Have to get glasses for computer/paper work - just like John's been saying for ages. So I need to go and get a proper full eye test and choose some. I've been looking at some online. I suppose I'll get used to them, eh?
Have a picture of the alarm system in Scotland Yard. Now, being a professional, I, of course, never giggle at the symbols, but...
I just can't see those two buttons as anything other than 'Disable underpants! No underpants allowed!'....and 'Touch gusset! Test gusset'... I don't know. Makes me laugh. Did they not think of that when they made the panel??
That's your lot. I'm knackered, and have a whole weekend for fun and frolics...
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...I can see nothing but underpants. What is it supposed to be?? The switch for disabling/testing? The alarm hanging down from the ceiling?
As far as I can work out, it's meant to be like...a speaker, for the alarm siren, but for some reason it's pointing upwards, not sideways.
Otherwise it might all be about underpants, and I've been thinking all this time it's probably about the sound the alarm made...
I am tearing up over here with the effort of not laughing like a lunatic. (I'm at work, you see.)
Yep. Underpants is what I see.
I have to try and keep a straight face in the yard, Calliope!
Quite professional. Definitely. And I'm sure you didn't point it out to anyone, either...
Out of curiosity, what's on the necklace/chain you're wearing in your profile pic?
Oh, my lord. That Test Mode pic is a sexual harassment suit waiting to happen! :D What a crack up!
This is one of those images that can't be un-seen once you've seen it... *shakes head*
Also...even without the images on the buttons, your alarm system doesn't mean sense.
~A from NW
L, I think you and your warped mind would appreciate the rugby stadium in Christchurch. I howled when I saw the pics my friend had posted.
Why doesn't it make sense, A?
Innie - I don't have a warped mind! Those are hilarious pictures. Again...did no one notice, really?
Ro - happily we've never engaged test mode!
I was going to comment that I'm pretty sure most workplaces have rules against gusset touching, even for testing purposes... then everyone beat me to it :-p
Innie - those pics are priceless :-)
Lestrade - "I don't have a warped mind!" Suuuuure.
perhaps the system is a gusset-touching alarm. As in 'Woooooopwooooooop gusset touching in progress!', and that's the test mode for it, when you check it's working. Maybe it's very forward-thinking, having a sexual harassment alarm in the workplace...
How would you test that it works in the relevant circumstances? Would you need volunteers? And what if someone's having a bit of consensual, um, "interdepartmental relations"? Could be a bit embarrassing.
Mind you, they might be able help out with the testing...
I think there's a number of people who wouldn't mind helping the boss out with that test!
That's funny, I was just thinking about you, Sally. Don't you have an award in interdepartmental relations?
I think there'd be a queue!
Don't you have an award in interdepartmental relations?
Don't remind me. Anyway, that was last year. This year I'll stick to being a drain on the NHS. It'll be better in the long run.
Sal!
And I'm glad you brought that up, DW - obviously I couldn't, being a gentleman.
happily we've never engaged test mode!
God, I lost it at this point. I had an immediate image in my head of a bunch of Detectives running around, trying to touch each other's crotches. Sounds way more hilarious than our annoying fire drills!
Greg - I thought your alarm system didn't make sense because it looked like each button had two separate functions and then a number attached to it. On second glance, it looks like the buttons are stacked together like a keyboard?
(Don't answer if I'm asking for State secrets here! :D)
~ A from NW
Ah, I see. Yes, the top function belongs to the row of buttons above. And the numbers only work when you're asked to put in a number, if you get me.
It is a piece of crap though. Goes off when it shouldn't, doesn't when it should, all of that.
Goes off when it shouldn't, doesn't when it should
I hear that's a common complaint of older systems...
Quite.
Which is why they should always have regular maintenance checks... I mean, you wouldn't want an false alarm of gusset-touching, would you? Going off all prematurely??? That would never do.
No one likes premature annunciation.
Greg - Sounds like my family's fire alarm. Pot boils over on the stove, creating a visible smoke cloud in the entire house? Fire alarm is silent.
Birthday cake baked to perfection and fresh out of the oven? Fire alarm will not shut up.
*sighs*
~A from NW
Aaaand this is why someone with a dirty mind needs to look over all artistic/creative industrial design before it's produced. 'cause yeah.
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