FEATURE: TOP WEIRDEST CALLS LOGGED BY THE EMERGENCY SERVICES
A team of three world-weary male paramedics are forced to confront the dregs of society – not to mention their own inadequacies as SIRENS, Channel 4’s hot new TV comedy drama; currently showing on E4 is released on DVD on 12 March 2012, from Universal Playback. Starring British Comedy Award winner KAYVAN NOVAK (Facejacker, Four Lions), RICHARD MADDEN, RHYS THOMAS (Shooting Stars, Bellamy’s People), and AMY BETH HAYES (Secret Diary of a Call Girl) star in the six-part comedy drama set in Leeds from Brian Fillis, (The Curse of Steptoe, An Englishman in New York) inspired by real life ambulance technician Tom.
To celebrate the release of season one on DVD this Monday 12 March we have a series of fun medical related features in the next few days with Weirdest Calls Logged By The Emergancy Services the next on the agenda.
1. A woman decided to call 999 for an ambulance after she dropped glue on her jeans and they stuck to her leg
2. Ambulance turned up to a call and found a woman who had been scratched by a cat and was demanding to be taken to hospital
3. A call from someone who thought a moth had flown into their ear.
4. Someone was worried their pet might be cut after their glass table smashed
5. A man who glued five plastic cups to his head was among the most weird 999 calls to ambulance crews
6. One woman dialled 999 because she had the hiccups
7. A rabbit owner rang up because her pet had a sore leg
8. One caller rang for help because a contact lens had become stuck in their eye.
9. A man who had been to see his GP in the morning to get some ointment for his back later called 999 saying he had a bad back.
10. ”The Chinese takeaway I ordered is 45 minutes late. I want you to prosecute the takeaway for ripping me off.”
11. ”My power has gone off. Will my Sarah Lee gateau defrost in the freezer if I keep the door shut and how long would it take?”
12. ”Can one of your officers come around to my house to tell my sons to calm down?”
13. One night during the summer 15 999 calls were made all reporting UFOs in the sky over Cornwall. It turned out the spectacle was lights and lasers from a concert at the Eden Project.
14. ”I can see a really rare bird sitting on top of a telegraph pole – who shall I ring?”
15. ”I bought a pair of jeans at a shop last week and took them back but the shop won’t give me a refund.”
16. ”There’s been a pigeon in my back garden for the past three days – it’s got a tag on.”
17. ”I have lost my shoplifting ticket I was given when I was arrested last week.”
18. ”Can you put me in touch with whoever deals with noise pollution as there is a builder using an angle grinder outside?”
19. A woman dialed 999 after waking up with her duvet covering her head and panicking
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