hehehehehe ----- Original Message ----- From: <shaun_oliver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>; <samhowe at optusnet.com.au>; <strmmist at attbi.com>; <barbera at hotlinks.net.au>; <keithh at sgtnet.com.au>; <faye at westir.org.au> Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 4:25 AM Subject: [janey_honey at hotmail.com: idiots] > now can you believe some of these? > I think they're funny. > ----- Forwarded message from janey > reynolds <janey_honey at hotmail.com> ----- > > From: "janey reynolds" <janey_honey at hotmail.com> > Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2002 10:30:00 +1030 > > > > > IDIOTS.............. > > > IDIOTS IN SERVICE > > This week, our phones went dead and I had to contact the telephone repair > people. They promised to be out between 8:00 a.m. and 7:00p.m. When I asked > if they could give me a smaller time window the pleasant gentleman asked, > "Would you like us to call you before we come?" I replied that I didn't see > how he would be able to do that since our phones weren't working. He also > requested that we report future outages by email (Does YOUR email work > without a telephone line?). > > > IDIOTS AT WORK > > I was signing the receipt for my credit card purchase when the clerk > noticed I had never signed my name on the back of the credit card. She > informed me that she could not complete the transaction unless the card was > signed. When I asked why, she explained that it was necessary to compare > the signature I had just signed o! n the receipt. So I signed the credit > card in front of her. She carefully compared the signature to the one I had > just signed on the receipt. As luck would have it, they matched. > > > IDIOTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD > > I live in a semi-rural area. We recently had a new neighbor call the local > township administrative office to request the removal of the Deer Crossing > sign on our road. The reason: too many deer were being hit by cars and she > didn't want them to cross there anymore. > > > IDIOT SIGHTING #1 > > I was at the airport, checking in at the gate when an airport employee > asked, "Has anyone put anything in your baggage with! out your knowledge?" > To which I replied, "If it was without my knowledge, how would I know?" She > smiled knowingly and nodded, "That's why we ask." > > > IDIOT SIGHTING #2 > > I work with an individual who plugged her power strip back into itself and > for the life of her couldn't understand why her system would not turn on. > > > IDIOT SIGHTING #3 > > When my husband and I arrived at an automobile dealership to pick up our > car, we were told the keys had been locked in it. We went to the service > department and found a mechanic working feverishly to unlock the driver's > side door. As I watched from the passenger side, I instinctively tried the > door handle and discovered that it was unlocked. "Hey," I announced to the > technician, "it's open!" To which he replied, "I know - I already got that > side." > > Now don't you feel better.................. > > > > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now > > > > Janey > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Internet access plans that fit your lifestyle -- join MSN. > http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/default.asp > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > -- > Shaun Oliver > > It's multiple choice time... > What is FORTRAN? > a: Between thre and fiv tran. > b: What two computers engage in before they interface. > c: Ridiculous. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
