Re: Snitching to HM Filth

[Mike Marion <mmarion@optronics-intl.com>]

Phil wrote:

>In message <19971217142755.15536.qmail@hotmail.com> "Mike Del Tergo" writes:
>
>> I believe Phil Payne said
>>
>> "On the way back I was passed by a Sierra Cosworth doing 100+ in the
>>  roadworks south of Norman Cross near Peterborough.  I rang HM Filth
>>  and reported it - they seemed to know and were tracking him south.
>>  Obviously pinched."
>>
>> Not entirely familiar with the regional colloquialisms, I took "I rang
>> HM filth and reported it" to mean you snitched to the local
>> constabulary.  As one who sometimes takes generous liberties with
>> "suggested" terminal velocity regulations, I am put off.
>
>I have no objection whatever to doing twice the 'suggested' velocity, but
>there's a time and a place.  The Norman Cross roadworks are large,
>complex, and
>changing by the hour - the suggested 50 mph is (IMO) too much in some
>places.
>This character was doing 100+ when _I_ saw him, but in a totally reckless and
>dangerous manner - not only to himself, but also to other road users and
>(most
>important of all) to the workers in the roadworks.  There are radar
>cameras set
>at 61 mph all over the place - this guy was ignoring them, and was thus most
>likely _NOT_ the person who would eventually receive the brown envelope.
>

Fine. Sounds like he deserved the call.  BUT...

You have GOT to tell us what HM Filth means!
                             ^^^^^^^^
Her Majesty's Filth?
Her Majesty's Finest In Little Tin Heskeths?
Her Majesty's First In Leather THongs?
Heretical Men Found In Lousy Tin Hondas?
Hysterical Men Fouled In Lousy Thames H2O?

Come on, fill us in on the local "speak"

=)

Mike



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