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Attention British People

JasonJSmoke	Date: October 7, 2005 @ 5:57 PM I saw in an article today that in the U.K. you can get a sitation from a bobby if you have an "Untidy Garden", would just like to know if this is true and if it has happened to anyone you know
BOWILLIE	Date: October 7, 2005 @ 6:00 PM well..my kind of garden.. the feds would freak..lol.
JasonJSmoke	Date: October 7, 2005 @ 6:05 PM Yeah really, Ill help ya with it.
MindSculpture	Date: October 7, 2005 @ 6:39 PM My bobby quite often gives my girlfriend a sitation for her untidy garden (but I think she quite enjoys it!)
SimonWaldram	Date: October 7, 2005 @ 6:50 PM It depends what sort of plants you have in your untidy garden I guess.
azhazhellfire	Date: October 7, 2005 @ 7:01 PM i lived in england for six years, never heard of anyone getting any crap from the law for an untidy garden.
TameasDust	Date: October 7, 2005 @ 8:10 PM one case http://www.blythvalley.gov.uk/page2001.htm A tenant on Eastfield Estate, Cramlington, who failed to keep his garden in order, was faced with the threat of a court injunction. A number of complaints were made by other residents living in Avebury Place about the overgrown and unkempt garden and there was a large amount of dog mess, which was an environmental danger.
TameasDust	Date: October 7, 2005 @ 8:16 PM It is possible to bury a loved one in your garden. The law is contained in the Burial Laws Amendment Act 1880.
BOWILLIE	Date: October 7, 2005 @ 8:18 PM not in georgia.. court tv ran a segment a while back.. the tomatoe patch murder.. kids killed and buried abusive father in the materpatch.. that didnt go over very well here...lol..
TameasDust	Date: October 7, 2005 @ 9:41 PM actually that was in england and you needed a death certificate also ...
azhazhellfire	Date: October 13, 2005 @ 11:32 PM yeah but that case tameas posted was extreme. "and there was a large amount of dog mess" wtf? He deserves a large fine. I thought Jason meant getting arrested for having untrimmed hedges or something.
shadowself	Date: October 13, 2005 @ 11:59 PM "You gotta see English crime. It's hilarious, you don't know if you're reading the front page or the comic section over there. I swear to God. I read an article front page of the paper one day, in England, 'Yesterday, some Hooligans knocked over a dustbin in Shafsbry.' ...Wooooo. 'The hooligans are loose! The hooligans are loose! ...What if they become roughians? I would hate to be a dustbin in Shafsbry tonight. (to the tune of "Behind Blue Eyes" by The Who) No one knows what it's like... to be a dustbin... in Shafsbry... with hooligans...' " /bill hicks
GeneHilbert	Date: October 14, 2005 @ 12:24 AM I think the materpatch is a perfect spot for an abusive father, don't you? I'm sure it will help the maters.
psypig	Date: October 14, 2005 @ 4:35 AM I've never seen a bobby. I've seen police, cops, pigs, rozzers, cozzers, coppers, the law, old bill and the filth, but i've never seen a bobby. I don't think i've ever used that word unless i was referring to someone who's name was 'Bobby'. I'm pretty sure you can get in trouble for an untidy garden over here but it would have to be piled high with rubbish. Shadowself - If you were reading some local newspaper then i can understand that - my local paper has some absolute crap in it sometimes although on tuesday there was a bit of a shoot-out in a city near me. Which is a big deal over here because we don't really have any guns. Oh and i'd like to point out that as i live in the north of england i sound nothing like the stereotypical cheeky cockney that appears in any american film/tv show featuring someone from my fair country.
TameasDust	Date: October 14, 2005 @ 7:32 AM definition time bobby - British slang for a policeman, deriving from Robert Peel, the founder of the first metropolitan police force in London. weeeeeeee
rhthesinner	Date: October 14, 2005 @ 8:12 AM I was pulled up about the bollards in mine
MindSculpture	Date: October 14, 2005 @ 8:16 AM definition time 2 (Scotland) Bobby (pronounced boaby) - slang for penis, deriving from penis.
rhthesinner	Date: October 14, 2005 @ 8:29 AM So MindSculpture... I was called a "bobbydazzler" once I'm guessing it wasn't a compliment then... ...
psypig	Date: October 14, 2005 @ 10:01 AM i have to say we've got some awesome phrases up here. I particularly enjoy my inability to say the word coupling 'to the' as in 'I'm going t' shop'. Also I find i say 'Aye' instead of yes without meaning to (which scares me slightly). "Aye, away then, I've been 'ere while 5. We need to get t' pub soon and start suppin' some ale" (Yes, let us now depart. I have been here since 5 o clock. We need to get to the public house soon and start drinking some beer)
psypig	Date: October 14, 2005 @ 10:23 AM oh my apologies, technically that should be read 'I've BIN 'ere while 5...' Accents are weird.
GeneHilbert	Date: October 14, 2005 @ 11:46 AM the beer (ale) part is kewl....... I got that much.....
K3VIN	Date: October 14, 2005 @ 1:06 PM !!!
Intergalacti...	Date: October 14, 2005 @ 2:09 PM by bobbies we mean policeman right? when did this site turn to 1950's comedy?
imemine	Date: October 14, 2005 @ 3:15 PM Ahhh---just throw another shrimp on the bobby and move down under with your own bad Untidy Garden! See---piss off two whole countries in one sentence! By piss off I don’t mean get drunk.
0Hz	Date: October 14, 2005 @ 6:44 PM what a load of fuckin bollocks
AgentMGD	Date: October 14, 2005 @ 7:58 PM note: mr. agent will keep the garden tidy
redrasta	Date: October 14, 2005 @ 10:41 PM sigh I miss England and the beach and the diversity of my hometown(Brighton) and the untidy gardens ... I swear there isnt an admittedly gay man or woman in this whole friggin town!! Ohio....its an experience, thats fer shure.
GeneHilbert	Date: October 15, 2005 @ 1:56 AM Oh yeah...... you have my blessing......
TameasDust	Date: October 15, 2005 @ 3:36 AM wonder how much of britain is native born ... what is untidy for one culture is art to another
leplume	Date: October 15, 2005 @ 3:41 AM Bathtub virgins...always a nice addition to any garden.
TameasDust	Date: October 15, 2005 @ 7:56 AM you mean real virgins or statues