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00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:34Now tonight, down in London's Park Lane Hotel, there's a charity Christmas stocking auction for celebrities.
00:42It's all in aid of that wonderful charity, Macmillan Cancer Support.
00:47Now I guess at this time of the year, right across the country, there are all sorts of charity auctions
00:52going on, but Christmas stockings.
00:54Now I remember when we were children, little children, the stocking, which was normally nothing to do with the stocking
01:01really.
01:02I wish it were, because they were rather longer.
01:04But it was a sort of a long sock, which would be filled with all those traditional things.
01:10Tangerines or clementines rolled up in silver paper and bits and pieces like that.
01:15And it was always great fun.
01:16And then poor old dad used to struggle in, sort of dressed up as Santa, and we'd all pretend not
01:22to see him, to embarrass him.
01:24And there we are.
01:25But it was good fun, wasn't it?
01:26It was lovely.
01:26And it is wonderful, actually, when Santa does creep in, and in the morning you wake up and he's got
01:32around the whole world overnight, filling little children's stockings.
01:36I think it's fantastic.
01:37I went to Reykjavik, and I think in Iceland they have something like 12 Father Christmases, so that one starts
01:44at some point in December and they just carry on, which makes much more sense.
01:47I think they've worked it out.
01:49It's a secret.
01:50There's 12 different Santas.
01:51That's the way it works.
01:51To get around the world, yeah.
01:52And all those reindeer, too.
01:54Of course.
01:54All those reindeer.
01:55Brilliant stuff.
01:56Now, who's with us?
01:57John Shaw's back from Swaddling Coat.
01:59Six great wins.
02:00Well done, John.
02:01Well done.
02:01And two more wins, and you'll be an octo-champ.
02:04But first of all, you've got to clamber past Paul McLaughlin, a radio producer from Coventry.
02:09Welcome, Paul.
02:10Hello there.
02:10Welcome.
02:11And for a time you worked in a prison for young offenders, actually.
02:14That's right, yeah.
02:15What was your job there?
02:16Just looking after me, I was a training officer, so I'd look after a unit full of young offenders.
02:21It's quite hard work, really, but thoroughly enjoyable.
02:24It is.
02:24Yes, and of course, so many of these youngsters, you know, perhaps they just took the wrong
02:30turning, and then before you know where you are, or they are, rather, you know, they're
02:34getting into deeper trouble.
02:35Did you find that you were able to sort of, you know, talk to them and perhaps knock some
02:39sense into them in the gentlest possible way?
02:41Yeah, the more time you spend with them, the more they get to know you, and, you know,
02:44you try and, you know, guide them down the right route, and fingers crossed that they've
02:48taken on your advice, but who knows?
02:51Well, I hope you both have a great contest today.
02:53Big round of applause for John and Paul McLaughlin.
03:00And Susie Dent over there in the corner, of course.
03:03And he not only loves sport, but words and numbers, too.
03:06That's why he's here at Countdown.
03:08Yes, it's Colin Murray.
03:10Welcome back.
03:10We'll talk to you a little later, but now it's John Shaw's Letters Game.
03:14John.
03:15Hi, Rachel.
03:15Hi, John.
03:16Can I have a consonant, please?
03:17You can, thank you.
03:18Start today with M.
03:20And another.
03:22M.
03:23And a third.
03:25S.
03:26Can I have a vowel, please?
03:28U.
03:29Another vowel.
03:31O.
03:32And a consonant, please?
03:34W.
03:35A vowel.
03:38E.
03:40A consonant.
03:42T.
03:44And a final vowel, please.
03:46And a final A.
03:48And here's the Countdown Clock.
03:51M.
03:52I.
03:53T.
03:54I.
04:21Yes, John?
04:22Seven.
04:24And Paul?
04:25Six.
04:26That's six.
04:27Women's?
04:28Yes.
04:29Outswam?
04:30I think you can outswim in the dictionary.
04:33You can.
04:34We are not allowed apostrophes, so we can't have women's, I'm afraid.
04:38We could have women, Paul, but not women's.
04:41Sorry.
04:41OK.
04:42Now then.
04:43Yes, Colin?
04:44Well, the question in everyone's lips is, what do you call a mountain under the sea?
04:48Susie's going to tell you.
04:49It's a seamount.
04:50Seamount.
04:51A seamount, really?
04:52Yes.
04:53Anything else?
04:54No, that was our best for eight.
04:55The snow is there for a nice four.
04:56Christmassy four, snow.
04:58Thank you for that.
04:59All right.
04:59Seven points to John.
05:01And Paul, it's your letters game.
05:02Hello, Rachel.
05:03Hi, Paul.
05:04Consonant, please.
05:05Start with P.
05:08And another one, please.
05:09B.
05:11And a third, please.
05:13N.
05:14And a vowel, please.
05:16O.
05:17And another one.
05:19E.
05:19A consonant.
05:22L.
05:25Consonant.
05:27S.
05:29A vowel.
05:31U.
05:33And a final consonant, please.
05:35And a final H.
05:38Stand by.
06:09yes Paul just a five a five John six and a six oh house and blouse blouse yep yep
06:21allowsy call it six well let's see how many rhymes we can get in today with
06:25Christmas words in every rhyme so we're going to go to Noel's for five no L so
06:32snow and Noel so that's it and meaning a Christmas Carol so you can put the S on
06:38well done anything else out of six in phones do we have anything above a six
06:42no phones and bushel two sixes well done thanks Colin now then John on 13 Paul yet
06:49to score but bags of time let's have a numbers game shall we John yeah can I
06:54take one from the top please and five small you can indeed one from the top and
06:57five little thank you John and for this round they are one seven ten two four and
07:06one hundred and the target six hundred and sixty two six six two
07:12so
07:23MUSIC PLAYS
07:42Yes, John?
07:43I've got 6.62.
07:45You have 6.62. Paul?
07:47I think I've got 6.62 as well.
07:50All right. John?
07:51OK, I did 7 times 100.
07:53700.
07:54Four tens of 40.
07:56Yep.
07:56And take it off.
07:586.60.
07:59And add the 2.
08:00Perfect. 6.62.
08:01There we go. And Paul?
08:02Yes, I did it the same way.
08:04Just showed to John there.
08:07Yeah.
08:07That's good.
08:08All right. Well done, Paul.
08:11Well done.
08:1223 plays Paul's 10 as we turn to our first tea time teaser,
08:15which is asset full.
08:17And the clue?
08:18It sounds like the perfect performance on the tennis court.
08:21It sounds like the perfect performance on the tennis court.
08:40warm welcome back.
08:41I left you with the clue.
08:42It sounds like the perfect performance on the tennis court.
08:45And the answer is faultless.
08:49Faultless.
08:50Now then, John on 23, Paul on 10.
08:52Well done, Paul.
08:53And it's now Paul's letters game.
08:56A consonant, please, Rachel.
08:58Thank you, Paul.
08:59T.
09:00Another one, please.
09:02R.
09:03And a third.
09:05S.
09:07And a vowel, please.
09:09I.
09:10And another one, please.
09:11A.
09:13And a third.
09:15E.
09:16A consonant.
09:19V.
09:20Another consonant.
09:23Y.
09:24And another consonant.
09:27And the last one.
09:28N.
09:29Standby.
10:01Yes, Paul.
10:02Six.
10:03Six, John.
10:04Seven, Paul.
10:06Raisin.
10:07Now then, John.
10:08Variety.
10:10Variety, very good.
10:12Raisin, two eyes, I'm afraid.
10:14Of course it is.
10:15Yeah.
10:16Now, Colin, what have you got over there?
10:18Yeah, variety, varsity, loads of sevens, ravines.
10:24Ravines.
10:24Ravines.
10:25Yes.
10:26Yes, a whole bevy of sevens from us.
10:28Well done.
10:29All right.
10:2930 plays 10, and we turn now to John.
10:33John, let us go.
10:34OK, can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
10:36Thank you, John.
10:37G.
10:38And another one.
10:40D.
10:41And a third.
10:43F.
10:44And a fourth.
10:46S.
10:47Can I have a vowel, please?
10:49O.
10:51Another vowel.
10:52U.
10:53And a third one, please.
10:56I.
10:57OK.
10:57A consonant.
10:59Q.
11:00And a final vowel, sorry.
11:04And a final A.
11:06And the clock starts now.
11:08What?
11:24I.
11:31How about you?
11:36I.
11:36I.
11:36I.
11:38Yes, John?
11:40Er, six, I think.
11:41Six. Paul?
11:43Five.
11:43And your five?
11:44Goads.
11:46Goads and?
11:47Er, quifs, quifs, Q-U-O-I-F-S.
11:50Er, no, not there.
11:52Quits are there, but not quifs, unfortunately.
11:59Bad luck, but good try.
12:01Now, Colin, we sat back there because we don't think there is a six,
12:06certainly, that we could find.
12:07No, we were hoping for audios, but it's this maths noun,
12:10so we start with audio for five, quads for five.
12:13Quads.
12:13Five was stopped for us.
12:1530 plays 15.
12:16Now, Paul, your numbers game.
12:18Good luck.
12:19OK, can I have one from the top, please, Rachel, and any other five?
12:22Thank you, Paul.
12:23One large one.
12:24And five little ones, and this time the little numbers are nine,
12:29seven, nine, five, six, and 50.
12:33And the target, 303.
12:373-0-3.
12:383-0-3.
12:393-0-4-3.
12:421-0-3.
12:461-0-3.
12:503-0-3.
12:512-0-3.
12:541-0-3.
12:561-0-3.
13:065-0-4.
13:12Paul, 302, one away.
13:15How about John?
13:16303.
13:17All right, John?
13:18Six times 50 is 300.
13:20300.
13:2195 by 90 is one.
13:23Yep.
13:23Seven minus five is two, and add them all together.
13:28303, lovely.
13:29Very neat, John, well done.
13:31Well done indeed.
13:35So, John's still in the lead, 40 to 15.
13:37As we turn to Colin, and Colin, curses and superstitions in the sporting world today, what have you got for
13:45us?
13:45Well, so far there's been something to laugh at, hasn't there?
13:48You know, chicken bones being buried, or goats being taken into matches.
13:51Today, I'm going to give you what I would say is a morbid curse, an airy curse.
13:56And I think the ultimate unpalatable curse, because even if you support this team, you want to break that curse.
14:04But you kind of don't want it at the end.
14:06And I'll get to that in a second.
14:07Let me set up.
14:08It was 1951, and Mayo were playing in the Gaelic football All-Ireland Final, which they win.
14:14Buoyant.
14:15On their way home.
14:16They've won the big one.
14:17The Sam Maguire Trophy's on the bus.
14:18They're having drinks, and they're celebrating boisterously.
14:21And they go through in the bus, a tiny town called Foxford, very few residents, and there's a funeral cortege.
14:28Oblivious to this, they party through the cortege, upsetting the family.
14:33And the priest puts a curse on them.
14:36And I'll get to the specifics of it at the end.
14:39But from then, there has been the most remarkable run of bad luck and misfortune for Mayo.
14:45The curse of Sam Maguire.
14:46And since 1951, they've reached the All-Ireland Final eight times, and have never won it.
14:53But 1996, some rotten luck against me, and literally, just a couple of months ago, it happened again.
14:59They lost by the smallest margin you can lose to the Dublin in the most recent All-Ireland Final.
15:04One point, and all talk was that the curse wouldn't be broken.
15:08It's the curse itself is why I call it the unpalatable curse.
15:13What the priest said that day, as they goaded him from the bus, was,
15:19you will not win another All-Ireland Trophy until every member of this team has passed away.
15:27Now, that's a completely different kettle of fish.
15:31So that's why I say, if you're a fan of Mayo, you might want to break it and prove the
15:35curse wrong,
15:35but you'd never wish the curse to end.
15:38It makes it unique.
15:39There's two members of the team who are still alive.
15:43Quite chilling, that one.
15:45And an Irish Catholic priest would say that in the middle of a...
15:49Yeah.
15:50Well, well, well, it was 1951.
15:52Thank you very much indeed.
15:53Good story.
15:55And 14.
15:58John's 40 plays pause, 15, as we turn to John for letters again.
16:02John.
16:02OK, can I have A consonant, please?
16:05Thank you, John.
16:06S.
16:07And another.
16:09T.
16:10And a third.
16:12R.
16:13And a fourth, please.
16:15M.
16:17A vowel.
16:18E.
16:19Another vowel.
16:21I.
16:22And a third vowel, please.
16:25U.
16:27A consonant.
16:29D.
16:30And a final consonant, please.
16:33And last one.
16:34P.
16:35Countdown.
16:35I.
16:36I.
16:52I.
17:04I.
17:05I.
17:07Yes, John.
17:08Eight.
17:08And eight, Paul.
17:10Six.
17:11And that's six.
17:12Stride.
17:13Stride and dumpiest.
17:15Very good.
17:16Dumpiest.
17:17Well, well.
17:18Dumpiest.
17:23Now then.
17:24Oh, yay.
17:25He burst a balloon there.
17:27He popped a bubble.
17:28We were all very excited, weren't we?
17:29We've seen.
17:30But you could say dumpiest and stompier.
17:32All right.
17:33Well done.
17:34Well done.
17:3548 plays 15.
17:37Paul, let us go.
17:38Consonant, please.
17:39Thank you, Paul.
17:41C.
17:42Another one.
17:44T.
17:45And a third.
17:47J.
17:48A vowel.
17:50A.
17:51And another one, please.
17:53O.
17:54And a third.
17:56I.
17:57A consonant.
17:59N.
18:01And another one.
18:03R.
18:05And a.
18:06Another one, please.
18:07And the last one.
18:08N.
18:09And here's the countdown clock.
18:41Yes, Paul?
18:42Just a four.
18:44And John?
18:45Seven.
18:46And a seven.
18:46Paul?
18:47Tone.
18:48Now then?
18:49Janitor.
18:51And janitor.
18:52Well done.
18:53Is he still in your thunder?
18:55It's so frustrating I'm someone who's won six in a row on, isn't it?
18:58Yeah.
18:59I'm on fire here and he keeps putting them out, yes.
19:02Janitor.
19:03Well done.
19:03All right.
19:04Anything else?
19:05Contain is also there for Sam.
19:07And contain.
19:08All right.
19:09Now, 55 plays 15 and it's John's numbers game.
19:13John?
19:13Four from the top, please.
19:15You can indeed.
19:16Thank you, John.
19:16Back to four large and two little.
19:19And for this test, they are ten and eight.
19:22And then the big ones, 25, 75, 50, 100.
19:27And the target, 782.
19:30782.
19:34We'll see you.
20:00We'll see you next time.
20:01yes John I have seven eight four two away Paul seven eight three seven eight
20:11three four McLachlan ten times seventy five is seven hundred fifty seven
20:16hundred fifty plus twenty five is seven seven five yep and then at the eight
20:21yep one away seven eight three well done to man but seven eight two Rachel can
20:26you crack that for us yeah a couple of ways one you could have said seventy
20:30five minus twenty five is fifty divided by fifty is one and then one hundred
20:37minus one ninety nine times by eight is seven hundred and ninety-two and take
20:42away the ten seven eight two
20:49so fifty five for John Paul on 22 as we turn to our second tea time teaser which
20:55is yob finder and the clue you don't want a yob you're looking for a nice man to
21:01settle down with you don't a yob you're looking for a nice man to settle down
21:20with
21:21a warm welcome back I left with a clue you don't want a yob you're looking for a
21:26nice man to settle down with the answer to that one is you're looking for a
21:29boyfriend boyfriend boyfriend so fifty five to twenty two Paul your letters game
21:37consonant please Rachel thank you Paul ah another one D another one M and a vowel E
21:51another vowel U and a third E a consonant N and another consonant C and another
22:07consonant and lastly W stand by
22:11me
22:25so
22:26I
22:42Yes, Paul.
22:43It's five.
22:44Five, John.
22:45Six.
22:46Paul.
22:47Renew.
22:49Northern, John.
22:50Mender.
22:51A mender.
22:52Yes.
22:54Can we beat it, though?
22:55But my word matches my performance in that round, which is dunce.
23:00But not Susie.
23:02Susie?
23:03Crewmen is there.
23:05Are there for stuff in crewmen?
23:07Crewmen.
23:07Well done.
23:08All right.
23:10So, John, let us go.
23:12OK, can I have a constant, please, Rachel?
23:14Thank you, John.
23:15R.
23:16And another.
23:19L.
23:20And a third, please.
23:22P.
23:24Vowel.
23:25I.
23:27And another vowel.
23:28K.
23:29And a third.
23:30E.
23:32A consonant.
23:33T.
23:36Consonant.
23:37R.
23:38And a final vowel, please.
23:40And a final I.
23:43And the clock starts now.
23:44Boy.
23:46And a final vowel.
24:14And a final vowel.
24:14And a final Hangover.
24:15John?
24:16Seven.
24:17A seven pull?
24:18Six.
24:19And you're six?
24:20Repair.
24:21Repair.
24:22John?
24:22Platter.
24:23P-L-I-A-I-T-E-R.
24:26Absolutely fine.
24:27Yes.
24:27We're back with plattering, are we?
24:29What have we got there, Colin?
24:32I can just match seven.
24:34Partier?
24:35Yes, you can be a partier.
24:36You can.
24:37I party more?
24:38Yes.
24:38Yeah.
24:39Oh, as in you are a partier.
24:41Oh.
24:41He's somebody who loves to party.
24:42Right.
24:42There you go.
24:43That's the job.
24:43But, you know.
24:44We got there.
24:45What can I say?
24:46And Susie?
24:47There is a note there, Nick.
24:48Pre-trial.
24:49Pre-trial.
24:50Pre-trial.
24:50Oh, yeah.
24:51Yeah.
24:52You go and give the judge your arguments, just to make sure there is a case for pre-trial.
24:56Exactly.
24:57All right.
24:5768 plays 22.
25:00Susie, what have you got for us today?
25:04I have, oh, having a gander.
25:06Because I was emailed by John Butler, a viewer, who says, you know, why do we have a gander when
25:12we take a look at something?
25:13A bit of a hallmark of Cockney English.
25:15So you might expect it to be rhyming slang, but actually it's not in this case.
25:19So I'll start with gander itself.
25:22And the meaning of a male goose goes back to the earliest days of English.
25:25So we're talking Anglo-Saxon times.
25:27But if you jump forward to the 16th to the 19th centuries, a gander also became a byword
25:34for a stupid person, a fool.
25:36And there are quite a lot of examples where, you know, animals obviously are given characteristics,
25:41stereotypical characteristics.
25:42Many of them actually are given the unpalatable, if you like, or not very nice characteristic
25:47of being silly.
25:48So we have a silly goose, a stupid cow.
25:52Jay walking goes back to the silly nature of the jay bird, as legend would have it.
25:57But I mentioned silly goose there.
25:59And actually that was one of the first meanings of gander, a stupid person, a simpleton, if
26:04you like.
26:05So not seen as being particularly intelligent, perhaps rather aggressive and headstrong.
26:09But curiously, at about the same time as we had this insult, if you like, gander also
26:14became slang for a married man, especially one who didn't live with his wife, or certainly
26:20one who wasn't particularly faithful.
26:23So a gander party was the early form of a stag do.
26:27But a gander month, or a gander moon as it was known, was one in which a man was permitted
26:32to let his eyes wander.
26:34And the idea was that his wife could rest for a month as if she was laying eggs.
26:39And perhaps an allusion to the goose is apparently aimless wandering during this time, during
26:47the nesting season.
26:49So this is a rather circuitous history of gander.
26:54To gander was a verb in the 1600s.
26:56And it meant, following up on that idea of the gander month, it meant simply mooching about,
27:00so sort of wandering slightly aimlessly, with a rather vapent look on your face.
27:06So it was quite a pithy word, but only later did it come to mean stretching your neck out
27:12like a gander.
27:13So like the male goose, to stand and gaze at something.
27:16Again, this idea of sort of vacancy and not really concentrating on something.
27:21So very, very long, complicated history, gander, but foolishness is at its heart.
27:26Fantastic.
27:27Oh, lovely.
27:31That's lovely.
27:32So let's go and have a gander.
27:34Yes.
27:34Brilliant.
27:35Let's crane our necks.
27:36That really is superb.
27:37Thank you, Susie.
27:3868 plays 22.
27:40And Paul, it's your letters again.
27:42A consonant, please.
27:43Thank you, Paul.
27:44T.
27:45A vowel, please.
27:47A.
27:48Another vowel.
27:50I.
27:51And a consonant.
27:54L.
27:54And another consonant.
27:59D.
28:00And another one.
28:02G.
28:04A vowel, please.
28:07E.
28:08And a consonant.
28:10R.
28:12And a final consonant.
28:15And a final T.
28:17Stand by.
28:19And a consonant.
28:36And a consonant.
28:36And a consonant.
28:37And a consonant.
28:37And a consonant.
28:38And a consonant.
28:38And a consonant.
28:38And a consonant.
28:39And a consonant.
28:49Yes, Paul.
28:52Seven.
28:53Seven.
28:53John?
28:54Seven as well.
28:55Paul.
28:56Trailer.
28:58Trailer and?
28:59Rattled.
29:01And rattled.
29:02Yes, Paul, you're not having much luck with letters that aren't there,
29:05because you need two R's, unfortunately, for a trailer.
29:08Sorry.
29:09I'd like...
29:10Now, Colin, what have you got?
29:12We've added a bit of glitter to that, but we can't go above it.
29:15No.
29:15I suppose that is a little bit Christmassy, I suppose.
29:18Very Christmassy.
29:18Why not?
29:19That's her hat-trick there.
29:21Very good.
29:22All right.
29:2275 to 22, John, final letters game for you.
29:26May a consonant, please, Rachel.
29:27Thank you, John.
29:29R.
29:30And another.
29:32T.
29:32And a third, please.
29:35F.
29:36A vowel.
29:38O.
29:39Another vowel.
29:40I.
29:41And a third.
29:44E.
29:46Consonant, please.
29:47N.
29:49A vowel.
29:52A.
29:54And a consonant, please.
29:56And lastly, K.
29:59Countdown.
29:59Turn to 9,000.
30:01Bye.
30:10Bye.
30:15Bye.
30:17Bye.
30:20Bye.
30:22Bye.
30:23Bye.
30:26Bye.
30:30Yes, John?
30:31Seven.
30:32A seven.
30:33Paul?
30:33Six.
30:35And you're six, Paul.
30:37Intake.
30:38Intake and?
30:39Fainter.
30:41Very good.
30:41They beat you to the punch again.
30:43It's just the same words, yeah.
30:46Yeah, I think fainter is all we have as well.
30:48Exactly, yes.
30:49What can we do?
30:50That's it.
30:51All right.
30:51Well done, John.
30:52Well done.
30:53Paul, final numbers game for you.
30:55OK, one from the top and any other five again, please?
30:58Thank you, Paul.
30:58One big one, five.
30:59Little for the final one of the day.
31:01And this selection is two.
31:04Seven.
31:05Two.
31:06Five.
31:07Three.
31:08And 50.
31:09And this target, 487.
31:13487.
31:48Let's go, let's go, John.
31:52OK, I have to, 50 plus three is 53.
31:5553.
31:57Multiplied by seven plus two.
31:59Seven plus two, four, nine, four, four, seven, seven.
32:03And two, five's ten.
32:05And the other two.
32:05And the other two.
32:06Yep, 487.
32:07Lovely.
32:09Well done.
32:10All right.
32:12So, 92 to 22 as we go into the final round.
32:16So, John and Paul, fingers on buzzers.
32:18Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:31Yes, John, pointedly.
32:34Pointedly.
32:34Let's see whether you're right.
32:36Pointedly.
32:38There it is.
32:39Oh, well done.
32:44Well done, John.
32:45Well done, John.
32:47Paul, you got in the ring with the wrong bloke today.
32:49Got annihilated again, didn't I?
32:51Well, let me tell you that John Shaw is now seven wins under his belt.
32:57Over 100, you know, pretty much consistently.
33:00It's no, you know, no shame in that at all.
33:03You just came on the wrong day.
33:06You take this back, go with you to Coventry,
33:09and good luck with the radio show.
33:10Which station is it on?
33:11Free Radio, it's called.
33:13OK.
33:13Yeah.
33:13How's it doing?
33:14It's doing great, yeah.
33:15Yeah?
33:16And what are you, you're producing, is it a music show?
33:19I produce a breakfast show with a couple called Jadie and Roisin, so I produce them.
33:23And you're on from what time in the morning?
33:256 till 10 every morning, Monday to Friday.
33:27Good man.
33:28Well done.
33:29And, John, we shall see you tomorrow.
33:31Big day tomorrow.
33:33But be careful.
33:34There's always somebody in the wings.
33:36Got it.
33:37But you've had quite a lot of people in the wings.
33:39You've knocked them all out of the way.
33:41So let's see how we do tomorrow.
33:43Well done again.
33:44Thanks again, Nick.
33:44See you tomorrow, Colin and Susie as well.
33:47All right.
33:47See you then.
33:48Last day tomorrow, Colin.
33:49It's been such fun having you here.
33:51I just don't want to put a curse on you.
33:52No, don't do that.
33:55We'll see you tomorrow.
33:56And Rachel too, of course.
33:57See you tomorrow.
33:58And apparently they've had a recount, and there are actually 13 Father Christmases in Reykjavik, in Iceland.
34:04So not bad luck or anything.
34:05They've already gotten started.
34:06All right.
34:07Look out for them.
34:08Excellent.
34:09See you tomorrow.
34:09Same time, same place.
34:10You be sure of it.
34:11A very good afternoon.
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