Jun 16 2008
woop-woop “What’s Police”
As I’m doing the dishes or some other housework in the kitchen I overhear babygirl and topspun talking about her new toys. I bought her a set of wooden emergency vehicles including two fire trucks, an ambulance, a boat, a helicopter and a police car. They are discussing the different sounds the different vehicles make. An ambulance goes nee-na nee-na, a boat goes aawoogaa and such.
“Babygirl, what does a police car sound like?”
“I don’t know”
“Woop-Woop”
“Daddy, what’s police?”
“They’re um… people who… uh ‘help’ you when you’re… um uh… ‘in trouble’.”
“No”
“You’re right babygirl, they’re not, but that’s the best I can do at your age”
we use the woop-woop, as the sound of da police too, accompanied of course by the “hands in the air like you just don’t care.”
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“Woop woop” is very NYPD. Police out here have a different siren, and they don’t pulse at every damn opportunity it like the New York cops.