# countdown covered **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 18, 2014, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-covered/686406 "2014-04-18T10:38:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![musicaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@musicaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/musicaf)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-covered/686406/1 "2014-04-18T10:38:37Z")
Hi, From below sentence in red, what does it mean? Does it mean Presently there are no the Siesta World Cup in Mexico and the Dwarf Tossing World Cup in Australia. The hosts will bring the audience back to see these two events? I think the Siesta World Cup is the siesta competition and Dwarf Tossing World Cup is the dwarf tossing competition. Do I understand correctly? Investigating the likes of the Siesta World Cup in Mexico and the Dwarf Tossing World Cup in Australia, our sassy hosts have this countdown covered. Thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![musicaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@musicaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/musicaf)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-covered/686406/2 "2014-04-18T10:49:11Z")
or it means the hosts will bring ‘the Siesta World Cup in Mexico and the Dwarf Tossing World Cup in Australia’ for the audiences to see. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-covered/686406/3 "2014-04-18T11:21:38Z")
I’d accuse this of being spam if I had the slightest idea what was being advertised. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-covered/686406/4 "2014-04-18T11:26:09Z")
Context would be nice, and would be self-explanatory if this were from a broadcast of “The Top Ten Pointless World Competitions.” ---
**Author:** ![musicaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@musicaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/musicaf)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-covered/686406/5 "2014-04-18T11:46:47Z")
What is the meaning of ‘countdown covered’ in the context? Thank you very much ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-covered/686406/6 "2014-04-18T12:06:24Z")
The FIFA Soccer World Cup is this year. The hosts in the red sentence are _counting down_ to, i.e. filling in the time until, that event by investigating other World Cup-like competitions. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-covered/686406/7 "2014-04-18T12:24:53Z")
And I think the point is that those other two are pointless and uninteresting competitions and thus the FIFA Soccer World Cup must be also. Pretty much a slam at soccer as I read it (and I am no soccer fan). ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-covered/686406/8 "2014-04-18T12:29:20Z")
> [@musicaf](#): > > What is the meaning of ‘countdown covered’ in the context? > > Thank you very much You have presented us with a single quoted line and have provided no context. Where did you hear or read this? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-covered/686406/9 "2014-04-18T13:09:35Z")
> [@musicaf](#): > > What is the meaning of ‘countdown covered’ in the context? You haven’t provided enough context. Can you post more text before and after the line you’ve given us? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-covered/686406/10 "2014-04-18T13:23:29Z")
Doing a search for the “red sentence” results in this page; nothing else comes up. [Cite.](Investigating the likes of the Siesta World Cup in Mexico and the Dwarf Tossing World Cup in Australia, our sassy hosts have this countdown covered.) ---
**Author:** ![musicaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@musicaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/musicaf)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-covered/686406/11 "2014-04-18T14:00:47Z")
Thank you all, Thank you GuonoLad. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-covered/686406/12 "2014-04-23T01:11:30Z")
_“Investigating the likes of the Siesta World Cup in Mexico and the Dwarf Tossing World Cup in Australia, our sassy hosts have this countdown covered.”_ Would this re-phrasing work in the original context: Our sassy [=young, shiny, stupid and annoying] hosts are counting down [the top 5-10-500] stupid events around the world, from A [for A Dwarf throwing contest] to Z [for siesta zzzzzzzzzz contest] Grammatically poor phrases delivered in over-loud and fast voice-over should probably not be puzzled over too much.