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David from Surrey, chuffed to bits if he stays in

David outside at night in a red and black jacket over a blue shirt, mid-sentence

Still: The Great British Sewing Bee, BBC Two, 18 February 2014

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THE EXCHANGE

David (contestant, from Surrey) · 54:54The judges' comments today made me beam from ear to ear, especially after yesterday's. I'll be chuffed to bits if I stay in.

Badges earned

  • Serial forecasterHypothetically chuffed more than once on the same programme.
File
DAVID.CHF
Programme
The Great British Sewing Bee
Channel
BBC Two
Date
18 February 2014
Time in
54:54
Said it
David (contestant, from Surrey)

RATING

0/5 Not a chuff

VERDICT

HYPOTHETICAL

Hypothetical. Chuffed on a condition: if, when, once. A forecast, not a feeling, so it does not count yet. It counts only if the condition comes true and they say it on screen, in the present tense.

Hypothetical. A beam from ear to ear now, and chuffed to bits on credit. He stayed in, but the chuff was never confirmed in the present tense, so it doesn't count.

Two contestants from Surrey, both talking about being chuffed in episode one. Coincidence?

Rules applied

  1. Rule 3: Is it about now?
  2. Rule 5: Heard but not seen.
  1. 217 Tamara from Surrey, so happy, so chuffed Truly confirmed
  2. 219 David from Surrey, really chuffed if he pulls off a concealed zip Hypothetical, rejected