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# does anybody know
why the cops are referred to as 'the old bill'?
(I helped save b3ta! VampireMonkeyOnSpeed a super sexy sexual sex terrorist sex, Wed 3 Mar 2004, 14:55, archived)
# No but
i do know that my great great great great great great grandfather, Sir Robert Peel, invented the police, hence the name "Bobbies"
(I helped save b3ta! 100% Cock Raw like carrots., Wed 3 Mar 2004, 14:56, archived)
# the full explanation is here
www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-bil1.htm
(I helped save b3ta! Enigmatic ™                 Voice No More                  ©, Wed 3 Mar 2004, 15:02, archived)
# explains why in ireland in the 19th century
we called em peelers
(I helped save b3ta! WhoElse I'm what Willis was talking about, Wed 3 Mar 2004, 15:12, archived)
# you must die copper decendant!!!
:7
(I helped save b3ta! Sixola, Wed 3 Mar 2004, 15:13, archived)
# Or why they are called "cops"?
Or "rozzers"?
Or anything other than "Members of Her Majesty's Constabulary"? Actually, nevermind, the government will probably do away with any references to the crown...

Hehe, "members"!
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 3 Mar 2004, 14:58, archived)
# cops short for coppers
from the latin "capper" (or is it "cappre") meaning "to capture"

Rozzer, from Robert (metropolitan police force founded by robert peel) in the same way that baz comes from barry or barney and whatnot
(I helped save b3ta! VampireMonkeyOnSpeed a super sexy sexual sex terrorist sex, Wed 3 Mar 2004, 15:02, archived)
# go to quinion.com - every term is explained there
(see above)
(I helped save b3ta! Enigmatic ™                 Voice No More                  ©, Wed 3 Mar 2004, 15:03, archived)
# I'm rather impressed by all this.
Well done, all of you.
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 3 Mar 2004, 15:04, archived)