Wind Up Merchants

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I was thinking earlier about the above.

What have you ever done to wind up someone?

Big Sis loves to do things properly and once asked me if I knew the Phonetic Alphabet. I dutifully typed it out for her and laminated it so she could keep it safely next to her at her office. There came the fateful day when she had to speak to the police and give them a description of a possible ne'er-do-well including the registration number of his vehicle. It was her bad luck that there was a G on the plate. She read out the number to the police officer, who queried her phonetic choice. Big Sis was not impressed as I had slipped her a mickey finn by substituting Golf with Gammon. I had waited yonks for that one to come to fruition.

[moonraker558]

TUT, Shame on you.

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Tango Uniform Tango?

Sorry, cannot get that one, Moony.

[moonraker558]

Hotel, India, Bravo, Alpha, Bravo, Echo.

[Mamyalynne]

I was once asked to spell out my address over the phone to someone, I was requesting literature from. Suffice to say the envelope was very cluttered when it arrived.

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I would need to be far more than brave to go with you to a hotel in India. I said, I would need to be far more than brave to go with you to a hotel in India.

[moonraker558]

Beat ya eh?

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Hmmmm - headwreck and Mamya - 2 menkle merchants, if not wind up.

[Carakeel]

Well done ttfn, lol!! I changed a letter on an important telex once, but it really wasn't a wind up, just a typo, honestly! Instead of calling our biggest client "important", I accidentally said he was "impotent"! Biiig OOOPS! Good thing he had a sense of humour ... hehe! :o)

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I would have believed water on the brain, but wine? Go on then ☺

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I like it Carakeel! My boss's secretary finished a long memo with a crucuial typo in it. It was about recommending me for promotion and she typed the last line '... this is not the correct grade for the work undertaken by this officer'. Thankfully, my boss changed 'not' to 'now' but never let her forget it.

I did get it Moony, but a lady, such as I, does not respond to piglet names!

[Lore]

A few years back, a member of staff had tadpoles in class and one had turned into a frog, the tadpoles were returned to the pond at the end of term but the frog had been put in a jar to ensure a safe journey... new term and there's the forgotten frog left in the class room :( (unfortunately, it wasn't good news!)

I'm not sure the teacher appreciated how much effort I'd put into making and strategically positioning origami frogs in several cupboards and books. :ol

[Mamyalynne]

Menkle merchants?? well that's a bit Oscar foxtrot foxtrot.

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I suppose it was slightly better than having crabs, Lore? ;o)

[emmie]

Saw a misprint in the local paper once, " A pubic meeting to be held in **** " someone missed the L out, bet there was L to pay, oops

[arwyn]

My Brother-in-law always goes on facebook but on My Sisters account as He does'nt have His own.
So I decided to wind Him up in the chat section.
me---"Hi J"
b.i.l---"wow how did You know it was me?"
me---"because I can see You".
b.i.l---"how"
me---"by the web cam"
b.i.l---(who knows nothing about computers) "oh god every time I'v been on here can everyone see me?"
me---(know him for 30yrs, knew what he would do next) "yes and stop sticking you'r 2 fingers up at me"
b.i.l---"oh Sugar she really can see me"
me "stop pressing all the buttons on the keyboard"
b.i.l---"I'm trying to turn the web cam off"
It all went on for a while, I'm crying with laughter knowing he was yelling at my sister to come and turn it off as people have been able to see them since they bought the laptop months earlier lol

[redcrx]

lol arwyn, i like that one

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So do I, arwyn ☺

[queencharlotte]

Years ago, many years ago, my firm got a letter from a shop warning us that they "Sugar on Wednesdays"