How it was done:
We would go and sit on the balcony at Terminal 3 at Heathrow Airport, directly under one of the PA speakers where we put a tape machine in a bag with the microphone poking out of the top. Then we would look for a flight that had arrived in the last 40 minutes from somewhere where you would expect people with unpronounceable names e.g. Saudi Arabia.
We would then go to the Airport Help Desk with a prewritten note containing the names of fictitious passengers and ask them to read out the names over the PA system.
The passengers' names looked innocent enough on paper but they sounded like something else when read out loud.
Looks Like…
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Sounds
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Like…
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Arheddis Varkenjaab and Aywellbe Fayed
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I hate this fucking job, and I will be fired
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Arjevbin Fayed and Bybeiev Rhibodie
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I've just been fired, and bye-bye everybody
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Aynayda Pizaqvick and Malexa Krost
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I need a piss quick, and my legs are crossed
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Awul Dasfilshabeda and Nowaynayda Zheet
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Oo-ah, that ' s better and now I need a shit
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Makollig Jezvahted and Levdaroum DeBahzted
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My colleague just farted, and left the room, the bastard
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Steelaygot Maowenbach and Tuka Piziniztee
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Still, I got my own back and took a piss in his tea
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How they actually sounded over the PA System:
We got caught doing the "My colleague just...". They threatened to arrest us because apparently they had received complaints over the previous weeks.
The last one (Still, I got my own back…) was recorded at Gatwick airport which does not have a good sound system, and is generally a much noisier place, so that's why it sounds like crap.
