# The British Police... best in teh world

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-police-best-in-teh-world/410783>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 6, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-police-best-in-teh-world/410783 "2007-07-06T23:11:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-police-best-in-teh-world/410783/1 "2007-07-06T23:11:59Z")

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[Here’s a YouTube clip](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvdpYgX4f7Q) of our fine Boys in Blue responding to a call during the recent floods.

I’m also very impressed in how much regard they are held by the British public.

😉

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**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-police-best-in-teh-world/410783/2 "2007-07-06T23:22:48Z")

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Gawd bless’em.  
What a bunch of tossers. I bet the driver is still getting a hard time from his colleagues now.

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**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-police-best-in-teh-world/410783/3 "2007-07-07T00:09:40Z")

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Are you guys not used to floods or something? 😛

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**Author:** ![Capt\_B.Phart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Capt\_B.Phart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_B.Phart)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-police-best-in-teh-world/410783/4 "2007-07-07T00:48:56Z")

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I never thought I would actually ever type “LOL”, but now I have! Tits

[QUOTE=dangermom]  
Are you guys not used to floods or something? 😛  
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My (76 yr old) mum has driven through minor flooding like that several times, and never got stuck - ok she cheats by checking how deep the water is and by going slowly enough not to force water into the air filter - rather than trying to scare the water out of the way with the “Blues and Twos” blazing and blaring