Rules of Bingo Calling Numbers
The UK game of Bingo sets apart from the American game of Bingo not only in the quantity of balls used in the Bingo game and the way the cards look like. One of the most wonderfull features of the British game played in the land Bingo rooms are the Bingo Calling Numbers traditions. To explain the meaning of the Bingo Calling Numbers rules we will begin with the object. This is done to help players hear the ball called and eliminate misunderstandings. The Bingo game is played in a custom way however with a small difference in Bingo Calling Numbers rules. The number caller calls the number in the custom way and after that calls the ball’s name which can hint on the fell out ball. The list of most popularly used names in the Bingo Calling Numbers is usually the same for most of the actual Bingo game rooms still there may be slight differences from one gambling room to the other. We are going to enumerate the most traditional names and the origin of some of the Bingo Calling Numbers nicknames.
1.At the beginning and Buttered scone, Little Jimmy, Number Ace
2. Peek a boo
3. Dearie me and Debbie McGee and I'm free, One little flea, and Cup of tea, and You and me
4.On the floor and The one next door and Knock at the door, Shut the door
5. Jack's alive and Man alive, One little snake
6. Tom Mix, In a fix
7.Lucky seven, A slice of heaven and One little crutch
8. Garden gate, One fat lady and Is she in yet
9. Doctor's orders
10. Uncle Ben, Cock and hen, and A big fat hen (rhyming), Gordon's den, and Downing street
11. Legs - they're lovely and Legs eleven Chicken legs
12. One dozen, One and two - a dozen and One doz' if one can
13. Unlucky for some, Devil's number, and Bakers dozen
14. Tender
15. Young and keen, Rugby team,
16. She’s lovely
17. Often been kissed, Posh and Becks
18. Now you can vote
19. Goodbye teens
20. Getting plenty, and One score, Blind 20
21. Key of the door, Royal salute If only I was.., Just my age
22. Quack quack, Dinky doo, Ducks on a pond, All the twos and Put your 22's on, Too toot
23. A duck on a tree
24. Two dozen, and Did you score?
25. Duck and dive and Wish to have wife
26. Half a crown, and Bed and breakfast, Pick and mix
27. Little Duck with a crutch,Gateway to heaven
28.The old brags, and In a state, Over weight
29. In your prime, Rise and shine and You’re doing fine
30. Dirty Gertie, and Burlington Bertie, Blind 30 and Flirty thirty
31. Get up and run and Three and one
32. Buckle my Shoe, and Three and two
33. Dirty knees, Sherwood forest
34. Ask for more
35. Jump and jive
36. Perfect, Three dozen
37. More than eleven, and A flea in heaven
38. Christmas cake
39. Jack Benny
40. Two score, Life begins at and Naughty 40
41. Time for fun
42. Whinny the Poo
43. Four and Three, Down on knees
44. All the four, Open two doors, Droopy drawers
45. Halfway house
46. Up to tricks
47. Four and a stick, Four and seven
48. Four dozens
49. PC, Rise and shine
50. Blind 50, Hawaii five O
51. I love my mum, The Highland Division
52. The Lowland Division, Pack 'o cards, and Danny La Rue
53. The Welsh Division
54. House of bamboo
55. All the fives and Snakes alive, Give us fives
56. Was she worth it?
57. All the beans
58. Choo choo Thomas and Make them wait
59. Brighton line
60. Three score, Five dozen
61. Bakers bun
62. Turn on the screw
63. Tickle me
64. Red raw and Beatles number
65. Old age pension, Stop work
66. All the sixes, Clickety click
67. Argumentative number, Made in heaven
68. Saving grace
69. Either way up, Any way round, Meal for two
70. Blind 70 and Three score and ten
71. Lucky one, and Bang on the drum
72. A crutch and a duck, Lucky two
73. Queen B, Crutch with a flea, Under the tree
74. Lucky four, and Bingo Grandmamma
75. Lucky five, and Big Daddy, Strive and strive
76. Seven 'n' six - was she worth it?, and Lucky six
77. Sunset strip, All the sevens and Lucky seven, Two little crutches
78. Heavens gate
79. Lucky nine
80. Blind 80 and Gandhi's breakfast
81. Corner shot
82. Fat lady with a duck, Straight on through
83. Ethel's Ear, and Fat lady with a flea and Time for tea
84. Seven dozen
85. Staying alive, and Eight and five
86. Between the sticks
87. Fat lady with a crutch, Torquay in Devon
88. Wobbly wobbly,
89. Nearly there, All but one
90. Top of the house, As far as we go, and End of the line
As you might see, most of the Bingo Calling Numbers names are called in this way to make them either rhyme or provide a clear understanding of the ball being called. The Bingo Calling Numbers are one of the oldest and the most interesting traditions of the Bingo game.
The tradition of naming the names is kept to offer the special atmosphere of the Bingo game gambling halls as since the modern technologies have been introduced, the game started losing the image.