Re Wensleydale (the place, not the cheese)

[Guest guest]

Your subject line reminds me of a popular wind up when I worked in the sameday

courier business. Perpetrated by the couriers on the unsuspecting novice

telephonist, someone would ring up to say they had an urgent package to

Lymeswold (that invented cheese brand name which I think is no more), and

request a price and delivery time. Telephonist couldn't find a listing on the

computer for Lymeswold in order to calculate the cost, so would ask the

'customer' where it was near, and get the big map book out. 'Customer' would

give vague directions (usually in a false West Country accent): down the M4 then

south on M5 come off after a few junctions, turn right do a few miles turn left

by Mrs McGinty's cottage, fourth right after the Twisted Newt pub, over the hump

backed bridge etc, and it's very near a place called Ha-gotya, (which was very

neatly written in very small letters on the middle of Exmoor somewhere).

Telephonist would find 'Ha-gotya', and exclaim 'Ah! Found that!' then say 'but I

still can't find Lymeswold', to which the whole office would collapse in a heap

of giggles.

Miranda

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