I was told a story about a probationer Constable in Oxford who was told by his Sergeant to go a quieten down a noisy Rookery in the City.

For some reason he did not fully understand, climbing up the branches and saying “Hush” seemed to have the opposite effect.

The copper who told me the story said that the probationer had by then reached an elevated rank in his force.

Last edited by Parabola; 09/09/24 05:56 PM.