Many years ago a Guy from Yorkshire Water (My local water authority) visited us on the farm. He showed me his ID , held up 2 little glass jars and said said "I need a sample of water for testing purposes purposes please". Of course I could not resist it, so I had a little joke with him about "Water samples" and he replied "Hey, listen .... many a true word! I went to one lady"s house, explained to her who I was and what I needed and with that she took the jar out of my hand , closed the door on me then re emerged 5 minutes later with it full of.... well, put it this way, it did not come out of the tap !" ( faucet) "Er, no way!" I replied looking at him quizzically and he replied "Hand on my heart mate, I know it sounds ridiculous but it is true, even my workmates back at the depot thought I had made it up. So I said "You are not "taking the p***" then" "Ha no!, " he laughed "and I certainly was not going to take the p*** that day either!" . Some people hey? :roll:
This post was edited by Roy in UK at 23:22:38 02/11/12.
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