Wasn't it Longfellow who wrote
'But tis ashwood wet or dry
fit for a queen to warm her slippers by'
or don't people learn poetry now?
And this policeman thingy? Old as tea. I recall one that used to stand on the road into Lermoos in Austria until it disappeared. That was about 20 years ago but there is another there now.
It was sort of looking at me as I tanked the Audi up for the return over the Rhine and into France and home.
The earlier one disappeared having being nicked. Actually, it went home to England--- and into- wait for it - an English 'nick'. Twas a lady rozzer wat did it me'lud
