Bingosamtaler og kallenavn: Den tradisjonelle ringelisten
Bingosamtaler er de tradisjonelle rimkallenavnene en innringer sier med hvert trukket nummer, for det meste i 90-balls bingo - som "Kellys øye, nummer 1", "to små ender, 22", "elleve ben, 11", "klikk, 66" og "to tykke damer, 88". Den som ringer sier alltid det virkelige nummeret også, så kallenavnene er ren tradisjon og moro.
The complete list for all ninety numbers is below, each row linkable on its own — #number-88 jumps straight to "two fat ladies". The same data is available as a JSON file if you want to build something with it.
Hva er egentlig bingosamtaler?
En bingosamtale er et kort kallenavn eller rim sammen med et tall, brukt nesten utelukkende i 90-ballspillet som er populært i Storbritannia, Irland og Australia. De fleste rimene er enkle: de rimer på tallet ("leg elleve, 11"), beskriver hvordan sifrene ser ut ("to små ender, 22" for endenes buede halser), eller refererer til kultur og historie ("Brighton-linje, 59" fra en gammel bussrute). Den som ringer kunngjør alltid det faktiske nummeret etter kallenavnet, så ingen trenger å huske noe for å spille.
Tradisjonen tok form i britiske bingohaller på midten av 1900-tallet, der en sterk oppfordring skar gjennom støyen. «Legs eleven» bærer over et overfylt rom langt bedre enn en klippet «elleve», og de lekne ga innringeren personlighet. Hvis du er ny på selve formatet, vår guide til 75-ball kontra 90-ball-bingo forklarer hvorfor samtaler tilhører 90-ballverdenen.
Den fullstendige, tradisjonelle 90-balls bingolisten, 1 til 90
Hvert nummer fra 1 til 90 har en tradisjonell samtale, og alle nitti er oppført her med en kort notis om hvor hvert enkelt kommer fra. Ordlyden varierer etter region og hall - mange numre har to eller tre aksepterte anrop, vist som alternativer - men den primære kolonnen er den mest anerkjente versjonen. Hver rad har sitt eget anker, så #number-11 lenker direkte til "legs eleven".
Reuse this data. The full list is published as a machine-readable file at /data/bingo-calls.json — number, primary call, regional alternates, origin note and anchor URL for each of the ninety numbers. Free to reuse with attribution to this page. Last checked 25 August 2026.
| No. | Traditional call | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kelly's eye | Long-standing hall slang. Often linked to the Australian outlaw Ned Kelly, but the origin is disputed. |
| 2 | One little duckAlso: Doctor Who · One small duck | The figure 2 has the curved neck and body of a duck. Players often reply “quack”. |
| 3 | Cup of teaAlso: You and me · Debbie McGee | Rhymes with “three”. |
| 4 | Knock at the doorAlso: The one next door | Rhymes with “four”. |
| 5 | Man alive | Rhymes with “five”. |
| 6 | Half a dozenAlso: Tom Mix · Chopsticks | Six is half of a dozen. “Tom Mix” is rhyming slang from the silent-film cowboy. |
| 7 | Lucky sevenAlso: David Beckham · Lucky for some | Seven's long-standing reputation as a lucky number. |
| 8 | Garden gateAlso: Harry Tate · At the gate | Rhymes with “eight”. |
| 9 | Doctor's orders | “Number 9” was the laxative pill issued by British army doctors in the Second World War. |
| 10 | Prime Minister's denAlso: Theresa's den · Uncle Ben · Cock and hen | 10 Downing Street, the Prime Minister's residence. Many halls swap in the sitting PM's name. |
| 11 | Legs eleven | The two 1s side by side look like a pair of legs. Players often wolf-whistle. |
| 12 | One dozenAlso: A monkey's cousin | Twelve is a dozen. |
| 13 | Unlucky for someAlso: Baker's dozen | Thirteen's superstitious reputation; also the baker's dozen of thirteen loaves. |
| 14 | Valentine's Day | 14 February. |
| 15 | Young and keenAlso: Rugby team | Rhymes with “fifteen”; a rugby union team fields fifteen players. |
| 16 | Sweet sixteenAlso: Never been kissed | From the traditional coming-of-age phrase “sweet sixteen and never been kissed”. |
| 17 | Dancing queenAlso: Often been kissed | From the ABBA song, whose lyric names seventeen. |
| 18 | Coming of ageAlso: Now you can vote | Eighteen is the age of legal adulthood in the UK. |
| 19 | Goodbye teens | The last of the teenage years. |
| 20 | One scoreAlso: Getting plenty · Blind 20 | A score is twenty. |
| 21 | Key of the doorAlso: Royal salute | Twenty-one was formerly the age of majority; a royal salute is twenty-one guns. |
| 22 | Two little ducksAlso: All the twos | The pair of 2s look like two ducks. The traditional crowd response is “quack quack”. |
| 23 | Thee and meAlso: The Lord is my shepherd | Rhymes with “three”; also Psalm 23. |
| 24 | Two dozen | Two dozen is twenty-four. |
| 25 | Duck and dive | The 2 is the duck; “dive” rhymes with the 5. |
| 26 | Half a crownAlso: Pick and mix · Bed and breakfast | The pre-decimal half-crown was worth two shillings and sixpence, written 2/6. |
| 27 | Gateway to heavenAlso: Duck and a crutch | Rhymes with “seven”; the 2 is a duck and the 7 a crutch. |
| 28 | In a stateAlso: Over weight · Duck and its mate | Rhymes with “eight”. |
| 29 | Rise and shine | Rhymes with “nine”. |
| 30 | Dirty GertieAlso: Burlington Bertie · Speed limit | Rhyming slang, popularised by the wartime song “Dirty Gertie from Bizerte”. |
| 31 | Get up and run | Rhymes with “one”. |
| 32 | Buckle my shoe | From the nursery rhyme “One, two, buckle my shoe”. |
| 33 | All the threesAlso: Dirty knee · Fish, chips and peas | A doubles call; “dirty knee” is rhyming slang for thirty-three. |
| 34 | Ask for more | Rhymes with “four”. |
| 35 | Jump and jiveAlso: Flirty wives | Rhymes with “five”. |
| 36 | Three dozen | Three dozen is thirty-six. |
| 37 | More than elevenAlso: A flea in heaven | Rhymes with “seven”. |
| 38 | Christmas cake | Rhymes with “eight”. |
| 39 | StepsAlso: Those famous steps · Jack Benny | From John Buchan's novel and Hitchcock's film “The 39 Steps”. |
| 40 | Life beginsAlso: Naughty forty | From the saying “life begins at forty”. |
| 41 | Time for funAlso: Life's begun | Rhymes with “one”. |
| 42 | Winnie the PoohAlso: That famous street in Manhattan | Rhymes with “two”. |
| 43 | Down on your kneesAlso: Danny Dyer | Rhymes loosely with “threes”; a wartime call. |
| 44 | Droopy drawersAlso: All the fours | Comic rhyming reference to the shape of the two 4s. |
| 45 | Halfway thereAlso: Cowboy's friend | Forty-five is the midpoint of ninety. |
| 46 | Up to tricks | Rhymes with “six”. |
| 47 | Four and sevenAlso: Lucky seven | A plain digit call. |
| 48 | Four dozen | Four dozen is forty-eight. |
| 49 | PCAlso: Copper · Rise and shine | From the 1940s BBC radio series “PC 49”. |
| 50 | Half a centuryAlso: Bullseye · Five-oh | Half of a hundred; a darts bullseye scores fifty. |
| 51 | Tweak of the thumbAlso: I love my mum | Rhymes with “one”. |
| 52 | Danny La RueAlso: Deck of cards · Chicken vindaloo | Rhymes with “two”; also the fifty-two cards in a deck. |
| 53 | Here comes HerbieAlso: Stuck in a tree | Herbie, the racing Volkswagen, carries the number 53. |
| 54 | Clean the floorAlso: Man at the door | Rhymes with “four”. |
| 55 | Snakes aliveAlso: All the fives | The two 5s look like a pair of snakes. |
| 56 | Was she worth it?Also: Shotts bus | Five shillings and sixpence (5/6) was the pre-decimal cost of a marriage licence; the crowd replies “every penny”. |
| 57 | Heinz varietiesAlso: All the beans | From the Heinz “57 varieties” slogan. |
| 58 | Make them waitAlso: Choo choo Thomas | Rhymes with “eight”. |
| 59 | Brighton line | Named after a long-established transport route numbered 59. |
| 60 | Five dozenAlso: Grandma's getting frisky · Three score | Five dozen is sixty. |
| 61 | Baker's bun | Rhymes with “one”. |
| 62 | Tickety-booAlso: Turn on the screw | Rhymes with “two”. |
| 63 | Tickle me | Rhymes with “three”. |
| 64 | Almost retiredAlso: The Beatles number | One year short of the traditional retirement age; also the Beatles song “When I'm Sixty-Four”. |
| 65 | Old age pensionAlso: Stop work · Retirement age | Sixty-five was the traditional UK state pension age. |
| 66 | Clickety clickAlso: All the sixes | The rhythm of the two 6s, echoing train wheels on rails. |
| 67 | Stairway to heavenAlso: Made in heaven | Rhymes with “seven”. |
| 68 | Saving graceAlso: Pick a mate | Rhymes with “eight”. |
| 69 | Either way upAlso: Anyway up · Meal for two | The number reads the same when turned upside down. |
| 70 | Three score and ten | The biblical span of a human life, from Psalm 90. |
| 71 | Bang on the drumAlso: J-Lo | Rhymes with “one”. |
| 72 | Six dozenAlso: Par for the course | Six dozen is seventy-two. |
| 73 | Queen beeAlso: Under the tree · Lucky 3 | Rhymes with “three”. |
| 74 | Hit the floorAlso: Candy store | Rhymes with “four”. |
| 75 | Strive and striveAlso: Big Daddy | Rhymes with “five”. |
| 76 | TrombonesAlso: Was she worth it? | From “Seventy-Six Trombones” in the musical The Music Man. |
| 77 | Sunset StripAlso: Two little crutches · Two hockey sticks | From the TV series “77 Sunset Strip”; the two 7s also look like hockey sticks or crutches. |
| 78 | 39 more stepsAlso: Heaven's gate · Lucky 78 | Twice thirty-nine, the number of “The 39 Steps”. |
| 79 | One more time | Rhymes with “nine”. |
| 80 | Gandhi's breakfastAlso: Eight and blank · There you go, matey | A pun on “ate nothing” — an 8 and a 0. |
| 81 | Stop and runAlso: Fat lady with a walking stick | Rhymes with “one”; the 8 is the fat lady and the 1 her stick. |
| 82 | Straight on throughAlso: Fat lady with a duck | Rhymes with “two”; the 8 is the fat lady and the 2 a duck. |
| 83 | Time for teaAlso: Fat lady with a flea | Rhymes with “three”. |
| 84 | Seven dozenAlso: Give me more | Seven dozen is eighty-four. |
| 85 | Staying aliveAlso: Ladies with a hive | Rhymes with “five”; also the Bee Gees song. |
| 86 | Between the sticksAlso: Ladies with a trick | Rhymes with “six”; “between the sticks” is the goalkeeper's position. |
| 87 | Torquay in DevonAlso: Fat lady with a crutch | Rhymes with “seven”; the 7 is the crutch. |
| 88 | Two fat ladiesAlso: All the eights · Wobbly wobbly | The curvy 8s side by side. The traditional crowd response is “wobble wobble”. |
| 89 | Nearly thereAlso: Almost there · All but one | One short of the highest number in the game. |
| 90 | Top of the shopAlso: End of the line · As far as we go | Ninety is the highest number in 90-ball bingo. |
Hvordan kallenavnene er laget
Når du ser logikken, kan du gjette de fleste samtaler før noen lærer dem. De faller inn i noen få familier:
- Rimer — «mann i live, 5», «hageport, 8», «bank på døra, 4». Den enkleste å høre på tvers av en hall.
- Former — «to små ender, 22», «elleve ben, 11», «to tjukke damer, 88». Sifrene ser ut som tingen som heter.
- Tall og milepæler — «nøkkel til døren, 21», «halvveis, 45», «alderspensjon, 65». Tallet betyr noe.
- Kultur og historie — «legens ordre, 9», «Brighton-linje, 59», «tromboner, 76». Små tidskapsler av britisk liv.
Den visuelle familien er den morsomste å få øye på. Nedenfor antyder selve sifrene kallenavnene deres.
Å kalle et spill med selvtillit
Du trenger ikke hvert rim på den første natten. Nadias tommelfingerregel fungerer bra: lær deg de ti eller femten publikumsfavorittene – 1, 2, 8, 9, 11, 22, 66, 76, 88, 90 – og les resten tydelig til de holder seg. Si kallenavnet først, deretter tallet, og gjenta deretter tallet: "Bein elleve, nummer 11 - en, en." Den repetisjonen er den delen som faktisk hjelper spillere å høre deg.
Tempoet betyr like mye som samtalene. Legg igjen et slag mellom tallene slik at spillerne kan duppe kortene sine, og senke farten mot slutten av en runde når noen er i nærheten. Hvis du løper hele kvelden, vår guide til arrangere en bingokveld hjemme dekker timing, premier og å holde energien oppe, og hvis du sjonglerer med et stort publikum, se hvordan du spore flere bingokort uten å miste plassen din.
Ofte stilte spørsmål
Hva er bingosamtaler?
Tradisjonelle rim-kallenavn en innringer sier med hvert tall i 90-balls bingo - "to små ender, 22", "elleve ben, 11", "klikk, 66". Det reelle tallet sies også alltid.
Hvorfor bruker bingooppringere kallenavn?
De gjør tall lettere å høre i en støyende sal og tilfører rytme og humor. De fleste rim kommer fra den britiske bingokulturen på midten av 1900-tallet og holdt seg fast som tradisjon.
Hva er kallenavnet for 88 i bingo?
"To fete damer" — den buede formen til de to 8-erne. Spillere i mange haller svarer "svinge slingre".
Trenger du å kjenne kallenavnene for å spille?
Nei. Den som ringer sier alltid det faktiske nummeret, så du trenger bare å høre sifrene. Kallenavn er tradisjon, ikke en regel.
Kall ditt eget spill, kallenavn og alt
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