Comments | qwantz: on calling 911

qwantz

on calling 911

Jan 11, 2009 10:18

So last night I was driving home after a night of FUN TIMES, about 1:15 am, and it was snowing really badly. It's been my observation that when driving in Toronto, everybody sucks but me, so I was taking sidestreets instead of the main roads, reasoning that the chance of getting stuck was less than the chance of someone rearending me because they ( Read more... )

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lafinjack January 11 2009, 15:26:28 UTC

That's incredible! I didn't know they had 911 in Canada!

qwantz January 11 2009, 15:58:57 UTC

I believe it was first developed in Britain!

http://www.911dispatch.com/911/history/

Hey, I'm a human! lafinjack January 11 2009, 16:07:55 UTC

That's pretty sweet! What will they think of next?

nedu January 11 2009, 19:31:02 UTC

Yes, but it's 999 in the U.K. It seems like it would be entirely possible to accidentally call the emergency number when it's just the same button three times...

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qwantz January 11 2009, 16:00:08 UTC

You should have seen the dramatic camera angles as I flipped open my cell phone and pounded in the three numbers. Close up on my finger as it hits send, the signal is represented as blue energy, blasting out from the phone and flying towards Emergency Services headquarters

hazey_sunshine January 11 2009, 15:34:16 UTC

On the morning of my first tattoo, my tattoists car blew up in exactly the same fashion. It was scary. Of course, I had to rebook for two days later :/ (lose-lose situation!)

Good on you for calling!

qwantz January 11 2009, 15:57:55 UTC

What was the cause of the 'splosion?

chipzdarsky January 11 2009, 15:35:39 UTC

In a sense, I'm proud of you!

qwantz January 11 2009, 15:57:34 UTC

In a "sense", I'm "glad" we're "friends"!

allenec January 11 2009, 15:42:59 UTC

Wow, that's dramatic! I'm glad that everyone involved was ok (except the SUV I guess). I wonder why the SUV was on fire?