This just cracked me up.....
We hadn't been in the USA long when I got a telephone call from the charity ARC. This is how the conversation went....
'Jane' from ARC: "Good evening, this is Jane from ARC, we will be in your area on Tuesday and wondered if you had anything for us to collect?" Me: "I'm sorry, I don't know what ARC is, what you are collecting?" 'Jane' from ARC: "This is Jane from ARC, we will be collecting in your area on Tuesday, do you have a donation for us?" Me: "What exactly is ARC?, I'm afraid I haven't heard of you before. What are you collecting?" 'Jane' from ARC (spoken very slowly): "Do.....you.....speak.....English?" Me: "I AM English!!!" ........when 'Jane' from ARC had recovered laughing, she was very apologetic, it was so funny though. The weird thing was, the next time I got a call from them I got a guy with a British accent..... Paint. |
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so did you ever find out what ARC were collecting for? :)
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Yes - they will collect anything you don't want to sell in their charity shops :)
Paint. |
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Originally Posted by Paint
Yes - they will collect anything you don't want to sell in their charity shops :)
Paint. Still got a long way to go to catch up with the UK when it comes to the proliferation of charity shops in their towns and cities |
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American Red Cross
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Originally Posted by Bob
so did you ever find out what ARC were collecting for? :)
Association of Retired Chiropractors. :D :D :D :D |
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Actually, ARC stands for the 'Association for Retarded Citizens' where I am, but there are a lot of associations with the same abbreviation: Arthritis Research Campaign, and American Red Cross etc.
Paint. |
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Originally Posted by Paint
We hadn't been in the USA long when I got a telephone call from the charity ARC. This is how the conversation went....
'Jane' from ARC: "Good evening, this is Jane from ARC, we will be in your area on Tuesday and wondered if you had anything for us to collect?" Me: "I'm sorry, I don't know what ARC is, what you are collecting?" 'Jane' from ARC: "This is Jane from ARC, we will be collecting in your area on Tuesday, do you have a donation for us?" Me: "What exactly is ARC?, I'm afraid I haven't heard of you before. What are you collecting?" 'Jane' from ARC (spoken very slowly): "Do.....you.....speak.....English?" Me: "I AM English!!!" ........when 'Jane' from ARC had recovered laughing, she was very apologetic, it was so funny though. The weird thing was, the next time I got a call from them I got a guy with a British accent..... Paint. One phone call from a salesperson I recv'd while living in Maine was really wierd. When she reralised I was English (accent and all) she started giggling and said to me "Tell me I'm a naughty girl"..... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She said it again, and then she carried on laughing to herself , nearly peed her pants, and I never did find out wtf she was selling. I put the phone down in a state of shock. This is a true story....and yes, she WAS definately a salesperson as she began trying to sell something. Some of these sales people need a friggin bullet inthe head. Mumble, mumble, (<------- The Suffolk Mumbles, btw) bumpking |
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Probably been watching too many episodes of 'SuperNanny' or 'Nanny 911' LOL!!
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Not a sales call but they other day I got a call from a guy with the strongest 'Bolton' accent asking to speak to "Christine", I said "I'm sorry I think you have the wrong number" he asked me what number I was and I replied "909..........." he then said in a most confused voice "but I thought I had dialled America" " you have" I replied "but you're English" he replied......this went on for about 5 minutes and I still don't think he understood that he had dialled a number in America to speak to an English person , had got the wrong number but also another English person.... :eek:
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Originally Posted by woodsey
....he had dialled a number in America to speak to an English person , had got the wrong number but also another English person.... :eek:
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