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Well, my (now late) father got caught speeding many years ago. One chap caught at the same time got an endorsement & fine, after said culprit had driven off the policeman turned to my father and said "I have the greatest respect for doctors, but drive a little slower in the future please" and let him go.
A friend of mine who is sadly no longer with us was a Traffic Cop and on his last day before retiring his bit of a cnut Sgt had told him he was staying until he had cleared his desk that was full of traffic related offences... at 5pm he promptly got up, scooped up the full intray and fed the lot into the shredder, walking out the door and into retirement he told the Sgt his desk was now well and truly clear.. with a smile on his face. He didn't know how many offences he wiped off the books, but he said it was a lot.
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A friend of mine who is sadly no longer with us was a Traffic Cop and on his last day before retiring his bit of a cnut Sgt had told him he was staying until he had cleared his desk that was full of traffic related offences... at 5pm he promptly got up, scooped up the full intray and fed the lot into the shredder, walking out the door and into retirement he told the Sgt his desk was now well and truly clear.. with a smile on his face. He didn't know how many offences he wiped off the books, but he said it was a lot.
A friend of mine who is sadly no longer with us was a Traffic Cop and on his last day before retiring his bit of a cnut Sgt had told him he was staying until he had cleared his desk that was full of traffic related offences... at 5pm he promptly got up, scooped up the full intray and fed the lot into the shredder, walking out the door and into retirement he told the Sgt his desk was now well and truly clear.. with a smile on his face. He didn't know how many offences he wiped off the books, but he said it was a lot.
CG
Well, my (now late) father got caught speeding many years ago. One chap caught at the same time got an endorsement & fine, after said culprit had driven off the policeman turned to my father and said "I have the greatest respect for doctors, but drive a little slower in the future please" and let him go.
My dad was a DPhil, not a medical doctor...
My dad was a DPhil, not a medical doctor...
Jack
It can cause some problems or amusement depending on your point of view.I knew someone who had a PhD and a DSc. He was jokingly referred to as Doctor Doctor (Officially he was a Professor). I also knew a lad from Africa whose surname was Doctor. He also had a PhD.
I discovered that I was an emeritus professor of a certain Asian University ,for which I was a visiting lecturer.
So do have some respect............
Professor Haraka.
So do have some respect............
Professor Haraka.
Major Major.
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Good call! He suffers from a surfeit of Ells, though.
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I went to the same school as a chap called Constable who joined the police....he was stationed at Bakewell in Derbyshire. I don't know if he was ever promoted.
The RAF cannot begin to compete with the absurd shower of Met Men in my time: Including the ladies we only numbered 3500.
Of whom, I do not lie:
Waterfall, Snow, Hale, Gale, Wind, Frost, Flood and I am sure that I have forgotten a few.
In my cohort of 100 boys at school we had three Kings [not of Orient], three Smiths, a Brown, Green, Black, White, Gray.
The associated Girls' Grammar had a Rainbow ................
What's in a name?
Of whom, I do not lie:
Waterfall, Snow, Hale, Gale, Wind, Frost, Flood and I am sure that I have forgotten a few.
In my cohort of 100 boys at school we had three Kings [not of Orient], three Smiths, a Brown, Green, Black, White, Gray.
The associated Girls' Grammar had a Rainbow ................
What's in a name?
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I used to work with a Sargeant and a Constable (whose parents were both prison officers) at around the same time, and a few year earlier Emerson, Lake and Palmer (Tony, Paul and Jo).
If I remember correctly, the character in Catch 22 was Major Major Major Major.
If I remember correctly, the character in Catch 22 was Major Major Major Major.
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