About thirty or so years ago when the fuel prices went up through the roof, one of the big nationwide transport companies lowered the speed of their fleet from 100kmh to 90kmh, thereby saving hundreds of thousands of dollars in fuel costs. Anecdotally they put signs on the back of their trailers saying, "If you see this vehicle exceeding 90 kmh please ring this phone No 04.......34"
We may be able to get this thread back on track as a joke.
Bill was following a roadtrain down the highway at just under 100kmh when he noticed the abovementioned sign on the back of the trailer. "By cripes I'll ring the number and dob this speeding mongrel in" thinks Bill and proceeded to dial the number on the sign. Unbeknownst to Bill the truckie had substituted his own mobile number for that of head office, so when his phone rings he answered it. T, "Hello, Interstate transport co, Gordon speaking, how may I help you?"
B. " Hello Gordon it's Bill here, I'm following one of your roadtrains heading for Perth and he's exceeding 90kmh, he's nearly doing a hundred!".
T. "Ok thanks Bill, now to identify which prime mover is actually towing the trailers there's a small three digit number below the phone number, we're sorry, it is quite small and you'll have to get pretty close to read it but we do need that number to go forward with this report".
Bill moves up on the truck, gets very close but can't see any number.
B. "Hey Gordon, I'm right on his tail but I'm blowed if I can see any three digit number."
The truckie stands on the anchors and says" how fast's he going now c.....andidate?"
Cheers,
Geoff.
