Facts about Bingo calls for numbers 61 to 70. Typical calls for these numbers are something like "6 and 7, 67". Some numbers have other, more interesting calls.
Bingo calls for the number 61
- Baker's bun. Because it rhymes. I can't explain the Baker reference.
Bingo calls for the number 62
- Turn on the screw, and turn of the screw. Rhymes.
- Other rhymes include "Tickeky boo" and "To Waterloo".
Bingo calls for the number 63
- Tickle me. Because it rhymes. The calls for the numbers in the sixties are rather boring so far.
Bingo calls for the number 64
- Red raw. Yet another rhyme.
- The Beatles number. A reference to the song "When I'm sixty-four", which was written by Paul McCartney and released on the 1967 album "Yellow Submarine".
Bingo calls for the number 65
- Stop work. A reference to the age you can claim a State Pension in the UK. The age is about to change to 66, but I doubt the call will change.
- Other references to retirement include "Old Age pension" and "Retirement Age".
Bingo calls for the number 66
- Clickety click. Even though the call "Click" isn't used for 6.
- All the sixes. Obviously.
Bingo calls for the number 67
- Made in heaven. Another call that rhymes seven and heaven.
- Argumentative number. Possibly related to the English phrase "At 6s and 7s" that is used to describe a state of confusion.
Bingo calls for the number 68
- Saving Grace. A reference to the hymn of that name. I can't work out why, other than the half rhyme.
Bingo calls for the number 69
- Anyway up, either way up, and the same both ways. Because the number 69 looks the same when upside down.
- Soixante-neuf. The French for 69.
Bingo calls for the number 70
- Three score and ten. A score is 20 things, and 3 20s plus 10 makes 70. This phrase was used to describe the average life expectancy, which was 70 at the time. The word threescore is used in the Bible for 60.
- Blind seventy. The players will often say "Seven, Oh" in a northern accent, and the caller will respond "Aye".
