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00:30Well, good afternoon, and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:34Hmm, dogs being rehomed.
00:37Very interesting survey recently done, an article, really.
00:40And the dogs that get rehomed most quickly, you'll love this,
00:44are the ones that raise their eyebrows at you, apparently,
00:47because that immediately shows that they're friendly, they're calm,
00:51they've got a happy demeanour.
00:52So, it's the big eyes that sell, apparently.
00:56And it's a bit unfair, actually, on the less fortunate dogs.
01:01Our wonderful warm-up man, Dudley, has got a dog that actually is completely blind.
01:07You can't see its eyes at all.
01:09So, good for Dudley to pick up, you know, the sort of, you know,
01:13the one that didn't have too much of a chance, really.
01:15And looking at Dudley, good for the dog as well.
01:20Very well done.
01:22But it's true, you know, because we're sort of seduced, I suppose, in a way.
01:26I don't know, do puppy eyes work for me at home?
01:29No.
01:30I never get my own way at all.
01:32Do they work on you?
01:34Are you seduced by the old raised eyebrow and the big eyes?
01:37I can't imagine going to an animal shelter and picking up an animal,
01:40because I just want to take them all home.
01:42And I got rescue cats, but I found them online and just said, you know,
01:45I liked ragdolls, because my first cat was a ragdoll,
01:48and they're just such a lovely temperament.
01:49And I said, you know, this is my circumstance, who fits me?
01:52And they had one who's called Teo at the time,
01:54who's now called Rafa, a ragdoll.
01:56Yeah.
01:56And his girlfriend, then called Kizzy, who's now Beastie,
01:59she wasn't a ragdoll, and she was the ugliest-looking thing you've ever seen
02:03in this picture when they sent it.
02:04This is the famous cat, your famous cat.
02:06A massive, big, fat, black cat who's been on a diet since we got her.
02:09But, yeah.
02:10Wouldn't swap her.
02:11She's gorgeous.
02:12Brilliant.
02:12Anyway, always go for, I guess, this is Dudley's mission anyway,
02:17go for the one, you know, who's got least hope, really.
02:20They'll be most grateful.
02:22That's what Dudley's wife said as well.
02:23Exactly.
02:25Exactly.
02:26They'll be most grateful.
02:27Rachel, we've got Luke back.
02:28Luke O'Neill, aeronautical engineering student at Loughborough from Cowes,
02:33who had a great debut against George Armstrong,
02:36who had four wins tucked neatly away, and you took them.
02:40Well done.
02:40That was a close one.
02:41You're joined by Dougie Mackay, a company director from Guernsey.
02:45He's a poker player, loves his poker.
02:48Didn't always quite work out, did it, Dougie?
02:50No, well, I'm a very enthusiastic poker player
02:53and an equally enthusiastic casino-goer.
02:56Right.
02:57And, you know, when I took a year out between school and university,
03:01saved up some money, got a sort of round-the-world ticket.
03:03Didn't quite work out.
03:04Well, I went to a casino on my second night in Australia,
03:09and that was the end of my round-the-world trip.
03:13LAUGHTER
03:13Well, good luck to you today.
03:16Thank you very much.
03:16This is no casino, this is hard work, it's a game, but it's a great game.
03:21So, a big round of applause for Luke and Dougie.
03:24APPLAUSE
03:25Open the corner.
03:29Susie there, look, diamonds everywhere.
03:32Joined once again by the wonderful Colin Murray, TV and radio presenter.
03:36Welcome back, Colin.
03:38APPLAUSE
03:39Now, Luke, let's have a letters game from you, shall we?
03:44Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:45Good afternoon, Luke.
03:46Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:48Start today with P.
03:51And another one.
03:53R.
03:54And another.
03:57N.
03:58And another.
04:00X.
04:01And a vowel, please.
04:03O.
04:03And another.
04:05I.
04:07And another.
04:09E.
04:10And a consonant.
04:12C.
04:14And a final consonant, please.
04:17And a final M.
04:19And here's the countdown clock.
04:20Alice L.
04:21And a consonant.
04:24Here's the Dragon ace.
04:32And a consonant.
04:35And a consonant.
04:40Look.
04:40And a consonant.
04:42And a consonant.
04:44And a consonant.
04:45Well, Luke.
04:52Six.
04:53Yes, Dougie.
04:54Just six as well.
04:55Luke.
04:56Prince.
04:57And, Dougie.
04:58Mincer.
04:59Yes, very good.
05:01Colin.
05:02I've got a seven there, poncier.
05:04Anything else there, Susie?
05:05No better than Colin's seven, actually,
05:07but I think Prince is definitely the nicer word.
05:09Well done.
05:10Six apiece.
05:11Now, Dougie, your letters came.
05:13Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:14Good afternoon, Dougie.
05:15Could I have a consonant, please?
05:16Start with N.
05:19Another.
05:21R.
05:22And a third, please.
05:25D.
05:26Vowel.
05:28A.
05:30Vowel.
05:31E.
05:32Another vowel.
05:34O.
05:36A consonant.
05:37P.
05:39A vowel.
05:41E.
05:42And a final consonant, please.
05:45And a final S.
05:47Stand by.
05:47A vowel.
05:47And a final S.
05:48Stand by.
05:49It.
05:49A vowel.
05:50A vowel.
05:51A vowel.
05:52A vowel.
05:53A vowel.
06:07A vowel.
06:07Cu 무� ojos.
06:09A vowel.
06:11A vowel.
06:11A pronunciation.
06:12A vowel.
06:12A vowel.
06:13A vowel.
06:14Aό.
06:15これ ist der forward-
06:15A vowel.
06:17Well, Dougie, a seven.
06:20And Luke?
06:21This is a six.
06:22You're a six.
06:23Spread.
06:24Now then, pandas.
06:26Yes.
06:27Very nice.
06:28Very good.
06:30Colin?
06:30Oh, and a seven there in pardons,
06:34and it's a classic kick-yourself countdown moment,
06:36because if you looked at the letters that you had left,
06:39and you made pardons...
06:40Yeah, and you can have pardonese.
06:43That would give you a nine.
06:44They're people who are the recipients of a pardon.
06:48Who are pardoned.
06:48Well done.
06:50Very good.
06:54Pardonee.
06:5713 plays six, and Luke, your numbers game.
07:01One last, five small, please.
07:03Thank you, Luke.
07:04One from the top row.
07:05Five not.
07:06And these five little ones are eight.
07:09One.
07:10Nine.
07:11Three.
07:13Two.
07:13And 25.
07:15And the target, 978.
07:18Nine, seven, eight.
07:19Nine, seven, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine
07:49Well, Luke?
07:529, 7, 5.
07:53Now we're in down.
07:54Dougie?
07:559, 7, 6.
07:57Dougie?
07:58So I did 8 divided by 2 is 4.
08:01Yep.
08:02Multiplied by 9 is 36.
08:0436.
08:05Plus 3.
08:0639.
08:07Times 25.
08:09Is 9, 7, 5.
08:10And add the 1.
08:11Which you haven't used for 2 away.
08:12Well done.
08:13Not quite there, though, is it, Rachel?
08:15Is it possible, even?
08:16It is possible, yep.
08:18If you say 8, again, divided by 2 is 4.
08:21Plus 9 is 13.
08:24Times 25 is 325.
08:27Add 1, 4, 3, 2, 6.
08:29And times it by 3 for 9, 7, 8.
08:31Oh, well done.
08:35Perfect as usual, 9, 7, 8.
08:37There we are.
08:38And now it's time for our first Tea Time teaser, which is Ray's Built.
08:42And the clue, Ray's Built a new life for himself in an area known for healthy living.
08:47Ray's Built a new life for himself in an area known for healthy living.
09:07Welcome back.
09:08I left with the clue, Ray's Built a new life for himself in an area known for healthy living.
09:13And the answer to that one is salubriti.
09:18This is salubrious and salubriti.
09:20Where does it come from?
09:21What does it mean?
09:22Salubriti is indeed the act or the state of being salubrious.
09:26And it goes all the way back to the Latin salus, which meant healthy.
09:31Thanks for that.
09:32So, 20 plays 6, Dougie on 20, and it's Dougie's Letters Game.
09:37Yes, sir.
09:38A consonant, please, Rachel.
09:39Thank you, Dougie.
09:40L.
09:41Another consonant.
09:44K.
09:46And a third.
09:48T.
09:49Vowel.
09:51O.
09:52Another vowel.
09:54I.
09:55A consonant.
09:56R.
10:00Vowel.
10:02A.
10:04A consonant.
10:06L.
10:08And a final vowel, please.
10:10And a final I.
10:13And here's the countdown clock.
10:14Vowel.
10:15Vowel.
10:16Vowel.
10:16Vowel.
10:17Vowel.
10:17Vowel.
10:18Vowel.
10:18Vowel.
10:19Vowel.
10:19Vowel.
10:20Vowel.
10:20Vowel.
10:21Vowel.
10:21Vowel.
10:22Vowel.
10:22Vowel.
10:23Vowel.
10:23Vowel.
10:24Vowel.
10:24Vowel.
10:25Vowel.
10:25Vowel.
10:26Vowel.
10:27Vowel.
10:28Vowel.
10:29Vowel.
10:30Vowel.
10:31Vowel.
10:32Vowel.
10:33Vowel.
10:34Vowel.
10:35Vowel.
10:36Vowel.
10:37Vowel.
10:38Vowel.
10:39Vowel.
10:40Vowel.
10:44Yes, sir.
10:46Six.
10:47And Luke?
10:48Six.
10:49Yes, Dagi.
10:50Tailor.
10:51And...
10:51Same.
10:53There we go.
10:54Any more tailors?
10:56Yeah, a third tailor over here.
10:58But, is this word not Russian?
11:02Yes.
11:03Is it allowed, then?
11:04It is.
11:05OK.
11:06Yeah.
11:06A troika.
11:07Yes.
11:08A Russian vehicle pulled by a team of three horses abreast.
11:11Three being the pertinent word here.
11:13It comes to the Russian for three.
11:14Drawing a sledge.
11:15Fantastic.
11:16Imagine that.
11:16With bells and everything.
11:18Hmm.
11:18Hmm.
11:19Across the snow.
11:20Wonderful.
11:2126 plays 12.
11:22Dagi on 26.
11:23Luke, your letters game.
11:25Consonant, please.
11:26Thank you, Luke.
11:27S.
11:28And another one.
11:30J.
11:32And another.
11:34B.
11:35And another.
11:37C.
11:39And a vowel.
11:41E.
11:41And another one.
11:43O.
11:44And another one.
11:47I.
11:49And a consonant.
11:51T.
11:53And a consonant, please.
11:56And lastly, R.
11:59Stand by.
11:59And a Yazoon Time is entretening,анный a wasn't one of the firstimes.
12:00And a consonant, please, R.
12:16And a consonant.
12:24And a consonant, please.
12:26Yes, Luke.
12:32Five on that one.
12:33Dougie?
12:33Six.
12:34Luke?
12:35Bores.
12:36And?
12:36Tribes.
12:37Yes.
12:38Tribes.
12:39Colin?
12:40Yeah, we can go five, six, seven, eight.
12:42Obviously, I'll be the seven, not the eight, but objects for seven.
12:46Yeah.
12:47And Susie?
12:48Yeah, geometrical eight, a bisector.
12:51So, something which divides a line, angle or shape into two exactly equal parts, a bisector.
12:57Bisector.
13:01Bisector, 32 to 12.
13:03Dougie, how are your numbers?
13:06One large and five small, please, Rachel.
13:08Thank you, Dougie.
13:09Same selection again.
13:09One from the top, five little.
13:12And this time around the five small ones are seven.
13:15One, two, four and three.
13:19And the big one, 100.
13:20And the target, 900.
13:23Nine, zero, zero.
13:25Nine, zero, zero.
13:50Yes, Dougie?
13:57900, I think so.
13:59And Luke?
13:59Yeah.
13:59Let's not mess around.
14:01Dougie?
14:01Two plus seven is nine times 100.
14:04And Luke?
14:05Same way.
14:05There we go.
14:07There we go.
14:08Colin Murray?
14:09What have you got for us today?
14:11I got 899 there.
14:12I find those numbers so, so difficult.
14:15You know what?
14:16I'm just going to talk off the hoof.
14:18I'm not going to...
14:18On the hoof or off the hoof?
14:20Off the hoof.
14:21Thank you very much for confirming that.
14:23On the hoof.
14:23It's off the calf, on the hoof.
14:25Actually, you're no good.
14:26I'll just continue.
14:28Yeah, I was going to tell a story correctly to Northern Ireland, but Dougie, you've inspired
14:31me talking about poker.
14:33And I know you get a love for it.
14:34And it was my life for quite a while.
14:36I used to be a poker commentator on a thing called the European Poker Tour.
14:39And it would go all over Europe, and then we'd end up in Monte Carlo, where they'd play
14:43for millions of pounds.
14:44It'd make me dizzy just thinking about it.
14:47And the professionals go beyond gambling.
14:50It's not luck.
14:51It's not, you know, ruining a world tour.
14:53No offence, Dougie, for them.
14:55But in the world of gambling, I'll give you three little vignettes that I was just thinking
14:58of when you were talking at the top of the show.
15:00This person shall remain nameless.
15:02I would never name them in television.
15:03But I know somebody who won a million pound playing poker.
15:09And he rang home.
15:10He told everybody, all his family, all his friends.
15:14And if you need proof that gambling's a mugs game, by the time he left the casino that night,
15:19he'd lost 750,000 playing roulette.
15:22No.
15:23Unbelievable.
15:25I once got quite lucky at Cheltenham.
15:26I'd bet six horses all different ways.
15:29The total bet was only about 80, 90 pounds.
15:33And by the time the last horse came in third, I'd won about 18,000 pounds.
15:38It was unbelievable.
15:40But I screamed so loud when the last horse crossed the line, I took the BBC Sport channel off air.
15:46The TV channel had to come off air.
15:49More proof that even when you win, you can get into hot water.
15:51But the best players in the world, unlike Dougie and I, it's not just about chance.
15:56And Greg Raymer won the World Series of Poker in 2004, one of the greatest players ever.
16:01And when we were in Monte Carlo, you have these games sit and go.
16:04Everyone puts in 100 euros.
16:06And 10 players play.
16:08And the winner takes you to think it's 800.
16:11So I end up just myself and Greg Raymer, this guy who's won millions and millions of pounds in little old me.
16:18And at that stage, there's a better chance in it.
16:20He plays for a lot of money.
16:21And I beat him.
16:22And I got the 800 bucks.
16:24And I said to him, Greg, I've just beat you.
16:25You're the World Series of Poker champion in 2004.
16:28And he said, Colin, play me for 20 minutes, you'll take 100 bucks off me.
16:33Play me for four hours, and I'll take your house.
16:37So it's OK to dabble, as we've heard.
16:39Don't let it get out of hand, Dougie.
16:41Don't let it get out of hand.
16:42Well done.
16:46Well done.
16:49Very good.
16:5042 to 22.
16:51Luke on 22.
16:52And it's Luke's letters game.
16:54Yes, sir.
16:54Consulate, please.
16:55Thank you, Luke.
16:56T.
16:58And another one.
17:00S.
17:01And another one.
17:04H.
17:05And another one.
17:07S.
17:08A vowel.
17:10E.
17:11And another.
17:13O.
17:14And another.
17:16E.
17:18And a consonant.
17:20D.
17:22And a last consonant, please.
17:25And a last L.
17:27And here we go.
17:38And a опасness.
17:41And a sort of thing.
17:44So,
17:44you still try to get out by the 좋아,
17:45just trying to chain out.
17:47An ocean, you still try to catch it.
17:50Okay.
17:51Kind of a coat.
17:52And a spr��.
17:53And a 곡, you still try to catch up.
17:55And a einz desea happens at a basketball,
17:55little bit of a basketball.
17:56And a half.
17:56You still try to carry a look.
17:57Well, Luke?
18:00Six.
18:00Yes, Dougie?
18:02Yeah, just six as well.
18:03Luke?
18:04Tossed.
18:05And Dougie?
18:06Sloths.
18:07Yes.
18:08That's good.
18:09Colin?
18:09It's a beautiful word, that.
18:12Hosted.
18:12You could host a poker night.
18:13I was looking for something poker-themed.
18:15That'll get me six.
18:16But now this is the most enjoyable word of the whole show so far.
18:20Who doesn't like to be sloshed?
18:22Yeah.
18:23Great word.
18:25Very good.
18:25Susie, don't you say things like that?
18:28No.
18:28I can never imagine you in that condition.
18:30Sloshed.
18:31Susie was sloshed.
18:3348 to 28.
18:3420 points in it.
18:35Dougie in the lead.
18:36Dougie, your letters game.
18:38Consonant, please, Rachel.
18:39Thank you, Dougie.
18:41S.
18:42Another.
18:44T.
18:45And a third.
18:47Y.
18:49And a vowel.
18:50U.
18:52Vowel.
18:54I.
18:55Vowel.
18:57E.
18:59A consonant.
19:01R.
19:02A consonant.
19:04G.
19:06And a final consonant, please.
19:08And a final N.
19:11Stand by.
19:11A consonant.
19:12A consonant.
19:13A consonant.
19:14A consonant.
19:14A consonant.
19:15A consonant.
19:15A consonant.
19:15A consonant.
19:16A consonant.
19:16A consonant.
19:17A consonant.
19:17A consonant.
19:17A consonant.
19:17A consonant.
19:17A consonant.
19:18A consonant.
19:18A consonant.
19:18A consonant.
19:19A consonant.
19:19A consonant.
19:19A consonant.
19:20A consonant.
19:20A consonant.
19:21A consonant.
19:21A consonant.
19:21A consonant.
19:22A consonant.
19:22A consonant.
19:23A consonant.
19:23A consonant.
19:25A consonant.
19:25A consonant.
19:26A consonant.
19:26A consonant.
19:27A consonant.
19:27A consonant.
19:28A consonant.
19:28A consonant.
19:29A consonant.
19:29A consonant.
19:30A consonant.
19:31A consonant.
19:31A consonant.
19:32A consonant.
19:33Duggy?
19:43Seven.
19:44And Luke?
19:45Seven.
19:46Duggy?
19:46Rusting.
19:47And?
19:48Gustier.
19:50Yeah.
19:50And Gustier.
19:51Colin and Susie?
19:52Yeah.
19:53Colin?
19:53Seventh Heaven over here, there's so many.
19:56So you had Rusting, I had Gustier, I'll throw in Resting and...
20:00Syringe.
20:00Syringe.
20:0155 to 35.
20:04Luke, numbers game for you.
20:06One large and five small, please.
20:08Same again.
20:09Thank you, Luke.
20:10One big five little coming up, and this time we have six, two, two, ten, eight, and the
20:18large on 100, all the evens, and the target, 488.
20:23488.
20:42Yes, Luke.
20:56488.
20:57And?
20:58488.
20:59488.
21:00Luke.
21:0110 divided by 2.
21:028 is 5.
21:03Times 100.
21:04500.
21:05And then 6 times 2 is 12.
21:07Good target for this one.
21:09488.
21:10Thank you, Dougie.
21:11I did 6 times 2 is 12.
21:14Yep.
21:15Plus 10 is 22.
21:1722.
21:18Plus 100.
21:19122.
21:20And multiply that by 8 over 2.
21:22And then 8 over 2 for 4.
21:23The other 2.
21:24Perfect.
21:26Great game.
21:29So, 65 to 45.
21:31Still that 20 points in it as we turn to our second tea time teaser,
21:35which is past your eyes.
21:37And the clue.
21:37The circus acrobat couldn't perform.
21:40He'd damaged this muscle.
21:42The circus acrobat couldn't perform.
21:45He'd damaged this muscle.
21:47Welcome back.
22:03Welcome back.
22:03I left you with a clue.
22:04The circus acrobat couldn't perform.
22:07He'd damaged this muscle.
22:09And that would be the trapezius, Susie.
22:12Um, it goes over the back of the neck and shoulders.
22:15And it moves the head and shoulder blades.
22:17So, pretty important.
22:19The large triangular muscles are the trapezius muscles.
22:22Welcome.
22:22Thank you very much.
22:2365 to 45.
22:24Dougie, you're back on.
22:26Uh, consonant please, Rachel.
22:28Thank you, Dougie.
22:29P.
22:30Uh, and another.
22:33F.
22:34And a third.
22:34T.
22:38Uh, vowel.
22:40A.
22:41Vowel.
22:43O.
22:44Vowel.
22:46E.
22:47Consonant.
22:49W.
22:51Uh, consonant.
22:53T.
22:55And another consonant, please.
22:57And lastly, M.
23:00Stand by.
23:00We'll see you next time.
23:00We'll see you next time.
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23:11We'll see you next time.
23:12We'll see you next time.
23:13Dagi?
23:32Just five.
23:34Luke?
23:35Five as well.
23:36Dagi?
23:36Temped.
23:37And totem.
23:39Yeah, excellent, babe.
23:39Temped and totem.
23:41Keep together, five.
23:42Colin's looking keen.
23:44No, we are exactly the same.
23:45Susie got temped and I got totem.
23:47Totem.
23:48Totem.
23:4970 plays 50.
23:51And Luke, your letters game.
23:53Consonant, please.
23:55Thank you, Luke.
23:56L.
23:57And another one.
23:58D.
24:00And another one.
24:03R.
24:04And another one.
24:06G.
24:07And a vowel.
24:09O.
24:10And another.
24:12I.
24:13And another.
24:16A.
24:17And a consonant.
24:19T.
24:20And a vowel, please.
24:22And lastly, E.
24:26Countdown.
24:26Tainsaw notebook.
24:47Tainsaw notebook.
24:47Luke.
24:59Seven.
25:00Seven, Dougie?
25:01Seven as well.
25:03Yes, Luke?
25:04Trailed.
25:05And Dougie?
25:06Gedisha.
25:07Yeah.
25:08He's head with a smile.
25:10Yes.
25:11Colin.
25:12Yeah, I gloated at my seven and then was brought back down the earth by year eight.
25:17Tailored is there for eight.
25:19Tailored.
25:20Tailored suit.
25:23So still that 20 point in it as we turn to Susie and her wonderful origins of words.
25:28What have we got today, Susie?
25:29Well, I have an email in from a viewer and it's the kind of email I really love because
25:34it's asking about a word or a phrase that I myself have never really investigated and
25:39never really thought of.
25:41And this is one.
25:42It comes from Helen Brown.
25:42He says, I'm just reading about a pothole appearing on a motorway and suddenly thought,
25:47why pothole?
25:48Potholes appear on roads and people go potholing.
25:52I assume, Helen writes, the two are linked.
25:55And she's right.
25:56So I did a lot of delving, if you excuse the pun.
25:58And a pothole is a fairly recent addition to English in the grand scheme of things anyway.
26:03So it appears in the late 1800s.
26:06And it first described a very deep hole that was formed by the wearing away of rot by glacial
26:12erosion.
26:13So it was a geological term.
26:15And then it was later applied to any deep bowl-shaped hole, really, of natural origin.
26:21That was quite key, including the defects that we all love to hate in our roads today.
26:27But why pot?
26:29Well, actually, it's probably not related to the saucepan-shaped utensil that we might
26:34think of.
26:34In fact, it goes back to Scandinavian term pit, P-Y-T-T, which is indeed related to our
26:40word pit.
26:41So it is talking about a deep hollow, if you like, a deep pit in the surface of something.
26:48The verbal noun potholing was first used to describe the prospecting of gold, in fact,
26:52or other precious minerals by digging potholes.
26:55Again, perhaps sort of man-made holes, if you like, but it's still in the surface of something
26:59natural.
27:00And then, of course, it went on to mean the exploration of underground caves, or speleology,
27:06which comes from the Greek for cave.
27:09So I hope that answers Helen's question.
27:11But it also got me wondering about a couple of other holes, if you'll forgive me.
27:14One is buttonhole.
27:16If you buttonhole somebody, that seems to make sense.
27:18You put your fingers in the holes of somebody's coat, for example.
27:21But actually, it was originally buttonholed.
27:23So you were holding someone by the button, holding them back.
27:26And eventually, it morphed into hole.
27:28And finally, the loophole, loop, in this sense, goes all the way back to a Dutch word,
27:34which meant to lie in wait.
27:35Because the original loopholes were these very, very narrow slits in the walls of castles
27:39and other fortifications that were so narrow, they would allow an arrow through, but nothing
27:44to come back in.
27:45So they were sort of tapered, if you like.
27:47So loopholes were once incredibly important forms of defence, not the kind of holes that
27:52we think of in contracts nowadays.
27:55Very clever.
27:57Wonderful.
27:57Brilliant.
28:03Beautifully done.
28:0477 to 57, Dougie.
28:07Off we go.
28:08Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:10Thank you, Dougie.
28:11D.
28:12Another.
28:14L.
28:16Consonant.
28:18S.
28:20Vowel.
28:21U.
28:22Vowel.
28:23Vowel.
28:24I.
28:26Vowel.
28:28E.
28:29Consonant.
28:32V.
28:33Consonant.
28:35M.
28:36And a final vowel, please.
28:40And a final U.
28:42Stand by.
28:43Vowel.
28:50The.
28:52Vowel.
28:52And a final vowel.
28:54The air.
28:54The air.
28:55The air.
28:55And a final Bild.
28:57In a final.
28:57Once again.
28:58In a final manner.
28:58The.
28:59Shallot.
29:00And a finalös.
29:00Yeah.
29:00The air.
29:02No.
29:02The air.
29:03The air.
29:03Sometiment.
29:04Yes.
29:04Now.
29:05The air.
29:05The air.
29:06It is.
29:06The air.
29:07Of the air.
29:08Delta.
29:08Juneら.
29:09You.
29:09And the air.
29:10Ha.
29:10The air.
29:11Yes, Dougie?
29:14Just six.
29:15Luke?
29:16Just a five.
29:17And that five?
29:18Mules.
29:19Now, Dougie?
29:20Misled.
29:21Yep.
29:22Very good.
29:23Mm, fives and sixes.
29:24Now then, Colin?
29:26I've got a horrible word, slimed.
29:29Slimed?
29:30Yeah, slimed.
29:31How would we drop that into a conversation?
29:35Quite hard.
29:36A person can be slimy, a snake is slimy.
29:40Yeah.
29:41Slimer, the ghost from Ghostbusters.
29:44Grass can be slimed over with mud.
29:46I guess.
29:47Mm-hmm.
29:48Yeah.
29:48You've never used it in a positive way, would you?
29:50There's no way...
29:50Not really.
29:51What about Susie?
29:52What have you judged up?
29:53Much nicer word.
29:53Muesli is there.
29:54Ah, yes.
29:55Muesli for sixes.
29:55Slime on my muesli.
29:57All right.
29:5883 to 57.
30:00Final letters game, Luke.
30:02Conson, please.
30:03Thank you, Luke.
30:04Z.
30:05And another one?
30:08S.
30:09And another one?
30:10G.
30:12And a vowel?
30:15O.
30:15And another?
30:17I.
30:18And another?
30:21U.
30:22And a consonant?
30:24F.
30:25And a consonant?
30:28V.
30:30And a final vowel, please.
30:32Not that great selection.
30:34Final E.
30:35And here's the countdown clock.
31:01What do you think, Luke?
31:10Six.
31:11Six.
31:12Dougie?
31:12Six as well.
31:13Yes, Luke?
31:14Fogies.
31:15Fogies and...
31:16Fogies as well.
31:17Here's another fogey.
31:18Can we match that?
31:19Not too easy.
31:20I like fogies.
31:22I like fogies.
31:22Is it as you would imagine?
31:24Old-fashioned, conservative.
31:26Yeah.
31:26Yeah.
31:27And that's about it.
31:29Again, never a particularly good term.
31:31You can be a young fogey, but you probably wouldn't want to be.
31:35Anybody else?
31:36Well, in a previous show not long ago, we had Vogue, so we can pluralise that.
31:40We can all Vogue now, so we've got Vogue's in there.
31:43So that would be the modest.
31:45Thanks, guys.
31:4589 to 63.
31:47Dougie, final numbers go.
31:49One large and five small again, please, Rachel.
31:51Same again for the fourth time today.
31:53Five little ones coming up, and they are six, eight, nine.
31:59Three, one, and the big one, 100.
32:02And this final target, 420.
32:05Four, two, zero.
32:06Five little ones coming up, and they are six, eight, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine,
32:36Dougie?
32:3840, 0.
32:40And Luke?
32:41420.
32:41Thanks, Dougie.
32:43So I did 9 plus 1 is 10.
32:46Yep.
32:47Times 3 is 30.
32:48It is.
32:49Take that away from 100.
32:5170.
32:52And times 6.
32:52Perfect, 420.
32:54And Luke?
32:556 minus 1.
32:57Is 5.
32:58Times 8.
32:5940.
33:00Plus 100.
33:01140.
33:02Times 3.
33:03Times 3, perfect.
33:04Again, well done.
33:06Well done, guys.
33:11Dougie, first time out.
33:12Just nudging 100 with 99 to Luke 73 as we go into the final round.
33:19It's conundrum time.
33:20Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:34Dougie?
33:34Is it rescinded?
33:36Rescinded.
33:37Let's see whether you're right.
33:39You are.
33:40Well done.
33:41Well done, Dougie.
33:47First time out.
33:48109.
33:48Well done.
33:49But I'm turning now to that Luke O'Neill over there.
33:52Yep.
33:53Well done.
33:54Not today.
33:55But you've got your teapot, mate.
33:56Yep.
33:57And you're back to college, back to Loughborough.
34:00Walk with your head held high because you played a beauty.
34:03Well done, indeed.
34:03Thank you very much.
34:04Thank you very much.
34:05Dougie Mackay.
34:06Look at this.
34:07109.
34:08Not bad, eh?
34:09We're very happy.
34:09We shall see you next time.
34:11Well done.
34:12Well done.
34:13Good score.
34:14Fantastic.
34:15Good score.
34:15109.
34:17We'll see you guys next time, yeah?
34:18See you then.
34:19Right.
34:20Wow.
34:20Yep.
34:21No gambling even needed.
34:22Safe words, safe numbers selections.
34:24109.
34:25Straight away.
34:26Good opener.
34:26See you next time.
34:27See you then.
34:28Join us then.
34:28Same time, same place.
34:30You be sure of it.
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