Hey Jim, That was very funny Cathy Sent from my iPhone On 17 Jun 2012, at 10:07 PM, "James Liddell" <james.liddell2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > OK, Dawn; you asked for it! > You asked for proof of my daftness. > Can I proudly say that I was the winner of the "Muppet of the month" award > three months running, in my local, 70-strong CB Club? > (Ah, those were the days!) > The award consisted of a giant green (stuffed) frog....I still have it, so > who needs a teddy bear? > I want you to picture the scene. > In the dim and distant past before mobile phones, there I was, walking along, > long cane in one hand, CB walkie-talkie in the other. > Now, one of the best places to get a signal was the local graveyard, which > looks out over the hills toward the south and Galloway. So I plugged my > external mike into my CB, put on the rubber duck - a kind of flexible Ariel > which stopped you poking your eye out with the set's own Ariel - and started > talking. > I'd propped the set against a convenient headstone, and was enjoying a > modulation with a breaker on the mobile channel (sorry, CB talk) After about > ten minutes, two shapes materialised in front of me....after a few seconds > trying to see what they were, they happened to be two old dears. As I was the > person talking at the time, they must've thought I was trying to get comfort > from talking to a departed loved one. > I un keyed the mike. > The person at the other end of the conversation let out a laugh - I'd been > sharing a joke. > Dawn, I'm telling you: those old woman took off in the opposite direction, > probably beating the land speed record in the process! > Curiously enough, they never seemed to speak to me again. > I wonder why? > > How's that for starters? > > And there's more! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dawn Watson - Email Address: dawnyhen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent On: 17/06/2012 15:17 > Sent To: Guide Chat - Email Address: guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [guide.chat] Is there any body there > > James you said you won't all there , so does this mean your a bungalow not a > house, therefore you have nothing upstairs. > may I have proof that you are the daftest on the chat line .can we have > evidence of this certificate > > love from Dawn > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2433/5075 - Release Date: 06/17/12