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00:30Good afternoon. Now, welcome to the Countdown studio on the second quarterfinal day for series 75.
00:38And on the exact day that way back in 1965, we heard the first song to be broadcast from Space
00:44Rachel,
00:45none other than astronauts Walter M. Shearer, Jr. and Thomas P. Stafford aboard Gemini 6A.
00:53And they play jingle bells. Well, if they had to, I suppose.
00:57When it comes to Christmas songs, my favourite was the great John Lennon's Happy Christmas War is Over.
01:03It was a great, great, great song. Not in the normal tradition of Christmas songs.
01:07What about you? Any favourites?
01:09Um, oh, anything Justin Bieber, Michael Bublé, Mariah Carey, anything Christmassy.
01:14All right.
01:14It's been in the mood.
01:15All right. And who have we got with us as we near Christmas?
01:19None other than Jamie Washington, the student from Huddersfield, trained to become an English teacher,
01:25stormed through your eight games to become an octo-champ way back in September,
01:28finishing with 825 points, which means that you are here today as our number two seed.
01:37Well done. Well done.
01:39And you're joined by Stephen Fuller, freelance editor and copywriter from Basingstoke,
01:44won six games back in July to qualify as our seventh seed.
01:48And, uh, listen, we know in Countdown, people have good days, people have bad days.
01:55Let's hope this is one of your good days.
01:56Let's hope so.
01:57And let's hope it's one of Jamie's good days, too, so you can have a great competition.
02:01Big round of applause for our quarter-finalists.
02:07And over in the corner, Susie, of course, and for the last time before we'll drag him back,
02:12because he's got some great stories, it's multi-award-winning lyricist, the great Tim Rice.
02:19Welcome back.
02:24Now then, Jamie, let us go.
02:28Afternoon, Rachel.
02:29Afternoon, Jamie.
02:29Could I start over a consonant, please?
02:31Start today with M.
02:33And another.
02:36P.
02:37And another.
02:39T.
02:41And a fourth.
02:43R.
02:44And a vowel.
02:45O.
02:46And another.
02:48I.
02:49And another.
02:51U.
02:53And a consonant.
02:55T.
02:56And a final consonant, please.
02:59And a final N.
03:01And here's the countdown clock.
03:03The.
03:05And there.
03:06And there.
03:31And here.
03:35Jamie, at six.
03:37At six, Stephen?
03:38Eight.
03:39Jamie?
03:41Tinpot.
03:42Tinpot.
03:43Stephen, printout.
03:44And printout.
03:46Tinpot is all one word, so it's absolutely fine for six.
03:49And, yes, printout is excellent.
03:51Well done.
03:52Very well done.
03:53Very good.
03:56Now, Tim, I'm afraid printout is as good as it gets, we think.
04:01Yes.
04:02I did once use tinpot in a lyric.
04:05Yes.
04:06I'm trying to remember.
04:07I remember using it.
04:08I can't remember what line it was.
04:09I think it was in Evita.
04:11Yeah.
04:11A tinpot something.
04:12Governmental regime.
04:13Yes.
04:13It was a strong political statement, which nobody noticed.
04:18I'll tell you one thing I noticed.
04:19That was a great show.
04:20Eight points for Stephen, and it's Stephen's letters game.
04:24Hi, Rachel.
04:25Hi, Stephen.
04:26I'll start with a consonant, please.
04:27It starts with Z.
04:29And another.
04:32S.
04:33And a third.
04:35T.
04:36And a fourth.
04:38C.
04:41And a vowel, please.
04:43E.
04:44And another.
04:46U.
04:49And another.
04:51E.
04:54And a consonant.
04:57P.
04:59And another consonant, please.
05:02And the last one.
05:03J.
05:05Countdown.
05:05E.
05:12Bye.
05:16Bye.
05:21Bye.
05:25Bye.
05:27Bye.
05:31Bye.
05:31Bye.
05:33Bye.
05:37Stephen.
05:38Just a five.
05:39Yes, Jamie.
05:41I'll stick with a five as well.
05:43Stephen.
05:43Upset.
05:44And both of you?
05:46That'd be a shirt.
05:48And in the corner?
05:50Well, the fives are about as big as it gets,
05:53except I took a punt on pucist, which means most puce.
06:00And apparently it's all right.
06:01Well, I think it is.
06:02We have a rule that you can take a single-syllable adjective
06:05and put on ER or EST without it being specified,
06:08and that's single-syllable.
06:09So I think it's absolutely fine.
06:11The darkest red in colour, the pucist.
06:14Pucist?
06:15Is that it?
06:16I thought puce was so weak and horrid.
06:19Yes, it's...
06:20You know you'd be rude about my word.
06:23If you're incredibly angry, your face goes puce.
06:26It's not pallid.
06:27It means actually really bright red if you're incandescent.
06:30And talk about Tim's tin pot in Evita.
06:34You know, I travelled to Argentina, to Buenos Aires,
06:37to go to her tomb, Everdoate's tomb.
06:40Have you been there?
06:41Yes, I have.
06:41It's like a small house.
06:43It is.
06:43It's quite a sight.
06:45And also, there's an Evita museum.
06:47I didn't go there.
06:48Yes.
06:48I'll go back.
06:49All right.
06:50I should be on a royalty, but nothing.
06:53All right.
06:53Thirteen plays.
06:55Five.
06:55And it's Jamie's numbers game.
06:57Can you have one large and five small, please, Rachel?
06:59You can indeed.
07:00Thank you, Jamie.
07:00One large one.
07:01Five little coming up.
07:02And for the first numbers game in this quarterfinal,
07:05they are three, two, four.
07:09Another four.
07:10Eight.
07:11And one hundred.
07:13And the target?
07:14Seven hundred and twenty-five.
07:15Seven to five.
07:16Seven hundred and twenty-five.
07:47Jamie.
07:48Seven to five, I think.
07:51Stephen?
07:51Just seven to four.
07:53Seven to four.
07:54So, Jamie.
07:56I've done a hundred divided by four.
07:58Twenty-five.
07:58Four to twenty-five.
07:59Eight times the other four.
08:01Thirty-two.
08:02Take away three.
08:03Twenty-nine.
08:04And times them together.
08:05Perfect.
08:05Seven to five.
08:06Well done.
08:08Well done.
08:10You've shown a two-point lead there, Jamie,
08:13as we turn to our first tea-time teaser,
08:16which is album hint.
08:18And the clue?
08:19This could be the picture size of your online photo album.
08:23This could be the picture size of your online photo album.
08:42Welcome back.
08:43I left you with the clue.
08:44This could be the picture size of your online photo album.
08:48And the answer is thumbnail.
08:52Little thumbnail prints.
08:54Thumbnail.
08:54Fifteen.
08:55Plays thirteen.
08:56Stephen on thirteen.
08:57And it's Stephen's letters game.
09:01Hi, Rachel.
09:01I'll have a consonant to start with.
09:04Thank you, Stephen.
09:06R.
09:06And another.
09:09S.
09:10And a third.
09:12R.
09:14And a fourth.
09:16Y.
09:18And a vowel.
09:20U.
09:22And another.
09:24E.
09:26And a third.
09:29U.
09:31And a consonant.
09:34M.
09:37And another vowel.
09:38And the last one.
09:40O.
09:42Stand by.
09:44And a vowel.
09:58And a vowel.
10:02And a vowel.
10:03And a vowel.
10:03And a vowel.
10:03And a vowel.
10:03And a vowel.
10:03And a vowel.
10:03And a vowel.
10:14Stephen.
10:15Seven.
10:17Anne, Jamie?
10:18No, I've gone wrong there.
10:20So, Stephen?
10:21Rumours.
10:23Rumours.
10:23Very good.
10:25Tim and Susie?
10:26Rumours, we like.
10:28We've got that.
10:29And Susie got Mousery, which I guess is where mice live.
10:35Where mice are kept.
10:36A mice heist.
10:37A mousery.
10:38In a mouse house.
10:38Yes.
10:39I like that one.
10:40Very good.
10:4120 points to Stephen.
10:42And Jamie on 15.
10:44It's Jamie's letters again.
10:45Let's have a consonant, please, Rachel.
10:47Thank you, Jamie.
10:48T.
10:48And another.
10:51P.
10:52And a third.
10:54B.
10:55And a vowel.
10:56E.
10:57And another.
10:59I.
11:00And a consonant.
11:02W.
11:03And a vowel.
11:06O.
11:08A consonant.
11:09D.
11:10And a final consonant, please.
11:14And a final L.
11:16Stand by.
11:17A consonant.
11:18A pronunciation.
11:48Jamie?
11:49Just a six.
11:50A six, Stephen?
11:51Seven.
11:52Jamie?
11:53Polite.
11:55And Stephen Fuller?
11:56Piloted.
11:57Piloted.
11:58Yeah, very good.
11:59Well done.
12:0027 plays 15.
12:02As we turn to the corner to see what joy they've had.
12:05Well, I think Piloted's as good as it gets, isn't it?
12:07But I was very excited early on before Susie came up with Piloted
12:11because I found bold, as in cricket.
12:14Excellent.
12:14Excellent.
12:1527 plays 15, and it's numbers for Stephen.
12:18I'll have four large, please, Rachel.
12:20Thank you, Stephen.
12:21Four from the top row and two little ones.
12:24And for this challenge, the two small ones are two and nine.
12:28And then the large four.
12:3075, 100, 50 and 25.
12:34And this target, 866.
12:37866.
12:38And this target, 866.
12:53And this target, 866.
12:54And this target, 866.
12:54And this target, 866.
12:55And this target, 866.
12:55And this target, 866.
12:56And this target, 866.
12:57And this target, 866.
12:58And this target, 866.
12:58And this target, 866.
12:58And this target, 866.
12:59And this target, 866.
12:59And this target, 866.
13:00And this target, 866.
13:00And this target, 866.
13:01And this target, 866.
13:03And this target, 866.
13:03And this target, 866.
13:09Yes, Stephen?
13:108, 5, 7.
13:118, 5, 7, Jamie?
13:13I think I'm at 8, 5, 9.
13:15Let's hear.
13:17Um, 100 minus 2.
13:21100 minus 2, 98.
13:23Times the 9.
13:24Times by 9 is 882.
13:26Takeaway, 25.
13:27Takeaway.
13:28I've used the 2 twice.
13:30Oh.
13:31Yeah, bad luck.
13:32How about Stephen?
13:34Um, right.
13:35Um, 75 plus 50.
13:3875 plus 50, 1, 2, 5.
13:40Divided by 25.
13:42Is 5.
13:45Take that off the 100.
13:47100 minus 5, 95.
13:49Times 9.
13:50Times 9 is 855.
13:52Add the 2.
13:54And you haven't used that.
13:558, 5, 7.
13:56Well done.
13:57And can it be done, Rachel?
13:58I got to 2 away.
14:00Apparently you can get to 1 away, but this one's impossible.
14:03All right.
14:0332 plays 15.
14:05Our, um, our seventh seed is, uh, strong at the moment, but there's plenty of time.
14:12Shall we talk to Tim?
14:13Tim, yesterday you talked about your cricket team and your love of sport, but it's not just
14:19cricket, apparently.
14:20Well, I'm quite keen on football, and I support, bizarrely, Sunderland Football Club, because,
14:28I mean, I'm a softy southerner, but when I was about six or seven at school, all the
14:33kids had a team.
14:34But I was keen to have a team that nobody else had.
14:37And I looked down the list of teams, and quite near the top, so it was a long time ago,
14:42was
14:43Sunderland.
14:43And about six months after I'd chosen the team, when I was nearly seven, I discovered
14:49I'd picked the team furthest away from where I lived in the first division.
14:53I mean, they were even further away than Newcastle.
14:56And, but I was stuck with them, and I didn't really get to go and see them very regularly
15:00until, comparatively recently, in the last, well, I went to the cup final in 73, which
15:05Sunderland, of course, won.
15:07And then I became known by the club as a supporter.
15:10And I'm now a member of their board of trustees, and I'm involved with a lot of their charitable
15:15functions, and they do a lot of great work out there for the North East, and in education,
15:19in sport, and they're just, we are just building at the moment, um, the beacon of light.
15:26Which is going to be, it's linked to the stadium of light, which is the Sunderland ground.
15:31And it's a great charity for education, you know, well-being, all the things that matter.
15:38They give a lot back to their supporters.
15:41That's good.
15:42As they should.
15:42Lovely.
15:4332 to Stephen.
15:48Well done, Tim.
15:49Well done, Tim.
15:5032 to Stephen, and Jamie on 15, as we turn to Jamie for a letters game.
15:56Have a consonant, please, Rachel.
15:58Thank you, Jamie.
15:59R.
16:00And another.
16:02S.
16:03And a third.
16:05W.
16:06And a vowel.
16:07E.
16:08And another.
16:10A.
16:11And another.
16:13O.
16:14And a consonant.
16:16V.
16:16Another consonant.
16:19D.
16:20And a final vowel, please.
16:22And a final.
16:23A.
16:25Countdown.
16:26A.
16:27And a vowel.
16:45And a vowel.
16:46And a vowel.
16:46And a vowel.
16:46And a vowel.
16:46And a vowel.
16:46And a vowel.
16:47And a vowel.
16:47And a vowel.
16:56Jamie?
16:57Six.
16:58Thank you, Stephen.
16:59Seven.
17:01Jamie?
17:02Wavers.
17:03Wavers and Stephen Fuller.
17:04Oversaw.
17:06Oversaw?
17:07Yes.
17:08Past tense of OVC.
17:09Absolutely fine.
17:10Yeah.
17:11Yeah.
17:11Now, Tim and Susie.
17:14I don't think even the great Susie got anything better than Oversaw, have you?
17:18No, just match with the seven and seaward, heading towards the sea.
17:23Yes.
17:24Nice word, isn't it?
17:24Seaward.
17:26Looking seaward.
17:27All right.
17:29So, 39 to 15, and it's Stephen's letters game now.
17:32Stephen?
17:33I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
17:35Thank you, Stephen.
17:36S.
17:37And another?
17:39R.
17:41And a third?
17:43L.
17:45And a fourth?
17:47G.
17:49And a vowel, please.
17:52I.
17:53And another?
17:55U.
17:56And a third?
17:59O.
18:01And a fourth?
18:03I.
18:06And a final consonant?
18:08And a final L.
18:10Stand by.
18:11And a fourth?
18:40I.
18:42Stephen.
18:42Six.
18:43A six.
18:44Jamie.
18:45A six.
18:46Stephen.
18:46Grills.
18:48And?
18:48Same.
18:49Two grills.
18:51And in the corner, could you beat it?
18:54No.
18:55It's a sign still.
18:5745 plays 21.
18:59We turn to Jamie.
19:00Numbers time, Jamie.
19:01And try six more, please, Rachel.
19:03Thank you, Jamie.
19:04Six little ones coming up for you.
19:06And this challenge is ten, seven, nine, four, two, and another ten.
19:17And the target, 374.
19:20Three, seven, four.
19:53Three, seven, three, one away.
19:57Stephen.
19:57Three, seven, eight.
19:58Three, seven, eight.
19:59So, Jamie Washington.
20:01Ten plus nine.
20:03Ten plus nine, 19.
20:05Times by two.
20:06Thirty-eight.
20:07Times by the other ten.
20:08Is 380.
20:09And take away seven.
20:11And you are, yep, three, seven, three.
20:14One away.
20:15Yeah.
20:16Well done.
20:16Well done.
20:17Very close, but not quite there.
20:19Three, seven, four.
20:20Rachel.
20:21There were a couple of ways.
20:22You could have said ten times ten is 100.
20:26Minus seven for 93.
20:29Times by four for 372.
20:32Another two for 374.
20:34Terrific.
20:35Marvellous.
20:39Well done.
20:4028 to 45.
20:42Stephen just ahead at the moment as we go into our second Tea Time teaser, which is Racer Test.
20:48And the clue.
20:48When visiting America, he had a burning desire to take one of these.
20:52When visiting America, he had a burning desire to take one of these.
21:13To take a street car.
21:22A street car named desire, maybe.
21:24A street car named desire, maybe.
21:24All right.
21:2545 to 28.
21:26Stephen on 45.
21:27And it's Stephen's lettuce game.
21:30I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
21:31Thank you, Stephen.
21:32R.
21:33And another.
21:36And another.
21:37And a third.
21:39T.
21:41And a fourth.
21:44S.
21:46And a fifth.
21:48M.
21:51And another consonant, please.
22:09And lastly, S.
22:12Stand by.
22:45Yes, David.
22:46I'll go for annoying.
22:49Jamie.
22:50I'll stick with seven.
22:52Your seven?
22:53Lariats.
22:54Now, Stephen.
22:55Alarmists.
22:57Superb.
22:58Oh, God.
23:06That's a cracker, Stephen.
23:0863 now to 28 as we turn to Jamie for a letters game.
23:12Jamie.
23:13Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
23:14Thank you, Jamie.
23:15H.
23:16H.
23:16And another.
23:18M.
23:19And a third.
23:21T.
23:22And a vowel.
23:24E.
23:25And another.
23:26O.
23:27And a third.
23:30E.
23:30A.
23:31And a consonant.
23:32P.
23:34And another consonant.
23:36H.
23:38And a final consonant, please.
23:40And a final.
23:41S.
23:42Stand by.
23:44Stand by.
23:44Dooms.
23:45And theolonization.
24:14Jamie?
24:15Very risky, eh?
24:17How about Stephen?
24:18Just a six.
24:19Your six?
24:20Phones.
24:21Now, what's this risk?
24:22Phone set.
24:25Phone set.
24:27Do we have a hand set?
24:28Can we have a phone set?
24:32Oh, it's not there.
24:34I'm sorry.
24:35Bad luck.
24:35Bad luck.
24:37What can the corner offer us?
24:42Um, pachines would be there for eight.
24:46Slightly risky eight, perhaps, if you were a contestant.
24:49So it's P-O-T-H, you can put the H in it, E-E-N-S.
24:53Alcohol made illicitly, typically from potatoes,
24:56but you can get different proofs, different types of pachine,
24:59looking at the examples here.
25:00So I think you can have the S for eight.
25:03I guess so, yeah.
25:07Well, as you say, you've inserted the H, but you're allowed to.
25:10I've tasted it once.
25:11Whoa, powerful stuff.
25:13Yeah, it's very clear.
25:15Pretty much pure alcohol.
25:17Not good for you, really.
25:1969 plays 28.
25:20Susie, what will you do, now that it's your spot and your origins of words?
25:25I'll do a bit of flirting.
25:28I think.
25:29Or at least trace the origin of the word,
25:32because, as you know, the Oxford English Dictionary
25:35is something I read every single day,
25:38and what's wonderful about it is it charts all the different meanings of words,
25:41as I often say, as they sort of evolve over time.
25:44But it didn't take long before people started to attach it to women, particularly,
25:49and in not a particularly good way.
25:51So Samuel Johnson, for example, spoke of a flirt as a pert young hussy,
25:57which isn't particularly good.
25:59And Shakespeare also has flirt Jill,
26:02which he described as a woman of light or loose behaviour.
26:05So it was attached, really, to this idea of the hussy
26:08and a woman who would behave slightly improperly.
26:11Just finish with one other lovely thing that reminds me,
26:14that comes to mind, if you like, with flirting,
26:17and that's spooning, which is a very, very old term
26:20for going out with somebody, really, or dating them.
26:23Don't really use it these days.
26:24But it goes back to the adjective spoonie,
26:26and if you were spoonie, you were slightly foolish,
26:28slightly moonstruck, perhaps, as people in love might be.
26:33But the foolishness goes back to the wooden spoon
26:35that was awarded to the student last in the list of mathematical honours
26:40at Cambridge University.
26:42So they were dubbed a dunce, if you like.
26:45They got the wooden spoon, hence there was a foolish person.
26:47And somehow it crossed over into the realm of love and flirting.
26:52But I like spooning.
26:54Well, not personally, but...
26:56LAUGHTER
26:58Why not, Susie?
27:00Why not?
27:01Very good.
27:02APPLAUSE
27:06You're flirting with danger, though, Susie.
27:09Always.
27:09All right, 69 to 28.
27:13Stephen, well done.
27:14Letters go.
27:16I'll have a consonant, please, Rachel.
27:17Thank you, Stephen.
27:18Q.
27:19And another.
27:21N.
27:23And a third.
27:25S.
27:26And a fourth.
27:29D.
27:30And a vowel, please.
27:32A.
27:33And another.
27:35E.
27:37And a third.
27:40O.
27:42And a consonant.
27:45T.
27:47And another consonant.
27:49And the last one.
27:50M.
27:52Stand by.
27:53D.
27:54The.
28:21See you.
28:24Stephen?
28:25A seven.
28:25A seven.
28:26Jamie?
28:27A seven.
28:28Stephen?
28:29Demons with an A.
28:31And donates.
28:33Yes, both absolutely fine.
28:35There we go.
28:35Regular countdown words.
28:37Tim and Susie?
28:39Well, the two that we've got written down are demons with the A and donates.
28:45So great minds think alike.
28:47It's a standstill.
28:48All right.
28:49Jamie, how about a letters game?
28:51Have a consonant, please.
28:52Thank you, Jamie.
28:53L.
28:54And another.
28:56N.
28:58And a third.
28:59B.
29:01And a vowel.
29:03E.
29:04And another.
29:06A.
29:08And another.
29:10E.
29:11And a consonant.
29:12F.
29:14And a vowel.
29:16I.
29:18And a final consonant, please.
29:20And a final R.
29:21And here's the countdown clock.
29:25And here's the countdown clock.
29:57Yes, Jamie?
29:59I'll try a seven.
30:00Thank you, Stephen.
30:01Seven.
30:02And your seven?
30:05Fireable.
30:06Stephen?
30:07Same word.
30:08Fireable.
30:09Just throw it over to Jamie there.
30:12There we go.
30:15What else?
30:16Yes, it tends to have the E in the middle, usually.
30:19But it does also say you can have it without that first E.
30:22So it's absolutely fine.
30:24What else is there?
30:24Leafier?
30:25Leafier.
30:26Very nice.
30:27Anything else?
30:27They could have had the X for E.
30:29You could have had the X for E.
30:29Yes.
30:30So you could have had an eight with Fireable, but Refinable is nine.
30:35Oh, very good.
30:37Whoa!
30:38Whoa!
30:42That's powerful medicine.
30:44Very good.
30:4683 plays 42, and we're into the final numbers game.
30:50Stephen?
30:51I'll go for four large again, please, Rachel.
30:53Four large.
30:53Thank you, Stephen.
30:54Well, the final one of the week, and these two little ones are two and ten.
30:59And then the big four, fifty, seventy-five, twenty-five, one hundred.
31:04And the target, seven hundred and twenty-nine.
31:07Seven to nine.
31:09And then the target, seven hundred and twenty-nine.
31:12And then the perfect, seven hundred and twenty-five, one hundred and twenty-five, thirty-five.
31:39Stephen.
31:42Erm, 729.
31:44Jamie?
31:45729.
31:46All right.
31:47So, Stephen.
31:50Erm, no, I've used the 25 twice.
31:53Oh.
31:54Over to Jamie.
31:5675 times 10.
31:5875 by 10, 750.
32:00Take away the 25.
32:01Take away, yep, 25, 725.
32:04100 over 50.
32:05100 over 50 is 2.
32:07And I'd be over 2 as well.
32:08That you haven't used for the 4 to take away.
32:11Add on, rather.
32:12729.
32:12Well done.
32:13Well done.
32:15Well done, Jamie.
32:17So, as we go into the final round, it's Stephen at 83, Jamie on 52.
32:24Fingers on buzzers, gentlemen.
32:27Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:30We'll be back.
32:32We'll be back.
32:59We'll be back.
33:00My word, our quarter-finalists can't do it,
33:02but can somebody in the audience...
33:06No?
33:07Got to be tricky. Let's roll it and see.
33:11Sacrilege. Sacrilege.
33:12Grown from the audience. There we are.
33:14So, Stephen takes the day, 83, to Jamie's 52,
33:19our second seat. That's the way it crashes.
33:21There's always somebody lurking.
33:23Yeah, we're brilliant today.
33:24To take it away, and they did.
33:26Another fantastic time.
33:27Thank you for coming.
33:28You're a great competitor. Look at that.
33:30You stormed through 825 points, but today wasn't your day.
33:35You take this piece of Cripside home with you,
33:37with our congratulations, because you're a great player
33:40and a good quarter-finalist.
33:41Thanks very much.
33:43And we shall see Stephen in the semi-finals next Thursday.
33:47Fantastic. How do you feel?
33:49I feel good.
33:50Not bad, from number seven to beat number two.
33:53That's not bad.
33:54All right. Well done. Congratulations.
33:56Congratulations.
33:56And so we say farewell to Tim.
33:59Farewell. Thank you for having me.
34:01No, you come back soon.
34:02And great good fortune with your, from here to eternity in the States.
34:05I'm sure it'll be tremendous.
34:07And all your other ventures, too.
34:09You come back and tell us all about them, please.
34:11I will.
34:12So we'll see you on Monday.
34:13All right.
34:14See you then.
34:14See you Monday?
34:15Yeah, two places booked, two to go.
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34:18Indeed we are.
34:19It's all very exciting.
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