Rod, at 18:45 on Wed, Feb 15 1995, you wrote to Bill Grimsley ...

BL> there was a Lord Wog Rollo who lived at Ryde.

RS> I think Bob has mangled that too, didnt he call himself Lord 
RS> Bloody Wog Rollo ?

I think you might be right too.  Sounds familiar.

BL> He was from Argentina...

RS> Yeah, clearly one of nature's eccentrics. But then again, 
RS> they have heaps of poms there, maybe it was in his genes.

The hispanics have always been a rather excitable race though, and the mind
boggles at what might happen if one was crossed with a pom.

BL> It's a sad story, actually. Lord Wog Rollo was convinced that
BL> the police were out to get him for being a wog,

BG> What makes you think that he was wrong though?  |-)

RS> Interesting in some ways considering what the drug baron has 
RS> been telling me about the cops and him.

You sure keep some interesting company, Rod.  |-)

RS> Wouldnt surprise me in the slightest to see him in the paper having 
RS> been shot. Perfect excuse too actually given him being a pretty 
RS> obvious psychopath etc too.

Trouble is, when you put a pimply school-kid in a copper's uniform, give
him a bloody great gun, then tell him to go and arrest a real heavy crim,
is it any wonder the scared little bastard shoots first?  I probably would
have done too at that age, if the truth be known.

BL> and he painted his car all over with slogans like:

BL> POLICE PIGS
BL> CORRUPT PIGS TAKE BRIBES
BL> RACIST PIGS SUCK BLOOD

RS> Obviously into coat trailing rather more than we are |-)

True, he even puts Russell Coker to shame there.  |-)

BG> I've never met a true masochist before.  What a fuckwit.

RS> The drug baron does stuff like that too, tho not quite so 
RS> flagrantly.

Much more to lose, presumably.

BL> and strange ones like:

BL> PIGS EAT CHICKEN

BG> Obscure, but no less inflammatory than those above.

RS> It was probably designed to scramble our brains |-)

It certainly scrambled mine.  I still don't understand it.

BL> Whether or not the police were out to get him for being a wog
BL> *before* he changed his name and painted his car was never
BL> clear, but they sure as hell were out to get him afterwards.

BG> Yeah, I can see how it would have become their mission in 
BG> life, to rid the world of loony Argies.  I would have too, 
BG> just quietly. |-)

RS> Yeah, tho hearing of him turning up dead might be a tad off 
RS> putting.

Perhaps, but if he goes out of his way to upset the police like that, I
doubt he'd draw the line at pissing off Mafia Dons or whatever.  |-)

RS> Thats certainly what happened in VIC, they decided that the crims 
RS> were winning, a considerable number of crims end up as corpses. And 
RS> a few cops too, mostly kids who didnt stand a chance.

Yeah, it's open warfare down there.  Always has been much worse that Sydney
though.  I used to work with an ex-Victorian from the docks, and he told me
stories which would curl your hair (if you have any).  Dunno if you watch
Janus, but a lot of it rings true from what I've heard and seen elsewhere. 
Big Shirl's a bit of a worry though.  |-)

BL> Poor old Lord Wog Rollo is one of the reasons I hate fucking cops.

BG> Are you one of these silly buggers who actually needs a reason?

RS> True, but then I have had the other effect too, called the cops one 
RS> time to come and pick up a burglar caught in the act. 

Your dog fall down on the job, did he?  |-)

RS> Had Carl come tearing round the corner of the house with baton in 
RS> hand. Gave the burglar a hell of a fright I can tell you, Carl is 
RS> built like a brick shithouse |-)

Given Griffith's relatively higher rate of Mafia-based crime, are your
coppers all built like the back end of a bus?  More interestingly, I wonder
how long they stay posted there, considering the potential for corruption
by the drug bosses?

BL> I'm not sure how you'd go renaming yourself Kentucky Fried
BL> Chicken Grimsley, but I guess you could do it.

BG> Dunno, Collins Food International hold the copyright to that 
BG> name, and I strongly doubt they'd let you get away with 
BG> copyright infringement.

RS> Interesting question come to think of it. Bet you could get 
RS> away with using most of them as personal names.

Probably. My guess is that Collins' lawyers would need to prove intent. 
That may be rather difficult if you're using the name, but not flogging
foodstuffs of any description.  |-)

BG> It's a bit like possibly offensive number plates though, with
BG> certain alpha combinations skipped in production. Back in the 
BG> late '70s, I recall with glee that FUC and FUK were not issued 
BG> by the NSW MRD.

RS> Thats a bit different, they have to make those. 

True, but what's so offensive about either of those prefixes?

RS> You dont even have to change your name by deed poll if you dont 
RS> want to. There are still some pretty stringent laws on some stuff 
RS> tho, particularly military rank and that one that Rot brought 
RS> up is even better, calling yourself Sir Bill Grimsley will 
RS> likely end up with your guts used in the Order of the Garter 
RS> quick smart |-)

I'd like to check the law on that, but every time I ask to check a specific
law, they immediately assume I'm preparing to break it!

RS> And its DMT actually |-)

They all change their names so frequently now, I can never remember who
they are any more.  In fact, in the late '60s, I seem to recall they were
actually called the DMR, which apparently included what are now the RTA and
DMT.  Currently the MRD in Qld though.

BG> To digress a moment, a few years ago, a whole batch of police 
BG> cars up here had consecutive plates, nnn-PIG, which cracked me 
BG> up no end, and I have recently seen another batch with nnn-COW 
BG> plates, one being driven by what was possibly the world's most 
BG> immense policewoman!

RS> A likely story. Pull the other one Bill |-)

Nope, it's a fact.  Presumably someone at the MRD's idea of a joke, as
police cars are block-registered in lots of 100 or so at a time.  The PIG
ones disappeared after 2 years anyway (that's how long they keep police
cars in use up here), but the COW ones are current, having seen my first
one only a few weeks ago, and the one with the fat policewoman was actually
on a TV news story recently.  If I didn't know any better, I'd suggest that
the cameraman specifically dwelt upon the number plate before zooming in on
the great fat cow getting out of the car.  |-)

BG> Actually, it's Shiite, but I take your point.  Also, the German 
BG> name is spelt FUCHS, and my own mother's maiden name was FOOKES, 
BG> which is no doubt an anglicisation of the German version.

RS> I knew a pom well with the name of Rutter.

I bet I know how he DIDN'T pronounce it, too.  Shades of Mrs Bucket in
Keeping Up Appearances (repeats currently on at 1830, M-F, ABC-TV).

RS> He always tried to tell some tall story about that having been 
RS> anglicised from the Dutch or something. No one believed him |-)

I had a teacher at STHS back in 1964, whose name was Mr LeSewer, and he
swore it was pronounce "Le Swerr".  No one believed him either. 
|-)

BG> If you think our names are bad, have a look at the English spelling 
BG> of a few Japanese names. Now some of those are really funny.  |-)

RS> Dunno, after the atrocity of calling cars a Cedric and a Grinner, 
RS> they wont get any sympathy from me |-)

What about the Mitsubishi Pajero 4WD as well?  Presumably you knew that
they are not sold as such in Spanish-speaking South American countries, as
the word Pajero down there literally translates into WANKER or MASTURBATOR.
 True!

Regards, Bill

--- Msgedsq/2 2.2e