toblix Posted December 2, 2008 These are just amazing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmuerte Posted December 2, 2008 oh... it's not funny stuff :/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SignorSuperdouche Posted December 2, 2008 Op OK, so you haven't actually got the arm with you?SF No, no ... It's just up the road, though. Holy. Shit. I would never be able to cope with being one of those operators; I feel sick just reading that. Good to know video games haven't completely desensitised me yet I suppose. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cigol Posted December 2, 2008 Jesus, pretty wrenching (if amazing) stuff Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ysbreker Posted December 2, 2008 I thought the European alarm number was 112? Why is it 999 in the UK? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SignorSuperdouche Posted December 2, 2008 Historical reasons I expect, 112 and 911 both work though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmuerte Posted December 2, 2008 112 is the standard emergency number. In the US it is simply remapped to 911 for the land lines. 112 is actually a magic number in the GSM standard (and everything that extended from it). So, if you have a GSM in the UK and you enter 112 the provider you are using at that moment knows you want to connect to. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roderick Posted December 2, 2008 No, the correct UK emergency number is http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=s2Q6xbEZ-f0 Sorry =) The emergency calls are pretty shocking. Amazing the operators can stay so cool-headed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SignorSuperdouche Posted December 2, 2008 Another fun fact is that just 99 connects to the emergency services too. The reason is that in most offices and the like you need to dial 9 for an outside line, but in an emergency people would get flustered and forget to add the extra 9. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scrobbs Posted December 3, 2008 Sorry, doesn't anyone else find the amputation one funny? SF: Er, I don't know, no. [To John] Where's the arm?Op: Do you know where the arm is? [John says something in the background] SF: Er, I don't know, it's, it's down the back of the garden Op: OK, so you haven't actually got the arm with you? SF: No, no ... It's just up the road, though. Maybe it's because I've got a dark sense of humour. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
syntheticgerbil Posted December 3, 2008 I somehow get the feeling he may laugh later at it, you act sort of silly and say weird stuff in a panicked state of mind. I was in a major car accident a few months back where I was at the end of some crazy driver smashing 4 cars along the freeway coming home from work, and I ended up ricocheting from the last car into the concrete wall on the side, completely totalling the front end of my car, the windshield and wheels. I thought I was dead and got out of the car very confused as everyone who had stopped was asking me if I was okay or was hurt. I wasn't hearing them well and sort of ignored them and went back into my car to get my lunch kit and the Zelda Collector's Edition for Gamecube that I remembered I had left under my seat before they towed my car away. Also the little boy who called for his mom seemed like he was just charming the operator. Made me smile. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites