Things people say on the phone

I phoned up the local county council to report this depression in the road Well House Manor, and the young lady I spoke to told me she would send someone round in the next couple of weeks to "look into it". I am just imagining this group of engineers standing around, all looking down the hole..

Last night, I spoke with another lady on the phone about something completely different, and she put me on hold using the words "bare with me" ... Hmmm ... sound fun, but I don't know the lady in question well enough to do something like that.

Have you ever been on the phone with someone, and had them come up with the phrase "well - to be honest with you? Does it mean that everything they said previously has been lies?

(written 2009-02-06, updated 2009-02-08)

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