The Big Apple: “What do you call twin police officers?"/"Copies.”

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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.

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Entry from February 07, 2023

“What do you call twin police officers?"/"Copies.”

A police riddle is:

Q: What do you call twin police officers?
A: Copies.

The joke is that “cop” becomes “copies.” “What do u call twin police officers? Copies” was posted on Twitter by Pete Morton on August 4, 2011.

Twitter
Pete Morton
@oxymorton
What do u call twin police officers?
Copies.
10:09 PM · Aug 4, 2011

Twitter
Stephen Terrell
@HoosierLawyerUS
Are twin police officers copies?
12:05 PM · Feb 8, 2012

Twitter
Judith Davis
@JudithDavis4
@CathleenMHunt What do you call twin police officers?~~~Copies BadaBing
11:00 AM · Feb 13, 2012

Twitter
PG PAINT & DESIGN
@PGPAINTDESIGN
LOL for the day: What to you call twin police officers? LOL: COPIES
2:55 PM · May 3, 2012

Twitter
Bob Kostic
@causticbob
what do you call twin police officers?
copies
9:42 AM · Jan 13, 2013

Twitter
Fremantle Police
@FremantlePol
What do you call twin police officers.
Copies!! #nowthatsfunny #worsethanbaddadjoke
10:28 AM · Mar 7, 2015

Twitter
Cody Fitzgerald
@Fitzaholic
What do you call twin police officers?
Copies!
10:48 PM · Sep 4, 2016

Twitter
Barry Thacker
@BarryThacker
What are twin police officers called? - Copies 😁
4:06 AM · Jan 15, 2018

Reddit—3amjokes
Posted by u/EndersGame_Reviewer February 7, 2023
What do you call twin police officers?
Copies.

Posted by Barry Popik
New York City • Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health • Tuesday, February 07, 2023 • Permalink