The story behind the two fat ladies 88 comes from a tale that was told in a club many years ago in a north east London bingo hall.

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The caller from this particular club was a nice east London man renowned for his use of the cockney rhyming slang when calling the numbers generated by the number generator during the games he was the caller for i.e. two little ducks # 22, Gordon’s Den # 10. (Only it wasn’t Gordon’s den back then)

He had been trying hard to come up with a suitable phrase for the number 88 but it deluded him for many weeks. One night a few weeks later after having pondered this for a while his mother and aunt went along with him to the club he worked at for a night’s game and entertainment. Now his mother and aunt were lovely ladies who were lovely in everyway but were a bit larger than average.

After playing for some time they decided they would go to the bar and get some drinks for them all but as they stood up they blocked his view of the screen, he couldn’t be rude as it was family but he did think to himself will you two fat ladies sit down as he was missing the numbers being called.

Just as they moved away to get there drinks he noticed at that precise moment the number 88 was called, Putting two and two together he came up with 88 and he thought to himself that is great now I have my number 88 phrase. Hence the phrase was coined.

From that point on he used the term when ever he was working and called the number 88, two fat ladies 88 came into being it is used across the world today in many bingo halls as well as in on-line Bingo.

Many of the number sayings or bingo lingo comes from rhyming slang this is just one of many sayings relating to the numbers called.

We cannot be sure this is the real reason that the two fat ladies 88 came into being but its one of many humorous stories told and you can find out more at 888 ladies.

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