Comments on: We can haz electricitics?*

By: Debster

Debster — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:10:54 +0000

http://lol.ianloic.com/bbc occasional items of random genius.

By: hans stolte

hans stolte — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:22:28 +0000

And he wanted cash…

Firstcall tax dodgers

By: Peggy

Peggy — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 06:30:58 +0000

I love I Can Has Cheezeburger. I have always had a link to them on my blog.

P – “Henry c’mere and look at this one”

H – “groan”

P – “This one is really funny”

By: Ian's Mum

Ian's Mum — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:15:03 +0000

Hi,

Did you get tablets for that or just advice? The blood pressure I mean not the kitchen.
Hope you all had a great night you are all real stars!

By: graybo

graybo — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:18:40 +0000

First Call is a national franchise thingy. They operate a central call centre and direct you to the nearest First Call engineer to you. The have engineers for electricity, gas, plumbing, farting, sneezing – just look in the relevant parts of your Yellow Pages.

I called them out a few years ago when we had a flat that we let out. We needed a new gas hob installed. First Call prat came along and pressure tested the system and decided there was a leak. He condemned our entire gas system on the spot, charged us sixty quid and left.
When they condemn a system, they are obliged to alert British Gas. BG man duly tuned up within 90 minutes (they treat it as an emergency) and asked who I had out. He gave me one of those looks. He took one look at the old hob, noticed that one of the taps was turned on slightly (causing the “leak”) and tore up the condemn notice, saying what prats First Call are. My advice, like yours, is AVOID.