tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post7139404002332372372..comments2024-01-02T16:30:43.455+00:00Comments on Hog Day Afternoon: "Chancellor of the Exchequer complains about police" - all sorted, nothing to see here, move along.Hogdayafternoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06188146617570775741noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-75930939480985299462012-11-09T19:21:55.355+00:002012-11-09T19:21:55.355+00:00and this is why most of the british public love th...and this is why most of the british public love the british police!).....no one was shot!)....no horror panic....just stay carm and carry on, loving it!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-54113806570499267262012-11-05T07:26:19.269+00:002012-11-05T07:26:19.269+00:00Ha! Blue, if they ran a metal detector over that f...Ha! Blue, if they ran a metal detector over that famous front door........:-\Hogdayafternoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188146617570775741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-38870760091711668432012-11-04T23:13:17.174+00:002012-11-04T23:13:17.174+00:00J turns are one thing, letting your gun off in the...J turns are one thing, letting your gun off in the car is a bit more - err - risky..!Blue Eyesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-84581988553347961952012-11-03T14:53:27.122+00:002012-11-03T14:53:27.122+00:00Anon USMC: Thanks for dropping in and commenting.
...Anon USMC: Thanks for dropping in and commenting.<br /><br />"It seemed a good idea at the time" was something that occasionally led to the award of a Victoria Cross ! (Thats CMO to you ;)<br /><br />QM: Will do.<br /><br />CI-RD: Absolutely. We would have followed our boss over a cliff.Hogdayafternoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188146617570775741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-58371868778723779282012-11-02T22:17:05.178+00:002012-11-02T22:17:05.178+00:00That's the way things should be done when a pe...That's the way things should be done when a person makes a small mistake. I have been given a few "don't do that agains" and was very happy not to have been fired (sacked in proper English). <br />However, things like this make a copper a legend...<br />CI-Roller Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10850472230525879415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-69998203928987603942012-11-02T22:05:02.509+00:002012-11-02T22:05:02.509+00:00Sergeants Major have a reputation for being rather...Sergeants Major have a reputation for being rather narrow minded about any number of things that young troops view as entertaining.<br /><br />Hog, if you hear anything else about the case I emailed you about, please let me know. The legal system over there is different, but similar cases here have been quietly dismissed as they fell apart.Quartermasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-79040367472898790652012-11-02T19:45:50.927+00:002012-11-02T19:45:50.927+00:00As a young Marine (USMC) I can recall standing in ...As a young Marine (USMC) I can recall standing in front of the Sergeant Major to explain my transgressions. As I recall, "It seemed like a good idea at the time" did not cut it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-54452226938232679562012-11-02T15:25:38.277+00:002012-11-02T15:25:38.277+00:00Spark`; as a result of your comment I've adjus...Spark`; as a result of your comment I've adjusted the title of this post ;)Hogdayafternoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188146617570775741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-4026722735040990212012-11-02T14:59:29.916+00:002012-11-02T14:59:29.916+00:00No matter how good or noble the original intent, o... No matter how good or noble the original intent, once you have a body of people to perfom a specific task, the agenda will shift to making sure the task is always there and the need for the group to exist.<br /> We now have Health & Safety and HR to tell us that we need Health & Safety and HR and that only Health & Safety and HR would be qualified to tell us if we ever didn't need them.sparkflashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10106858614940850559noreply@blogger.com