Originally Posted by
ORAC
CRC Neatishead had a telephone line on the bridge to the French at Doullens. Rule 1 was not to call them first, rule 2 was never, ever, to attempt to say a word in French as they'd never say a word in English again during the call.
Once, tooling around and max range from Lossie, say a 100 miles, we suddenly 'ear "Awk, Awk dis is Toul Toul"
Quick as a flash the aware ex-martime front end responds "Tool, Tool this is Hawk, pass your message over" Silence, followed a moment later by "Awk, Awk dis is Toul Toul"
Front end replies again - same response. Back end has a go - same response.
Then I said 'Can I have a go?'
"Toul Toul dis is Awk, loud and clear" "Rogeer Awk dis is Toul, loud and clere auso."