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Latest police plan to tackle binge-drinking: Give women flip-flops to help them walk home safely
The Daily Mail (U.K.) ^
| November 27, 2008
Posted on 11/27/2008 5:06:08 AM PST by Stoat
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Police are handing out the footwear to help drunken ladettes get home uninjured after spotting a number of women staggering home in unsuitable shoes.
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'Sometimes people get drunk and you see them carrying footwear which is inappropriate,' he said.
'The emphasis is on providing replacement footwear for people to get home in, should they find their high heels uncomfortable, inappropriate or soiled.'
The footwear will be paid for by £30,000 worth of funding secured from the Home Office by Safer Communities Torbay.
Police chief, Supt Chris Singer said: 'Linking in with our pastors this funding represents a significant opportunity to make a real difference in relation to alcohol-related harm and disorder'.
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Danielle Bolton, 19, from Torquay, said'I think it's a great idea and I would wear them 100 per cent. My heels hurt me at the end of the night, so I tend to take them off.
Fellow clubber Leanne Thomas, 21, said: 'I go out clubbing at the harbourside most weekends and I usually walk home bare footed because my heels hurt. I think it's a great idea'.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: bingedrinking; britain; donutwatch; flipflops; freeshoes; greatbritain; nannystate; socialism; uk; unitedkingdom
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Police are handing out 'flip slops' to drunken women to help them walk home safely
Police said the flip slops were handed out after they noticed a number of women staggering home in inappropriate footwear. File photo
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posted on
11/27/2008 5:06:08 AM PST
by
Stoat
To: Stoat
Naked would be better. They could come back the next day for their clothes, if they could remember where they left them.
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posted on
11/27/2008 5:07:41 AM PST
by
Bernard
(If you always tell the truth, you never have to remember exactly what you said.)
To: Slings and Arrows; Gabz
Had too much to drink? Get a free pair of shoes and continue on your way.
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posted on
11/27/2008 5:07:58 AM PST
by
Stoat
(Palin / Coulter 2012: A Strong America Through Unapologetic Conservatism)
To: Stoat
Won’t the muzzies be offended by all those bare toes?
To: Stoat
These “women” are disgusting. However, when the Muslim police take over the UK, they’ll just cut off their heads!
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posted on
11/27/2008 5:14:31 AM PST
by
FES0844
(FES0844)
To: Stoat
Quick! Get a video camera! She’s drunk and wearing flip-flops!
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posted on
11/27/2008 5:15:03 AM PST
by
CE2949BB
(Fight.)
To: Stoat
These “women” are disgusting.
However, when the Muslim police take over the UK, they’ll just cut off their heads....then they can’t drink anymore!!!
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posted on
11/27/2008 5:15:23 AM PST
by
FES0844
(FES0844)
To: Into the Vortex
Wont the muzzies be offended by all those bare toes?I have no doubt that after the very first complaint along such lines from a muzzie, a different (and more expensive) style of shoe will be substituted which will be more culturally sensitive.
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posted on
11/27/2008 5:15:32 AM PST
by
Stoat
(Palin / Coulter 2012: A Strong America Through Unapologetic Conservatism)
To: Into the Vortex
Wont the muzzies be offended by all those bare toes? What aren't they offended by?
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posted on
11/27/2008 5:15:35 AM PST
by
pnh102
(Save America - Ban Ethanol Now!)
To: Stoat
Are these taxpayer-funded flip-flops for these hoes?
Since when is it the job of police to make sure the women are wearing “appropriate foot wear?”
WTF?
To: Stoat
I see nothing has changed in the UK since I left. >:(
City and town centers are just giant ‘pissfests’.
To: Stoat
Let’s see - poor choices and stupid behavior leads to consequences.
We could
a) Learn from the consequences and make other choices
or
b) Alleviate the consequences and continue the behavior.
B, of course, is what our present society prefers. And we see it in all aspects of life.
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posted on
11/27/2008 5:23:57 AM PST
by
MrB
(The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)
To: CE2949BB
This is going to stigmatize all the non-drinking women who like wearing flip-flops.
Everyone seeing them will automatically assume those women are drunk!
Where are the PC Police when you need them?!? ;-)
BPE
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posted on
11/27/2008 5:24:39 AM PST
by
Be_Politically_Erect
(If I didn't think he'd get emotionally attached to it, I'd tell Obama to kiss my A** !)
To: library user
Are these taxpayer-funded flip-flops for these hoes?Yes. From the article:
The footwear will be paid for by £30,000 worth of funding secured from the Home Office by Safer Communities Torbay.
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Since when is it the job of police to make sure the women are wearing appropriate foot wear?
WTF?
When Socialists decided that it was Government's responsibility to 'address' any and every societal ill not by encouraging better behavior but by regulating or providing a physical object paid for by taxpayers.
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posted on
11/27/2008 5:24:50 AM PST
by
Stoat
(Palin / Coulter 2012: A Strong America Through Unapologetic Conservatism)
To: Stoat
...
should they find their high heels uncomfortable, inappropriate, or soiled. How drunk do you have to be to soil your shoes?
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posted on
11/27/2008 5:28:52 AM PST
by
BykrBayb
(May God have mercy on our souls. ~)
To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
UK, eh? Here's a chavette:
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posted on
11/27/2008 5:32:43 AM PST
by
CE2949BB
(Fight.)
To: BykrBayb
...
should they find their high heels uncomfortable, inappropriate, or soiled. How drunk do you have to be to soil your shoes?
Apparently it has become a problem of such significance that it requires Government intervention to alleviate it.
It seems to involve a level of chronic inebriation that I am wholly unfamiliar with.
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posted on
11/27/2008 5:32:50 AM PST
by
Stoat
(Palin / Coulter 2012: A Strong America Through Unapologetic Conservatism)
To: Into the Vortex
Not in Torbay - there aren’t any.
To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
I see nothing has changed in the UK since I left. >:(
City and town centers are just giant pissfests.And now it will most likely become a point of pride as to how large your collection of free flip-flops is.
Women will compete with each other to get the biggest collection as evidence of their 'party credentials'.
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posted on
11/27/2008 5:36:15 AM PST
by
Stoat
(Palin / Coulter 2012: A Strong America Through Unapologetic Conservatism)
To: CE2949BB
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