Original URL: https://www.theregister.com/2007/10/22/hampshire_police_ad/

Hampshire copper in bus flash outrage

Boy in Blue unzipped

By Lester Haines

Posted in Bootnotes, 22nd October 2007 09:05 GMT

We're very much obliged today to Hampshire's finest for demonstrating that when knocking up ads for the backs of buses you really need to consider just exactly where the exhaust will sit:

Hampshire police ad on bus with exhaust appearing from chap's trousers

Ahem. Mercifully, the vehicle in question boasts a rather modest pipe, although we're sure it isn't a true reflection of the average Hampshire copper's standard-issue truncheon. Nonetheless, we have made our dossier available to the usual authorities - Middle England for Public Decency and the Daily Mail. ®