What made you smile today? Part III
Oct 30th 2012, 8:35 am
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by moneypenny20
We have council pickup in our suburb this week so piles of junk on the nature strips everywhere. One house has obviously had a refurb, there's a toilet sitting out there. Drove past today, it's gone, someone's decided it's in better nick than theirs. 
Oct 30th 2012, 8:36 am
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by LeVigneron_32
Got so depressed I rang a suicide 'hot line'. Pressed '1' for English, was routed to a Pakistani call centre. When I informed them I was suicidal they got all excited and asked "can you drive a truck?"
Oct 30th 2012, 12:00 pm
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by LeVigneron_32
Got so depressed I rang a suicide 'hot line'. Pressed '1' for English, was routed to a Pakistani call centre. When I informed them I was suicidal they got all excited and asked "can you drive a truck?"
Oct 30th 2012, 3:16 pm
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by mikelincs
Only a little smile for that here, it's been trotted out so many times on here in joke threads etc that it's losing it's point.
Oct 30th 2012, 7:53 pm
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by LeVigneron_32
Got so depressed I rang a suicide 'hot line'. Pressed '1' for English, was routed to a Pakistani call centre. When I informed them I was suicidal they got all excited and asked "can you drive a truck?"
Oct 30th 2012, 11:20 pm
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by Trixie_b
Wow, am I alone thinking this is completely UN-funny on so many different levels?
Oct 31st 2012, 1:08 am
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by moneypenny20
We have council pickup in our suburb this week so piles of junk on the nature strips everywhere. One house has obviously had a refurb, there's a toilet sitting out there. Drove past today, it's gone, someone's decided it's in better nick than theirs.
Oct 31st 2012, 10:58 am
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by moneypenny20
No, in fact I've only just got it. Mainly because I'm not aware of Pakistan being involved in suicide missions. Had it been Middle Eastern based I'd have got it but it still wouldn't have been funny. If a joke has to be explained, it's failed imo.
Oct 31st 2012, 12:23 pm
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by LeVigneron_32
Then you are sadly out of touch with world events, Pakistan borders Afganistan and many terrorists from Afanistan seek, and get, refuge there.
