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dorifter

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103 posts

263 months

Wednesday 23rd June 2004
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streetcops got a point,he gave more advice than he recieved................so do bib have any questions they need answering from us "punters"................

Dibble

13,254 posts

262 months

Thursday 24th June 2004
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Why is orange jam called "marmalade"...?

shnozz

29,939 posts

293 months

Thursday 24th June 2004
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Dibble said:
Why is orange jam called "marmalade"...?


M@H

11,298 posts

294 months

Thursday 24th June 2004
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There is a widespread legend that marmalade is a contraction of Marie malade. The story goes that when Mary, Queen of Scots, was ill, marmalade--then quite a rare delicacy--was one of the few things that she could eat. So, the French phrase, Marie malade, meaning 'sick Mary' came to be applied to the breakfast delicacy of the Scottish-born queen. Marmalade came into English from French at about the time of the Norman conquest. But, its origin can be traced back to antiquity. Though made of oranges and lemons, the conserve called marmalade takes its name from the Latin melimelum or honey apple, which was some variety of apple grafted on quince stock. The Latin for honey apple became the Portuguese word for 'quince'. The first marmalades recorded, in the early 16th century, were made of quinces and brought to England from Portugal. But, over the centuries, there have been plum, cherry, apple and even date marmalades.

>> Edited by M@H on Thursday 24th June 16:38

BrianTheYank

7,585 posts

272 months

Thursday 24th June 2004
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Dibble said:
Why is orange jam called "marmalade"...?


I thought marmalade was just like butter.

Streetcop

5,907 posts

260 months

Thursday 24th June 2004
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dorifter said:
streetcops got a point,he gave more advice than he recieved................so do bib have any questions they need answering from us "punters"................


Hello 'punters'..

Can't think of any burning questions.....

Off the top of my head...Seat belt offences...I still ticket people everyday for this offence. Some lying gits still say..but I had it on officer, even when they clearly didn't. What's so upsetting about this law?

outlaw:D

7 posts

260 months

Thursday 24th June 2004
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Streetcop said:

dorifter said:
streetcops got a point,he gave more advice than he recieved................so do bib have any questions they need answering from us "punters"................



Hello 'punters'..

Can't think of any burning questions.....

Off the top of my head...Seat belt offences...I still ticket people everyday for this offence. Some lying gits still say..but I had it on officer, even when they clearly didn't. What's so upsetting about this law?


whats so upsetting about this law is there is no need for it.

There is no victimb and pepole take offence at being forsed to wear one, by a nanny state.

TheExcession

11,669 posts

272 months

Thursday 24th June 2004
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Streetcop said:

Off the top of my head...Seat belt offences...I still ticket people everyday for this offence. Some lying gits still say..but I had it on officer, even when they clearly didn't. What's so upsetting about this law?


Worms, Open & Can spring to mind with this one

It seems some people just resent being told whats good for them.

*ducks in preparation for 'seatbelts aren't good for you' onlsaught.


In such a situation if said offender came clean with 'damn what a stupid thing to do - I can't believe I forgot to to put it on' - would that carry any weight?

Also with respect to reversing are you allowed to remove the belt for that manouvre? I know in my rally car with a 4 point harness it's impossible to turn round to look out of the rear window.

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Nightmare

5,277 posts

306 months

Thursday 24th June 2004
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its a problem because people cannot see why they should be forced, by the state, to do something which is only for their benefit or detriment. Rather like wearing a crash helmet on a motorbike.

The thoughtful answer is "think of the relatives and think of the emergency services and think of the cost to the country"...but personally I think that's a bit toss myself..

You want your brat kid to turn into a elephant during an accident, and crush you to death, then thats' your lookout surely....

>> Edited by Nightmare on Thursday 24th June 17:39

Dibble

13,254 posts

262 months

Thursday 24th June 2004
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M@H, did you "Google" that?

I did actually already know the answer to the question (being a bit of a trivia nerd), and half expected someone to come up with Marie Malade rubbish, but was delighted to see that you got it right.

I can't helping throwing this one out at briefings etc at the end when the bosses say "Any questions?" Must be why I'm still "only" a PC...

Dibble

13,254 posts

262 months

Thursday 24th June 2004
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And a further selection from my "hilarious" repertoire...

Why is "abbreviation" such a long word?

Why is there only ONE Monopolies Commission?

If you (hypothetically) superglued a piece of buttered toast (butter side up) to a cat's back, then dropped the cat from about six feet or so, which way up would the cat/toast combo land?

Pies

13,116 posts

278 months

Thursday 24th June 2004
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Streetcop said:

dorifter said:
streetcops got a point,he gave more advice than he recieved................so do bib have any questions they need answering from us "punters"................



Hello 'punters'..

Can't think of any burning questions.....

Off the top of my head...Seat belt offences...I still ticket people everyday for this offence. Some lying gits still say..but I had it on officer, even when they clearly didn't. What's so upsetting about this law?


CARZEE your wanted

dorifter

Original Poster:

103 posts

263 months

Thursday 24th June 2004
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trivia.....meaning please ,heard it once but forgot(der) also why is jam called jam? is it becoz you jam it in the jar ?

rude girl

6,937 posts

281 months

Thursday 24th June 2004
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Pies said:

CARZEE your wanted


I got a question - why can't anyone put bloody apostrophes in the right place?

If it's "you are", then you put an apostrophe in to denote that you've missed some letters out in the contraction. "You're".

I thank you.

Tonyrec

3,984 posts

277 months

Thursday 24th June 2004
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rude girl said:

Pies said:

CARZEE your wanted



I got a question - why can't anyone put bloody apostrophes in the right place?

If it's "you are", then you put an apostrophe in to denote that you've missed some letters out in the contraction. "You're".

I thank you.



OOOOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhhh

Pies

13,116 posts

278 months

Thursday 24th June 2004
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rude girl said:

Pies said:

CARZEE your wanted



I got a question - why can't anyone put bloody apostrophes in the right place?

If it's "you are", then you put an apostrophe in to denote that you've missed some letters out in the contraction. "You're".

I thank you.


Yes miss

Pies

13,116 posts

278 months

Thursday 24th June 2004
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Dibble said:
If you (hypothetically) superglued a piece of buttered toast (butter side up) to a cat's back, then dropped the cat from about six feet or so, which way up would the cat/toast combo land?


Should we try that on "Wildcat" ?

JohnL

1,763 posts

287 months

Thursday 24th June 2004
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Dibble said:
And a further selection from my "hilarious" repertoire...

Why is "abbreviation" such a long word?

Why is there only ONE Monopolies Commission?

If you (hypothetically) superglued a piece of buttered toast (butter side up) to a cat's back, then dropped the cat from about six feet or so, which way up would the cat/toast combo land?

Why did they graft an ear onto a mouse that could hear perfectly well anyway?

stressed

8 posts

262 months

Thursday 24th June 2004
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I can't see why anyone objects to wearing a seat belt....The thought of going through the windscreen or the bloody airbag smacking my in the face is enought to make me 'clunk-click' every trip...Let alone 30 sovs in a ticket

Street Cop

24 posts

260 months

Thursday 24th June 2004
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Insurance firms are reluctant to pay out anywhere near the full amount for injuries to drivers and passengers who haven't been wearing their seatbelts..