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Telephone Directory Enquiries


Birds on the phone
Caller: I'd like the number of the Argoed Fish Bar in Cardiff,please.

Operator: I'm sorry, there's no listing. Is the spelling correct?

Caller: Well, it used to be called the Bargoed Fish Bar but the B fell off.


Then there was the caller who asked for a knitwear
company in Woven.

Operator: 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.
A green telephone
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?

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