http://xrlq.com/2009/01/01/free-advice-for-formerly-great-britain/ Politische Kommentare mit Snarkenremarken Mon, 14 May 2012 18:16:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://xrlq.com/2009/01/01/free-advice-for-formerly-great-britain/comment-page-1/#comment-473490 Xrlq Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:08:51 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=4211#comment-473490 Yes. Unfortunately, our own media has a tendency to dumb this down by reporting that someone <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,474454,00.html" rel="nofollow">dialed 911</a> when of course he actually <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article5420921.ece" rel="nofollow">dialed 999.</a> Yes. Unfortunately, our own media has a tendency to dumb this down by reporting that someone dialed 911 when of course he actually dialed 999.

]]> http://xrlq.com/2009/01/01/free-advice-for-formerly-great-britain/comment-page-1/#comment-473292 DRJ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:03:15 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=4211#comment-473292 Is 999 the British equivalent of 911 in the U.S.? Is 999 the British equivalent of 911 in the U.S.?

]]> http://xrlq.com/2009/01/01/free-advice-for-formerly-great-britain/comment-page-1/#comment-472328 Xrlq Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:01:23 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=4211#comment-472328 I don't remember hearing anything about 9/9/99, but FWIW, 999 has a significance in Britain that 9999 does not. Maybe nothing will happen on 9/9/9, either, just as nothing happened in 9/11/1999, 9/11/00, 9/11/02, etc. I don’t remember hearing anything about 9/9/99, but FWIW, 999 has a significance in Britain that 9999 does not. Maybe nothing will happen on 9/9/9, either, just as nothing happened in 9/11/1999, 9/11/00, 9/11/02, etc.

]]> http://xrlq.com/2009/01/01/free-advice-for-formerly-great-britain/comment-page-1/#comment-472256 ben Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:05:43 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=4211#comment-472256 ...but we heard about that 10 years ago, for 9/9/99. Will this be any different? …but we heard about that 10 years ago, for 9/9/99. Will this be any different?

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