Ship of Fools: Climb down out of my ass.

Thread: Climb down out of my ass. Board: Oblivion / Ship of Fools.

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Posted by Mere Nick (# 11827) on :

Enough is enough, g-men. I know most here don't like him, but so what? He isn't the one up your ass.

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If he hadn't have died, maybe Walter White could have saved the country.

Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on :

Not generally fond of the author of the article you cite. Reputation as reactionary and grandstander, but he makes some points, even if almost to the point of writing literary prose. I'm seeing violence as the common currency of human discourse these days, sold to us as the normal way of solving problems and talking amongst ourselves. I'm also seeing outrage, and vicarious outrage, as the thing we're supposed to feel, when we're not laughing at the misfortune of others.

Posted by Mockingale (# 16599) on :

The police. For when you're too psychotic and trigger-happy for the Army.

Posted by Palimpsest (# 16772) on :

Everyone seems to miss the fact that the dog did smell drugs. Since the poor guy didn't have any in him it's obvious the police were carrying. There should be a thorough cavity search of all the policeman who were involved in searching him.

Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :

Or, you know, maybe the dog was wrong.

Posted by passer (# 13329) on :

The curious incident of the dog in the night-time. With a head-cold. And a reputation to maintain. And an expired license*. (A license? Dogs have to apply for a license? What madness is this?)

*Apparently that's how they spell it in America.

Posted by Mockingale (# 16599) on :

quote:
Originally posted by passer:
The curious incident of the dog in the night-time. With a head-cold. And a reputation to maintain. And an expired license*. (A license? Dogs have to apply for a license? What madness is this?)

*Apparently that's how they spell it in America.

Yes. The correct way.

Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on :

Last time we were in the US we saw a car roll at a stop sign. Police dragged the bloke out and spread eagled him on the bonnet of his car, yelling at him.

That for something which isn't even against the law over here.

Heavy handed? Oh yes.

Posted by Mockingale (# 16599) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Boogie:
Last time we were in the US we saw a car roll at a stop sign. Police dragged the bloke out and spread eagled him on the bonnet of his car, yelling at him.

That for something which isn't even against the law over here.

Heavy handed? Oh yes.

There are good police officers. But too many are entitled bullies with guns and a badge over here, and that turns them into paranoid, trigger-happy control freaks. Combine that with the police subculture of not ratting out even the bad cops (known as the blue code of silence), and all it takes is a bad few to corrupt an entire department.

Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :

Boogie:

quote:
Last time we were in the US we saw a car roll at a stop sign. Police dragged the bloke out and spread eagled him on the bonnet of his car, yelling at him.

That for something which isn't even against the law over here.

According to the Highway Code (see here) it is illegal over here as well. However, the police are unlikely to bother booking you for it unless your failure to stop at the stop sign results in an accident.

Posted by comet (# 10353) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Boogie:
Last time we were in the US we saw a car roll at a stop sign. Police dragged the bloke out and spread eagled him on the bonnet of his car, yelling at him.

That for something which isn't even against the law over here.

Heavy handed? Oh yes.

maybe the person driving was wanted for multiple counts of armed assault and the cops finally caught up to him when they ran his license plate upon seeing the California stop.

you don't know.

Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :

"Excuse me, sir, but I see you're wanted for questioning in a bit of an assault bother. I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to accompany me to the station, if you wouldn't mind." works only in Miss Marple stories, I guess. [Razz]

Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on :

Last time I was in the US I was in a car that rolled through a stop sign. And Then The Police Came.

No spreadeagling involved though.

Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :

People never stop at stop signs around here.(except for goody two-shoes dips like me, apparently.) I would pay cash money to see that scenario. I would cackle madly like a Bond villain if I saw it.

Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :

You know, This is what comes of reading a thread backwards, especially when lacking sleep. I thought it was about tailgating.

Posted by mdijon (# 8520) on :

I suppose journalese might headline the scandal of receiving an enema while unconsenting as "Tail Gate".

And apparently some people do pay money to see the "scenario" so to speak.

Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :

Jesus, when I faux pas, I do it with elan.

I would like to state for the record that the above is highly fucked up and I was only Bond villain-chucking at the idea of one of my obnoxious fellow residents being mildly frisked after doing a Hollywood stop.

I was just coming off a really suckacious commute; y'all have no idea.

[ 19. November 2013, 07:07: Message edited by: Kelly Alves ]

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