> On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:33:59 -0700 (PDT), Mrs Lumpless
>
> gmail.com> wrote:

>>Yes, I am. The electrickery has gorn orf here at the shop and I'm
>>sitting in darkness typing this on one of those little GPRS surfer
>>doobries and the lasses are upstairs twiddling their thumbs because
>>the sewing machines aren't working (obviously).

>

>>I'm bored! And what's more my batteries are nearly dead so I won't be
>>typing much more. And I can't even lock up and go home because I'm
>>expecting a couple of deliveries.

>

>>Anybody got any good jokes to cheer me up?

>
> Last time the electricity went out, I used my camera flash in the
> kitchen so I could make a sandwich. I got 60 photos of my worktop, and
> a visit from the police because the neighbours thought there was
> lighting in my house.