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"Cop talk" is really annoying to me. Don't they know that there are other past tense verbs besides 'did'? Why not say "I went around back to see if ol' Cletus was in his shed when I saw...", instead of "I did proceed in a southwesterly direction to the rear of the structure in search of the suspect and I did observe..."




At least they use the correct tense. I hear a lot of news or history shows talking in the present tense about past events. "Emperor Maximus Falicus BRINGS peace to Rome" or some such thing.

Benny Black & Silver '02 Too many mods to list Not enough miles ridden