Be careful what you ask for!
A reporter worked as a trainee concierge for an article and mined this illuminating nugget of information.
"Just in case you need to know, there’s a coded
way to ask for a prostitute (in a hotel). You phone the concierge and say: “Can I have
another pillow?” This is embarrassing, because my wife is quite partial to
an extra pillow. Which means I’ve often called down and asked for a
prostitute to help her sleep. Having said that, they’ve only ever sent a
pillow. Which is probably for the best."
http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/article3681312...
As an aside, I often had to ring room service for my friend in every hotel we stayed at because they could not understand his Scouse (Liverpool) accent. He ordered an iron and ironing board once and they sent him up soup!!- Go figure!
Gawd bless ya Mary Poppins
"Deaths in the Bible. God - 2,270,365
not including the victims of Noah's flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, or the
many plagues, famines, fiery serpents, etc because no specific numbers
were given. Satan - 10."
What with my cockney accent and his scouce accent; we were often asked in taxis, by Arab drivers, "What language are you speaking?"
To which we would repley, "English!"
And the driver would say, "No you're not!!!"
"Deaths in the Bible. God - 2,270,365
not including the victims of Noah's flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, or the
many plagues, famines, fiery serpents, etc because no specific numbers
were given. Satan - 10."
Except that the soup thing totally baffling. Got a recording of your friend?
nice article..very funny...reminded me of faulty towers...