Not sure if its an urban myth or not but brillant if true!! Seen it on another forum.....
Outside Bristol Zoo is the car park, with spaces for 150 cars and 8
coaches. It has been manned 6 days a week for 23 years by the same
charming and very polite car park attendant with the ticket machine. The
charges are £1 per car and £5 per coach.
On Monday 1 June, he did not turn up for work. Bristol Zoo management
phoned Bristol City Council to ask them to send a replacement parking
attendant.
The Council said "That car park is your responsibility." The Zoo said "The
attendant was employed by the City Council... wasn't he?" The Council said
"What attendant?"
Gone missing from his home is a man who has been taking daily the car park
fees amounting to about £400 per day for the last 23 years...!
6 day x 52 weeks x 23 years x £400/day = £2,870,400
Holy F*$k.
How would you get doing that for 23 yrs?
Did you get that from the daily Sport ? ;)
In bits laughing at that- that is top notch.
I know of a fella in a factory in Waterford..
His wages were roughly €450/week,what he use to do every friday lunch time was raffle his wages at €2 a ticket,there was over 400 employees in the factory and everyone of them use to buy a ticket off him so he'd usually come out with over €800 a week... :)
ya'd need some giraffes neck on ya to do something like that, bet he doesn't give a monkey's now.... though some would say he was a snake.......
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 10, 2009, 04:25:34 PM
I know of a fella in a factory in Waterford..
His wages were roughly €450/week,what he use to do every friday lunch time was raffle his wages at €2 a ticket,there was over 400 employees in the factory and everyone of them use to buy a ticket off him so he'd usually come out with over €800 a week... :)
That was pretty common over in england in the 70's. Its illegal now im sure
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 10, 2009, 04:25:34 PM
I know of a fella in a factory in Waterford..
His wages were roughly €450/week,what he use to do every friday lunch time was raffle his wages at €2 a ticket,there was over 400 employees in the factory and everyone of them use to buy a ticket off him so he'd usually come out with over €800 a week... :)
That was a good one. ;)
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 10, 2009, 04:25:34 PM
I know of a fella in a factory in Waterford..
His wages were roughly €450/week,what he use to do every friday lunch time was raffle his wages at €2 a ticket,there was over 400 employees in the factory and everyone of them use to buy a ticket off him so he'd usually come out with over €800 a week... :)
If he raffled them then surely someone won his wages every week, so £800 - 450 = £350 to take home!! Hardly the worlds greatest scam, unless the workers were incrediably stupid and never asked if anyone won the raffle, but kept buy a ticket from him every week anyway!!
He raffled 400 tickets at £2 each = £800. He gave his own wages of £450 as the prize meaning he was up £350 every week.
Quote from: BennyHarp on June 10, 2009, 05:33:02 PM
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 10, 2009, 04:25:34 PM
I know of a fella in a factory in Waterford..
His wages were roughly €450/week,what he use to do every friday lunch time was raffle his wages at €2 a ticket,there was over 400 employees in the factory and everyone of them use to buy a ticket off him so he'd usually come out with over €800 a week... :)
If he raffled them then surely someone won his wages every week, so £800 - 450 = £350 to take home!! Hardly the worlds greatest scam, unless the workers were incrediably stupid and never asked if anyone won the raffle, but kept buy a ticket from him every week anyway!!
Why don't you have a think about it again :D
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 10, 2009, 05:35:15 PM
Quote from: BennyHarp on June 10, 2009, 05:33:02 PM
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 10, 2009, 04:25:34 PM
I know of a fella in a factory in Waterford..
His wages were roughly €450/week,what he use to do every friday lunch time was raffle his wages at €2 a ticket,there was over 400 employees in the factory and everyone of them use to buy a ticket off him so he'd usually come out with over €800 a week... :)
If he raffled them then surely someone won his wages every week, so £800 - 450 = £350 to take home!! Hardly the worlds greatest scam, unless the workers were incrediably stupid and never asked if anyone won the raffle, but kept buy a ticket from him every week anyway!!
Why don't you have a think about it again :D
Sweet lord, there'll be two red races "if" the pinky and the brain figure out what they just tyed.
Quote from: bingobus on June 10, 2009, 05:38:02 PM
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 10, 2009, 05:35:15 PM
Quote from: BennyHarp on June 10, 2009, 05:33:02 PM
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 10, 2009, 04:25:34 PM
I know of a fella in a factory in Waterford..
His wages were roughly €450/week,what he use to do every friday lunch time was raffle his wages at €2 a ticket,there was over 400 employees in the factory and everyone of them use to buy a ticket off him so he'd usually come out with over €800 a week... :)
If he raffled them then surely someone won his wages every week, so £800 - 450 = £350 to take home!! Hardly the worlds greatest scam, unless the workers were incrediably stupid and never asked if anyone won the raffle, but kept buy a ticket from him every week anyway!!
Why don't you have a think about it again :D
Sweet lord, there'll be two red races "if" the pinky and the brain figure out what they just tyed.
The Tyrone avatar speaks for itself on this one...
:D Its up there with Fearon booking the hotel for the wrong weekend.
Good man BennyHarp :) I think you need to do your maths again. Good scam all the same what factory in Waterford was it LL?
Quote from: BennyHarp on June 10, 2009, 05:33:02 PM
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 10, 2009, 04:25:34 PM
I know of a fella in a factory in Waterford..
His wages were roughly €450/week,what he use to do every friday lunch time was raffle his wages at €2 a ticket,there was over 400 employees in the factory and everyone of them use to buy a ticket off him so he'd usually come out with over €800 a week... :)
If he raffled them then surely someone won his wages every week, so £800 - 450 = £350 to take home!! Hardly the worlds greatest scam, unless the workers were incrediably stupid and never asked if anyone won the raffle, but kept buy a ticket from him every week anyway!!
;D ;D ;D ;D
If no one ever won the raffle he would have kept his wages of €450 and kept the €800 raffle money.
Less of the Harp Benny.
Quote from: BennyHarp on June 10, 2009, 05:33:02 PM
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 10, 2009, 04:25:34 PM
I know of a fella in a factory in Waterford..
His wages were roughly €450/week,what he use to do every friday lunch time was raffle his wages at €2 a ticket,there was over 400 employees in the factory and everyone of them use to buy a ticket off him so he'd usually come out with over €800 a week... :)
If he raffled them then surely someone won his wages every week, so £800 - 450 = £350 to take home!! Hardly the worlds greatest scam, unless the workers were incrediably stupid and never asked if anyone won the raffle, but kept buy a ticket from him every week anyway!!
(http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:Kf2gzUMl8pU5gM:http://www.youth-ranch.org/mikework/images/JesusWeptClay.JPG)
http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?p=974041#post974041
Theres also the one about the fella from derry ( may be urban myth also) who had a contact at the Driving examination centre.
Apparently he charged £50 to anyone about to do their test and he would pass their details to his contact. . He never disclosed the name of the so called examiner. If someone failed the test he would claim that they must have got the wrong examiner and if they got a date for the retest he would pass the information on for free.
Anyone who passed was happy, anuone who failed got another go for free.
This apparently went on for years. By the law of averages with something like 66% pass first time he was on to a real winner.
Quote from: Fionntamhnach on June 10, 2009, 06:49:08 PM
Quote from: BennyHarp on June 10, 2009, 05:33:02 PM
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 10, 2009, 04:25:34 PM
I know of a fella in a factory in Waterford..
His wages were roughly €450/week,what he use to do every friday lunch time was raffle his wages at €2 a ticket,there was over 400 employees in the factory and everyone of them use to buy a ticket off him so he'd usually come out with over €800 a week... :)
If he raffled them then surely someone won his wages every week, so £800 - 450 = £350 to take home!! Hardly the worlds greatest scam, unless the workers were incrediably stupid and never asked if anyone won the raffle, but kept buy a ticket from him every week anyway!!
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/liskey/fuknogf9pd3.gif)
:-[ :-[ OOOPS!! - I'll get my coat, its been a long week!!!
Quote from: BennyHarp on June 11, 2009, 11:20:53 AM
Quote from: Fionntamhnach on June 10, 2009, 06:49:08 PM
Quote from: BennyHarp on June 10, 2009, 05:33:02 PM
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 10, 2009, 04:25:34 PM
I know of a fella in a factory in Waterford..
His wages were roughly €450/week,what he use to do every friday lunch time was raffle his wages at €2 a ticket,there was over 400 employees in the factory and everyone of them use to buy a ticket off him so he'd usually come out with over €800 a week... :)
If he raffled them then surely someone won his wages every week, so £800 - 450 = £350 to take home!! Hardly the worlds greatest scam, unless the workers were incrediably stupid and never asked if anyone won the raffle, but kept buy a ticket from him every week anyway!!
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/liskey/fuknogf9pd3.gif)
:-[ :-[ OOOPS!! - I'll get my coat, its been a long week!!!
FFS Lads, read it again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And think this time!
Quote from: Tim Buzaglo on June 11, 2009, 02:52:48 PM
Quote from: BennyHarp on June 11, 2009, 11:20:53 AM
Quote from: Fionntamhnach on June 10, 2009, 06:49:08 PM
Quote from: BennyHarp on June 10, 2009, 05:33:02 PM
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 10, 2009, 04:25:34 PM
I know of a fella in a factory in Waterford..
His wages were roughly €450/week,what he use to do every friday lunch time was raffle his wages at €2 a ticket,there was over 400 employees in the factory and everyone of them use to buy a ticket off him so he'd usually come out with over €800 a week... :)
If he raffled them then surely someone won his wages every week, so £800 - 450 = £350 to take home!! Hardly the worlds greatest scam, unless the workers were incrediably stupid and never asked if anyone won the raffle, but kept buy a ticket from him every week anyway!!
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/liskey/fuknogf9pd3.gif)
:-[ :-[ OOOPS!! - I'll get my coat, its been a long week!!!
FFS Lads, read it again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And think this time!
Tim, it was me that made the mistake - the others were merely pointing out that i am an idiot!! :-\
Both those stories are bullshit.
The first because there is no way he could work 23 years without a sick day etc. Just couldn't happen.
The second is because LaoisLad is a notoious bullshitter on here. Added in the semingly innocuous detail that the factory was in Waterford to make it sound more authentic - a common trick of shitetalkers the world over!!!
Quote from: Hollow Man on June 11, 2009, 05:53:33 PM
Both those stories are bullshit.
The first because there is no way he could work 23 years without a sick day etc. Just couldn't happen.
The second is because LaoisLad is a notoious bullshitter on here. Added in the semingly innocuous detail that the factory was in Waterford to make it sound more authentic - a common trick of shitetalkers the world over!!!
Takes one to know one.
Hollow man - as gentle as ever in your rebute
Quote from: Tim Buzaglo on June 11, 2009, 02:52:48 PM
Quote from: BennyHarp on June 11, 2009, 11:20:53 AM
Quote from: Fionntamhnach on June 10, 2009, 06:49:08 PM
Quote from: BennyHarp on June 10, 2009, 05:33:02 PM
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 10, 2009, 04:25:34 PM
I know of a fella in a factory in Waterford..
His wages were roughly €450/week,what he use to do every friday lunch time was raffle his wages at €2 a ticket,there was over 400 employees in the factory and everyone of them use to buy a ticket off him so he'd usually come out with over €800 a week... :)
If he raffled them then surely someone won his wages every week, so £800 - 450 = £350 to take home!! Hardly the worlds greatest scam, unless the workers were incrediably stupid and never asked if anyone won the raffle, but kept buy a ticket from him every week anyway!!
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/liskey/fuknogf9pd3.gif)
:-[ :-[ OOOPS!! - I'll get my coat, its been a long week!!!
FFS Lads, read it again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And think this time!
C'mon Tim, explain it for us.
I dont understand how no one in the factory queried that no one ever won the wages.
Quote from: pintsofguinness on June 11, 2009, 07:06:57 PM
I dont understand how no one in the factory queried that no one ever won the wages.
As far as I read it someone did win the wages and he held the £800 each week.
Quote from: pintsofguinness on June 11, 2009, 07:06:57 PM
I dont understand how no one in the factory queried that no one ever won the wages.
Who said they didn't?
Quote from: The Watcher Pat on June 11, 2009, 07:11:17 PM
Quote from: pintsofguinness on June 11, 2009, 07:06:57 PM
I dont understand how no one in the factory queried that no one ever won the wages.
As far as I read it someone did win the wages and he held the £800 each week.
Bravo.
Jebus, that Catríona Ruane ahs a lot to answer for.
Was only trying to explain it to someone else...If you read the thread i caught on last nite!
Quote from: The Watcher Pat on June 11, 2009, 07:15:14 PM
Was only trying to explain it to someone else...If you read the thread i caught on last nite!
You got a Bravo.
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 11, 2009, 07:12:50 PM
Quote from: pintsofguinness on June 11, 2009, 07:06:57 PM
I dont understand how no one in the factory queried that no one ever won the wages.
Who said they didn't?
why did they keep paying him the money if no one was winning? Did you say this factory was in laois?
Quote from: pintsofguinness on June 11, 2009, 07:19:08 PM
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 11, 2009, 07:12:50 PM
Quote from: pintsofguinness on June 11, 2009, 07:06:57 PM
I dont understand how no one in the factory queried that no one ever won the wages.
Who said they didn't?
why did they keep paying him the money if no one was winning? Did you say this factory was in laois?
I mean who said they didn't win ?
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 11, 2009, 07:19:58 PM
Quote from: pintsofguinness on June 11, 2009, 07:19:08 PM
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 11, 2009, 07:12:50 PM
Quote from: pintsofguinness on June 11, 2009, 07:06:57 PM
I dont understand how no one in the factory queried that no one ever won the wages.
Who said they didn't?
why did they keep paying him the money if no one was winning? Did you say this factory was in laois?
I mean who said they didn't win ?
I dont understand were all the money was coming from.
Quote from: pintsofguinness on June 11, 2009, 07:21:51 PM
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 11, 2009, 07:19:58 PM
Quote from: pintsofguinness on June 11, 2009, 07:19:08 PM
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 11, 2009, 07:12:50 PM
Quote from: pintsofguinness on June 11, 2009, 07:06:57 PM
I dont understand how no one in the factory queried that no one ever won the wages.
Who said they didn't?
why did they keep paying him the money if no one was winning? Did you say this factory was in laois?
I mean who said they didn't win ?
I dont understand were all the money was coming from.
X = Wages = €450
Y =400 tickets @ €2/ticket = €800
X+Y = €1250
Z = Prize fund = €450
€1250 - Z = €800
So instead of taking home €450 he is taking home €800
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 11, 2009, 07:27:29 PM
Quote from: pintsofguinness on June 11, 2009, 07:21:51 PM
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 11, 2009, 07:19:58 PM
Quote from: pintsofguinness on June 11, 2009, 07:19:08 PM
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 11, 2009, 07:12:50 PM
Quote from: pintsofguinness on June 11, 2009, 07:06:57 PM
I dont understand how no one in the factory queried that no one ever won the wages.
Who said they didn't?
why did they keep paying him the money if no one was winning? Did you say this factory was in laois?
I mean who said they didn't win ?
I dont understand were all the money was coming from.
X = Wages = €450
Y =400 tickets @ €2/ticket = €800
X+Y = €1250
Z = Prize fund = €450
€1250 - Z = €800
So instead of taking home €450 he is taking home €800
f**k me, algebra ???
my head hurts
Thank god i'm not the only one who has been slow on this thread!!! ;D
good one POG was laughing all the way down the page wondering how long you could keep it going
:)
Quote from: Hollow Man on June 11, 2009, 05:53:33 PM
Both those stories are bullshit.
The first because there is no way he could work 23 years without a sick day etc. Just couldn't happen.
The second is because LaoisLad is a notoious bullshitter on here. Added in the semingly innocuous detail that the factory was in Waterford to make it sound more authentic - a common trick of shitetalkers the world over!!!
A good friend of mine has worked 12 years, never had a sick day. Still a long way to go to make it to 23 of course.
Never going on a holiday, especially when you're earning £100k a year, would be very hard to believe. But then again maybe not too difficult to organise a replacement for when he's not there.
http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/carpark.asp (http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/carpark.asp)
Good story though
Dog insurance will pay out £750 if your dog dies. Bound to be room for a scam there!
Quote from: Feckitt on June 12, 2009, 01:25:35 PM
Dog insurance will pay out £750 if your dog dies. Bound to be room for a scam there!
What taking in strays insuring them and then killing them off????
Yes, because "Underneath that thin veneer of human civilisation, we're all just a bunch of f**king animals
Quote from: Feckitt on June 12, 2009, 02:20:03 PM
Yes, because "Underneath that thin veneer of Kerry civilisation, we're all just a bunch of f**king animals
Is that a paid o se quote ;)
Quote from: Feckitt on June 12, 2009, 01:25:35 PM
Dog insurance will pay out £750 if your dog dies. Bound to be room for a scam there!
I totally agree!
Wait by the road with your tennis ball. Once a car comes along throw it for Rover to fetch!
Unfortunatley Rover will only be fetching balls in doggy heaven now :( :'(
While you will be able to invest in £750 worth of new balls for your next
victim pet.
Quote from: SidelineKick on June 12, 2009, 02:22:27 PM
Quote from: Feckitt on June 12, 2009, 01:25:35 PM
Dog insurance will pay out £750 if your dog dies. Bound to be room for a scam there!
I totally agree!
Wait by the road with your tennis ball. Once a car comes along throw it for Rover to fetch!
Unfortunatley Rover will only be fetching balls in doggy heaven now :( :'(
While you will be able to invest in £750 worth of new balls for your next victim pet.
:D :D