My emergency services number recently changed, so instead I have to dial 0118 999 88199 9119 725......... 3
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Subject: Drowning
Dear Sir / Madam,
I'm writing to inform you about a drowning on the premises of...
No, that's too formal.
Dear Sir / Madan,
Drowning! Drowning! Help me!
123 Carington rd.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
All the best,
Maurice Moss
I'll just put this over here with the rest of the drowned.
Fun thing, if you have an android phone and the stock Google phone dialer, try typing that in.
(Note: has to be the Google or AOSP dialer)
my phone just buzzes, is there something else it should do?
That's it, just a special Easter egg that I would be half surprised if Google even remembers being there.
Last I tried it, it blinked red and blue also hahaha.
In my country 911 is for emergencies that require police attention, like armed robberies, etc.
Don't dare call 911 for a medical emergency or they quite plainly tell you to fuck off and call either the public healthcare phone number (which is a short (and toll-free) but completely different number), or your private provider (which is a normal phone number)
Good luck calling the fire department
Damn... What a simple and easy thing to have fucked up.
At least they’re better looking now
@diemartin @Gork More like +7 777 666-7777 (S-O-S).
Useless trivia of mine: in non-smart phones (e.g. early Nokia phones), the numerical sequence you mentioned translates to " ,tyu.xw,wpajd" using their keypad (I would say "T9", but "T9" refers to the prediction algorithm imbued in these phones, which is different from individually pressing a given key number multiple times to yield a given letter e.g. twice the 2 for "B" or thrice the 5 for "L"). It's a funny keypad to type in.
it's similar vibe to this lol.
"drowned? lol"
Even giving this sign the benefit of the doubt, if someone is actively drowning and you just call 911 and do nothing else then they will surely be dead by the time anyone from emergency services can make an appearance to help.
This does not mean you should also drown yourself trying to help them though. Ideally you throw them something long like a rope and tow them in to shore. If that's not possible, throwing them anything that floats is a good secondary option. People who aren't trained as lifeguards shouldn't usually get in the water to try and save a drowning person though, that's a very easy way to turn one dead body into two dead bodies. A drowning human is not a rational actor and they can and will also drown you trying (and failing) to save themselves.
Specifically in rescue swimmer training they will teach you to push the drowning person away if they grab onto you the wrong way, otherwise you will be drowning too. You basically need to force them into the right hold, because they are acting solely on survival reflexes and those entail grabbing something and pulling yourself up out of the water, which might sink whatever they are holding onto.
"Then call 911"
I think the "then" was shopped in, but I'm too lazy to find out. Carry on.
lots of love
Are you sure its not absolute value of 0?
I think it’s a reference to Depeche Mode’s famous live album & documentary from 1989.
Yes. If anything, it’s the absolute value of o.
This is not how drowning people look like. Someone drowning is mostly silent, calm and T-posing.
laugh out loud out loud
makes sense, got to get it out of the system before you call