26th May 2008, 05:54 PM
I was there at the time of the 'kipper boiling in Burco' incident. London circa 1989. Oh yes.....the same guy was also once discovered trying to melt the point of a road-grimed traffic cone in the same burco.....
...but also. I worked on a site in Orkney and we had a Canadian guy who when it came to his turn at tea, claimed never to have made communal tea before in his life. He asked a passing digger (who obviously had other things on her mind) how many teabags he should use and she replied without thinking 'errrr...one for every person and one for the pot'.
19 tea bags later and the old adage that the tea was so strong you could have stood a trowel in it was both quoted and demonstrated!!
...but also. I worked on a site in Orkney and we had a Canadian guy who when it came to his turn at tea, claimed never to have made communal tea before in his life. He asked a passing digger (who obviously had other things on her mind) how many teabags he should use and she replied without thinking 'errrr...one for every person and one for the pot'.
19 tea bags later and the old adage that the tea was so strong you could have stood a trowel in it was both quoted and demonstrated!!