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[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by Milky Bar Kid

Last night, whilst working, I answered the only external line to our station, the conversation went as follows:

"Stranraer Police Station, PC Crosbie speaking."

"Can I speak to the duty Sergeant please?"

"I'm sorry, I'm afraid he is dealing with an incident at the moment, can I help with anything?"

"No, I don't think so, he asked me to call him."

"Can I take a message?"

"Yes, tell him Mike Hunt called."

"No problem, thanks, Bye bye."

I then wrote down in my scroll book - ask John to phone Mike Hunt. I then said to the rest of the shift - "Does anyone know Mike Hunt?"

And they laughed. And laughed and laughed and laughed....


Then I realised what I had done.........





TRUE STORY!

Originally Posted by Milky Bar Kid

BTW - I am not the or a newbie! I have been in Stranraer for 2 n half years now! Scarily, second senior cop on the shift!

No, those two posts are scary.

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by Red Herring

Last time we did it we stuck somebody else in first on the next tray. The "Wind up" then got in and whilst they were waiting patiently for the probationer to open the draw the other guy simply said "Cold in here isn't it". The wind up went ballistic, brilliant!

That I like

[Red Herring]

Originally Posted by Baph

Hmm, getting someone in the police to call an airport police station, asking to talk to a plane... you don't see the funny side?

In fairness to Darren you do need to appreciate just how serious probationer police officers take everything to know how that would send them off in a spin...

[Ruffy]

Weirdly:
We have a family friend unfortunate enough to be called Michael Hunt. He now lives near Stranraer. So there's a slim chance it could have been a genuine call, especially as he's an ex-copper, (although not from round there). So you can hold your head a fraction higher, MBK.



As for other windups: rainbow chalk, or paint, is always a stock request, along with a short or long stand from stores.

And is it really that long since the DC-10 stopped flying that people have never heard of one? Wow, I am getting on a bit!

Originally Posted by Red Herring

In fairness to Darren you do need to appreciate just how serious probationer police officers take everything to know how that would send them off in a spin...

See, I don't know how serious a probationer would take things, but it's still funny.

I know of someone that's done the "cold in 'ere aint it" joke too, but never had the opportunity to do it myself.

[DarrenSV650S]

Originally Posted by Baph

See, I don't know how serious a probationer would take things, but it's still funny.

I know of someone that's done the "cold in 'ere aint it" joke too, but never had the opportunity to do it myself.

Na come on, seriously? You really laughed at that dc 10 thing? Really? You found it funny? You actually laughed? Like a real laugh? Honestly?

7 questions. Not bad

Bucket of steam anyone?

Originally Posted by Ruffy

Weirdly:
We have a family friend unfortunate enough to be called Michael Hunt. He now lives near Stranraer. So there's a slim chance it could have been a genuine call, especially as he's an ex-copper, (although not from round there). So you can hold your head a fraction higher, MBK.



As for other windups: rainbow chalk, or paint, is always a stock request, along with a short or long stand from stores.

And is it really that long since the DC-10 stopped flying that people have never heard of one? Wow, I am getting on a bit!

ha! Unfortunately, it was a colleague...

[Ruffy]

Originally Posted by Milky Bar Kid

ha! Unfortunately, it was a colleague...

I did think it would be a really, really slim chance.

We used to send new theatre porters to the Gynae Theatres & tell them to ask for a yard & a half of fallopian tube or send them to the wards with patient collection slips with silly names on like Ivor Biggun, was quite entertaining when they went to the nurses station & called that out.