Subject: Fire!
Dear Sir/Madam,
I’m writing to inform you of a fire which has broken out on the premises. No, that’s too formal…
Dear Sir/Madam,
Fire! Fire! Help me - 123 calendon road.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
All the best, Maurice Moss
I’ll just put this fire with the rest of the fire
Woo that’s a NICE screen saver! It looks so…real…ANYWAY
I love the way the smoke seems to be coming off of the top of it…
🔥<br> 🧯
“Why’s it done that?”
“…ooOOoohhh…”
[bam]
We got a report about a fire
I’m going to put this meme over here with all the other meme.
Let’s see… the upvote arrow is off, so I turn it on, and just walk away!
BTW you know you can dial it on your phone and have an easter egg? At least on Android
Can confirm, the Easter egg appears when you enter the final “3” into the stock phone app on Android. You do not have to hit “call”.
https://www.androidauthority.com/0118-999-881-999-119-725-3-easter-egg-682519/
That’s amazing. Thanks for sharing.
I just dialed it and it said “the international number you dialed is not available”.
Did you see that ludicrous display last night?
What was Wenger thinking sending Walcott on that early?
The trouble with Arsenal is they try to walk the ball into the net
Is someone crying?
Wow, that phone is ancient, but the episode’s not that old…is it?
Original air date April 9, 1995
Oh.
chuckles I’M OLD!
----- three!
I’m disabled!
How, how are you disabled?
Leg disabled
Why did you become disabled?
I always liked the 3 at the end, in the song :)
did you know that if you type this number into the default Android dialer app, the call button will flash red and blue
(does not work on phones that provide their own dialer such as Samsung but nevertheless a cool easter egg)
I didn’t believe you until I tried it myself. That’s amazing, thanks for sharing this gem :D
This is brilliant!
This is so cool lmao
it’s an old one, now… but it never gets old.
it’s an old one, now…
You can tell by the comically-large '90s cellphone!
I’m not a window cleaner!
No, sorry. I really only work on Windows.
Had to flip my phone to make sure it wasn’t a boobs meme with the calculator
What is this, a crossover episode?
For anyone else who was out of the loop, this is a joke from the IT Crowd when (in the show) England was changing their emergency services numbers:
From today, dialing 999 won’t get you the emergency services. And that’s not the only thing that’s changing. Nicer ambulances, faster response times and better-looking drivers mean they’re not just the emergency services — they’re your emergency services. So, remember the new number: 0118 999 881 999 119 725… 3.
Edit: Edited for clarification that this was a joke in the show and England did not change their emergency services number IRL.
We never changed emergency numbers. It might have referred to when we changed directory enquiries from a single one operated by your phone provider to multiple options with the prefix 118 xxx. Or perhaps when we extended emergency services to also have non emergency numbers for police and health issues.
Otherwise it’s been 999 for decades (with 112 also routed to the same).
The emergency services personnel really are a lot more attractive, which is important when I need emergency services!