UK women calls 999 (911) because of a stolen snowman.

[Blaze163]

I was going to post a video of Russell Howard making his joke about waiting for snowmen to melt then leaving suicide notes where they'd been, but I can't find one

 

[Ace Gunman]

Even if you could consider it a legitimate theft due to the items used and the time (labor) involved in creating it, she could have still used a non-emergency police number to report it.

Fair point, while writing my post it had slipped my mind that she called an emergency line.

 

[thegame07]

I dropped some bread in my garden the other day and some crow has stole it... should I phone 999? or do I not have enough evidence to file a complaint about said bird?

Edit: it was hovis bread if that makes any diffrence...

It a joke tbh! it's even worse when you go to the hospital... I nearly died one night and they had me waiting for 5 hours in the waiting room before they checked me. I sat and watched people being seen to just for having a fever/flu.

999 should only be used when you feel your life is in danger... If it's not get a taxi to the hospital or phone your local police station (even if they do take hours to come) I know it sounds obvious but the amount of people who do the opposite is shocking.

 

[DeMoN]

Even if you could consider it a legitimate theft due to the items used and the time (labor) involved in creating it, she could have still used a non-emergency police number to report it.

Fair point, while writing my post it had slipped my mind that she called an emergency line.

Meh, a lot of people don't even know that there's a non-emergency line. I'll admit, I don't know what it is in my country. If I wanted to contact the police about a non-emergency, I'd have to google the phone number first.

And I hope she didn't use pound coins for the snowman's buttons as well. That's 5 pound coins, almost $10. Leaving 10 dollars out on your front yard? Yeah, it's gonna get stolen, but it's your own damn fault.

 

[trumpet-205]

Meh, a lot of people don't even know that there's a non-emergency line. I'll admit, I don't know what it is in my country. If I wanted to contact the police about a non-emergency, I'd have to google the phone number first.

I have non-emergency number and few utility numbers written down on a piece of paper. Very useful to come by. These numbers can also be found through local telephone book (at front page).

 

[ShadowSoldier]

Leave it to a woman to waste a man's time.

 

[SPH73]

999 is a joke.

 

[lewyp1]

I saw this last night on Russell Howard's Good News and all the while thinking what a f***ing moron

 

[prowler]

I saw this last night on Russell Howard's Good News and all the while thinking what a f***ing moron

YEAH I LOVE PHONES
I CALL THEM THE RINGY RINGY TALKY TALKY.

 

[ProtoKun7]

I need to watch that one.

And my thought was a non-emergency number too.

 

[KingAsix]

This is the 1st time I've done this and I think its appropriate

 

[ThePowerOutage]

More like this:

 

[MelodieOctavia]

First of all its just a damn snowman.
Second, that was her dumb ass fault for using pound coins and actual silverware.
Third, it makes me think she just ditched the snowman once the pound coins and the silverware was stolen, because seriously, no matter how ridiculous reporting a stolen snowman sounds, reporting two pound coins and two spoons stolen sounds even more so.

And finally, Everyone has a cell phone these days. Store the frigging local police number in there for god sakes. its not that hard.

 

[xatratx]

First of all its just a damn snowman.
Second, that was her dumb ass fault for using pound coins and actual silverware.
Third, it makes me think she just ditched the snowman once the pound coins and the silverware was stolen, because seriously, no matter how ridiculous reporting a stolen snowman sounds, reporting two pound coins and two spoons stolen sounds even more so.

And finally, Everyone has a cell phone these days. Store the frigging local police number in there for god sakes. its not that hard.

I agree, a snowmen is not that important. Also, who would use 2 pound coins as eyes? It's like using two silver-one dollar coins as eyes for a snowmen in the US.

 

[ProtoKun7]

I don't have the local non-emergency number stored, and I've never needed it, but I've practically memorised it.


I'm good with numbers.

I agree, a snowmen is not that important. Also, who would use 2 pound coins as eyes? It's like using two silver-one dollar coins as eyes for a snowmen in the US.

"Who would use two coins as eyes? That's like using two...coins...of a different currency..."

Your point?

 

[Law]

I don't have the local non-emergency number stored, and I've never needed it, but I've practically memorised it.


I'm good with numbers.

I agree, a snowmen is not that important. Also, who would use 2 pound coins as eyes? It's like using two silver-one dollar coins as eyes for a snowmen in the US.

"Who would use two coins as eyes? That's like using two...coins...of a different currency..."

Your point?

I think the point is that it isn't a good idea and why the hell did she just not use old buttons or stones.