Can’t believe I only just remembered this
I did some volunteer work in my yoot in Guatemala City. The group of happy helpers was mainly made up of Muricans with some English and Scotts and also some Scandinavians.

The three month placement mainly involved educational work, the country is still getting over being ruined by years of war, so this meant a lack of decent teaching and classrooms etc.

One project required putting together a particularly difficult roof on a large classroom, using a load of shitty building material. I was up on some makeshift scaffolding that even a load of pikeys wouldn’t be seen dead using. A couple of the Scandinavian lads were helping me out as I was trying to secure a couple of the cross beams in place – all the while in a very precarious position.

Their grasp of English was far better than my Danish/Swedish, I was struggling to hold both hammer, nails and the bit of timber I was holding, the guys watching me had no idea what to do. So I shouted to one of them through clenched teeth, trying to get him to help me.

“Brits, a board”. I need you to hold that board for me.
(Deskbound You insignificant speck of dust, Fri 25 Apr 2014, 14:51, 8 replies)

I thought these were supposed to be any good.

(eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Fri 25 Apr 2014, 14:58, closed)

Were
Or weren't?

This is the best thing I have ever done in my life. Including potty training.
(Deskbound You insignificant speck of dust, Fri 25 Apr 2014, 15:01, closed)

I usually hate the puns but this one was alright. Bastard.

( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Fri 25 Apr 2014, 15:20, closed)

Cheers me dear

(Deskbound You insignificant speck of dust, Fri 25 Apr 2014, 16:12, closed)

Sorry, I just hate the puns.

(eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Fri 25 Apr 2014, 15:45, closed)

Aye, as Eric Morecambe said, "there are three rules to comedy, no puns, no puns and no puns".

( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Fri 25 Apr 2014, 16:30, closed)

As soon as I saw a reference to a roof
I assumed that this was going to lead onto some tortuous piss-take of some poor bastard who spend £150 on £80 of roofing materials.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Fri 25 Apr 2014, 15:41, closed)

I'm just glad I stopped reading when I did.

( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Mon 28 Apr 2014, 11:17, closed)