perspective...
at the risk of reading too much into what you posted (in the INTERNET?? WHAT ARE THE ODDS??), LeeE this is a slight exaggeration of what it sounded like:
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"OMIGOD OMIGOD OMIGAAAAHHHHD My house burnt down! Where WERE you, Fire Brigade? Why are you just turning up NAAOW??"
"Err... well, we just heard about it now 'cos some chap in the pub mentioned it.You didn't think to ring 000? At any point?
'Cos, you know, letting us know a specific problem is kinda the POINT of the whole, you know, 000 thing."
"OMIGAAAHHHHD you are so CRAYYYYY-YUP. GAHHHHD. Were you not listening to MEEEEE??? I was TAWWWKing!!
O.
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