DRM
Guru
- Location
- West Yorks
Cod Wars yet anyone, bl**dy Icelandic trawlers
give us a nice Hull or Grimsby registered one any day!
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give us a nice Hull or Grimsby registered one any day!
Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
Another aviation related story for you.
This illustrates the British love of practical jokes. My parents had a long time friend in an ex BOAC captain who told this story of a fellow pilot who used to pull this trick on his unsuspecting passengers.
This was prewar when flying Dragon Rapides with a handful of passengers. He would arrive and sit down in a passenger seat dressed in everyday clothes with a briefcase. When the departure time came and went he would become agitated checking his watch often and complaining loudly he had an important meeting to attend and didn’t want to be late. Eventually he declared that if the pilot didn’t arrive soon he would fly the plane himself, then rushing up the cockpit doorand entering, the engines would start to the horror of his passengers. The cabin crew were of course in on it and would start to hammer on the locked door to no avail.
Soon after take off the passengers would be let in on the joke.
This illustrates the British love of practical jokes. My parents had a long time friend in an ex BOAC captain who told this story of a fellow pilot who used to pull this trick on his unsuspecting passengers.
This was prewar when flying Dragon Rapides with a handful of passengers. He would arrive and sit down in a passenger seat dressed in everyday clothes with a briefcase. When the departure time came and went he would become agitated checking his watch often and complaining loudly he had an important meeting to attend and didn’t want to be late. Eventually he declared that if the pilot didn’t arrive soon he would fly the plane himself, then rushing up the cockpit doorand entering, the engines would start to the horror of his passengers. The cabin crew were of course in on it and would start to hammer on the locked door to no avail.
Soon after take off the passengers would be let in on the joke.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Trust me, you'd be finding it rather more exciting if we'd lost.
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
...but the jokes wouldn't be as good.
matticus
Guru
I'm going to mention him now, otherwise the tension might be the death of me:
John Cleese.
Off you go.
John Cleese.
Off you go.
winjim
Smash the cistern
Did you miss a few pages ago? He has, rather tediously and predictably been mentioned the once.
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
Yes, my brother was a fireman (retired now), an evening out with him and his work colleagues could result in some "interesting" jokes.
Dolorous Edd
Senior Member
Yes he was mentioned once but I thought we got away with it.
winjim
Smash the cistern
See. Tedious and predictable.
Dolorous Edd
Senior Member
This is the British sense of humour thread. The British sense of good manners thread is over there >>>>>
matticus
Guru
Yes I did, soz.
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
"don't tell him Pike".... sorry could not resist
Oldhippy
Cynical idealist
Someone was going to sooner or later. 😁
