Bingo Call
A bingo call is the numbers that are drawn randomly during a game, over time the callers have developed rhyming slang for these. This helps the player remember what call was last, as the rhyme forms an association with the bingo numbers. These calls sometimes change with the times, but the traditional list will always stay.
1. Kelly’s Eye
2. One Little Duck
3. Cup of tea
4. Knock at the Door
5. Man Alive
6. Tom Nix
7. God’s in Heaven
8. Garden Gate
9. Doctor’s Orders – In World War 2 the British pill “Number 9” was a laxative.
10. Gordon’s Den (changes with each Prime Minister).
11. Legs Eleven
12. One Dozen
13. Unlucky for Some
14. Valentines Day
15. Young and keen
16. Sweet Sixteen
17. Dancing Queen
18. Coming of Age
19. Goodbye Teens
20. One Score
21. Key of the Door
22. Two Little Ducks
23. Thee and Me
24. Two dozen
25. 25 Duck and Dive
26. Pick and Mix
27. Gateway to Heaven
28. Over Weight
29. Rise and Shine
30. Burlington Bertie
31. Get up and Run
32. Buckle my Shoe
33. Dirty
34. Ask for More
35. Jump and Jive
36. Three Dozen
37. A Flea in Heaven
38. Christmas Cake
39. Those Famous Steps
40. Naughty Forty
41. Time for Fun
42. Winnie the Pooh
43. Down on your Knees
44. Droopy Drawers
45. Halfway There
46. Up to Tricks
47. Four and Seven
48. Four Dozen
49. P.C. Copper
50. Half a Century
51. Tweak of the Thumb
52. Danny La Rue
53. Stuck in the Tree
54. Clean the Floor
55. Snakes Alive
56. Was she worth it?
57. Heinz Varieties
58. Make them Wait
59. Brighton Line – The London to Brighton bus service was the number 59.
60. Five Dozen
61. Bakers Bun
62. Turn on the Screw
63. Tickle Me
64. Red Raw
65. Old Age Pension – The age of retirement in the UK.
66. Clickety Click
67. Made in Heaven
68. Saving Grace
69. Meal for Two
70. Three Score and Ten
71. Bang on the Drum
72. Six Dozen
73. Queen Bee
74. Candy Store
75. Strive and Strive
76. Was She Worth It – The cost of a wedding license used to be 7 shillings and sixpence.
77. All the Sevens
78. Heavens Gate
79. One More Time
80. Eight and Blank
81. Stop and Run
82. Straight on Through
83. Time for Tea
84. Seven Dozen
85. Staying Alive
86. Between the Sticks
87. Torquay in Devon
88. Two fat ladies
89. Nearly there
90. Top of the Shop
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Bingo Numbers
A bingo call is unique in that some of them will rhyme and some have even been around for decades. In fact, there are actually rhymes for all the bingo numbers from one to ninety nine and all have been carefully thought out. Typically, the caller will say the number and then the crowd will respond with the rhyme in a call and response manner. However, in other situations, the players will chant the number. Since more and more people are playing online, it can be hard for the participants to do the actual response. As a result, it is more likely that the player will also say the bingo call.
Some of these will have numerous names for them while others might just have one or two. As a result, it can take some time to getting used to them, but soon you will be able to join in with everyone else. In addition, there are some bingo numbers that players will be more likely to hear in certain parts of the world. For example, some bingo calls are more common in England than they are in North America and vice versa. Since more people are playing online, it is now important that you get to understand all the varieties no matter where you actually live.
Most of the bingo calls are rhymes with the number being chosen. For example, number eight also goes by the call of garden gate, golden gate, at the gate, Harry Tate, on fat lady, she’s always late, Sexy Kate, is she in yet, Wow I could have had a B8. This last one is more typically found in the United States than in other countries around the world.
On the other hand, number nine doesn’t have nearly the same number of calls associated with it as others might have. In fact, it has only two including doctor’s orders and dinner time.
Number ten has several more such as Downing Street, cock and hen, Uncle Ben, a big fat hen and King Blair’s den. Downing Street is the street on which the English prime minister lives so that is one bingo call which a player is more likely to hear when participating in an online game which originates in England.
Number eleven has several different bingo calls associated with it including legs eleven, Legs, they’re lovely, Kelly’s legs number eleven, chicken legs and skinny legs. This is one exception to the rhyming rule where there are not a whole lot of words which rhyme with eleven and therefore this number call is slightly different than with other numbers.
Because the number twelve is also known as a dozen, most of the calls with this particular number also show this fact. For example, with eleven are such things as one dozen, one and two, a dozen, a monkey’s cousin (rhymes with dozen) and one doz. Again, some of those don’t rhyme, but you will clearly understand what number has just been called.
The same goes for number thirteen as well as they calls are unlucky for some, devil’s number and baker’s dozen. Of course, a baker’s dozen is thirteen and many high rises will skip the number thirteen out of fear of bad luck.
These are just a few of the examples that you will see when you play and start hearing and saying the numbers for yourself. The bingo numbers add an extra level of excitement and will be easy to learn over time.