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Old 11th Apr 2009, 16:28
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Hyperborean
 
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Ah! the day the bridge at Barton Hall fell down. The night shift ATCAs were sent out at intervals to monitor the damage, in case the morning shift fell into the hole. After a couple of days a bailey bridge was erected and a squad of labourers arrived to rebuild the original bridge which not only carried the road but also the water and sewage pipes. One of my colleagues was stopped by the Irish foreman whilst he was on his way in to work one day and asked,"What do they do up there?" "It's an air traffic control centre." he responded. The foreman then said' "I know that, but what do they do?" "Why?" asked my colleague. "Because we've just cracked open this sewer and I've never seen so many used contraceptives in my b!**^% life." Says Paddy.
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