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Dooogs Sep 2021 7:06pm, 7 Sep 2021 7,254 posts	Quote Pin Dooogs (Too slow!)
GordonG Sep 2021 7:40pm, 7 Sep 2021 8,772 posts	Quote Pin GordonG Beef or mutton See for yourself (I guess)
macca 53 Sep 2021 7:53pm, 7 Sep 2021 29,124 posts	Quote Pin macca 53 D for estation
PK Sep 2021 8:49pm, 7 Sep 2021 1,078 posts	Quote Pin PK I[I once heard someone use Y for wanky during a call. She had to hang up the phone in embarrassment]
McGoohan Sep 2021 8:51pm, 7 Sep 2021 50,206 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan I'd like to use G for Gnome, K for Knife, P for Photograph (or Pterodactyl) etc
DrPhleecingD Sep 2021 9:32pm, 7 Sep 2021 53,133 posts	Quote Pin DrPhleecingD I’ve used W for wanker on the phone plenty of times. It just seems so obvious…
um Sep 2021 9:34pm, 7 Sep 2021 5,126 posts	Quote Pin um We used to have a manager, named Rick. Commonly known as “Rick, with a silent P”. Took our international colleagues some time to work it out.
Dooogs Sep 2021 10:59pm, 7 Sep 2021 7,256 posts	Quote Pin Dooogs [Reminds me of the old Sandi Toksvig line about the Cameron government putting the N into cuts. I initially misconstrued it as being a play on "nuts"... ]
Surrey Phil Sep 2021 11:03pm, 8 Sep 2021 7,022 posts	Quote Pin Surrey Phil Setting up a VMG page for a challenge ending in 2022 only to get a confirmation e-mail saying that they are ceasing in November 2021. Why not put it on their front page? I have not run the VMLM since 2013, so how was I to know!
-Monty- Sep 2021 12:36pm, 9 Sep 2021 1,613 posts	Quote Pin -Monty- What's so smart about electric smart meters? Surely it's not rocket science to know that if you have less appliances turned on you won't be using much electric? Why do you need a meter to tell you?