What daft things have you sent people to get?

[Billy Balthorpe]

we would help them with getting their own back on the older fitters by supplying a 2ft long weight,

Now that's just spoiling it for the rest of us. The people we send for this stuff, or believe the stuff we say, need to be able to learn to think about what they are being sent for or told. Could it be true? Could I just nip down the stores and come back with a 9 inch Whitworth combination spanner in my pocket? I wonder how Whitworth spanners are measured.................?