Ever been to prison?
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My friend and I were arrested for stealing a car in Zimbabwe on new years eve of 1997. My dad and my cousin had to drive 6 hours to come rescue us from a town the size of my company (i.e. tiny) but which had a jail bigger than the empire state! The thing was that it was my dads car and they did not believe us, he had lent it to me so that I could drive to Kariba (the town) and join some other friends for a new years bash. Apparently a lot of white kids steal cars in South Africa and drive them up through Africa to be sold or exported wherever. So we were prime suspects in Zimbabwe. Ironic that here in SA (and other parts of the world) two black guys in a nice car are prime suspects :rolleyes: We spent a few hours being shown around the prison, them showing us the exact cells they were going to throw us into. Most were filled with huge hulking black guys who are not too friendly towards whites. Eventually they impounded the car and kicked us out of the jail onto the side of the road to wait for my dad. They did not even take our names, I reckon they were all dead bored and wanted to have some fun with us white kids lol. It was definitley an experience :-D regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa
a similar things happened at the sports day for my school this year, a 14 yearold went to get somthing from his dads car, but was acting a little :suss: so a man thought he was trying to steal it - and trapped the kid in the door for bout 15mins till they found the dad and confirmed that was his some. :-D
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How many CP'ers have ever been arrested and spent time in jail? About 6 or 7 months ago I was arrested on "suspicion" of being an illegal immigrant here in South Africa. I was in a taxi that got pulled over and as the officer was checking the drivers licenses, he kept complaining (to me) about how hot it was. Only problem is he was speaking in a language called Sotho, which I don't understand. I mentioned that I didn't speak Sotho and blam! Right into the back of a police van. Of course I didn't have my passport with me but my flat was only 5 minutes away. I told the cops that but they preferred to drive 45 minutes back to the jail house instead. My HR manager came a few hours later with my passport and permits, problem was, she also came screaming at the top cop and he didn't take too kindly to that so he chased her away and I ended up spending a whole day and a half in jail. Not a pleasant experience. By the way, if you're Albanian or Serbian or "Former Yugoslavian", or just look anywhere near white enough, and you'e having problems illegally entering the UK or Spain or wherever, do feel free to illegally come to South Africa!! There seems to be an unwritten law that the cops here follow...it goes like this. Only black people come into South Africa illegally :confused: ASP.NET can never fail as working with it is like fitting bras to supermodels - it's one pleasure after the next - David Wulff
Senkwe Chanda wrote: got pulled over and as the officer was checking the drivers licenses Same happened to me a while back. They stopped all the cars and collected driver's licenses. I almost drove into the car in front of my while trying to put my shoes on before the cop got to my car. :omg: And I didn't have my license on me. :~ Of course, this was literally 2 minutes away from my house, but noooo the cop wanted me to get into the back of the police van. Scary, very scary... Of course, having a chap standing next to you with an R1 (beeg gun) is also quite hectic. Eventually he let me go. Wanker! The ironic thing is the cop was black and I'm not, so it kinda blows your theory out the water Senkwe. ;);) Cheers, Simon "Sign up for a chance to be among the first to experience the wrath of the gods.", Microsoft's home page (24/06/2002)
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My friend and I were arrested for stealing a car in Zimbabwe on new years eve of 1997. My dad and my cousin had to drive 6 hours to come rescue us from a town the size of my company (i.e. tiny) but which had a jail bigger than the empire state! The thing was that it was my dads car and they did not believe us, he had lent it to me so that I could drive to Kariba (the town) and join some other friends for a new years bash. Apparently a lot of white kids steal cars in South Africa and drive them up through Africa to be sold or exported wherever. So we were prime suspects in Zimbabwe. Ironic that here in SA (and other parts of the world) two black guys in a nice car are prime suspects :rolleyes: We spent a few hours being shown around the prison, them showing us the exact cells they were going to throw us into. Most were filled with huge hulking black guys who are not too friendly towards whites. Eventually they impounded the car and kicked us out of the jail onto the side of the road to wait for my dad. They did not even take our names, I reckon they were all dead bored and wanted to have some fun with us white kids lol. It was definitley an experience :-D regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa
Paul Watson wrote: My friend and I were arrested for stealing a car in Zimbabwe haha, just thank your luck stars that it didn't happen this year, with a name as "English Sounding" as yours, you would never have seen daylight again :-) ASP.NET can never fail as working with it is like fitting bras to supermodels - it's one pleasure after the next - David Wulff
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Senkwe Chanda wrote: got pulled over and as the officer was checking the drivers licenses Same happened to me a while back. They stopped all the cars and collected driver's licenses. I almost drove into the car in front of my while trying to put my shoes on before the cop got to my car. :omg: And I didn't have my license on me. :~ Of course, this was literally 2 minutes away from my house, but noooo the cop wanted me to get into the back of the police van. Scary, very scary... Of course, having a chap standing next to you with an R1 (beeg gun) is also quite hectic. Eventually he let me go. Wanker! The ironic thing is the cop was black and I'm not, so it kinda blows your theory out the water Senkwe. ;);) Cheers, Simon "Sign up for a chance to be among the first to experience the wrath of the gods.", Microsoft's home page (24/06/2002)
SimonS wrote: The ironic thing is the cop was black and I'm not, so it kinda blows your theory out the water Senkwe Actually it doesn't. My point was that I was thrown into the van when the cop realised that I was unable to understand Sotho. My argument is that if I was white, and say, French...he would have simply smiled and said "Zinedine Zidane is my favorite football player!!" I'll admit though that he might have arrested you simply because he was harboring some resentment :-) ASP.NET can never fail as working with it is like fitting bras to supermodels - it's one pleasure after the next - David Wulff
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Hmm, that's funny but it's pretty interesting at the same time. Over here, every single one of my friends has been to prison for some nonsense or other. Like a fight with a girlfriend or wife, or breaking some old regime law or unpaid speeding fines. So it never is a big deal to announce that you've been in. Guess it's not the same out in the West :-) Incidentally, as I was thrown in jail for no good reason at all, I have no criminal record, hell, no record of arrest even! ASP.NET can never fail as working with it is like fitting bras to supermodels - it's one pleasure after the next - David Wulff
Senkwe Chanda wrote: Over here, every single one of my friends has been to prison for some nonsense or other. What a soft regime you have :)! I am from Russia, and as you probably know, between 1930 and 1950 there were not very many people who could say "I was in prison". Only "I am in prison". Vagif Abilov MCP (Visual C++) Oslo, Norway If you're in a war, instead of throwing a hand grenade at the enemy, throw one of those small pumpkins. Maybe it'll make everyone think how stupid war is, and while they are thinking, you can throw a real grenade at them. Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts
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How many CP'ers have ever been arrested and spent time in jail? About 6 or 7 months ago I was arrested on "suspicion" of being an illegal immigrant here in South Africa. I was in a taxi that got pulled over and as the officer was checking the drivers licenses, he kept complaining (to me) about how hot it was. Only problem is he was speaking in a language called Sotho, which I don't understand. I mentioned that I didn't speak Sotho and blam! Right into the back of a police van. Of course I didn't have my passport with me but my flat was only 5 minutes away. I told the cops that but they preferred to drive 45 minutes back to the jail house instead. My HR manager came a few hours later with my passport and permits, problem was, she also came screaming at the top cop and he didn't take too kindly to that so he chased her away and I ended up spending a whole day and a half in jail. Not a pleasant experience. By the way, if you're Albanian or Serbian or "Former Yugoslavian", or just look anywhere near white enough, and you'e having problems illegally entering the UK or Spain or wherever, do feel free to illegally come to South Africa!! There seems to be an unwritten law that the cops here follow...it goes like this. Only black people come into South Africa illegally :confused: ASP.NET can never fail as working with it is like fitting bras to supermodels - it's one pleasure after the next - David Wulff
I worked on some equipment in a prison for a short while, a wierd atmosphere. It was realxed most of the time but when you are responsible for keeping terrorists locked up there is always an edge. And the prison officers there were nice guys as a rule. Elaine :rose: Would you like to meet my teddybear ?
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How many CP'ers have ever been arrested and spent time in jail? About 6 or 7 months ago I was arrested on "suspicion" of being an illegal immigrant here in South Africa. I was in a taxi that got pulled over and as the officer was checking the drivers licenses, he kept complaining (to me) about how hot it was. Only problem is he was speaking in a language called Sotho, which I don't understand. I mentioned that I didn't speak Sotho and blam! Right into the back of a police van. Of course I didn't have my passport with me but my flat was only 5 minutes away. I told the cops that but they preferred to drive 45 minutes back to the jail house instead. My HR manager came a few hours later with my passport and permits, problem was, she also came screaming at the top cop and he didn't take too kindly to that so he chased her away and I ended up spending a whole day and a half in jail. Not a pleasant experience. By the way, if you're Albanian or Serbian or "Former Yugoslavian", or just look anywhere near white enough, and you'e having problems illegally entering the UK or Spain or wherever, do feel free to illegally come to South Africa!! There seems to be an unwritten law that the cops here follow...it goes like this. Only black people come into South Africa illegally :confused: ASP.NET can never fail as working with it is like fitting bras to supermodels - it's one pleasure after the next - David Wulff
I spent 14 days (and 13 nights) in a grotty dank cell on the site of Exeter Crown Court after I called the judge cautioning me and some mates for a hit and run on Dixons in Exeter highstreet an "overpaid, overweight, stuck up, upper class wanker in a wig". Not the best days of my life let me tell you.
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
One 18yrs male, red and white, good condition; daily servicing required. £500 collect ono. BTW, I *am* joking - I have never seen a prison, let alone been in one.
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Senkwe Chanda wrote: Over here, every single one of my friends has been to prison for some nonsense or other. What a soft regime you have :)! I am from Russia, and as you probably know, between 1930 and 1950 there were not very many people who could say "I was in prison". Only "I am in prison". Vagif Abilov MCP (Visual C++) Oslo, Norway If you're in a war, instead of throwing a hand grenade at the enemy, throw one of those small pumpkins. Maybe it'll make everyone think how stupid war is, and while they are thinking, you can throw a real grenade at them. Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts
Vagif Abilov wrote: What a soft regime you have ! I am from Russia, and as you probably know, between 1930 and 1950 there were not very many people who could say "I was in prison". Only "I am in prison". :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh: ASP.NET can never fail as working with it is like fitting bras to supermodels - it's one pleasure after the next - David Wulff
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:laugh::laugh: Sounds like a B grade movie ASP.NET can never fail as working with it is like fitting bras to supermodels - it's one pleasure after the next - David Wulff
Senkwe Chanda wrote: Sounds like a B grade movie Err, have you seen the movies recently? That story is definitely A grade! :) - write a screenplay quick! The gay Uncle Al is such an excellent character to include. You could make it a comedy where all the others in the cell, "like" you but your Uncle has to say you're his... Then the girfriend hears about this and on release she's waiting for you both! How about suggestions from anyone else? Best of all, we could end the movie with "based on a true story" :) "The folly of man is that he dreams of what he can never achieve rather than dream of what he can."
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Senkwe Chanda wrote: There seems to be an unwritten law that the cops here follow...it goes like this. Only black people come into South Africa illegally Years ago, aparthied was an underlying them in one of the "Lethal Weapon" movies, and one of my favorite parts was Danny Glover watching a bank officer's surprise when he said he wanted to go to South Africa. "But... but...", the suit stuttered, "you're black!" People can be such morons... Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)
No, it's 'you're blick'. A great moment. Christian We're just observing the seasonal migration from VB to VC. Most of these birds will be killed by predators or will die of hunger. Only the best will survive - Tomasz Sowinski 29-07-2002 ( on the number of newbie posters in the VC forum ) Cats, and most other animals apart from mad cows can write fully functional vb code. - Simon Walton - 6-Aug-2002
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SimonS wrote: The ironic thing is the cop was black and I'm not, so it kinda blows your theory out the water Senkwe Actually it doesn't. My point was that I was thrown into the van when the cop realised that I was unable to understand Sotho. My argument is that if I was white, and say, French...he would have simply smiled and said "Zinedine Zidane is my favorite football player!!" I'll admit though that he might have arrested you simply because he was harboring some resentment :-) ASP.NET can never fail as working with it is like fitting bras to supermodels - it's one pleasure after the next - David Wulff
Senkwe Chanda wrote: I'll admit though that he might have arrested you simply because he was harboring some resentment :laugh: Hey, I voted DP! Cheers, Simon "Sign up for a chance to be among the first to experience the wrath of the gods.", Microsoft's home page (24/06/2002)
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Senkwe Chanda wrote: Sounds like a B grade movie Err, have you seen the movies recently? That story is definitely A grade! :) - write a screenplay quick! The gay Uncle Al is such an excellent character to include. You could make it a comedy where all the others in the cell, "like" you but your Uncle has to say you're his... Then the girfriend hears about this and on release she's waiting for you both! How about suggestions from anyone else? Best of all, we could end the movie with "based on a true story" :) "The folly of man is that he dreams of what he can never achieve rather than dream of what he can."
:laugh: :laugh: Unfortunately, Al and myself were the only prisoners that night! Still, we could dress the story up a bit (actually there is a little more ... like the GORGEOUS lesbian that was staying at the hotel who kept trying to get my ex to stay with her for the night to get away from "that nasty queer (Al) and his young bitch (me)"!!! Man, it feels like yesterday - hard to believe that was 10 years ago now... Al has retired to his condo in Florida now (he worked for the New York Post most of his life) so perhaps my wife and I should pay him a visit (10 years on, etc.).
Kicking, squealing Gucci little piggy.
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Mauricio, what did you think of that babysitter that was caught on tape abusing the children? I would have kicked her ass from here to next week, whether she's a woman or not. Child abusers are the lowest scum of the earth IMO. ASP.NET can never fail as working with it is like fitting bras to supermodels - it's one pleasure after the next - David Wulff
Senkwe Chanda wrote: Mauricio, what did you think of that babysitter that was caught on tape abusing the children? a terrible stuff... I was shocked with the images... they should lock her up immediatly (she is not in prison AFAIK). Senkwe Chanda wrote: Child abusers are the lowest scum of the earth IMO. Agreed Mauricio Ritter - Brazil Sonorking now: 100.13560 Trank :beer: The alcohol is one of the greatest enemys of man, but a man who flee from his enemys is a coward. :beer:
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I worked on some equipment in a prison for a short while, a wierd atmosphere. It was realxed most of the time but when you are responsible for keeping terrorists locked up there is always an edge. And the prison officers there were nice guys as a rule. Elaine :rose: Would you like to meet my teddybear ?
Trollslayer (at work) wrote: I worked on some equipment in a prison for a short while So, did you get that pesky chair working properly again?:-D "Knock, knock." "Who's there?" "Recursion." "Recursion who?" "Knock, knock..."
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How many CP'ers have ever been arrested and spent time in jail? About 6 or 7 months ago I was arrested on "suspicion" of being an illegal immigrant here in South Africa. I was in a taxi that got pulled over and as the officer was checking the drivers licenses, he kept complaining (to me) about how hot it was. Only problem is he was speaking in a language called Sotho, which I don't understand. I mentioned that I didn't speak Sotho and blam! Right into the back of a police van. Of course I didn't have my passport with me but my flat was only 5 minutes away. I told the cops that but they preferred to drive 45 minutes back to the jail house instead. My HR manager came a few hours later with my passport and permits, problem was, she also came screaming at the top cop and he didn't take too kindly to that so he chased her away and I ended up spending a whole day and a half in jail. Not a pleasant experience. By the way, if you're Albanian or Serbian or "Former Yugoslavian", or just look anywhere near white enough, and you'e having problems illegally entering the UK or Spain or wherever, do feel free to illegally come to South Africa!! There seems to be an unwritten law that the cops here follow...it goes like this. Only black people come into South Africa illegally :confused: ASP.NET can never fail as working with it is like fitting bras to supermodels - it's one pleasure after the next - David Wulff
About 9 - 10 years ago I was a DJ in a bar in Medellin, Colombia. All the sudden cops storm the place. Without explanation they put us all in a truck and strait to jail we go. I was with a cousin and my brother. They take us to the DAS building (something like the FBI, but nasty like the Gestapo or the KGB). Needless to say we're worried and scared, we didn't know what was going on. The take our IDs and put like 30 of us in a small cell. Eventually, like at 1:00am everybody falls asleep, that is everybody but me, because there was no space in the cell floor available, unless I wanted to sleep on top of the nasty looking bastard that was caught with a stolen car and a illegal weapon. :omg: I spent all night swiping roaches off of my brother and my cousin. Next morning a cop comes in and sees that I'm the only one awake and gives me a broom and make me clean the whole patio outside the cell. :mad: I did what any brave man would do... I took the broom and did what I was told! X| Well, after 3 - 4 hours the decided to let us go, at least all of those that were in the bar. What happened was that the was a bomb that killed a bunch of cops (the was the time of the drug cartel wars) and the were hungry for blood (literally!) But found out that we were just innocent kids. We also figured out that several hitmen used to go to the bar (we didn't know that!:omg: ) so that's why the cops went there. Next weekend... there I was... same bar... waiting for those cops... they never came back. (Young kids can be soooo stupid!)
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:laugh: :laugh: Unfortunately, Al and myself were the only prisoners that night! Still, we could dress the story up a bit (actually there is a little more ... like the GORGEOUS lesbian that was staying at the hotel who kept trying to get my ex to stay with her for the night to get away from "that nasty queer (Al) and his young bitch (me)"!!! Man, it feels like yesterday - hard to believe that was 10 years ago now... Al has retired to his condo in Florida now (he worked for the New York Post most of his life) so perhaps my wife and I should pay him a visit (10 years on, etc.).
Kicking, squealing Gucci little piggy.
I love it! OK, this is bordering on enough to run with as a story for really good comedy. I suggest we all try our hand at writing a screen-play for it. Perhaps CP should offer a prize and you should of course be the judge :) "The folly of man is that he dreams of what he can never achieve rather than dream of what he can."
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I love it! OK, this is bordering on enough to run with as a story for really good comedy. I suggest we all try our hand at writing a screen-play for it. Perhaps CP should offer a prize and you should of course be the judge :) "The folly of man is that he dreams of what he can never achieve rather than dream of what he can."
Damn good idea! Perhaps I should also re-post this story later on, as many US CP-ians may miss it, what with all the VB vs C++ and Dreamweaver threads! Another titbit: Prior to losing it completely, my ex ended up singing a drunken version of "Bobbys Girl" (by Marcie Blaine I think) on the Karaoke stage - totally out of tune. It made me wince (not to mention the poor locals!) - it was so bad that I just knew I was in for a long night!! Can I choose the actors too? :)
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I love it! OK, this is bordering on enough to run with as a story for really good comedy. I suggest we all try our hand at writing a screen-play for it. Perhaps CP should offer a prize and you should of course be the judge :) "The folly of man is that he dreams of what he can never achieve rather than dream of what he can."
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How many CP'ers have ever been arrested and spent time in jail? About 6 or 7 months ago I was arrested on "suspicion" of being an illegal immigrant here in South Africa. I was in a taxi that got pulled over and as the officer was checking the drivers licenses, he kept complaining (to me) about how hot it was. Only problem is he was speaking in a language called Sotho, which I don't understand. I mentioned that I didn't speak Sotho and blam! Right into the back of a police van. Of course I didn't have my passport with me but my flat was only 5 minutes away. I told the cops that but they preferred to drive 45 minutes back to the jail house instead. My HR manager came a few hours later with my passport and permits, problem was, she also came screaming at the top cop and he didn't take too kindly to that so he chased her away and I ended up spending a whole day and a half in jail. Not a pleasant experience. By the way, if you're Albanian or Serbian or "Former Yugoslavian", or just look anywhere near white enough, and you'e having problems illegally entering the UK or Spain or wherever, do feel free to illegally come to South Africa!! There seems to be an unwritten law that the cops here follow...it goes like this. Only black people come into South Africa illegally :confused: ASP.NET can never fail as working with it is like fitting bras to supermodels - it's one pleasure after the next - David Wulff
1967. I was driving from LA to New Orleans to do a 3 weekend gig at a club. I had long hair, was driving a 65 Corvette, had a bunch of stuff in the car like instruments, clothes, etc.. and about 600.00 cash in my pockets. The rest of the band had gone on ahead of me and i was travelling by myself. Its about 2:00 AM on a Saturday morning and I was driving in the desert like area coming into Pecos, Texas. Doing about 70 MPH ( the speed limit ) when a cop car pulled up behind me. So I slowed to around 50 and kept on going. They waited till I was in downdown Pecos and pulled me over. Suspicion of drug possession. Put me in jail. No Judge or JP available till Monday morning at 9:00 AM. So I stayed in that rat hole all day Sat. and Sun. Monday morning at 6:00 AM they let me go. No explanation or anything. They had removed the frot seats from my car and didn't even put them back. Had to get a garage to come out and put them in. Got the hell out of Pecos and have never been back. Know the feeling. Richard Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions....there was never a country where the majority of the people were in their secret hearts loyal to any of these institutions. Mark Twain - The Mysterious Stranger
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And how many were sentenced to death in Texas, when G.W. was the governor :) Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com
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