More Dumb 9-1-1 Calls

Patricia Bradley Mystery Question 38 Comments

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Did you know we are over halfway through the year! Where did the first six months go??? I just finished the first round of edits for the first Natchez book, Standoff and they have been accepted.

Now they will go to the editor I call the Plausibility Police. She is so good. She makes sure everything in my story is plausible, among other things.

This was my ninth book with her and now when I’m writing I ask myself if something I’ve written will pass the Plausibility Police. lol

Now onto last week’s Mystery question: It involves wacky 9-1-1 calls. Three of the calls actually happened. I made up the fourth one. Guess which one:
  1. “9-1-1. What is your emergency?” “Uhh, I uh, want to report Taco Bell is out of taco shells. Can you do something about it?”
  2. “9-1-1. What is your emergency?” ” I’d like to call and report a fire on the hillside just East of the city. 911: “Can you be more specific?” “Oh,no! It’s getting bigger! The whole top of the hill is on fire now! 911: “Stay calm sir, we’re sending somebody out.” “Doesn’t anybody else see this?! It’s lighting up the sky around it…it’s huge! Oh…oh, wait…911: “Sir?” “I am SO sorry…I’m not usually out this time of night, I just got off work late…that’s, that’s the sun…
  3. “9-1-1. What is your emergency?” “My kid is allergic to peanuts. I’m afraid he’s going to die.” 911: “Has he consumed peanuts?” “Uh, no. But he’s playing with those peanuts Amazon packs their boxes with.”
  4. “9-1-1. What is your emergency?” “My husband is up in a tree, and he won’t come down.” “911: Why is he in the tree?” “Hold on. Harold! why are you up in that tree.” 9-1-1 operator hears his answer…”It was that or kill you.”

And the answer is the most popular one–#4. 🙂 But the others…REALLY? I liked these so well, I decided to do a few more;

This week’s Mystery Question involves more 9-1-1 calls. See if you can tell which one I made up.
  1. When a woman saw a fire in her bathroom, she called 911. The fire department showed up to discover that the “flames” were just sunlight reflecting off the shower curtain.
  2. A man called police when Subway employees left off his sauce. He then called back to complain that officers weren’t responding fast enough.
  3. A man called 911 to report a squirrel was eating his birdseed. He wanted the police to arrest the squirrel and lock it up.
  4. In 2013, some crooks butt-dialed 911 in Oklahoma, right after robbing a house. Apparently, they were overheard discussing their loot.

Leave your answers in the comments and I’ll enter you in a June drawing for a book from my library!

 


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  1. Jan Ballard

    I’m guessing that you made up the fact about the year being half over! I’m pretty sure we have a few days left in June? If I’m right, maybe I can get a job with the Plausibility Police? Also, No. 3 might be made up. 🙂

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  2. Mary Hart

    I’m thinking #3, too! We use squirrel proof feeders -or we would go broke trying to keep the birds fed!

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  3. Edward Arrington

    I’m going against the grain also. I think I have seen that third one before. Now if I could only remember if it was true or made up. Hmm! I’m quite familiar with people pocket-dialing. Several years ago, I got a call from a friend. All I could hear was a lawn mower running. The friend was mowing the lawn at church. I think I shall give #1 a vote. One would think if real flames are visible, there would also be smoke.

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  4. Trixi

    I’m going along with Edward this week and voting for #1. One would think if there were smoke, there would be fire (both visible & you could smell it). Me, I would investigate before I called 9-1-1 🙂

    Hopefully, the Plausibility police won’t be too hard on you!

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  5. Delores Topliff

    I LOVE the title of your newest book. Congrats on having edits accepted. I’ll go w/ #3 for this week’s whackadoodle. Unbelievable how some of these things. I can’t imagine how 911 operators or police successfully handle such calls w/o dying of laughter.

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      Patricia Bradley

      Standoff was actually part of my working title, and I really didn’t think they would keep it, Delores. And I love “whackadoodle!” We’ll see if it’s #3 next week. Thanks for commenting!

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  6. MS Barb

    #2, but I wish they were all made up! Law enforcement officials have to wear many hats…including dealing w/ mental health issues!

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  7. Sue Parrish

    What is it with people calling 9-1-1 about food? I have heard several lately on the news. I wanted to call the police on a squirrel that got into my house but settle for Animal Control. I quit feeding the birds when I saw a large rat climbing the pole holding the bird feed. I am going with #1 just because.

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      Patricia Bradley

      Ewww, Sue! A rat!! I would stop feeding the birds, too if I saw that. Of course, some people say a squirrel is nothing but a rat with a bushy tail…thanks for stopping by!

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