Lovely Landlord Roy
I used to have a really nice landlord called Roy - hence the subject of my answer this week.

He was a really handy guy, and friendly, he taught me how to use a drill and electric screwdriver. As landlords go, he was easily the best by far.

As he was teaching me the way of the tool, he told me about the first time he lost his mobile.

He was concreting a floor, and some of the concrete was contained in a bucket levelled underneath by a plank of wood.

He accidentally stood on the wood as he was taking on his mobile and had a "carry on" type fall, with the phone flicking in the air and landing in the bucket.

Knowing it was beyond redemption, he left it there and carried on concreting the floor.

The story doesn't end there, just as well really as no humour is contained within.

Anyway, the following morning, he pops off to buy another mobile on his way to finish the job.

Thinking it would be hilarious, he decides to ring his old phone, from his new one, just to see what happens.

As he's walking across the floor, new mobile to ear, listening to "floor" ring, he begins to chortle. Distracted by this mild amusement he stands on the piece of wood, has ANOTHER "carry on" type fall and flicks his new phone into the concrete.

The only reason he did not do this for a third time, he informed me, was that he could not remember the number to his newest phone.

Bless 'im
(Jugular, Mon 7 Apr 2008, 13:48, 4 replies)

lost me phone in a job too
i have a phone in my loft. nokia 3310 i think. Put it on a joist behind me just in case, then i insulated and boarded it over.

f*cksocks.

thats one for time team.
( bazza van der trance , ooh baby baby, baby baby. Get up on this., Mon 7 Apr 2008, 14:22, closed)

Signal?
If the phone was buried in concrete, surely it wouldn't have been able to get a signal, so he wouldn't have been able to ring it?
(MrTrent cannot think of a clever sig., Mon 7 Apr 2008, 14:35, closed)

@ Mr Trent
I think it depends on the thickness of the concrete. Concrete on its own is not automatically impervious to radio signals.
(Half of Stephen Fry's right buttock pissed on your dog on, Mon 7 Apr 2008, 15:09, closed)

My mate porky was talking to a customer once...
...and the conversation was abruptly ended when the customer shouted "Oh shit!" which porky said sounded rather faint. He tried ringing the guy back but couldn't get any answer.

A little while later the guy rang back and explained that he'd dropped his phone down an artesian well \o/
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Mon 7 Apr 2008, 16:10, closed)