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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:05APPLAUSE
00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio
00:34on the 1st of August.
00:36And August, oh, yes, all this month,
00:38children from five to 16 can come and see West End shows for free.
00:43What could be better than that? What could be better than that?
00:46The scheme, rather confusingly called Kids Week,
00:49has been running, Rachel, for 21 years.
00:5121 years, more than 1.2 million kids have been able to go to the theatre.
00:57I mean, not every show, but a lot of shows.
00:59I think it's a wonderful initiative.
01:01They can go free when accompanied by an adult.
01:03And, you know, an introduction to the theatre when you're young,
01:06once you get sort of hooked on it,
01:08then it's just a joy to be able to go and see people performing on the boards.
01:12I remember when I was a kid, we didn't come to London.
01:15It's too far for us.
01:17But my mother used to put us in the car and drive us to Stratford.
01:20She was a little bit of a culture buff.
01:22We used to go to, I think it's the Swan Theatre,
01:24which was the Royal Shakespeare Company,
01:26and we'd go and see Shakespeare.
01:28But what about you?
01:29Can you remember your first theatrical production,
01:31not that you appeared in, but that you went to see?
01:33Well, my mum loves the theatre.
01:35She goes and sees everything on the West End now.
01:37And she used to take us quite a lot as a kid.
01:39But I was always scared of things.
01:41I remember the Snow Queen terrified me when I was little.
01:43And even Button Moon when I was really little.
01:45And people with yellow teeth and all sorts of stuff.
01:47But I wasn't forced to watch Shakespeare either.
01:49All right.
01:50Well, anyway, all those kids,
01:52pester your mum to take you to the theatre.
01:54Take the little one.
01:55She's taking my little nephew, her grandson,
01:57to Teletubby musicals these days.
01:59Lovely.
02:00Starting the next generation off, as she means to carry on.
02:03Quite right. Quite right.
02:05Now, we've got a bit of a seasoned actor here with us.
02:07We've got Bob Lunt, retired missionary from Rotherham.
02:11Five wins.
02:13Playing like a real pro here. It's fantastic.
02:16Well done, Bob.
02:18Now, you're joined by Will Ferns, a train driver from Dublin.
02:21And you're a Shamrock Rovers fan.
02:24Yes.
02:25You remember with great fondness
02:27the 2011 Europa League match against Spurs.
02:32Yeah, you see, we're only a part-time club
02:35and to qualify for the group stages of the Europa League
02:38was huge for us.
02:39And then we drew Tottenham in the group stages
02:42and played them on White Hart Lane,
02:44took the lead on White Hart Lane.
02:45What was the end result of it all?
02:473-1 to Tottenham, but we still took the lead at the lane.
02:51No shame in 3-1, is there? That's great.
02:53For a part-time club.
02:54Listen, Will, good luck to you.
02:56Good luck to Bob. Big round of applause.
02:58Thanks.
02:59APPLAUSE
03:02And over the corner, Susie, of course,
03:04and the man responsible for much of that theatre magic,
03:08none other than multi-award-winning lyricist,
03:10the great Tim Rice.
03:11Tim, welcome back.
03:13APPLAUSE
03:17Welcome back.
03:19Now, Bob, off we go.
03:22A consonant, please, to Rachel.
03:24Thank you, Bob. Start today with C.
03:27And a second.
03:29N.
03:30And a third.
03:32D.
03:33A vowel, please.
03:35A.
03:36And another.
03:37U.
03:38And a third.
03:40O.
03:41Consonant.
03:43S.
03:44Consonant.
03:46T.
03:48And a vowel, please.
03:50And finally, I.
03:52And here's the Countdown Clock.
04:20MUSIC
04:25Well, Bob?
04:26Eight.
04:27And Will?
04:28Eight and a half.
04:29Bob?
04:30Cautions.
04:31Will?
04:32Discount.
04:33Very good.
04:34APPLAUSE
04:36Good way to start there. Eight apiece.
04:38And Tim and Susie, have you conjured up anything interesting?
04:41Well, I can reveal that we have a nine.
04:44Oh.
04:45And the word is custodian.
04:47Oh, perfect.
04:49APPLAUSE
04:53Now, eight points each.
04:55Will, your letters again.
04:57Thanks, Nick. Hi, Rachel.
04:59Hi, Will.
05:00Consonant, please.
05:01Thank you. Start with P.
05:04And a vowel.
05:05E.
05:07Consonant.
05:08D.
05:10Vowel.
05:12U.
05:13Consonant.
05:15X.
05:17Vowel.
05:19I.
05:21Consonant.
05:23L.
05:25Vowel.
05:27O.
05:29And finally, a consonant, please.
05:31And finally, S.
05:33Stand by.
05:34MUSIC
05:47MUSIC
06:05Will?
06:06Seven.
06:07Bob?
06:08Seven.
06:09And your seven?
06:11Spoiled.
06:12Bob?
06:13Spoiled also.
06:14There we are.
06:16Any sevens?
06:17Well, I got spoiled as well.
06:19I was terribly chuffed.
06:21But everybody got spoiled.
06:23Anything else, Susie?
06:24A nice six there. Exodus.
06:26Exodus.
06:2815 points apiece, and it's Bob we turn to now.
06:31First numbers game, Bob.
06:32One large and five small, please, Rachel.
06:34Your usual now, thank you, Bob.
06:36One from the top five little to start the day.
06:38And this first selection is five, one, three, six,
06:44four and the big one, 75.
06:46And the target, 417.
06:49417.
06:51MUSIC
07:15MUSIC
07:21Yes, Bob?
07:22417.
07:23And Will?
07:24Ah, too far away.
07:25You far?
07:26Bob?
07:2775 minus four.
07:2971.
07:31Times six.
07:32426.
07:34And then take off the five, the three and the one.
07:37Five, three and one. Perfect.
07:39Can't use any of those. Lovely.
07:41Well done. Well done.
07:43APPLAUSE
07:46So, well done there, Bob. 25 plays that, Will's 15.
07:49And now for our first teatime teaser, which is Tim's Oscar.
07:52And the clue.
07:53When Tim won his Oscars, the acclaim he received
07:56was the exact opposite of this.
07:59When Tim won his Oscars, the acclaim he received
08:02was the exact opposite of this.
08:05MUSIC
08:13APPLAUSE
08:21Welcome back. I left with the clue.
08:23When Tim won his Oscars, the acclaim he received
08:26was the exact opposite of this.
08:29And the answer to that is...
08:31ostracism.
08:33Ostracism.
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08:46Countdown leads LS31JS.
08:51Now, 25 to 15, Bob in the lead and it's Will we turn to.
08:55Yes, Will.
08:57Constant, please. Thank you, Will.
08:59T.
09:01Bell.
09:02A.
09:03Constant.
09:05R.
09:06Vowel.
09:08I.
09:09Constant.
09:11F.
09:14Vowel.
09:16O.
09:18Constant.
09:19M.
09:21Vowel.
09:23E.
09:25And finally a consonant, please.
09:28And finally R.
09:30And the clock starts now.
09:33CLOCK TICKS
09:37CLOCK TICKS
10:02Yes, Will?
10:03Six.
10:04A six, Bob?
10:05Seven.
10:06And a seven, Will, your six?
10:08Format.
10:09Bob?
10:10Formate.
10:11Formate.
10:13You can put the E on, it is the derivative of formic acid
10:17emitted by ants, if you remember.
10:19Anything else there, Susie, Kim?
10:21Um...
10:22No, not really.
10:23Well, there was foamia.
10:24Oh, foamia, sorry, yes.
10:26Yeah, but actually, talking of format, you can have reformat,
10:29that would give you an eight if you put the RE on it.
10:31Thank you for that.
10:33Two to 15, Bob, you're back.
10:36Consonant, please, Rachel.
10:37Thank you, Bob.
10:38K.
10:40And a second.
10:42T.
10:44And a third.
10:46R.
10:47And a vowel.
10:49A.
10:51And a second.
10:53U.
10:54And a third.
10:56A.
10:57Consonant.
10:59D.
11:01A vowel.
11:04I.
11:07And a vowel.
11:09And the last one.
11:11E.
11:12Stand by.
11:32MUSIC
11:44Will, Bob?
11:45Seven.
11:46Will?
11:47Seven, also.
11:48Bob?
11:49Radiate.
11:50And?
11:51Same one.
11:52Radiate.
11:53Yeah.
11:54And in the corner?
11:55Radiate was the best we could find.
11:57We quite like karate, which is only six.
12:01I tried Drake-ia, thinking that might be a duck
12:05that looked a bit more like a drake than a duck.
12:08But apparently it doesn't exist.
12:10Sadly not.
12:11It's a surprise.
12:12Anything else, Susie?
12:13No.
12:14Karate is from the Japanese empty hand.
12:17That kara you'll find in karaoke as well.
12:19Empty orchestra for karaoke.
12:21Thank you for that.
12:22Interesting.
12:2339 plays 22, and it's a numbers game for Will.
12:26Will Ferns, yes, sir?
12:27Hi, Rachel.
12:28I'll play six more, please.
12:29Six more.
12:30Why not?
12:31I haven't had six more for a while.
12:33Thank you, Will.
12:34And they are, for this challenge,
12:365, 4, 7,
12:391, 4,
12:41and 8.
12:43And the target, 831.
12:46831.
12:48MUSIC
12:59MUSIC
13:19Yes, Will?
13:20Ah, not much.
13:22No? Over to you, Bob.
13:24836.
13:26836, then, Bob.
13:284 minus 1.
13:303.
13:32Times 7.
13:3321.
13:34Times 5.
13:35105.
13:36Times 8.
13:38840.
13:39And minus the other 4.
13:41And the other 4.
13:43836, yeah. Lovely.
13:45Now, we're in trouble here.
13:47831, though, Rachel.
13:49Is that so tricky?
13:51Well, you can use 32 26s to get 832,
13:55but this one's impossible,
13:56so one away is the closest you could have got.
13:59Thank you. 46 plays 22,
14:02and we link to Tim.
14:03Tim!
14:05Chess is back.
14:06This year, you brought chess back.
14:08Yes, it's...
14:09I like to think it's never really been away,
14:11but it's never had a mega run in West End or Broadway.
14:17Actually, that's not quite true.
14:18It had a three-year run in the West End some time ago,
14:21which is not bad,
14:22but 20 years is about par for the course.
14:24It's rather depressing, really.
14:27So it's nice to know it's around.
14:30It's a great score.
14:32Benny and Bjorn have written some staggeringly good tunes,
14:36as they did with ABBA, of course.
14:38Three years. That sounds like a long time to me.
14:40Yeah, it wasn't bad.
14:41I mean, it made its money back, so technically it was a hit.
14:44But it's the cost of putting the show on these days is so enormous.
14:47Is that the issue,
14:48that you've really got to earn over a long period
14:52Yes, it's...
14:53Chess first time round was unusual in that it was a hit,
14:56but it didn't make a fortune.
14:58I mean, it made a profit.
15:00Most shows either make zillions or nothing,
15:04because they are very expensive.
15:06I've been on the receiving end of both those.
15:09And the cost these days, particularly in America, is astronomical.
15:14And what used to be...
15:16I mean, I think Evita in 1978 went on for £400,000.
15:21£440,000, and it was a big show.
15:24Now that would cost something like seven or eight million.
15:29And that's much more than just inflation.
15:33So you have to run a long time to get your cash back.
15:36It's a gamble, but it can pay off superbly well.
15:41Listen, it's high stakes,
15:43but you've proved to be a great success anyway,
15:46and let's hope that chess goes round the world again.
15:48Thank you very much.
15:54So, 46 to 22, Bob in the lead, and it's...
15:58Bob, we turn to you. Yes, Bob?
16:00A consonant, please, Rachel.
16:02Thank you, Bob.
16:03R
16:04And another?
16:07W
16:08And a third?
16:10D
16:11A vowel?
16:12U
16:13And another?
16:15A
16:16And a third?
16:17O
16:19A consonant?
16:21P
16:22Consonant?
16:24T
16:26And a vowel, please?
16:29And lastly, E.
16:31Stand by.
16:43CLOCK TICKS
17:04Well, Bob?
17:05Seven.
17:06And Will?
17:07Seven also.
17:08Bob?
17:09Outward.
17:10And...outward.
17:13And in the corner, Tim and Susie?
17:15Adopter, somebody who adopts,
17:17and then if they did it again they would re-adopt.
17:20Indeed.
17:21So both adopter and re-adopt.
17:23Very good. Anything else, Susie?
17:25No, we're with seven as well.
17:26That'll do.
17:2753 to 29, Will.
17:29Your letters game, Will.
17:31Consonant, please, Rachel.
17:33Thank you, Will.
17:34B
17:35A vowel?
17:38O
17:39Consonant?
17:41M
17:42Vowel?
17:44U
17:46Consonant?
17:48V
17:49Vowel?
17:51E
17:53Consonant?
17:55G
17:57Vowel?
18:00I
18:01And finally a consonant, please.
18:03And finally, N.
18:05Countdown.
18:06CLOCK TICKS
18:10WHISTLE BLOWS
18:36Will?
18:37Six.
18:38Six and Bob?
18:39Six.
18:40Will?
18:41Moving.
18:42And?
18:43Moving.
18:44They're both moving.
18:45Any advance on moving?
18:46Tim, Susie?
18:47I don't think so.
18:48We've got six bovine?
18:50Mm-hm.
18:51Does that work?
18:52Yeah.
18:53Cattle, yeah.
18:54And you had gumbo for five.
18:55It's a great word.
18:56Yeah.
18:57Is it to do with shrimps or something?
18:58Yeah, seafood or chicken,
19:00and thickened with rice, okra, that kind of thing.
19:02So thick stew or soup.
19:04Featured in the song Jambalaya,
19:06which you may know from the Carpenters' version,
19:08that Hank Williams song.
19:10Oh, the great Hank?
19:11Yeah.
19:12Oh, indeed.
19:13My brother's a fanatical supporter of Hank Williams.
19:16He loves it.
19:17Every record ever made.
19:1959-35.
19:21Bob?
19:22Numbers game.
19:23One large, five small, please, Rachel.
19:25Don't need to ask me, thank you, Bob.
19:26One big one, five little coming up.
19:28And these five small ones
19:30are six,
19:31nine,
19:32eight,
19:33one,
19:34and four,
19:35and the big one, 25.
19:37And the target, 253.
19:39253.
20:04Well, Bob?
20:05253.
20:07And Will?
20:08252.
20:09252.
20:11Let's stick with Bob, then, shall we, for a second?
20:13Bob?
20:1425 times nine.
20:1625 times nine, 225.
20:18Eight minus one.
20:20Is seven.
20:21Times four.
20:22Is 28.
20:23And add.
20:24Well done, 253.
20:26Good man.
20:27APPLAUSE
20:33Good man.
20:34APPLAUSE
20:37Well done.
20:38Well done.
20:39Time for our second teatime teaser,
20:41which is the cot cry.
20:43And the clue...
20:44The baby would cry in the cot.
20:46It could be something to note.
20:48The baby would cry in the cot.
20:50It could be something to note.
20:52BELL RINGS
21:01APPLAUSE
21:03APPLAUSE
21:09Welcome back. I left with the clue,
21:11the baby would cry in the cot.
21:13It could be something to note.
21:15How about crotchety?
21:17Crotchety.
21:19Crotchety baby.
21:2169 plays 35.
21:22Bob in the lead.
21:23And it's Will's letters game.
21:25Good luck, Will.
21:26Cancel, please.
21:27Thank you, Will.
21:28H
21:30Revelle.
21:33Consonant.
21:36F
21:37Vowel.
21:39O
21:40Consonant.
21:43L
21:44Vowel.
21:46E
21:47Consonant.
21:49Y
21:50Vowel.
21:52A
21:53And finally a consonant, please.
21:55And finally...
21:56T
21:57Stand by.
21:58BELL RINGS
22:03BELL CONTINUES
22:29Yes, Will?
22:30Seven.
22:31Seven. Bob?
22:32Also seven.
22:33Will?
22:34Outlays.
22:35And?
22:36Outlays.
22:37Both the same?
22:38Very good.
22:39And over in the corner, Tim?
22:41I'm afraid that's the best we can do.
22:43Seven outlays. Very good.
22:45That's it.
22:46Moving on, then.
22:4776 to 42.
22:48Bob, your letters game.
22:50A consonant, please, Rachel.
22:51Thank you, Bob.
22:52R
22:53And another?
22:56N
22:57And a third?
22:59S
23:01A vowel?
23:02O
23:03Another?
23:05E
23:06And a third?
23:08U
23:09Consonant?
23:11Q
23:13Consonant?
23:15T
23:17And a vowel?
23:18And to finish?
23:21O
23:22And here's the Countdown Clock.
23:24CLOCK CHIMES
23:31CLOCK TICKS
23:55Right. Bob?
23:56Seven, not written down.
23:58And Will?
23:59Seven else up.
24:00Bob?
24:01Tonsure.
24:03Tonsure.
24:04Now, Will.
24:05Torques.
24:06Yes.
24:07The kind of pulling force.
24:08I'm pretty sure you can put it in the plural.
24:12Yes, you can.
24:13Not least because it can also mean a neck ornament,
24:16a band of twisted metal worn by the ancient Gauls.
24:19Thank you for that.
24:20Now, Tim and Susie?
24:22We have a couple of sevens.
24:24Quotas.
24:25BF.
24:26And
24:27Questa.
24:29Oh.
24:30As in looking for something, I think.
24:32Yes.
24:33Questor.
24:34Questor.
24:36All right.
24:3783-49.
24:38Bob on 83.
24:39Susie, it's your Origins of Words.
24:41What have you got for us today?
24:44To Linda Grande, I think it is, or Grand,
24:47from Rochester in Kent.
24:49It says,
24:50why do we use the word pretty to mean attractive,
24:52as in that's a pretty necklace,
24:54and to mean quite or nearly,
24:56that's pretty awful,
24:58or I've pretty much finished?
25:00It's a really good question.
25:02It got me foraging through the virtual pages
25:05of the Oxford English Dictionary,
25:07and I found a diary entry of the 11th of May, 1660,
25:10and Samuel Pepys, who mentions Dr. Clerk,
25:13who I found to be a very pretty man and very knowing.
25:17And Pepys meant, at this time,
25:19that the doctor was an admirable man.
25:21He was a fine fellow, in other words.
25:23And that's merely one of the many, many senses
25:25that you'll find in the dictionary for pretty.
25:28I just ran through some of the meanings it's had.
25:30It comes from a root meaning, trick,
25:32which comes into play a bit later, as you'll see.
25:35But it could mean cunning or crafty,
25:37clever, skilful, brave, admirable,
25:40as Pepys was using it,
25:42before the main modern sense of attractive.
25:45It's not unusual for words to have such journeys.
25:48So if you take silly, for example,
25:50it meant humble once,
25:52but because the peasantry were associated with foolishness,
25:55it took on a new meaning,
25:57which is the one that we're stuck with today.
25:59But pretty, the attractive sense,
26:01didn't arrive until about the 15th, 16th century,
26:04so it was still vying with that admirable sense
26:06that Pepys used it in.
26:08And it's always had a touch of negativity,
26:10and I mention that origin meaning a trick,
26:13because the idea was of being attractive, yes,
26:15but in a slightly delicate or diminutive way
26:18for a very long time.
26:20So that persisted for many centuries.
26:22If you take a dictionary of 1908,
26:24it makes the following comment.
26:26Pretty is somewhat of a condescending term,
26:29whereas beauty is imperious and commands our acknowledgement.
26:33So it always had that edge.
26:35And it's that negativity that chimes with expressions
26:38like a pretty kettle of fish,
26:40which came about before a nice kettle of fish,
26:42a pretty pass,
26:44and that adjective or adverb that Linda mentions as well,
26:49that sense of fairly or moderately,
26:51not quite there, as in I pretty much done,
26:54but there's always a slight tone of sarcasm or irony,
26:57at least certainly at the beginning.
26:59And it's always been a confusing word,
27:01which is why it also developed another meaning,
27:04considerable or great, as in he earned a pretty penny.
27:08So if you look through the OED, you can get extremely lost,
27:11because it's changed and shifted all the way through the centuries,
27:14but as I say, a little bit like nice.
27:16If you say someone has a nice dress,
27:18you're never quite sure what they mean.
27:20Again, that started off meaning ignorant, not knowing.
27:23So that, too, had a slightly tricky, dodgy beginning,
27:27and it's sort of permeated through all the meanings
27:30that have come since, through the centuries.
27:32So it's a fascinating weed.
27:34Oh, very good.
27:39Thank you. 83 plays 49, Bob in the lead.
27:42Will, your letters game.
27:44Thank you, Will.
27:48And a vowel.
27:51A consonant.
27:55And a vowel.
27:58A consonant.
28:01And a vowel.
28:05And a consonant.
28:09And a vowel.
28:11O.
28:13And a consonant, please.
28:16And lastly, F.
28:18Stand by.
28:41F
28:51Will? Six.
28:53And Bob? Six.
28:55Will? Demult.
28:57Now, then. Muted.
28:59Muted. Yes.
29:01Any more sixes or can we beat it? Tim?
29:04We have devote and footed.
29:07I didn't know about footed, but...
29:09Of course. Yeah.
29:11Sorry, I never foot the bill, so I wouldn't know that one.
29:15Anything else, Susie? No, we stopped it.
29:18Footed. All right. 89-55.
29:20Bob, final letters game for you.
29:22Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Bob.
29:25N. And a second.
29:28F. And a third.
29:33L. A vowel.
29:35E. Another vowel.
29:38I. And a third.
29:42E. Consonant.
29:44T. Consonant.
29:48W. And a consonant.
29:51And lastly, S.
29:53Stand by.
30:08MUSIC PLAYS
30:25Yes, Bob? Six.
30:27And Will? Seven.
30:29So, Bob? Lenses.
30:31Will? Listens.
30:33Listens, yeah. Excellent.
30:35What else have we got? Tim and Susie, can we beat it?
30:38No. We can equal it. Yeah.
30:41Winless. Yes.
30:43Winless streak. Yeah.
30:46And tensile is also there, relating to tension,
30:49a tensile force in physics. Yeah.
30:51Thank you. 89-62.
30:53Into the final numbers game.
30:55It's for you, Will.
30:57One large and five small, please.
30:59More traditional, one large, five little.
31:01To finish us off, thank you, Will.
31:03This last selection is 8-4-9-8-1-75.
31:11And the target, 868.
31:13868.
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31:34MUSIC STOPS
31:45Yes, Will?
31:47871. Not written down.
31:50871. Bob?
31:52864. Not written down.
31:54864. So I think we turn to Will.
31:57Yes, Will?
31:59Eight plus four is 12.
32:01Eight plus four, 12.
32:0475 minus one, 74.
32:0775, yeah. Minus one, 74.
32:0974 times 12 is 888.
32:12It is indeed.
32:14Then take away the nine and the eight.
32:17And the nine and the eight you haven't used for 1786.
32:20871, yeah?
32:22Yes, 871.
32:24Well done indeed.
32:26Now, 868, Rachel.
32:28Leave it with me, Nick.
32:30I certainly will, but, Will, you've come up now strongly.
32:3369-89 as we go into the final round.
32:36A bit late, but nonetheless a strong performance.
32:39Fingers on buzzers. Watch apps.
32:41Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:48Bob?
32:50Trickiest.
32:52Trickiest. Very quick.
32:54Let's see whether you're right.
32:56Trickiest. Oh, here it comes. Well done.
32:59Very good.
33:02Another great performance.
33:0499 points, Bob. Well done. Fantastic.
33:07Six wins now you've got.
33:09I'll come back to you in a second.
33:11Will, you did really well.
33:13You came through very strongly at the end.
33:15There were a couple of the numbers games that hurt a bit.
33:18Let me down.
33:20But thank you so much for coming.
33:22You take this goodie bag back to the fair city
33:24and give my very best wishes.
33:26I will do.
33:28Thank you very much.
33:30Now, Bob.
33:32Not bad, eh?
33:3499.
33:36And six wins. We shall see you tomorrow.
33:38Getting the pressure's on, though, isn't it?
33:41It is.
33:43Nearly there. You hang on. Brilliant stuff.
33:45We'll see you tomorrow.
33:47And we'll see Tim and Susie tomorrow too, I hope.
33:49Indeed.
33:51Rachel, 868?
33:53I'm glad this is the end of the show because I need to lie down after this one.
33:5672.
33:58Take away one is 71.
34:00Times by the other eight for 568.
34:03And then four times 75 is 300.
34:06And add them together.
34:08Oh, perfect.
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