On 03 Dec, 2004, at 11:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 12/3/2004 11:22:13 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I thought they didn't do car chases much anymore. I guess they still
do in
Philly. It seems a bit odd that it takes 10+ police cars, a tow
truck, and
a patty (sp?) wagon to chase down one stolen car through city streets
which
are basically one car wide. With all that excitement I was sure a
Little
Paris had shot someone or something.
That's "paddy wagon." So-named at a time when all the cops were Irish,
and
"of the element."
Unless you were in Chicago where it was known as the "ice wagon."
T.T.F.N.
William H. Magill
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