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From: sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne)
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Subject: Re: Last Laugh! A Phone Without the ( and ) Buttons
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Date: 26 May 90 19:58:38 GMT
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In article <8194@accuvax.nwu.edu> David Lesher <wb8foz@mthvax.cs.
miami.edu> writes:

}ojo:  Why did they have to change the 911 emergency phone number in 
}<neighboring state>?

}Because the <natives> couldn't find the eleven on their phones.

So they changed it to 9-1-1. 

I hope we don't have an emergencies here, my phone doesn't have a "-" key!


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