And now we have foreign exchange apprentices.
 

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.



--
Adam

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On 28/11/14 18:42, ARW wrote:
Bugger me sideways with a baguette.

I could have obliged 3 days ago - but I threw out the baguette that was
like an iron bar that I found in the back of a cupboard...


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.

Chinese?

(Based on the attitude to fags ;)

And now we have foreign exchange apprentices.
 

"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...
On 28/11/14 18:42, ARW wrote:
Bugger me sideways with a baguette.

I could have obliged 3 days ago - but I threw out the baguette that was
like an iron bar that I found in the back of a cupboard...


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.

Chinese?

(Based on the attitude to fags ;)


Baguette is the clue.


--
Adam

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On 28/11/14 19:14, ARW wrote:
"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...
On 28/11/14 18:42, ARW wrote:
Bugger me sideways with a baguette.

I could have obliged 3 days ago - but I threw out the baguette that
was like an iron bar that I found in the back of a cupboard...


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.

Chinese?

(Based on the attitude to fags ;)


Baguette is the clue.



OK then - French.

But was she nice?

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On Fri, 28 Nov 2014 19:10:42 +0000, Tim Watts wrote:

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

Chinese?

(Based on the attitude to fags ;)

Or French? But I'd expect at least a smattering of English from
anyone of apprentice age.

--
Cheers
Dave.

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On 28/11/2014 18:42, ARW wrote:
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...

It is a French thing - they suddenly don't speak English if they don't
like you :-)


--
Colin Bignell

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/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. /q

Someone who is making a good biziness?

Send the ****er back? Mind if he's getting paid he'll be eligible to claim benefits for him & 'his offspring' before he considers actually going home...

Jim K

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On Fri, 28 Nov 2014 18:42:12 +0000, ARW wrote:

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.

Someone who doesn't like him and also doesn't like the English?
Sophisticated win/win, I think.

Cheers

Dave R

--
Windows 8.1 on PCSpecialist box

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"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

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On Friday, November 28, 2014 8:20:59 PM UTC, Andrew Mawson wrote:
There's an established procedure for this non communication. Speak LOUDLY
and SLOWLY to Johnny Foreigner :)

Si ce ne était pas pour nous, vous seriez germanophones.

And reverse the L and N to the consumer unit to demonstrate that UK MCBs are single-pole ;-)

Owain

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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...

And now we have foreign exchange apprentices.
 

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.

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In article . com,
Dennis@home wrote:
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.

IKEA rely on that fact for their assembly instructions.

--
From KT24

Using a RISC OS computer running v5.18

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On 28 Nov 2014, "ARW" grunted:

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.

The NHS?

--
David

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On 28/11/2014 19:52, Nightjar "cpb"@ insert my surname here wrote:
On 28/11/2014 18:42, ARW wrote:
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...

It is a French thing - they suddenly don't speak English if they don't
like you :-)


Which is, of course, almost all of them.

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"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...
On 28/11/14 19:14, ARW wrote:
"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...
On 28/11/14 18:42, ARW wrote:
Bugger me sideways with a baguette.

I could have obliged 3 days ago - but I threw out the baguette that
was like an iron bar that I found in the back of a cupboard...


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.

Chinese?

(Based on the attitude to fags ;)


Baguette is the clue.



OK then - French.

But was she nice?


He was OK. It's a long time since I have had to work/help with Chinese
students.

--
Adam

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On 28/11/2014 19:52, Nightjar "cpb"@ insert my surname here wrote:
On 28/11/2014 18:42, ARW wrote:
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...

It is a French thing - they suddenly don't speak English if they don't
like you :-)



+1

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"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...
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...


It's working.

I was in charge of him again to today. So I thought "**** it" and gave him
my Knipex snips and left him to wire up a couple of sockets. All done with
out speaking to each other and done really well. The only other person in
the room was from Newcastle and neither of us understood what he said.



--
Adam

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On Monday, December 1, 2014 10:27:30 PM UTC, ARW wrote:
I was in charge of him again to today. So I thought "**** it" and gave him
my Knipex snips

And he didn't wash them?

Owain

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wrote in message
...
On Monday, December 1, 2014 10:27:30 PM UTC, ARW wrote:
I was in charge of him again to today. So I thought "**** it" and gave
him
my Knipex snips

And he didn't wash them?


With what?

--
Adam

And now we have foreign exchange apprentices.
 

On Tuesday, December 2, 2014 6:55:00 PM UTC, ARW wrote:
my Knipex snips
And he didn't wash them?
With what?

Red wine, probably.

Owain