Millar detained

"Andy Leighton" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Just heard a brief report on the news that David Millar has been
detained on a suspected drug offence.

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/06/24/cycling.millar/

http://tinyurl.com/2wnak

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Just heard a brief report on the news that David Millar has been
detained on a suspected drug offence.

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Andy Leighton said:

Just heard a brief report on the news that David Millar has been
detained on a suspected drug offence.

Detained as a witness, not a suspect. But it wouldn't surprise me if he was
up to no good, the dopey tw@.

On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:06:49 +0000 (UTC),

Richard Pattle said:

http://tinyurl.com/2wnak

Very strange, how many witnesses are yanked out of a restaurant mid meal.

Not that I think Millar is guilty, he has made his views on the drug
situation very clear, but there certainly is more to this than being
reported.

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On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 12:16:08 +0100,

Simonb said:

Andy Leighton said:

Just heard a brief report on the news that David Millar has been
detained on a suspected drug offence.

Detained as a witness, not a suspect.

Well the news on R5 says that a warrant was issued for his arrest, and the
BBC Web pages report he was taken in during a meal in a restaurant (as a
witness).

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Why not try reading the report. He has been held as a WITNESS in the
case brought against other former team members...

Howard <[email hidden]> wrote:
: Why not try reading the report. He has been held as a WITNESS in the
: case brought against other former team members...

Yeabut....it's very odd. Why arrest a "WITNESS" in the middle of a resturant.

I don't know about this. I'd really like for him to be clean, and police
do do some very odd things sometimes.

Arthur

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Howard <[email hidden]> wrote:
: Why not try reading the report. He has been held as a WITNESS in the
: case brought against other former team members...

Yeabut....it's very odd. Why arrest a "WITNESS" in the middle of
a resturant.

It may not be relevant in this case. But if you're subpoenaed as a
witness before a Court, or possibly before a Public Prosecutor in
France - something Millar maybe wasn't aware of - and you don't show
up, then you're in contempt of Court and liable to arrest. Maybe they
thought Millar was cocking a snoot (if that's the word) at the French
Legal System and so gave him a hard time accordingly. Maybe.

Curious

Quoted message said:

I don't know about this. I'd really like for him to be clean, and police
do do some very odd things sometimes.

Arthur

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It may not be relevant in this case. But if you're subpoenaed as a
witness before a Court, or possibly before a Public Prosecutor in
France - something Millar maybe wasn't aware of - and you don't show
up, then you're in contempt of Court and liable to arrest. Maybe they
thought Millar was cocking a snoot (if that's the word)

From the Economist
To "[censored] a snook" at someone is a bit more elaborate than simply thumbing
one's nose. To "[censored] a snook" is a classic display of derision, properly
performed by spreading the fingers of one hand, touching the tip of your
nose with your thumb while sighting your opponent along the tips of your
other fingers (what the British sometimes call a "Queen Anne's Fan," but
what we more commonly call a "five-finger salute"😉, and waggling your
fingers in the most annoying way possible. As a gesture, it doesn't really
mean anything, but it does convey utter contempt rather well. Like all fine
insulting gestures, cocking a snook always goes well with a Bronx Cheer, or
raspberry, as an accompaniment. Crossing your eyes while doing all this is
optional but definitely enhances the overall effect. And remember, kids,
practice makes perfect.
While the phrase "thumb one's nose" first appeared in English around 1903,
"cocking a snook" is much older, first appearing in print back in 1791. The
verb "to [censored]" comes from strutting behavior of male chickens, and means, as
the Oxford English Dictionary puts it, "to turn up in an assertive,
pretentious, jaunty, saucy, or defiant way." The "snook" is of uncertain
origin, but may be related to "snout," which would certainly make sense.

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It may not be relevant in this case. But if you're subpoenaed as a
witness before a Court, or possibly before a Public Prosecutor in
France - something Millar maybe wasn't aware of - and you don't show
up, then you're in contempt of Court and liable to arrest. Maybe they
thought Millar was cocking a snoot (if that's the word)

From the Economist
To "[censored] a snook" at someone is a bit more elaborate than simply thumbing
one's nose. To "[censored] a snook" is a classic display of derision, properly
performed by spreading the fingers of one hand, touching the tip of your
nose with your thumb while sighting your opponent along the tips of your
other fingers (what the British sometimes call a "Queen Anne's Fan," but
what we more commonly call a "five-finger salute"😉, and waggling your
fingers in the most annoying way possible. As a gesture, it doesn't
really mean anything, but it does convey utter contempt rather well.
Like all fine insulting gestures, cocking a snook always goes well
with a Bronx Cheer, or raspberry, as an accompaniment. Crossing your
eyes while doing all this is optional but definitely enhances the
overall effect. And remember, kids, practice makes perfect.
While the phrase "thumb one's nose" first appeared in English around
1903, "cocking a snook" is much older, first appearing in print back
in 1791. The verb "to [censored]" comes from strutting behavior of male
chickens, and means, as
the Oxford English Dictionary puts it, "to turn up in an assertive,
pretentious, jaunty, saucy, or defiant way." The "snook" is of uncertain
origin, but may be related to "snout," which would certainly make sense.

So it's sort of more like what the French Soldiers as played by John
Cleese etc did to the Eeengleesh King Arthur as played by Graham Chapman,
from the castle battlements, in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, then?

Although they threw a cow and some chickens over as well IIRR.

Maybe Millar was attempting to exact revenge of sorts and came unstuck.

Curious