A six, and Fiona?
24:26Seven. And a seven. Dan, what's the six?
24:29Re-flag. Champ, what's your spot?
24:31Frigate. Oh, frigate.
24:33Yes, re-flag, absolutely in the dictionary. I was just checking that,
24:36but frigate's excellent. Well done.
24:37Anything else, Cass? We've got a couple of sevens, didn't we, Susie?
24:40Fragile? Yes.
24:42Yep, and a glazier. A glazier. Thank you.
24:46Right, more letters, please, Fiona.
24:48Consonant, please. Thank you, Fiona.
24:50S. And a vowel.
24:53E. And a consonant.
24:56T. And another.
24:59P. And a vowel.
25:02A. And another.
25:06A. And a consonant.
25:09F.
25:11Another consonant.
25:13T. And a final consonant, please.
25:17And a final.
25:18M.
25:19Let's play.
25:48Let's play.
25:51Fiona?
25:52Five. Yeah, Dan.
25:54A risk of seven. Go on, Fiona.
25:56Feast. OK, Dan Barbie.
25:59Petest. Spell it.
26:01P-E-A-T-E-S-T.
26:02Oh, no, Petest would have been in, but not Petest, I'm afraid.
26:06Sorry, Dan. Dictionary not on your side today.
26:09Not at all. Not at all.
26:10So there you go. Sneaked a few points there, Fiona.
26:13Cass, what was better than five?
26:15That's seven. Hmm. Tempest.
26:17Tempest. Yeah, a nice Shakespearean reference.
26:19It's we. Yes, the tempest.
26:21Right, there you go. Four rounds still to play today,
26:24but it's not just about the game.
26:27Our origins of words is always a treat at this time every afternoon,
26:30and it's your chance to try and play word detective with Susie Dent.
26:34Are we going to the emails? We are.
26:36We're going to Christine Ryan, to be precise.
26:39She says, please, can you tell me where the word digs comes from,
26:42where people stay temporarily?
26:45And it's quite old-fashioned, isn't it?
26:47Now, we're talking about student digs,
26:49maybe a sort of generation or two earlier.
26:52But curiously, I'm asked about this one a lot,
26:54and also gig.
26:55Where does that come from, which I will come to at the end?
26:58But digs are short for diggings,
27:00and they were once used very, very literally,
27:03because it first began to emerge during the frenzied rush
27:08to the goldfields of the frontier lands in the US in the 1800s.
27:14So this was a quite remote, wild terrain,
27:17and prospectors had to, when they arrived,
27:20they literally had to dig out their own sod huts,
27:23their own mud huts,
27:24as well as the metal they were then, you know,
27:26going to be in search of.
27:29So diggings was applied, first of all, to these kind of huts,
27:31and then to the town that sort of grew up around it
27:35to cater for these diggers.
27:37You know, in Australian English,
27:38we have digger as a kind of, you know,
27:40slight sort of term of affection or of endearment.
27:42That, too, probably goes back to those early days.
27:46Now, I mentioned gig,
27:47and it's one of the big mysteries, really, for us,
27:50but we use it a lot.
27:51We have gig economy, we go to see a gig,
27:54we might have a couple of gigs if we're freelancers in terms of jobs.
27:58No-one quite knows where it comes from,
28:00but probably the best bet is that a gig used to be a toy,
28:04a spinning top.
28:05It was called a whirly gig,
28:06and much as you would see spinning tops these days,
28:08it was pretty much the same thing.
28:10And so perhaps the idea is that those were a little bit of entertainment,
28:13they were amusement as a toy,
28:16and from there, you kind of came to the idea of going to see a gig
28:19and going to be amused and entertained,
28:20but the work still goes on on that one.
28:25Long back. Right, four rounds to go.
28:27Let's dig in, Dan, and get more letters.
28:30Vowel, please.
28:31Thank you, Dan.
28:32O.
28:33Vowel.
28:35E.
28:36Consonant.
28:37S.
28:39Consonant.
28:40G.
28:42Consonant.
28:43B.
28:45Vowel, please.
28:46O.
28:48Vowel.
28:50E.
28:52Consonant.
28:53R.
28:55Consonant, please.
28:56Lastly, J.
28:58Let's play.
29:00Vowel, please.
29:01In.
29:02.
29:09MUSIC
29:30Done.
29:31Risky seven.
29:32And Fiona?
29:33I'll risk a seven as well, then.
29:35OK.
29:35I think we know where we're going here.
29:36Dan?
29:37Boogers.
29:38Yes.
29:39And Fiona?
29:40Yeah, the same.
29:41Yeah.
29:42You say it's risky, but it's snot.
29:45LAUGHTER
29:46Yes.
29:47Boogers.
29:48North American English, piece of dried nasal mucus.
29:51But also another term for the bogeyman.
29:53Yeah, true.
29:54I've never heard anyone call snot nasal mucus.
29:57I love how official you are.
29:58I love that.
30:00I've just got some nasal mucus hanging down.
30:03OK, 90, 49.
30:05Last letters round.
30:06Fiona?
30:07Consonant, please.
30:08Thank you, Fiona.
30:09S.
30:10And another?
30:12P.
30:13And another?
30:15L.
30:17And another?
30:19W.
30:20And a vowel?
30:22O.
30:24Another one?
30:25E.
30:27And another?
30:28A.
30:30A.
30:31And a consonant?
30:32N.
30:34And a final consonant, please.
30:36A final D.
30:38Nice.
30:38Last letters.
30:39uoho rrrrrrrrrrrrr.
30:55A.
31:10Fiona? Six. And Dan? I'll risk an eight. Why not? Fiona? Sloped. Right, what have you got? Come on, Dan.
31:16Plough ends? Let's do it. Plough ends.
31:21No. Ploughed, obviously, but not a plough end. I don't think it's even hyphenated. It's not, I'm afraid, Dan. I'm
31:28sorry.
31:29Well, there you go. Dan, you're just ahead of your time, as far as I'm concerned. You're a champion of
31:34the future. Cass, do you want to add anything?
31:37We got a seven. Weapons. Yeah. That is it. Yeah. Tricky, yeah. Okay, last numbers. Dan, you went six small
31:45last time.
31:46And then they randomise your favour. Jill, let's see what you're going to do this time.
31:49Three large, three small, please, Rachel. Why not? Loads of selections today. We're having lots of fun.
31:54Three big, three little final numbers of the day. And they are eight, seven, five, 25, 175.
32:03And you need to reach 906. 906. Numbers up.
32:07Three big, three big, five, five, five, five, five, six, five, five, six, five, six, six, six, six, six, six,
32:25seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
32:26seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
32:26seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
32:26seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
32:26seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven
32:37OK, 9.06. Dan?
32:409.04.
32:41And Fiona?
32:429.05.
32:439.05. One closer. Off you go.
32:46Eight times 100 per 800.
32:50800.
32:51Plus 75, plus 25, plus 5.
32:54Yep, one away. Well done.
32:57Is this one of those ones where you're going to go all the way up to 9,000 or something?
33:01No, but there were loads of dead ends.
33:02But once I do the first bit, you'll probably go,
33:04Ah! If you say 100 plus 7, 107, times it by 8 for 856.
33:12And there we have it.
33:12And then 75 minus 25 is 50 to add on for 9.06.
33:17Well done. Well done.
33:20So, Dan, you've been great fun.
33:21Let's see if we can send you out here with 10 more points.
33:23Finger on the buzzer.
33:24As we reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:33Fiona?
33:34Credulous.
33:35Let's have a look.
33:37Yes.
33:41That is 516 points total in five wins.
33:47We have our first real contender of series at 90.
33:51Got to get to the end of Thursday, though, to become our first Octo champ.
33:54Dan, are you happy?
33:55Yeah, I've got a lot more than I thought I would.
33:58Yeah?
33:58So, done all right.
33:58And you meet with just good crack.
34:00And I love the risks you took with the numbers.
34:02Also, just throwing plough ends in and stuff like that.
34:04See what would happen.
34:05Why not, eh?
34:06Absolutely.
34:06Yes, well done.
34:07Lovely to see you, mate.
34:08Cheers.
34:09And, Kath, delight to have you here any week, but Olympic week especially.
34:12We'll see you tomorrow.
34:13Will do.
34:14And you, Suze?
34:15Yeah, see you then.
34:15All that remains is for me to wish you a nude guide.
34:19And to you, my fart smeller.
34:24Ah, that's really lovely.
34:26Kind.
34:27All right, we're back tomorrow.
34:28You can count on us.
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