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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio on a big day in history because it was 350 years ago
00:37today that the Great Fire of London ended.
00:40It started in a pudding lane bakery and you know between the 2nd and the 5th of September, Rachel, it
00:47ripped through the city and took with it 13,000 buildings.
00:51In some ways a disaster and of course in other ways it got rid of all those little crooked alleyways
00:55and streets and allowed London to be laid out as it is today.
01:00It was the 2nd tragedy to hit the city within a year because of course many inhabitants had succumbed to
01:06the Great Plague.
01:08And the reason apparently for that was they decided to try and cull all the stray dogs that were roaming
01:13around.
01:13Of course the dogs got the rats. When the dog population was reduced the rats increased and hey bingo you
01:20had the Great Plague.
01:21And if you ever want to read about it because of course the witness to all this was Samuel Pepys
01:27who was I think first secretary to the Navy in those days.
01:30And he wrote a great book on the Plague and he also wrote a great book on the Great Fire
01:34of London.
01:35But what a great city London is. I love that city. What about you?
01:40Yeah I used to not like it because everywhere my friends moved to they all kind of went to London
01:44after university and what you can afford in London at that stage isn't great.
01:48But now we've been there a little bit longer. There's some brilliant places. It's the best city in the world
01:52if you've got a little bit of money to spend.
01:53If you stand on Westminster Bridge and look towards the city there's no finer skyline. New York may be but
02:00it's a great great town.
02:01Especially in the summer you get so many good views. Beautiful. Yeah. I love that city.
02:06You'll never know it all. There's always something new to discover. Indeed. Alright. Now Martin Hurst. Will he discover Octo
02:13-Champdom today? I wonder.
02:14Seven great wins under his belt. How are you feeling?
02:18Pretty nervous. I hope you had a restful weekend.
02:21Oh. I needed it. Yeah? Yeah.
02:23Well good luck Martin. Thank you. You've played like a blinder. You really have. Fantastic.
02:27But you've got to get past Owen Polly. A housing sport worker from Bristol.
02:33Worked in an animal sanctuary for a month.
02:36And one of the tasks you had to do was to walk some bear through the jungle.
02:41That wasn't in Bristol was it?
02:42No that was in Bolivia.
02:43Bolivia?
02:44Yes.
02:45Why did you have to do that? Was it on the end of a lead or something?
02:47Well sort of. It was a bear that had been rescued. So it took several of us to walk him
02:52every day to give him naturalised life.
02:54Got it.
02:54But it was very hard and very dangerous. And actually I spent quite a lot of time being chased through
02:58the jungle by the bear.
02:59Which was pretty scary.
03:01Alright. Let's have a big round of applause for Owen and Martin Hurst.
03:08I know we're in the corner Susie of course. Good weekend?
03:12Great weekend.
03:12Excellent. Thank you.
03:13Well brace yourself because we've got one hell of a guest today. We love him.
03:17It's Michael Whitehall. Author and TV personality. Producer. Talent agent.
03:22Known by many in certain quarters as his royal dryness.
03:26Welcome Michael. Welcome back.
03:29Lovely to be here.
03:30Yeah.
03:30Lovely to come here and see you looking exactly the same as you did a year ago.
03:35You'd never change. Elegant. Hair. Beautifully coiffured.
03:40I thought considered a goatee at one stage but I was persuaded against it.
03:44No. Also you've got these two lovely ladies to keep you in check.
03:48And we've got the best make-up people.
03:51A shell. Underneath all his make-up there's a shell.
03:55They're brilliant. Anyway Michael better get on.
03:58Martin, shall we have a letters again?
04:01Okay.
04:02Hi Rachel.
04:03Hello Martin.
04:04Come up a vowel please.
04:04Thank you. Start the week with O.
04:07And another.
04:09E.
04:10And a third.
04:11A.
04:12And a consonant please.
04:15H.
04:15And another.
04:18M.
04:19And another.
04:20T.
04:22And another.
04:24R.
04:26And another consonant.
04:29N.
04:31And a final vowel please.
04:34And final U.
04:36And here's the countdown clock.
04:38labぜ.
04:51That's what you're going to get.
04:51Bye.
04:54What are the hands-up?
04:55I think I'm going to get back one day.
05:01Bye.
05:02Bye.
05:04Bye.
05:06Bye.
05:07Bye.
05:08Bye.
05:09yes Martin seven seven and Owen seven as well remount and oh I got on earth on earth and over
05:19there in the corner Michael and Susie another another another seven apiece very good and now
05:32it's Owens let's get it hi Rachel hi Owen could I start with a consonant please thank you start with
05:40T
05:41and a vowel I and a consonant L and another N and a vowel O a consonant R a vowel
06:02E a consonant S and a final vowel please and a final A and the clock starts now
06:16so
06:48nine oh hello Owen I got entrails now then what did Martin get relations relations
07:02and the corners nine there are some more there are some more actually yes um orientals is the
07:10sort of standard one goes a hand in hand with relations there's also tensorial the tensile
07:15muscle is one that that you stretch within the body and tensorial is the adjective relating to
07:21that muscle so that will give you another nine very good all right flying there 25 plays seven
07:28and now Martin it's your numbers game well as Michael's here it's got to be a white hole
07:33got to be done a one two one and a two thank you Martin and the first one of the
07:39week is eight five seven ten eight and the big one 25 and the target 676 676
07:53so
08:06so
08:08so
08:08so
08:22Martin?
08:24I have...
08:25No, I'm nowhere. Sorry, I've gone wrong.
08:28Owen?
08:28No, lost it, I'm afraid.
08:30Both of you?
08:30This has got to be difficult.
08:33How difficult? Rachel?
08:35Leave it with me.
08:36Let me do that.
08:37All right.
08:38We'll wait for that, and we turn now to a tea-time teaser,
08:41our first of the day, which is had cards.
08:44And the clue, these items of clothing sound very cheesy.
08:47These items of clothing sound very cheesy.
09:05Welcome back.
09:06Okay, left with a clue.
09:07These items of clothing sound very cheesy.
09:10What are they?
09:10They're chudders.
09:12Suzy?
09:13Yes, nothing to do with chudder.
09:15Yes, commonly called chudders as well.
09:18These are large pieces of cloth wrapped around the head and upper body of a Muslim woman, for example,
09:24and leaving only the face exposed.
09:27I understand that.
09:27Now, Rachel, you've got that smile, six, seven, six.
09:31I found it.
09:32If you say eight times ten is 80, add seven for 87, times it by the other eight for 696,
09:40and then 25 minus five is 20 to take away for 676.
09:45Fantastic.
09:46Well done.
09:51Spot on.
09:53Now then, 25 plays seven.
09:54Martin in the lead.
09:55Owen, letters game.
09:57I'll start off with a vowel, please, Rachel.
09:59Thank you, Owen.
10:03And another, please.
10:08And another, please.
10:12And a vowel.
10:14A consonant.
10:18And a vowel.
10:22A consonant.
10:26And I'll finish off with a final question.
10:29Fowl, please.
10:31And finish with you.
10:33Stand by.
10:33And finish with you.
11:05Owen?
11:06A seven.
11:07A seven, Martin?
11:08Eight.
11:09Yes, Owen?
11:10I've got parties.
11:12Parties and?
11:13Grapiest.
11:14Grapiest.
11:15Yes, this one has the grapiest aroma.
11:18Very good, in the dictionary.
11:20Yeah, so good.
11:24Now, 33 plays seven, and it's Martin's letters game.
11:29Martin?
11:30Can I have a vowel, please?
11:31Thank you, Martin.
11:32Aye.
11:32And another?
11:34E.
11:35And a third?
11:37O.
11:38And a consonant, please?
11:40N.
11:41And another?
11:42P.
11:43And another?
11:46M.
11:47And another?
11:49D.
11:51And another consonant?
11:53F.
11:55And a final vowel, please?
11:57And a final A.
12:00Stand by.
12:02condom.
12:24We'll be right there.
12:24Oh, what?
12:30Should I?
12:30Can I just wait?
12:31No, what do I write?
12:31I'll be right there, too.
12:31And a tenth.
12:32Martin, seven.
12:34A seven.
12:35Owen?
12:35Eight.
12:37Right.
12:37Martin.
12:38Domain.
12:40And Owen?
12:41I got dopamine.
12:42Wow.
12:43Fantastic.
12:44Well done.
12:49Very good.
12:51Excellent.
12:51And in the corner, Mike and Susie?
12:53Domain was the best over here.
12:56Yes, or domain with the E, vineyard.
12:59But dopamine, yes, is precursor of adrenaline.
13:02So it's compound in the body.
13:03Excellent.
13:03Eight.
13:04Well done.
13:04Very good.
13:0533 plays 15, and it's numbers.
13:08For you, Owen, could I have two big ones and four small ones, please?
13:12You can indeed.
13:12Thank you, Owen.
13:13Two large, four little.
13:15And for this round, the little ones are nine, seven, four, and eight.
13:21And the large two, 50 and 25.
13:24And this target, 914.
13:26Nine, one, four.
13:28Nine, one, four.
13:58Owen?
14:00I got 919 not written down.
14:05Nine, one, nine.
14:06Now, Martin.
14:07Nine, one, five.
14:09Nine, one, five.
14:10Sir, Martin.
14:11OK, four nines are 36.
14:13Four nines are 36.
14:14Times 25.
14:15Times 25, 900.
14:17And add the eight and the seven.
14:18And then the eight and the seven for one away.
14:21Very good.
14:22But, Rachel, can you help us, 914?
14:26Yeah, a lot of dead ends with this one, but you could have said 50 times nine is 450.
14:33Add the seven for four, five, seven.
14:35And then eight divided by four is two.
14:38Terrific.
14:39Perfect.
14:40Well done.
14:43Lovely.
14:4440 page 15 as we turn to Michael.
14:46Michael, moving house can be quite stressful at the best of times.
14:50But especially if you're a Whitehall?
14:52This is about Nora Whitehall, my sainted mother.
14:56Nora was always desperate to be what she called a la carte, i.e. a little bit above the norm.
15:06So, she and Jack, my father, decided to buy a house in a place called Sonning-on-Thames, which was
15:13very a la carte in those days.
15:15And still is our Prime Minister.
15:17Has been there some time, I think, Mrs May.
15:21George Clooney lives in Sonning-on-Thames.
15:24And my mother bought a dove cot, because she thought that would be nice, you know, for the neighbours to
15:29see.
15:30So, my brother, Barry, went off to get some doves from a man in Reading, and came back with the
15:36two doves.
15:37My father put them in the dove cot, put them netting over it and all that, which he was supposed
15:42to do for two days.
15:43And then took the netting off, and the following day, the doves had gone.
15:48Barry went back to Reading and said to the man, look, our doves have gone.
15:53And he said, well, I'm sorry about that, I'll give you another couple.
15:55They went into the dove cot, and my mother looked, and said, oh, I'm so looking forward to them flying
16:00around the garden when the neighbours come.
16:03The same thing happened.
16:05Anyway, third time lucky, we rang the man this time, and he said, well, this is most extraordinary, I can't
16:11believe that.
16:11And brought the two doves from Reading.
16:14And that evening, my brother had a look at these doves, and he said, you know, one of those doves
16:19looks very like the first one that we got from that man.
16:23Because it had a mark on its nose or face or something.
16:27Anyway, the following morning, net off, doves disappeared.
16:31No doves.
16:32And so my father then said, right, I'm going round to this man.
16:36So he went round and had a big argument with him and came back with his money.
16:40And our theory was that the man actually only had two doves, and it was just a very nice little
16:48earner for him.
16:50You know, sort of renting them out to various houses in the vicinity, because he knew they were homing, that
16:57they'd come back.
16:58Perfect.
16:58So it was sort of revolving revenue, really.
17:00With very little investment required.
17:02Brilliant.
17:07So 40 points to Martin, owing on 15.
17:11Martin, let us go.
17:12Come a vowel, please.
17:13Thank you, Martin.
17:15I.
17:15And another.
17:17E.
17:18And a third.
17:19A.
17:20And a consonant, please.
17:22C.
17:23And another.
17:25L.
17:26And another.
17:28S.
17:29And another.
17:30T.
17:33And another.
17:35R.
17:37And a final consonant, please.
17:41And a final N.
17:43Stand by.
17:45BELL RINGS
18:14Martin.
18:16Eight.
18:17Owen.
18:17Nine.
18:19Martin.
18:20Er, N-Trails.
18:22N-Trails.
18:23Owen Polly.
18:24Clarinets.
18:25Wow!
18:27APPLAUSE
18:32Yes, sir.
18:34My word.
18:35Michael and Susie, what have you conjured up?
18:38Well, we've got a link to clarinets, but it's not quite as good, which is recitals.
18:44Recitals, good.
18:45Very good.
18:46Susie, anything else?
18:47Er, if you want another eight, you can have latrines, not quite so romantic as clarinets.
18:54But, yes, excellent line.
18:54Well, stick with the clarinets, I think.
18:56Forty plays, 33, and it's Owen's Letters game.
18:58Owen.
18:59Er, consonant, please, Rachel.
19:01Thank you, Owen.
19:02S.
19:03And a vowel.
19:05E.
19:06And another vowel.
19:08U.
19:09And a consonant.
19:10G.
19:13And another.
19:16D.
19:17And a vowel.
19:19I.
19:20A consonant.
19:23R.
19:24A vowel.
19:27E.
19:28And a final consonant, please.
19:30And a final L.
19:32Stand by.
19:34And a vowel.
19:52And a vowel.
19:53And a vowel.
19:53And a vowel.
19:53And a vowel.
19:53And a vowel.
19:53And a vowel.
19:54And a vowel.
19:58and a vowel.
19:59And a vowel.
20:04Owen. Seven. A seven. Martin? I'll try an eight. Ooh, a bit of doubt there. Owen? Gliders. And? Sludgier. Yes,
20:15I checked it, and it's in. Very, very good. Well done. Well done. Sludgier. Michael and Susie? Susie? Yes, Sludgier
20:22was ours, actually, as well as Gilders, the old Dutch currency. Yeah. Another eight. Gilders. Yeah. All right. 48 to
20:2933, and it's numbers for Martin.
20:33One large, please. Thank you, Martin. One from the top. Five little coming up. And for this round, they are
20:40seven, five, four, nine, five, and the large one, 50. And the target, 873. 873.
21:23Martin? 873. 873. Owen? 865. So, Martin. OK. Five plus five is ten.
21:32Five plus five is ten. Times four. Times four, 40. Add 50. Add 50. Add 50 for 90. And the
21:40seven. And the seven for 97. And times that by nine. And times it by nine. Yep, you're there. Well
21:46done.
21:46Well done, indeed. Well done. Well done. Building a bit of a lead there. 58 to 33. As we turn
21:55to our second tea time teaser, which is wage stay. And the clue.
21:58On his wages, he can only afford short stay holidays. On his wages, he can only afford short stay holidays.
22:25On his wages, he can only afford short stay holidays. And the answer is getaways. Getaways.
22:34Now, 58 to 33. Martin on 58. Owen? Letters go.
22:40Can I have a consonant, please? Thank you, Owen. Q. And a vowel. O.
22:47And another vowel. U. And a consonant. T.
22:57And a final consonant, please. And a final Y. Stand by.
23:15Can I have a consonant, please. And a vowel.
23:46Owen? Just a five on that one. Five. Martin? Five. Two fives. Owen?
23:52Ditty. Yes. And Martin? Quoit. Deck quoits.
23:57Yes. Did you find it difficult, Susie, Michael?
24:02It was difficult. It was. I could only find gout.
24:05You can be gouty. You could add the Y. Yes, I could add the Y.
24:08Have that for five. Thank you.
24:1063, please.
24:1138. Martin?
24:14Can I have a vowel, please? Thank you, Martin.
24:17A. And another.
24:19E. And a third.
24:21O. And a consonant, please.
24:24N. And another.
24:27L. And another.
24:29V. And another.
24:33R. And another.
24:36D.
24:38And a final vowel, please.
24:42And a final I.
24:44Countdown.
24:45two letters.
24:50T.
24:57The.
25:01The.
25:04The.
25:05T.
25:06The.
25:16Yes, Martin.
25:18Eight.
25:18And eight, Owen.
25:20Seven.
25:20Seven.
25:21Invader.
25:23And?
25:24Overland.
25:25And overland.
25:26Excellent, yes, you travelled overland.
25:28Very good.
25:29Very good, well done.
25:31APPLAUSE
25:34Well done, and...
25:36Michael, Susie?
25:38We've got to overland.
25:39Yes, anagram of invader would be ravined,
25:43but that's just a seven.
25:45Overland, the best for eight.
25:46Well done.
25:46All right, thank you.
25:4771 plays, 38.
25:49Susie, you're on.
25:50Now, Michael, this is Susie's origins of words, always...
25:54Well, it's a daily delight, for instance.
25:56Well, I was looking the other day at names for animals
26:01because my youngest was quizzing me a bit
26:04on where some of the animal names came from.
26:06And actually, a lot of it goes back to the eccentricity
26:10of the ancient Greeks, or simply a lack of knowledge
26:13because they were seeing things for the first time,
26:15had to name them,
26:17and often just were either quite impulsive in their naming
26:20or, as I say, slightly eccentric.
26:23Some of them were quite romantic.
26:24So the pheasant, the Greeks called the bird Phaizanos,
26:28the Phaizian, because it came from near the river Phaesis,
26:31which flowed into the Black Sea.
26:34Partridge is a little less romantic.
26:37In ancient Greek,
26:39perdix was a slang word applied to anybody
26:41who was notorious for, shall we say, expelling wind.
26:44And hunters noticed that the whirring sound
26:47of a partridge's flight
26:48resembled the sound made by this perdix.
26:52And perdix, over time, came into English as partridge.
26:55The rhinoceros gets its name because of the huge horn on its nose.
26:58The Greeks called him rhinoceros and rhinos,
27:01meaning nose, if you think of rhinoplasty,
27:03and keros, meaning horn.
27:06That's also behind keratin,
27:07which, of course, the substance of a rhino's horn.
27:10But these same Greeks thought that a hippopotamus
27:13looked slightly odd.
27:15They had to name it,
27:16and they thought it looked as much like a horse
27:17as anything else.
27:19And since a rhino, sorry, hippo spends a lot of the time
27:21in the water, they called it a river horse,
27:23from hippos, meaning horse, and portanos, meaning river.
27:27In the same way, they were a little bit puzzled
27:29when they saw a leopard for the first time.
27:32And to them, a leopard appeared something like a lion
27:35and a little bit like a tiger as well.
27:37And so they compromised and called it a leopardos,
27:40or literally lion-tiger.
27:42And chameleon, finally, simply means a dwarfish lion.
27:46Again, it seemed very small, a little bit like a lion,
27:49and so chameleon was born.
27:51Brilliant.
27:53Very good.
27:58Very good.
27:59Well, we'll listen out for the next partridge,
28:01see how accurate that is.
28:03That's lovely.
28:0471.
28:05Thank you, Susie.
28:0671 plays Owens, 38.
28:08And it's Owens' letters game.
28:09Owens.
28:10Could I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
28:12Thank you, Owen.
28:13L.
28:14And a vowel?
28:16U.
28:17And a consonant, please.
28:20X.
28:20And a better one, please.
28:23N.
28:24And a vowel?
28:27A.
28:28A consonant, please.
28:30R.
28:31And a vowel?
28:33I.
28:35Another vowel?
28:38O.
28:38And a final consonant, please.
28:42And a final P.
28:45Stand by.
28:46And a vowel?
28:51And a vowel?
29:03And a vowel?
29:04And a vowel?
29:05And a vowel?
29:05And a vowel?
29:05And a vowel?
29:05And a vowel?
29:05And a vowel?
29:05And a vowel?
29:05And a vowel?
29:05And a vowel?
29:06And a vowel?
29:09And a vowel?
29:16Owen?
29:17Six.
29:18Six, Martin?
29:19Yep, six.
29:20Owen?
29:21Unpair.
29:22Mm-hmm.
29:23Martin?
29:24Urinal.
29:26Urinal.
29:27Er, urinal, fine.
29:29I think unpaired is certainly going to be there,
29:32but not unpaired on its own, I'm afraid.
29:34Sorry, Owen.
29:35Love, love.
29:36Michael, Susie?
29:37What about purloin?
29:39That's an old-fashioned word, isn't it?
29:42Yeah.
29:42For pinching something.
29:43It's a great word, to purloin something, to filch it.
29:45Yeah.
29:46Yeah.
29:47And actually, last minute, eight there as well.
29:50Unipolar is having or relating to a single pole
29:53or kind of polarity.
29:54Obviously, in electronics, you can have things that are unipolar.
29:57That would give you an eight.
29:58Very good.
29:59Very good.
30:02Very good.
30:0377th place.
30:0438.
30:05Martin, final letters game.
30:07Can I have a vowel, please?
30:08Thank you, Martin.
30:09U.
30:10And a consonant?
30:12H.
30:13And a vowel?
30:15I.
30:16And another?
30:18E.
30:19And a consonant, please.
30:21R.
30:22And another?
30:24T.
30:25And another?
30:27D.
30:28And another?
30:31S.
30:33And a final consonant, please.
30:36And a final V.
30:38Countdown.
30:38D.
30:48E.
31:09Martin.
31:10Seven.
31:11Owen.
31:11Just a six.
31:12And that six?
31:13Stride.
31:14Stride and?
31:15Divers.
31:17Mm-hmm.
31:18Excellent.
31:18Yes, I like Divers.
31:19Very good.
31:20Can we do better?
31:22Quite a few sevens, actually.
31:23Dustier, Thrived, Virtues, Dervish is there as well.
31:29Couldn't get to an eight.
31:31OK.
31:3284 to 38.
31:34And now, Owen, it's the final numbers game.
31:37Could I again have two big ones and four small, please?
31:40You can indeed.
31:40Thank you, Owen.
31:41Two large, four little for the final one of today's game.
31:44And they are one, ten, eight.
31:48Another one.
31:49And the large 250 and 100.
31:52And the target, 551.
31:54Five, five, one.
31:57Five, five, six.
32:00They are the winner.
32:00Oh, yes.
32:00They are the winner.
32:01Five, six, three.
32:11Six, eight.
32:11They are the winner.
32:22And they have a winner,ists.
32:23They are the winner.
32:23And the winner.
32:24They are the winner.
32:25They are the winner today.
32:26They have the winner.
32:27Owen.
32:28Yep, 5-5-1.
32:295-5-1.
32:305-5-1.
32:31For sure.
32:32All right.
32:33Owen.
32:33So if you do 10, add 1.
32:35It's 11.
32:3611.
32:3611.
32:3711.50 is a 5.50.
32:38They are.
32:39Just add on the other one.
32:40Lucky target for this one.
32:41Well done.
32:42And Martin.
32:43Yep.
32:43Same.
32:44There we go.
32:45Well done.
32:45All right.
32:47So just short of a hand with Martin on 94.
32:51And Owen 48 as we lurch into the final round.
32:54And into Martin's octochamp round, I guess.
32:59So make it good.
33:00Fingers on buzzers.
33:01Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:09Well done, Martin.
33:10Raconteur.
33:11Raconteur.
33:12Let's see whether you're right.
33:15Raconteur.
33:16There we go.
33:19Well done.
33:23Raconteur, as we have indeed in our dictionary corners today.
33:26A great raconteur.
33:27But we also have, sitting over there, an octochamp.
33:31And furthermore, Martin Hurst, you are our number one seed.
33:34Wow.
33:34So congratulations.
33:36Brilliant.
33:36Great performance.
33:37And we shall see you in the finals later on in the year.
33:41Brilliant.
33:42Well done.
33:43Proud to have you here.
33:44Oh, in bad luck.
33:46You came on the wrong day.
33:47Yeah, I did.
33:47You came on the wrong day.
33:48You played well, though.
33:49Thank you very much for coming.
33:51And take this goodie bag back to Bristol with you.
33:54Well done.
33:54Brilliant stuff.
33:55Now then, Michael, that's an octochamp we've got here.
33:59Eight wins in a row.
34:01Isn't that good?
34:01Amazing.
34:02Powerful player.
34:03Numbers the lot.
34:04We'll see you tomorrow for more anecdotes and more raconteuring.
34:08Could you have raconteuring, Susie?
34:10Not raconteuring.
34:11I don't think raconteur is a verb.
34:12But, well, we could always make it one.
34:15For Michael, we were scared for that.
34:17We'll see you both tomorrow.
34:19Well done.
34:19And we'll see Rachel.
34:20He's a great player, this Martin, isn't he?
34:22He is great.
34:23We've got two relief contestants that will be starting tomorrow without Martin in that chair.
34:27All right.
34:28See you tomorrow.
34:28See you then.
34:29Same time, same place.
34:30You be sure of it.
34:31A very good afternoon.
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