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00:30Hello, my little munchkins. Welcome to Countdown on this bank holiday Friday, heading into the long weekend, which is always a dream. Right now, we're about to compete in a game of letters and numbers that require brain and heart and courage. Which way it goes, we'll find out. But let's start by saying ding dong to Rachel Riley. Obvious film references there.
00:54The Wizard of Oz. I don't know why, but I know it's The Wizard of Oz. Well, it was released on this day in, guess, a year? 1952. 1939.
01:05Wowzers. Right? And that's why it's such a special film. It's in my top five favourite films of all time. I'm obsessed with The Wizard of Oz. Here's the one thing, though, which I think is probably the most important thing and a lot more sober.
01:18To this day, the US Library of Congress says that to the best they can work it out is the most seen film ever released since the beginning of cinema.
01:27Really? Yeah. That's a surprising one for me. I've never seen it. Yeah. Hold on a second. Let's get to Dictionary Corner. Let's follow that yellow brick road and say hello to Suzy Dent and Carl Frampton.
01:40Carl Frampton, did you just say you've never seen The Wizard of Oz? I've never seen it. I know what it is. I've never seen it. Why would you watch it? Like, we're of a generation that aren't watching films from 1939.
01:48Right. I've no words for you. Sorry, man. Well, there you go. I'm really unorthodox way of saying hello to Suzy and Carl in Dictionary Corner, but there is no place like it.
01:59Right. Putting in some wicked performances so far. John Aziz, three wins on the bounce. Let's see if you can make it forward today.
02:14I introduce to you a poet, a journalist and a musician from Dublin. Really nice to have you here today, Mark O'Brien.
02:23So we've got a little bit of a musical thread here. You play a lot of instruments. Tell me a bit about it.
02:28Yeah, well, I play a few. Badly. But yeah, I play guitar, piano, ukulele. And I kind of started playing the banjo last year, but I haven't really had time to give it as much as practice as I would have hoped. But I try my best.
02:44Wonderful stuff. Let's get on with the show. Take one, scene one, and it's action. John, your letters.
02:50Hi, Rachel. Hi, John.
02:52Can I have a consonant, please? Thank you. Start today with D.
02:56And another consonant, please?
02:58M.
02:59And another consonant, please?
03:01L.
03:02And a fourth?
03:04D.
03:06And a vowel, please?
03:09O.
03:10And another vowel, please?
03:12O.
03:12And another vowel, please?
03:14E.
03:16And a consonant, please?
03:18L.
03:19And a vowel, please?
03:20And...
03:21And...
03:24Lastly, A.
03:26OK, for the first time at home and here in the studio, let's play Countdown.
03:29A.
03:30clip-to-
03:43Untertitel.
03:44Mark. Six. John. Same, six. Mark, what's your word? Doodle. Yeah, it's a beautiful word, John.
04:06Loomed. Yeah, loomed and doodle. I saw doodle after about two seconds, Susie, and then it just went into a little dream world.
04:12Such a beautiful word. I suppose the thing is, if you're doodling, you're probably happy, you know?
04:17Yeah, it's really true. And I love the fact that in German, a doodlesack is a bagpipe.
04:21Oh, a doodlesack. Brilliant, there you go. Put that in your doodlesack, Carl. Anything better?
04:28I got doomed pretty quickly, but Modelo for seven is a good one.
04:32Oh, Modelo for seven.
04:35Yeah, I'll tell you what it is. In art, it's a sketch for a larger painting.
04:38So you prepare this sketch, you show it to your benefactor or your patron, they approve it, and then you do the real thing.
04:44Wonderful stuff. Six points each. And Mark, your first time saying hello to Rachel.
04:49Hi, Rachel. Hi, Mark. Can we start with a consonant, please?
04:51We can indeed start with L.
04:54And another.
04:56N.
04:57And another.
04:59G.
05:00And a vowel, please.
05:03E.
05:03And another.
05:05A.
05:06And a third.
05:08I.
05:10And a consonant.
05:12M.
05:13And another.
05:16T.
05:17And can we finish with a vowel, please?
05:19And finish with U.
05:2130 seconds.
05:22And a vowel, please.
05:23And a vowel, please.
05:24And a vowel, please.
05:24And a vowel, please.
05:25And a vowel, please.
05:25And a vowel, please.
05:26And a vowel, please.
05:26And a vowel, please.
05:27And a vowel, please.
05:28And a vowel, please.
05:28And a vowel, please.
05:29And a vowel, please.
05:30And a vowel, please.
05:31And a vowel, please.
05:32And a vowel, please.
05:33And a vowel, please.
05:34And a vowel, please.
05:35And a vowel, please.
05:36And a vowel, please.
05:37And a vowel, please.
05:38And a vowel, please.
05:39And a vowel, please.
05:40And a vowel, please.
05:41And a vowel, please.
05:42And a vowel, please.
05:43And a vowel, please.
05:44And a vowel, please.
05:45MUSIC PLAYS
05:52John? Nine. Mark? Just seven.
05:56What's the seven? Teaming. Teaming and John?
05:59Emulating. Yes!
06:04Susie, where do we go from then?
06:06Well, there is another nine, in fact.
06:07I don't know if you ever have to think about this
06:10when you're looking at boxing, nutrition and that kind of thing,
06:13but glutamine, which is an amino acid.
06:15Your glutes.
06:16APPLAUSE
06:19Any other nice words in there? It doesn't always have to be the nines.
06:22A couple of decent eights, ligament and gun metal.
06:25Yeah, really like that, really like that.
06:27Don't get down-hearted, Mark. That was a brilliant nine we got.
06:30Let's get some numbers on the board, though, and, John, it's your choice.
06:34Please may I have one large and five small?
06:36You're here for the points already, aren't you, John?
06:39One large, five little. Let's see if you can eek some out of this game.
06:43The numbers are three, five, one, ten, four, and the large one, 25.
06:50And the target to reach 909.
06:52Numbers up.
06:53Numbers up.
06:54So are you.
06:55You.
06:57Here you do nice of them.
06:59All right, good.
07:02We hope.
07:039.09, how did you get on, Mark?
07:279.08.
07:281.08, and what about Joe?
07:29Yeah, the same, 9.08, unfortunately.
07:30OK, I'll go with Mark.
07:32So, 25 times 4 is 100.
07:3425 times 4, 100.
07:3710 minus 1 is 9.
07:3810 minus 1, 9.
07:39Multiply by the 100.
07:40900.
07:41And plus the 5 and plus the 3.
07:435 and the 3, 9, 0, 8, and 1 away.
07:45John, do you do it similar?
07:47Quite similar.
07:48So, 10 minus 1 is 9.
07:5010 minus 1, 9.
07:534 nines are 36.
07:554 times 9, 36.
07:57Multiply by 25.
07:59By 25, yeah, same.
08:00And add the 5 and the 3.
08:01Quite similar.
08:02Yeah.
08:03But the same thing, but in a different order, yeah.
08:05OK, 1 away.
08:06A lot of people at home in the same position.
08:08How do we get the extra 1, Rachel?
08:10You have to leave it with me.
08:11Right.
08:12I'm sure.
08:13A lot of us went that way.
08:14Good time.
08:15Do need some extra time.
08:16So we're heading there.
08:17First tea time teaser.
08:18See how you get on.
08:19Gets near.
08:20Gets near.
08:21Gets near.
08:22No, this is quite the opposite.
08:23Gets near.
08:24No, this is quite the opposite.
08:25Friday afternoon tea time teaser.
08:26Gets near.
08:27Gets near.
08:28No, this is quite the opposite.
08:30It's strange.
08:31And as strange from 9.09 we were as we headed to the break.
08:38But you've got it.
08:40Let's have a look.
08:41I have.
08:42If you tried to get 101 times nine, you hit dead-ends.
08:44But you could have said 25 plus five is 30 times that by ten for 300.
08:48Add the four and take the one for 303 and 300 and 32.
08:53Which is a good one.
08:54Which is a big one, which is a big one.
08:55All right.
08:56If you tried to get 101 times nine, you hit dead ends.
09:00But you could have said 25 plus five is 30.
09:04Times that by ten for 300.
09:08Add the four and take the one for 303.
09:11And 303 times three gives you 909.
09:14APPLAUSE
09:16Right, we are rocking along.
09:18Let's get some more letters from Mark.
09:20I'm going to start with a consonant, please.
09:22Thank you, Mark. X.
09:24And another one, please.
09:26B.
09:28And a third.
09:29N.
09:31And a fourth.
09:33Q.
09:36Try a vowel, please.
09:37Not the best selection so far.
09:39Well, we have a U.
09:40And another one, please.
09:43E.
09:44And a third.
09:47E.
09:49And a consonant.
09:51V.
09:53And another vowel, please.
09:55And the last one.
09:56I.
09:57All right, let's get it out of the way.
09:59.
10:04A.
10:05A.
10:06A.
10:06A.
10:07B.
10:07A.
10:09A.
10:09A.
10:11A.
10:11A.
10:12Time's up, John.
10:31Just five.
10:31Just the five there, Mark.
10:33Five as well.
10:33I wonder what it is, John.
10:35It's Queen.
10:36Mark.
10:36The same word.
10:37As did the entire nation watching that.
10:40I got Queen.
10:42Equine as well, for six.
10:44Equine for six.
10:45Horses.
10:46Horses.
10:47Well done.
10:47There you go.
10:48Equine for six.
10:49If you've got that at home, you can't get any better.
10:52John, our champion, is saying, don't stop me now.
10:5436 plays 18.
10:57And John, it's time for your letters.
10:59Can I have a consonant, please?
11:00Thank you, John.
11:02T.
11:03And another consonant, please.
11:05N.
11:06And a third.
11:09T.
11:10Explosive, yeah.
11:13A fourth.
11:14And another T.
11:16Erm, and a fifth.
11:19D.
11:21Erm, a vowel, please.
11:24E.
11:25Another vowel.
11:26A.
11:28And a third.
11:30A.
11:31And a fourth.
11:34And lastly, I.
11:36Oh, he's tired.
11:37MUSIC PLAYS
11:54Time's up. John?
12:08Seven. Mark? Slightly dodgy six.
12:11Slightly dodgy six.
12:12Tatted? Tatted. And John?
12:14Tainted like tainted love. Yes,
12:16absolutely. Let's run on over to
12:18dictionary corner. Tainted as in
12:20tainted love? Yeah, we had
12:22tainted here, but we got
12:24an eight with attained.
12:26Attained for eight. Fantastic.
12:29And just say tatted, absolutely fine.
12:30It means tattooed in slang. There you go.
12:32Right enough. Tatted. I've been
12:34tatted. Right, well, listen, it wasn't
12:36dodgy, but no points for it, of course.
12:38The seven scores for our champion,
12:40John. Let's get some
12:42numbers now, and it's you, Mark.
12:44Can I get one large and
12:46the rest small, please? You can indeed. Thank you, Mark.
12:48One large, five little coming up for
12:50you. And the five small numbers
12:52for this round are three, eight,
12:55seven, nine,
12:56and ten. And the big one,
12:58100. Wow. And the target
13:00to reach 963.
13:03Nine, six, three. Numbers up.
13:05Nine, six, three.
13:16Nine, six, four.
13:18Nine, six, five.
13:22Nine, six,
13:26nine, six, six.
13:28Nine, six, six.
13:30Chris.
13:31Mark, did you get it?
13:36Yep, 963.
13:37Did you get it, John?
13:38I did.
13:39OK, off you go, John.
13:39One of those, just don't overcomplicate it.
13:41Here it is.
13:42100 plus 7 multiplied by 9.
13:45963.
13:46It's all there is to it.
13:47Same way?
13:48Same way, yeah.
13:48Yeah, very good.
13:49Very good, very good.
13:51Wonderful.
13:52Well, listen, it's a shame that it's been lovely to have Carl Frampton here all week on Countdown.
13:57And it's interesting.
13:58We always finish where you don't have to worry.
14:00You can relax.
14:00We all get to ask you a question each, which I absolutely love.
14:05Susie, what's yours?
14:07Well, I hope this doesn't sound insulting, but a lot of boxes obviously have broken noses,
14:12and you can tell that their nose has been broken at some point in the past.
14:15Yours is absolutely perfect.
14:17Has it ever been broken?
14:18It has been broken.
14:19It was broken when I was an amateur.
14:20If I do this, you can see there's a bed there.
14:23OK.
14:24But it had a flat nose.
14:26OK.
14:26It looks in perfect shape.
14:27Thank you very much.
14:28That was my weird question.
14:29Delighted with that.
14:29I wasn't insulting at all.
14:31OK.
14:31Rachel, what have you got?
14:32Well, I think watching the difference between you and John, whenever John gets a word or
14:36excited, you can just kind of see it all over him, but you're very calm.
14:40I think if someone was hitting me, the adrenaline would be up and I might change.
14:43But do you just stay placid or is it part of your training to just...
14:48No, I was always pretty calm, I think.
14:51Even when in fight week, around opponents in fight week, I'd always be let back.
14:56But then there's a...
14:57You talk about the switch and there's a switch.
14:59It's not that I turn it on myself, but it just happens and you just focus and get ready
15:04to fight.
15:05But it's a really interesting question because it leads directly on to what I want to ask.
15:10And I've interviewed Carl so many times, so there's not much left.
15:13But I want to talk about that switch.
15:15And I'd love to know, in those fights where you've knocked somebody out, when do you flick
15:19back into being the lovely, relaxed, brilliant Carl Frampton again, how many seconds or minutes
15:24or hours after that do you return to, for want of a better phrase, normal person?
15:31It probably depends on who the opponent is.
15:33So if it's someone who I don't mind and get on with and have a respect for, then it would
15:38be as soon as the fight's over.
15:40But there was one opponent and I knocked him out on his feet.
15:45He was like in front of me, but out.
15:47And the referee jumped in, perfect stoppage, exactly the right time, but I just wish he
15:51would have given me another second because I didn't like him.
15:54Wow, so the adrenaline was still there going through.
15:56I love that.
15:57Well, I've never been more delighted to be someone's friend rather than their enemy.
16:01You know, a two-weight, a rare thing to say, a two-weight champion of the world, Carl Frampton
16:07on Countdown.
16:07Wow.
16:08Brilliant.
16:10Brilliant.
16:10The insight, all that insight has been brilliant this week.
16:14Let's get back to our battle going on right here.
16:17And we get some more letters now with John Aziz.
16:19Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
16:20Thank you, John.
16:22O.
16:23And another consonant.
16:25N.
16:26And another consonant.
16:28G.
16:29And another consonant.
16:32H.
16:34And a vowel, please.
16:36U.
16:37And another vowel, please.
16:39E.
16:41And another vowel.
16:43E.
16:44And another vowel, please.
16:47I.
16:50And a consonant.
16:52And the last one.
16:53S.
16:54Here we go.
16:55water playing.
17:05I.
17:05I.
17:05I.
17:15I.
17:15I.
17:16I.
17:17I.
17:17Penstein, John?
17:26Eight.
17:27Mark?
17:28Eight as well.
17:28Brilliant.
17:29What's your eight, John?
17:30Ushering.
17:30What's your eight, Mark?
17:31Same again.
17:32Ushering.
17:33Fantastic eight.
17:34Carl Frampton, anything else?
17:35Ushering here, but also a word that brings us back to another word earlier in the week.
17:40Greenish.
17:41Oh, we had orangeish.
17:43That's right.
17:44Well done.
17:44There you go.
17:45Right, Mark, it's your letters.
17:47Let's start with a vowel, please, Rachel.
17:49Thank you, Mark.
17:50E.
17:50And another.
17:52A.
17:53And a third.
17:54A.
17:55And a consonant.
17:57S.
17:58And another.
18:00T.
18:02And another.
18:04D.
18:05And a vowel, please.
18:07E.
18:08And a consonant.
18:10C.
18:11And finish with a consonant.
18:14Finish with Y.
18:15Good luck.
18:16And a consonant.
18:17And a consonant.
18:18And a consonant.
18:18And a consonant.
18:19And a consonant.
18:19And a consonant.
18:19And a consonant.
18:19And a consonant.
18:20And a consonant.
18:20And a consonant.
18:21And a consonant.
18:21And a consonant.
18:22And a consonant.
18:22And a consonant.
18:22And a consonant.
18:22And a consonant.
18:23And a consonant.
18:23And a consonant.
18:23And a consonant.
18:23And a consonant.
18:23And a consonant.
18:24And a consonant.
18:24And a consonant.
18:25And a consonant.
18:25And a consonant.
18:26And a consonant.
18:26And a consonant.
18:27And a consonant.
18:27And a consonant.
18:27And a consonant.
18:28And a consonant.
18:28And a consonant.
18:29And a consonant.
18:29And a consonant.
18:30And a consonant.
18:30And a consonant.
18:31And a consonant.
18:46Mark.
18:48Six.
18:49A six for Mark.
18:50John?
18:50Yeah, the same.
18:51OK, what's your six, John?
18:52Cadets.
18:53And Mark?
18:53Casted.
18:54Cadets and casted, two sixes?
18:56Yeah, I was very happy to accept casted until I checked in the dictionary,
19:00and I'm afraid the past is only cast, not casted.
19:03So it hasn't moved on as I thought.
19:05Sorry.
19:06A lot of people will be absolutely gutted.
19:07Any other sixes, Carl Frampton?
19:08No, sedate, decays and steady.
19:12Bags of sixes in there.
19:14It's John in the starting role right now on 67, Mark on 36.
19:20As we move on to John's numbers.
19:23Can I have one large, please?
19:25You can indeed.
19:26Just the one large.
19:27Five, a little, possibly boring.
19:30Definitely not boring, Flexion.
19:32No, they're boring.
19:33Calm down.
19:34They are two, four, ten, eight, seven and 75.
19:39Come on, let's get a fun one.
19:40The target, 698.
19:42Numbers up.
19:44Sixes.
19:45We've heard that.
19:57Next.
19:58Next.
20:02Next.
20:03Next.
20:03Next.
20:04Next.
20:09Next.
20:09Next.
20:10Next.
20:10Now.
20:116, 9, 8 pence down. John?
20:15I've got it, but I haven't written it down.
20:17OK, Mark?
20:18I've just got 6, 9, 6 not fully written down.
20:21OK, John, 6, 9, 8 not written down. Go.
20:248 divided by 4 is 2.
20:258 over 4 is 2.
20:2710 minus 7 is 3.
20:30Yep.
20:32Add the...
20:34Add the 2.
20:36Add the 2.
20:37Time-wise, that's time up.
20:39I'm sorry about...
20:40No, no, you don't apologise at all, John.
20:42It's tricky when you say it right at the last minute,
20:44but we have really strict time stipulations.
20:46Mark, what about you?
20:48I hadn't fully written it down and I just realised I had 6, 9, 8
20:50and I declared 6, 9, 6.
20:52So you can't have it either.
20:53So, 6, 9, 8.
20:55Did you get a car?
20:56I got it.
20:57Would you mind?
20:58Shall we...
20:58I think I did.
20:59Shall we let the jackal strike?
21:00Let's see.
21:0175 times 10.
21:0275 times 10, 7, 50.
21:058 times 7.
21:068 times 7, 56.
21:08No, I thought that was 54.
21:09You've got it, you've got it, you've got it.
21:11Keep going, keep going, keep going.
21:12Yeah, just subtract that.
21:13Take it away.
21:14Yeah.
21:14694.
21:17Go on, jackal.
21:18Add the 4, son.
21:19Add the 4.
21:20Yes.
21:20Yes.
21:21Yes.
21:21Yes.
21:21Yes.
21:26I'm taking that.
21:28100% that was you.
21:29I'm taking it.
21:30Brilliant work.
21:31Oh, that's the greatest moment of your career.
21:33Forget those world titles.
21:35That was sensational.
21:36All right, all that merriment, the scores stay exactly the same.
21:40As we head to the break, with a tea-time teaser.
21:42Roast leg.
21:43Roast leg.
21:44They're fooling themselves, and they'll let you know it.
21:47They're fooling themselves, and they'll let you know it.
21:49Roast leg was the second tea-time teaser today.
22:07They're fooling themselves, and they'll let you know it.
22:10Gloaters, gloaters, bragging rights so far to our champion,
22:14looking for his fourth win.
22:15John Aziz on 67.
22:17Mark, our challenger from Dublin, Mr O'Brien, on 36.
22:23As we get more letters, and it's your turn.
22:26Mark.
22:26Can I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
22:28Thank you, Mark.
22:29S.
22:30And another one.
22:32C.
22:33And a fell.
22:35A.
22:36And another one.
22:37O.
22:38And a third.
22:40A.
22:41And a fourth.
22:43Another A.
22:44I have a consonant.
22:47P.
22:48And another consonant.
22:50R.
22:53And finish with a vowel, please.
22:56Finish with E.
22:58Here we go.
22:58I have a consonant.
22:59I have a consonant.
23:00I have a consonant.
23:01I have a consonant.
23:01I have a consonant.
23:02I have a consonant.
23:02I have a consonant.
23:03I have a consonant.
23:04I have a consonant.
23:04I have a consonant.
23:05I have a consonant.
23:05I have a consonant.
23:06I have a consonant.
23:06I have a consonant.
23:07I have a consonant.
23:08I have a consonant.
23:09I have a consonant.
23:10I have a consonant.
23:10I have a consonant.
23:11I have a consonant.
23:12I have a consonant.
23:13I have a consonant.
23:14I have a consonant.
23:15I have a consonant.
23:16I have a consonant.
23:17I have a consonant.
23:18I have a consonant.
23:19I have a consonant.
23:20I have a consonant.
23:21I have a consonant.
23:22I have a consonant.
23:23Mark, my friend, how do you do?
23:31Six.
23:32John?
23:32Yeah, I'll try six.
23:33OK, what's the six, John?
23:34Re-soap.
23:35Re-soap.
23:36And Mark?
23:37Scrape.
23:38Scrape.
23:39Well, scrapes.
23:40Straightforward.
23:41Can you re-soap?
23:43You can't re-soap.
23:44Definitely not.
23:45Let's make a clean break from that, John, for both their sake,
23:48and then the dictionary corner, Carl.
23:50Another six capers for six.
23:51Yeah.
23:52And a good seven, rosacea.
23:55No idea what that means.
23:56Enlighten me, Susie.
23:57It's a skin conditioner which gives you flushed appearance, rosacea.
24:00OK.
24:01Let's get back to the game, and I believe it's your letters now, John.
24:06Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
24:07Thank you, John.
24:08D.
24:10Another consonant.
24:12Z.
24:13And a third.
24:15W.
24:16And a fourth.
24:18T.
24:19And a vowel.
24:20A.
24:23And another vowel.
24:26E.
24:27And a consonant.
24:29R.
24:31And a vowel.
24:33I.
24:36And a vowel.
24:38And the last one.
24:39E.
24:4030 seconds.
24:4130 seconds.
25:11Mark, how many? Six. Six and John? Same six. There you go. What have you got, John? Tyrade. And? Waiter. Waiter and Tyrade. Let's head over to the dictionary corner. Anything better, Jackal? Watered. For seven. For your re-soaping? Yeah. What about someone who is... You're a waiter, so you wait. Can you be waitered? Because that would be an eight, and that would be a round of applause for me if waitered's in. Oh, it's not. Sorry, Colin.
25:41No applause whatsoever. Sorry. It's all for Carl Frampton. Well done in that round. You're on a great roll on your final show. Well done.
25:48APPLAUSE
25:49And it's the dictionary corner we stay. I have loved this week's, loved this week's origins of words, from tomfoolery to loads of different food types. So where are we going today?
25:59Well, this is a really lovely email to receive, and it comes from Adam, but mostly it's about his seven-year-old son, Seth, who has a question. He loves Countdown, and he has a question that he'd like to know more about.
26:13He's wondering about the origin of the term lost their marbles. So I don't know, Seth, whether you are a big marble player, but this one is for you, and it's an incredibly old game marble.
26:27So it's recorded as far back as 1588, so this is during the reign of Elizabeth I, and it's said then that a game of marbles was the deciding round in a contest between two young suitors, who were called Giles and Hodge, who were fighting over the hand of a maid.
26:45So it goes. And the event took place on Good Friday in Tinsley Green in West Sussex, and it was an epic contest, as these were some of the games that they had to compete in.
26:55Wrestling, cock-throwing, which doesn't sound very good, Turks Head, Stool Ball and Tip Cat. But to this day, the British and World Marbles Championship is played every Good Friday at the Greyhound Pub in the same Tinsley Green.
27:07So it's got quite a history to it. But losing one's marbles probably doesn't have anything to do with marbles themselves, which might disappoint Seth a little bit, because it's one of a whole lot of phrases to do with people who have lost their senses a little bit.
27:23You might say you've got a screw loose, not a full load, a sandwich short of a picnic, one bit short of a bite, three cards short of a full deck.
27:31There are lots and lots. So losing one's marbles probably goes back to the same sort of formula.
27:37But there is one theory, which is that marbles was once a slang term for furniture, and furniture in French is merble.
27:45So the idea is perhaps we took it from the French. And so if the human mind is a whole lot of unused, cluttery furniture, perhaps that's where we got it from.
27:55But I think, unfortunately, it's just one of those phrases.
27:58But I would just say, if Seth is listening and is a keen marble player, go and pick up as much vocabulary as you can, because it's absolutely brilliant.
28:05There you go. Brilliant.
28:09OK, back to the game. Four rounds left to play this afternoon.
28:13Champions in good shape at the moment, but not over the line.
28:16So let's see what happens now as we get your letters.
28:19Can I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
28:20Thank you, Mark.
28:22L.
28:23And another.
28:25S.
28:26And a third.
28:26M.
28:29And a vowel.
28:30A.
28:32And another.
28:33A.
28:34And a consonant.
28:36R.
28:38And another consonant, please.
28:40N.
28:41And a vowel.
28:43E.
28:45Finish with a vowel, please.
28:47Finish with A.
28:4830 seconds.
28:49There is a vowel, please.
29:01Let's continue.
29:02Keepyo R louder, please.
29:02Let's do it.
29:04The vowel, please.
29:05Get your食.
29:06Then the vowel, please.
29:06Readyуется.
29:08Please pick up the vowel.
29:12The vowel is already.
29:13Put am видно.
29:15The vowel is overheat.
29:16Can't do it.
29:17The vowel is spread.
29:17The vowel is everywhere.
29:18When do you get Mark? Five. And John? Six. Let's have the five, Mark.
29:23Niers. Niers. And John? Seaman. As in David.
29:27Let's head to Dix... I'm sure that's not what it is in the dictionary.
29:30Let's head over, Carl. David Seaman will like this one. Arsenal.
29:33Five. Wow!
29:35APPLAUSE
29:38Wow, what about that for a little bit of synchronicity.
29:42So we've got Seaman and we've got Arsenal, as in an arsenal of weapons.
29:47No better than that, Seuss? No better than seven.
29:49Beautiful round. Beautiful round.
29:51John, let's get some more letters.
29:53Can I have a consonant, please? Thank you, John.
29:56J. And another consonant.
29:59F. And another consonant.
30:02R. And a fourth.
30:05R. And a fifth.
30:08G. And a vowel.
30:11U. And a vowel.
30:15O. And a better vowel.
30:22Dreadful selection. A final O.
30:26All right, do your best.
30:28It's now.
30:57Seem like longer than 30 seconds to me with those letters, John.
31:01Let's try a dodgy five.
31:03OK, and Mark?
31:04Just four.
31:04OK, the four is?
31:05Four.
31:08It might get it, cos John's five is dodgy.
31:11Forgo.
31:12Forgo.
31:13To miss out, to forgo.
31:14Yes, exactly.
31:16Wonderful.
31:17Five.
31:17Is that the best anyone in the nation could have done?
31:20Yeah, forgo here is what we have, and juror as well.
31:24All right, OK, a juror.
31:25One of 12.
31:27At the moment, it's 84.
31:29Players at 48.
31:30Mark, let's go out of the bay and get some numbers.
31:32Can I just get one large again, Rachel, please?
31:34You can indeed.
31:35Final one of the week, one large.
31:36Five of my finest small-uns.
31:39And this number selection is two, four, ten, four, ten, and 50.
31:46All the evens and the targets.
31:49982.
31:49OK, big target.
31:51Last numbers.
31:52Could be a'
31:52live.
31:53Yes, jueor.
31:53Good work.
31:53Yes.
31:54Here is the nightstand.
31:55Here is the night practise.
31:56And here is the nightstand.
31:57We will be both of you, andри.
31:59and I will take two, for you.
31:59I will take those.
32:00Let us takeこんにちは.
32:00All the little stop.
32:01Here it comes.
32:01Good job is a day of going to be welcome.
32:02For the day to the stationer.
32:03Mhm.
32:03The nightstand gets out of this week.
32:12OK.
32:13I will walk by now.
32:14Good job.
32:14Good job.
32:14Good job.
32:16Good job.
32:17Good job.
32:17Good job.
32:18Good job.
32:19Good job.
32:19Good job.
32:20Good job.
32:21I know it's going to be tens all round
32:24because I haven't done anything for about 15 seconds.
32:26John?
32:27982.
32:28Yeah, and Mark?
32:28982.
32:29Off you go, Mark.
32:302 times 10.
32:322 times 20.
32:33Times 50.
32:341,000.
32:35Minus 10, minus 4, minus 4.
32:37Yeah, take the others off.
32:38That'll do.
32:39Go straight forward.
32:40Is that the same way, John?
32:41Exactly the same.
32:45OK, not a crucial countdown conundrum,
32:48but John did say the other day
32:49he's etching to get back over 100.
32:51So let's see if you can add 10 on.
32:53Let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
32:58Oh, John, brilliant.
32:59Spotted.
33:01Spotted.
33:01Let's see if you're right.
33:03Brilliant.
33:06You've done it.
33:07You've done it.
33:08104.
33:08Delighted for you.
33:09I knew you wanted to get over a ton again.
33:11You did it.
33:12But, Mark, there's no shame in that
33:13against an absolutely fantastic countdowner.
33:16And I know you're a journalist.
33:17You work for Dublin Live.
33:19I know it well.
33:19I know Belfast Live as well.
33:21There's some people who work there.
33:23Will you be reviewing your trip to countdown?
33:26Will it be favourable?
33:27Oh, of course it'll be favourable.
33:29I see the headlines now.
33:30Card for Hampton scandal.
33:32That's what I reckon.
33:34Well, it's been great to be here.
33:35We'll give you the goodie bye.
33:36John, you get a bank holiday weekend,
33:39but you'll be working on Monday
33:40trying to get your fifth win.
33:41I will be revising very hard over the weekend.
33:45Wonderful.
33:45Well done.
33:48And that's it from Susie.
33:49I'll see you on Monday.
33:50Russell Cain is joining us, the comedian.
33:53Yeah.
33:53Nice to have a bit of class after the week we've just had.
33:57Card, it's been just so good to have you in Dictionary Corner.
34:00How's the experience been?
34:01It's been great, genuinely.
34:02It's the heart, like, the most my brain has worked
34:05since I've retired from boxing.
34:07So, always good.
34:09Countdown is for everyone.
34:10And I can say, beyond a shadow of a doubt,
34:12you're the best boxer we've ever had on this show.
34:14Thank you very much.
34:15One of a stuff.
34:15There's only two to choose from, and you win.
34:17So, that's good stuff.
34:19Rach, I'm going home to watch Wizard of Oz,
34:22the anniversary of being released.
34:23It's time to click our heels until Monday,
34:26when we're back with another Countdown.
34:28Rachel, Susie and I will be here.
34:29You can count on us.
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