That time in an open lab at IBM Austin when a newly arrived fellow Brit announced that he had to go out and have a fag.
On 30 March 2017 at 13:18, Peter Coghlan via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > Or the time an English co-worker related the story surrounding her > > initial job interval in the US. She described the stunned look on the > > face of the desk clerk at the local Holiday Inn when she asked to be > > knocked up at 7:30 the next morning. > > > > This reminds me of the rather surprised look on my Australian colleague's > face when I said I was going to have a root in the cupboard for a missing > manual. > > Regards, > Peter Coghlan > > -- 4.4 > 5.4
