"Wear nice pants" - police tell women drinkers

[tocqueville]

Thu Jul 13, 8:07 AM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - Women going on boozy nights out have been warned by police to "wear nice pants" in case they fall down drunk in the street.

A Suffolk police safety campaign magazine shows pictures of young women slumped on the ground next to messages urging them: "If you've got it, don't flaunt it."

"If you fall over or pass out, remember your skirt or dress may ride up," the magazine says. "You could show off more than you intended -- for all our sakes, please make sure you're wearing nice pants and that you've recently had a wax."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060713/od_nm/britain_pants_dc_1

those Brits never cease to amaze me....

[northzax]

1. isn't this great?

I posted it in the lounge a bit ago, and everyone ignored it... :( http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=5367865&mesg_id=5367865

[tocqueville]

6. this is important stuff, it shows cultural differences

ROFL

[pnwmom]

2. Okay. That was a genuine jaw-dropper.

And especially the last five words. We're supposed to wax for WHOSE sake?

[pooja]

8. Sorry, I actually love to have smooth legs... A nice wax is sooo nice

[northzax]

11. I er, don't uh, think they are, er

talking about leg waxing...

[pnwmom]

19. LOL!!!!

Me, neither.

But you said it so well.

[eggbeater]

9. that would be the drunk guy

that stumbles out after the drunk female and falls face first,, well you get the picture.

I would think they would also have a poster out advocating a clean and stubble free shave.

this was actually a response to post number 9 if it looks confusing to you.

[newyawker99]

31. Hi eggbeater!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[eggbeater]

32. Thanks

It means alot to be welcomed into any new group when one arrives.

[Poll_Blind]

3. PDF version of the magazine here....

Well, right here, really.

American police campaigns could use a bit more humor...

PB

[CornField]

35. Now that I've seen it -- it's a great marketing piece

[Demit]

4. LOL! Pass out tastefully, the English always say.

[pnwmom]

20. Oh yes! While you lie there in your vomit, slack-jawed, glassy-eyed

and babbling incoherently, you will look SO much more appealing if you are wearing nice panties and have had a fresh wax.

[karlrschneider]

24. What is it they say, "Keep a stiff....

uh, something...

;-)

[Minnesota Libra]

5. I love the way Brits do things, they are so funny and yet so.............

.....understated sometimes. :rofl:

[truebrit71]

7. That's funny!!!!

Of course the whole thing is meant to get home the larger point which is if you're sauced off your noggin' there's all sorts of trouble you could get into, the least of which being whether the entire world knows if you've had a Brazilian lately....

[shain from kane]

10. And all that puking ruins your tooth enamel. n/t

[Sherman A1]

12. Great Idea

and like our Mom's told us helpful if you are in an accident and are taken to the hospital. One just never knows and we should be prepared! LOL

[northzax]

14. it's a good point

I had a friend end up in the ER last week after an incident (she's fine, but since it was at work, they called an ambulance) and she was really annoyed because she had a really cute doctor and was wearing unattractive underwear. it's a consideration, you know?

[Bob3]

13. When you get down to it, they are all quite mad

It's things like this or keeping wing clipped ravens in the tower of london on the off chance that the superstition that when the ravens leave the tower the monarchy will fall that give the game away.

[MercutioATC]

15. Pants, I can understand. A wax???

Yeah, stuff does ride up and although it's sexist, I can understand their point.

"Recently had a wax", though?? Are we trying to make it more pleasant for rapists?

[shain from kane]

16. It's a jungle out there. n/t

[tocqueville]

17. I believe it's a subtle anti-Bush statement...

sorry couldn't help it

[pnwmom]

21. Oh, what a bad bad bad

pun, but I laughed anyway.

Cheers!

[northzax]

18. no, I think their point is

that if you're going to drink yourself into a stupor and pass out in the gutter, everyone's going to be looking at your junk. so make sure it's worth looking at, if you're going to be showing it off.

[MercutioATC]

22. I never did understand British humor...

...had they said " or get a wax", I would have understood. Wearing pants and getting a wax doenn't make sense to by inhibited American sense of humor...


;)

[northzax]

27. depends on your definition of 'pants'

they aren't talking about khakis, you know?

[MercutioATC]

28. That DOES make a little more sense.

:blush:

[lindisfarne]

23. If you're wearing pants, no need to have a wax. n/t

[CdnObserver]

25. I'm thinking they're not talking about trousers here.

Would "Pants" be more like "Panties"?

[Cocoa]

29. that's what i'm thinking

it would make sense if maybe pants means underwear in England.

[blonndee]

30. Oh yeah, it does mean underwear, I forgot about that till now. n/t

[Marr]

26. Nice pants AND a wax?

C'mon now, there's uptight and then there's UPTIGHT.

[WinkyDink]

33. That's got to be a joke. A WAX?? Totally more vulgar than

"Benny Hill"-type Brit humor.

[CornField]

34. Yet the fat-ass plumber can expose his butt crack w/out public commentary