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Previously on "Tea Leaf Gets Caught and Blubs"

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  • Cyberman
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    Originally posted by Diver View Post
    Same thing happened to me once.

    I was offloading this pile of lead flashing off the church roof.
    A copper came up to me and said "What are you doing?"
    I explained that I was removing the old lead so that it could be replaced with new.
    He Said "Who told you to do it, And at 2 AM?"

    "Bulgger!" I said, "I'm so busy, I forgot I didn't have a contract to do the job"

    These things do happen see

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  • Cyberman
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    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    I stand corrected


    again !!!

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  • Xenophon
    replied
    Originally posted by Bob Dalek View Post
    It's a gift - I have no control over it

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  • Bob Dalek
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    Originally posted by Xenophon View Post
    I see what you've done there.
    It's a gift - I have no control over it

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  • Xenophon
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    Originally posted by Bob Dalek View Post
    You chimp!
    I see what you've done there.

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  • Bob Dalek
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    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    No, she wasn't. Try reading the story - she was offered the chance to plead guilty and avoid appearing in court. She would still have got a record.
    You chimp!

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  • NotAllThere
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    Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
    ...She said: "The only thing I am guilty of is forgetfulness. It was a simple human error - I am not a criminal and I wanted to plead not guilty." Her case was heard last Thursday. TfL said it had offered Ms Krogh the opportunity to pay £102 and receive no criminal record, but she was adamant she wanted to put her case forward.
    ...
    Silly bint. Why did she think she wasn't guilty? She forgot. No-one else. Her responsibility alone.

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  • expat
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    Originally posted by Xenophon View Post
    What a great country this is.

    The lunatics are running the asylum, the jobsworths are operating it, the benefitters are fighting the housing-marketeers to vote for it, and the world's worst press are recording it.

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  • Diver
    replied
    Same thing happened to me once.

    I was offloading this pile of lead flashing off the church roof.
    A copper came up to me and said "What are you doing?"
    I explained that I was removing the old lead so that it could be replaced with new.
    He Said "Who told you to do it, And at 2 AM?"

    "Bulgger!" I said, "I'm so busy, I forgot I didn't have a contract to do the job"

    These things do happen see

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  • NickFitz
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    Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
    its you who cant read



    She said: "The only thing I am guilty of is forgetfulness. It was a simple human error - I am not a criminal and I wanted to plead not guilty." Her case was heard last Thursday. TfL said it had offered Ms Krogh the opportunity to pay £102 and receive no criminal record, but she was adamant she wanted to put her case forward.



    I stand corrected

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  • EternalOptimist
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    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    No, she wasn't. Try reading the story - she was offered the chance to plead guilty and avoid appearing in court. She would still have got a record.
    its you who cant read



    She said: "The only thing I am guilty of is forgetfulness. It was a simple human error - I am not a criminal and I wanted to plead not guilty." Her case was heard last Thursday. TfL said it had offered Ms Krogh the opportunity to pay £102 and receive no criminal record, but she was adamant she wanted to put her case forward.



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  • NickFitz
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    Originally posted by Bob Dalek View Post
    Remember, she was offered a "No Criminal Record" way out
    No, she wasn't. Try reading the story - she was offered the chance to plead guilty and avoid appearing in court. She would still have got a record.

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  • Malingering BA
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    I represented myself because I thought I had to stand up for myself
    Oh dear. Oh dearie dear.

    Did she not pay attention at her UK citizenship classes? A legal aid brief would not only have got her off but won her compensation for the distress caused.

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  • Bob Dalek
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    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    I bet she sells drugs to children too.
    If she did, I bet she'd still try the "flutter the eyes and flash the tits" approach in court.

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  • DimPrawn
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    Originally posted by Bob Dalek View Post
    There are PLENTY of "Oh, it's not really stealing" slags out there. And I am soooo pleased to see one of 'em get properly screwed for it. Remember, she was offered a "No Criminal Record" way out, and, like any of her Fagin-like ilk would have done if in the same boat, she just had to take a punt on the "I'm blonde, a mother and am just SO busy, your honour." wheeze. F--k her.
    I bet she sells drugs to children too.

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