pommie speeders

[fergie]

just caught the 6 pm news item about 2 poms caught doing 253 kms on the motorway, jailed for 2 weeks!

[SpankMe]

and two years loss of licence screw that.

So whats the max you can get here for that

The story at the BBC

[Marmoot]

What's a "pommie"?
(seriously)

[Duke of Rogan]

I like the bit :
"He was observing traffic on the A412 when he saw Osborne's motorbike leaning heavily as it overtook a lorry on a sweeping left-hand bend."

never said if his knee was touching the ground though

[Slim]

I can't believe that actually made the 6 o'clock news! I haven't seen motorbikes on the main news since Aaron Slight stopped racing WSB.


ps: It didn't look like he had his knee down on the video tape. Must try harder.

[Slim]

Originally posted by Marmoot
What's a "pommie"?
(seriously)

From Dictionary.com

pom·my or pom·mie ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pm)
n. Australian & New Zealand Offensive Slang pl. pom·mies
Used as a disparaging term for a British person, especially a recent immigrant.


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[Shortening and alteration of pomegranate, Pummy Grant, alterations of Jimmy Grant, probably rhyming alteration of immigrant.]

[bluninja]

Pommies used to eat pomegranites to prevent scurvy on the trips to the antipodies. Apparently they used limes for the same reason going to the US and so got the name limies. Just goes to show brits are a bit fruity

Back on topic....the guy with the all time speeding offence record was offered a years free subscription to some bike mag (streetfighter?), wonder if these guys will get any free offers...other than in the prison showers.

Couldn't they be sentenced to community service rather than jail.....teaching underpriveleged bikers how to go fast for example ? Now that they are no longer going to be allowed to drive/ride (legally) for 2 years isn't that punishment enough...and protection for the general public?

TTFN

[wkid_one]

All to do with the Vit C in the fruit apparently (no reason for this post others than to increase my score!)

How long did it take the gatso's to wind them in?

 

[sandman]

POMMIES

Comes from the Convict Ships to Aussie ...

Prisoners Of Mother England

[bikerboy]

" observing traffic on the a412" read .. was napping in the car and happened to wake just in time...

As for pommie, I was told it was a term the French gave the British because they eat a lot of potatoes, known in french as "pomme de terre".

I like all the variations listed here, they all make sense. I wonder which is the "real" version?

[Coldkiwi]

there ya go BB! thats who you need to teach you to be a maniacal menace to all and sundry on our roads! get yaself off to Borstal (or wherever they're being held) and get some pointers!

[Coldkiwi]

So, I guess there's a famous ZX-12 and ZX-7R up for sale in the UK now??

Go the kwakas!! ... just maybe not on public roads with so much Gatso around.

 he's right saying it wasn't clever... isn't Britain one of the most heavily policed traffic areas in the world?

[bluninja]

BB, the froggies call the english ros-boef. I'm not sure if that is to do with the english Sunday roast or that brit holidaymakers go the colour of rare roast beef when they get surnburnt on holiday.

Obviously all this name calling drives the brits to speed to get away from the name callers

As for policing, there's loads of fixed gatsos, mobile (non police) revenue collectors, radar, laser, vascar everywhere, plus helicopters. It seems the world over police spend a lot of money and resource protecting us from going too fast and not enough on drug dealers, sex offenders, muggers, thieves, murderers etc...

TTFN

 

[Redstar]

when I was a POM we called the Police the FUZZ god knows why?
and the Traffic cops drove Jam Sandwhiches? thats cause they were white cars with a red stripe. XJS Jags.
Londoners call them peelers after someone John peel the inventor of the Fuzz.
Pigs is a universal term because they oink at you Oink Onik!

Traffic wardens were famous for a yellow band around their hats that was to make it an offence to park on their heads I think

utter bollocks I know!

[Blackbird]

They were called the Fuzz when I was a Pom too, but I've lived here for longer than I did in the UK.  And I can lay concrete and use a chainsaw, so I guess that half-pie qualifies me