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Caller: I'd like the number of the Argoed Fish Bar in
Cardiff, please.
Operator: I'm sorry, there's no such listing. Are you sure
you have the spelling correct?
Caller : Well, it used to be called the Bargoed Fish Bar
but the B fell off.
Caller: I'd like the number of the Scottish knitwear
company in Woven.
Operator: I can't find a town called 'Woven'? Are you
sure?
Caller: Yes. That's what it says on the label - Woven in
Scotland.
Caller: I'd like the RSPCA please.
Operator: Where are you calling from?
Caller: The living room.
Caller: The water board please.
Operator: Which department?
Caller: Tap water
Operator: How are you spelling that?
Caller: With letters.
Caller: I'd like the number for a Reverend in Cardiff,
please.
Operator: Do you have his name?
Caller: No, but he has a dog named Ben.
Caller: The Union of Shopkeepers and Alligators please.
Operator: You mean the Amalgamated Union of
Shopkeepers?
Caller: Er, yes.
Monday for Telephone Operators
I keep the telephone of my mind open to peace, harmony, health, love and abundance. Then, whenever doubt, anxiety or fear try to call me, they keep getting a busy signal - and soon they'll forget my number.
~Edith Armstrong
During the depths of the Depression, telephones in use fell from 16 to 13 per 100 population and by the late 1970's the number had surpassed 75 per 100 population.
