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No, "That's numberwang" does not indicate winning nor the end of the game. It just pops up at random throughout the game.
by thedufer 13y ago
No, "That's numberwang" does not indicate winning nor the end of the game. It just pops up at random throughout the game.
- peterkelly 13y agoAh yes - that's true in the BBC 4 version of the rules, introduced in 1968. I think most countries use that now. In Australia we play according to the original rule set, hence the misunderstanding.
- martin-adams 13y agoBBC 4 was never associated with Numberwang, it was actually BBC 7.1
- martiuk 13y agoThe pilot debuted on BBC α
- pcrh 13y agoMornington Crescent!
- buro9 13y agoDo HN users outside of the UK get the surreality and humour of this entire conversation? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mornington_Crescent_(game) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mornington_Crescent_(game) You can tell it's currently morning in the UK and night-time in the USA.
- pcrh 13y agoThere is actually a somewhat similar game on National Public Radio. I forget what it's called though...
- ctdonath 13y agoIt comes on right after "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me". It's called "4".
- jerf 13y agoNo. It's a well-known fact that surreality and humour are geographically isolated to the British Isles. Though the French did get a sort of surrealesque surrealism through cultural cross-contamination at one point, though it's clearly inferior to the real article despite their vigorous claims to the contrary.
- lotsofmangos 13y agoL'œil existe à l'état sauvage.
- wjoe 13y agoI'm about a mile away from Mornington Crescent station, and I still have no idea what's going on.
- witty_username 13y agoWell, I was dying to find out what numberwang and then I realised it's a joke.
- throwaway13qf85 13y agoPresumably you modify the rules to allow lateral shunts though, as per the the 1963 Davison Reformed Numberwang Rule Set (Version 3)?
- lotsofmangos 13y agoHas it turned into Calvinball yet?
- LanceH 13y agoOne.
- joyeuse6701 13y agoQ
- lotsofmangos 13y agoMy ball, you didn't sing the 'Q' song.