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1. codeulike · 1789502568 · focus · HN ↗

   For those confused by this, here is the Mitchell and Webb "Numberwang" sketch

   <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;0obMRztklqU?is=qufDLUkqofpr-K1Y" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;0obMRztklqU?is=qufDLUkqofpr-K1Y

   1. doormatt · 1789503022 · focus · HN ↗

      And that&#x27;s a bad miss...

      1. tclancy · 1789507120 · focus · HN ↗

         My favorite line, especially as an American because I can say it out loud without the person getting upset since they have no frame of reference. And other Anglophiles I could probably handle.

         1. tialaramex · 1789510741 · focus · HN ↗

            The idea that the snooker commentators are probably drinking is very Britain, and especially Britain from a particular era.

            I think that series came out slightly after that era ended, I remember as a child (so years earlier) realising that snooker players at the time were often tipsy if not actually drunk, and also darts players, but by the time I was an adult the professionalism really changed that, turns out that if you&#x27;re very good you probably are better at snooker when sober. I think the commentators, being often a previous generation of players, lagged that slightly.

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