07-12-2008, 03:20 AM | #1 (permalink) |
comfortably numb...
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Location: upstate
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911 calls 2
Dispatcher: 9-1-1 What is the nature of your emergency?
Caller: I'm trying to reach nine eleven but my phone doesn't have an eleven on it. Dispatcher: This is nine eleven. Caller: I thought you just said it was nine-one-one Dispatcher: Yes, ma'am, nine-one-one and nine-eleven are the same thing. Caller: Honey, I may be old, but I'm not stupid.
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