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…good-Samaritanism in London is considered an extreme sport – like base-jumping or crocodile-wrestling.

Ben Aaronovitch

It’s a police mantra that all members of the public are guilty of something, but some members of the public are more guilty than others.
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Guilty Member Police
The media are doing this, not because they have a sinister motive, but because they love to feel that they are influencing events. That’s why they hate politicians so much, because politicians have direct power and they do not.
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Events Hate Media
A physical expression of formae. Or at least have got close enough to explain all those legendary swordsmen and their inexplicable desire to roost on the tops of bamboo trees.
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Bamboo Close Enough Explain Expression Legendary Top
The Metropolitan Police Service is still, despite what people think, a working-class organisation and as such rejects totally the notion of an officer class.
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Character Educational Thinking
The worst part is staying in the room after you’ve broken the news, so that you’re forced to be there when someone’s life disintegrates around them. Some people say it doesn’t bother them – such people are not to be trusted.
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Broken Disintegrate News People Stay Worst
…good-Samaritanism in London is considered an extreme sport – like base-jumping or crocodile-wrestling.
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Jumping Sports Wrestling
Every male in the world thinks he’s an excellent driver. Every copper who’s ever had to pick an eyeball out of a puddle knows that most of them are kidding themselves.
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Males Puddles Thinking
The fact that it was entirely possible for someone to be all three simultaneously is why good-Samaritanism in London is considered an extreme sport – like BASE jumping or crocodile wrestling.
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Country Jumping Possible Sport Wrestling
My dad was a fairy,” said Zach. “And by that I don’t mean he dressed well and enjoyed musical theatre.
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Dad Mean Musical
If you just warn people, they often simply ignore you. But if you ask them a question, then they have to think about it.
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Drunk People Thinking
…don’t ask me why I know what an Edwardian smoking jacket looks like: let’s just say it has something to do with Doctor Who and leave it at that.
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Doctors Looks Smoking
The study of the victim is called victimology because everything sounds better with and ology tacked on the end.
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Sound Study Victim
Actually I’d always thought he sat in the library with a slim volume of metaphysical poetry until the commissioner called him on the bat phone and summoned him into action. Holy paranormal activity, Nightingale – to the Jag mobile.
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Bats Library Phones
If you ask any police officer what the worst part of the job is, they will always say breaking bad news to relatives, but this is not the truth.
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Broken Jobs People
Holy paranormal activity, Nightingale – to the Jag mobile.
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Holy Nightingale Paranormal
Somebody doesn’t know they’re not in Kansas anymore,’ said Stephanopoulos.
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Kansas Knows Said

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