Becky
I used to work with a girl called Becky. She were a lovely lass, like, but prone to the odd airhead moment.

I'd picked up the phonetic alphabet somehow or other (the old A for Alpha, B for Bravo, et al) and it came in useful when speaking to customers (and indeed courier companies) on the phone when confirming spellings and postal codes amongst other things. Of course, with confidence you could begin to joke with people on the other end of the phone ("That's G for Gnome", etc) but I found it helpful and prevented the usual "F or S?", or "M or N?" confusions.

Some of my colleagues started to pick it up too, including Becky and found it helpful in their day-to-day dealings. Now, Becky, being prone to lapses in concentration sometimes, could also become somewhat absent-minded when under duress. After being stuck on hold with one courier company for what seemed like an eternity (CityLink if I remember correctly) a human being finally deigned Becky worthy of being removed from the hold queue. Prompting her for a consignment's postal code being delivered to St Albans (postal code prefix AL), Becky stated the postal code then kicked into her phonetic alphabet: "That's A; for Orange".

Apparently the guy on the other end of the phone had to pass her onto one of his colleagues as he couldn't stop laughing.

Bless 'er...
(SonoraAeroClub "OH SWEET HELEN OF BALLS!", Thu 10 Mar 2011, 1:05, 10 replies)

Funny cos it's just daft.
Clicked. Also, just read your nudity story - moving prose and a memorable plot - well done!
( 4Q just lurking, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 1:48, closed)

My Personal Favourite
'Y' for 'Wankee'
(Draco Rattus ate all the pies on, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 6:38, closed)

A guy I work with said "Q for cucumber" I giggled for hours.
(Mong goose, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 8:22, closed)

G for gnome is excellent, and I shall be using it henceforth.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 9:43, closed)

L for Leather...
.. always has them wondering - did you mean that or not?

Lovely story.

*click*
( Ugi , it's a game of give and cake, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 10:18, closed)

Here are the ones I remember from years back
A is for 'orses
B for Christ
C for explosive
D for what? (Scottish accent helps)
E for
F for phone
G for sssss
H for honour
I for an eye
J for cake
K for knickers
L for leather
M for motorway
N for
O for OH SHIT (must be shouted)
P for relief
Q for the bus
R for mo
S for you-hoo (ooold BT advert I think)
T for two
U for me
V for
W for wrath
X for xenophobe
Y for sit?
Z for

Fell free to fill in/give alternatives.
( SteamedCleaner, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 10:36, closed)

I use J for jalapeno when ever I can

( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Thu 10 Mar 2011, 10:43, closed)

I like that
P for psoriasis is another alternative along similar lines
( SteamedCleaner, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 10:56, closed)

Personal favourite is 'A' for 'Aitch'
(Potedeian, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 11:24, closed)

I'm clicking this!
Is this the same Becky that believed the Barbie doll 'Ken', was modelled on Ken Barlow of Coronation Street fame?
And the Becky who asked why fanny farts didn't smell of poo?
(Monkey the Chicken Twitter: death_stairs, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 11:45, closed)