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04-05-2008, 08:48 PM
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| | | Nine--one--one or nine--eleven?
BELIEVE it or not, these are REAL 911 Calls!
Dispatcher : 9-1-1 What is your emergency?
Caller: I heard what sounded like gunshots coming from the brown house on the corner.
Dispatcher: Do you have an address?
Caller: No, I have on a blouse and slacks, why?
Dispatcher: 9-1-1 What is your emergency?
Caller: Someone broke into my house and took a bite out of my ham and cheese sandwich .
Dispatcher: Excuse me?
Caller: I made a ham and cheese sandwich and left it on the kitchen table and when I came back >rom the bathroom, someone had taken a bite out of it.
Dispatcher: Was anything else taken?
Caller: No, but this has happened to me before and I'm sick and tired of it!
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, bu t I'm not stupid.
My Personal Favorite!!!
Dispatcher: 9-1-1 What's the nature of your emergency?
Caller: My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart.
Dispatcher: Is this her first child?
Caller: No, you idiot! This is her husband!
And the winner is..........
Dispatcher: 9-1-1
Caller: Yeah, I'm having trouble breathing I'm all out of breath. Darn....I think I'm going to pass out.
Dispatcher: Sir, wher e are you calling from?
Caller: I'm at a pay phone. North and Foster.
Dispatcher: Sir, an ambulance is on the way. Are you an asthmatic?
Caller: No .
Dispatcher: What were you doing before you started having trouble breathing?
Caller: Running from the Police.  | | The Following User Says Thank You to Presbyterian Deacon For This Useful Post: | |
04-05-2008, 08:52 PM
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Dispatcher: 9-1-1
Caller: Yeah, I'm having trouble breathing I'm all out of breath. Darn....I think I'm going to pass out.
Dispatcher: Sir, wher e are you calling from?
Caller: I'm at a pay phone. North and Foster.
Dispatcher: Sir, an ambulance is on the way. Are you an asthmatic?
Caller: No .
Dispatcher: What were you doing before you started having trouble breathing?
Caller: Running from the Police.
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04-05-2008, 09:34 PM
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04-05-2008, 09:54 PM
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I confess I thought this thread was going to be about Rudy Giuliani.
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04-05-2008, 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by smhbbag  I confess I thought this thread was going to be about Rudy Giuliani. | It was.. just look! Quote:
Dispatcher : 9-1-1 What is your emergency?
Caller: I heard what sounded like gunshots coming from
the brown house on the corner.
Dispatcher: Do you have an address?
Caller: No, I have on a blouse and slacks, why?
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04-05-2008, 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by toddpedlar Quote:
Originally Posted by smhbbag I confess I thought this thread was going to be about Rudy Giuliani. | It was.. just look! Quote:
Dispatcher : 9-1-1 What is your emergency?
Caller: I heard what sounded like gunshots coming from
the brown house on the corner.
Dispatcher: Do you have an address?
Caller: No, I have on a blouse and slacks, why?
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04-05-2008, 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by toddpedlar Quote:
Originally Posted by smhbbag I confess I thought this thread was going to be about Rudy Giuliani. | It was.. just look! Quote:
Dispatcher : 9-1-1 What is your emergency?
Caller: I heard what sounded like gunshots coming from
the brown house on the corner.
Dispatcher: Do you have an address?
Caller: No, I have on a blouse and slacks, why?
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04-05-2008, 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Presbyterian Deacon
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, bu t I'm not stupid.
| Dispatcher: Oh yes you are, caller!
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04-05-2008, 11:34 PM
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Just when I was feeling REALLY dumb...
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04-06-2008, 12:26 AM
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One of these days, one of those callers just might make it onto the Darwin Awards List... |
04-06-2008, 08:54 AM
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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, bu t I'm not stupid.
| This one actually happened way back in '82 or so in Goleta, CA. I was living in San Luis Obispo at the time, and it ran in the SLO paper. Goleta has held a special place in my heart ever since.
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