Sunday, March 05, 2006
The Lost Art of Stealing Maintence Books
I remember in the old days of Keele University I found great joy could be had stealing maintence books, especially ones that had been chained to walls. I feel this did no harm, reading back through them now the reply to every complaint is that it has been reported followed by the reply "Then why is it still broken?".
The real fun of these humble A5 blue books was writing stupid comments in them. Such as this one below, from Horwood Hall G Block on 27th May '02:
Colin never did get that damn good servicing. Similar jinx where had in what I think was Barnes C Block, who where very artistic in harrising thier maintence staff (Who deserved it anyway):
The only other good lines come from the very distant Hawthrone Flats, where the books where frequently chained to the wall to stop them being used as door stops but then became irrisitable targets for a Scoucer in a strange land. In the Hawthornes the maintence book not only allowed one to ask for extra lightbulbs or another attempt to kill of the silverfish in your cupboard but allowed the different flats to communicate:
And finally, why not use the book to brighten someone's day? While I doubt that this is about the cleaner, as lets face it, Stokie cleaners couldn't even float someone dredger, let alone their boat, it may have made someone smile:
Or maybe feel slightly stalked all those years ago.
Anyway, that's my glimpse back to the carefree days long departed, oh the high-jinx...
The real fun of these humble A5 blue books was writing stupid comments in them. Such as this one below, from Horwood Hall G Block on 27th May '02:
Colin never did get that damn good servicing. Similar jinx where had in what I think was Barnes C Block, who where very artistic in harrising thier maintence staff (Who deserved it anyway):
The only other good lines come from the very distant Hawthrone Flats, where the books where frequently chained to the wall to stop them being used as door stops but then became irrisitable targets for a Scoucer in a strange land. In the Hawthornes the maintence book not only allowed one to ask for extra lightbulbs or another attempt to kill of the silverfish in your cupboard but allowed the different flats to communicate:
And finally, why not use the book to brighten someone's day? While I doubt that this is about the cleaner, as lets face it, Stokie cleaners couldn't even float someone dredger, let alone their boat, it may have made someone smile:
Or maybe feel slightly stalked all those years ago.Anyway, that's my glimpse back to the carefree days long departed, oh the high-jinx...
