This was on CarTalk on my IPod this morning while I was out on a miserable 9-mile run in the rain. The 54 degree reading on the thermometer was misleading..it was humid and too warm for even a long-sleeved t-shirt.
Anyway.
Can you guess the answer?
An old guy is driving home. It's late at night. He's be-bopping along the highway and he's some considerable distance from home. Suddenly, he feels himself having a heart attack. He says, "Holy cow. It's the big one." Thinking quickly, he takes the first available exit.
As luck would have it, he winds up in a residential neighborhood. It's very late at night. He pulls over to the side of the road behind some parked cars. He's fading fast, but he has the presence of mind to pull out his cell phone and call 911.
He says to the dispatcher, "I need help. I'm having a heart attack."
Dispatcher: "Where are you?"
Old guy: "I don't know where I am."
"What exit did you take?"
"I don't remember."
"Were you going north or south or east?"
"I don't remember."
"Can you tell me what street you're on?"
"I'm in the middle of the block. I'm parked. I didn't see any street signs."
Dispatcher: "Start blowing the horn. Someone will come out of the house."
No one comes out. She then asks him to do one more thing. Minutes later, an ambulance is on its way there and saves his life.
What did she ask him to do?
Anyway.
Can you guess the answer?
An old guy is driving home. It's late at night. He's be-bopping along the highway and he's some considerable distance from home. Suddenly, he feels himself having a heart attack. He says, "Holy cow. It's the big one." Thinking quickly, he takes the first available exit.
As luck would have it, he winds up in a residential neighborhood. It's very late at night. He pulls over to the side of the road behind some parked cars. He's fading fast, but he has the presence of mind to pull out his cell phone and call 911.
He says to the dispatcher, "I need help. I'm having a heart attack."
Dispatcher: "Where are you?"
Old guy: "I don't know where I am."
"What exit did you take?"
"I don't remember."
"Were you going north or south or east?"
"I don't remember."
"Can you tell me what street you're on?"
"I'm in the middle of the block. I'm parked. I didn't see any street signs."
Dispatcher: "Start blowing the horn. Someone will come out of the house."
No one comes out. She then asks him to do one more thing. Minutes later, an ambulance is on its way there and saves his life.
What did she ask him to do?
Go forward and hit the cars in front of him to set off their car alarms?
ReplyDeleteAh, but no one responded when he kept honking his horn - noises don't seem to work.
ReplyDeleteAnswer: He read the dispatcher the license plate number of the car he was parked behind and she was able to find his location.
Thanks for playing!
Oh, that's dumb. What if it was a stolen car? Or a friend sleeping over? Sigh. I liked my answer better!
ReplyDeleteyea i liked ashley's answer better too. that one is too obscure.
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