We went to dinner with friends who told us that when they first moved in they were disturbed at night by the sound of drilling in the road outside.
Answer
My friend's husband was a pilot and needed his sleep. Many women in Singapore, both the Chinese and the American ex-pats, are quite feisty. They are used to dealing with problems whilst husbands are away, and coping with other cultures. She put on her dressing gown and went outside to see what was the problem.
She demanded to speak to the foreman of the group and told him he had to stop drilling because her husband was a pilot and needed his sleep.
The foreman said, "Sorry, ma-am, but we can't stop. It's an emergency. We have a gas leak."
She retorted, "There's no gas leak. This street has no gas. We buy bottled gas. My husband has called the police and they will be here any minute."
The workmen jumped into their van and drove off.
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