Oh Dear

[maggiebee]

Watching Tipping Point and one of the contestant said that a score plus a dozen was 112???

[Bazile]

idiot - everyone knows it's 33

[Baldric]

Well he's walking away with £10k, and he acknowledged (when he guessed answers correctly) how lucky he was, so who's laughing now? ☺

[EcclesCake]

How ice it is to feel smug, such a lovely warm feeling.

I can think of many people I know of various ages and levels of education who for one reason and another do not know what a score is.

[maggiebee]

Yes it is "ice" Eccles - not being smug at all. Glad he 'scored' in the end and won 10k - everyone needs a bit of luck now and again.

[naomi24]

Maybe he was thinking of slang for money and got it wrong. A score is £20 - a ton is £100.

[Jackdaw33]

Some young people also don't know what a dozen is, as I found out recently.

[naomi24]

^True.

[Prudie]

I don't think they teach score, dozen and gross anymore. The words only tend to come up in quizzes!

[Jackdaw33]

Who asks for 6/12 eggs? Always half dozen/dozen.

[stuey]

Is this thread going to go on furlong time?

[Prudie]

Not as long as a chain letter

[tonyav]

didn't knock the contestant off their perch though.

[agchristie]

Jackdaw > Some young people also don't know what a dozen is, as I found out recently.

Ah, but how many people know that dozen is a game based on insults played by Black Americans?!

[Svejk]

Nothing to do with 12 in French, ag?

[Svejk]

Oh dear. Bet that was one of those jokes I don't get. And now I've made a fool of myself. (for the first time)

[agchristie]

Svejk lol! If you don't believe me check!

[ummmm]

I doubt my kids know what a score is. Besides taking bets in the pub I don't think I've ever heard it used. We call £20 'a drink'

[jno]

Expensive drinks you sell, ummmm

[ummmm]

A few drinks :-)