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00:30Hello, everybody.
00:32August the 8th, Thursday afternoon, and Countdown is here.
00:35Thank you very much for tuning in this summer afternoon.
00:38And Rachel Riley, we're making a beeline straight for the felines
00:41because today is International Cat Day.
00:44I'm nothing against cats, apart from I'm acutely allergic to them.
00:48So apart from the mistake I made to find out I was very allergic to them,
00:52I don't know what it's like to sit with one at my knee,
00:55to own one, to stroke one or anything like that,
00:57but this is more your world.
00:59Yeah, I used to have cats.
01:00I was allergic as well, I think, because every time I went away to uni,
01:03I'd be fine and then come back and be unaccustomed to them.
01:06For a few days, you've kind of got watery eyes, but they're worth it.
01:09Yeah.
01:09They're too gorgeous.
01:10I used to have two rescue ragdolls and one rescue ragdoll Maine Coon Cross.
01:16Yeah.
01:16And they were just gorgeous.
01:18They're beautiful cats.
01:19Yeah.
01:19Right, happy days.
01:20Well, there you go.
01:21All those cat lovers out there with a cat on their lap.
01:23A special hello to you today.
01:25And a whisker away over in Dictionary Corner is her guardian of the dictionary
01:29and cat lover Susie Dent.
01:31And beside her, a mere kitten when it comes to Countdown.
01:34Making her debut this week, it's Clara Hanfo.
01:39We're getting what he wants for the last two shows.
01:4178 and 78, by the way, the scores.
01:43Very close contests.
01:45Paul Johnson's with us.
01:46You all right, mate?
01:46Yeah, I'm glad to.
01:47You're up against Kay Newman, our photographer.
01:50How are you?
01:50I'm very well, thank you.
01:51Good.
01:52Now, you love to photograph pets, right?
01:56Well, dogs or cats?
01:59I tend to shoot more dogs, but I'm a cat person.
02:01You're a cat person that shoots dogs well.
02:03One pays, you know what I mean.
02:04Go where the money is.
02:05But you also photograph cake smashes.
02:09I have no idea what that is.
02:10What is it?
02:11OK, babies tend to do them when they're about one year old
02:14and they come into the studio, have a theme of some kind,
02:18and then you just put the cake in front of them
02:21and let them go for it.
02:23So they're basically this face plant.
02:25It's make a mess, basically.
02:27Yeah.
02:27I suppose that's quite nice for all the colours you can get.
02:31Yeah, and then they get a little bubble bath afterwards
02:33to clean them up.
02:34Do you photograph the bubble bath as well?
02:37See, there you go.
02:37Two for the price of one.
02:39Well, listen, you can take the photograph at the end of today's show.
02:41I don't know whether you'll be smiling.
02:43It'll be you or Paul.
02:44Let's find out.
02:45Good luck.
02:47And Paul, you're up, you know, champion goes first.
02:50Hello, Rachel.
02:50Hi, Paul.
02:51Do you have a consonant, please?
02:52Can indeed start today with T.
02:55Another one, please.
02:58N.
02:59Another one.
03:02C.
03:03Vowel.
03:06I.
03:07Another one, please.
03:08E.
03:09Another one.
03:10O.
03:11Do you have a consonant, please?
03:14R.
03:15Another one, please.
03:17N.
03:19Do you have a vowel, please?
03:21And lastly, E.
03:24At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
03:31Bye.
03:57Paul, how many?
03:58Eight.
03:59And for UK?
04:00Six.
04:00Six, what's the six?
04:02Cornet.
04:03Cornet of you, Paul.
04:05Direction.
04:05Let's see if that stands up, OK?
04:07It stands up, right.
04:08Stands up perfectly.
04:09Great.
04:10Anything else?
04:11Yes, we have my seven.
04:12Mm, enteric.
04:14I say nice.
04:15It's occurring in the intestines, is what it means.
04:18So not that nice.
04:19Maybe not.
04:20At all.
04:22OK, well, an early lead for Paul, and you're choosing these letters, Kay.
04:28I'll have a consonant, please, Rachel.
04:30Thank you, Kay.
04:32D.
04:33And a vowel.
04:36U.
04:38And a consonant.
04:40M.
04:42And another consonant, please.
04:44S.
04:46And a vowel.
04:48O.
04:51And another vowel.
04:53A.
04:55And a consonant.
04:57R.
05:00And a consonant, please.
05:03Q.
05:06And a vowel, please.
05:09Lastly...
05:10U.
05:12Oh, 30 seconds.
05:13A vowel.
05:26A vowel.
05:29A vowel.
05:30A vowel.
05:31A vowel.
05:32A vowel.
05:34A vowel.
05:34A vowel.
05:34A vowel.
05:35A vowel.
05:36A vowel.
05:37A vowel.
05:39A vowel.
05:41A vowel.
05:42A vowel.
05:42A vowel.
05:44OK.
05:45Only a five.
05:47And Paul? Five.
05:48Yeah, that's OK.
05:49Squad.
05:50Squad. And for you, Paul?
05:51Seven.
05:52So, no just moving that S, by the way, to come up with a second one.
05:56Anything above a five?
05:57We have a seven in quorums.
05:59Oh, I shouldn't have doubted you. Quorums.
06:01Yes, so if you have a quorum,
06:04you have the minimum number of people at an assembly or a meeting necessary.
06:07Yeah, we hear it used in politics and stuff quite a bit.
06:10All right, 13-5.
06:11Well done, Kay, you're on the board.
06:13And Paul, you're picking the first numbers, Ryan.
06:15Start with one, lads, please.
06:17Thank you, Paul. Start with one from the top.
06:19Five little first numbers of the day are eight, seven, one, five, one, and 50.
06:29And the first target, 673.
06:32Six, seven, three, numbers up.
07:04Six, seven, three, Paul.
07:06Six, seven, one, not fully written down.
07:08Kay, how'd you get on?
07:09Nowhere near.
07:10OK, so not written down, Paul.
07:11Two away.
07:13Seven plus one, plus five.
07:16Seven plus one, plus five, 13.
07:1850 plus one.
07:2050 plus the other one, 51.
07:22The count of 13.
07:24663.
07:25Plus eight.
07:27671.
07:28Two away.
07:29And 673, Rich.
07:31Yes.
07:32If you say five times seven is 35, add it to the 50 for 85 and take one of the
07:38ones, 84.
07:4084 times eight is 672, and you can add the spare one.
07:46673.
07:46Lovely.
07:49OK, first tea time, tea this Thursday afternoon is take to us, take to us.
07:55The British fans will take to us if we do this, said Jane and Chris.
07:58The British fans will take to us if we do this, said Jane and Chris.
08:19The British fans will take to us if we do this, said Jane Torval.
08:24Will Christopher, Dean, thoughts of bolero come to mind, that Winter Olympic gold outskate, outskate?
08:31You need to get your skates on yourself, Kay, but nothing too urgent yet.
08:35Let's get more letters.
08:37I'll start with a consonant, please.
08:38Thank you, Kay.
08:40M.
08:41And a vowel.
08:43E.
08:45And a consonant.
08:47S.
08:49And another.
08:51D.
08:52And a vowel.
08:55I.
08:57And a consonant.
08:59M.
09:02And another consonant.
09:05R.
09:08And a vowel.
09:12E.
09:13And a final consonant, please.
09:17Final T.
09:18Thanks, Rach.
09:20Hi.
09:22Have a great day.
09:23Thanks.
09:35Bye-bye.
09:41Thanks.
09:42Bye-bye.
09:42Bye-bye.
09:44Bye-bye.
09:45Bye-bye.
09:50K? Seven.
09:51Seven from you, and for Paul?
09:54I'll risk it out, not really, though.
09:56OK, and K?
09:57Trimmed.
09:58Trimmed, and what are you risking?
10:00Strimmed.
10:01The old strimmer round the edge of the grass?
10:04Yeah, that is absolutely fine.
10:06You can strim around the edges of your garden.
10:09No problem at all.
10:11Anything else, Clara?
10:12Another eight in simmered.
10:13Yes, indeed, simmered, and we're all done.
10:15Yep, D-mister as well.
10:17Was that there?
10:18I didn't want to say I thought I'd embarrass myself again.
10:21That is there, OK, D-mister as well, OK.
10:23So there's a few eights up for grabs there.
10:26At 25, and Paul, you're choosing nine more letters.
10:29Another round, enjoy.
10:30Can I have a consonant, please?
10:32Thank you, Paul.
10:33D.
10:34Another one, please.
10:37N.
10:38Another one.
10:40L.
10:41Vowel, please.
10:43U.
10:44Another one.
10:44A.
10:46Another one.
10:47I.
10:48Consonant, please.
10:50C.
10:51Another one, please.
10:53L.
10:54Vowel, please.
10:56And lastly, O.
10:58And half a minute.
10:59I.
11:00I.
11:27I.
11:29I.
11:30Paul, that's six. Six and K? Only five. The five is? Cloud. And the six? Unload. And unload, yeah. We'll
11:38have to unload another six points here. I think they're a champion. What else do we have? That was it.
11:43That was it.
11:44There is a very regional word from Scots and Irish English. Cullen. C-U-L-L-A-N. Can be
11:51spelled in various different ways, but it's a boy or a lad. Oh, it's nice, that. Right, let's move back
11:56to the numbers then. And you're choosing these for the first time, K?
11:59OK, OK, I'll have one large, please. Thank you, K. One from the top and five not coming up for
12:05you. And this time the five small ones are two, one, seven, eight, two, and a large one, 25. And
12:16the target, 277.
12:18277. Numbers up.
12:49A low target, 277, but just a 25. K? I'm going to go with 277. And Paul?
12:58277. Off you go, K. OK, so I went 25 plus 2. 27. And then I did 8 plus 2.
13:078 plus the second 2 is 10.
13:09Erm, and then I times those together for 270. Yep. And then I added on the 7 that was left.
13:15Perfect.
13:15Yeah, well done. And for you, Paul? 8 plus 2 plus 1. 8 plus 2 plus 1 is 11.
13:2112, 25. 275. Add the two. Another perfectly acceptable way to get 277.
13:27APPLAUSE
13:30Well done, K. Well done. Paul, as we pause for a chat with our ray of sunshine this week, Clara
13:35Amphill.
13:35And we've been talking a lot about music this week, haven't we? We have.
13:38And I want to talk about interviews because some surprise you in a good way, some surprise you in the
13:43other way.
13:45So I'm going to word it in a nice way. OK. Your most memorable interview. So you can go whatever
13:49way you want.
13:50Oh, gosh. I've had a lot of memorable interviews. I had one interview where a pop star seamstress sewed up
13:56my top because maybe they thought it was too revealing.
13:59Yeah. That was interesting. Won't say who. One word, awkward.
14:03And it was quite awkward. Yeah. But, you know, we smiled through. I was on their turf, so couldn't really
14:08rock the boat too much.
14:09Yeah. Do you know what I mean? What about the other side of that, when you've expected an entourage, you've
14:14expected conditions,
14:15and then they've just walked in, like, you know, just sat down? Do you know what? I think it's funny
14:21because it's always the super mega stars.
14:23You expect to maybe be quite diva-ish or the most, like, down-to-worth, like, you know, I know
14:28we spoke about him earlier on in the week,
14:30but Harry Styles is a name just dropped from the sky. Let me just catch it. Thank you.
14:34No, Harry Styles, very, very lovely man, doesn't roll with lots of people, considering how famous he is, like, really
14:39low-key,
14:40says hi to everyone, spends time with everyone, is really just a good guy.
14:44I think that's the thing. I always can tell how somebody is with how they treat, like, the most least
14:49important person in the room.
14:50Yeah. And if you're always nice to, like, you know, the runner and the researcher and the assistant, I'm like,
14:54OK, you're a lovely person.
14:56Love it. Right. Great chatting again, Clara. Thank you.
15:00APPLAUSE
15:02Right, back to the game, and Paul, you're choosing his letters.
15:05Yeah, a consonant, please. Thank you, Paul. S. Another one.
15:10T. Another one. N. Vowel, please.
15:29And a final E. And here we go again.
15:35MUSIC PLAYS
16:05Paul, it's a six. OK.
16:08I've got seven, but I've gone wrong.
16:11OK, so, Paul, an easy six points.
16:14Sunset. Sunset. I think you got away with one there. Unlucky, Kay.
16:19Dictionary corner. We have neatness, an eight.
16:22Ah, very good. Neatness. Neatness.
16:2550 plays 15. Keep the faith, Kay. Let's go again.
16:29I'll have a consonant to start, please. Thank you, Kay. C.
16:33And a vowel. O.
16:37And a consonant. R.
16:40R. And another. B. And another. R. And a vowel. E.
16:56G. And a consonant. G. And a consonant. L.
17:07And final vowel, please. A final A.
17:12G. And start the clock.
17:13R. And a consonant.
17:14R. And a consonant.
17:36R. And a consonant.
17:44K. Only five. And Paul. That's six.
17:47That's six. What have you got there, Kay?
17:49I've got Riegel. Riegel. And, Paul?
17:53Gropa. Gropa, yeah. I'll get you the points.
17:56That's six for you. Dictionary corner.
17:59Yeah, pretty much the same.
18:00Yes. Jailor, we had. With the G-A-O-L-E-R.
18:05Yeah, of course. And that was it. Couldn't get any further than that.
18:08Nothing more. Oh, actually, Purgola is there.
18:11Spotted that last second.
18:13Yeah, Purgola's there for seven. Love that.
18:15Yeah. All those years.
18:17Literally the longest-running face on television.
18:20Hand in the air to give an answer.
18:22Me. I've got something. Literally your job.
18:26Pick me. Purgola. Well spotted.
18:28Yeah. 56-50. Numbers again. And, Paul?
18:33Do we have two large, please?
18:34You can indeed. Thank you, Paul.
18:35Two large and four not.
18:38And the four little ones for this round are
18:41ten, three, nine and six.
18:45And the big two, 75 and 50.
18:48And you need to reach 297.
18:51297. Numbers up.
18:53So.
18:54.
18:54.
19:23MUSIC CONTINUES
19:252,97. For you, Paul?
19:272,97. And for you, Kay?
19:282,97. Excellent. Off you go, Paul.
19:30Six times 50.
19:32Six times 50 is 300.
19:34Minus three. Yeah. Very easy, this one.
19:37Yeah, same way, is it?
19:39Well done. Points in the bag.
19:42And a tea time teaser to get you to the other side.
19:45It's a grim hit. A grim hit.
19:48I could be wrong, but let's find out.
19:50I could be wrong, but let's find out.
20:00MUSIC CONTINUES
20:01APPLAUSE
20:08Hello again, your tea time teaser.
20:10I could be wrong, but let's find out.
20:12Studio, don't let me down here. Am I right?
20:15Oh, go away.
20:18Oh, party. Boo, boo, all five of you.
20:22I've just looked it up, and the first recorded use is 1918 as one word.
20:26Let's get back to the game.
20:27Kay, more letters.
20:29Start with the consonant, please.
20:32Tumbleweed going in. We'll put that on in post.
20:35R.
20:35I'm not talking any, is it again?
20:37And a vowel.
20:39I.
20:40And a consonant.
20:42I.
20:43And a consonant.
20:46L.
20:47F.
20:48And a vowel.
20:51O.
20:53And another vowel.
20:55A.
20:57And a consonant.
20:59G.
21:03And another consonant.
21:06K.
21:09And a vowel to finish, please.
21:12Looks like a challenge.
21:13A final E.
21:14And good luck.
21:15Tumbleweed.
21:18Tumbleweed.
21:20Tumbleweed.
21:25Tumbleweed.
21:30Tumbleweed.
21:34Tumbleweed.
21:35Tumbleweed.
21:36Tumbleweed.
21:37Tumbleweed.
21:38Tumbleweed.
21:39Tumbleweed.
21:40Tumbleweed.
21:40Tumbleweed.
21:41Tumbleweed.
21:41Tumbleweed.
21:41Tumbleweed.
21:43Tumbleweed.
21:43Tumbleweed.
21:44Tumbleweed.
21:45Tumbleweed.
21:46OK, K. Seven.
21:48Yeah, and Paul? Seven, not written down.
21:51Not written down. Paul, what have you got?
21:53Flakier. Flakier. And for K? Flakier.
21:55But written down. Yeah, weirdly, you have to show him now.
21:58Yeah. Yeah.
22:00It's over the dictionary corner. Clara, how'd you get on?
22:02Fragile. Another seven. Yeah?
22:04Yeah, foliage. A few sevens there.
22:06A few sevens, but no eight, so we'll move on and get Paul Johnson's letters.
22:11Can I have a consonant, please?
22:12Thank you, Paul.
22:13T.
22:13T. Another one, please.
22:16S. Another one.
22:19G.
22:21Vowel, please.
22:23A. Another one, please.
22:26U.
22:27Another one.
22:28O.
22:29Consonant, please.
22:31S.
22:32Another one.
22:34J.
22:36And a...
22:38Vowel, please.
22:40Lastly, E.
22:42And countdown.
22:44And countdown.
23:12MUSIC PLAYS
23:14Paul?
23:15Seven.
23:15And for you, Kay?
23:17Six.
23:17Six says Kay.
23:19Joust.
23:19Nothing wrong with that.
23:20And Paul?
23:22Outages.
23:23Outages.
23:23Outages, yes.
23:24Something nobody wants.
23:25Power cuts, absolutely.
23:26Yeah, absolutely.
23:28What do we have over there?
23:29Anything to add?
23:31We have outgasses for eight.
23:33That's a fantastic spot.
23:34Yes, to release a substance as a gas, obviously, or a vapour.
23:38There you go.
23:38To outgas.
23:40Fantastic.
23:40So, an eight there.
23:41Four rounds left to go, and time for Origins of Words.
23:45Well, a really curious letter came in from David in Wigan,
23:51who asked about an expression that I had never heard before.
23:55And expressions, particularly regional ones,
23:57are always very...
23:58Just seem quite eccentric and unusual to those of us
24:02who are outside the circle, and that's the whole idea,
24:04with regional dialect.
24:05It's all about belonging to a particular community
24:07and keeping insiders in.
24:09But I'd be interested to hear,
24:10if anybody else has heard this one.
24:13He says,
24:14When he was a child,
24:15he would often be told,
24:17If you're not careful,
24:18you'll finish up in Dickie's Meadow.
24:20Please, could you find out the meaning?
24:22And where it's from.
24:23So, completely new to me.
24:24But it turns out there's a lot of debate going on,
24:28on the internet about exactly such expressions.
24:31And that's been one of the wonderful things about this new technology,
24:34relatively new technology, in terms of language.
24:37Because on the internet, people are recording their homegrown phrases
24:41and we're able to document them in a way that we couldn't before,
24:43because they were always spoken.
24:44So it's been a really good thing.
24:45Anyway, the debate usually focuses around two battles,
24:50the Battle of Wakefields and the Battle of Bosworth.
24:53The first was fought in 1460 during the Wars of the Roses.
24:57Richard, Duke of York, was killed during that battle.
25:00Richard, Dickie.
25:01That's a very logical conclusion.
25:04The Battle of Bosworth, 1485,
25:07and King Richard III was killed during this battle.
25:11And so these theories claim that the phrase in Dickie's Meadow
25:15meant that Richard, i.e. Dickie, met his death on a meadow.
25:20So sort of quite a literal beginning.
25:22But, as I often say when I am in party-pooper mode,
25:27quite often the evidence of these expressions
25:29comes so long after these particular events
25:31that it seems unlikely that they were the inspiration.
25:33And in this case, it's four centuries later
25:35that we begin to hear about in Dickie's Meadow.
25:38And then it seems to have originated in Lancashire.
25:42That was one of David's questions.
25:43Wakefield is in Yorkshire. Bosworth is in Leicestershire.
25:46So it is more likely to do with the use of Richard,
25:51and we don't know why,
25:52but names are used all over the place in English,
25:55and Dickie to mean uncertain or hazardous.
25:57And we still use it when we say,
25:58well, I've got a bit of a Dickie stomach.
26:00Yeah.
26:00Exactly the same way.
26:02And this seems to be borne out by the fact
26:04that the very first uses of the phrase were in Dickie Meadow.
26:07So if you're in Dickie Meadow,
26:08you're in a sort of tricky spot, if you like.
26:11So we think it's as simple as that.
26:14You take someone's name, you riff on it,
26:16and there's a very similar phrase,
26:18particularly if you're in financial difficulties,
26:21you would say, I'm on Queer Street,
26:23which was the kind of city equivalent, if you like,
26:25of being on Dickie Meadow.
26:27But it was a lovely one to research
26:28because I had never heard it before.
26:30And it belongs to the category
26:33housing so many curious expressions up and down the land.
26:35Yeah, I'd never heard that before.
26:37It left your mouth today.
26:38So there you go.
26:39Thank you, Susie.
26:40You're welcome.
26:43Well, Paul, you're not going to score 78 today.
26:46You've already got 80.
26:47Could you have your first century?
26:48We will find out, Kay, four more rounds.
26:51Let's keep building your score as well.
26:52Here we go.
26:52I'll have a consonant, please, Rachel.
26:56Thank you, Kay.
26:57D.
26:58And a vowel?
27:00A.
27:03And a consonant?
27:05N.
27:08And a vowel?
27:10I.
27:10And a consonant?
27:14V.
27:17And vowel?
27:19E.
27:21And a consonant?
27:24P.
27:26And a consonant?
27:29H.
27:32And a vowel.
27:35Lastly, I.
27:36And let's play.
27:37And a consonant?
27:51And a consonant?
27:55And a consonant?
27:57And a consonant?
27:57And a consonant?
27:57And a consonant?
27:58And a consonant?
28:01And a consonant?
28:08okay six time for you Paul six all right what we got K pained pained and Paul
28:14divine divine pained yes a lot of sixes floating about there can we can we go a
28:21bit better we have a seven in pinhead glad you said in pinhead yes I thought
28:26you'd have been insulting me there we put that in a bracket don't you sit
28:30talking about blockheads the other day we have blockers yeah but it can just be
28:33the head of a pin of course you can yeah all right all done then 86 38 final
28:38letters right for you Paul do a consonant please thank you for T another one please
28:46V another one s foul please oh another one you another one please a consonant and
29:00another one please B and a vowel please lastly I and last letters
29:13so
29:40Paul
29:43you're gonna go for the eight why not okay seven seven is bastion this is a
29:49risk you might get the points uni bolts oh uni bolts um no it's not there I'm afraid
29:58sorry and we couldn't get beyond seven either good so bastion was as good as it
30:03gets K so the points on the board and from a very slow start you're right there on
30:09half a century now which is fantastic by the way 86 45 and you're doing these
30:14numbers so you know I'll keep it quite easy let's go and may I have too large
30:19please you may indeed thank you okay too large for little final numbers of the day
30:24three are nine seven six three 25 and 75 and the final target 980 980 last numbers
30:39so
30:51so
30:53so
30:53so
31:069.80, was that a tricky target, Kay?
31:109.81.
31:11And Paul?
31:129.81.
31:13Yeah, off you go, Kay.
31:14Oh, sorry, I've gone wrong.
31:17Oh, don't worry, Paul, let's see if you have...
31:207 plus 6.
31:217 plus 6 is 13.
31:24Times 75.
31:26Times 75 is 975.
31:29Now, minus 3 for 6.
31:31And 9 minus 3 is 6.
31:34And are they on?
31:35Yep, 9.81, one above.
31:37Oh, one away, one away, one away.
31:39So many one aways, but can we get it at 9.80?
31:42I found our way.
31:45If you say 6 plus 7 again, 13,
31:48if we times it by the 75, add 3.
31:53Times those together and you get 1,014.
31:58And then 25 plus the remaining 9 is 34.
32:02And take it away for 980.
32:04Lovely, well done.
32:05APPLAUSE
32:08You really are fantastic at numbers.
32:10Am I right?
32:11You're not wrong.
32:12You're not wrong.
32:14It's too late.
32:15Too little, too late.
32:16Let's get on with the conundrum.
32:17You could get your first century, Paul.
32:19Kay, you could get the half century.
32:21Not to be sniffed at.
32:22So let's get the fingers on the buzzers.
32:24Full concentration.
32:26Here's the countdown conundrum.
32:58And time is up.
32:59Unlucky Paul, Unlucky Kay, Rachel Riley.
33:03Not just good at the numbers, she is a conundrum whiz.
33:06Go ahead.
33:08Sarcastic.
33:08Let's have a look.
33:10Oh, yeah.
33:11APPLAUSE
33:13What a surprise.
33:1593 plus 45.
33:17Kay, it has been an absolute treat to have you here today.
33:19Thank you so much.
33:20Thank you for having me.
33:21And a bit of solace for you.
33:23You've been beaten by a really good champion.
33:25You really have.
33:26Third win for you, Paul.
33:28So we'll see you tomorrow.
33:29Yep, see you.
33:30Happy days.
33:31And Clare and Susie, last day for you tomorrow, Clare?
33:33I'm gutted.
33:34Yay.
33:35Oh, you'll be back.
33:35Don't worry about that.
33:36We were purring today on International Cat Day.
33:39So let's finish with a cat fact.
33:41Who's faster over 200 metres?
33:44Usain Bolt, eight Olympic goals.
33:47Or a house cat?
33:49I mean, on a normal day, I'd go Usain.
33:53It is Usain Bolt.
33:54Thanks for...
33:54No, of course not.
33:56It's a house cat, 30 miles an hour.
33:59Just a little faster.
34:00So over the 200 metres.
34:02But, I mean, the cat's not going to get out of the blocks as quickly.
34:05It might be quite hard to get to actually run 200 metres,
34:08but we'd be faster in theory, Rich.
34:10Yeah, you'd have to wake it up first.
34:11Good luck to you.
34:13Good news is I'm not allergic to Usain Bolt,
34:15so I'll stick with him.
34:16Right, thank you for tuning in.
34:18We must dash.
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