Just four short days since the Drunkcast, and we’re back for Podcast 57, where Cliff and I are joined by Ben, live from his toilet, all thanks to the magic of Skype.
We chat about how little we remember of Friday’s show, how Cliff and I have made idiots of ourself recently, and we come up with a solution to the perennial problem of fat people on planes.
All this plus birthdays for tennis players, gangster rappers and Islamic paramilitary organisations – hurray for February 16th!
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This is Ben, mid recording, on his webcam, pondering what to set light to, his cigarette, or his hamster.
It was the cigarette, by the way.
Sigg3 · February 17, 2010 at 10:26 am
Jesus Christ, Ben’s skinny like a tree!
He’s got this fat, middle-aged man kind of voice thing going. Which is what I usually consider all of you to be when listening. Weird.
Misty · February 17, 2010 at 2:15 pm
‘The 999 system came about via the Metropolitan Police in London as they found that their Police Stations were being overrun either by visitors to the station alerting them to emergency situations or trying to phone them in the growing trend of using the new invention, the telephone. Not every one could remember or knew the telephone number of the local Police Station. In November of 1927 the general public in London were advised ” if you have an emergency dial 0″. When the operators answers ask for the service you require. The Metropolitan Police maintained this service till 1934 then they introduced their Information Room with the famous number of Whitehall 1212. Where all emergency calls ended up. Emergency calls via telephone kept increasing and telephone operators were unable to identify emergency calls from other operator service calls.
As is normal a disaster of some description was required to prompt government action. In November of 1935 a fire occurred in London in which five people died, in the inquiry which followed it became apparent that a system was required that alerted telephone operators to emergency calls. A parliamentary Committee called the Belgrave Committee examined the problems and set up various experiments in London. A great deal of discussion took place between the Home Office, the Police and Post Office. It was decided not to use 111 as this number can be dialled by phones which are faulty. 12 was not a good idea as at that time any one wanting a number on the 12 exchange would be barred because of the emergency calls. The same could be said for 222, this would have closed a big exchange in London and that could not happen.
999 was used because the numbers could be remembered easily, that they were all at the same end of the dial. It was relatively simple to convert coin boxes to accept 999 calls with out charge. The 999 system open in London in July 1937, it was 1938 before it reached Glasgow. It was the first service of its type in the world’
Well you did ask – Misty x
Admin comment by Mr Angry · February 17, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Yes, we did ask, I suppose.
Love the idea of an emergency call being placed by running to the nearest police station!
Sigg3 · February 18, 2010 at 11:49 am
Also, the Kevin Smith story is a bogus heap of crap.
K. Smith is so fat, self-admittedly, that he needs two (2) seats. He had arranged this with the airline. He then wanted to change to an earlier flight, where he would also need two (2) seats. The airline did their best to accomodate and put him on a standby list for an earlier flight. As it turned out the earlier flight only had one (1) seat available in the end. The airline apoligized for this, and then K. Smith was scheduled for the next possible flight with two (2) seats available.
When he got onto his flight he began twitting about it right away. What a sorry piece of self-serving shit.
Admin comment by Mr Angry · February 18, 2010 at 1:10 pm
Booo! We have been sucked in by a global media conspiracy!
Cliff · February 19, 2010 at 1:01 am
I did mention the two seat thing, but looks like we got played. He wanted to start up another anti-capitalist twitter campaign, I guess, because all companies are evil, apparently.
Jillv · February 20, 2010 at 8:33 pm
Is there a reason I can’t download the drunkcast and you aint gettin on no plane fool? Is it just me? I so hope it is. HELP.
The Real Very Real Mr. Angry I Swear. · February 22, 2010 at 9:42 am
Herehehehe. Love the fact that you’ve got to put up a “The Real Mr. Angry” notification before you comment.
Mr Angry · February 22, 2010 at 10:56 am
Jilly – how are you downloading them (iTunes? Web? Podcast player?) They should be working fine, and were when I just tested them.
Yes – I have to put that as a couple of years ago one enterprising reader would leave comments responding to readers pretending to be me. I wouldn’t have minded, but he was funnier than me.