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I dont know how many of the conversations above are real, but the RAAF ATC boys in Darwin used to keep a log of similar conversations and some were very very funny. I often went up into Darwin Tower to read the log and have a chat with the controllers, even some of the "normal" comms were amusing.
Not quite in the same vein as the above ones - but some may be interested in this one I heard in the mid sixties - I was en route from the Simpson Desert to Alice Springs when this was heard on HF. This was before aircraft had the range they do now, and before towns and airports had the facilities they do now. (Conversation from memory)
FS Alice Springs: Alitalia XXX, Sydney now has four hours holding due weather. Please advise your intentions.
Alitalia XXX: Can Alice Springs accommodate a DC8 61?
FS: Runway length and pavement strength OK. Need to hold passengers on board for two hours for customs and immigration availability. Fuel is available.
Alitalia XXX: Is accommodation available overnight for 230 passengers and crew?
FS: Not a hope.
In the event, the aircraft refuelled and continued to Sydney, as the weather improved there before the crew ran out of hours. At the time, the only airports in Australia that could land this aircraft were Darwin, Alice Springs and Sydney.
John
working the barrier shifts we get to hear some of the radio traffic.
I've heard some silly things asked, I can under stand general weather conditions winds and other things that are related to getting a plane on the ground in one piece but games scores, traffic condition on the free way are ones that leave me perplexed.
The best remark Ive heard from a games score request was "your team lost, stay on topic."