<![CDATA[Have you have heard of the saying "to read someone the Riot Act", in the sense of warning someone / telling someone off?]]>Have you have heard of the saying "to read someone the Riot Act", in the sense of warning someone / telling someone off?

Have you *actually read* the Riot Act?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/0dbc5bad-9927-4d76-b1c0-6b57a1af4fdd/have-you-have-heard-of-the-saying-to-read-someone-the-riot-act-in-the-sense-of-warning-someone-telling-someone-offRSS for NodeThu, 16 Apr 2026 01:49:17 GMTTue, 07 Apr 2026 07:44:08 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Have you have heard of the saying "to read someone the Riot Act", in the sense of warning someone / telling someone off? on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:57:17 GMT]]>@neil Have just fallen down a fascinating Wikipedia rabbit hole on the subject of the Riot Act (1715); so thank you! 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/ImpossibleUmbrella/statuses/116365186676706797https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/ImpossibleUmbrella/statuses/116365186676706797Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:57:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you have heard of the saying "to read someone the Riot Act", in the sense of warning someone / telling someone off? on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:22:51 GMT]]>@neil I was waiting for the interpretive dance version

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/QuatermassTools/statuses/116364343485659249https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/QuatermassTools/statuses/116364343485659249Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:22:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you have heard of the saying "to read someone the Riot Act", in the sense of warning someone / telling someone off? on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:06:49 GMT]]>@tarix29 @simonzerafa Fair enough 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/users/neil/statuses/116364280454204930https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/users/neil/statuses/116364280454204930Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:06:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you have heard of the saying "to read someone the Riot Act", in the sense of warning someone / telling someone off? on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:03:03 GMT]]>@neil @simonzerafa I honestly don't know. I rarely see audio posts and can't seem to find one at the moment

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/tarix29/statuses/116364265636673651https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/tarix29/statuses/116364265636673651Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:03:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you have heard of the saying "to read someone the Riot Act", in the sense of warning someone / telling someone off? on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:59:54 GMT]]>@tarix29 @simonzerafa

Can you normally see alt text for audio on Moshidon? Or is this clip unusual?

(Just wondering if it is a me thing, or a Moshidon thing!)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/users/neil/statuses/116364253236312509https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/users/neil/statuses/116364253236312509Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:59:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you have heard of the saying "to read someone the Riot Act", in the sense of warning someone / telling someone off? on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:59:18 GMT]]>@neil @simonzerafa yeah I can't find a way to access it on Moshidon

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/tarix29/statuses/116364250905727372https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/tarix29/statuses/116364250905727372Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:59:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you have heard of the saying "to read someone the Riot Act", in the sense of warning someone / telling someone off? on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:06:23 GMT]]>@neil I think some of it was read to us when we were at a questionably legal rave they wanted to shut down? Or maybe that was a different act. Dunno. Seemed like they were insisting we leave anyway so we did.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://boing.world/users/pre/statuses/116363570936908046https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://boing.world/users/pre/statuses/116363570936908046Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:06:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you have heard of the saying "to read someone the Riot Act", in the sense of warning someone / telling someone off? on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:24:08 GMT]]>@simonzerafa
FWIW QI agrees on a 1967 repeal:

- YouTube

Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.

favicon

(www.youtube.com)

@neil

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://en.osm.town/users/InsertUser/statuses/116363404820794272https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://en.osm.town/users/InsertUser/statuses/116363404820794272Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:24:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you have heard of the saying "to read someone the Riot Act", in the sense of warning someone / telling someone off? on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:20:51 GMT]]>@annehargreaves @neil @simonzerafa That's odd. The text shows in Tusky on my Fairphone 4 running eOS. There is no "Alt" button, it just shows immediately while playing.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/RupertReynolds/statuses/116363155936708102https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/RupertReynolds/statuses/116363155936708102Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:20:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you have heard of the saying "to read someone the Riot Act", in the sense of warning someone / telling someone off? on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:15:10 GMT]]>@annehargreaves@ioc.exchange @simonzerafa@infosec.exchange @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk

I see it no problem in my Wafrn

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://meowing.men/fediverse/post/40ff9e69-95a4-4a87-879c-b55324401fe7https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://meowing.men/fediverse/post/40ff9e69-95a4-4a87-879c-b55324401fe7Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:15:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you have heard of the saying "to read someone the Riot Act", in the sense of warning someone / telling someone off? on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:11:34 GMT]]>@annehargreaves @simonzerafa Curious!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/users/neil/statuses/116362883550704427https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/users/neil/statuses/116362883550704427Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:11:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you have heard of the saying "to read someone the Riot Act", in the sense of warning someone / telling someone off? on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:06:16 GMT]]>@neil @simonzerafa I can't see the alt text in Tusky on phone.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ioc.exchange/users/annehargreaves/statuses/116362862698008083https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ioc.exchange/users/annehargreaves/statuses/116362862698008083Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:06:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you have heard of the saying "to read someone the Riot Act", in the sense of warning someone / telling someone off? on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:32:37 GMT]]>@neil I have neither read it myself nor read it aloud to a group of people before arresting them.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/piersb/statuses/116362730362153785https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/piersb/statuses/116362730362153785Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:32:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you have heard of the saying "to read someone the Riot Act", in the sense of warning someone / telling someone off? on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:32:17 GMT]]>@neil, there's that bit in ‘Jingo’ where Detritus does just that…

“Dis is der Riot Act. You know what dat means? It means if'n I reads it out and youse don't disb… disp… go away, der Watch can use deadly force, you unnerstand?”

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/lp0_on_fire/statuses/116362729091098366https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/lp0_on_fire/statuses/116362729091098366Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:32:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you have heard of the saying "to read someone the Riot Act", in the sense of warning someone / telling someone off? on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:10:00 GMT]]>@neil Film link, because I didn't have the space in the previous toot: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059274/

Sean Connery, and the wonderful Harry Andrews as the RSM.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/darkling/statuses/116362641422753072https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/darkling/statuses/116362641422753072Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:10:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you have heard of the saying "to read someone the Riot Act", in the sense of warning someone / telling someone off? on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:08:02 GMT]]>@neil Hmm. I realise after I put in "heard of it, not read it" that I have actually read the proclamation, on Wikipedia.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/darkling/statuses/116362633689603865https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/darkling/statuses/116362633689603865Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:08:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you have heard of the saying "to read someone the Riot Act", in the sense of warning someone / telling someone off? on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:05:28 GMT]]>@neil There's a very good B&W film called "The Hill", which involves an insurrection in a British army prison in North Africa.

At one point, the RSM, who's been responsible for the conditions leading to the unrest, walks into the prison block.

RSM: <holds a book in the air> "If there's any more trouble, I'll read you the riot act. You know how long it takes. And if that doesn't have any effect, I'll charge the ringleaders with mutiny!"
Prisoner: "Who's the ringleaders?"
RSM: "EVERY FIFTH MAN!"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/darkling/statuses/116362623643074360https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/darkling/statuses/116362623643074360Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:05:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you have heard of the saying "to read someone the Riot Act", in the sense of warning someone / telling someone off? on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:55:44 GMT]]>@neil This is great, thank you for doing it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mspsocial.net/users/bright_helpings/statuses/116362585355147586https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mspsocial.net/users/bright_helpings/statuses/116362585355147586Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:55:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you have heard of the saying "to read someone the Riot Act", in the sense of warning someone / telling someone off? on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:55:34 GMT]]>@neil that's autistic brain for you. Most people assume "read it" means the proclamation, I assume it means the whole act 🙄

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gts.phillipsuk.org/users/rpbook/statuses/01KNKJEYWWKFZWGQ6DSTBK9435https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gts.phillipsuk.org/users/rpbook/statuses/01KNKJEYWWKFZWGQ6DSTBK9435Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:55:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you have heard of the saying "to read someone the Riot Act", in the sense of warning someone / telling someone off? on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:52:47 GMT]]>@uastronomer

> to the number of twelve or more (notwithstanding such proclamation made) unlawfully, riotously, and tumultuously remain or continue together by the space of one hour after such command or request made by proclamation, that then such continuing together to the number of twelve or more, after such command or request made by proclamation, shall be adjudged felony without benefit of clergy, and the offenders therein shall be adjudged felons, and *shall suffer death as in a case of felony without benefit of clergy*.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/users/neil/statuses/116362573765162693https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/users/neil/statuses/116362573765162693Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:52:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you have heard of the saying "to read someone the Riot Act", in the sense of warning someone / telling someone off? on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:39:45 GMT]]>@neil I seem to recall reading somewhere that the threat behind those mild words was "We will summarily murder anybody who ignores this command" - is that right?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.monoceros.co.za/users/uastronomer/statuses/116362522523541564https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.monoceros.co.za/users/uastronomer/statuses/116362522523541564Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:39:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you have heard of the saying "to read someone the Riot Act", in the sense of warning someone / telling someone off? on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:28:48 GMT]]>@neil The trick these days is getting a group of twelve or more people.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://discordian.social/users/RogerBW/statuses/116362479417728962https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://discordian.social/users/RogerBW/statuses/116362479417728962Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:28:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you have heard of the saying "to read someone the Riot Act", in the sense of warning someone / telling someone off? on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:23:21 GMT]]>@rpbook Fortunately it is just a fun fedi poll, and really doesn't matter 🙂

But yes, I imagine that most people who have clicked "read it" have read only a sub-section of it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/users/neil/statuses/116362458028716611https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/users/neil/statuses/116362458028716611Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:23:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you have heard of the saying "to read someone the Riot Act", in the sense of warning someone / telling someone off? on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:21:48 GMT]]>@neil I think I voted wrong, but I can't change it.

I voted "Heard of it, not read it". I've read the proclamation before, but not the full act.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gts.phillipsuk.org/users/rpbook/statuses/01KNKGH55B63VNQ3MWFXEPTZT0https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gts.phillipsuk.org/users/rpbook/statuses/01KNKGH55B63VNQ3MWFXEPTZT0Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:21:48 GMT