Ahhhh....A mans only private time...

[neil_cardiff]

There I was, all this mornings problems under control, a fresh new copy of Autocar, and a chocolate hostage in the departure lounge.

Perfect for a little 'mans' time on my employer.

I had just settled down for a nice read when...

A bloody fire drill goes off...


Nooooooooooooooooooooo.....

[jmorgan]

Had to "evacuate" quickly then

[neil_cardiff]

>> Edited by neil_cardiff on Thursday 24th October 10:20

[marki]

messy ugh , did you release the hostage

[neil_cardiff]

It was a rushed evacuation, but all were released without any casulties...

[rich1231]

did the conkers get dropped?

[CarZee]

Hope you logged out before leaving the building

[rich1231]

Was it a real drill, or an outage caused by Cable cutting.

[philipmog]

About 5 years ago there was a serious accident on the A14 near Huntingdon, a very large Artic carrying steel tubing was nudged off of the road, it smashed through a petrol station … missing everyone filling up, crashed into the shop, completely destroying it.

No one in the shop was hurt; the employees managed to turn off the pumps… so all was well…

Not quite… one person was killed… he was in the Crapper at the time, minding his own business, dropping a large one,,, when the Artic smashed through the door and squashed him flat…

And you're complaining about the fire alarm

[neil_cardiff]

rich1231 said: Was it a real drill, or an outage caused by Cable cutting.

ooooohhhhhh! Thats a corker...

[neil_cardiff]

philipmog said: About 5 years ago there was a serious accident on the A14 near Huntingdon, a very large Artic carrying steel tubing was nudged off of the road, it smashed through a petrol station … missing everyone filling up, crashed into the shop, completely destroying it.

No one in the shop was hurt; the employees managed to turn off the pumps… so all was well…

Not quite… one person was killed… he was in the Crapper at the time, minding his own business, dropping a large one,,, when the Artic smashed through the door and squashed him flat…

And you're complaining about the fire alarm

Gotta say though, what a way to go...

If your gonna go, make sure you're enjoying yourself...

[NikB]

My current favourite is 'bungles finger'.

[rich1231]

shipping in the channel has been warned of torpedoes in the water :-)

[AJLintern]

mungo said:
My favourite term for that is "dropping the kids off at the pool"

or as my mate says 'Just going to drop off Mr Brown, back in a minute...'

[jmorgan]

One thing guaranteed to make you go quicker is a rustle of glossy mag in the cubicle next door then "shlap.....shlap.......shlap......shlap.....shlap,shlap,shlap,shlap,shlap,shlap,shlap,shlap,shlap, silence

[neil_cardiff]

Going to some crop spraying/cable laying...

[rich1231]

i dont know why but when i was younger, alot younger, i used to declare im going to do a packet.then stand up and shout mum Ive finished -)))

[neil_cardiff]

jmorgan said: One thing guaranteed to make you go quicker is a rustle of glossy mag in the cubicle next door then "shlap.....shlap.......shlap......shlap.....shlap,shlap,shlap,shlap,shlap,shlap,shlap,shlap,shlap, silence

And you have experience of this?

[DIGGA]

Neil, I hope in your haste to heed the alarm, you didn't forget the rule that "a job's not finished 'till the paperworks all done"!

BTW My fav' euphemism (being in the earthmoving industry of course) is "just off to tip a load".

>> Edited by DIGGA on Thursday 24th October 10:46

[jmorgan]

neil_cardiff said:

jmorgan said: One thing guaranteed to make you go quicker is a rustle of glossy mag in the cubicle next door then "shlap.....shlap.......shlap......shlap.....shlap,shlap,shlap,shlap,shlap,shlap,shlap,shlap,shlap, silence

And you have experience of this?

Well, I didn't start. Closed door, latched, about to assume the position and it started, so I left quickly deciding that two floors up seemed nicer all of a sudden.



>> Edited by jmorgan on Thursday 24th October 10:53