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I just pressed the emergency stop on my bench/rig thinking that it would only stop my bench/rig.
It didnt.
Lots of people looked up, stared and grumbled in German while i turned white then a lovelly shade of red..
My only defence to my stupidness is that i had assumed that emergency stop mounted on the walls would be for the whole room and emergency stops on equipment would only stop that piece of equipment.
I feel like a plank. As you were.
It didnt.
Lots of people looked up, stared and grumbled in German while i turned white then a lovelly shade of red..
My only defence to my stupidness is that i had assumed that emergency stop mounted on the walls would be for the whole room and emergency stops on equipment would only stop that piece of equipment.
I feel like a plank. As you were.
Lord Pikey said:
Dupont666 said:
what would have happened if you didnt press the big red button of embarassment?
no embarassment and death?
i would of spent the extra half a second looking for the "off" switch and probably found it...no embarassment and death?
You just didnt know where the off switch was on the bench/rig?
Yep you should stand in the corner and hang your head in shame....
beanbag said:
Road Pest said:
Is that German for "Oops"?
"Bist du deppat" is always a good one to use! 
Even if you make the mistake so totally appropriate for this situation.If anyone starts giving you grief, just tell them loudly, "Heast oida wos wüst!!!!"
(what does it mean?)
Road Pest said:
beanbag said:
Road Pest said:
Is that German for "Oops"?
"Bist du deppat" is always a good one to use! Even if you make the mistake so totally appropriate for this situation.If anyone starts giving you grief, just tell them loudly, "Heast oida wos wüst!!!!"
(what does it mean?)
Heast oida wos wüst - A very Viennese (seeing as I live here), way of saying what the heck do you want!? Or "who the hell are you!!??"
There's some other good ones too but they are very colloquial!
ETA - Just so you don't sound like a plonker saying it, the latter expression you say in the following way: "Herst oida vos voost"
Edited by beanbag on Thursday 27th August 13:16
Eric Mc said:
Just smile and start humming The Dambusters theme quietly to yourself.
Was part of a school trip to Belgium and we happily marched along whistling Colonel Bogey. The foreigners only got annoyed when I lost my train ticket. As Flanders & Swann put it:And crossing the Channel, one cannot say much
Of French and the Spanish, the Danish or Dutch
The Germans are German, the Russians are red,
And the Greeks and Italians eat garlic in bed!
The English are moral, the English are good
And clever and modest and misunderstood.
And all the world over, each nation's the same
They've simply no notion of playing the game
They argue with umpires, they cheer when they've won
And they practise beforehand which ruins the fun!
The English, the English, the English are best
So up with the English and down with the rest.
It's not that they're wicked or naturally bad
It's knowing they're foreign that makes them so mad!
madala said:
....wtf is a bench/rig when it's at home.....
I am not sure i can awnser that without getting into a lot of trouble... 
It a series of 19" racks with switches, buttons, lights and wires attached.
Edited by Lord Pikey on Thursday 27th August 13:52
Edited by Lord Pikey on Thursday 27th August 13:53
Lord Pikey said:
madala said:
....wtf is a bench/rig when it's at home.....
I am not sure i can awnser that without getting into a lot of trouble... It a serious of 19" racks with swtiches, buttons, lights and wires attached.
Edited by Lord Pikey on Thursday 27th August 13:43
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