Mindbending spelling at Jamison

WIP stands for Warden Intercommunication Point.

When a fire alarm sounds (particularly in large buildings), fire wardens will move to their WIP phone to await instructions from or provide advice to the head warden.

WIP = Warden Intercom Phone (used to communicate the status of an area back to a central switchboard)

Although saying WIP Phone is kind of like saying ATM Machine.

Any good pube that has put their hand up to be a fire warden will know what a WIP station is.

trevar said :

I love the sound of an extuinguisher! But the last line is more interesting; what exactly is a whip phone? Is it some kind of sex toy? Or something you use in an emergency involving a horse?

A WIP phone means that it is not yet connected – WIP being the generic acronym for “Work In Progress”
(you know like GDE=WIP)

I love the sound of an extuinguisher! But the last line is more interesting; what exactly is a whip phone? Is it some kind of sex toy? Or something you use in an emergency involving a horse?

I kind of like “extuinguisher”, and that novel spelling could be used for more suigns and thuings around Cuivuic.

But what’s a wip phone? One you wipe, or maybe whip out in an emergency? A Work In Progress? And why isn’t it a wuip phone, anyway?

Pete, author of “EZSpelchek”