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RE: Had to share...



Dunno - maybe it's the propeller hat I wear ;)

He was a very strange guy though.

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ho Yin Ng [mailto:yahoogroups@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 06 May 2004 11:39
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Had to share...
>
> Paul,
>
> What I want to know .. is why is the guy asking you in the first
place?
>
> Is it so obvious when you open your front door that you are tech savy?
>
> Ho Yin
>
> At 11:19 06/05/2004, you wrote:
> >Paul Gale wrote:
> >
> > > A delivery driver just dropped something off and while he
was here
> > asked if I knew why his phone wasn't charging (as if I don't have
better
> > things to do!). Anyway, it was a standard cigarette lighter
charging
> > lead. I suggested the lighter may not be working or the fuse may
have
> > blown and recommended trying the lighter in the socket to see if
it got
> > warm. Unfortunately, before I could stop him, he pulled out the
lighter
> > and pressed his finger hard onto the lighter element!
> > >
> > > A large amount of smoke and the stench of burning flesh
later, he
> > admitted to not being a smoker!
> > >
> > > ... It was the sizzling sound it made that really made me
cringe :-(
> >
> >It's people like him that the Darwin awards were invented for
;->
> >
> >
> >--
> >Doogie
>
>
>
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