Folks,
My two bobs worth.
Large red tailed aeroplane, short final 16R, YSSY.
Tower had already advised: " ---- continue approach, expect late landing clearance"
Finally, Tower: "QF XXX, cleared to land 16R, no readback required".
From Qantas: "Cleared to land 16R, no readback required, QF XXX".
I was No.2 for 16R at the time, I was laughing so hard, I could barely concentrate on flying the aeroplane.
An all-time favourite, New York area, late afternoon, back in B707 days:
Centre: "Air France, flight conditions".
Air France: "Maintaining 7000, in and out of ze bottoms"
Microseconds late, unidentified voice: "Vive la sport"
Tootle pip!!