I have always loved rhyming slang, secret codes and parlance. A special club that has no rule book but you manage to pick up along the way and when you are ‘in the know’ you are part of the gang. Cockney rhyming slang was invented by criminals as a means to communicate in code in secret from the Police. The ironic thing is that these days the police (or the Sweeney) are probably the only people who know the entire slang.

When you are growing up the work is a vast array of knowledge and processes that you have to learn. Often confusing and making no sense we have to feel our way and pick up the code where we can from peers without letting on that we were never ‘in the know’.

I always found bingo calls fell into this same camp and appeared exotic and intriguing. How could anyone know all the calls and how special you would be if you knew them all!

The really obvious like, ‘two fat ladies’, ‘two little ducks’, ‘legs eleven’ were pretty standard but some of the numbers offered no clue as to why or how: ‘Stuck in the tree’, ‘bang on the drum’, ‘between the sticks’ – all a mystery.

Bingo Calls A Complete Guide infographic from bingobuddha.co.uk is a fantastic little guide and has real interest, even though I don’t play bingo or have any interest in bingo but I still love reading what all the numbers mean.

The design is basic but it delivers the key information clearly and directly, which is what a good infographic is supposed to do. Obvious use of bingo balls for the numbers is a subtle and effective highlight. The header has a strong title and reference to the subject with bingo cards. Highly relevant to a target audience and a great little piece of content.

Overall Bingo Calls A Complete Guide infographic gets an 8 out of 10.