> Subject: Humour: Directory Enquiries
> 
> 
> From a friend in British Telecom - now there's a shock!
> DOK
> 
> > The following are real conversations Directory Enquiries 
> operators had
> > with
> > callers, as revealed in interviews with staff at the 
> Cardiff Telecomms
> > Directory Enquires Centre. 
> > C = Caller and O = Operator. 
> > C: I'd like the number of the Argoed Fish Bar in Cardiff, please. 
> > O: I'm sorry, there's no listing. Is the spelling correct? 
> > C: Well, it used to be called the Bargoed Fish Bar but the 
> B fell off.
> >   
> > C: I'd like the number of the Scottish knitwear company in Woven. 
> > O: I can't find a town called 'Woven'? Are you sure? 
> > C: Yes. That's what it says on the label - Woven in Scotland. 
> > 
> > C: I'd like the RSPCA please. 
> > O: Where are you calling from? 
> > C: The living room 
> >   
> > C: The water board please. 
> > O: Which department? 
> > C: Tap water 
> >   
> > O: How are you spelling that? 
> > C: With letters. 
> >   
> > C: I'd like the number for a reverend in Cardiff, please. 
> > O: Do you have his name? 
> > C: No, but he has a dog named Ben. 
> > 
> > C: The Union of Shopkeepers and Alligators please. 
> > O: You mean the Amalgamated Union of Shopkeepers? 
> > C: Er, yes. 
> > 
> > and finally, on one occasion, a man making heavy breathing 
> sounds from a
> > phone box told  the worried operator: 
> > "I haven't got a pen so I'm steaming up the window to write 
> the number
> > on." 
> > 
> > 
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