mate, really?
Posted on July 3, 2007 - Filed Under General, Humor, News
something i havent gotten the hang of yet (its only been 40 years) is the calling of any male “mate”
and i do mean any male
it could be a neighbour, a work collegue, a stranger on the bus, the guy you just bumped into cos you wernt looking where you were going “sorry mate”
but the oddest (maybe) example i have seen so far was on an adert for a reality tv show, the ones where the tv cameras accompany (real) police on the beat
the officer says “is there anything in the car i should know about”
the suspect says “no”
the scene skips a bit, it is only an add
the officer heading straight for the youngish suspect, hand extended says in an authoritive voice
“listen mate, when i asked about is there anything in the car i should know about, why didnt you tell me about these”
end of add
you have to watch the show to find out what it was and what the reason was
but it struck me funny that a police officer should call a suspect, whom he is not happy with for not disclosing what ever it was, “mate”
only in Australia
lol
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John and Barb have been having cultural exchanges over tea for nearly 10 years. Now they're going public. :)
Mate! I mean Oz!
From here “mate” sounds kind of cute.
It is funny coming from a police officer to a possible law-breaker.