Reply to: Working a room

[BrowneIssue]

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From Reuters

'A man with a UK passport has been arrested and released without charge by the Porugese authorities.stop. The man was held at the arrivals lounge by immigration officials and handed to the police. 'At first we thought his passport photo was a joke made on photoshop, but when he took the bag off his head, one of the trainee immigration girls had a seizure, her supervisor threw up and the sniffer dog gnawed his own tail right off' - said the chief Signor Quasi M Odo. stop
'That gringo, he fell out of ze ugly tree and heet every branch on ze way down' - Cyrano de Backpacker. stop

The man, a recruitment consultant from London, is quoted as saying 'ok, so I aint no picture postcard, but do you have a couple of references for me'


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[EternalOptimist]

************STOP PRESS***********

From Reuters

'A man with a UK passport has been arrested and released without charge by the Porugese authorities.stop. The man was held at the arrivals lounge by immigration officials and handed to the police. 'At first we thought his passport photo was a joke made on photoshop, but when he took the bag off his head, one of the trainee immigration girls had a seizure, her supervisor threw up and the sniffer dog gnawed his own tail right off' - said the chief Signor Quasi M Odo. stop
'That gringo, he fell out of ze ugly tree and heet every branch on ze way down' - Cyrano de Backpacker. stop

The man, a recruitment consultant from London, is quoted as saying 'ok, so I aint no picture postcard, but do you have a couple of references for me'


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[Churchill]

I'll hide behind Churchill then

You're no f**king adonis yerself!

[DodgyAgent]

Try to avoid it for a while, the plod are looking for someone extremely ugly

I'll hide behind Churchill then

[EternalOptimist]

Yes. What are trying to say?

Try to avoid it for a while, the plod are looking for someone extremely ugly

[Churchill]

Dodgy, are you sure you're an agent?

(and yes, that was the compliment of the week)

You wouldn't think so to meet him!

[DodgyAgent]

Dodgy, are you sure you're an agent?

(and yes, that was the compliment of the week)

[DodgyAgent]

Dodgy have you ever been to Portugal ?

Yes. What are trying to say?

[Drewster]

The accepted method hereabouts to restate someone's response for humourous effect, is to use

I correct your word "corrected" to .

Quite simple really.

Thank you for the explanation. I stand

[NotAllThere]

The accepted method hereabouts to restate someone's response for humourous effect, is to use

I correct your word "corrected" to .

Quite simple really.

[Drewster]

Sorry - you've lost me there!

[EternalOptimist]

Dodgy have you ever been to Portugal ?

[NotAllThere]

Corrected:
I work the room at social functions, I hold trays of canapes.

[Drewster]

I don't work the room at social functions, I hold court.

Corrected:
I work the room at social functions, I hold trays of canapes.

[NotAllThere]

I don't work the room at social functions, I hold court.