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legs Apr 17, 2002

999...is that like our 911?

sux2beme Apr 17, 2002

yeah, in the uk, it's 999...which i never understood. i saw the '999' label on an old avengers episode...on a rotary phone. in an emergency, that would take sooooo looooong. why not make it 111?

thefunkyfresh thefunkyfreshFounder

hahaha, funny observation, but one fatal flaw: who uses those STUPID rotary phones anyway?? somebody that does DESERVES to have to wait the additional 3.1 seconds for help to arrive

sux2beme sux2bemeOG 2002

i don't know anyone with a rotary phone now! i meant back in the 60's... they assigned '999' as the emergency phone numbers when EVERYONE used rotary phones. (i wonder how many people got as far as '99' before collapsing...things that make u go 'hmmmm')

thefunkyfresh thefunkyfreshFounder

sure sure... go ahead and try to cover up.

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