Word: policemanly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Suppose you were downtown and you didn't have any money to get home, how would you approach the policeman?-"I'd say, 'Please, Mr. Cop, will you lend me a nickel? I promise to return...
Motorists have not laughed at the joke since Model-T days but many a policeman still considers it tops in searing wit to snarl: "Where do you think you're going, to a fire...
...policeman who does not think such snidery sidesplitting is New York City's Police Commissioner Lewis Valentine. Commissioner Valentine asked: "Why do so many members of the force, when serving a summons, act as though the violation were a personal affront? The violator does not offend you, so why cuss them and bawl them out? I always avoid sarcasm because I always resented it when I was a patrolman and a superior officer directed...
Better in many cases than a summons, said the Commissioner, is a "kind admonition." He looked forward to the day when traffic summonses were reduced 50%, and the "insulting, sarcastic, wisecracking" policeman would no longer grace New York City's force...
...then it's midnight: cinderella-time in Boston. A policeman stands ready at the door; the blue law in action. Good night, sweet ladies. Ta, ta. See you at "The Eliot" next week. "It's costume party. Won't it be exciting...