They let him die

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A lovely painting and a sad story, Michael.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Sat 17 Dec 13:23:05

Thanks Cesare.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sat 17 Dec 15:06:11

Brilliant!

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Sat 17 Dec 15:38:07

Thanks Margaret.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sat 17 Dec 15:42:55

What hypocrisy Michael!! Typical. Great sketch though.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sat 17 Dec 15:52:19

Thanks Fiona. Yes, nothing holy about them. Perhaps their underpants?

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sat 17 Dec 16:10:11

Lovely work Michael that's life

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Sat 17 Dec 16:12:09

Thanks Dennis. Yes, you win some you lose some.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sat 17 Dec 16:20:34

Yes, fabulous painting. I love your anecdotes.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Sat 17 Dec 17:54:15

A sad story and a great painting to go with it Michael.

Posted by Satu Vartiainen on Sat 17 Dec 19:08:43

Thanks Gudrun and Satu.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sat 17 Dec 22:39:12

Hang on Studio Wall

17/12/2016

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Watercolour. These are some holy men I met when I was on holiday in the Balkans with my girlfriend Danita (it means Morning Star). They told me that the mermaid was waving furiously at the holy men and begging them to rescue her merman who was out of his depth and in serious trouble. The holy men told me that they began to pray but it was useless and the merman sank to the bottom. The mermaid soon found another partner but she never forgave the holy men for their inaction. In mitigation the holy men said they had no talk time left on their mobile 'phone so couldn't ring the coastguard. I thought it was a lame excuse, especially for holy men.

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Michael Mcmanus

I was born in 1946. In the 1960s and part of the 70s I was an airman in the Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm. I joined Durham Constabulary in 1971. In 1999 I retired from policing and began teaching sociology and criminology at Durham University with emphasis on policing and researching crime. I am drawn…

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