This made me smile

Our old lab plumber (we now have a new lab) had a phrase that always made me chuckle. When describing the reason for a blocked toilet he used to say “trouble is it’s a case of a 3 inch pipe and a 4 inch A..e ole “ I would never have described him as one of life’s literary genius’ but on that particular subject he reached the heights.

regards Martin

I am going to print this on my mug right away. I can't stop laughing.

We had a sign in the maintenance department which read;

"On this bench the most highly skilled engineers in the factory strip down the most complicated equipment. In future we hope to recruit another highly skilled engineer who knows how to put the blooming stuff back together."

I used to work in the airframe repair department of a large aircraft manufacturer, hung above our desks was the name of the department:

Airframe

Repair

Support

Engineering

When I worked in the local steel works the motto of the shift electricians proudly displayed on the workshop door was

semper in excretia sumus solim profundum variat

H

Edited By V8Eng on 14/02/2023 22:14:58

Allways in the excrement only the depth varies

They have diversified since your day:

Edited By Hopper on 15/02/2023 00:58:30

Airframe

Repair

Support

Engineering

And:- Army Reserve South East

I rang a mate of mine the other day. I asked him what he was doing & he replied; "I'm studying the effect of hot water on metals and ceramics under controlled conditions" .

Sounds interesting I said........Turns out he was doing the washing up under the watchful eye of his Mrs!

Always remember with a smile a comment by Barry Sheene on a TV broadcast of motor racing in Australia. The commentators were discussing the proposed team being developed to run factory-backed Ford sedans in the local V8 championship series, Barry's suggestion was:

Ford Australia Racing Team

Much laughter ensued.

A character greatly missed in the motor sport world.

In a similar vein. The company I worked for was based near the Channel Tunnel and had a satellite factory near Le Touquet in France for which we provided engineering support. We set up a Fast Action Response Team which was "discharged" when they needed help.

And I completely agree about Bazza, hard to believe it was 20 years ago the other day that he left us.

I had only just started teaching IT when my then Head came to me highly amused by this leaflet suggesting a discussion group (pre internet of course) to help Head teachers understand this strange new subject. He wondered if he was the only one to notice the acronym for the discussion group Secondary Headteachers and IT?

We nearly had a Central Resources and Planning team. Averted just in time...

For similar reasons, the university newspaper was never allowed to abbreviate ‘Cambridge University netball team’.

As an old friend used to say, "If it works, there must be something wrong with it ".

Saw a video of a space rocket exploding not long after take-off, it was termed a 'rapid unplanned disassembly'.

Removed because it was too serious.

JA

Edited By JA on 01/09/2023 16:38:10

I actually went to school with a Stephen Howard Ian Thompson!

what were his parents thinking of….

Martin

At university (Essex) the accomodation tower blocks (six of them) had an internal telephone system which the uni had christened the Towers Internal Telephone System...