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Horsebox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > thebestnameshavegone Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > whoever they 'bust' with checks at > > stations are going to be unbelievably > small-time, > > or Joe Lunchpail with just enough to get > himself > > baked when he gets in. Good for the stats > though, > > which is the vote-winner. > > > What stats are you talking about, exactly? Drug > arrests in the UK have decreased, year-on-year, > over the last decade. Hardly a 'vote-winner.' > > http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/arrests-for-recorde > d-crime-england-and-wales.pdf. > I was referring more to the elections that are on the horizon. I don't think the majority people really check stats in any detail, they just remember all those times there were loads of police at the station and therefore think 'ah, they must be doing something' The same reason you tend to see lots of council-funded posters trumpeting schooling / community minutiae in an election lead-up > > If 'Joe Lunchpail' and the rest of your > hemp-smoking ilk are stupid enough to leave their > 'stash' where 'The Man' can find it, then they > deserve to be up in front of the beak and, > hopefully, serve a stretch, man. > > Don't Bogart that joint, my friend. It could be > your last. I don't think I ever admitted to being a 'hemp smoker' did I? Whether they 'deserve' a stretch or not is besides the point - the guys carrying amounts upwards of a a few ounces or so aren't going to be getting the commuter train, I hear they tend to use cars. Whatever your stance on drugs, busting someone for 1/8th ounce of weed really does nothing for society.

In the days where you can phone for anything from the comfort of your own home (speaking of which, where IS he?), whoever they 'bust' with checks at stations are going to be unbelievably small-time, or Joe Lunchpail with just enough to get himself baked when he gets in. Good for the stats though, which is the vote-winner. As someone says above, at a suburban station 8 officers with dogs seems somewhat excessive. The 'if you've nothing to hide you've nothing to fear' argument is a frightening one, played out to its logical conclusion it ends with CCTV on every street corner and permission for random stop and search to be carried out..oh

I'm massively confused *goes to pub*

Ted Max Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > (!?) Think you've got me confused. > > Hmm, not convinced. ATBNHG = Full time PR, part > time DJ. Lived in Hackney and Manc. Lots of > cycling stories and short thrift for crime scares > = Honk - antagonistic posts about binlids. > > + Posting "Clint Eastwood in Nunhead" story on PB > after seeing it on here. > > Not that I'm fussed, I quite liked Honk. > > (day three of the internet - low level stalking > when bored. Otherwise called "reading previous > posts") Blimey, do you have a file on everyone? I really do think you have me confused with someone else though, Columbo. I've never lived in Hackney.

Ted Max Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hello Honk/Lenk/Penk, how are you? Nice to have > you back. (!?) Think you've got me confused. On day 2 of the internet's existence someone made a student-politics reference to 'sheeple' and was shortly followed by someone else posting a Rik Young Ones photo. It's pretty much the rules.

Bluerevolution Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The fear of crime is a tool used to control > people. Whilst we are keeping an eye for all these > nasty hoodies, we are not watching what the proper > thieves and con artists at Westminster are up to Right, kids? http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1410000/images/_1411586_rik.jpg

sophiesofa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was given one of those chopping boards and it's > too soft so won't last long. I rate it 2 out of 5 > for your spreadsheet. Excellent findings, sophiesofa. This may well make the front page of the next issue. (providing there's no massive shakeup in the chopping board world, like when they brought out the Anti-Bacterial Polyethylene range back in Aug '02 - fair few late nights THAT month, I can tell you!)

Pugwash Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > On Saturday the boys in blue turned up in Barry > Road, following an incident where some 'chancers' > decided to climb scaffolding errected on a > building and nicked some lead on the roof. Not > contented with that property, they made their way > to adjoining properties and attempted to do the > same. Unfortunately they were spotted and > eventually nicked. > Peckham Police officer informed me that there had > been a number or burglaries in ED - some of the > thieves had been caught- these were people from > both the Camberwell and Peckham areas. > ED is seen to be a 'wealthy area' hence the > 'tourists' see us as rich pickings. I think there's lead on roofs in those areas as well. I love these imaginary chats with police officers. They're great for backing up any groundless assumptions one might have on the internet.

HonaloochieB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > HonaloochieB Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > thebestnameshavegone Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > Brendan Wrote: > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ----- > > > > Compared to London in general I don't think > > Ed > > > is > > > > a wealthy area. > > > > > > > > > Have you seen other parts of London? It's no > > > Hampstead but people on the breadline are > > > certainly fewer in number. > > > > > > Dagenham didn't have a shop that sold ?15 > > > colanders last time I looked. > > > > Brixton isn't what you'd call a wealthy area, > but > > Morleys sell 15 quid colanders, which just goes > to > > show. > > Joseph ones I think they are, I'll check at > > lunchtime and get back to you. > > I checked at lunchtime and they are by Joseph > Joseph and the handle is designed to fit over the > side of the sink. > They are only 11 quid though, so as you were. > They also have folding chopping boards by the > aforememntioned two Josephs and I know they're 15 > quid as I bought one a while ago. *updates london_chopping.xls*

HonaloochieB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Brixton isn't what you'd call a wealthy area, but > Morleys sell 15 quid colanders, which just goes to > show. > Joseph ones I think they are, I'll check at > lunchtime and get back to you. Hmm, maybe my 'colander index' as indicator of local wealth is a slightly flawed model. Maybe it is more closely-linked to Nissan Figaro density in a given area. http://modculture.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/nissan_figaro_1.jpg

I worked at Oddbins in Didsbury for a time. It was ironically the most dangerous branch to work in. We got done over loads. Anyway, er, I guess we're straying off topic (Admin, be great to have a dedicated 'Manchester' section where the 3 of us who used to live there can natter on incessantly, cheers)

5imon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > since we're playing toptrumps: > > *pulls out "Longsight" card and wins round on > 'home insurance premium' stat.* Ah, you win. My mate got kidnapped by a gang in Longsight and taken to a bank machine to empty out his bank account. They then gave him a lift to his house, where they proceeded to nick absolutely everything he owned. Amazingly, he laughs about it now.

You can get a bus to Surrey Quays and then the P12 from there will take you to the bottom of Peckham Rye

Bluerevolution Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've only just moved here and am now hiding behind > my sofa-hang on, I lived in Hackney prior to here > and Wythenshawe, Manchester before that I lived in Whalley Range...ED is basically Hollywood in comparison.

Brendan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Compared to London in general I don't think Ed is > a wealthy area. Have you seen other parts of London? It's no Hampstead but people on the breadline are certainly fewer in number. Dagenham didn't have a shop that sold ?15 colanders last time I looked.

Someone's gone and posted their GCSE humanities homework on the internet. *hope no-one bothers rising to this again*

HonaloochieB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Domitianus Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > HeidiHi Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > I got a letter asking me to take part in > Come > > > Dine with me but had to decline as I have a > new > > > baby. > > > > A new baby??? In ED???? Surely not???? Have > the > > papers been notified??? I mean, sod Come Dine > > With Me - this deserves a documentary all to > > itself! Can I ghost write the biography? > > Well done, satire worthy of Richard Littlejohn, > than which there is no higher pointing out. You couldn't make it up! (To properly get into the Littlejohn vernacular you would need to mention 'the homosexuals' at least 8 times within that short paragraph.)

It just needs to be on the good side of hopeless, perhaps get a belly dancer in and then talk for around 20 mins on the rude carved wooden statue you had shipped over from Thailand - while keeping the glasses full. The money's as good as yours. (this template works for most dinner parties, not just televised ones)

The person who offers up grain-fed quail breasts with an orange Skittle reduction on CDWM usually gets points deducted for trying too hard. I suggest whoever it is change tact, sack the William Rose and get a bag of 10 chicken thighs from Iceland and spend the rest on booze. That's how you win points.

In the original American sense, it is more or less a right-wingers code for 'anything that we do not like'.

I'm still working my way through the 'dulwichmum' oeurve, mouth agape.

I am going to the beer fridge RIGHT NOW

The OP was no different from "I saw 11 blue cars on Lordship Lane today - I think that the area is being over-run with blue cars!" Of course you are going to get picked up on this...

Something to do with 'divine law'? *brain short-circuits*

Never heard the Lambeth Country Show called that before, etc