Is this how it happened?

[byron]

French Snail & Frog Breeder.
"Bonjour mon brave, vous et le Environment Agency official?"

Geezer from ENVAG
"Yuss Mate"

French Snail & Frog Breeder
"Ah Bonne, jez reccomend vous use Km instead of Knots."

Geezer from ENVAG
"Fanx, you obviously know more than we do about maritime matters, we will do that"

French Snail & Frog Breeder
"Tres Bonne mon ami. When vous make le signs, make le first one marked 8K this will tres confuse everyone and vous can spend lots of le publique's tax money 'aving them altered to show vous mean Km and not Knots"

Geezer from ENVAG
"Cor! Smashing! and I can make lots of very small signs about other fings that you can't read from more that a few feet away too."


French Snail & Frog Breeder
"Vous can also publish a tres expensife newsletter full of self praise"

Geezer from ENVAG
"WOW! that's a cool idea and wastes even more money"

Geezer from ENVAG
"Tell me matey, do you do all these things?"

French Snail & Frog Breeder
"What? You think we are crazy?"

 

[Beryl]

Please don't slag off the EA, your friend at the EA might get upset

 

[apollo]

Now we get a big orange dot when the lockeeper off duty, which garlic lover thought of that gem!

 

[Brayman]

Do you meamn to say you have seen one? Yesterday lunchtime the lockie just walked off, no wave, no gesticulation no nothing, it's hard work pressing those buttons.

 

[apollo]

Have a job working out which one is the lockeeper now they dress in disguise!!!