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Shayne Parkinson · 10-14-2011, 05:33 PM

You take it, TGS. It was a matter of seconds.

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Edited to add: TGS has probably retired for the evening, so here's a story (probably apocryphal) from the days when there were such things as telegrams.

A man was away from home when he realised that he had a coal delivery due. So he sent a telegram to his neighbour asking him to supervise the delivery. His neighbour duly did so, and sent a telegram to confirm this.

Both men wanted to minimise the word count, and therefore the charge. They did amazingly well: each telegram was a mere one character long, not counting the signature.

What were the contents of these messages?

10-14-2011, 05:33 PM	#4210
Shayne Parkinson Author Posts: 1,532 Karma: 5447804 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab	You take it, TGS. It was a matter of seconds. --- Edited to add: TGS has probably retired for the evening, so here's a story (probably apocryphal) from the days when there were such things as telegrams. A man was away from home when he realised that he had a coal delivery due. So he sent a telegram to his neighbour asking him to supervise the delivery. His neighbour duly did so, and sent a telegram to confirm this. Both men wanted to minimise the word count, and therefore the charge. They did amazingly well: each telegram was a mere one character long, not counting the signature. What were the contents of these messages? Last edited by Shayne Parkinson; 10-14-2011 at 11:13 PM.