![]() ![]() So whilst a 2 is a duck and 7 a crutch, then 27 is a duck on a crutch. As well as that, there are often combinations. There are also some numbers with origins in the unlikeliest of places – 39 Those famous steps, from the book ‘The 39 Steps’ and 23 – The Lord is my Shepherd from Psalm 23 in ‘The Bible’.Ī number have also come from the shapes of the numbers and what they look similar to. Also, famous numbers make a showing so 50 is ‘Bullseye’ and 65 ‘Old age pension’. It appears a lot of the numbers were derived from a number of places – a lot seem to have come from Cockney rhyming slang ’33 – dirty knees!’ or similar rhyming schemes. Whether this bears out around the country is to be discovered. In fact in my experience, many of the regulars would shout for you to speed up if the calling speed dropped to a slower level. However, they missed the variety of games that they used to play – marking off shapes and corners on tickets etc. Having spoken to many regular players who’d played both styles of numbers, a larger proportion seemed happier with the new swifter version. When the games were called using blowers there was enough of a delay to allow the call back of the names. There was initially a time the names were used in the big clubs – which can be traced back to before the advent of the computerised number generating systems. In my opinion, one of the biggest reasons is commercial: losing the names means the games are called faster which means more games, which in turn means more profits for the clubs. There are a couple of rough reasons why the old names were phased out. Them Old Numbers Just Don’t Cut It These Days… ![]() Many smaller venues (normally not part of the national chains) or social clubs where bingo is played use the number names still, but the places you’ll still hear them these days are becoming less and less. The answer often disappoints, because most people new to the game don’t realise that the modern large club has done away with the funny names for the numbers. They’ll say something like ‘Ha ha, will it be two fat ladies and all that stuff?’ Playing bingo the modern wayIn my past experience, one of the first things most people mention when going to play bingo for the first time is the numbers. Introduction – A Duck And A Crutch – Twenty Seven! ![]()
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