Facts about Bingo calls for numbers 71 to 80. Usually calls for these numbers are something like "7 and 3, 73". Some numbers have other, more interesting calls.
Bingo calls for the number 71
- Bang on the drum. Because it nearly rhymes.
Bingo calls for the number 72
- Danny La Rue. The legendary female impersonator and entertainer.
- Six dozen. Because a dozen is 12 things, and 6 times 12 = 72.
- Par for the course. 72 is one of the most common par scores on golf courses.
Bingo calls for the number 73
- Queen bee. A simple rhyme.
- Other rhymes include "Chamomile tea" and "A crutch and a flea" . The latter rhyme also references calls for 7 and 3 which are "One little crutch" and "One little flea".
Bingo calls for the number 74
- Candy store. Another simple rhyme.
Bingo calls for the number 75
- Strive and strive. Yet another simple rhyme.
- As is "On the skive".
Bingo calls for the number 76
- Was she worth it? The players often respond "Every penny". This refers to 7 shillings and 6 pence, the pre-decimal price of a marriage licence in the UK.
- Trombones. A reference to the song 76 trombones from the musical "The Music Man".
Bingo calls for the number 77
- All the 7s. Because it is.
- Two little crutches. Because a call for 7 is "One little crutch".
- Sunset strip. From the television series from the 1960s, "77 Sunset Strip". Sunset Strip is a stretch of Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, California. It runs from the eastern border with Hollywood at Havenhurst Drive to the western border with Beverly Hills at Sierra Drive.
Bingo calls for the number 78
Bingo calls for the number 79
- One more time. A half rhyme.
Bingo calls for the number 80
- Gandhi's breakfast. If you read 8 as "ate" and 0 as "nothing". And Mahatma Gandhi was thin.
- Four score. A score is 20 things, and 4 20s make 80.
- Blind eighty. The players will often say "Eight, Oh" in a northern accent, and the caller will respond "Aye".
