
Freddy Woo writes, "A group of us once staggered home so insensible with drink that we failed to notice someone being killed and buried in a shallow grave not more than 50 yards away. A crime unsolved to this day."
Have you witnessed a crime and done bugger all about it? Or are you a have-a-go hero?
Whatever. Tell us about it...
( , Thu 14 Feb 2008, 11:53)
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...you could probably fill pages with the various crimes you've witnessed and not really thought about. Here's my attempt. Oh God... where to start?
I have witnessed, and quite probably participated in at least some of:
- Drugs being purchased (and sold)
- Drugs being used (many counts to be taken into consideration)
- Vehicles driven under the influence of drugs (thought not alcohol)
- Alcohol being sold to underage people
- Tobacco being sold to underage people
- Actually, pretty much anything with an age restriction... well, you get the picture.
- Many and varied assaults (I've been on the receiving end of a few too)
- Shoplifting (In shops I didn't work in)
- Theft (in shops I DID work in)
- Breaking and entering (OK, abandonded buildings, but it still counts)
- Blasphemy (see first line of this post)
- Speeding - on cars, motorbikes, vans, cycles, skis, boats. If it moves...
- Criminal damage - thought I'm sure he didn't think that dancing on the roof of the car would leave a dent?
- Various types of aiding, abetting and counseling regarding the commission of a crime
- Failing to purchase a television license
- Sticking postage stamps upside down (Yeah! Take that Ma'am!)
- Breaching copyright (remember - home taping is killing music, kids)
- Numerous health and safety violations
- Public nudity (there's one there for a future QOTW)
- Animal cruelty
- Mobile phones being turned on before the engines have been stopped (and seatbelts being unfastened - Why dammit? Does it kill you to wait that extra 30 seconds?)
- Smuggling (green channel for me!)
...I suspect there might be a few more too!
On the plus side, I'm very happy that I've never actually witnessed a murder, child abuse (beyond the occasional slap), rape, terrorism, kidnapping, riots, hijacking, espionage, or indeed treason (unless you count the stamp thing above).
Hmmm. Just realised that I could probably have started answering QOTWs a little earlier than now!
Belated *pop* from the last post!
( , Fri 15 Feb 2008, 15:08, 1 reply)
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