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  • #13661
    BigBen
    Participant

    so i stole this off another forum but its bloody hilarious!!

    The proper translation for the Haynes book of lies

    Haynes: Rotate anticlockwise.
    Translation: Clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with hammer
    anticlockwise.

    Haynes: This is a snug fit.
    Translation: Clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with hammer.

    Haynes: This is a tight fit.
    Translation: Clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with a hammer.

    Haynes: As described in Chapter 7…
    Translation: That’ll teach you not to read through before you start.
    Now you are looking at scary photos of the inside of a gearbox.

    Haynes: Pry…
    Translation: Hammer a screwdriver into…

    Haynes: Undo…
    Translation: Go buy a tin of WD40 (giant economy size).

    Haynes: Retain tiny spring…
    Translation: PINGGGG – “Jesus, where the hell did that go?”

    Haynes: Press and rotate to remove bulb…
    Translation: OK – that’s the glass bit off, now fetch some good pliers
    to dig out the bayonet part (and maybe a plaster or two).

    Haynes: Lightly…
    Translation: Start off lightly and build up till the veins on your
    forehead are throbbing then clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly
    with hammer.

    Haynes: Weekly checks…
    Translation: If it isn’t broken don’t fix it.

    Haynes: Routine maintenance…
    Translation: If it isn’t broken, it’s about to be. We warned you.

    Haynes: One spanner rating.
    Translation: An infant could do this… so how did you manage to ****
    it up?

    Haynes: Two spanner rating.
    Translation: Now you may think that you can do this because two is a
    low, teensy weensy number… but you also thought the wiring diagram
    was a map of the Tokyo underground (in fact that would have been more
    use to you).

    Haynes: Three spanner rating.
    Translation: Make sure you won’t need your motor bike for a couple of
    days.

    Haynes: Four spanner rating.
    Translation: You’re not seriously considering this are you?

    Haynes: Five spanner rating.
    Translation: OK – but don’t ever carry your loved ones in it again.

    Haynes: If not, you can fabricate your own special tool like this…
    Translation: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

    Haynes: Compress…
    Translation: Squeeze with all your might, jump up and down on it,
    throw it at the garage wall, then find some molegrips and a hammer…

    Haynes: Inspect…
    Translation: Squint at really hard and pretend you know what you are
    looking at, then declare in a loud knowing voice to your wife “Yep, as
    I thought, it’s going to need a new one”

    Haynes: Carefully…
    Translation: You are about to suffer deep abrasions.

    Haynes: Retaining nut…
    Translation: Yes, that’s it, that big spherical blob of rust.

    Haynes: Get an assistant…
    Translation: Prepare to humiliate yourself in front of someone you
    know.

    Haynes: Turning the engine will be easier with the spark plugs
    removed.
    Translation: However, starting the engine afterwards will be much
    harder. Once that sinking pit of your stomach feeling has subsided,
    you can start to feel deeply ashamed as you gingerly refit the spark
    plugs.

    Haynes: Refitting is the reverse sequence to removal.
    Translation: Yeah, right. But you swear in different places.

    Haynes: Prise away plastic locating pegs…
    Translation: Snap off…

    Haynes: Using a suitable drift…
    Translation: Clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with hammer.

    Haynes: Everyday toolkit
    Translation: RAC Card & Mobile Phone

    Haynes: Apply moderate heat…
    Translation: Unless you have a blast furnace, don’t bother.
    Alternatively, clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with hammer.

    Haynes: Index
    Translation: List of all the things in the book, bar what you need to
    do.

    Anyone else found this to be completely accurate?

    #57991
    TT07
    Participant

    Its ALL true!!!!!!!!!!!

    #57992
    Radar
    Moderator

    LOL, very funny and alarmingly close to the truth!

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    Katana trying to make sense of the Haynes ‘book of lies’

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    Where did I leave my mole grips and F great hammer (aka ‘Brummy screwdriver’)????

    #57993
    BigBen
    Participant

    yup :)
    this one makes me laugh

    Haynes: One spanner rating.
    Translation: An infant could do this… so how did you manage to ****
    it up?

    #57994
    BigBen
    Participant

    quote:


    Originally posted by Radar

    Katana trying to make sense of the Haynes ‘book of lies’


    no matter whats going on hes always got a smile on his face, does he ever get annoyed??

    #57995
    Radar
    Moderator

    quote:


    Originally posted by benji_zx10r

    quote:


    Originally posted by Radar

    LOL, very funny and alarmingly close to the truth!
    Katana trying to make sense of the Haynes ‘book of lies’


    no matter whats going on hes always got a smile on his face, does he ever get annoyed??


    Nope, he is more chilled than a McCain warehouse…top bloke

    #57996
    BigBen
    Participant

    haha spose that helps with spanner work…if only i was that chilled..last time i undertook a job other than the ZX10 a screwdriver was thrown and it “accidentally” penetrated my garage door window. after this weekend wont be mine anymore :P haha!

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