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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:33I wonder whether you stumbled across the same story that I did.
00:36It came out of America.
00:37It was all about a sniffer dog that wasn't interested in sniffing.
00:41It was meant to be sniffing for explosives, but I actually gave up.
00:44Black Labrador by the name of Lulu.
00:47And she was part of the CIA's sniffer dog battalion, which is called K9.
00:53Ho ho.
00:54Anyway, they're trained to detect, Rachel.
00:59I mean, I can't believe this.
01:00I don't blame Lulu.
01:0219,000 different explosive scents in an intensive 10-week course.
01:10Well, frankly, I don't blame Lulu.
01:12She then discovered she had a boyfriend called Harry.
01:15And she decided to settle down with Harry and give up this sniffing business.
01:1919,000 different scents in 10 weeks.
01:23That's incredible.
01:24She's not a modern woman then.
01:27She gave up the career for love.
01:28Anyway, we wish her a happy life lying there with Harry.
01:35And I began to think, have I ever been given a task that I just wasn't cut out for?
01:39And the answer to that is very simply, yes.
01:41Keep out of the kitchen.
01:42How about you?
01:43I was a waitress once, and I'm very, very clumsy, as you all know.
01:47So I managed to throw a few trays around.
01:49Oh, you did not soup in the lap?
01:51No, soup all over the floor.
01:53Sandwiches all over the garden.
01:55Oh, really?
01:55Yes, the garden.
01:57How funny.
01:58Never mind.
01:58I can't keep, you know, away from that black Labrador Lulu.
02:02I mean, that's brilliant.
02:03She said, I can't be doing with all this.
02:05Come on, Harry, we're off.
02:07And that was it.
02:08I think it happened.
02:09Yeah, it happens.
02:10My guide dog I was sponsoring doesn't make it.
02:13No?
02:13No.
02:13Sometimes they put all this money in all the training, and they're just, you know, one
02:16little thing, one part of the job, they can't do it.
02:18And they obviously, they go off and live a happy life, but not as a working dog.
02:21I went to the training centre for those dogs.
02:24All the pups are there.
02:25And they gave me a dog, and they said, right, now I'm blindfolding you.
02:30And this wonderful dog took me through, essentially, sort of a minefield, really, a zigzag course.
02:37And it was wonderful.
02:38And once you give your trust completely, it was absolutely amazing.
02:42It's wonderful.
02:43Yeah.
02:44But as you say, sometimes they just haven't got the aptitude for it.
02:48Yeah.
02:48Or the perseverance.
02:50All right.
02:51Actually, he's got perseverance.
02:53Phil Davies.
02:54Look, he's been weaving his way through a minefield.
02:57Cool as a cucumber.
02:59Yes.
02:59Paddling under the surface.
03:01Is that what it is?
03:01Yeah.
03:02All right.
03:02Well, you're joined by John Owens.
03:04Welcome, John, a retired computer systems analyst from Oldham, who was here last time, 25 years
03:11ago when Richard was sitting in this chair.
03:13Is that right?
03:14How did you get on?
03:15I was champion for the day.
03:17Well done.
03:18Yeah.
03:18And then, whoops.
03:19Yeah.
03:20Off you went.
03:20Well, you're very welcome back.
03:22Have a lot of fun today.
03:24Both of you.
03:25Both of you.
03:25Big round of applause for Phil and John.
03:32And over there, Naughty Boy sitting next to Susie Dendy's Alexis Conran, actor, writer,
03:38presenter, and trickster.
03:40Yes.
03:40Welcome back.
03:43And those who have been watching in recent days will know that Alexis has got some just
03:50brilliant, brilliant tricks by which you can actually never buy a drink again.
03:55I think it's lovely.
03:55Never pay for a round of drinks in your life.
03:58Wonderful.
03:58More from you later.
04:00And now it's Phil we turn to.
04:01Yes, Phil.
04:02Good afternoon, Rachel.
04:03Good afternoon, Phil.
04:04Can we start with a consonant, please?
04:06Start today with R.
04:09And a consonant.
04:12T.
04:13A vowel, please.
04:15U.
04:17A consonant.
04:19N.
04:20A consonant.
04:22W.
04:24A vowel, please.
04:26E.
04:28A vowel.
04:30A.
04:31A consonant.
04:34S.
04:36And a final consonant, please.
04:38And a final T.
04:40And here's the countdown clock.
04:42A vowel, please.
04:44A vowel, please.
04:46A vowel, please.
04:50A vowel, please.
04:54And a vowel is used in a vowel.
05:04To the outside, please.
05:04A vowel, too-bunch.
05:10B
05:10A vowel, please.
05:11A vowel, please.
05:12Well, Phil?
05:13I've got six.
05:14Six. And John?
05:15Six.
05:16Now then, Phil?
05:17Tuners.
05:18Now then, John?
05:19Waster.
05:20Two sixes here and in the corner.
05:22Alexis?
05:23We've got an eight with taunters.
05:26Very good.
05:27Taunters.
05:28Anything else, Susie?
05:29Wanters are there for seven.
05:31OK.
05:31Otherwise.
05:33So, six apiece, and we turn to you, John, for your first letters game.
05:37Yes, sir?
05:38Hi, Rachel.
05:38Hi, John.
05:39Consonant, please.
05:41Start with T.
05:42And another.
05:44L.
05:45And a third.
05:47D.
05:49A vowel.
05:50O.
05:51Second one.
05:53E.
05:53And another one.
05:55I.
05:57Consonant.
05:59N.
06:01Consonant.
06:03M.
06:04And a final consonant.
06:06And a final L.
06:07Stand by.
06:09C.
06:10T.
06:10The term followed.
06:10in the end.
06:35MUSIC CONTINUES
06:38Well, John?
06:39Lost it.
06:41Oh, bad luck.
06:42Now then, Phil.
06:42I've got a six.
06:43And that would be?
06:45Molten.
06:46Alexis?
06:48We've got a seven with lentoid.
06:52Lentoid, Susie?
06:53Yes, another word for lenticular,
06:54relating to the lens of an eye.
06:57Oh, I see.
06:5912th phase six, Phil in the lead,
07:01and it's Phil's numbers game.
07:02Yes, sir?
07:03Two from the top and four small, please.
07:05Thank you, Phil.
07:06Two large, four small.
07:08And for the first time today,
07:09your numbers are five, four, three, six.
07:15And the big one's 25 and 75.
07:18And the target, 451.
07:20451.
07:23We'll see you later.
07:24Please, we'll see you later.
07:50Bye-bye.
07:52Well, Phil?
07:53Yeah, 4, 5, 1.
07:54And John?
07:554, 5, 1.
07:56Phil?
07:57OK.
07:586 times 75.
07:59450.
08:01And I did 4 minus 3 is 1.
08:03Yeah, straightforward, that one.
08:05And John?
08:05Same way.
08:06Same way.
08:07Yeah, lovely, thank you.
08:11So 22 plays 16.
08:13Phil in the lead.
08:14As we turn to our first tea time teaser,
08:17which is fewer moon than the clue.
08:21There were several supervisors in the factory,
08:23but they weren't three men.
08:26There were several supervisors in the factory,
08:28but they weren't three men.
08:46Welcome back.
08:47I left you with the clue.
08:48There were several supervisors in the factory,
08:51but they weren't three men.
08:53That's because the answer is four women.
08:57Four women.
08:58Neat.
09:0022 plays 16.
09:01And John, it's your letters game.
09:04A consonant, please, Rachel.
09:05Thank you, John.
09:06S.
09:07And another.
09:09F.
09:11And another.
09:13H.
09:15Vowel.
09:16U.
09:18Another vowel.
09:19O.
09:20And a third.
09:22I.
09:24Consonant.
09:26T.
09:27Another consonant.
09:30Q.
09:30And a final consonant.
09:33And a final V.
09:35Stand by.
09:36A часть.
09:48Bye.
09:50Bye.
09:52Bye.
09:53Bye.
09:56Bye.
09:59Bye.
10:04Bye.
10:06Well, John?
10:07Five.
10:08A five, Phil.
10:10I'll try a seven.
10:11Yes.
10:11John?
10:12Shout.
10:14And outfish?
10:15Outfish.
10:17Not there, I'm afraid, Phil.
10:19Sorry.
10:19That's bad luck.
10:20Overfish, but not outfish, I guess.
10:25Alexis, you've got a six with coits.
10:29What, like deck coits?
10:30Yes, the game.
10:32Throwing coits.
10:33No, give us a six.
10:34That was the best we could do.
10:3622 to 21, only a point in it, and it's Phil's letters game.
10:40OK.
10:41Let's start with a vowel this time, please.
10:42Thank you, Phil.
10:43E.
10:44And a consonant?
10:47D.
10:48A consonant, please.
10:50H.
10:52A consonant?
10:54J.
10:55A vowel?
10:57I.
10:59A vowel, please.
11:01B.
11:03Consonant?
11:04D.
11:06A consonant?
11:08N.
11:09And a vowel, please.
11:11And the last one.
11:13Another E.
11:14Stand by.
11:15Go ahead.
11:161.
11:24Bye-bye.
11:26Bye-bye.
11:30Bye.
11:37Bye-bye.
11:40Bye-bye.
11:45Yes.
11:46I've got a six.
11:47A six, John?
11:48Six.
11:49Phil?
11:50Hidden.
11:51And John?
11:52Hidden.
11:53There we go.
11:54Any more sixes there, Alexis?
11:56We couldn't better a six, but you could have had needed and heeded.
12:00Susie, anything else?
12:01No, sixes are best.
12:02All right.
12:03So still one point.
12:0428 to 27.
12:05Phil ahead just.
12:07And it's John's numbers game.
12:08Yes, John?
12:09Can I have one large and five small, please, Rachel?
12:11You can indeed.
12:12Thank you, John.
12:13The traditional one big, five little.
12:15And this time they are three, one, ten, another three, six and 75.
12:24And the target, 175.
12:26One, seven, five.
12:58Yes, John?
13:00One, seven, five.
13:01Phil?
13:02One, seven, five.
13:03And John?
13:04I did six plus three plus one.
13:07Ten.
13:08Times ten.
13:09One hundred.
13:10And then add to 75.
13:12And 75, lovely.
13:13And Phil?
13:14Yeah, mine's identical.
13:16Yeah.
13:17Very well.
13:21So, inch in it.
13:2238 for Phil.
13:24John on 37th.
13:25We turn to Alexis, you bad boy.
13:27What have you got for us now?
13:28You trickster.
13:29I've got something a little bit more complicated than the ones that we were doing.
13:33Because, you know, people want to get something challenging.
13:35So, we've got a little shot glass with, well, it should be whiskey, but it's apple juice, I'm afraid.
13:43And there's two 10p pieces that are balanced on the edges like that.
13:51Yes.
13:51So, the challenge is this.
13:54You can't use a straw.
13:56So, let's put that aside.
13:57Because everybody looks at drinks and they go, oh, I'll just use a straw.
13:59You have to drink the drink without touching the glass.
14:03And the 10p pieces cannot fall onto the table.
14:09Ah.
14:11But they could fall into the glass.
14:13They can do if you like.
14:14But I'm not allowed to touch the glass.
14:15You're not allowed to touch the glass.
14:17With anything.
14:17Well, no, you can't touch it with your fingers.
14:19No.
14:20Okay, but I could with my lips.
14:21Yes, but if the 10p pieces fall off, then you're in trouble.
14:25Yeah.
14:25Impossible.
14:27Impossible.
14:28I hear you say.
14:29You are impossible.
14:30Have you got any ideas?
14:30None.
14:31Okay.
14:31Hold on, let me just, for 10 seconds, I know that we're running against time.
14:36I give in.
14:39Okay.
14:40This is a tricky one.
14:41Yeah.
14:41But what you do is you go.
14:45Here's the two.
14:46I'm not touching the glass because it's in between my fingers.
14:49You drip this.
14:52Then quickly put those inside.
14:56Look at that.
15:01Okay, lovely.
15:02That's very clever, though.
15:03But it would need a little bit of practice, wouldn't it?
15:05Just a little bit of practice.
15:06But all these things, a little bit of practice, and it's the way you sort of phrase them to
15:10people.
15:10Just get them interested.
15:11Make them think that they can do it.
15:13I reckon sticky fingers would be useful.
15:15Now, 38 to 37.
15:17Phil in charge.
15:18Just.
15:19Phil.
15:19Letters game.
15:21Let's start with a vowel, please.
15:22Thank you, Phil.
15:23I.
15:32And the last one, D.
15:51Stand back.
16:22Phil.
16:23Just a six.
16:25And John?
16:26A risky seven.
16:27Yes, Phil.
16:28I've got liners.
16:29Now then, John.
16:31Unriiled.
16:32Erm.
16:33E.
16:33Oh.
16:35No.
16:36You can be riled, but not unriiled, unfortunately.
16:39That's very bad luck.
16:41Mm.
16:41Now.
16:43Susie and Alexis.
16:45Well, we also had liners, which is very good for six, but there's a seven in insured.
16:51Yeah.
16:52Why not?
16:53Insured, indeed.
16:5444 to 37.
16:56You're still well in touch there, John, as we turn.
16:58Now, back to you for a letters game.
17:01Yes, John.
17:02Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
17:04Thank you, John.
17:05C.
17:05And another.
17:07W.
17:08And a third.
17:10Z.
17:12Vowel.
17:14A.
17:15Vowel.
17:15E.
17:17Another vowel.
17:19O.
17:20Consonant.
17:22G.
17:24Consonant.
17:25S.
17:27And a vowel.
17:29And the last one.
17:31A.
17:32Stand by.
17:33T.
17:34C.
18:04John.
18:04I'm only a five.
18:06Phil.
18:06Just a five for me as well.
18:07John.
18:08Cages.
18:09Cages and?
18:10I have cages as well.
18:11There we are.
18:13Can we beat five, Alexis, Susie?
18:15Yes.
18:16With a seven.
18:18Yes.
18:19For cowages.
18:21Yes.
18:22Cowage being a climbing plant with hairy pods that cause stinging and itching.
18:28And in one example here, it says its itching quality drives cattle wild.
18:33Well, let's hope we don't rush into that or brush into it even.
18:3649 to 42, seven points in it.
18:39Phil, your numbers game.
18:41Two from the top and four small, please.
18:43Thank you, Phil.
18:44Two large again.
18:45Four little again.
18:46And this time the four little ones are seven, ten, three and ten.
18:52And the large one, 75 and 25.
18:55And this target, 180.
18:59One, eight, zero.
19:01One, eight, zero.
19:32Well, Phil?
19:33180.
19:34And John?
19:35180.
19:36Phil?
19:37I did 10 times 7 is 70.
19:40Yep.
19:40Minus 10 is 60.
19:4260.
19:43And then 75 divided by 25 is 3.
19:46Yep.
19:47And multiplied.
19:48Yep, 180.
19:50And John?
19:51I did 75 times 3.
19:542, 2, 5.
19:552, 2, 5.
19:56Minus is 25.
19:58Minus 10, minus 10.
19:59Yeah, lots of ways for this one.
20:01Well done.
20:04So 52 plays, Phil, 59 as we turn to our second tea time teaser,
20:09which is Sleep Guru and the clue.
20:12It can't guarantee you a good night's sleep,
20:14but it'll make sure your eyes stay shut.
20:18It can't guarantee you a good night's sleep,
20:21but it'll make sure your eyes stay shut.
20:41It certainly will, because it's superglue.
20:48Superglue.
20:5259 to 52.
20:54John, a little bit of catching up to do.
20:57Letters game.
20:58Right.
20:58A consonant, please.
21:00Thank you, John.
21:01P.
21:02And another.
21:04T.
21:05And another.
21:07M.
21:08And a fourth one.
21:11R.
21:11A vowel.
21:13U.
21:14Another vowel.
21:16A.
21:17Third one.
21:19E.
21:21Consonant.
21:22D.
21:24And a consonant.
21:25And lastly, N.
21:28Stand by.
21:30BELL RINGS
22:01Yes, John.
22:02Seven.
22:02A seven.
22:03And Phil.
22:04Seven.
22:04John.
22:05Tramped.
22:06Tramped.
22:07And Phil.
22:08Matured.
22:09And matured.
22:10Yes.
22:11Um, Alexis.
22:13Uh, there was another seven, which was tempura.
22:16And an eight.
22:18Mm.
22:19Unparted.
22:21Unparted.
22:24He wore his hair unparted.
22:27Unlike Alexis.
22:29What?
22:30Well, you've got parting gone.
22:32No, unlike you.
22:3466 to 59.
22:36Phil in the lead.
22:37And, uh, Phil's letters game.
22:38Yes, sir.
22:40OK.
22:40Uh, start with a vowel, please.
22:42Thank you, Phil.
22:43A.
22:43And a consonant.
22:45X.
22:47A consonant, please.
22:51R.
22:52A consonant.
22:54N.
22:56A vowel.
22:58O.
22:59A consonant.
23:02C.
23:03A vowel.
23:05E.
23:08A vowel.
23:10E.
23:12A consonant.
23:14And lastly, V.
23:16Stand by.
23:17A vowel.
23:19A vowel.
23:21A vowel.
23:30A vowel.
23:33A vowel.
23:34A vowel.
23:34A vowel.
23:34A vowel.
23:35A vowel.
23:48Phil.
23:49Yeah, I'll go for an eight.
23:51Good man.
23:52John?
23:52I've only seen a five.
23:54And that five would be?
23:55Caver.
23:56Phil.
23:57I may have dreamt this one.
23:58Overants.
24:00Oh, there's overage and operants, but no overants, I'm afraid, Phil.
24:06Sorry.
24:06Hard luck.
24:08Alexis?
24:09Couldn't really better a six.
24:11We've got cavern.
24:13Yep.
24:14Yes, craven, cornea.
24:16Quite a few sixes there, but we couldn't improve on that.
24:18Okay.
24:1966 to John 64.
24:23Let them rest for a moment while we listen to Susie and her origins of words.
24:28Yes, Susie?
24:28I want to talk a little bit about words that came over into English from places, because
24:33it is chock-a-block with words that originated in one particular place, and they've slipped
24:38into the mainstream so much that the place name that they stem from is now pretty much
24:43unrecognisable.
24:45Sometimes we just don't know that it comes from a place.
24:47A cantaloupe melon, for example, comes from cantaloupe, a place in Italy whose name actually
24:52means singing wolf, which makes those cantaloupe melons a little bit more sinister.
24:58Mayonnaise.
24:59The French captured the island of Menorca during the Seven Years' War, and the victory was
25:03apparently celebrated with a huge amount of feasting, together with a very special condiment
25:08that was native to that particular place.
25:11The capital of Menorca is Port Mahon, and the S in mayonnaise means native too, which
25:16is where we get mayonnaise today.
25:19Most people probably know that denim was originally Serge de Nîmes.
25:23It was a fabric from Nîmes in France.
25:25The Serge eventually got dropped off, and de Nîmes became denim.
25:29Similarly, jeans were named after their place of origin, which was Genoa in Italy.
25:34A jersey where we wear jerseys all the time, knitted pullovers that were native to Jersey
25:39in the English Channel, originally worn by fishermen.
25:42It kept them very warm in the winter.
25:45A lesbian comes from the Greek island of Lesbos, the home of the Greek lyric poetess Sappho.
25:49She was the leader of a religious community that was dedicated to Aphrodite, goddess of
25:54love, who gave us aphrodisiac, and her surviving lyric poems expressed often intense affection
25:59for the girls who were members of this community.
26:03Balaclava, clothes-fitting, woolen hood or hat covering the ears and the neck, originally
26:08worn by soldiers in the Crimean War.
26:10Balaclava was a small port in southern Crimea in Ukraine, and in 1854, it was the scene of that
26:16very famous battle involving the charge of the Light Brigade.
26:20And curiously, two people involved in that war as well also gave their names to items
26:24of clothing, so from places to people.
26:26The Earl of Cardigan, who led the charge, gave us the cardigan.
26:30Obviously, he was said to wear that knitted type of buttoned sweater to keep himself warm.
26:35And possibly less well-known, the first Baron Raglan gave his name to not only a type of coat,
26:42an overcoat, but also the Raglan sleeve. And what he wore was quite peculiar in a way,
26:49at least it was different from the fashion of the time, because the sleeves continued
26:52in one piece up to the next, so it produced a larger and looser armhole that people weren't
26:58used to, but it suited this particular Baron Raglan. And that was because his right arm
27:03had been amputated after the Battle of Waterloo, because he had had it so severely injured.
27:07So the Raglan sleeve goes all the way back to a one-armed general.
27:11Well, my gosh. Very good.
27:16Very good.
27:19Wonderful, as ever. Two points in it.
27:21So it's anybody's, really, John, Phil. It's John's letters game now, though. Good luck.
27:27A consonant, please.
27:28Thank you, John.
27:29R.
27:30And another.
27:32M.
27:33A third.
27:35G.
27:36And a fourth one.
27:39S.
27:40A vowel.
27:42I.
27:44A vowel.
27:45O.
27:47Vowel.
27:48A.
27:50Vowel.
27:53O.
27:54Consonant.
27:55And lastly, R.
27:58Stand by.
28:00We'll see you.
28:07So,
28:09we'll be right back.
28:10Bye.
28:12All.
28:20Bye.
28:22Bye.
28:22Bye.
28:24Bye.
28:25Bye.
28:25Bye.
28:27Bye.
28:28Bye.
28:29Yes, John.
28:31Six.
28:31Phil.
28:32Yes, six.
28:33John.
28:34Grooms.
28:35And?
28:36Grooms.
28:36Two grooms.
28:37Here we go.
28:38Alexis.
28:39Couldn't improve on six, I'm afraid.
28:41We've got orgasm.
28:43Nice.
28:47And imagos.
28:49Imagos, what's this?
28:50Yes, imagos, the final and fully developed adult stage of an insect, a winged insect.
28:54But also, in psychoanalysis, it's an unconscious mental image of someone who affects your behaviour,
29:00so like a parent, for example.
29:02OK.
29:0472 to 70.
29:06Now, Phil, final letters game.
29:09OK.
29:10A consonant, please.
29:11Thank you, Phil.
29:12S.
29:13A vowel.
29:14I.
29:15A consonant.
29:18F.
29:19A consonant.
29:21M.
29:23A vowel.
29:24U.
29:26A consonant.
29:28P.
29:29A consonant.
29:32T.
29:34A vowel.
29:36E.
29:37And a final consonant, please.
29:39And a final R.
29:41Stand by.
29:42A vowel.
29:44A vowel.
29:46A vowel.
29:53A vowel.
29:58A vowel.
29:59A vowel.
30:00A vowel.
30:00A vowel.
30:00A vowel.
30:00A vowel.
30:13Well, Phil?
30:14I've got a nine.
30:15John?
30:16Six.
30:17And your six?
30:19Sifter.
30:20Now, frumpiest.
30:23Frumpiest is excellent.
30:25Well done.
30:26Very well done.
30:29Well done.
30:31Well, it's not bad, though, is it?
30:33Now, your nines, Susie, Alexis?
30:37There is another nine.
30:40Yes?
30:41Perfumist.
30:43Really?
30:44Oh, thank you.
30:47A fragrant nine, indeed, a perfumist.
30:50This is a purveyor of perfumes and fragrances.
30:53Yes.
30:54Fantastic.
30:54Well done.
30:55Well done.
30:56There's 20 points now.
30:58Oh, gosh.
30:58One bitter blow for John there.
31:01And it's John's numbers game.
31:03Good luck, John.
31:04Can I have six small numbers, please?
31:06Yeah, well done.
31:07Good decision.
31:08Gambling time.
31:08You can still do this.
31:10Thank you, John.
31:11Last numbers game of the week is seven, nine, ten, five, another five, and three.
31:19And the target, 404.
31:22404.
31:23All right.
31:54Yes, John.
31:55403.
31:56One away, Phil.
31:57Close to me, 402.
31:59And 402.
32:00Now then, John.
32:02Seven times five.
32:03Seven times five.
32:0535.
32:06Add the five, not the other five.
32:08Add the five for 40.
32:10Times ten.
32:11Is 400.
32:13And then add the three.
32:15And add the three, it gets you to one away.
32:17Yep.
32:18Wow.
32:19Wow.
32:20Where's that missing digit, I wonder?
32:24Leave it with me.
32:25Certainly will.
32:26Certainly will.
32:27Look at this.
32:2777 now to 90.
32:29Wow.
32:30In we go to the final round.
32:31Oh, gentlemen.
32:33Fingers on buzzers.
32:35Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:43Phil.
32:44Gaffawing.
32:46Gaffawing.
32:47John's nodding.
32:48Gaffawing.
32:49Here we go.
32:50Gaffawing.
32:51Well done.
32:55Well done.
32:56Well done.
32:57I tell you, John, that Phil Davies is tremendous on the conundrums.
33:02We're the champion.
33:03But you played like a stormer.
33:05You really did.
33:06And then you got the nine.
33:07Yeah.
33:07Otherwise, who knows what it would be.
33:09Should have seen.
33:10Congratulations, Luke.
33:12You come back and see us another 25 years?
33:14If I'm still here, yeah.
33:17You take this with you, this goodie bag, back to Oldham with our very best wishes.
33:22Well played.
33:23Thanks very much.
33:23Well played.
33:24And now then, young man, five wins.
33:28Fantastic.
33:29Well done.
33:30We'll see you on Monday.
33:31See you Monday.
33:32Have a peaceful weekend.
33:34No tearing it up.
33:35All right.
33:36Or you could go to the pub, actually, with some of Alexis's tricks.
33:41Make a fortune.
33:42Yeah, I'll get very drunk.
33:43All right.
33:44We'll see you then.
33:45Alexis, see you on Monday.
33:47See you Monday.
33:47And Susie too, of course.
33:48Yeah, see you then.
33:49Look forward to that.
33:51Now, Rachel, what news?
33:53To save myself from homework for the weekend, if you say five times five is 25, seven times
34:00three is 21, add them together for 46, times that by nine for 414, and then take away the
34:08ten.
34:09Perfect.
34:10Well done.
34:14Terrific.
34:14Thanks, Rachel.
34:15See you on Monday.
34:16See you Monday.
34:17Same time, same place.
34:18You be sure of it.
34:19A very good afternoon.
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