The thread for jokes that don’t meet Flobs’ exacting standards (Part 1)

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Looks like he’s enjoying himself in the shower, too.

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I wonder if they serve them with cranberry sauce? That should get the Beatles conspiracy theorists going.

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It does work you’ll end up using the hammer as usual.

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As specified somewhere in the Haynes Book Of Lies. A detailed guide to commonly used phrases:

Haynes: Rotate anticlockwise.
Translation: Clamp with molegrips (adjustable wrench) then beat repeatedly with hammer anticlockwise. You do know which way is anticlockwise, don’t you?

Haynes: Should remove easily.
Translation: Will be corroded into place … clamp with adjustable wrench then beat repeatedly with a hammer.

Haynes: Remove small retaining clip.
Translation: Take off 15 years of stubborn crud, it’s there somewhere.

Haynes: This is a snug fit.
Translation: You will skin your knuckles! … Clamp with adjustable wrench then beat repeatedly with hammer.

Haynes: This is a tight fit.
Translation: Not a hope in hell matey! … Clamp with adjustable wrench then beat repeatedly with hammer.

Haynes: As described in Chapter 7…
Translation: That’ll teach you not to read through before you start, now you are looking at scarey photos of the inside of a gearbox.

Haynes: Locate …
Translation: This photo of a hex nut is the only clue we’re giving you.

Haynes: Pry…
Translation: Hammer a screwdriver into…

Haynes: Undo…
Translation: Go buy a tin of WD40 (catering size).

Haynes: Ease …
Translation: Apply superhuman strength to …

Haynes: Retain tiny spring…
Translation: “Jeez what was that, it nearly had my eye out”!

Haynes: Press and rotate to remove bulb…
Translation: OK - that’s the glass bit off, now fetch some good pliers to dig out the bayonet part and remaining glass shards.

Haynes: Lightly…
Translation: Start off lightly and build up till the veins on your forehead are throbbing then re-check the manual because what you are doing now cannot be considered “lightly”.

Haynes: Weekly checks…
Translation: If it isn’t broken don’t fix it!

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So it’s a two person job

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Brilliant, made me chuckle as I was just talking about my home mechanic pains the other day, with how a supposed 20 minute job woul take hours due to rust and seized parts etc.

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