On 28/11/2014 22:03, Tim Watts wrote:
On 28/11/14 20:21, Andrew Mawson wrote:
"ARW" wrote in message ...

Bugger me sideways with a baguette.

What daft **** sends a non english speaking apprentice over to the UK
for a couple of weeks foreign exchange experience? It said that he
spoke fluent English on the paperwork.

And it's a long time since I saw someone light a cig up in a customers
house.



There's an established procedure for this non communication. Speak
LOUDLY and SLOWLY to Johnny Foreigner

Andrew

And gesticulate avidly in front of them...

When I was setting up a cebit stand I found it easy to communicate with
a German electrician by drawing pictures. The pictures tend to be
similar in most languages.