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Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: Grumpmeister on June 12, 2008, 11:13:04 AM
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This just beggars belief, ok fair play to the neighbour who heard the thud but the action of the police is just crazy.
A man ended up being arrested and charged - after laughing too much at BBC TV's Have I Got News For You.
Chris Cocker, 36, from Blackburn, was chuckling so vigorously at a comment by comedy panellist Paul Merton that he fell off the sofa.
A concerned neighbour in the flat below heard the thud and called the police.
But when he refused to co-operate, Cocker was arrested. He admitted in court to resisting a police officer and was given a conditional discharge.
A charge of assaulting a police officer was withdrawn when Cocker appeared before magistrates in Blackburn, Lancashire.
Mr Cocker said: "I fell off the settee in hysterics and hit the floor and got myself up and started carrying on watching the telly and the next thing I know there was a knock on the door.
"The bit where I lost it the most was when I shut the door and the policeman had stuck his foot in the doorway and was refusing to let me shut my own front door."
After being sprayed with pepper spray, Mr Cocker was put into a police van and taken to a police station where he said he was stripped naked and spent a night in the cells.
A spokesman for Lancashire Police said officers used a pepper spray as "reasonable force" for their own protection after they feared for their safety when he became aggressive.
Have I Got News For You, currently in its 35th series, has been running on the BBC for almost 20 years and involves celebrity guests answering questions and cracking jokes about current affairs.
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The most bizarre thing about this is that he fell off his seat laughing his arse off at "I have got news for you"....lock him up now !!!!!!!!!
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The most bizarre thing about this is that he fell off his seat laughing his arse off at "I have got news for you"....lock him up now !!!!!!!!!
Don't tell me you find 'Little Britain' funny. noooo:
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And they want to issue all police officers with Tasers? eeek:
Talk about over-reaction .... I can picture the scene. Police knock at door and man answers it. "Sorry to bovver you sir but your neighbour heard a noise and called us"
Man "I fell off the settee"
Police "Oh yes ~ and you expect us to believe that"
Man "Well yes I do because it is the truth"
Police "Well we'll just come inside and check"
Man (getting pissed off) "No you won't" and tries to shut door
Police "OH yes we will matey ~ we 'ave reason to believe that a crime may 'ave been committed" Places size thirteen boot in doorway.
Man "Piss off and get a fvcking warrant"
Police "You are obstructing me in the course of my duty"
Man "Fvck off and get a fvcking warrent if you want to come in here"
Police squirting pepper spray into man's face "Right Grab 'im Nobby while I check the place out"
Policeman walks round house and finds nothing ~ hasty consultation with his mate (AKA Back-up)
"Shit there is nothing here .... we'd better arrest him and charge him with obstruction to cover our arses"
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The most bizarre thing about this is that he fell off his seat laughing his arse off at "I have got news for you"....lock him up now !!!!!!!!!
Nothing wrong with HIGNFY Miss D, although I do prefer Mock the Week. whistle:
I will be watching it on Friday to see what they make of the story though.
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A concerned neighbour in the flat below heard the thud and called the police
One thud and the police are called? Having lived in a flat I wouldn't have called the police. There is always going to be the odd thud and anyway, if concerned, then why not pop upstairs and knock on the door yourself.
Calling the police ::)
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A concerned neighbour in the flat below heard the thud and called the police
One thud and the police are called? Having lived in a flat I wouldn't have called the police. There is always going to be the odd thud and anyway, if concerned, then why not pop upstairs and knock on the door yourself.
Calling the police ::)
I suppose it is better than reporting a funny smell… having not seen the old boy upstairs for the past three months… and having eighty-five bottles of milk left outside and making it difficult to get up the stairs…etc. noooo:
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Chris Cocker, 36
Anyway, if said concerned neighbour had knocked and didn't get an answer then is the time to call the police.
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Chris Cocker, 36
Anyway, if said concerned neighbour had knocked and didn't get an answer then is the time to call the police.
Quite so. The lad might have fallen off his inflatable friend and broken his neck.
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Frankly I'm amazed they even managed to find a policman let alone persuade him out of a car to investigate a thump on the ceiling/floor.
I could fire a gun down our High Street and the buggers wouldn't show up until Friday week.
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Like many stories in the news there seems to be more to it than is reported.
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Like many stories in the news there seems to be more to it than is reported.
I'm sure there is ~ but why spoil a good thread for the sake of accuracy?
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Yet more bizarre goings on...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7449855.stm
in Sainsbury's eeek:
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Note to self: NEVER complain about anyone queue jumping ever again. eeek:
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That guy has to be a total nutter.
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That guy has to be a total nutter.
I know. And he could be at a checkout next to you... scared2:
Remember the M25 nutter who knifed a guy for overtaking? Can't remember his name at the mo'
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That guy has to be a total nutter.
I know. And he could be at a checkout next to you... scared2:
Remember the M25 nutter who knifed a guy for overtaking? Can't remember his name at the mo'
Kenneth Noye is the fella you have in mind.
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That's the fellah. Not someone I'd like to have in mind for very long, frankly. noooo:
What I find disturbing is that the "threshold" for violent, or even antisocial behaviour has dropped so low. Nothing new, I know; been like that for some time but I find it increasingly intolerable. I hope that when I react (and I do) it continues to be with wit, sense and skill rather than irrationality rubschin:
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I had to check myself when I came back to the UK recently (for a wedding, have I mentioned it?)…
Standard practice here is to toot anybody that doesn’t move away from traffic lights within 10µS of them turning green (most leave before then). Stuck in a Queue of traffic in Epsom or somewhere I was just about to give the horn a good bashing when I realised that it could cost me my life so I waited patiently…
Fortunately, EU rules demanding the carrying of pick axe handles and machetes by all drivers haven’t been implemented in Cyprus yet. noooo:
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More news on this here:-
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1318812,00.html
Two 37 year olds eeek:
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More news on this here:-
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1318812,00.html
Two 37 year olds eeek:
eeek:
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Fortunately, EU rules demanding the carrying of pick axe handles and machetes by all drivers haven’t been implemented in Cyprus yet. noooo:
Thank God for that - somewhere else I can visit then lol:
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Fortunately, EU rules demanding the carrying of pick axe handles and machetes by all drivers haven’t been implemented in Cyprus yet. noooo:
Thank God for that - somewhere else I can visit then lol:
Indeed... you'd be very welcome... ;D
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Do you have a ladies night or a happy hour ????
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Do you have a ladies night or a happy hour ????
Every night is ladies night... eyes:
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Promises, promises whistle:
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Do you have a ladies night or a happy hour ????
Every night is ladies night... eyes:
And the 'happy hour' . . . . ?
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BM is happy whenever the till rings
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BM is happy whenever the till rings
You mean we are supposed to pay for the drinks? LL said I had a slate eeek:
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You may have misheard.
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BM is happy whenever the till rings
You mean we are supposed to pay for the drinks? LL said I had a slate eeek:
Proof, if proof were needed, that the opinions of the husband of this house are not always those of the management eveilgrin:
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Do you have a ladies night or a happy hour ????
Every night is ladies night... eyes:
And the 'happy hour' . . . . ?
Indeed... ladies happy hour every night... eyes:
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BM is happy whenever the till rings
You mean we are supposed to pay for the drinks? LL said I had a slate eeek:
Proof, if proof were needed, that the opinions of the husband of this house are not always those of the management eveilgrin:
The only slate is next to the dartboard - bring your own chalk... whistle:
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Do you have a ladies night or a happy hour ????
Every night is ladies night... eyes:
And the 'happy hour' . . . . ?
Indeed... ladies happy hour every night... eyes:
Followed immediately by 5 hours of Ladies Unhappy Hours whistle:
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Do you have a ladies night or a happy hour ????
Every night is ladies night... eyes:
And the 'happy hour' . . . . ?
Indeed... ladies happy hour every night... eyes:
Followed immediately by 5 hours of Ladies Unhappy Hours whistle:
Indeed... noooo:
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For which you are entirely in charge. You are experienced