[Peace-discuss] It's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide

[C. G. ESTABROOK]

[This principle properly translated is as fundamental to US politics  
as the asseveration of Lincoln's first Secretary of War: "An honest  
politician stays bought." See citations below.  --CGE]

~For anyone that's interested, the phrase is in Cockney slang...and  
translates as follows:
"crackers"...insane, crazy, stupid
"slip"...offer
'rozzer"...policeman, cop
"the dropsy"...bribe money
"in snide"...in public

Thus...

"It's stupid to offer bribe money to a cop in public!"

MAD-ly yours,
Al Feldstein
Retired Editor: MAD Magazine (1956-1984)
www.alfeldstein.com

~Almost right, Al. Actually, "snide" in English thieves' language  
means "counterfeit". See attached link.

It really is stupider to offer a crooked copper/Peeler/bobby/rozzer  
bribe money in the fershlugginer counterfeit than in public.

("Fershlugginer", or "Fershlagina", another classic Mad term, is  
Yiddish for "aforementioned", that is, "the one we have been talking  
about", "central to this conversation". It has taken on an extremely  
disdainful and dismissive feeling, as in, "So marry the fershlugginer  
shiksa already." (Never mind that it will give me a heart attack.  
Discussion over.)

Victorian Slang


On Oct 11, 2011, at 5:48 PM, E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森 wrote:

> It's crackers to slip a rozzor the dropsy in snide.
>
> http://www.jpmorganchase.com/corporate/Home/article/ny-13.htm
>
> Beginning in 2010, JPMorgan Chase donated technology, time and  
> resources valued at $4.6 million to the New York City Police  
> Foundation, including 1,000 new patrol car laptops. The gift was the  
> largest in the history of the foundation and will enable the New  
> York City Police Department to strengthen security in the Big Apple.
>
> New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly sent CEO and  
> Chairman Jamie Dimon a note expressing "profound gratitude" for the  
> company's donation.
>
> "These officers put their lives on the line every day to keep us  
> safe," Dimon said. "We're incredibly proud to help them build this  
> program and let them know how much we value their hard work."
>
>
>
> On 10/11/11 11:33, C. G. ESTABROOK wrote:
>> See <http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/10/10/financial-giants-put-new-york-city-cops-on-their-payroll/ 
>> >:
>>
>> "Who Do the White Shirt Police Report to at Occupy Wall Street  
>> Protests?"
>>
>> "Financial Giants Put New York City Cops On Their Payroll..."
>>
>>
>> On Oct 9, 2011, at 11:36 AM, Laurie Solomon wrote:
>>
>>> In this article, I fail to see why the author would regard the  
>>> “police” as being different from “soldiers” in that they  
>>> are not working class workers in uniform.  Both categories of  
>>> workers either are workers in uniform or they are not workers in  
>>> uniform.  The nature of the uniform or the agency that they work  
>>> for does not make any significant difference as far as I can see;  
>>> and the author fails to offer any evidence to support any  
>>> differences.
>>>
>>> From: David Johnson
>>> Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2011 10:58 AM
>>> To: "Undisclosed-Recipient:;"@chambana.net
>>> Subject: [Peace-discuss] several reports of police in NYC and San  
>>> Fran insympathy with protesters
>>>
>>> On the police beatings, to which Karen refers: The "white shirts"  
>>> are the officers (sergeants, lieutenants, etc.) I have heard a  
>>> number of stories, which I can't confirm, such as that after the  
>>> first day of police attacks some 100 cops refused to come to work  
>>> the next day. Yesterday in San Francisco there was a police action  
>>> against the protesters there in which they confiscated some of  
>>> their tents, etc. I was told that some of the cops actually were  
>>> in tears.
>>>
>>> This is not to say that the police can be our "friends", nor do I  
>>> believe they are workers in uniform (unlike the soldiers). I think  
>>> it does show that the state's hold on them is not absolute, though.
>>>
>>> John

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