Falling for the old crossword favourite.
FORMER COLLEAGUE - I'm really struggling with this clue 'Busy Postman'
ME - How many letters?
FORMER COLLEAGUE - Hundreds
ME - AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!
(Newton Crosby, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 15:37, closed)

*click*
I like it.
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 15:47, closed)

*click*
Just got the girl in the other office with it too...

:)
( snee held his breath since, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 15:50, closed)

simple but effective
*click*
(bazmorningstar Meal Of Yule On Time. Xmas dinner must be punctual, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 16:18, closed)

Click
...because some random bloke in a Chinese takeaway got me with this one once.
( Amish Information Systems certified by http://twitter.com/ofquack, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 17:57, closed)

That
is a fecking classic! I remember trying this on my dad a few years back - the only time I've ever heard him really laugh hard.
( Noely Noel is trying to bite his left ear, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 18:24, closed)

Smiles
like a mong.... great
(knackerz is skinning up, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 1:19, closed)

Reminded me of another

May have come from an Inspector Rebus book. BTW, only works in a pub.

Man, leaning on the bar with a crossword says: "Abandoned on a desert island, 8 letters..."

"Marooned" someone says

"Ta very much pal, I'll have a pint of bitter."

[note scottish accent]
(Che Grimsdale More fridge-magnet than babe-magnet, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 9:59, closed)

I just tried that on somebody...
Took her *ages* to ask "how many letters?", and didn't get it anyway...
(Rear Admiral Cockbrush MBE wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 15:10, closed)

@Che Grimsdale
What did you make of those shores, then?
(Rear Admiral Cockbrush MBE wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 15:11, closed)