Anyone Ever Been Arrested in a MUG?

[Hamish]

I am touching wood as I type this - I knew my third hand would come in useful one day!! To date I have never been arrested, nor pulled over by the Police, so I cannot begin to imagine how I'd feel if it happened. No different to being in that situation but wearing trousers, I imagine. Seriously though: think of the ignominy of being carted off to prison dressed in trousers of all things!! Perish the thought!

[bubba]

Touch wood, knock on wood, same thing.

[Rob Wright]

Seriously though: think of the ignominy of being carted off to prison dressed in trousers of all things!! Perish the thought!

Ham, you sure know how to make the important points.

Rob Wright

[bear]

I've never been arrested in a mug but I once got a warning when I was in my cups.

[Ugly Bear]

I am touching wood as I type this - I knew my third hand would come in useful one day!!

Hmmm ... does "wood" mean the same thing in Queen's English as it does in the States? If so, I am shocked by your explicitness. If this raunchy demeanor of yours does not change, I shall be forced to request your removal from this forum!

BTW, how much wood were you touching?

[elijah]

Not arrested but stopped twice during my campaign.

In one poor neighborhood that I entered where the first house had a door mat that said, "Go Away", people were suspicious of the guy in the kilt. I'd knock on the door and if no one was there, I'd leave my literature on the door. The officer said some people had had their houses broke into and the criminal would knock on the door and if there was no answer, break down the door. I felt sorry for these people because of the decay of society.

In a rich neighborhood near a country club, the entire neighborhood was extremely unfriendly and I had the sense that even those who answered the door had no time for commoners. After the officer stopped me, I soon left that particular neighborhood in disgust, vowing never to return.

[highlandtide]

Oh goodness...here we go...

[Freedomlover]

Here we knock on wood to ward something off, there they touch it.

[Rob Wright]

I am touching wood as I type this - I knew my third hand would come in useful one day!!

Hmmm ... does "wood" mean the same thing in Queen's English as it does in the States? If so, I am shocked by your explicitness. If this raunchy demeanor of yours does not change, I shall be forced to request your removal from this forum!

BTW, how much wood were you touching?

This is too damn funny, thank goodness I wasn't drinking anything when I read it.

Rob Wright

[Hamish]

I am touching wood as I type this - I knew my third hand would come in useful one day!!

Hmmm ... does "wood" mean the same thing in Queen's English as it does in the States? If so, I am shocked by your explicitness. If this raunchy demeanor of yours does not change, I shall be forced to request your removal from this forum!

BTW, how much wood were you touching?

Sorry, but I'm not with you on this! Here in the UK those of us who are remotely superstitious touch wood when making a statement, in the hope that what one is saying will not come true, or happen.

Actually, I reached out and touched the bookshelf alongside my desk. If there is no real wood close by, I usually touch the top of my head at such times.