Re: are transport police usually this bad?

On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:10:40 GMT, Palindrome wrote:
clarke.steve99@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
I was in the buffet of my local
railway station, just looking through the magazines on the news-stand,
when I heard a voice behind me say "Do you intend to buy that
magazine?" I looked round and there was this transport cop with a
really smug look on his face. I told him I didn't know, and he then
said "Because if not, don't you think you ought to ask permission
before you read it?"


Learn a few useful phrases in a foreign language appropriate to your
looks, look puzzled and start using them. Much the same thing works
using English in many countries overseas. Most officials really don't
want a complicated life.

I've found a monologue about aircraft flying in the sky, in Russian,
works very well. Try French (in the UK or North America). If they reply
in school French, switch to Kreyol. Hilarious, but don't laugh.

Kinda tricky to pull off if you're "caught" reading an english language
magazine :-)

On the idea of teaching people basic rights in school: the sad thing is
you'd have to change the course every year to take into account all the
new laws that come into force.
In fact, once a year updates might not be enough :-(

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.. in a room with a tea cosy ...... Marlow, England .
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