A difficult trip to St James' Park (Don't forget your binoculars if you are going) calls for a difficult challenge for the Tinned Food Count.

As you can see, this is a smaller tin than usual but do not be lured into a false sense of security. Just as Allan Saint-Maximin will make it difficult for us on the pitch, these little beauties will make it difficult for our counters.

Having said all of that, your task is simple - determine how many slices of delicious water chestnut are con-tinned in this small, but beautifully crafted, tin?

The 50p piece is merely to give a sense of scale.

Drainage will commence at 13.00 tomorrow and the result will be revealed at 14.00.

As usual, it's 5 points for the correct number of slices and 3 points for the exact amount of water.

Can someone post a table of up-to-date scores? (Taa)

I shell guestimate that there are

170 slices in 120 mls of Nutty juiciness

Thanks for your stepping up to the challenge RCC 3 points all but guaranteed tomorrow

UTC

126 and 126 please

37 slices of crunchy water chestnuts
95ml of water

3 points to the Clarets please and a great day out for all travelling supporters

185 water chestnuts
85 ml of liquid

86 chestys

89ml jews

Afternoon all

There are for sure

27 slices of pre Christmas joy

and

88 mls of Joooosay

Three points for sure on the morrow.

A good turn out so far. Come on down you Claret Counters

183 and 101

48 chestnut slices

104ml of juice

45 chesty nuts in 90mls joose.
Thanks for the count, RCC. Is Spot involved in the count?

136 sliced whatever they are in 79 mls of juice!

Thanks, RCC. Three points tomorrow, I’m sure.
UTC!!

Lets keep the Toon down guess.

36 slices of chestnut floating in 40mls water !

Thanks Ralphy - interesting choice. Hope Spot joins in the count.

I know this one. 38 slivers of chestnut and 51ml jooz.

52 slicy things
70ml joooooooose

63 chestynuts and 125ml of jooose!

minnieclaret wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 03, 2021 5:36 pm

Is Spot involved in the count?

He's DOING the count

46 slices
98ml water

Thanks Ralph
UTC

55 chestnut things.
120 ml juice.

And our 1st away win on the road this season tomorrow.

Cheers for taking on the count RCC and of course Spot.

61 slices 87ml of fluid.
UTC 3 points a must !

48 thousand chestnuts 5 gallons of juice utc

64 Sliced Chestnuts
109ml juice

Longsidelenny1882 wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 03, 2021 7:51 pm

48 thousand chestnuts 5 gallons of juice utc

Not quite sure you're taking this as serious as you should Lenny

193 crunchy bits
68 mils joooose

And it's Cubanforever

Thanks Ralph....COME ON YOU CLARETS

Going to Aintree tomorrow and I'd forego any winners I can pick for 3 points up there

73 conkers
96 juice

Good luck to everyone

Lenny just likes getting his money worth.

134 Sliced Water Chestnuts
82ml Water

Never done this challenge before so new to me

37 slices
77ml juice

99 slices of chezzer
123 ml of Jezzer

49 bits of tasteless cardboard and 83mls of tasteless smegma!

Surely with such a carefully curated product selection the Geordies will be put to the sword

RalphCoatesComb wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 03, 2021 6:27 pm

He's DOING the count

I like Spot.

132 slices
76ml

77 slices
97 mls toonblood
UTC

33 nuts and 58 liquids UTC

148 slices
101 juice

Less that 5 hours to go and lots of Counters to show

Come on down

158 slices
47ml of liquid
Thanks for doing the count Ralph!

…what you getting Spot for Christmas?

claretblue wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 04, 2021 9:17 am

How’s Spot?

He's fine thanks, if a little excited. It's his first count of the Season

After the debacle of the "Mini Frankfurters in Brine" a couple of Seasons ago... we had to go for the Vegetable option today

claretblue wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 04, 2021 9:17 am

What you getting Spot for Christmas?

A tin of mini frankfurters in brine

I see that one or two estimates are the same. Rather than oining the life out of folk, we'll let them ride and share the points if required.

Anyone got an up-to-date table so that I can add to it later?

Less than 2 hours to drainage. Less than 3 hours to close of entries

86 nuts & 92 joooose thanks

Drainage has commenced.

Just 60 minutes to get your selections in

78 chesty nuts and 104 ml of nut jooooose

Last 10 minutes

It's 14.00 and here are the selections received

Here are the results

Number of Water Chestnuts 39

Fatboy47 wins with 38

Amount of water 103mls

Addisclaret and Burnleylad win with 104mls each

There were so many near misses, apart from Longsidelenny1882

Anyone stepping up for the West Ham game next Saturday?

RalphCoatesComb wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 04, 2021 2:01 pm

Here are the results

Number of Water Chestnuts 39

Fatboy47 wins with 38

Amount of water 103mls

Addisclaret and Burnleylad win with 104mls each

There were so many near misses, apart from Longsidelenny1882

Anyone stepping up for the West Ham game next Saturday?

I think Longside Lenny gave you the numbers for a Pallet of tins of water chestnuts

Cracking count RCC

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 04, 2021 2:06 pm

I think Longside Lenny gave you the numbers for a Pallet of tins of water chestnuts

Excellent count, Spot. Thanks for assisting Ralph.

RalphCoatesComb wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 04, 2021 2:00 pm

It's 14.00 and here are the selections received

Very professional. Well done.

Alphabetical order an all.