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Old 11th Jul 2007, 7:30 am   #33
Mike Phelan
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Default Re: Humour in the TV trade.

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Originally Posted by raditechman View Post
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I went out with my afternoon jobs and one was at Chessington Zoo (Now World of Adventures). I drove there went to the "trade" reception, and at the desk asked for the name of the person on the job sheet. (I had not looked at the customer name before as when out on the road it's normally the address you are interested in and the fault description) well it was for a "Mr. Lion"!. [...]
John
Yep - bin there, dun that, John! If we had a new starter on field service, a call was raised for "Mr C Lyons, Belle Vue* M18 9ZZ. Watery picture."

The equivalent of a "long weight", "bottle of sync pulses" and a "large black-level clamp" for the apprentice to get

*There was a zoo at Belle Vue (Manchester).
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