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[Artemis]

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Why do I suspect if everyone on the planet was asked which country this occurred in, the correct answer would be unanimous?

Why do you think every country's emergency call system is idiotic enough to have different numbers to dial in an emergency? Every other civilised county on the planet has a three number system, but they are the same three numbers so that the panicked caller only has to press the same three numbers not fuck around with a keypad in an emergency.

[megabyteme]

Why do I suspect if everyone on the planet was asked which country this occurred in, the correct answer would be unanimous?

Maybe it's the big American flag in the background. Just guessing...

Good point. Although the story is sooo American, it just doesn't seem like it would have happened anywhere else.

[IdolEyes787]

I hope the kid had the good sense to eat the pizza afterwards at least.

[brotherdoobie]

Why do I suspect if everyone on the planet was asked which country this occurred in, the correct answer would be unanimous?

Why do you think every country's emergency call system is idiotic enough to have different numbers to dial in an emergency? Every other civilised county on the planet has a three number system, but they are the same three numbers so that the panicked caller only has to press the same three numbers not fuck around with a keypad in an emergency.

Speed dial, ftw.


-doobs

[mjmacky]

Attachment 111536

Why do I suspect if everyone on the planet was asked which country this occurred in, the correct answer would be unanimous?

Canadian story: "I called 911, but first I dumped syrup on her face"
German story: "I called 911, but first I slapped her with my bratwurst"
Russian story: "I called 911, but first my brother fucked her"
Persian story: "I called 911, but first the Holocaust never happened"
British story: "I called 911, (unintelligible child blabber)"
African story: "I called 911, but first we buried her"
Japanese story: "I called 911, but first hehehehe"
Romanian story: "I called 911, but first I scammed someone"
Endor story: "I called 911, but first I shook her shoulder and looked all adorably sad"

[ckrit]

Every other civilised county on the planet has a three number system, but they are the same three numbers so that the panicked caller only has to press the same three numbers not fuck around with a keypad in an emergency.

No, not every other country. And that sounds like a recipe for a lot more random calls to emergency services from small children plaing with the keypad and whatnot.

[megabyteme]

Why do I suspect if everyone on the planet was asked which country this occurred in, the correct answer would be unanimous?

Canadian story: "I called 911, but first I dumped syrup on her face"
German story: "I called 911, but first I slapped her with my bratwurst"
Russian story: "I called 911, but first my brother fucked her"
Persian story: "I called 911, but first the Holocaust never happened"
British story: "I called 911, (unintelligible child blabber)"
African story: "I called 911, but first we buried her"
Japanese story: "I called 911, but first hehehehe"
Romanian story: "I called 911, but first I scammed someone"
Endor story: "I called 911, but first I shook her shoulder and looked all adorably sad"

East Indian story: "I called 911, and the man sitting next to me answered"

[manker]

Every other civilised county on the planet has a three number system, but they are the same three numbers so that the panicked caller only has to press the same three numbers not fuck around with a keypad in an emergency.

No, not every other country. And that sounds like a recipe for a lot more random calls to emergency services from small children plaing with the keypad and whatnot.

Seems harder to do that nowadays, with people hardly ever using the keypad to dial and so them being less accessible on newer phones.

Also, the emergency numbers would have been formulated back in the days of yore when everyone used a circular dial to input the number, for that reason I think 911 is superior to the UK version of 999, because it doesn't take so long to dial. Anyway, only a mentalist wouldn't recommend a sudden change to a different, more mobile friendly, number.

What number do you Sverigers use?

[ckrit]

Sweden is the same as the bulk of the EU (112), which should work in the UK as well.

[manker]

^ best