May 29, 2007
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The Police by the numbers
By DEAN BROUGHTON, Sun Media





Fans talks about the big show

$254.50: Amount just to get in the door to write this article.

20: Number semi-tractor trailers with Illinois plates in parking lot (three of which had motors running contravening Vancouver's no idling bylaw).

7: Number luxury tour buses with Tennessee plates in parking lot across from GM Place.

1: Number of mug shots distributed to Vancouver police of psychotic fan from Denmark forbidden to enter GM Place.

$200: Price of floor ticket being hawked by scalpers at 6:26 p.m.

$240: Price of same ticket bought by gullible fan 20 minutes after it went on sale.

$60: Price scalpers were flogging floor tickets for prior to Sunday's fan show.

17: Minutes after Fiction Plane takes stage before first waft marijuana smoke swirls into press box.

$40: Men's classic concert T-shirt.

$45: Women's classic concert T-shirt.

$5: Difference for the math impaired.

$450: Vintage leather Police jacket.

$135: Women's vintage jacket.

$35: Black Police ball cap (nothing special).

$15: Police tote bag.

162: Cougar count in one rotation of 300 level concourse (nose bleeds) between opening act and Police.

107: Cougar count in one rotation of 100 level concourse between opening act and Police (albeit with considerably more plastic surgery).

4: Chachi count (men wearing sunglasses in dimly lit arena).

1: Number of women in section 118 obviously surfing on crystal meth.

8: Number of old men in section 118 who appeared to be one pork chop away from a heart attack.

2: Number of men in section 118 who would have that heart attack during moment of post-concert passion with women 20 years their junior.

12: Drops of blood counted after fight on 100 level concourse. (Combatants ejected).

2: Number of broken drumsticks Stewart Copeland threw that almost made the first row behind the stage.

12: Number of songs Police played before writer's realization they are irrelevant.



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