Caller slang in bingo (UK Housie)
Submitted by nicolae on Tue, 04/20/2010 - 12:41
Although these numbers are amusing and each has its own story, most professional bingo halls do not use them. If a caller were busy saying "two little ducks", and the number 22 has not yet been said, it is therefore not deemed "called". In an instance where a player may have missed his or her number, and a player is waiting for 22, both players would have valid argument that their number was "called".
There are traditional calls for the numbers. For example:
| Number | Slang Expression |
| 1 | Kelly's Eye / On it's Own |
| 5 | Man Alive |
| 7 | Lucky for Some |
| 8 | One Fat Lady / The Garden Gate |
| 9 | Doctor's Orders |
| 10 | (current) PM's Den |
| 11 | (Chicken) Legs OR Legs Eleven |
| 13 | Unlucky for Some OR Lucky for Some |
| 16 | Sweet Sixteen |
| 21 | Key of the Door |
| 22 | Two Little Ducks |
| 23 | Thee and Me |
| 24 | Two Dozen |
| 30 | Dirty Gertie |
| 37 | More Than Eleven |
| 44 | Droopy Drawers / All the fours |
| 45 | Halfway There |
| 50 | Bulls eye / Blind 50 |
| 51 | Tweak of the Thumb |
| 55 | Snakes Alive / All the Fives |
| 57 | Heinz Varieties |
| 59 | Brighton Line |
| 64 | Red Raw |
| 66 | Clickety-Click |
| 71 | Bang on the Drum |
| 76 | 7 and 6 - Was she worth it? OR Trombones |
| 79 | One More Time |
| 81 | Stop and Run |
| 86 | Between the Sticks |
| 88 | Two Fat Ladies |
| 90 | Top of the Shop |
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