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March 21st, 2008

Like they don’t have enough problems?

Posted by: Robert Basler
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It’s time once again for our regular feature, Things Maybe We Should Have Mentioned in the Caption, but Didn’t. The genuine caption for this news photo from Iraq tells us these police graduates are demonstrating their “skills.”

Huh? What skills are we talking about here? Since when is getting run over considered skilled labor?

“Ma, didja see me? Lookit these cool tread marks! Me and Biff are thinkin’ of goin’ pro! He wants to try the act with an 18-wheeler. Yeah, Biff’s always the driver and I’m always the ground man, why do you ask?”

Slideshow and related post: Just don’t make eye contact…

motorcycle-360.jpgA policeman drives a motorcycle over police graduates as they demonstrate their skills during a graduation ceremony in Baghdad March 20, 2008.  REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud

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2 comments so far

You call that a motorcycle?

- Posted by John C Abell

The exercise was on doctoring photos, duh. That’s important police technique…

- Posted by Dee T

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