The following are real conversations Directory Enquiries operators had with callers, as revealed in interviews with staff at the Cardiff DE Centre.
Caller : I'd like the number of the Argoed Fish Bar in Cardiff, please. Operator : I'm sorry, there's no listing. Is the spelling correct? Caller : Well, it used to be called the Bargoed Fish Bar but the B fell off.
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Then there was the caller who asked for a knitwear company in Woven. Operator : Woven? Are you sure? Caller : Yes. That's what it says on the label - Woven in Scotland.
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Caller : I'd like the RSPCA please.
Operator : Where are you calling from?
Caller : The living room
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Caller : The water board please.
Operator : Which department?
Caller : Tap water.
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Operator : How are you spelling that?
Caller : With letters.
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Caller : I'd like the number for a reverend in Cardiff, please.
Operator : Do you have his name?
Caller : No, but he has a dog named Ben.
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Caller : The Union of Shopkeepers and Alligators please.
Operator : You mean the Amalgamated Union of Shopkeepers?
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On another 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.
2007-10-11 22:09:53 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
those are cracking, i must admit to using the steam up windows my self, doh, pmsl
have a star
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2007-10-12 01:19:28 · answer #1 · answered by tastybits 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Great!!!
The poor operator at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana takes off every April Fool's Day.
All of the bars leave messages for their patrons:
Mr. Ali Gator called
(Give the zoo phone #)
Elle Font called and left this number for you
(Give zoo's phone #)
Just imagine at least 1000 of these calls to the zoo on that day. The operator almost quit until they told her that they would hire a temp for that day. She never lets the temp know what to expect!!
2007-10-12 00:46:21 · answer #2 · answered by PEGGY S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Excellent!
2007-10-11 22:22:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
my mates mother was an operator, she has passed on she used to tell me some lovely stories about her job. the Irishman who wanted the electricity board, she politely suggested that the number was in the book , no its not he told her, she enquired what he was looking under to which he replied L for lectric.
and the rude schoolkid who said is that you shitty knickers she replied yes is that you piss y pants
2007-10-12 03:07:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
hahaha 10/10.
2007-10-11 22:21:32 · answer #5 · answered by xyz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Restores faith in humanity, there must be someone out there with less brains than me!
2007-10-12 00:39:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ahahahah i wouldnt doubt it people are stoopid. sounds like somthing my sister would say to an operator
2007-10-11 22:14:33 · answer #7 · answered by Kelsey Koala 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Brilliant!!!!
2007-10-12 07:15:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Getting better LOL
2007-10-11 22:19:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
* Hahahaha Nice i liked that one avea star *
2007-10-11 22:18:08 · answer #10 · answered by ♀ Gσтнι¢ яσмαи¢є ♀ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋