Although these numbers are amusing and each has its own story, most professional bingo halls do not use them.
If a caller were busy saying “two little ducks”, and the number 22 has not yet been said, it is therefore not deemed called. In an instance where a player may have missed his or her number, and a player is waiting for 22, both players would have valid argument that their number was called.
There are traditional calls for the numbers. For example:
1 – Kelly’s Eye
5 – Man Alive
7 – Lucky for Some
8 – One Fat Lady
9 – Doctor’s Orders
10 – (current PM)’s Den
11 – (Chicken) Legs
13 – Unlucky for Some
16 – Sweet Sixteen
21 – Key of the Door
22 – Two Little Ducks
23 – Thee and Me
30 – Dirty Gertie
37 – More Than Eleven
45 – Halfway There
51 – Tweak of the Thumb
55 – Speed Limit
59 – Brighton Line
64 – Red Raw
66 – Clickety-Click
71 – Bang on the Drum
76 – Trombones
79 – One More Time
81 – Stop and Run
86 – Between the Sticks
88 – Two Fat Ladies
90 – Top of the Shop
