I don't know about 911, but someone told me that 112 is the easiest
combination to remember. I don't know if that is true, I had a nightmare
once where my house was burning down and I could not remember that darn
number...
J
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From: "SwissPace" <swisspace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 2:28 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] A little bit of fun.
> The reason The UK uses 999 is that after considerable research by BT it
> was found to be the easiest number to dial in the dark (i.e fire or some
> other emergency) with an analogue dial phone, why were 911 and 112 chosen?
>
> > Well, if it's the most well known number, maybe making it a universal
> > standard would be wiser...
> >
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