Nice man, actually. But it could have gone on forever in a pointless loop...
A friendly Mancunian man had called in to ask why he was unable to get a mobile phone signal. I asked him how long the problem had been persisting, and he explained he was staying away from home with work, and he lost the signal whenever he was in a particular area. I thought I’d better look at the coverage map, and check on the transmitters in the area to see if they were working properly.

“Where are you staying at the moment?” I asked.

“Err…” he replied.

I gave him a minute to remember the place name.

“So…” he said awkwardly, after a pause. “Are there any problems in the area?”

“Where, sorry?” I asked, confused.

“Err…”

I was perplexed, and thought he must have a few issues with his memory.

“…Sorry, whereabouts is that?”

“Err! In Scotland!”

“Oh!” I said, suddenly realising. “Ayr! Oh, I am sorry. I thought you were saying ‘err..’, you see – as you were remembering the place name!”

“Oh, oh yeah, actually, that happened the other day, when I was asking for directions from a man – when I was driving up here…”

If it had happened before, you'd think he would have twigged, maybe...
(Ovaltina, Wed 10 Sep 2008, 16:53, Reply)