Chap who Punched a Police Horse

[ASC1951]

I like tomatoes

So do I. But I'm sure neither of us would need to hire a Black Country tart to help us find the nearest greengrocer.
The other odd thing about the story was that the punter only got £20 out of the ATM. I'm not an authority in these things, but I would have thought that even in Austerity Walsall, there wouldn't be much on her price list for that amount. Or maybe she said "If that's what you want, you'll need a top-up"....

 

[asterix]

Do I detect a little jealousy? Don't you have enough assets to to justify the Inland Revenue trying to stop you from passing them in their entirety onto your family? If he's optimised his asset transfers to minimise his tax liabilities then hats off to him.

It's not 'jealousy', it's 'envy' that you detect. swansonj was not married to Harvey Jones was he? I doubt if he is that kind of othello.

I had a lot of respect for him (Harvey Jones, not swansonj (nothing personal swansonj)) he was a decent entrepreneur unlike some.

 

[KEEF]

Dear me just rejoined this thread and I'm sure it was about some thick United fan punching a Police Horse!

 

[ufkacbln]

[QUOTE 2678489, member: 1314"]An elephant could do more pushing than a horse.

I've now come to the conclusion that Met Horses only exist for Shire people to ride, as a full-time and free hobby, simply because they like riding horses.[/quote]

There was one member of the Police Force on this site who used to similarly abuse his position.

He used to ride bicycles as part of his job, and worse still had the sheer effrontery to admit that he enjoyed it!

 

[Cycleops]

I know we are all disgusted about Barry Rogerson guy punching a horse, but a custodial sentence does seem a bit sharp. If he had done the same to an old lady and taken her handbag he would probably have got community service. I think we need a victim impact statement here.

 

[swee'pea99]

I think they're maintained for one reason and one reason only: crowd control. Nothing else offers the same combination of visibility, flexibility, and responsiveness. Think miners' strike, think poll tax riots...if you want to control the movements of large groups of people, nothing else comes close.

Also The Establishment, Normans to a man, have never quite relinquished the thrill of beating up on footsore Saxons.

 

[Bryony]

I see his lung condition that stops him working doesn't stop him being a mindless thug!

 

[Bryony]

[QUOTE 2686331, member: 1314"]Went past HoP today and saw a random police horse. It hugged the gutter and I took a pic. Loads of tourists took pics.

I took a special interest as I really just can’t work out the cost-effective reason(s) that the Met have horses apart from this ceremonial touristy thing. I’m happy to be corrected if people have some facts and stats and things but...

...everytime a look at Met police horse now I’m gonna think – why? Here’s the one I saw. It had a nice tail, I’ll give it that.

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They are brilliant for crowd control, a line of 500kg+ police horses is much more effective at pushing back a crowd than police officers in foot. I've tried pushing a horse off me that was standing on my foot it just leaned against me!! It eventually got off and left me with a broken foot!

 

[Arch]

Also, you get a good viewpoint from up there. Better for patrolling than a car really.

 

[Profpointy]

Well, it's a little known fact that once a policeman mounts a horse the resulting form becomes a monocoque (deemed "Horseman" FYI). So, actually assaulting a police horse isn't the same as assaulting a police officer, and is only the same if an officer and horse transmogrify.

Or sommat like that.

You mean policemen on horses are really Centaurs?
Wow ! Can that really be true ?