COMING TO TAKE THEM AWAY
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The Hawk's dear old mum always told him that if he were to get knocked down crossing the road, to make sure he was wearing clean underwear. Obviously this pearl of parental wisdom wasn't imparted to the unsavoury caller who dialled 999 and got through to the Greater Manchester Ambulance Service. He wanted them to race around to his house, blue light flashing, because...he hadn't changed his underpants for three weeks and couldn't face the thought of doing it himself. Other bizarre calls received have included a man who wanted paramedics to tune his telly into BBC2 and two ladies who wanted to be taken to hospital because their shoes were too tight and their feet hurt. I think they'll find it's not an ambulance that is required, but the services of men in white coats!