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Old 01-06-2002, 03:35 AM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by le car
[B]I've had a couple of police encounters in the UK, but managed to avoid fines each time by using a strong french accent and by acting as a complete tourist (i have french plates)
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by mikerich
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Hey - I still have my French plates - reckon that wd work?
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Originally posted by le car
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the key to the trick is the VERY strong french accent with LOTS of grammatical errors ('I promise I have driving slow in the future, sir')

LOL I will have to practice my Japanese accent for next time I am back in the UK, I wonder if that would work coupled with a Japanese driving license
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James, do you really look Japanese after all?
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Originally posted by Kobe
James, do you really look Japanese after all?

Well no, but not all of our boys in blue are that intelligent are they


(waiting for the flaming for that one )
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Lucky if you can find one without earrings and a pony tail. Then again it's just as likely to be a female.
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Originally posted by Cedric Tomkinson
Lucky if you can find one without earrings and a pony tail. Then again it's just as likely to be a female.

LOL

And it was you who I was expecting to shoot me down
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Don't they all look so young these days.
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Originally posted by AnDy_PaNdY
Don't they all look so young these days.

They certainly do
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Originally posted by AnDy_PaNdY
Don't they all look so young these days.
pre-pubescent



Originally posted by le car
They ran frantically towards me but when they realized that my level of english was terribly low, they just said "slow mister, slow", and gave up..
lol Superb anecdotes!


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