This is worse than Jay Leno’s Jay-walking. It’s hard to believe that people are this stupid.
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Many years ago, there was a traffic circle in Richardson and some crazy teenager (who will remain nameless) broke the high school record for circumnavigating the thing at 78 rounds until some darned cop pulled him over.
That cop circle at the end of the video made me spew coffee on the monitor!!
#1, ya those crazy teenagers, Well, that is one way to see stars.
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You don’t have to be crazy to be on DU, but it doesn’t hurt.
Anyone notice how most of the callers were with a southern accent? No surprise here.
“That’s for kids with their Rock and Rap music. I’m listening to Bill O Reilly!”
I bet that guy’s view of reality is sooo distorted.
That woman really wanted her damn taco. I am going to guess it was not her first one of the day, either.
The cop circle at the end was great.
Yeah….a lot of **urban** accents here…..plus some VERY stupid people. The cop circle is great.
There is a traffic circle in Long Beach, California….there are so many accidents there they just park an Ambulance near by.
On my computer, I have such memorable moments in 911 history as:
**The woman complaining about her wrong cheeseburger order at Burger King and wanting a sheriff’s deputy to come and fix it.
**The classic “I need a motherf$%#ing bambulance!” call where a guy is being attacked by an angry deer + angry dog.
I also have a couple of genuinely terrifying calls where in one case, a young teenage girl is staying home from school sick and armed burglars break into her house. Pretty tense listening to the 911 call as she hopes the cops get there before the crooks find her. She’s quite relieved when she finally hears “POLICE! HANDS UP!”
I also have another actual 911 call where a woman and her boyfriend are carjacked by a none too bright hoodlum who–thinking they’re picking up more money–allows the woman to run into her house and “grab some cash.” She calls 911, the cops get there right as the boyfriend decides to try and overpower the gun wielding crook. The cops don’t know who is who, the gun in the struggle goes off, and the cops end up severely injuring both the boyfriend and crook…
It is pretty mind boggling that some of these people are totally unaware that they are idiots…
But I suppose not being aware is what makes them idiots…
The accent is probably due to where the tapes are from. I’m sure Berkley 911 tapes would be worth listening to.
#10…Phillep….the Berkeley call would go something like this:
Hello, this is 911…whats your emergancy?
>>>Yeah man, could you send a …..uh……ummmmm…uh……(heard whispering offline to another person) damn dude, (sound of intake of deep breath, a few coughs) what the hell did we need again?
The lady who locked her self IN the car is freakin CLASSIC.
I could listen to that all day long, and it will never get old.
#11 – Hey… 1973 called. It wants its joke back… 🙂
Those were all hilarious, but I do have to wonder… were some of those phone conversations just prank calls?
I know most of us have a love/hate relationship with stupidity as entertainment like this, but I’ve heard a lot of similar calls before (even to 911) that were billed as prank calls to get a reaction out of the operator (which is a whole different level of stupid, in my opinion).