Countdown | Monday 29th January 2018 | Episode 6751
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00:00APPLAUSE
00:13Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio on what is,
00:16I am reliably informed, National...
00:20..week, 18th year of it.
00:22And it's so important to maintain this oral tradition of storytelling
00:26and it's in schools, museums, all sorts of civic centres
00:32all around the country, but also, I suppose, at bedtime,
00:35when mum comes in and reads you a story.
00:37And apparently it has a big impact on education.
00:40Certainly I remember as a kid, my mother's a great storyteller,
00:43a great storyteller. Was your mum a storyteller at home?
00:47I'm sure, yes, she read us plenty of stories,
00:50but I think out of everyone we've had on Dictionary Corner,
00:53Sir Ranulph Fiennes has got to be one of the best storytellers
00:56because you're absolutely gripped and he tells everything
00:59in such a calm, steady manner.
01:01You're just gripped the whole time. He's absolutely fantastic.
01:04I could listen to him say anything.
01:06And he does it in such a deadpan fashion, as you say.
01:09The world is about to come crashing down on his head
01:12and he says it in the most pragmatic fashion, I guess.
01:15Yeah, but you just have to keep listening.
01:17Fantastic. Great storyteller, you're quite right.
01:20Chris Thorne's a pretty good countdown player too.
01:24Sports administrator from Chelmsford.
01:27Six wins in a row. Spectacular win, actually, on Friday.
01:31Yeah, survived six and now I've got to face a new over.
01:35You got the better of young Sam there.
01:38But here you are, fighting for your seventh win against Paul McGee.
01:42Welcome, Paul. Thank you.
01:44Operations manager from Killingworth Village near Newcastle
01:48and you're the coach at the famous Wolves End Boys Club.
01:51Who have you produced over the years?
01:54Some pretty iconic players, such as Alan Shearer, Peter Beardsley
01:58in days gone by, and current internationals,
02:01such as Michael Carrick and Fraser Forster have played for the club.
02:05That's fantastic. Something in the water there, obviously.
02:08Or is it good coaching?
02:10Probably both, Nick.
02:12Well, good luck today. Good luck to you both.
02:14Big round of applause for Paul McGee and Chris Thorne.
02:20Indeed. Yes, Susie, how are you? Quiet weekend?
02:24Not so quiet but very nice, thank you.
02:26Good. We won't go into details.
02:28And you're sitting next door, once again,
02:30to the wonderful John Inverdale sports presenter and broadcaster
02:33for the last time.
02:35Yeah, I am sort of Dictionary Corner's Rochdale
02:37to Ranulph Fiennes' Manchester United.
02:40Indeed. All right.
02:42Now, Chris, letters game.
02:44Afternoon, Rachel. Afternoon again, Chris.
02:46Start with a consonant, please. Thank you. Start the week with Y.
02:49And another.
02:51F And one more.
02:54D Vowel.
02:56O And another.
02:59I And another.
03:01E
03:04Consonant.
03:06R And another.
03:09S And a final consonant, please.
03:13And a final D.
03:15And here's the Countdown Clock.
03:39CLOCK TICKS
03:49Yes, Chris? Six.
03:51Six, Paul? Six.
03:53Chris? Fodder.
03:55No, Paul. Diodes.
03:57Diodes.
03:59Absolutely fine. In electronics, a semiconductor device
04:02with two terminals, so allowing the flow of current
04:04in one direction only.
04:06And fodder? Can you have plural on that?
04:08No, but fodder is there as a verb.
04:10To give fodder to cattle, so you can have fodders.
04:12That would give you a seven.
04:14Brilliant. Six apiece.
04:16And Paul, letters game.
04:18Hi, Rachel. Hi, Paul.
04:20Start with a consonant, please. Thank you. Start with S.
04:23And another.
04:25P And a vowel.
04:28A And a consonant.
04:31T And a vowel.
04:34E And a consonant.
04:37R And another consonant, please.
04:41T And a vowel.
04:44I And a consonant.
04:47And lastly, S.
04:49Countdown.
05:08MUSIC
05:21Yes, Paul? Eight.
05:23And Chris? Seven.
05:25And your seven? Parties.
05:27No, Paul. Pastries.
05:29Very nice.
05:31APPLAUSE
05:34Now, John?
05:35I actually just asked Susie if ever a nine-letter word
05:38had just come up in order, just there in front of everybody.
05:41But there's an eight-letter one that almost came up there,
05:44which was spatters, which was almost just there laid out.
05:47Indeed. Indeed. Susie?
05:49Eight for us. Thank you very much.
05:5114 plays six. Chris on six.
05:53Chris, your numbers game.
05:55One big and five small, please.
05:57In your usual pattern, one large to kick us off. Thank you, Chris.
06:00And for the first time this week,
06:02they are five, eight, five,
06:06nine, three and 50.
06:10And the target, 134.
06:12134.
06:14MUSIC
06:31MUSIC
06:45Yes, Chris? 134.
06:47And Paul? 134.
06:49Chris?
06:5115 minus five is 45.
06:5345.
06:54Multiply by three. 135.
06:56And nine minus eight is one. Subtract.
06:58Perfect. 134.
07:00Same way? There we go.
07:02APPLAUSE
07:06So, Paul's still in the lead, 24-2.
07:08Chris is 16 as we lurch into our first Tea Time teaser,
07:11which is best for it. And the clue.
07:13What's best for preventing it? Why, a good pair of gloves.
07:17What's best for preventing it?
07:19Why, a good pair of gloves.
07:21MUSIC
07:28APPLAUSE
07:36Welcome back. I left with the clue.
07:38What's best for preventing it? Why, a good pair of gloves.
07:42Preventing what? Why, preventing frostbite.
07:46Very important. Frostbite.
07:48So, 24 plays 16. Paul on 24.
07:51Paul, letters game.
07:53Start with a consonant, Rachel, please.
07:55Thank you, Paul. R
07:57R
07:59L
08:01And a vowel.
08:03U
08:05And a consonant.
08:07H
08:09And a consonant.
08:11V
08:13And a vowel.
08:15I
08:17And a consonant.
08:19R
08:21And a consonant.
08:23P
08:25Tantan.
08:27MUSIC
08:56Well, Paul? Six.
08:58Chris? I'll stick with a six.
09:00Paul?
09:02Purile.
09:04And hurler.
09:06Hurler is, I'm sure, fine. Yes.
09:08Purile, you need two Es, I'm afraid, so it's P-U-E-R-I-L-E.
09:12Sorry.
09:14A hurler. He who plays hurley is a hurler, presumably.
09:17Yeah, a player of hurling can also be a baseball pitcher.
09:20Can it? A hurler.
09:22Thank you. Now, John.
09:24Downriver, which is seven.
09:26Very good.
09:28Is downriver a word or is that two words?
09:30It's still one word.
09:32So downriver would be a good nine-letter word to store away.
09:35Exactly. Downriver and upriver.
09:37Mm.
09:3924 plays 22.
09:41Chris, your letters game.
09:43Consonant, please. Thank you, Chris.
09:45F
09:47And another.
09:49N
09:51And another.
09:53And another.
09:55C
09:57Vowel.
09:59I
10:01And another. O
10:03One more.
10:05E
10:07Consonant.
10:09L
10:11And a final consonant, please.
10:13And a final R.
10:15Stand by.
10:23WHISTLE BLOWS
10:46Chris?
10:48Er, seven.
10:50A seven, Paul?
10:52Cloners.
10:54And Paul?
10:56Cloners.
10:58Er, it should be fine, yes.
11:00It's absolutely fine.
11:02And over in the corner there?
11:04Yeah, over in the corner we've got two eights,
11:06we've got a conifers, as in trees, and forensic.
11:09Our old friend, the conifer.
11:11Absolutely. Thank you.
11:13APPLAUSE
11:15Conifers. Well done.
11:17So, 31-29.
11:19Paul, your numbers game.
11:21Thought about that carefully.
11:23One large, five little.
11:25See how these tactics pay off.
11:27These five small ones are three, nine,
11:29another nine,
11:31two, seven,
11:33and the big one, 25.
11:35And your target, 205.
11:37205.
11:51WHISTLE BLOWS
12:09Yes, Paul?
12:11I'm sorry, I've lost it.
12:13Now then, Chris. 205.
12:15205. Oh, come.
12:17Er, nine over nine is one.
12:19Seven. Eight.
12:21Eight times 25. 200.
12:23Plus three, plus two.
12:25And you've nicked the lead.
12:27APPLAUSE
12:29Well done.
12:31Well done.
12:33As we turn to John.
12:35John, final outing to Russia and football.
12:37What do you reckon?
12:39The World Cup, I think, is unbelievably exciting.
12:41Whether you're a football fan or not,
12:43you get engrossed in it because you just do.
12:45It's a shame that not all the home countries are there,
12:47and with a really good team as well,
12:49it does actually, for once,
12:51mean that some of the hope may not be,
12:53you know, vanished in the group stage.
12:55But there are some extraordinary stories
12:57about World Cups in days gone by.
12:59We can talk about politics and sport mixing,
13:01but if ever you wanted an example
13:03where politics and sport just collided head on,
13:05it was the solitary occasion that Zaire
13:07took part in the Football World Cup in 1974.
13:09And President Mobutu,
13:11who was the dictator of Zaire,
13:13he obviously felt that
13:15performance on the field was very important
13:17for the reputation of the country.
13:19And when they lost 9-0
13:21to Yugoslavia in the World Cup,
13:23and I don't think they were helped
13:25by having a goalkeeper who was 5'4",
13:27but anyway, when they lost 9-0,
13:29he said that in their last match,
13:31against, of all people, Brazil,
13:33if they lost by 4-0 or worse,
13:35none of them were going to be allowed
13:37back into the country in perpetuity.
13:39So you can imagine what the team talk
13:41was like before that game.
13:43They were 2-0 down, and Brazil get a free kick
13:45just outside the box.
13:47And one of the Zairean players
13:49just rushes, you're grinning because you've seen this haven't you,
13:51just rushes up and just kicks it as far as he possibly
13:53can do down the field.
13:55Not because he fears for any sanctions on the field,
13:57it's because he wants to waste another 30 seconds
13:59because he wants to go back home and see his family.
14:01Anyway, eventually they managed
14:03to somehow scramble a 3-0 defeat,
14:05and reluctantly the President allowed them
14:07all back home. But I think it's an indication
14:09there are a lot of countries that are going to be taking part
14:11in the World Cup this time for the first time
14:13because they've expanded the competition.
14:15And I think there's an awful lot going on
14:17behind the scenes that we don't know about
14:19in terms of actually how these countries'
14:21performance will impact
14:23on the reputation their countries have overseas.
14:25And not least, from England's point of view,
14:27it's 22 years since
14:29England did anything
14:31in a major competition when
14:33Wall's End's Alan Shearer did pretty well
14:35in Euro 96, so we're 22 years
14:37on from that. But this really could be
14:39the year when this generation of players
14:41and Dele Alli and people like that
14:43on the world stage really show what they can do.
14:45So I think it's a really exciting
14:47prospect sporting-wise, but I hope
14:49over the last few days... I mean, what a fascinating
14:51place Russia is, and it just makes you want to go,
14:53doesn't it? Absolutely.
14:55What a great place.
14:57APPLAUSE
15:01Brilliant stuff. 39
15:03plays 31. Chris on 39.
15:05And it's Chris's letters game.
15:07Consonant, please. Thank you, Chris.
15:09M. And another.
15:11T.
15:13And one more.
15:15R.
15:17Vowel. I.
15:19And another. E.
15:21And another.
15:23O.
15:25Consonant.
15:27G.
15:29And another.
15:31N.
15:33And
15:35one more consonant, please.
15:37And lastly, J.
15:39Stand by.
15:41CLOCK TICKS
16:05CLOCK TICKS
16:09Chris?
16:11Six.
16:13Paul? Six.
16:15Chris? Joiner.
16:17Now, Paul? Mentor.
16:19And mentor. Yes.
16:21Can we get beyond six, John?
16:23Yeah, we've got a seven, which is emoting,
16:25and not much more than that, I think.
16:27To emote.
16:2945 to 37.
16:31Paul? Letters game. Start with a consonant, please.
16:33Thank you, Paul. T.
16:35And another.
16:37L.
16:39And a vowel.
16:41U.
16:43And a consonant. R.
16:45And a vowel.
16:47E.
16:49And a consonant.
16:51D.
16:53And a vowel.
16:55O.
16:57And a consonant.
16:59S.
17:01And a consonant, please.
17:03And lastly, T.
17:05Stand by.
17:07CLOCK TICKS
17:31CLOCK TICKS
17:33CLOCK TICKS
17:35CLOCK TICKS
17:37Yes, Paul?
17:39Seven. Seven. And Chris?
17:41Seven. Paul?
17:43Loudest. Chris?
17:45Slotted. John?
17:47Well, of course, when there's always an E-D there,
17:49you've got lots of options, so we've got store to six,
17:51tutored, rustled...
17:53Yeah. Rousted.
17:55Rousted. Yes.
17:57Nothing more. No, he couldn't get to an eight.
17:5922-44, Chris in the lead,
18:01and it's Chris's numbers game.
18:03Six and all, please, Rachel.
18:05I thought you might say that. Thank you, Chris.
18:07Six little ones this time.
18:09And they are...
18:111, 6, 3,
18:138,
18:155 and 9.
18:17And the target...
18:19471.
18:21471.
18:23CLOCK TICKS
18:25CLOCK TICKS
18:27CLOCK TICKS
18:51Well, Chris? 471.
18:53And Paul? 465.
18:55465. So, Chris?
18:573 minus 1 is 2.
18:59Yep. Times 5.
19:0110.
19:03And then 8 times 6 is 48.
19:058 times 6, 48.
19:07Times those together. 480.
19:09And take away 9.
19:11Lovely. 471. Well done.
19:13Well done.
19:15APPLAUSE
19:17Well done, Chris.
19:1962 plays 44.
19:21Paul on 44.
19:23And the answer, which is Violet Rat,
19:25and the clue...
19:27Does he put tax on a jacket spud?
19:29How uplifting.
19:31Does he put tax
19:33on a jacket spud?
19:35How uplifting.
19:37CLOCK TICKS
19:45APPLAUSE
19:47APPLAUSE
19:53Welcome back. I left with the clue.
19:55Does he put tax on a jacket spud?
19:57How uplifting.
19:59And the answer to that one...
20:03..is he's a levitator.
20:05Levitator.
20:07Clever.
20:09Our producers at it again.
20:1162 plays 44. Chris in the lead.
20:13Paul.
20:15I think it's your letters game.
20:17Start with a consonant, please.
20:19Thank you, Paul. G.
20:21And another.
20:23C.
20:25And a vowel.
20:27A.
20:29And a consonant.
20:31H.
20:33And a vowel. I.
20:35And a consonant. S.
20:37And another consonant, please.
20:39M.
20:41And a vowel.
20:43A.
20:45And a consonant, please.
20:47And lastly, S.
20:49Stand by.
21:13CLOCK TICKS
21:21Well, Paul?
21:23Six. Six, Chris? Six.
21:25Paul?
21:27Schism. Schism.
21:29And, Chris? Chasms.
21:31Not bad. That's pretty good.
21:33I can't top that. Nope. I think Susie can, though.
21:35Susie? You can have chiasma.
21:37C-H-I-A-S-M-A.
21:40Plural is chiasmata, so you can't put the second S on,
21:43but it is the X-shaped structure formed at the point below the brain
21:47where the two optic nerves cross each other.
21:50APPLAUSE
21:52There it is.
21:56Basically, you win.
21:58There are moments in this programme when it just does that, aren't there?
22:02Absolutely. Most of the time, in my case.
22:0468 plays 50. Chris on 68. Chris, your letters game.
22:08Cosmos, please. Thank you, Chris.
22:10T. And another.
22:12L.
22:14And another.
22:16M. One more.
22:18R.
22:20Vowel.
22:22E. And another.
22:24I.
22:26And another.
22:28A.
22:30Consonant. M.
22:32And a final...
22:34Consonant, please.
22:36And a final D.
22:38Stand by.
23:07Mmm. Chris?
23:09Seven. And Paul?
23:11I'll go for an eight.
23:13Thank you. Multio.
23:15And Paul, real time.
23:17Ooh.
23:19Erm, it's two words anyway, but you'd need two Es.
23:22Oh, sorry. So it's Chris's.
23:24And in the corner?
23:26Well, we've got mermaid.
23:28We've got trample. Yes.
23:30Which I asked whether that was the same as trample, but it's not.
23:33What does trample mean?
23:35It's to take freedom away from somebody,
23:37which is trampling on their freedom, pretty much.
23:39Nothing else?
23:41We have marmite, the cooking pot.
23:43OK. 75-50.
23:46Susie?
23:48What have you for us today?
23:50It's lesson time.
23:52Erm, well, out for the count,
23:54not pulling any punches,
23:56below the belt, on the ropes, in your corner, saved by the bell.
23:59English has possibly more metaphors from the sport of boxing
24:03than almost any other, including football.
24:06Perhaps it's because it's captured the public imagination
24:10for many, many centuries.
24:12So there are carvings from ancient civilisations
24:15depicting bare-fisted fighting between opponents,
24:18and they are already wearing their tight wrist straps
24:21to protect their bones.
24:23It was known to the Romans as pudulatus.
24:26It was incredibly popular.
24:28That's where we get pugilism from, of course.
24:31And it was a really important part of gladiatorial sport.
24:34It was very, very bloodthirsty.
24:36And the boxers would wear leather knuckle-dusters known as cestus,
24:40and they were really horrible.
24:42They were designed to shred the face and limbs of the opponent.
24:46And that word actually shares an ancient root with cadaver,
24:49and it did ultimately, usually result in the death of one
24:52and huge adulation of the winner.
24:56We get not just all those expressions,
24:58but also some idioms as well.
25:00So the real McCoy was certainly popularised by Kid McCoy,
25:04who was a very popular American boxer.
25:07He was so much impersonated, he went under the epithet
25:10The Real McCoy, because that was really him.
25:13And as happy as Larry, again, he probably wasn't the originator,
25:16but Larry Foley was a very, very successful boxer himself
25:20and retired very early, so he too was happy.
25:23But the sport of wrestling is just as old,
25:25and its name comes from Old English,
25:27but again, its art goes back thousands and thousands of years.
25:30And again, you can find carvings representing the sport, even back then.
25:35Again, it's given us lots of expressions that have lost their mooring somewhat,
25:39but no-holds-barred is one of them.
25:41And that refers to a no-holds-barred contest,
25:44quite obvious when you think about it,
25:46in which the usual rules and regulations are completely lost or left behind
25:51and competitors are permitted to use any means they can
25:53to throw their opponent, topple him or her,
25:56and keep their shoulders pinned to the floor.
25:59Before there were any regulations,
26:01wrestling was indeed a free-form affair,
26:03so you didn't even need to say no-holds-barred.
26:05But of course, now cage-fighting, hardcore wrestling,
26:07they still have no-holds-barred.
26:10And the Hulk Hogan slogan, of course, was
26:12No ring, no ref, no rules.
26:15And that's pretty much what it is.
26:17But yes, so many words come over from boxing.
26:20Can I ask a question? This may be unbelievably unintelligent.
26:23Why is it called boxing?
26:25It's a really good question and it's a bit of a mystery.
26:27No-one knows. It probably comes from Old English
26:29and may be the idea of the clenched fist forming a sort of box shape,
26:32but that's as far as we go.
26:34Very good. Thank you.
26:40Thank you, Susie. 75-50, Chris in the lead,
26:43and it's Paul's letters game.
26:45Consonant, please, Rachel.
26:47Thank you, Paul. L.
26:49And another. N.
26:52And another. W.
26:55And a vowel.
26:57E.
26:59And another. O.
27:01And a consonant.
27:03S.
27:05And a consonant.
27:07D.
27:09And a vowel.
27:11I.
27:13And a consonant, please.
27:15And lastly, Z.
27:17Z.
27:47Yes, Paul? Eight.
27:49An eight, Chris?
27:51Eight not written down.
27:53What would that be, Chris?
27:55No, I've made up.
27:57Now, what about Paul?
27:59Downsize.
28:01Excellent.
28:07Well done. That's a pretty good eight.
28:09We had a seven, which was swindle.
28:11Which is a great word, isn't it?
28:13I just asked Susie what the derivation of that was.
28:15German, schwindeln,
28:17which can either mean to be giddy or to tell lots of lies
28:19and make other people giddy.
28:21Very good. Anyway, but downsize was pretty good.
28:23No, downsize takes it, all right.
28:2575 now to 58.
28:27And it's Chris's letters game.
28:29Consonant, please. Thank you, Chris.
28:31T. And another.
28:33R.
28:35Another.
28:37T. One more.
28:39P.
28:41Vowel.
28:43E.
28:45And another.
28:47A.
28:49And another.
28:51E.
28:53Consonant.
28:55B.
28:57And a vowel, please.
28:59And lastly, I.
29:01Stand by.
29:13MUSIC PLAYS
29:31Chris. Seven.
29:33A seven. Paul. Seven.
29:35Chris. Batia.
29:37You're both batia, apparently.
29:39Batia as well.
29:41Yeah, it's completely batia over here.
29:43Repeat for six.
29:45Yeah, repeat. Batia. Thank you.
29:47All right.
29:49So, final numbers game for Paul,
29:51with the score standing 82 to 65
29:53in Chris's favour. Paul.
29:55One large and any other five, Rachel, please.
29:57No gamble at the end?
29:59No, I'll stick with the one and five.
30:01Don't say I didn't try.
30:03One large, five little for the final time today.
30:05And they are
30:07eight, five,
30:09ten, another eight,
30:11and 25.
30:13And your target, 695.
30:15695.
30:17MUSIC PLAYS
30:39MUSIC STOPS
30:47Paul. No.
30:49No. Chris?
30:51I think 702. 702.
30:53Let's try.
30:55Ten times three is 30.
30:57It is. Times 25.
30:59750.
31:01And then eight times five is 40. Yep.
31:03Take that off and take off the other eight.
31:05And the other eight,
31:07702, seven away.
31:09Rachel.
31:11I found a way. If you say
31:1325 times eight is 200.
31:15Plus five,
31:17205.
31:19Times that by three for 615.
31:21And then the other eight times ten
31:23is 80 for 695.
31:25Terrific.
31:27APPLAUSE
31:29Marvellous.
31:31All right.
31:33So, we end the day with 87 to 65.
31:35One more task ahead of us.
31:37Fingers on buzzers.
31:39Let's roll today's countdown conundrum.
31:41MUSIC PLAYS
32:05BUZZER
32:07Paul. Is it insistence?
32:09Let's see whether you're right.
32:11No. All the rest of the time
32:13is down to you, Chris.
32:15MUSIC PLAYS
32:19BUZZER
32:21Now then, Chris.
32:23I just want to press the button again.
32:25LAUGHTER
32:27All right.
32:29Now then, we're focused up here.
32:31Two good players, two great players.
32:33We'll take them on. Yes, madam?
32:35Scientist.
32:37Scientist. Let's see whether you're right.
32:39APPLAUSE
32:41Absolutely right.
32:43APPLAUSE
32:45All right.
32:47So, 87 to 65, that's where it stays.
32:49And that means that
32:51Chris is now on seven wins.
32:53Fantastic.
32:55And Paul chased him all the way.
32:57Well done, Paul. Thank you very much for coming.
32:59Thank you.
33:01And good luck with the Walls End Boys Club
33:03and good luck with the latest crop of young players.
33:05Thanks very much.
33:07Bring us more Shearers. We'll try.
33:09That'll do. And we'll see you tomorrow.
33:11Big day.
33:13Yeah, hopefully. No clubbing tonight.
33:15No. No.
33:17Way too old for that now.
33:19Exactly. Well done.
33:21We won't be seeing you tomorrow, John.
33:23That's sad. You've given us enormous fun and entertainment.
33:25It's been great fun, but the one thing we haven't done
33:27in my time here, we need to out this man,
33:29his shoes. That's where the power's coming from.
33:31Because he's got his Gamesmaker
33:33from the Rio Olympics, he was.
33:35And those are his Olympic shoes
33:37from, you know, two years ago.
33:39So that's what it is. It's all coming from beneath.
33:41Brilliant. Lucky charms.
33:43Brilliant. You were there.
33:45Yeah, volunteering in the entertainment centre.
33:47Fantastic. Well spotted.
33:49All right. And good luck with the rugby this year.
33:51Thank you very much.
33:53It's always good to listen to you. And you come back and see us soon again.
33:55Hope so. See you tomorrow, Susie.
33:57Who have we got with us tomorrow?
33:59We've got Susanna Lipscombe, the historian.
34:01Excellent. Look forward to that. See you then.
34:03See you then. Jolly good.
34:05Join us tomorrow, Susanna Lipscombe.
34:07Same time, same place, you'll be sure of it.
34:09A very good afternoon.
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