Thursday, 2 February 2012

One for the ladies

Shapeshifterbelly requested this video:

As a favour to me, when the David Beckham underwear commercial for the Super Bowl is made available online, would you post it to your blog? It made this old lady's heart skip a beat.

Yum!!



I must confess that Beckham does nothing for me. It must be the squeaky voice...

So true...

Wednesday, 1 February 2012

Pilots v Mechanics

We haven't had a "funny" in a while. Here's one from Mrsgunka's collection:

After every flight, UPS pilots fill out a form, called a 'gripe sheet,' which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft.

The mechanics correct the problems, document their repairs on the form, and then pilots review the gripe sheets before the next flight.

Never let it be said that ground crews lack a sense of humour...


Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by UPS pilots (marked with a "P") and the solutions recorded by the maintenance engineers (marked with an "S").

P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.
S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.
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P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough.
S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.
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P: Something loose in cockpit
S: Something tightened in cockpit
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P: Dead bugs on wind shield.
S: Live bugs on back-order.
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P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute descent
S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.
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P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
S: Evidence removed.
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P: DME volume unbelievably loud.
S: DME volume set to more believable level.
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P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.
S: That's what friction locks are for.
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P: IFF inoperative in OFF mode..
S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.
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P: Suspected crack in wind shield.
S: Suspect you're right.
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P: Number 3 engine missing.
S: Engine found on right wing after brief search
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P: Aircraft handles funny.
S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right and be serious.
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P: Target radar hums.
S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics.
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P: Mouse in cockpit.
S: Cat installed.
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P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer.
S: Took hammer away from midget.

Thank you, Mrsgunka.

Tuesday, 31 January 2012

Seriously cheeky

Here's another little gem, via View_From_Here:



Thank you, View.