>On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:57:50 +0100, Humbug tofee.net>
>blethered:
>

>>On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:25:02 +0100, Ben newsam
>>gmail.com> wrote:
>>

>>>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?

>>>
>>>There was a power cut while I was at the shopping centre yesterday. I
>>>was trapped on the escalator for two hours.

>>
>>How can you get trapped on an escalator?
>>
>>An escalator with no power is a staircase ...

>
>Your thought escalator appears to be running a little slowly today.
>;-)