How many times have you dialled 999?

Pestilence said:
More times than I care to remember.

Once when I was a kid.

Another when my front windows were being put through.
The next night when my rear windows were being put through.
Another while in the midst of a gang intimidation in the street, with objects including full beer cans thrown at my head.
Another when my wife was being assaulted with stones and debris in our driveway after an attempted window-smashing.
Another when our fences were being put through, front and side.
Another when my in-remission cancer-sufferer father-in-law was being assaulted after a 45-minute snowballing attack on our home (not as funny as it may sound).

In none of the above circumstances did the police arrive within anything less than 24 hours. If at all.
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Wow, where do you live? Sounds lovely...

I've never called 999, however I did ask someone to call an ambulance for an unconscious guy I was helping. I had seen this drunk guy staggering around in town, then two thugs came up to him and started punching him. Couldn't get there in time to stop them but they knocked him over and saw his head bounce off the tarmac.

Police came too, spoke to me briefly but were really dismissive of me as I'd had a few.
 
Never had to!

Edit: Someone called an ambulance for me when I fell off my mo-ped though :p
 
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Once when a drunk driver went off the road in front of me and smashed into a ditch, before promptly running off.
 
Once for a suspected fire at my neighbors couldn't get any answer at their door so called 999 fire.

Firemen arrive get access and they are burning a **** ton of ****ing paper on their balcony :rolleyes:
 
Once on the way back down the A1 saw a caravan jack knife and end up pointing the wrong way on the outside lane.

We were in a big Luton van so was easy to block off the oustide lane, and also learned those markers on the side of the road actually have a use.

But it was funny as the Highways agency arrived before the emergancy services as they had to go past the accident up to the next junction and turn around where as the highways just pulled up on the Northbound carriage way and walked across to check the barrier etc.

KImbie
 
Pestilence said:
More times than I care to remember.

Once when I was a kid.

Another when my front windows were being put through.
The next night when my rear windows were being put through.
Another while in the midst of a gang intimidation in the street, with objects including full beer cans thrown at my head.
Another when my wife was being assaulted with stones and debris in our driveway after an attempted window-smashing.
Another when our fences were being put through, front and side.
Another when my in-remission cancer-sufferer father-in-law was being assaulted after a 45-minute snowballing attack on our home (not as funny as it may sound).

In none of the above circumstances did the police arrive within anything less than 24 hours. If at all.
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Yeah after the 3rd one i'd be looking to move TBH
 
Once. Some woman fell over and broke her ankle in town everyone else seemed to walk past but me and my mate called 999. I remember another woman coming over and saying 'it'll be alright, they'll just pump you with morphine.' To which I then noticed the dozens of needle scars all over her arm. :p
 
Just the once. We used to live in a downstairs flat. Other half was at work one evening and i started smelling smoke. Went around the flat checking everything but could'nt find anything. Went outside to check and noticed smoke coming from upstairs. Went up his stairway and could feel the heat through the wall. Ran back down and phoned the Fire service. Turned out he had gone out and left his washing in front a of old 3 bar heater which caught fire and gutted his flat. Apart from the smell of smoke for a week or so we got off perfectly fine. Not even water damage from the hoses!!
 
Once, was walking across Ikea car park on a busy shopping day when seemingly at random a Landrover Disco began road raging through the parked cars, snapping off wing mirrors, before taking some smaller car in a head to head. He reversed, got around and sped off for the exit. I ran over the car park, got his reg and called 999.

I'd love to know what caused this bloke to crack, i vividly remember his wife sitting in the passenger seat, either cool as a cucumber or frozen in fear. No reaction at all.

Weird.
 
Once.

I heard some guys arguing at the end of the road when someone shouted "put that ****ing gun away"!

I thought it was best to call the police. I don't want guns in my road!
 
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