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The clown Police

tempura · 2012-11-14 23:10:36

I saw a couple of Guards on segways today in town ( Dublin ). I have to say, I think it looks ridiculous. They don't seem to go to go very fast, and the big awkward wheels on them, how are they supposed to chase a criminal on them, up and down pavements, negotiating the badly paved streets of Dublin. I think they look like…

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I saw a couple of Guards on segways today in town ( Dublin ). I have to say, I think it looks ridiculous. They don't seem to go to go very fast, and the big awkward wheels on them, how are they supposed to chase a criminal on them, up and down pavements, negotiating the badly paved streets of Dublin.

I think they look like clown police.

Also saw a herd of chuggers, they are out in force lately, but thats a whole other thread !

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#2 14-11-2012 11:11pm

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Thread title disappoints.

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#3 14-11-2012 11:12pm

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Run after them singing the tune from Benny Hill...

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#4 14-11-2012 11:12pm

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Paul Blart, Mall Cop.:D

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#5 14-11-2012 11:13pm

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Err thank you tempura our Dublin correspondant, in other news...

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#6 14-11-2012 11:13pm

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now the bicycle cops have someone to poke fun at, its been a long time coming.

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#7 14-11-2012 11:14pm

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Pottler wrote: »

Paul Blart, Mall Cop.:D

First think I thought

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#8 14-11-2012 11:21pm

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Gardai being on Segways just looks stupid.

I read something about the positives of the police force being on them. I'm sure its a good thing for them... but man they just look stupid.

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#9 14-11-2012 11:27pm

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bet you any amount of money op that if you saw new york cops on sedgeways you would start a thread saying they looked cool and that our Gardai should have them

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#10 14-11-2012 11:29pm

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All I could think of was this!

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#11 14-11-2012 11:32pm

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There is nothing stupid about having an elevated viewing position.

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#12 14-11-2012 11:34pm

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EoghanIRL wrote: »

First think I thought

I thinked it as well.

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#13 14-11-2012 11:59pm

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EoghanIRL wrote: »

First think I thought

FionnMcCool87 wrote: »

I thinked it as well.

Who'dve thunked it first.

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#14 15-11-2012 12:02am

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Well, if you ever get chased by 'em, just find the nearest flight of stairs.

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#15 15-11-2012 12:02am

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Micky Dolenz wrote: »

There is nothing stupid about having an elevated viewing position.

on wheels!!

Imagine what the nazis could have done with mobile guard towers

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Rabies wrote: »

on wheels!!

Imagine what the nazis could have done with mobile guard towers

And they would have made it look a ****load more stylish too.

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#17 15-11-2012 12:05am

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And they would have made it look a ****load more stylish too.

People wouldn't be making threads to poke fun at them.

They'd be zooming over to the house with the Gestapo in tow to arrest you.
That would knock the smile of the OP's face

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#18 15-11-2012 12:06am

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Well, if you ever get chased by 'em, just find the nearest flight of stairs.

Why is the collective noun for a group of stairs a "flight"?

Are there other inanimate objects that have collective nouns? A "bunch" of segways? A "tyranny" of ironing boards?

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#19 15-11-2012 12:07am

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keith16 wrote: »

Why is the collective noun for a group of stairs a "flight"?

Are there other inanimate objects that have collective nouns? A "bunch" of segways? A "tyranny" of ironing boards?

A google of search engines?

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#20 15-11-2012 12:09am

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Saw the Chinese cops on what looked like 'native' (fake) Segways in Beijing. But at least they had wide squares and plazas to use them on. Doubt they would be much use down O'Connell street.

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#21 15-11-2012 12:13am

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU7_EXtQoDo

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A genocide of chip-pans.

keith16 wrote: »

A "tyranny" of ironing boards?

I like that one me so I do.

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#23 15-11-2012 12:33am

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Chuck Stone wrote: »

A genocide of chip-pans.

I like that one me so I do.

A "Lorcan" of crying chairs.

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#24 15-11-2012 12:37am

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boneyarsebogman wrote: »

Well, if you ever get chased by 'em, just find the nearest flight of stairs.

And when they jump off them and chase you some scumbag will rob their segways

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keith16 wrote: »

Why is the collective noun for a group of stairs a "flight"?

Are there other inanimate objects that have collective nouns? A "bunch" of segways? A "tyranny" of ironing boards?

A c*ntload of statues.

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#26 15-11-2012 12:39am

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I saw Paddy driving the new jeep down the road there this morning.

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#27 15-11-2012 12:44am

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Super-Rush wrote: »

I saw Paddy driving the new jeep down the road there this morning.

The fcuker owes me a tenner. What kind of a yoke did he get?

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#28 15-11-2012 12:46am

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keith16 wrote: »

The fcuker owes me a tenner. What kind of a yoke did he get?

A blue one.

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#29 15-11-2012 12:49am

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A blue one.

Those blue ones are fierce hard on diesel.

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Super-Rush wrote: »

A blue one.

Oh that Paddy...say no more.

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#31 15-11-2012 12:57am

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Who needs the police any more?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056802722

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#32 15-11-2012 1:37am

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Rumour has it The Citizen has a Segway for each leg.

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#33 15-11-2012 6:42am

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crazy cops. maybe that's their strategy now a days

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#34 15-11-2012 9:48am

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Well, if you ever get chased by 'em, just find the nearest flight of stairs.

Just like Dr Who escaping from the Daleks! (well the earlier ones anyway :pac:)

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#35 15-11-2012 10:21am

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Thread disappoints. Had expected special Police units for regulating clown activities or Police dressed like clowns.

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#36 15-11-2012 11:02am

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keith16 wrote: »

Why is the collective noun for a group of stairs a "flight"?

Because there's a landing at the end?

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#37 15-11-2012 11:09am

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Reminds me of Paul Blart Mall Cop

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#38 15-11-2012 6:03pm

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admiralofthefleet wrote: »

bet you any amount of money op that if you saw new york cops on sedgeways you would start a thread saying they looked cool and that our Gardai should have them

Unlikely, New York cops and actually New York itself doesn't impress me at all, they would still be police on giant wheels !

Now, if it was Jet Packs ! that might be a different story !

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#39 15-11-2012 6:04pm

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Yeah, because the gardai give a shít about how cool they look.

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#40 15-11-2012 7:36pm

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Shryke wrote: »

Those blue ones are fierce hard on diesel.

You're dead wrong. The Blue ones are petrol. All of them. Didn't come in diesel, ever.

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