John Kettler Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Maybe these gals are Hancockettes in training? Daresay even Holmes would find the matter remarkable! http://www.thelocal.se/14580.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7636577.stm Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Viljuri Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Freudian explanation can be easily constructed, vis a vis Swedish habits regarding sexuality and sexual preferences in general. Or then it's dope related. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicky Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Don't know what planet you come from (but I can guess) but no one in the UK, since the 19th Century popular drama 'Dixon of Dock Green', refers to the police as 'bobbies'. Try 'fuzz' or 'rozzers' or any derivative of porcine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 ...any derivative of porcine. Lard? Trotters? Chiterlings? Oh, I can just see it now: "Call the chitterlings; I think there's been an accident!" :D:D Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted September 28, 2008 Author Share Posted September 28, 2008 SSgt Viljuri, I shall be most interested to know what the true explanation is for a) their behavior and their surviving what should be fatal encounters. In light of their demonstrated toughness, I'd suggest anyone dating either not cheat! Wicky, I'm from the States, and save in the odd British made crime film, have never heard them called anything but bobbies (from Robert Peel), peelers, cops (Constable on Patrol) PCs, (Patrol Constables), Constable or Officers, with bobbies by far the most prevalent. And yes, there are some choice names for the minions of the law, here, too, to include the common farmyard animal which gives us bacon. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 I had thought that 'fuzz' was a more or less American name for them, like 'the heat'. 'Rozzers' sounds vaguely familiar. I've heard 'the plod' used by British writers as well as possibly a few others I can't recall at the moment. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John D Salt Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 [snips] cops (Constable on Patrol) Back etymology. The SOED gives the origin as from the verb cop, meaning "to capture or catch". PCs, (Patrol Constables) Police Constable, not Patrol Constable. with bobbies by far the most prevalent. Very rarely heard in the UK these past two or three decades. Say rather "scuffers", "fuzz", "The Babylon" if the fancy takes you, or, probably most frequent, "The Old Bill" (or simply "The Bill"). All the best, John. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 ...probably most frequent, "The Old Bill" (or simply "The Bill"). I remember that one too. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Other Means Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 "The bizzies" is what I hear most. Mainly because that's what they are round here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted September 28, 2008 Author Share Posted September 28, 2008 Fair cop guv'nor! Well, obviously my police jargon (U.K.) chip needs replacement, and at least some of what I thought I knew is wrong, to boot! Even so, I'm still looking for more info on how these two were able to do what they did, in the case of one, twice, and live. Any word on a "D" notice regarding the real details? If drugs or other means (note lower case) made this possible, would imagine MoD wants to know which ones, ditto SIS. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 I would have thought the explanation was quite simple. These were aliens, possibly who were once in league with the Nazis, with some kind of personal graviton ray shielding. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Viljuri Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 Fruitcakes. This article: Svenska tvillinsystrar lekte med döden - nu är den ena häktad (in Swedish) seems to indicate that one of them is about to be charged with murder. A 54-year old nurse, father of three, was stabbed to death, near Stoke-on-Trent. Yet another suicide attempt followed, but no avail. First it was iron ore to Adolf, then ABBA, and now this! Should NATO & Russia invade Sweden to just make it sure that none of those will happen ever again? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Other Means Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 TBH if the crazy chicks are as hot as them I'd be first on the boat. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 I would have thought the explanation was quite simple. These were aliens, possibly who were once in league with the Nazis, with some kind of personal graviton ray shielding. That's the same thought I had. It must be true then, we couldn't both be wrong. Well, you could I suppose. But not me. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalins Organ Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 I thought the savory tart bribe story had more human interest, some pathos even.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted September 30, 2008 Author Share Posted September 30, 2008 Stalin's Organist, That just might take the prize for most bizarre lead sentence in a news piece, ever. It's practically up there with the joke whose punchline goes "He was charged with carrying young gulls, across state lions, for immortal porpoises." Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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