We used to be driven mad by *ing scaffolding alarms in London (scaffolding right outside our flat).  Pretty much every bloody night this thing would kick off, 2 am, 3 am whatever.
 
One night, the police turned up, a couple in a car.  Then some more turned up, then a few others a little while later.  The alarm was still sounding.  They looked at the scaffolding.  They all drove away.
 
The alarm was still sounding.
 
HOWEVER!! -> the scaffolding was not stolen!  Yay!

....says sharke who only watched from his window...... 

bapu
....says sharke who only watched from his window...... 

Ouch ...

Maybe..... just maybe, they had tased the guy and his thrashing was a result of 500,000 volts of electricity that was administered every few seconds to keep him on the ground.....   you certainly don't want to touch someone getting zapped with a half million volts now do ya? 

just a random thought....

sharke
I'm not sure what more money would have done in this case. Maybe snazzier gloves?

Rohh

bapu
....says sharke who only watched from his window...... 

I had an answer prepared for that but I can't remember what it was!

sharke

bapu
....says sharke who only watched from his window...... 

I had an answer prepared for that but I can't remember what it was!

Oh yeah here it is. "If I'd of gone down there they would of arrested me for interfearance"

sharke can you answer me something?  Why do New Yorkers think that NYC is the center of the universe?  I have *liberal* friends  who try to explain the united states based on their experiences in the city.  Surely, you don't h8 all cops!  D::D

sharke is British, he's not a New Yorker.

bapu
sharke is British, he's not a New Yorker.

Once you've been here 10 years you're officially a New Yorker, and I've been here almost 15 so that makes me a New Yorker and a half...

And yes, NYC is the center of the known universe.