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    Strangest ones we get are:

    Clean up sick in a classroom
    Change a flat tyre
    Rescue a bat trapped in a classroom

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    Quote Originally Posted by machin05 View Post
    Strangest ones we get are:

    Clean up sick in a classroom
    I hope you didn't.... Thats classed as a biohazard and requires special training apparently, same as blood.

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    Typewriter - and not an electric one!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by p858snake View Post
    I hope you didn't.... Thats classed as a biohazard and requires special training apparently, same as blood.
    No chance! I did help rescue the bat though. He was trapped under a pipe, bless.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jamesreedersmith View Post
    Typewriter - and not an electric one!!
    Probably for a "back in mah day..." speech, lucky it wasn't a request for a class set...... (But apparently the NYPD still loves them)

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    Quote Originally Posted by machin05 View Post
    Rescue a bat trapped in a classroom
    hahaha i had that too, i even phoned up rspca as i was unsure what i had to do as they are endangered or something.

    big gloves and a box with holes then trip to the vets lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by p858snake View Post
    I hope you didn't.... Thats classed as a biohazard and requires special training apparently, same as blood.
    what is the world coming to! i used to run a club and i have forgot how much sick i have cleaned up! lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by adhutton View Post
    Had a teacher ask if I could defraggle their PC!
    It probably needed to be ccleanered first though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by machin05 View Post
    No chance! I did help rescue the bat though. He was trapped under a pipe, bless.
    Naughty, naughty. It is against the law to handle bats in the UK without the correct licence.

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    Quote Originally Posted by terrorvis View Post
    Naughty, naughty. It is against the law to handle bats in the UK without the correct licence.
    You need a licence for everythng nowadays.... bloody stupid!

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    Quote Originally Posted by terrorvis View Post
    Naughty, naughty. It is against the law to handle bats in the UK without the correct licence.
    I'll let the PE department know.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CHR1S View Post
    You need a licence for everythng nowadays.... bloody stupid!
    Oi! Have you got a licence to say that!?!

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    Quote Originally Posted by CHR1S View Post
    You need a licence for everythng nowadays.... bloody stupid!
    It's quite batty

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    Quote Originally Posted by mpe View Post
    It's quite batty
    You should have what ever licence you have revoked for that terrible pun!

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