Me thinks the Brits have a bit of an identity crisis...

[Sindawe]

First the turn in B'atleths to the coppers....

This horrifying five-foot weapon has been recovered by police during a knife amnesty.

The three-handled sword with a blade at either end, designed to be swung like a paddle, shocked officers who took custody of it.

They are using it to publicise a five-week amnesty during which they hope around 30,000 weapons will be handed in, mainly from youngsters.

A spokesman for police in Gloucester, where it was surrendered, said: "It is a particularly nasty weapon that can, literally, take someone's head off. We are very glad it is off the streets and we want more weapons handed in."

The blade is believed to be a stainless-steel copy of a Klingon weapon used in the science fiction series Star Trek. "It's an extremely dangerous weapon," said a martial arts expert last night...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-387680/Lethal-Star-Trek-blade-seized-knives-amnesty.html#

Then they go on Holiday and behave like Klingons....

“They scream, they sing, they fall down, they take their clothes off, they cross-dress, they vomit,” Malia’s mayor, Konstantinos Lagoudakis, said in an interview. “It is only the British people — not the Germans or the French.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/world/europe/24crete.html?_r=2&oref=login&ref=todayspaper&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin

[Standing Wolf]

Next thing you know, the English police will start whining about metal spoons.

[Manedwolf]

The UK needs an intervention. Now.

[Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas]

Damn. After all those decades in the wildest parts of Africa, now the Brits themselves have gone native.

And that's terrible.

[Manedwolf]

As regards the completely smashed sorts, yes, I'd heard this before in recent years. That in a lot of the holiday countries, Britons are considered a sort of free ATM. Just find one passed out face down in the middle of a public plaza, and take the euros or pounds from their wallet, they won't even notice.

[K Frame]

[worf voice]IT IS A GOOD DAY TO TURN IN YOUR WEAPONS AND ACT LIKE A PUSSY![/worf voice]

[Nitrogen]

[worf voice]IT IS A GOOD DAY TO TURN IN YOUR WEAPONS AND ACT LIKE A PUSSY![/worf voice]

This needs to be made into a poster somehow, yet I am nowhere near creative enough to make it work.

[Tuco]

Next thing you know, the English police will start whining about metal spoons.

And bananas.

[Nitrogen]

Next thing you know, the English police will start whining about metal spoons.

And bananas.

Those are dangerous.  they can get stuck in your ear and make you deaf.

[El Tejon]

Ohhh, fresh fruit not good enough for ya?

Leave it to the Scots to whine about a piece of metal with an edge on it.  No wonder we whipped them.

[Manedwolf]

Next thing you know, the English police will start whining about metal spoons.

And bananas.

Those are dangerous.  they can get stuck in your ear and make you deaf.

BANANA PHONE!

[Tallpine]

Ohhh, fresh fruit not good enough for ya?

Leave it to the Scots to whine about a piece of metal with an edge on it.  No wonder we whipped them.

You didn't whip them, the ones with any gumption moved to America where they defiantly park their cars on cinderblocks on their unmowed front lawns

[TF_FH]

[worf voice]IT IS A GOOD DAY TO TURN IN YOUR WEAPONS AND ACT LIKE A PUSSY![/worf voice]

This needs to be made into a poster somehow, yet I am nowhere near creative enough to make it work.

I found a picture that would seem to fit, but to put the wording in properly so that it won't be completely stupid I don't know how to do.

[Scout26]

When I was stationed in Baumholder  , the BAOR (British Army of the Rhine) used to come down about once a year to train.  The town prepared like a hurricane was about to hit. 

And hit it did. 

Once they were done training and given passes into town, all hell broke loose.  Lots of stick time and and "Yeah, I think we can squeeze one more drunk-*expletive deleted*ss Limey into the D-Cell."

I remember standing outside the Metropol Bar as we were waiting for reinforcements/getting ready to go in a break up a Brit riot and a high ranking GP (German Polizei) Officer telling me as "Ve shout have gone on mit the Blitz und den: Invasion....." 

[LAK]

The three-handled sword with a blade at either end, designed to be swung like a paddle, shocked officers who took custody of it.

I've had that happen to me walkiing on dept store carpets and touching metal showcase frames.

[seeker_two]

Maybe we can suggest to the African nations that they should send colonists to England to "civilize" the place?.....

[Phyphor]

Those that wish to make their own motivational posters can use this link -> http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/motivator.php


You MUST save your picture and upload it to a host like photobucket or imageshack as the original doesn't last very long.

[Tuco]

The three-handled sword with a blade at either end, designed to be swung like a paddle, shocked officers who took custody of it.

I've had that happen to me walkiing on dept store carpets and touching metal showcase frames.

Horray!
Horray!
 

[HankB]

Too bad it's only a copy of a Klingon weapon . . . genuine Klingon daggers and bat'leths are for sale at every gun show in Texas.