I suppose we've always been worried that the next world war would be started by a small, under-developed state with delusions of grandeur. Of course one of the signs of such a state would be that their leaders wear rather ludicrous looking uniforms - probably topped off with a hat with a shiny peak. It's therefore important to watch out for these uniforms and highlight them if spotted anywhere. To this end I hope you'll all check out the uniform worn by the Deputy chief of the New York City Department of Sanitation, he even appears to have medals and while I don't doubt he earned them I'm not exactly sure how. Can anyone explain why the bloke one from the top of the bins, bags and skips detail gets a quasi-military uniform?
Saturday, 24 March 2007
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Cheers Lynne - I thought I could link to the video but clearly not :-(
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42722000/jpg/_42722937_durrell66.jpg is an image and http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?tab=av&q=Naomi&recipe=all&scope=all&edition=d should lead to a search page where the video is the first hit.
Try this one
That does it :-)
I see what you mean, though I don't suppose it's any more ridiculous than hotel doormen's outfits. Perhaps they're in league with each other?
Doesn't look like the public can identify themselves fully with the NYC Sanitation Dept, but a certain amount of solidarity could be demonstrated by wearing one of these:
Clanking your Cans since 1929
They must have seen your post because I can't get the video to work from any of the links you gave. It appears to have been pulled. Unless it's just my problem with my puter.
In any case, was that whole thing not a hoot? Wow.
And here I thought this post was about moi...heh. lol
I see waht you mean, but what really worries me is not the uniform - it's the fear in his eyes! This is a man with a terrifying secret!
BF - Many years ago, in a different lifetime, I used to chat with the deputy chief constable of Sussex. One day he said that his biggest regret was joining the police rather than getting a job as a doorman at a swanky hotel - he'd always wanted to wear a cape as part of his uniform!
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