I really don't know why this is funny...........

It's only you phoenix

Not if you've worked in the hospitality industry.

Please describe them!

Were you on the Alexandra Overalls website, phoenix?

I only ask because it's my first name and has caused many a merry chuckle in days of yore.

I think Mr and Mrs P's artistic talents (remember the tea towel) could be used to make amusing suggestions on how these garments could look. They could even end up on the company walls.

Years ago my father had a pair of action trousers.

Of course, there were a few jokes!

They looked perfectly ordinary, really. It was just the name that set me off!

Perhaps durhamjen could give us some insight?

merlot no, it was a website called Devon Work wear, I try to use local suppliers where possible as I hope that supporting local businesses helps to keep them going, and perhaps keep people in employment. Plus of course it can be handy if you need to meet them for whatever reason.

Made me chuckle to Phoenix.

*too

Choking on my breakfast, phoenix.

Reminds me of a story about a boy who passed a shop selling "Reproduction Furniture"

"I know what that is, it is beds," he told his parents knowledgeably, "We did sex education last week."

definitely not just you.

Love that, elegran.

I wonder what happened to 'work trousers' and 'smart trousers'?

Hospitality trousers. . Maybe also known as 'Service Industry' trousers?

Hospitality trousers - I would have laughed too! And as for reproduction furniture.........!

No Phoenix it's not just you.

I'm very relieved!

I've been told before that my brain seems to be "wired" differently to other peoples, and I will admit that there have often been things that no one else has found funny, or seen the way I do, but I still find the idea of "hospitality" trousers amusing!

By my reckoning, hospitality trousers are, by definition "hospitable", so therefore are there "inhospitable" trousers? Do they have unopenable buttons or zips? Are the legs lined with nasty scratchy fabric (or sandpaper, or barbed wire) to act as a deterrent to anyone trying to enter them? Do they have signs attached saying "no hawkers, no circulars, or "we only see people with a pre-booked appointment". I've just thought that perhaps the sign might even say "Members Only"

Perhaps they are like some hotels, "Excellent facilities, but no ballroom"

PS Love the reproduction furniture!

I really do think it is time your talents as a writer/raconteur were given a wider audience than those of us GNers who enjoy your posts so much phoenix. Your brain may well be 'wired' differently to others but the result is a joy !

When you get the work webspace up and running, can you get a corner of it for a blog? It would be an asset to the company, everyone likes to read a funny story. A Facebook page would also be good - the customers could ask questions and exchange information. You could end up with a forum for users of the very specialised products. (Maybe someone else could answer the technical questions, though)

Obviously quite a few other GN's brains are differently-wired as well, phoenix!

the last few messages were sooo funny, 'members only' lol. that ahs really cheered me up tonite. x

Your'e not the only one Phoenix as I like anything surreal too.

So what makes hospitality trousers hospitable - special pockets for tea and biccies?

I presume that Hospitality Trousers are the ones that greet you with a welcoming smile when you open the wardrobe and sit you down with a nice cup of tea and a slice of chocolate

Good job they don't supply 'hospitality blouses'...the mind boggles!