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Can I get a copy of the "parking officers Funeral"

 

I want to keep it in the window of my car, were I coped a ticket Whilst parked under the parking sign, ( didn't take notice of an arrow ).

 

spacesailor

 

 

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Can I get a copy of the "parking officers Funeral"I want to keep it in the window of my car, were I coped a ticket Whilst parked under the parking sign, ( didn't take notice of an arrow ).

 

spacesailor

If you can't nick it from the forum, I'll email it to you Squire !

 

 

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hey phil somewhere over there is a police photo of knifes that police have removed from people in the photo is a spoon the spoon according to me mate must be a cereal killer neil

I think I've already mentioned a story from my Airbus pilot Friend David, who had his personal meal cutlery confiscated when security searched his Flight bag.

 

"They even took the Spoon" he said. . .because the cutlery was metal and someone could use the spoon as a weapon . . .When he told them that Metal cutlery was issued with Flight meals anyway, they still didn't let him have it back. This was a few years ago, and the airlines may well have changed to plastic cutlery . . I don't know.

 

I told him that I had read an identical story by a pilot named Patrick Smith,. . in his book entitled 'Airport Confidential'. . which is an amusing book about the industry in the USA. He used to have a Q & A website called <askthepilot.com> aimed at worried first time passengers. Dunno if that's still up and running. . . he's not very complimentary to U.S. security personnel. . .

 

EDIT . . Yes, ask the pilot is still running. ,. . .the book mentioned above is now called Cockpit Confidential and now on volume 4. . .

 

AskThePilot.com » THE ULTIMATE RESOURCE SITE FOR EVERYONE WHO FLIES

 

 

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I personally witnessed the security in LA International force a woman to remove her baby's shoes. The baby was about six months old. They said there were no exceptions.

 

 

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I personally witnessed the security in LA International force a woman to remove her baby's shoes. The baby was about six months old. They said there were no exceptions.

These are the Hitleresque persons that Patrick Smith was talking about, and it's no use arguing with them either. . . My mte 'Kipper' yorkshireman born and bred, emigrated to Texas 2 years ago. . . His 63 year old Mother was virtually strip searched when she said the wrong thing to a security person at a Texan airport. . Yorkshire people don't like Bull$hit, and she really Should have been nicey Nicey to the' lady' behind the counter. . . . We and the Americans are divided by the fact that they DO NOT UNDERSTAND OUR SENSE OF HUMOUR. . . .mainly because they Don't have one. . . . they should be sentenced to six months of Monty Python's Flying Circus,. . or 'Porridge' . . .THEN,. . they might have some idea of how we tick. .. ( but I doubt it )

 

 

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Similar to the knife and spoon story - my wife had a pair of nail scissors confiscated at Check-in security. We had a chuckle. Then we laughed a lot more when dinner was served on the plane and the wine was served in a stemmed glass. How many pub brawls end up with someone suffering from an unwanted manicure?

 

 

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I had a 2 inch "Sidchrome shifter" confiscated at Sydney airport. (it was in a camera bag).

 

Now I will have to renew it !. As I can't stand those Old B A spanner's.

 

spacesailor

 

 

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No my teabag snapped in half before I got it to the cup. Do you recall the one about the eskimo and the film star? Well she broke it off. after a short time. but eventually when it went to court they bound her over to keep the peace. Nev

 

 

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The verb "to shout", meaning to purchase something for another person (usually a beverage or food, but can apply to the purchase of anything) seems to be attributed to Australia, from whence it probably traveled the world with young Australians - starting with the Australian troops of WWI. "Shouting" in this context probably arose from the need of drinkers to call out to bar staff in crowded working class hotels in the hour or so after the end of the day's work. It probably originate in the 1890's and early 20th Century. It is doubtful if it can be attributed to the introduction of early closing at 6:00 pm in 1916, as by that time a great number of Australian troops were already fighting in Europe and the Middle east.

 

Early closing, which was introduced in NSW by the Early Closing Act of 1899 (and similar legislation in other colonies of Australia, as they were then). That Act was tidied up in 1916, and I believe that the trading hours of hotels were set then. The Early Closing Act was introduced mainly to define when shopping in its various forms could be carried out, and to set working hours and days off for shop assistants. Hotels just got caught up in the net.

 

 

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It's interesting that while we try to protect our Australian language from creeping Americanisation, other countries are now noticing their kids learning Aussie lingo via such exports as The Wiggles and Bluey.

 

 

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Not sure if this qualifies as a silly picture. It could be bullsh*t.

 

This Indian woman has plastered her car with a mixture of cow dung and mud to keep it cool. Not very practical, though; she'd need to keep the speed down or the sh*t would hit the fan.

 

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Hotel room with a view-

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As it appeared on Air BNB.

 

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Cow dung can't smell that bad, it's used as flooring somewhere .spacesailor

Done properly, a traditional cow-dung floor is said to be durable, as attractive as marble and free of smell.

 

 

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