Indian cops get moustache cash From AP January 13, 2004 POLICEMEN in a central Indian district are given 30 rupees (84 cents) extra a month as an incentive to grow moustaches, it was reported today. According to Mayank Jain, superintendent of police in Jhabua district in Madhya Pradesh state, research shows that policemen with moustaches were taken more seriously by the public. Hair adds to their overall authority, he told the Asian Age newspaper. The cash incentive makes policemen pay more attention to their overall appearance, he said. On a average, a constable – the lowest ranking policeman – gets a monthly salary of about 5,000 rupees ($A142). Jain said the shape of the moustaches would be monitored to prevent them from looking "mean" or "vulgar".
According to the Indian people I know, they're getting a lot more than 30 rupees a month from the general public to look the other way. Take them seriously or not, it doesn't matter when they just get paid off.
reminds me of the movie Super Troopers where that Indian cop asks that German couple "who wants a moustache ride?"
super troopers... that movie came out of nowhere. i thought is was going to be a pretty bad movie, but i was wrong. i thought it had one of the funnier opening scenes i had ever seen before.
A few summers back, I was driving my cousins car, and a cop pulled me. He asked me for my license and I was like I left it at home. *wink wink*, well he was like, do you have any cash, I was like no, he said Well anything worht anything, and I said, No, then he was like let me see tht red pen(i had in my pocket) I gave it to him, and he was like, ok you can go.... i was SOOOO shocked. After that I always kept 10-100 rupees in my back pocket for cops.
Funny enough to inspire bamaslammer's sig. I really enjoyed the whole movie, but the opening was the funniest part. But, pertaining to Indian policeman with moustaches, um....moustaches are sooooooo 10 years ago!
Why can't I get the image of the Indian cop from Super Troopers out of my head while reading this thread?? Anyone else excited about Broken Lizards new movie coming out?? Those guys are so money. "Who wants a mustache ride?" "Do I look like a cat to you boy? Am I jumpin' around all nimbly bimbly from tree to tree? Am I drinking milk from a saucer? DO YOU SEE ME EATING MICE?" Man, I wish the movie would come out right meow.
Last time I went to India, my cousin and I were driving a jeep through a small rural town. A cop pulled us over for "allegedly speeding" even though its IMPOSSIBLE to speed with the gravely dirt road we were traveling on. My cousing reached into his wallet, pulled out 100 rupees, and the cop just smiled and scooted off on his junior-ass moped. I was dumbfounded.
