tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post1330088509290486809..comments2023-10-24T14:51:45.756+02:00Comments on Bloggertropolis: Crime Does Actually PayStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-48919516921520493982011-09-19T19:46:42.425+02:002011-09-19T19:46:42.425+02:00Dicky: cheers - I shall pop across and take a look...Dicky: cheers - I shall pop across and take a look-see.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-40252998815751411362011-09-19T19:40:30.008+02:002011-09-19T19:40:30.008+02:00Hi Steve,
I have mentioned your post over at my b...Hi Steve,<br /><br />I have mentioned your post over at my blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-14906704486231132882011-09-19T17:45:09.254+02:002011-09-19T17:45:09.254+02:00Trish: sounds like a bit of a prick to me... boom ...Trish: sounds like a bit of a prick to me... <i>boom tish!</i>Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-51221890010298714362011-09-19T17:22:33.098+02:002011-09-19T17:22:33.098+02:00Talking of defecating, did you hear about the chap...Talking of defecating, did you hear about the chap round our way who defecated on a dead hedgehog? Fined £200. His comment was, "When you've gotta go, you've gotta go!"Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00119443727504215312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-67671053921442038492011-09-19T14:47:25.859+02:002011-09-19T14:47:25.859+02:00Selina: well, now you mention it, I quite fancy ni...Selina: well, now you mention it, I quite fancy nicking some of the pick 'n' mix from Tesco...Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-65501456207849295132011-09-19T09:32:20.463+02:002011-09-19T09:32:20.463+02:00As a fledgling writer I'd say go for it...expe...As a fledgling writer I'd say go for it...experience everything. I can help if you need to do anything illicit and haven't you seen on the news, judges are more lenient now than they've ever been !!!Selina Kingstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515746813047397411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-17039708260304997742011-09-19T08:53:55.299+02:002011-09-19T08:53:55.299+02:00Amanda: please... not the big truncheon again, off...Amanda: please... not the big truncheon again, officer!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-60757884659351138532011-09-19T02:30:04.953+02:002011-09-19T02:30:04.953+02:00Your wide eyed and innocent look doesn't fool ...Your wide eyed and innocent look doesn't fool me for one second, sonny jim. Let's be 'avin' yer...The Sagittarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05513045101496737031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-55215961275455223682011-09-18T21:54:19.313+02:002011-09-18T21:54:19.313+02:00Mark: what? And fraternize with the hoi polloi? No...Mark: what? And fraternize with the hoi polloi? No bloody fear!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-82060113831131600402011-09-18T20:40:24.020+02:002011-09-18T20:40:24.020+02:00Or you could volunteer to be one of those communit...Or you could volunteer to be one of those community coppers - and then later claim the novel is an insider's expose of the murky world or police interviews... might sell a few more books?The bike shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195882998271591934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-13302730553535092692011-09-18T09:17:00.664+02:002011-09-18T09:17:00.664+02:00Wylye Girl: good old fashioned tape recorders? No ...Wylye Girl: good old fashioned tape recorders? No new technology? Digital voice recorders and the like?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-21642158404297882572011-09-18T00:00:29.556+02:002011-09-18T00:00:29.556+02:00Steve, we do interviews under caution all the time...Steve, we do interviews under caution all the time both with and without the police working as I do for Trading Standards. It's all very boring. You get them to confirm their name,and date of birth, caution them, then ask questions, all tape recorded so no funny business. That's all for the French.<br /><br />The Husband worked on the pilot of George Gently. Apart from the most recent series, it's all been filmed in Ireland.Wylye Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03513714783299643621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-18919517344478490312011-09-17T19:52:58.523+02:002011-09-17T19:52:58.523+02:00Fran: daub graffiti on the Pump Rooms?!? Oh perish...Fran: daub graffiti on the Pump Rooms?!? Oh perish the thought!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-83162395324202074802011-09-17T19:36:15.499+02:002011-09-17T19:36:15.499+02:00Yes, tricky. How do you do this kind of research?...Yes, tricky. How do you do this kind of research? I guess the only thing, Steve, is to get arrested for something or other. Could you dismantle the bandstand, piece by piece? Or daub 'I hate Georgian architecture' on the Pump Rooms? I'm sure you'll find a way.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-91268403147144691272011-09-17T11:34:26.891+02:002011-09-17T11:34:26.891+02:00Keith: tea and biscuits. That's how George doe...Keith: tea and biscuits. That's how George does it. Nice 'n' gently.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-59916604239923972802011-09-17T10:34:53.683+02:002011-09-17T10:34:53.683+02:00It is. I wasn't on it though, we had dropped i...It is. I wasn't on it though, we had dropped in, "for tea' so to speak.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070505642533336362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-6497508392599973772011-09-17T09:15:57.466+02:002011-09-17T09:15:57.466+02:00Löst Jimmy: elementary my dear Watson... oh, just ...Löst Jimmy: elementary my dear Watson... oh, just one more thing... It's 1973, it's lunchtime, I'm 'avin' 'oops...Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-4028948332026709892011-09-17T00:50:05.016+02:002011-09-17T00:50:05.016+02:00Starksy and Hutch taught me all I know...Book '...Starksy and Hutch taught me all I know...Book 'im Danno er ahem Who Loves ya Baby...erm...do you feel lucky punk...oooh...put your trousers on yer nicked...evening allLöst Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09907139441842698894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-61565745307941509202011-09-16T20:24:56.351+02:002011-09-16T20:24:56.351+02:00Keith: George Gently? Is that really filmed in Dur...Keith: George Gently? Is that really filmed in Durham? <br /><br />Autumnraver: method writing? Hmm. But I was planning on writing a bodice ripper for my next novel...! ;-)Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-40208749561019564652011-09-16T16:09:38.746+02:002011-09-16T16:09:38.746+02:00Actors do it all the time...it's called method...Actors do it all the time...it's called method acting. Go do something bad...::grins:: <br /><br />I got arrested once...they were really nice. Definitely wouldn't make for a good read so I'd say taking a few liberties is ok. <br /><br />Actually I can give you an American perspective (and not because I was arrested) My husband is a police officer and has been for 6 years. As a small town officer he's arrested everything from dumb blonds flashing tits to get out of DWI's to assault and attempted murder suspects. No they don't rough people up, but occassionally they have a few "accidents" getting into the car...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-85560019645568177922011-09-16T15:26:16.414+02:002011-09-16T15:26:16.414+02:00The only time I've ever been in a real one I f...The only time I've ever been in a real one I felt guilty before I had even sat down, and I was the "victim". On the whole Police interrogation rooms are boring. None of your two way mirrors and copper hysterics. Just a standard table, uncomfy chairs, the requisite tape recorder and a panic strip within reach. Time was you could chuck in a grotty ashtray but the law has taken that away.<br /><br />I don't like to boast, but I spent some time in George Gently's interrogation room earlier this year ( I go all the best places don't you know ) and even being period didn't enliven the place.<br /><br />Write what you know Steve, and the rest will be fine.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070505642533336362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-49012563702967793342011-09-16T14:48:06.226+02:002011-09-16T14:48:06.226+02:00Nota Bene: the scary thing is the characters in my...Nota Bene: the scary thing is the characters in my novel are before the police for almost precisely that - dealing in coke. <br /><br />Have you got hold of an advance copy, or something?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-75650326652391167732011-09-16T14:29:45.354+02:002011-09-16T14:29:45.354+02:00To help you out, I've reported you to the poli...To help you out, I've reported you to the police and indicated that under your kitchen floor is 2 tonnes of cocaine which you imported last week having 'taken out' the Jamaican Yardie who was planning to sell it.<br /><br />I expect they'll be round soon.<br /><br />Anything to help you out mate.Nota Benehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969705852180234416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-65611567435789609322011-09-16T08:58:09.538+02:002011-09-16T08:58:09.538+02:00Marginalia: my local instability? They're like...Marginalia: my local instability? They're like my local constabulary, right? <br /><br />Being Me: you have spares? My God, you are organized, woman! (Organized crime. Geddit?)<br /><br />TimeWarden: if your sergeant is Alex Drake from Ashes To Ashes I ain't saying nuffink. Tell her to do her worst.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-72650586376360263102011-09-16T07:30:04.456+02:002011-09-16T07:30:04.456+02:00Listen, sonny, just exactly where were you on the ...Listen, sonny, just exactly where were you on the night of the 15th? Don't give me none of that crap, I want names, dates, times. And if you don't cooperate, my sergeant here is likely to give you a good seeing to, capish?TimeWardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853837867256272087noreply@blogger.com