"Oh. He's called Clint!" This contestant's name badge on Pointless had everyone confused
You would think the label-making team might want to make a new "CLINT" badge
Note to the Pointless team: if you have a contestant coming in whose name is Clint, maybe think about spacing the L and the I out a little? Or switching fonts? Just a thought.
Fans of the BBC game show were left confused by Clint's uppercase name badge on Monday night, mistaking the word for something else...
https://twitter.com/geeyoung/status/790829953034117120
https://twitter.com/Antiguamann/status/790590292915261440
https://twitter.com/Brodrick77James/status/790598794001969152
https://twitter.com/PinkerbeIl/status/790592005634191361
And then there was the dawning realisation:
https://twitter.com/Listen2Jonnie/status/790589597239640064
https://twitter.com/JQW/status/790590368748306436
Of course, this is not the first time the game show, fronted by Richard Osman and Alexander Armstrong, has had a Clint. Clints of years gone by have suffered from the exact same problem.
Take this Clint from three years ago:
https://twitter.com/IAmLawton/status/334715579942457345
https://twitter.com/Teestainer/status/334716023418798081
It might be time for the programme-makers to invest in a special Clint name badge... before things get really out of hand.
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