Brussels east controller calling to Maastricht Brussels south sector, where a female controller picks up the phone:
"SWR123 is requesting FL250 only for the cruise. Do you accept him at this level, it will be quite a pain in the ass?"
The lady, giggling: "yes of course, I'll take it!"
And that's when my colleague realised what he had just said...
You got to love the new instant replay function on our phone system!