Well, a couple years ago, I was working in a printing plant as a technician when one of the maintenance crewmen told me to fetch a can of blanket stretcher from the shops. This ensued into a chase all over the production floor.
I didn't learn until late in the shift that blanket stretcher doesn't really exist--but it was a good break from downpiling books...
In Britain one of the jokes played on new apprentices is to ask them to go to stores and ask for a rubber hammer.
In Britain one of the jokes played on new apprentices is to ask them to go to stores and ask for a rubber hammer.