Tesco Butter Beans In Water, 400g.

Aclaret · Post by **Aclaret** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 5:13 pm

Redbeard wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 23, 2020 5:03 pm
All right, Counters: there were 104 beans and 196ml of jooose in the Tin.

This means that Burnleylad is today's winner, and is awarded 5 precious Counting-points. Well done to you, lad!

Congratulations to Burnleylad, he certainly knows his beans.

Redbeard · Post by **Redbeard** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 5:14 pm

Closest other joose-estimates were Zlatan's 167 and Claretdavid's 157.

Redbeard · Post by **Redbeard** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 5:19 pm

Many thanks to everyone who took part.

Now - Come ON you Clarets!!

Brucefanclaret · Post by **Brucefanclaret** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 5:23 pm

Thanks, Admiral and congrats to the worthy winner! Down to the lads now - U23’s won this afternoon, so let’s hope that’s an omen. COYC!!!

Eloise Laws · Post by **Eloise Laws** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 5:49 pm

Wow! So near for my first ever attempt. Great to see the food-count thread re started. Thanks to Redbeard.....long may they continue.

cloughyclaret · Post by **cloughyclaret** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 6:00 pm

Thanks to Red, and congrats to a worthy winner

AshevilleNCClaret · Post by **AshevilleNCClaret** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 6:03 pm

Ive been on this board awhile but can someone tell me the backstory/history on this?

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 6:27 pm

Cheers, Red.
The revival of the Ancient Art is holding up......so far.

Congratulations, Burnleylad!

UTC

huw.Y.WattfromWare · Post by **huw.Y.WattfromWare** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 6:28 pm

The count has worked it’s magic to HT.
Well played, Admiral.

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 6:30 pm

Good one

Redbeard · Post by **Redbeard** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 6:47 pm

Sorry, everyone, but an anonymous phone call has alerted me to an error.

Hunters' joose-estimate in fact was 107, and I mistakenly saved it as 197.

Thus Zlatan's 167 is in fact the winning entry, and the three points are his!

Again, my sincere apologies to all involved.

huw.Y.WattfromWare · Post by **huw.Y.WattfromWare** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:28 pm

Redbeard wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 23, 2020 6:47 pm
Sorry, everyone, but an anonymous phone call has alerted me to an error.
Hunters' joose-estimate in fact was 107, and I mistakenly saved it as 197.
Thus Zlatan's 167 is in fact the winning entry, and the three points are his!
Again, my sincere apologies to all involved.

You owe us another count for that, Sir. Practise makes perfect and anyway it worked.

clansman · Post by **clansman** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:31 pm

Who cares who won red beard it had the desired effect!!!

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:33 pm

I have replayed the Pope save a dozen times and I swear that Benteke slipped on a mystical butter bean enabling the save. The butter bean then vanished into thin air. Spooky.

Elizabeth · Post by **Elizabeth** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:38 pm

Well done Redbeard

Redbeard · Post by **Redbeard** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:43 pm

Ta, Liz.

Redbeard · Post by **Redbeard** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:45 pm

huw.Y.WattfromWare wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:28 pm
You owe us another count for that, Sir. Practise makes perfect and anyway it worked.

Don't you fancy the Man City away Count, Huw?

Longsidebovril · Post by **Longsidebovril** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:46 pm

Blessed be the Bean Counters, for they shall inherit the points.

Amen.

RalphCoatesComb · Post by **RalphCoatesComb** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:47 pm

Who'd a thunk it?

Uncle Woy knew that they didn't stand a chance once he'd seen this thread.

Congratulations Admiral !

Tesco Butter Beans in Water. My HAPPY PLACE

Hipper · Post by **Hipper** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:50 pm

Redbeard wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 23, 2020 6:47 pm
Sorry, everyone, but an anonymous phone call has alerted me to an error.

Hunters' joose-estimate in fact was 107, and I mistakenly saved it as 197.

Thus Zlatan's 167 is in fact the winning entry, and the three points are his!

Again, my sincere apologies to all involved.

The call didn't have a Washington DC number did it?

wilks_bfc · Post by **wilks_bfc** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:55 pm

This is what we have been missing all along.
Our good runs have coincided with a round of either TFC or Ralph & Spots “Spot the Ball”

We cannot let these drop again and either must continue

HunterST_BFC · Post by **HunterST_BFC** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:04 pm

3 Points

THE POWER OF THE TFC !!!!!!!!!!

utc

RalphCoatesComb · Post by **RalphCoatesComb** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:06 pm

wilks_bfc wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:55 pm
Our good runs have coincided with a round of either TFC or Ralph & Spots “Spot the Ball”

We cannot let these drop again and either must continue

Spot says.... let's go with TFC for now. He's trying to get some images together for an end of season push

The BIG question is... who's going to put their tin opener into the Lion's mouth for Saturday's trip to Citeh?!

huw.Y.WattfromWare · Post by **huw.Y.WattfromWare** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:11 pm

Redbeard wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:45 pm
Don't you fancy the Man City away Count, Huw?

Sorry, lost my abacus and we are under lockdown. Might pick one up in future if it, hopefully, continues.

Redbeard · Post by **Redbeard** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:17 pm

Hipper wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:50 pm
The call didn't have a Washington DC number did it?

No, Hipper: as it happens, it was a Burnley number.

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:28 pm

I don't want to brag but ...........
bfcjg

Re: Dyche......is it time to go

Post Sat Nov 07, 2020 9:12 pm

It's time to think the unthinkable,........................................
Bring back the tinned food count, it's our only hope.

This user liked this post: Zlatan

Redbeard · Post by **Redbeard** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:45 pm

bfcjg wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:28 pm
Bring back the tinned food count, it's our only hope

I saw this, JG, and knew it.

Holmeclaret · Post by **Holmeclaret** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:47 pm

Great to see this back again, Redbeard.
A return to normality in more ways than one.

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:49 pm

RalphCoatesComb wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:06 pm
Spot says.... let's go with TFC for now. He's trying to get some images together for an end of season push

The BIG question is... who's going to put their tin opener into the Lion's mouth for Saturday's trip to Citeh?!

I don’t mind doing it Saturday?

Redbeard · Post by **Redbeard** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:50 pm

The BIG question is... who's going to put their tin opener into the Lion's mouth for Saturday's trip to Citeh?!

Indeed it is.

An emerald bird keeps coming to mind...

EDIT - But now Dyched has volunteered!

Excellent!

HunterST_BFC · Post by **HunterST_BFC** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:10 pm

I'll do one or more at some point.
Do I send pic's to Redbeard? Then add results to the thread?

Redbeard · Post by **Redbeard** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:22 pm

Erm, what, Hunters?

Send pics? Add results?

Don't quite get you, old chap; sorry.

spadesclaret · Post by **spadesclaret** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:24 pm

Redbeard wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:22 pm
Erm, what, Hunters?

Send pics? Add results?

Don't quite get you, old chap; sorry.

Easy enough to understand

cloughyclaret · Post by **cloughyclaret** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:44 pm

HunterST_BFC wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:10 pm
I'll do one or more at some point.
Do I send pic's to Redbeard? Then add results to the thread?

You start a new thread 24 hours before match day with a pic of a tin of your choice.

It's all coming back to me

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:44 pm

Dyched wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:49 pm
I don’t mind doing it Saturday?

Something for the weekend sir ?

Redbeard · Post by **Redbeard** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:47 pm

'Easy to understand' ?

Then perhaps you should do the next Count, Your Maj?

Redbeard · Post by **Redbeard** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:53 pm

cloughyclaret wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:44 pm
You start a new thread 24 hours before match day with a pic of a tin of your choice.

It's all coming back to me

Not quite, Cloughy.

It's 18 hours for estimates, plus 30 minutes to get results up before kick-off.

HunterST_BFC · Post by **HunterST_BFC** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:57 pm

Redbeard wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:22 pm
Erm, what, Hunters?

Send pics? Add results?

Don't quite get you, old chap; sorry.

I don't want to highjack an esteemed Pirates welcome returning of the TFC

And less of the "Old" yar older than me I venture

I'll fish my cabinets for tins in the morrow.
Await your orders Sir

Redbeard · Post by **Redbeard** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:51 pm

AshevilleNCClaret wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 23, 2020 6:03 pm
Ive been on this board awhile but can someone tell me the backstory/history on this?

I saw your post, Asheville, and have not ignored it, but the history of Tinned Food Counting is quite a subject and can hardly be fully outlined in a mere half-hour. If your interest is keen, then I would advise you firstly to obtain a copy of How To Influence Football Match Results By Counting Food Units In Tins, by the esteemed Counting aficionado Arthur Lemongrass and published in 1789 by Gooseberry&Greengage of Maidstone in Kent.

I hope this helps.

RalphCoatesComb · Post by **RalphCoatesComb** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:17 pm

cloughyclaret wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:44 pm
You start a new thread 24 hours before match day with a pic of a tin of your choice.

It's all coming back to me

Then, you produce photographic evidence of the beans and the jus

RalphCoatesComb · Post by **RalphCoatesComb** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:29 pm

Redbeard wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:51 pm
I saw your post, Asheville, and have not ignored it, but the history of Tinned Food Counting is quite a subject and can hardly be fully outlined in a mere half-hour. If your interest is keen, then I would advise you firstly to obtain a copy of How To Influence Football Match Results By Counting Food Units In Tins, by the esteemed Counting aficionado Arthur Lemongrass and published in 1789 by Gooseberry&Greengage of Maidstone in Kent.

I hope this helps.

Admiral, my edition was published in 1889, a full year after the football league was formed and seven years after Burnley FC were formed. A quick "Google" of Arthur Lemongrass reveals that he was born, out of wedlock, and in Samlesbury in 1842

cloughyclaret · Post by **cloughyclaret** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:05 am

RalphCoatesComb wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:29 pm
Admiral, my edition was published in 1889, a full year after the football league was formed and seven years after Burnley FC were formed. A quick "Google" of Arthur Lemongrass reveals that he was born, out of wedlock, and in Samlesbury in 1842

Yes, yes, yes. But where is the fabled knitted garment?

No mention of this in the past 48 hours.

Redbeard · Post by **Redbeard** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 8:23 am

I was referring, Ralph, to the great-great grandfather (1756-1812), who introduced Counting to the the amateur game long before any league was formed.

Redbeard · Post by **Redbeard** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 8:33 am

And yes, Cloughy. A good question.

The traditional end-of-season prize, or Fabled Knitted Garment, was awarded to the champion Counter heading a league table at the end of each campaign. Unfortunately - though someone else might recall - I cannot remember who in fact won it when last we Counted, some three years ago. The Garment remains with him, or her, as far as I know.

If we can retrieve it, then fine, or otherwise we will need a fresh one. If, that is, we are serious about Counting for the rest of this season.

Redbeard · Post by **Redbeard** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 8:42 am

Oh, and moreover, Ralph, I did attempt repeatedly to include such a photo in the Result post yesterday, but without success.

I at last realised that the mystical powers were blocking its publication because the empty Tin, dish of Drained beans and jug of jooose sat upon a blue and white checked tablecloth.

Though it did suffice for a 1-0 win, yesterday's Count was not quite perfect.

claretonthecoast1882 · Post by **claretonthecoast1882** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 8:43 am

Redbeard wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 24, 2020 8:42 am
Oh, and moreover, Ralph, I did attempt repeatedly to include such a photo in the Result post yesterday, but without success.

I at last realised that the mystic powers were blocking its publication because the empty Tin, dish of Drained beans and jug of jooose sat upon a blue and white checked tablecloth.

Though it did suffice for a 1-0 win, yesterday's Count was not quite perfect.

Is this the 1st time this season you have done this count ?

If the answer is yes, then it is only fair you shoulder the responsibility for our poor start to the season

Redbeard · Post by **Redbeard** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 8:54 am

The team managed quite well without a Count for the last three seasons: there was no obvious crisis comparable to that occurring prior to yesterday.

But, as they say, cometh the crisis, cometh the Count.

Besides, we all share any responsibility. I claim no leadership: nor have I ever done so.

huw.Y.WattfromWare · Post by **huw.Y.WattfromWare** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 9:37 am

Redbeard wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 24, 2020 8:33 am
And yes, Cloughy. A good question.

The traditional end-of-season prize, or Fabled Knitted Garment, was awarded to the champion Counter heading a league table at the end of each campaign. Unfortunately - though someone else might recall - I cannot remember who in fact won it when last we Counted, some three years ago. The Garment remains with him, or her, as far as I know.

If we can retrieve it, then fine, or otherwise we will need a fresh one. If, that is, we are serious about Counting for the rest of this season.

I would, quite happily, take on responsibility for the league table if the count is to continue.
I like messing about on excel.

Dawlishclaret · Post by **Dawlishclaret** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 10:07 am

Apologies Redbeard, I wasn't paying attention and totally missed seeing the return of the ancient ritual. Looking forward to next week's.

Redbeard · Post by **Redbeard** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 10:30 am

Huw, that might be a good idea.

At the very least it would ease the burden on respective Count Officiators.

I would refer you back to that guide to the points system posted earlier on this thread.