Comments on: The Negotiators…!!!

By: kingmagic

kingmagic — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:02:38 +0000

Emma…it could have been a lot worse. It might have been a ‘Fair Trade’ tea bag!!! x

whibley…I dont know about that whibley. But I suppose they got the job done.

Natalie…I’m sure they must have used some sort of pyschological technique or did some ‘remote viewing’ ….or had a direct line to the householders mobile and told him to get his arse out pronto! Who knows?

By: Natalie

Natalie — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:50:33 +0000

Excellent story! And I too want to know what Fat Man’s magic was. My husband is a negotiator, but he sits peacefully at a table negotiating treaties with aboriginals, while drinking coffee. No stone throwing whatsoever.

By: whibley

whibley — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:01:54 +0000

“All I can think is that they were either very lucky and brazened it out or they knew him better than anyone else?”
OR – they could have been very good at their jobs! Of course, part of that would be knowing exactly how long they should leave him (and you guys) stewing while they played pool and ate doughnuts, before they went in and ‘laid it on the line’.
Glad you were safe, though, and got your ‘bathroom break’ and your cuppa.

By: Emma

Emma — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:05:30 +0000

That’s the crux of the matter, “his girlfriend went back to him”, it infuriates me all that tax payers money going down the drain.

Pleased you were all safe though, it doesn’t bear to think how it could have ended…xx

By: kingmagic

kingmagic — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 09:52:14 +0000

AnneDroid…thanks Anne. I know that not all of these things end peacefully. His girlfriend eventually went back to him and I believe the address has once again become the focus of Police attention.

By: AnneDroid

AnneDroid — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:38:16 +0000

Great post. I like these scenes in films and I had to remind myself as I was reading that this was true, so I’m glad it ended peacefully (and that you got to go to the loo before the space hopper burst).

By: kingmagic

kingmagic — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:02:06 +0000

BG…the way this was building up I expected to see high tech wizardry and/or an ‘Iranian Embassy’ solution. Just goes to show that a scene can be fluid and dynamic and sometimes runs counter to what the rule books say. Big Bro x.

Caroline…some weeks later I spoke to one of the Police officers who attended the scene with us and asked him how it had panned out. He seemed to think that the two fat blokes just laid it on the line…no negotiation, just the hard fact that if he did not come out his house would be minus doors and windows. Whether that was true or not I dont know…sorry Caroline.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:20:40 +0000

I wish to complain – fabulous narrative, slow atmospheric build up – I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE FAT MAN MAGIC WAS !!! It’s driving me daft that you don’t know what they said that resolved it so very quickly – how very frustrating

By: Bendy Girl

Bendy Girl — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:25:42 +0000

Ooh, I’m glad it all ended so peacefully, and that you got a cuppa! A similar situation where I live recently ended in the wife being murdered and one police officer being injured. The injured copper did cause much laughter though (meanly of us all!) as he was ARV and they crashed their van on the way to the scene. Oops.
Look after yourself big bro, lil sis x