http://davetrott.co.uk/2017/05/bog-standard-thinking/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bog-standard-thinking Powered by The Barn Thu, 08 Jun 2017 08:07:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 http://davetrott.co.uk/2017/05/bog-standard-thinking/#comment-79099 Thu, 08 Jun 2017 08:07:31 +0000 http://davetrott.co.uk/?p=1683#comment-79099 My Dad used to work in the Aberdeen shipyards in the 1930’s to 40’s. They had a look in the factory up
On a gantry. There were 6 loos in a row and a water trough that ran down stream. If someone was taking too long reading the paper, someone would make a paper boat, set fire to it and sail it down the trough. He said: “You knew when someone was in there because the foreman would laugh when he heard the scream.

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