Oh No…*Face Palm*

You ever had one of these? I put this up in the old site years ago, time to resurrect it for those that missed it first time around.
It is 1972 and my school chum is a Police Cadet in a town in the West Highlands of Scotland, and as it happened, it is only about 50 miles north of his hometown. It is a summers Sunday morning, and he has been summoned to report to the Police Station by the Duty Desk Sergeant… there is a wee problem that he may be able to solve. He duly gets himself down to the station, and the DDS informs him that night patrol had stopped to question a couple of unknown guys wandering through the streets of the town centre in the early hours, “Not that they were being overly suspicious, son” said the DDS “but the two fellas gave us false names and they still refuse to give us their proper ones.” In these days, long before cashline cards and credit cards became normal, everyone just carried money in their wallet, nowt else, no ID of any sort. “Now they say they are from your town. Have a wee look son, see if you recognise them.”
So my chum goes to the holding cell and slides back the viewing thingy. Yep, he knows who they are.
DDS: “You know their names? Good stuff. What are they”
Chum: “The big guy, his name is Steve McQueen, and wee fella with the specs, he is called Mick McManus”
DDS: “Oh no” *facepalm*

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