Student Fails To Get ‘SHITFACED’ On Countdown
THE Countdown word of the day is “SHITFACE”. Rachel Riley, the TV show’s hostess with the least-est, reveals the letters: DTCEIASHF.
Jack Hurst, a Cambridge University maths student, sees the letters and misses the goal. What a WALLY. The word is SHITFACED – uses the ‘D’ and get a score bonus.
(Hurst is the show’s highest ever points scorer, winning 8 shows on the trot and being forced to retire undefeated.)
Susie Dent, of Dictionary Corner, tells presenter Jeff Stelling that shitface is a word used to disrobe a “rude or obnoxious person“. It is acceptable.
But it’s not acceptable at teatime and the show re-runs the segment.
Look out for Countdown Afterdark, where anything goes, and Rachel Riley does things with numbers to make the mind whirl…
Posted: 5th, November 2010 | In: TV & Radio Comments (11) | TrackBack | Permalink
