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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  |
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"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... |
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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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And now we have foreign exchange apprentices.
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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... 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 |
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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 |
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