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[Karen & co.]

I've just been out for a walk in the snow with my 4 children, the eldest on crutches and me with a dog lead in each hand, and a Police officer came crawling past, called 3 of the children lads (one was two were ED and YD ) and told them he had come to investigate complaints about 3 'yoofs' causing problems throwing snowballs at people and cars around where we were walking

 

It scared YD to bits as she has never spoken to a police man before We were throwing snowballs, at each other though and not once did one hit a car.

 

It's a shame that snowball fights are now frowned upon

 

Karen x

[missuscluck]

Wonderd what you had been up to then???!!

 

The thing about being asked anything by a policeman is that you feel instantly guilty even though you havent done anything!

 

Hope you enjoyed your walk anyway. Its lovley out isnt it.

[Cinnamon]

How nice to actually SEE a Policeman - we never have them in our village & I do wish one would she his or her face once in a while, just so the children get a healthy respect for them

 

I know what you mean though....its like whenever I go through customs I blush & sweat like a complete twerp

[Geoid]

I heard on the news today people were calling 999 for the police due to snowball fights, the sad er...um..people. (my original word was far too rude for a lovely forum like this)

[Cinnamon]

I heard on the news today people were calling 999 for the police due to snowball fights, the sad er...um..people. (my original word was far too rude for a lovely forum like this)

 

The moderating team thank you for your restraint,Fred

[fowlbird]

Grandson and I were out in the car this afternoon and two 'youths' (I'm sure one of them was in his 20s) were throwing snowballs at cars. Why?

They didn't throw any at my car but several hit the lorry behind me... After a short discussion Grandson and I decided that they'd taken one look and decided not to 'mess with Grandma'

 

I'm amazed the police officer didn't see that your children were with you, Karen. Did you say anything to him?

 

The snowball at people and cars thing? - as long as I can remember 'some' people have thrown snowballs containing stones etc it hurts and can actually cause damage

 

Not that anyone on here would do such things

 

and the police officer/guilt thing - they're specially trained for that

[Ziggy]

This post made me smile (and believe me, after a day like today, making me smile was a challenge)... Karen, it's not the thought of you and your kids being approached by police that made me smile, don't get me wrong, I realise how odd it would be, especially for YD... I hope the policeman was friendly and didn't make any of you feel frowned at, for doing nothing wrong...

 

But talking about snowball fights, and how lovely it is out there, and people calling 999, reminded me of a day in my youth (a few centuries ago)...

I grew up in a rather dodgy area of Brussels (kind of in the street that separates the emigrant ghetto from the red-light district), and the area was always tense with abuse and bullying between people, like emigrant kids playing on the street, residents, and throngs of students too.

One day it had snowed and coming back from uni, walking up the street, I noticed like a war scene... people crouching behind cars and so on... one side was all emigrant kids (sorry i don't know if that's a politically acceptable terms these days - I don't mean it in a degrading way), the other all students... throwing snow balls... I freaked out a bit... usually meeting either side was, not quite dangerous, but a case of bracing oneself and going through, ready for being groped or commented on... well that day, as I got closer, they were all laughing, not at each other or me, but just laughing, enjoying the weather, and not so much snow ball fighting as playing together...

One kid yelled 'hey, miss, don't walk through, or we'll get you'... and I had to walk through cause home was right in the middle of the 'fight', but not only did no one target me, but it was strangely wonderful walking through listening to light-hearted, gentle, entusiastic fun between people who usually ignored, despised or picked on each other...

 

I really wanted to join them all, but didn't dare to I was always a bit of a coward...

 

I wouldn't throw snow balls at strangers or cars, but anyone I know is a target when snow comes...

 

Sorry... trip down memory lane is over now... back to Karen and her outing... I guess policmen have to ask around and follow up on calls, but it's not easy to feel comfortable about it when one feels suspected...

[BeckyBoo]

can I just say that I have spent all day at work watching "youngsters" having "snowball fights" on CCTV and coming in as jobs on the computer which actually involved groups of between 25 and 60 ( ) standing at the roadside, then attacking cars en masse, pelting them with snowballs, sometimes opening car doors and actually throwing them inside the cars. On one occasion they then kicked and hit the cars, they caused cars to swerve on already icy roads, one bloke got out and held a lad up by his lapels, luckily we didn't get a call from the lad! We also had elderly pedestrians targetted, shop keepers had their shops pelted as well as their customers, elderly persons residential homes had their windows bombarded, there were at least two occasions of youths throwing large chunks of snow onto roads from overhead bridges and two cars had their windscreens smashed by large snow balls full of stones. And that was just a six hour period in leafy surrey.

So ever so sorry about your youngsters being spoken to, and yes, it does seem to be a bit of a sad ting to do to call 999 for a snowball fight, but this is the kind of thing Police across the country have been dealing with all day and will probably have to deal with all over again tomorrow.

 

It's a very sad world we live in.

 

BeckyBoo

[Ziggy]

groups of between 25 and 60 ( ) standing at the roadside, then attacking cars en masse, pelting them with snowballs, sometimes opening car doors and actually throwing them inside the cars.

 

 

That's just crazy .... can't they just get a grip and throw the snowballs at each other for fun????

 

There are always people to spoil things, aren't there...

[Ygerna]

Ziggy, your post really made me smile too, laughter is just amazing, more so when its between people who would not normally do so.

 

Great story, thanks for sharing.

[fowlbird]

can I just say that I have spent all day at work watching "youngsters" having "snowball fights" on CCTV and coming in as jobs on the computer which actually involved groups of between 25 and 60 ( ) standing at the roadside, then attacking cars en masse, pelting them with snowballs, sometimes opening car doors and actually throwing them inside the cars. On one occasion they then kicked and hit the cars, they caused cars to swerve on already icy roads, one bloke got out and held a lad up by his lapels, luckily we didn't get a call from the lad! We also had elderly pedestrians targetted, shop keepers had their shops pelted as well as their customers, elderly persons residential homes had their windows bombarded, there were at least two occasions of youths throwing large chunks of snow onto roads from overhead bridges and two cars had their windscreens smashed by large snow balls full of stones. And that was just a six hour period in leafy surrey.

So ever so sorry about your youngsters being spoken to, and yes, it does seem to be a bit of a sad ting to do to call 999 for a snowball fight, but this is the kind of thing Police across the country have been dealing with all day and will probably have to deal with all over again tomorrow.

 

It's a very sad world we live in.

 

BeckyBoo

I really cannot understand why people feel compelled to do things like that - it's moronic behaviour and totally unnecessary.

 

I was in Woodley precinct this morning and there were groups of teenagers throwing snowballs at each other but only at their own friends, not at anyone else. They were so obviously enjoying the snow and having a great time with all the schools closed but there was no trouble - just general enjoyment - if only it could always be like that

[fluffyknickers]

What a nanny state where we cant throw snowballs!

 

Today we saw something that the police should have really been stopping - my mum and dads road is a quiet street that is a dead end so you wouldnt go down there unless you were visiting someone or lived there and today it was very slippery and icy and MOST cars were going very slow so as not to slide and damage their own car or someone elses or hurt kids/families out playing or walking.

 

However there was a group of lads driving a car while one lad was OUTSIDE the car holding on to the door frame with the windo open and then 'skiing' on his feet while the car drove at a fairly high speed.

 

Then they drove as fast as they could down the street with the windows open and laughing.

 

I was fuming and wanted to get the number plate but they had gone.

 

They could have easily slid and lost control and gone straight into my four year old or two year old and me.

 

SO ANGRY

[Egluntyne]

Loved Ziggy's post.

 

Sad to read Becky boos afterwards. Why do a few have to spoil things for the majority.

 

Sorry you were made to feel like a criminal Karen.

[fowlbird]

What a nanny state where we cant throw snowballs!

 

Today we saw something that the police should have really been stopping - my mum and dads road is a quiet street that is a dead end so you wouldnt go down there unless you were visiting someone or lived there and today it was very slippery and icy and MOST cars were going very slow so as not to slide and damage their own car or someone elses or hurt kids/families out playing or walking.

 

However there was a group of lads driving a car while one lad was OUTSIDE the car holding on to the door frame with the windo open and then 'skiing' on his feet while the car drove at a fairly high speed.

 

Then they drove as fast as they could down the street with the windows open and laughing.

 

I was fuming and wanted to get the number plate but they had gone.

 

They could have easily slid and lost control and gone straight into my four year old or two year old and me.

 

SO ANGRY

It's not that anyone wants to stop playing with snowballs just that some idiots are causing problems. A snowball hitting the windscreen of a car could cause a driver to swerve and skid.

 

I'm sorry you had such a frightening experience. Some fools just don't think.

[Lewis]

We were by Sutton Park today on the grass, about 6 of us, throwing snow at each other and a poilceman walked past and we all expected him to say stop.

 

BUT he told us to carry on and enjoy it

He just said make sure you don't hit any cars, and you're fine.

 

Then about 20 chavs ran past and threw snowballs at us all, not one of them hit us

[Old Speckled Hen]

The thing about being asked anything by a policeman is that you feel instantly guilty even though you havent done anything!

 

 

 

My step daughter is a police officer. She's 28 and still sucks her thumb ( not at work obviously)

You can always imagine that whenever you feel guilty.

[The Dogmother]

It really is a shame when the minority spoil it for the ones who are enjoying themselves. The park at the end of my road was full of children off school and families sledging and playing in the snow; it seems to have been relatively peaceful. However, a colleague reports being pelted wirth snowballs in her village as she struggled to park her car in the ice and then lug a heavy box in the house.

 

I hope that your children have got over their experience.

[fowlbird]

My step daughter is a police officer. She's 28 and still sucks her thumb :roll: ( not at work obviously)

You can always imagine that whenever you feel guilty.

thanks for that!

the thing is, even when it's an officer I know, I feel guilty

[Tiggy]

some youngsters were throwing snowballs at cars when I drove home last night, it was hard enough navigating the blizzard and slippy road without having the windscreen pelted, its a shame that some litle b******s spoil it for everyone else

[Charlottechicken]

Driving home yesterday, the car in front of me suddenly stopped, a hand came out of the passenger window and removed some snow off the roof of the car, and the hand then threw a snowball at a group of teens who were on the side of the road lobbing snowballs over the traffic at another group on the opposite pavement

 

Not sure what the reaction from the teens was, when the car took off I followed. It was a surreal moment