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[–] [email protected] 113 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Subject: Fire!

Dear Sir/Madam,

I'm writing to inform you of a fire which has broken out on the premises. No, that's too formal.....

Dear Sir/Madam,

Fire! Fire! Help me - 123 calendon road.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

All the best, Maurice Moss

[–] [email protected] 53 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'll just put this fire with the rest of the fire

[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Woo that's a NICE screen saver! It looks so....real...ANYWAY

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I love the way the smoke seems to be coming off of the top of it...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

🔥 🧯

"Why's it done that?"

"....ooOOoohhh..."

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

[bam]

We got a report about a fire

[–] jballs 95 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

For anyone else who was out of the loop, this is a joke from the IT Crowd when (in the show) England was changing their emergency services numbers:

From today, dialing 999 won’t get you the emergency services. And that’s not the only thing that’s changing. Nicer ambulances, faster response times and better-looking drivers mean they’re not just the emergency services — they’re your emergency services. So, remember the new number: 0118 999 881 999 119 725… 3.

Edit: Edited for clarification that this was a joke in the show and England did not change their emergency services number IRL.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago

0118 999 881 999 119 752… 3 is the Pastor, not confuse

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

We never changed emergency numbers. It might have referred to when we changed directory enquiries from a single one operated by your phone provider to multiple options with the prefix 118 xxx. Or perhaps when we extended emergency services to also have non emergency numbers for police and health issues.

Otherwise it's been 999 for decades (with 112 also routed to the same).

[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It was the IT crowd, a TV show, not real life

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (5 children)

The original comment did read like it was an actual thing happening in England, though

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Are you sure about that. They specifically called out England and not the UK. That is a sure fire way to tell that they know what they're talking about.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Did you actually mean in real fictional life

Lolol

[–] [email protected] 40 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I’m going to put this meme over here with all the other meme.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago

Let's see... the upvote arrow is off, so I turn it on, and just walk away!

[–] [email protected] 34 points 11 months ago (3 children)

BTW you know you can dial it on your phone and have an easter egg? At least on Android

[–] [email protected] 31 points 11 months ago

Can confirm, the Easter egg appears when you enter the final "3" into the stock phone app on Android. You do not have to hit "call".

https://www.androidauthority.com/0118-999-881-999-119-725-3-easter-egg-682519/

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

That's amazing. Thanks for sharing.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wow, that phone is ancient, but the episode's not that old...is it?

Original air date April 9, 1995

Oh.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

chuckles I'M OLD!

[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Did you see that ludicrous display last night?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What was Wenger thinking sending Walcott on that early?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The trouble with Arsenal is they try to walk the ball into the net

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago

----- three!

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How, how are you disabled?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Why did you become disabled?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

did you know that if you type this number into the default Android dialer app, the call button will flash red and blue

(does not work on phones that provide their own dialer such as Samsung but nevertheless a cool easter egg)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

This is brilliant!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I didn't believe you until I tried it myself. That's amazing, thanks for sharing this gem :D

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago

I always liked the 3 at the end, in the song :)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

it's an old one, now.. but it never gets old.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

it’s an old one, now…

You can tell by the comically-large '90s cellphone!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Had to flip my phone to make sure it wasn't a boobs meme with the calculator

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Wow! Those are some better-looking drivers! But damn these electric sex pants!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

What is this, a crossover episode?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (8 children)

Geek trivia.

It would almost be a valid Wokingham (Berkshire UK) number (well 0118 999 8819 would be) except I think after the second 9 there's no allocated numbers.

That is, it's not possible to dial in the UK, you would get an number unobtainable tone as soon as you dial 0118 99 on a landline phone.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

The emergency services personnel really are a lot more attractive, which is important when I need emergency services!

[–] WilliamsStark 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

"Better looking drivers!"

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