Average bobbies on the beat will of course be 'nice' to Mr. & Mrs. 'Average' Homebase. But if your hair is 'too long', you happen to be out 'too late', or you look a bit 'funny' in any way, be prepared to be harassed by enthusiastic young coppers seeking a conviction for something mildly illegal that they think 'funny looking' people will no doubt be doing.

Even if you are innocently bird-watching, star-gazing, or even so much as meditating in a beauty spot after hours. Yes, these tireless campaigners for the "common good", are always looking for such anti-social deviant bahaviour to chalk up on their ickle chalk-board at work.

Not all of them, for sure, some coppers *are* thoroughly alright chaps with their feet in the real world. And thank Christ we ain't no-where as bad as the US yet, but the young 'uns can be a diabolical pain in the arse to quite harmless 'alt-community' folks taking a perfectly innocent stroll. And they do really need to get a life and go chasing *real* criminals instead.