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This was apparently the price of an old marraige license No other reason other than the fact that it rhymes Refers to the number of points won for a bulls eye in the game of dartsĭanny la Rue was apparently a famous Drag Queen Linked to an old British radio show, PC49

It rhymes and is of course written 4 then 7 Droopy drawers refers to 4 looking like a pair of trousers, sagging at the waist Winnie the Pooh/That famous street in ManhattanĪll the 4’s is rather obvious. Life begins at 40 is a popular saying so at 41, it is time to have fun The 39 Steps was a well known book that was adapated for film A dozen is 12, 3 dozen is 36ģ is often called a flea and 7 is often used in connection with heaven Would appear to be for rhyming purposes only

If you say “All the trees” you will know why Sherwood FOrest is used as well With both 3’s here, all the 3’s is a logical call. It rhymes and comes from the Rhyme, 1,2 Buckle my shoeĪll the threes/Dirty knees/All the feathers/Two little fleas/Sherwood forest Refers to the speed limit for cars in yester-year England You better be doing fine!īlind thirty/Burlington Bertie/Dirty Gertie/Flirty Thirty/Speed Limit Rise and Shine/You’re doing fine/In your prime Number 8 is one fat lady but with a 2 extra it’s “overweight” Gateway to heaven/Little duck with crutch
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Traditionally, the cost of one night’s accommodation plus breakfast in England used to cost ‘2 and 6’ (two shillings and a sixpence) Pick and mix/Half a crown/Bed and breakfast The shape of 2 is a duck and dive rhymes with five Tradition – At age 21 a child was often given a symbolic key to represent entering adulthood Refers to the unlucky qualities of number 13 and the fact that 13 is a baker’s dozenĪ young girls 16th birthday is called her Sweet sixteenĪbba’s hit Dancing Queen had the line “You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only 17” Unlucky for some/Devil’s number/Baker’s dozen Refers to a pair of sexy legs (2 straight up legs, side by side) When the English PM changes, the calling name also does. Refers to Prime Minister David Cameron who lives at No. Superstition also holds that 7 is a lucky numberĭuring World War II, the common name for the laxative pill was “No. Man alive is a simple rhyme that works hereĪs in the 7th heaven. One Two, buckle my shoe nursery rhyme (3 4 Knock at the door) Named for the one-eyed Australian gangster called Ned Kelly Traditional Bingo Calling Names and Some of their Explanations No. How about a nice big bonus offer from Back2School Bingo? Lists of these popular nicknames can be found at some online bingo sites. Knowing the lingo is just as necessary in online bingo as it is in regular bingo, however bingo games wouldn’t be the same without it. numbers 20, 30, etc.) have the word ‘blind’ put before the number. This makes it difficult to remember all the rhyming names and so a ‘reasonable’ name is given as well. This is because many rhyming nicknames can rhyme with other numbers down the list (for example, the number 25’s calling name ‘Duck and Dive’ also rhymes with all numbers on the list that end with five). Many bingo calling names have one than one calling name – one of ‘rhyme’ and one of ‘reason’. In online bingo there are no calling names, but the numbers are called out clearly plus the fact that you have a visual of the ball as well as a board where all the numbers called are displayed. Essentially, bingo calling names fall into two broad categories – those that rhyme with the number, and those that have a special reason to why they are associated with that particular number. These names sprung up in the United Kingdom and may vary from region to region in the country.
