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calimary

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18. I was thinking that the first time I played it. I'm enough of a troublemaker that if I were one of

Reply to charlie and algernon (Reply #16)

Fri Mar 30, 2012, 01:20 PM

Mar 2012

those cops, I would have jumped into the song with him. One of the all-time "you're-automatically-forgiven-if-you-belt-this-out-and-really-give-it-your-all" songs. It was awfully tempting not to fall in while just watching the damn thing!

I laughed out loud a whole bunch of times! HIGHLY entertaining! Hey, the Florida cops notwithstanding, I think police officers ought to get a break out there on their beats every so often. Gives 'em something fun and relatively harmless to tell their mates about, back at the precinct station.

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Drunk Dude Sings Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody in the Back of the Squad Car [View all] aquamarina Mar 2012 OP

You call that singing? itsrobert Mar 2012 #1

Well, I wouldn't say that he's giving Chaka Khan a run for her money but he's entertaining. Ecumenist Mar 2012 #3

you ever sing drunk before? Post us a video! snooper2 Mar 2012 #12

No way could I sing it that good even sober. n/t cynatnite Mar 2012 #23

He's funny. He's a great guy to have over at a cocktail party. Ecumenist Mar 2012 #2

Looks like he enjoyed the ride, anyway. Cops probably did, too. freshwest Mar 2012 #4

What the camera isn't showing are the cops biting their lips off trying not to laugh charlie and algernon Mar 2012 #16

I was thinking that the first time I played it. I'm enough of a troublemaker that if I were one of calimary Mar 2012 #18

CNN aired it and reported that the Mounties allowed him to finish the song... pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #20

Wow, impressive! Oilwellian Mar 2012 #5

Pretty impressive that he can sing all the words correctly The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2012 #6

I agree. senseandsensibility Mar 2012 #11

He's just a poor boy SteveABG Mar 2012 #7

Where's a stun gun when you need one... Scurrilous Mar 2012 #8

The real issue here is the Brotherhood of Man on the Planet Earth! DefenseLawyer Mar 2012 #9

Is this the real life ... is this just fantasy... caught in a landslide... no escape from reality... Initech Mar 2012 #10

He mentioned the RCMP Generic Other Mar 2012 #13

Somebody posted the vid with music added teach1st Mar 2012 #14

Well that was better than I thought it would be! Generic Other Mar 2012 #15

don't think singing that you killed a man is a good idea in the back of a cop car dembotoz Mar 2012 #17

Good point. Understandable. But this was a pretty evident lesser threat. calimary Mar 2012 #21

I especially liked his instrumental interludes... countryjake Mar 2012 #19

I read somewhere that the guy in the video belcffub Mar 2012 #22

I'm surprised he's not cuffed hootinholler Mar 2012 #24

Well Aerows Mar 2012 #25

I like it! He's probably frogmarch Mar 2012 #26