July 25, 2008
Olympic Security English: "Shut up so we can finish our search"
In an article about official Olympic protest areas, the Wall Street Journal linked to some scanned pages from Olympic Security English, a training manual for Olympic police. We have reproduced those pages for your enjoyment.
Poor Mr. Leer. He's an honest man. He can only make Indian pan cake. He's never seen a bomb.
Yeah, right.
Source: Enzaji Leer is caught red handed with the bomb!
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When I read these I feel like I'm reading the subtitles to a hong kong martial arts flick...
What lousy luck!
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Not only useful for English, but also rife with classic, and certainly real, tactical maneuvers, such as the falsetto voice maid impersonation move:
P: "This is the waitress [sic]"
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F: "Why did you men break in?"
This selfsame trick was used to gain access to Saddam's spider-hole.
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Great now I'm giggling at work. How inconvienent!
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the old "its the maid" trick, it's the oldest trick in the book...yes, THIS book.
By the way, does this mean that if I can't make indian pan cake, I shouldn't expect any hassle from the police?
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It would make more sense for them to learn it in Arabic.
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Has anyone ever gotten a letter from a waitress?
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Sweet post!