So being stuck in traffic along Sukhumvit last night allows for a fair amount of reflection time.

Here I was, behind a vehicle belonging to the local constabulary, when I started to wonder. Do they know that they are referred to as the BiB?

I needn't have thought too long, having looked at the rear window I saw this sticker...

The police have been called BIB in quite a few countries . We used to call them that when i was young ,along with a few more less neutral names. It is either Boys in Blue or Boys in Brown depending on the colour of their uniform .

Could be worse ...

Hmm, that would make Vietnamese police BiP or BiS (Boys in Pink or Boys in Salmon).

Hmm, that would make Vietnamese police BiP or BiS (Boys in Pink or Boys in Salmon).

That's very gay

Hmm, that would make Vietnamese police BiP or BiS (Boys in Pink or Boys in Salmon).

That's very gay

Ahhh, yes:

The police have been called BIB in quite a few countries . We used to call them that when i was young ,along with a few more less neutral names. It is either Boys in Blue or Boys in Brown depending on the colour of their uniform .

The 'Boys' was substituted for something else where I came from......................

In fact, it wasn't unusual to see written on the gable ends something like "Support your local police force, torture yourselves"

Of course, Belfast was a bit different in those days....................

When I first came here I thought it was BiBe.

Bribe in Brown envelope.

But I know what BiB means now.................