Brown to defend knife crime plans

[Snoopy]

OK here we go off topic but why do so many senior policemen and senior clerics look like the sort of people you would rather not be introduced to at any social gathering?
Archbishops are a good example of this:

Archbishop Fisher:


Archbishop Runcie:


Archbishop Carey:


Archbishop Williams:


And this unholy trio from Armargh


Then there are the coppers:
Chief Constables

Brumstrom of North Wales Force:



Asst Chief Constable Thomas of Kent;



Blair of the Met:


And this pair of Assistant Chief Constables from Essex



Honestly ~ If you saw any of the above at a party you'd avoid them wouldn't you?

[Grumpmeister]

Looks a bit of a prat if you ask me ~ which you didn't.

That isnt surprising Snoop. The gene pool for sycophantic Brownites is probably a stagnant pond

[Snoopy]

Mrs S#" has a theory that to get to the top in their chosen field Clergy and Policemen have to stand out from the norm. Since few are very bright (do not confuse qualifications with cleverness) then to stand out from the herd they need to be a bit odd looking in order to be noticed. Given a flock of white sheep you would naturally notice the black one thus every time you looked at the flock your eye would be drawn to the black one and before long you would have convinced yourself that it was a "special" sheep and indeed would be the one you always thought of first. Thus, she contends, these weirdos climb to the top of their food chain by being the ones that stick in someone's memory, not because they are better at their job but because they haven't actually done anything particularly wrong and remain in the mind of the promotion boards because they are different.

[The Moan Ranger]

Ye gods. Another charmer - and thought to be about 10 years old.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7525004.stm

It certainly proves that smoking is bad for your health.