underfoot
28th December 2010, 05:49 PM
Most of us know (and have believed) a few urban myths..
some have a sprinkle of truth,.. some not...:rolleyes:
My favorite used to be the "Drill bit" one...
The way I heard it... An American toolmaking company (back in the 50's)
proud of having manufactured the smallest drill bit ever, sent a sample to a Japanese manufacturer...who promptly returned it....with a tiny bolt drilled and tapped in it's end :D...
.However ,I just heard a new one that tickled me :):)
During WW2, American company Lend Lease supplied huge quantities of stuff to our allies USSR (warm clothes, trains,guns, etc etc)........one of their requests was for condoms.... (it must have been a blokey thing) but the Russians requested condoms 10 inches long :oo::oo:....The Americans (being an obliging lot) had them manufactured and sent .....
packaged in boxes stamped........small...:q
anyone got any others?
some have a sprinkle of truth,.. some not...:rolleyes:
My favorite used to be the "Drill bit" one...
The way I heard it... An American toolmaking company (back in the 50's)
proud of having manufactured the smallest drill bit ever, sent a sample to a Japanese manufacturer...who promptly returned it....with a tiny bolt drilled and tapped in it's end :D...
.However ,I just heard a new one that tickled me :):)
During WW2, American company Lend Lease supplied huge quantities of stuff to our allies USSR (warm clothes, trains,guns, etc etc)........one of their requests was for condoms.... (it must have been a blokey thing) but the Russians requested condoms 10 inches long :oo::oo:....The Americans (being an obliging lot) had them manufactured and sent .....
packaged in boxes stamped........small...:q
anyone got any others?