Falling for the old crossword favourite.
FORMER COLLEAGUE - I'm really struggling with this clue 'Busy Postman'
ME - How many letters?
FORMER COLLEAGUE - Hundreds
ME - AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!
(Newton Crosby, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 15:37, 9 replies)

*click*
I like it.
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 15:47, closed)

*click*
Just got the girl in the other office with it too...

:)
( snee held his breath since, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 15:50, closed)

simple but effective
*click*
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 16:18, closed)

Click
...because some random bloke in a Chinese takeaway got me with this one once.
( Amish Information Systems hates misplaced, commas, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 17:57, closed)

That
is a fecking classic! I remember trying this on my dad a few years back - the only time I've ever heard him really laugh hard.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 18:24, closed)

Smiles
like a mong.... great
(knackerz is skinning up, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 1:19, closed)

Reminded me of another

May have come from an Inspector Rebus book. BTW, only works in a pub.

Man, leaning on the bar with a crossword says: "Abandoned on a desert island, 8 letters..."

"Marooned" someone says

"Ta very much pal, I'll have a pint of bitter."

[note scottish accent]
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 9:59, closed)

I just tried that on somebody...
Took her *ages* to ask "how many letters?", and didn't get it anyway...
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 15:10, closed)

@Che Grimsdale
What did you make of those shores, then?
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 15:11, closed)