| Tyrone has become well-known for making some classic statements during his time at Advantica. Things often said quite innocently have come back to haunt him - and have entered Advantica folklore. For posterity, here is a collection of Tyrone-isms. | |
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| When hearing Led Zeppelin's classic 'Stairway to Heaven' |
"Hey, Rolf Harris wrote this" |
| When directing us out of Leeds (where he was at university) and we went past the station for the second time. |
"This used to be the way when I was here" |
| Talking about future possibilities |
"I'm really up for 6 months in Malaysia" |
| After 2 days in Malaysia |
"Can I come home now!" |
| Talking about the area of Coventry where he was brought up (which is in the north of Coventry) |
"Yea, it's in the south of Coventry" |
| Explaining why he didn't know where he lived |
"Well I never had a car so I didn't need to know" |
| Five minutes before collapsing in a drunken state |
"I can take my drink - no problem" |
| On Egypt |
"That's in the west of Africa, near Tunisia?" |
| On nearing the end of just about any of his projects |
"I'll have it ready for you by 5.00" |
| At midnight |
"I'm just about there, one more hour" |
| At 2.00 in the morning |
"Just one last thing to do" |
| At 3.00 in the morning |
"Done, you can read it through now" |
| On being asked how close his project was to completion |
"It's 99.999997695% finished" |
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(It should be noted that as he still had two days to go at this point, this means the project duration was, by his estimate, just over 1/3 million years. See the Tyrone White guide to project execution for more information) |
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| While at Spadeadam and out on a run with a new student (male), Tee described the 'position' he played in American football |
"I was the tight end, which constantly had me up against the opposition's loose end" |
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(After this, Tyrone asked if the student fancied trying out a bit of American football, at which point the student suddenly remembered he was, in fact, an Olympic standard runner and put in a sub-four minute mile) |
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| When he realised that from his desk in Bechtel's office, he could see straight into a lap dancing club |
"Now this is what I call a window seat!" |
| On presenting the results of a revised study where the results had changed by five orders of magnitude |
"As you can see, there has been a slight change in the answer" |
| On his leaving day from Advantica, when asked how often Shell would give him a flight home |
"Every weekend for a year, that's fifty four flights in total" |
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