The following exchanges are taken from transcripts of allegedly true 911
calls.
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Caller: "I'd like to make a unanimous complaint, so don't use my name."
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Caller: "I'm reporting a deer on the road. I almost hit it."
Call-taker: "Is the deer alive?"
Caller: "Oh, no, it's run over. Many, many cars. Again and again, and - OH
NO!!! NOT AGAIN!"
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Caller: "Am I talking to a real person, or this a recording?"
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Caller: "We might (cough) need the fire department here (cough)."
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Caller: "Is it okay for a civilian to take a person to the hospital, or does
the ambulance have to do it?"
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Caller: (irate) "That's 'W' as in Williams and 'Y' as in why."
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Caller (on realizing the police are on the way): "Get the keg outta here,
dude!"
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Caller: "He's not breathing!"
Call-taker: "Can you get the phone close to him?
Caller: "WHY? You want to hear he's not breathing, too?"
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Call-taker: "Does she have any weapons?"
Caller: "Well, she has real long finger nails."
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Call-taker: "We'll need a description of him."
Caller: "He's a lawyer."
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Caller: "No, she just didn't fall...I helped her!"
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Complaint about a stolen mailbox:
Call-taker: "What is your address?"
Caller: "It's gone."
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Caller: "I'm scared, I just got an Ouija board for my birthday, and now
there's writing on my wall and I can't get it off......this thing is going
back to K-Mart first thing in the morning!
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