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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:34It's the third quarterfinal day in series 75 and by the end of the week we'll have a new champion.
00:41But before all that it's sort of Christmas time, we're in the Christmas spirit and I'd just like to alert
00:46you to the fact, you may already have read this, that it was on this day way back in, not
00:50on this day, on Christmas Day rather, way back in 1936 that Princess Alexandra of Kent was born.
00:57And in those days, Rachel, it was tradition. In fact, it was very important that the Home Secretary would be
01:03present at the birth.
01:04And on that occasion, it was a chap called Sir John Simon.
01:07He was there just to make sure there was no swapping of babies, no imposter was going to be produced
01:15as the heir to the throne.
01:16And very important, actually. In the old days, of course, a king might just desperately want a male heir, as
01:22Henry VIII did.
01:23Of course, there was a little chicanery going on, but it was all OK.
01:28And it hasn't happened since our current Home Secretary has saved that sort of thing.
01:34But talking of imposters, I feel quite a lot that I'm a terrible imposter.
01:40And the most frightening example of that was that I was in this studio and we finished recording and I
01:48jumped in my car and drove to Nottingham.
01:50Why did I do that? Because I had agreed, against all common sense, to be on the question time panel
01:57with David Dumblebee.
02:00And halfway across, you know, to Nottingham, I thought to myself, what are you doing?
02:07Because they don't tell you what the questions mean.
02:09The producer said, well, we just will generally cover the news of the week.
02:13I thought, I've been in the studio all week. I've no idea what was going on.
02:17I was terrified. You're very confident about things.
02:21Have you ever felt that you're in the wrong place at the wrong time?
02:24Yeah, I was at a party once and Johnny Vegas was there and at the end of the night, he
02:28was trying to pay me.
02:29He thought I was one of the waitresses.
02:32I'm not sure how much he'd had to drink, but I was just having a nice little chat with the
02:36staff there and he tried to give me a nice little tip.
02:38Brilliant.
02:39He's a good tipper.
02:41He's a funny man, but he does like a drink.
02:44Who's with us? We've got Andrew McLeod's back, business analyst from Peterhead, now living in Edinburgh.
02:49Became an Octo-Champ in mid-October.
02:53With 809 points, strong stuff, and is back as our third seed.
02:58Good luck, Andrew.
02:59Thanks.
03:00And you're up against Rick Anstey, account manager from Aylesbury.
03:03Our sixth seed by winning six games at the start of November.
03:07You happy to be back?
03:08Oh, yes.
03:09Yeah?
03:10Yeah.
03:10Listen, good luck to you both.
03:12The top seed doesn't always come through.
03:14There's always a great chance.
03:16It's what happens on the day.
03:17So good luck to you both.
03:18Big round of applause then for Andrew and Rick.
03:25And over the corner, Susie, of course.
03:27And for the first time on Countdown, calm, rain or shine, she brightens up BBC Breakfast with her weather forecast.
03:33It's the delightful Carol Kirkwood.
03:36Welcome.
03:37APPLAUSE
03:41Let's get down to business.
03:44Let's get down to serious business.
03:46Andrew McLeod, let us go.
03:48Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:49Could I have a consonant, please?
03:51Start this quarterfinal with...
03:52Start with R.
03:54And another.
03:56And another.
03:57And another.
03:59B.
04:01And a vowel.
04:03U.
04:04And another.
04:06E.
04:07And another.
04:09I.
04:10And a consonant.
04:12D.
04:14And another.
04:16H.
04:17And a final vowel, please.
04:19And a final O.
04:23Standby.
04:25BELL RINGS
04:26BELL RINGS
04:27BELL RINGS
04:28BELL RINGS
04:55Andrew.
04:56Six.
04:57A six, Rick?
04:58A six.
05:00Andrew's six.
05:01Buried.
05:02Now then, Rick, I've got boxier.
05:04Yeah.
05:05Boxier.
05:06Well.
05:07Very good.
05:07What does the search, who do you think?
05:09Are you happy?
05:09Absolutely fine, yeah.
05:10All right.
05:10Boxier room.
05:11And what news from the corner?
05:14Well, I've got a six as well, Oxford.
05:17Yes.
05:18Yes.
05:18Any of various waders that you might find in the company of cattle, hence the name.
05:25Very good.
05:26Oxford.
05:26Six apiece, and it's Rick's.
05:28Let us go in, Rick.
05:30Hello, Rachel.
05:31Hi, Rick.
05:31I'll start with a consonant, please.
05:33Start with C.
05:35And another.
05:37K.
05:38And another.
05:40H.
05:40And a vowel.
05:43I.
05:44And another.
05:45E.
05:47And a consonant.
05:49S.
05:51And another vowel.
05:54A.
05:56Another consonant.
05:58R.
05:59And another consonant, please.
06:01And lastly, F.
06:03And here's the countdown clock.
06:06And here's the countdown clock.
06:36Yes, Rick.
06:37Seven.
06:38Seven and?
06:39Eight, not written down.
06:41Right.
06:41Rick.
06:42Hackers.
06:43Now then, Andrew.
06:45Freakish.
06:46Freakish.
06:47Er, like it.
06:48Yes.
06:49We haven't seen that one, but it's in the dictionary.
06:50Very unusual, strange, or unexpected.
06:52Excellent.
06:53Yeah, well done.
06:55Very good.
07:00Freakish.
07:00Now then, Carol, anything there?
07:02I've got an eight-ledger one, fish cake.
07:04Yes.
07:05All one word.
07:07Not a bad thing to have for dinner, fish cakes.
07:09No.
07:10That's excellent.
07:10Susie, anything else?
07:11Er, just one more seven, otherwise shake you is there.
07:13Shake you.
07:14All right.
07:1414 plays six.
07:16Andrew, early lead there, and it's Andrew's numbers game now.
07:19Can I have two large and four small, please?
07:21You can indeed.
07:22Thank you, Andrew.
07:22Two too large for little, and the first numbers game of this quarterfinal is six, six, three,
07:30ten, one hundred and seventy-five, and the target, one hundred and twenty-six.
07:36One, two, six.
08:09One, two, six.
08:11One, two, six.
08:11Yep, one, two, six.
08:12Thank you, Andrew.
08:13Uh, seventy-five over three is twenty-five.
08:16Yeah, it is.
08:17And six over six is one.
08:19Lovely.
08:20Add that to the twenty-five and the hundred.
08:21Hundred and twenty-six.
08:22Nice and straightforward.
08:23And Rick.
08:24Exactly the same.
08:25There we go.
08:26Yep.
08:27So, with the score standing at Andrew on twenty-four, Rick on sixteen, we turn to our first
08:32tea-time teaser, which is Perry can't.
08:35And the clue, Perry can't make anything.
08:38He's hopeless at this.
08:40Perry can't make anything.
08:41He's hopeless at this.
08:59Welcome back.
09:00I left you with the clue, Perry can't make anything.
09:03He's hopeless at this.
09:05And the answer to that is that he's hopeless at carpentry.
09:08Carpentry.
09:09So, what shall we do?
09:11Rick, the letters game.
09:11Uh, start with a consonant, please.
09:13Thank you, Rick.
09:14N.
09:15And another.
09:17W.
09:19And another.
09:20P.
09:21And a vowel.
09:23O.
09:24And another.
09:26I.
09:27And another.
09:29O.
09:31And a consonant, please.
09:34N.
09:35And another.
09:37L.
09:39I'll finish with a vowel.
09:40And finish.
09:41I'll finish with a.
09:43Stand by.
09:45BEEPING
10:14Yes, Rick.
10:15Just five.
10:16Andrew?
10:17Five as well.
10:19Rick?
10:19Plain.
10:20And?
10:21Piano.
10:23Piano.
10:24Can we beat five?
10:26Carol, Susie?
10:28I've got five.
10:29I've got piano as well.
10:31Yes.
10:31I'm desperately looking for something longer, but we haven't found it yet, Nick.
10:35That's it?
10:35Yes.
10:36P-I-A-N-O.
10:38Piano.
10:3929 plays.
10:3921.
10:41And it's Andrew's letters game.
10:44Andrew?
10:44Could I have a consonant?
10:45Please.
10:46Thank you, Andrew.
10:47Y.
10:48And another.
10:50R.
10:51And another.
10:53S.
10:54And another.
10:55T.
10:56And a vowel.
10:58E.
10:59And another.
11:01O.
11:02And another.
11:04I.
11:05And another.
11:08E.
11:10And a final consonant, please.
11:12And to finish.
11:13L.
11:15Tank time.
11:15And another.
11:18And another.
11:44And another.
11:45And another.
11:46Andrew.
11:47Seven.
11:48Seven, Rick?
11:49Seven.
11:50Andrew.
11:51Lighters.
11:52Now then.
11:53Sterile.
11:55Yes.
11:56We're building up.
11:57They certainly are.
11:58Now then, Carol and Susie.
12:00I've got sterile as well, seven.
12:03Yes.
12:04A couple more sevens, toilers and tersely.
12:07You spoke tersely in a clipped fashion.
12:09Yes.
12:10I hope you never speak tersely to me, Susie.
12:13Very frightening.
12:1436 to 28.
12:16Andrew's still in the lead and it's Rick's numbers game.
12:18Rick.
12:19I'll start with two large ones, four small, please.
12:22Thank you, Rick.
12:23Starting with two big and four little and they are two, three, nine, five.
12:31And the big two, 75 and 100.
12:34And the target, 724.
12:37724.
13:09Yes, Rick.
13:10725.
13:12One away.
13:13Andrew?
13:14725 not written down.
13:15Let's hear from you, Andrew.
13:18Yes, so five plus two is seven.
13:20Yeah.
13:21Times 100.
13:22700.
13:22And then 75 over three.
13:24Is the 25.
13:25And add it on.
13:26Yeah.
13:26There we go.
13:27One away.
13:28And Rick?
13:28I did nine minus two is seven times 100.
13:32Nine minus two, 700.
13:34Yeah.
13:34And 75 over three.
13:36Again, yeah, for one away.
13:38Yeah.
13:38One away.
13:40But that's not good enough.
13:42724.
13:43Is that possible?
13:45Yeah.
13:45If you say nine times 75 is 675 and then 100 minus two is 98, five minus three is another
13:55two.
13:56Divide it for 49 and add it on.
13:58Oh, well done.
13:59Well done, Rachel.
14:04Always.
14:05Always perfect.
14:06Now then, Carol Kirkwood, we listen attentively when you present the weather forecasts on television
14:16every morning, but you're a bit of a daredevil too.
14:19Tell us a little bit about this.
14:21That's right, Nick.
14:21In fact, in my older age, I'm much more a daredevil than I ever was when I was younger.
14:26And recently for the one show, I did some parachute jumping, dual parachute jumping with
14:32the Red Devils.
14:34And to start with, I thought, yes, I'll just do it.
14:37It'll be fun.
14:37You know, think about it later kind of attitude.
14:40And when I was there and going through the training with them, it was great.
14:43But when just myself and just the Red Devils and nobody else in the plane went up, I started
14:48to get a bit frightened.
14:50And I remember saying to the guy I was doing the tandem jump with, what happens if I get
14:55up there and I say no?
14:56And he said, up here, no sounds like go.
15:00So there we were.
15:01We did the jump.
15:02And it's so terrifying.
15:03I don't know if you've ever done it.
15:04It's exhilarating.
15:06And it's terrifying at the same time.
15:07You come out and it's surreal.
15:09You're dangling outside the plane.
15:11He's sitting on the plane.
15:13And then, cool as you like, he just says, let's go.
15:15And off you go.
15:16And it's like, all this cloud, all this cold.
15:19And then the parachute opens.
15:20And when we were doing our jump, he very calmly said to me, move your leg a bit to the
15:25left.
15:26A wee bit more.
15:26Just turn your body around a wee bit more.
15:28And I thought I'd done something wrong.
15:30But unknown to me, the parachute had got twisted.
15:32And we were just minutes away from opening the relief parachute.
15:36But he was so professional.
15:37He's used to dealing with that kind of thing.
15:38We didn't have to.
15:39And we landed safely.
15:41I was going to America the next day.
15:43So I didn't want to break my legs.
15:44Thankfully, I didn't.
15:46Quite right.
15:46But he's right behind you, as it were.
15:49Yes, he is.
15:49I've never done it.
15:50And I can understand.
15:52That's pretty terrifying, I guess.
15:53But you know what?
15:54When you land, it's the most exhilarating thing.
15:57And the first thing you want to do is get back up in the plane and do it again.
16:01Is that true?
16:02Yes.
16:02And have you done it?
16:03No.
16:06But I will.
16:07It is such good fun.
16:09Good for you.
16:10Well done.
16:11Lovely.
16:18I'll think about it, Rachel.
16:20I'll think about it.
16:21I'll see you, Nick.
16:21If you want to go up, I'll send you up.
16:23We'll see the ground the audience are in.
16:26Pay for it.
16:26All right.
16:27Now then, Andrew, let's have a...
16:30Let's have a letters game, shall we?
16:32Can I have a consonant, please?
16:34Thank you, Andrew.
16:35T.
16:36And another.
16:38F.
16:39And another.
16:40M.
16:42And a vowel.
16:44A.
16:45And another.
16:47O.
16:48And another.
16:50E.
16:51And a consonant.
16:53R.
16:54And another.
16:56D.
16:57And a final...
17:00vowel, please.
17:01And a final U.
17:04Can't come.
17:05And a vowel, please.
17:09And a vowel, please.
17:11And a vowel, please.
17:16And a vowel, please.
17:20And a vowel, please.
17:22And a vowel, please.
17:23And a vowel, please.
17:24And a vowel, please.
17:24And a vowel, please.
17:24And a vowel, please.
17:25And a vowel, please.
17:25And a vowel, please.
17:36Andrew?
17:37Seven.
17:38And Rick?
17:39Seven.
17:40Andrew?
17:41Fronted.
17:42Now then.
17:42The same.
17:43Same.
17:43There we go.
17:44Swap notes.
17:46Fronted.
17:47Affronted.
17:47What news from the corner?
17:50Well, I've got fortune.
17:52Yes.
17:52That's seven.
17:53Yes, that's excellent.
17:54I was hoping you could put the D on, but it's only there in hard fortuned.
17:58So that wouldn't give us an eight.
17:59But unrated is also there for seven.
18:01Unrated.
18:02All right.
18:03So 50 plays 42, and it's Rick's letters game.
18:07Rick, start with a consonant, please.
18:08Thank you, Rick.
18:09N.
18:10And another.
18:12D.
18:13And another.
18:14T.
18:15And a vowel.
18:18I.
18:19And another.
18:20E.
18:21And a consonant.
18:23R.
18:25And another.
18:27T.
18:29Another vowel, please.
18:31O.
18:34And another consonant.
18:35And the last one.
18:37P.
18:38Stand by.
18:41second profund that.
18:41And another half.
18:42It Reese.
18:52Theef.
18:53And another.
18:54And another.
19:02And a vowel.
19:04And another vowel.
19:05And another.
19:05And another.
19:05It's a vowel.
19:07And another.
19:08And one match it.
19:09The condiciones stay awareness.
19:10Yes, Rick?
19:11Seven.
19:12Seven.
19:13Andrew?
19:14Seven.
19:15Rick?
19:15Pointer.
19:16And?
19:17Pointer.
19:18There we go.
19:19Two countdowners at play.
19:22Carol and Susie?
19:23I've got Dottier.
19:26Yes, I like that one.
19:28Portia, Portend is also there to be a sign or warning
19:31that something's going to happen, Portend.
19:32Portentious, yeah.
19:34All right.
19:3557 to 49, and we're back with the numbers, Andrew.
19:39Could I have two large and four small, please?
19:41Same again.
19:42Thank you, Andrew.
19:43Two big, four little coming up, and this time,
19:45small ones are one, three, six, and four,
19:50and the big ones, 50 and 100.
19:53And this target, 912.
19:56Nine, one, two.
20:28Andrew?
20:30912.
20:31Thank you, Rick.
20:32No, 9-0-4.
20:339-0-4.
20:35Andrew?
20:36100 plus 50 plus 3 minus 1.
20:39100, 50.
20:40Yep.
20:411, 5, 2.
20:42Times six.
20:43Perfect.
20:43Well done, 912.
20:45Well done.
20:48Well done.
20:50Andrew McLeod, you've extended your lead 67 out of 49
20:54as we turn to our second tea-time teaser,
20:56which is a huge ball.
20:58And the clue?
21:00It's not just funny.
21:01It's rather ridiculous.
21:03It's not just funny.
21:04It's rather ridiculous.
21:22Welcome back.
21:23I left with the clue.
21:24It's not just funny.
21:25It's rather ridiculous.
21:27And the answer to that one is that it's laughable.
21:30Laughable.
21:31Now, Rick, your letters game.
21:35Slightly behind, but there's time.
21:37Start with a consonant, please.
21:38Thank you, Rick.
21:40R.
21:41And another.
21:43S.
21:44And another.
21:46M.
21:47And a vowel.
21:49E.
21:50And another.
21:51O.
21:52And another.
21:54E.
21:56And a consonant.
21:57T.
22:00And another.
22:02W.
22:04And we'll finish with a vowel, please.
22:06And finish with U.
22:09Stand by.
22:09Ed.
22:10And another.
22:36Bye.
22:38I'll see you.
22:41yes rick seven a seven and seven rick remotes andrew meteors meteors very nice
22:51carol's got a smile did you have a meteor i certainly had a meteor as well seven all right
22:57anything else uh there's a nice seven there rusem uh full of regret or sorrowful oh rue the day
23:04yes regrets yeah thank you 74 plus 56 andrew letters game can i have a consonant please
23:11thank you andrew p and another n and another g and another n and a vowel i and another e
23:28and another
23:29o and another e and a consonant please and finish m count down
23:43so
24:10andrew mcleod a seven a seven rick
24:14just a six and your six rick moping andrew opening yep excellent there we go very very good
24:22that's the way now what have we got in the corner opening as well yes yeah keep on top that
24:30nick
24:30that's it yes very well 81 plays 56 and susie we turn now to you for your wonderful origins of
24:37words
24:37now then carol you'll enjoy this we all enjoy this what have you got for us today well i had
24:44a nice
24:44email in from uh john barton who asked about tom foolery uh and uh who was tom fool if he
24:50ever existed
24:51and it's uh he's one of those characters uh to which many many stories are attached and some of them
24:56are very uh sort of embellished very uh ornate if you like the first one is that the original tom
25:02fool
25:02was a man called thomas skelton who was a jester a fool uh an official one if you like uh
25:08attached to
25:09the pennington family and this is in cumbria so this is around 1600 and many sources say that thomas
25:15skelton was in fact the inspiration for the fool in king lear in shakespeare's king lear
25:20uh now he uh in legend was deeply unpleasant because the fool in king lear was a soothsayer as well
25:27as a
25:27buffoon he was the only boy any person who dared to tell the truth uh to the king but uh
25:32according
25:32to this story he was really not very nice and he would often sit under a tree and if he
25:38saw some
25:38passers-by who asked for directions and he didn't take a fancy to them he would uh instead drive them
25:45to their deaths uh in the nearby marshes so pretty gruesome but if you look into the origin of tom
25:52foolery tom fool is actually centuries older and he starts appearing in historical records in about the
25:5814th century and there his name was the latin form and it was uh thomas fatuus as that's f-a
26:05-t-u-u-s
26:05and the tom part is simply a generic term that was attached to lots of people uh lots of expressions
26:11if you like in those days tom dick and harry for example much as jack was used generically for things
26:17like lumberjack steeplejack etc and the second word the facture simply means foolish it gave us
26:23it gave us infatuated amongst other words by the 14th century uh thomas fatuus had become tom fool
26:30and eventually that um sort of jester if you like that stupid half-witted person had become firmly
26:37attached to somebody who just played around and had quite a lot of antics and tom fool you will find
26:43in morris dances for example and in mumry plays that are performed at christmas it's incredibly long
26:49legacies when we talk about tom foolery today somebody who just japes around uh they're actually
26:53looking back to at least the 14th century brilliant well done
27:01everyone please 56 and it's rick's letters game start with the consonant please thank you rick
27:06g and another d and another t and a vowel u and another a and another i and another u
27:25and a vowel a and a consonant and lastly b going down
27:37so
27:51so
28:06Yes, Rick?
28:07Five.
28:09Andrew?
28:09Five.
28:10Rick?
28:11A bait.
28:12And?
28:13Audit.
28:14Audit.
28:15Can we beat five?
28:17Um, how are you spelling a bait?
28:18I spelled it wrong.
28:19A-B-A-I-T.
28:20Yeah, it's A-T-E, I'm afraid.
28:22Sorry.
28:23Bad luck.
28:24Now then, what news for the corner, Carol and Susie?
28:28I didn't do so well in this one.
28:30Um, I've got bats.
28:31Yes?
28:32Yeah, unsurprisingly, it was a really, really tough audit for five, and that was the maximum
28:36that we did.
28:37And that's it?
28:37Yeah.
28:37All right, well done.
28:3886, base 56.
28:40Andrew, final letters game for you.
28:43Can I have a consonant, please?
28:44Thank you, Andrew.
28:45S.
28:46And another.
28:49Q.
28:50And another.
28:50D.
28:53And a vowel.
28:54U.
28:56And another.
28:57E.
28:58And another.
29:00A.
29:01And a consonant.
29:03T.
29:04And another.
29:07C.
29:08And a final vowel, please.
29:10And the last one.
29:12E.
29:13And here's the countdown clock.
29:15E.
29:16And a consonant.
29:25And a consonant.
29:26And a consonant.
29:31And a consonant.
29:32And a consonant.
29:34And a consonant.
29:34And a consonant.
29:34And a consonant.
29:35And a consonant.
29:35And a consonant.
29:35And a consonant.
29:35And a consonant.
29:36And a consonant.
29:39and a consonant.
29:46Andrew.
29:47Eight.
29:48Rick.
29:49Six.
29:50And that's six.
29:50Closed.
29:51Now then, Andrew.
29:53Educate.
29:54Fantastic.
29:55Well done.
29:56Very good.
30:02Could we match that?
30:04No.
30:05That's absolutely excellent.
30:07I've got seven equated,
30:09but I really wanted to go for three,
30:10which is cats.
30:11Four about it, but that's not it.
30:13Cats.
30:13Love cats.
30:14Anything else, Susie?
30:16Quested is another nice seven.
30:17Oh, that's a good seven.
30:18Quested.
30:19Quested, yeah.
30:20Lovely.
30:2094 plays 56.
30:22Rick.
30:23Numbers game.
30:24Final numbers game.
30:25OK, we'll have one from the top.
30:26Five those, please.
30:27Thank you, Rick.
30:27One large.
30:29Five little ones.
30:30And the last one of the day is seven.
30:33One.
30:34Six.
30:35Another six.
30:37Five and a large one.
30:3875.
30:39And this final target, 159.
30:42One, five, nine.
31:13Yes, Rick?
31:15157.
31:16Andrew?
31:17159.
31:20159, Andrew, let's go.
31:226 plus 6 is 12.
31:236 plus 6, yep, 12.
31:24Times 7.
31:25Times 7, 84.
31:27And add the 75.
31:28Perfect, well done.
31:29159.
31:29Good man, Andrew.
31:30All right.
31:36So, number three seed is on 104, Rick on 56.
31:41So the seeding seems to have worked as we go into the final round.
31:45Gentlemen, fingers on buzzers, let's roll.
31:46Today's Countdown Conundrum.
31:54Andrew?
31:55Bedspread.
31:57Bedspread.
31:58Let's see.
31:59Here we go.
32:01Bedspread.
32:01Well done.
32:09Well done, Andrew McLeod.
32:11Well done.
32:11I'll come to you in a second.
32:12Rick.
32:14You're a great player, but our number three seed on the day came through.
32:19114 points.
32:20That's terrific.
32:21But you go home, back to Aylesbury.
32:23Yes.
32:24Near where I live.
32:24With a piece of priceless kryptonite.
32:27Now, you guard that on the way back, because, you know, as I say, they're priceless and hard
32:31to come by.
32:32Very hard to come by.
32:33But you deserve to win it.
32:35Thank you very much for coming.
32:35It's been a blast.
32:36And we shall see Andrew with a great score of 114 back for the second semi on Thursday.
32:43Well done.
32:44Well done indeed.
32:45Fantastic.
32:46See you both tomorrow.
32:49See you tomorrow.
32:49See you tomorrow.
32:50See you then.
32:51Did you have fun?
32:52It was brilliant fun.
32:54Well done.
32:54You don't realise how difficult it is until you're sitting here.
32:56When you're playing at home, it's quite different.
32:58Absolutely.
32:59Tell me this.
33:00Here we are, middle of winter, and we wake up and we see you in the springtime.
33:05Good morning, you say.
33:07And then sometimes you're outside and it's a little bit more difficult.
33:12Tell us about that time in Ireland.
33:15You can say that again, Nick.
33:16Well, I was in a blizzard and obviously knew the blizzard was on its way.
33:20And we could see it on the horizon just coming towards us.
33:23And I was trying to attract the gallery's attention by saying,
33:27Gallery, gallery, please don't come to Weathernext because the blizzard is almost upon us.
33:31And they weren't listening.
33:32They were doing something else, talking to Sian and Bill or whoever it was at the time.
33:36And anyway, the blizzard came and Bill threw to me with,
33:39Well, now we're going to join Kirky.
33:42And he started to laugh because I had an umbrella swaying like this.
33:46And the thing is, too, when you're in a blizzard and you have the snow swirling around you,
33:51it's like pins and needles in your face.
33:53And, of course, it's so cold that your tongue starts to freeze and stick to the roof of your mouth.
33:59And when it does that, you start to talk a bit like a Dalek, like that.
34:03And I was hearing in my ear, this is amazing, keep going, you've got another minute.
34:07And I'm like, no, I don't want a hard time.
34:10So you get all kinds of stuff that you just don't even think about in my job.
34:14Lovely stuff.
34:15Well done.
34:15We'll see you tomorrow.
34:17Lovely.
34:17Can't wait.
34:18And Susie, too.
34:19See you then.
34:19I'll stop moaning about the air con in here, then.
34:21That's nothing.
34:22I can handle that.
34:23As long as it's not snowing.
34:25Being hell, otherwise you'd have blown away.
34:27Who knows?
34:28See you tomorrow.
34:29See you tomorrow.
34:29Same time, same place.
34:31You be sure of it.
34:32A very good afternoon.
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