Just A Minute

Actually it was last year, when Marcus Brigstocke challenged his tablemate Clement Freud on the subject of "Three of a Kind" in episode 670...

CLEMENT FREUD: A straight followed by a full house would be other combinations of playing cards which you might well confuse the enemy or the people with whom you are playing. Three of a kind could also refer to a family, like triplets, one of which could be identical...

BUZZ

NICHOLAS PARSONS: So Marcus you challenged, and you're still trying to work out...

MARCUS BRIGSTOCKE: Yeah, I'm write... I've written the whole thing down and I think it's deviation because...

NP: I would have him for hesitation if I were you.

CF: Too late.

MB: No, deviation, how could only one of them be identical?

NP: One of them could be identical to one of the other two.

MB: No! No that... two of them would have to be identical.

NP: No.

MB: Those are the rules of being identical.

NP: There would be two identical ones, there would be two identical ones then and one who wasn't identical.

MB: I'm sorry? There could be two identical ones and what?

NP: One, one who was not identical.

MB: Yes but...

NP: It's different.

MB: Yes I know it's different! But you can't, you can't call that third one different just because they are. But Clement said one of them could be identical, and at least two of them would have to be identical.

NP: Well if one of them was identical, then one of the other ones must look exactly the same, which means they're two...

MB: Yes!

NP: ... and there's one...

MB: My point exactly!

NP: I know! And I disagree with it! Clement I think, I give you the benefit of the doubt, you have a correct challenge yes...

MB: Even Clement can't believe it!

CF: I haven't...

NP: One of them is identical to one of the other two!

MB: Yes, which means, if they're identical, that one of the others must also be identical! That's how identical works!

NP: No, I'm going to put this to the audience! If you agree with Marcus, will you please cheer for him. And if you disagree with Marcus, will you all shout for me. And will you all do it together now.

CHEERS AND BOOS FROM THE AUDIENCE

NP: Marcus I actually think the audience agree with you. So... I disagree with the audience. But I'm always magnanimous in these situations and the audience has spoken, the final arbiters. So Marcus you have the subject and 14 seconds starting now…

This sort of thing only happens very rarely. The last time before that was in fact in 2002 J

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