RMweb Gold ikks Posted January 22, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 22, 2020 3 hours ago, luckymucklebackit said: There was an office prank that did the rounds a while back whereby you would leave a note on a gullible colleagues desk telling them that they had a missed call and could they call back on 0131 334 9171 and ask for a Mr C. Lyons. 0131 334 9171 is the number for Edinburgh Zoo Yup, I was the bunny, just got a job in Melbourne Oz after being in the country for around ten days and I got the same thing, except it was the Melbourne Zoo any way rang back and asked for Mr Lyons when the other end said was the zoo, took a couple of seconds before it hit and then I piffed myself laughing along with the whole department........ At that moment I became an Aussie in that mob that set me up.........accepted!!! and never looked back. Luv em.......Mike 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Wasn't there a much ruder version of that for airlines desks, asking them to find a passenger called Mike Hunt? Something like: "Please can someone bring Mike Hunt to the enquiry desk" 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted January 22, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 22, 2020 15 hours ago, ChrisN said: Then of course in Dagenham there is the Teresa Greene Community Centre. Interesting. I went to school and there was a Teresa Greene (not sure of the spelling now). I wonder if the same one? School is in Leigh on Sea. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted January 22, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 22, 2020 Back on topic: 2 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Collier Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 2 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said: Wasn't there a much ruder version of that for airlines desks, asking them to find a passenger called Mike Hunt? Something like: "Please can someone bring Mike Hunt to the enquiry desk" When working for LLoyds the branch up the road had a customer Mike Hunt. It was back in the day when you had to contact the account holders branch if they were cashing a cheque at your branch. We had a stereotypical aging spinster, Sue, as head cashier whose till Mr Hunt had gone to. He had to take a seat to wait for the ok from his branch. He'd sat around the corner so was out of sight when the ok came through and Sue couldn't see him so shouted out "has anyone had seen Mike Hunt". A genuine story from 30 years ago from which my ribs still ache from laughter and those were the days when the branch had a good 20 staff working within earshot! 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 2 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said: Wasn't there a much ruder version of that for airlines desks, asking them to find a passenger called Mike Hunt? Something like: "Please can someone bring Mike Hunt to the enquiry desk" We've gone from ISIHAC to Radio Active.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Active_(radio_series) Jason 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 (edited) Real story. My mate was a Police m/c cop. He often got sent out on abnormal load escorts (which were boring. Once he pressed the radio ptt button on the handlebars and quietly said "6 inches". The lady operator in Control heard this and said "mobile calling?" He repeated this and the same ensued a couple of times. Then the next time she replied "mobile calling? Please repeat, I'm only getting six inches"........ I believe it is true that some staff in Control fell off their chairs with laughter! She was a good girl though, took it in good part. Stewart Edited January 22, 2020 by stewartingram 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Doing circuits on large twin piston planes can get pretty boring, too. [Just to clarify one bit of how boring, on the Downwind leg, when level with the Threshold, the pilot would press start on the dashboard stopwatch and wait until 30 seconds passed, before starting the descending turn onto finals! Add to that, climb-out isn't exactly at a gallop, with a 14 cylinder, 28 Ltr, unsilenced, twin bank air-cooled radial engine on either side. Three hour sessions with a swap-seats, Ist Pilot<>co-pilot, in the middle.] I was in the Sqn Ops room and the radio was tuned to the local circuit frequency, as usual, with 4 a/c in the circuit, so 8 pilots. The nomal routine circuit calls were suddenly interupted by "I'm f**king bored!" Within seconds , the Duty instructor, in the Tower, was on the air, "Last caller, give your callsign!" [To be honest, he did sound a wee bit cross.] There was a pause of several seconds and the caller replied "I'm not that f**king bored!" {It may be worth noting that there is no D\F on the local airfield radios..... and back on the ground, "no names, no pack drill" the order of the day.} Regards Julian 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastglosmog Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Sign seen beside a footpath at Eynsham recently. Don't think it will happen very often! 2 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium uax6 Posted January 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 23, 2020 20 hours ago, kevinlms said: Interesting. I went to school and there was a Teresa Greene (not sure of the spelling now). I wonder if the same one? School is in Leigh on Sea. Damn, both my brother and I missed out on calling our daughters Teresa, would of worked perfectly with our surname of Greening...... I will never forgive myself.. Andy G 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 11 minutes ago, uax6 said: Damn, both my brother and I missed out on calling our daughters Teresa, would of worked perfectly with our surname of Greening...... I will never forgive myself.. Andy G Shirley Knott? 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 23, 2020 38 minutes ago, uax6 said: Damn, both my brother and I missed out on calling our daughters Teresa, would of worked perfectly with our surname of Greening...... I will never forgive myself.. Andy G But your daughters will. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted January 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 23, 2020 3 hours ago, uax6 said: Damn, both my brother and I missed out on calling our daughters Teresa, would of worked perfectly with our surname of Greening...... I will never forgive myself.. Andy G If you did they could always change their names by deed poll, perhaps to Olive and Holly? Then they could be considered as peas! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 23, 2020 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1278970685626547&set=gm.1525721850924333&type=3&theater&ifg=1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 G'Day Folks 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted January 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 24, 2020 20 hours ago, PhilJ W said: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1278970685626547&set=gm.1525721850924333&type=3&theater&ifg=1 Nothing there 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 24, 2020 If your not on Facebook you might not be able to see it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted January 24, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 24, 2020 I am on Facebook and still can't see it. What is it? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 24, 2020 49 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: If your not on Facebook you might not be able to see it. 46 minutes ago, Colin_McLeod said: I am on Facebook and still can't see it. What is it? Its an auction sale notice from a Victorian newspaper for 18 bullocks, only the typesetter used an o instead of a u. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 G'day Folks 1 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 11 minutes ago, manna said: G'day Folks I'll have a dancing sandwich. 3 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 26, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 26, 2020 I'd want to know whats making them dance first before taking a bite. 3 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted January 26, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 26, 2020 I'm adventurous, I'll have a B - J, whatever that is. 2 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 3 hours ago, melmerby said: I'm adventurous, I'll have a B - J, whatever that is. I was struggling to behave here..... So I went to look it up..... Wow!! There are dozens of BJ's out there https://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/BJ You might need to type BJ into the search feature, at the top of the page. Regards Julian 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 26, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 26, 2020 What if its the one on top of the list? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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