LOL and indeed FFS.
Countdown has a habit of throwing up the kind of letter combinations that have those of us with more puerile senses of humour guffawing at the telly. For such a sedate and pensioner-friendly show, it doesn’t half lend itself to schoolboy humour.
In fairness, it’s all about the law of averages. 35 years of airtime is bound to produce some rude selections by sheer probability. Indeed, who can forget this classic…
In TV, like in any job, sometimes you have to work with a**holes. Best thing to do, just keep smiling 😜 pic.twitter.com/byhqzyoFck
— Rachel Riley MBE 💙 (@RachelRileyRR) May 17, 2016
Or this…
And of course this…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ChX7XRr1Ok
But Wednesday afternoon’s episode was a little more…to the point. Indeed, it seemed as though Rachel Riley was giving us all a subliminal message in this age of shouting your mouth off at every opportunity.
‘STFU’ – the widely known acronym for ‘Shut the fuck up’ (for the da’s) – came up and everyone was ruddy loving it. We can’t wait for the next X-rated conundrum…
— daytime snaps (@daytimesnaps) March 1, 2017
@RachelRileyRR giving a clear message on @C4Countdown pic.twitter.com/XgdALUKenf
— Sam Coleman 🏳️🌈 (@ThatBigTwit) March 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/Sponkadonk/status/836952717172015108
@RachelRileyRR @susie_dent I didn't say nuffink! pic.twitter.com/clIxdXrtYK
— Robert Hogg (@HoggRob) March 1, 2017