Old Police Callbox

[gone fishin]

Is the police box marked MDC by chance??

[Karl F]

padded...
yep

or could be slang for the Irish cops that prevailed in NYC, where it supposedly the term originated...

or the Irish "patrons" that rode in incapacitated bliss, in the back of said wagon, after a night of ....
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[TheSpecialist]

Most likely it is a ringdown box.

[Swimmer]

Originally Posted by Karl F

padded...
yep

or could be slang for the Irish cops that prevailed in NYC, where it supposedly the term originated...

or the Irish "patrons" that rode in incapacitated bliss, in the back of said wagon, after a night of ....
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Most irishmen who have any knowledge of paddy wagons consider it extremely demeaning/bigoted to pigeon hole as patrons of the paddy wagon irish only.

[Karl F]

Correct.... i have checked the word origin, and yes it does have offensive meaning to the Irish...

however, I did not "coin" the phrase...


I must go sell some of this now...

[Swimmer]

Brother Karl, I was by no means was making a slanted comment towards anyones post. I just grew up in an atmosphere where even other irishmen riduculed each other over thier abilty to drink, and be A$%*&%e's. Being irish, I never thought that an ability to drink much alcohol was something to be proud of.


Thier is a guy in Massachusetts somehwere that has an enormous collection of police and fire call boxes. He was on Chronicle some years ago. I am going to ask a buddy of mine what those different letters stand for. His father was on my department when we as a town had a working box in the center of town. I remember it as a kid, the different officers going to it and using it.