FanBase Follies/Crisis in Progress/Mildly Amusing Adventures TRIFECTA
by pjmcbride
Nail polishes (Photo credit: The Style PA)
First off, I again thank my wondrous FanBase. The reviews I’ve received have been truly touching, including one which asked why am I not a columnist at a major newspaper? Well, WHY NOT? Everybody get busy and write letters to the editor of the Courier and Press on my behalf. Anyway, I just can’t thank you enough, so I’ll stop.
Speaking of which, I was amused to see, at Walgreen’s, a collection of nail polish shades called “Almost Famous.” Appropriately, they were glittery, and looked very scratchy indeed.
You know your husband is scary-looking when a young great-nephew tells his mother, “I talked to Uncle Rommie, and he didn’t even try to kill me!”
Well, enough about me. It’s time to talk about YOU. Specifically, the one of You who pronounced “Moutoux Park” with the X. On the air. OK, Crisis in Progress contingent–what was the funniest/most embarrassing thing you’ve ever said on the radio? Mine would have to be the time Deputy J.J. was being particularly high-maintenance. He called me yet again, and I said, “What does J.J. need now?” Probably complete with Heavy Sigh. I realized I’d still been on the air when Deputy D.D. called on the phone and said, “What does J.J. need now?” There was also the time when I dispatched a medic run and said, “the patient is crabby,” when I meant “clammy.” Crab, clam, whatever. OK, I’m going on about me again. (Well, you were warned.) So everybody else ‘fess up–or feel free to tattle on somebody else. One of the greatest unknown moments in Dispatch was when a K9 officer came out with his partner. The dog zeroed in on Lisa, who was bent over the microphone reading back a registration on the air, and he jumped up and enthusiastically started humping her, while she was still on the radio. She didn’t miss a beat, either (so to speak). The officers never suspected a thing.
Thought for the Day: I cannot recommend getting Head and Shoulders shampoo in your eyes.
Scratchy Glitter 
haha..I was singing to myself..well I thought to myself until one of the Hose Houses called to tell me I had an open mic. I’m surprised I made it out of probation. lol
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And what were you singing?
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I can’t remember off the top of my head…probably something that made it even more embarassing!
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I like to think it was “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
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When I was in training I read “Red Trans” as Red Transmission on the air.
One of my favorite phone calls of all time was when I was speaking to a man named Harry and, having seen his info on the call screen, simply asked “Are you Harry?” To which the rest of the room burst out in laughter. What made it even more fun is I had just asked his girlfriend’s name and then repeated back to him “Shirley ______. OK, are you Harry?” To which Kelly and Nikki thought I was talking to the female asking if she was hairy. That was a tough call to finish.
And I will never forget Nick’s Harry Cupp air traffic…
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It was actually “red Trans Am,” I assume?
That will be a new piece of information we have to get–Determine if the subject is hairy.
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Yes red Trans Am is correct.
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I said “oh shit!” on the air. Stilwell called over and asked who that was that said it, and I fessed up. Susie McEwen was my relief and I was telling her about what I had done, I stepped on the pedal and said “oh shit!” on the air again.
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I am actually sitting here giggling at this. Not once but twice!
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As a fairly new dispatcher (less than a year) I have always been petrified that one day, my co-workers would be making fun of me for something weird I transmit, When I get nervous, I speak in a different accent/dialect. Its a coping mechanism..anyway, I received a 911 call from an older female who stated that she smelled something funny at her residence. I dispatched it out, without even thinking twice, as “C**** Fire, female caller advising she has a strange odor. Cannot find the source.” I didn’t realize how that sounded until everyone else started laughing. My fire department was laughing so hard themselves that they couldnt even radio in to let me know they were en route!
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While on tower guard duty in Iraq (2004) my buddy and I got caught singing R Kelly songs on a tactical net. That was one pissed off 1SG.
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“you remind me of my jeep”? “bump n grind”? “i believe i can fly”? please share!
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Greetings, Infamous One. I see you’ve finally found your way over here. And are you any good at singing?
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I think I sang once (imagine that) and I dispatched a fire run “Gas smell coming from near the restrooms” not realizing it was a prank call. I took the call and dispatched it so I was probably in martyr mode and not paying attention. I also read a BOL where I called Missouri “MO” because of the abbreviation. Missing from St. Louis, MO. I was so new and was just trying to read the BOL. I felt like a goofball. I have more. I was always actin a fool on the air.
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But were you clownin’?
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I bet the officers said “She be clownin like everyday on the radio!”
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We are the true insane clown posse. > Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:21:11 +0000 > To: wyrmiax@hotmail.com >
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i keyed up the air for absolutely NO REASON & said “celine dion”. i think we were talking about what singer we hated the most & that was my answer. apparently i needed to share with EPD. that was probably more than 10 years ago & if i get nick sandullo on the phone, he STILL teases me.
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The tragedy is, EPD probably thought you loved her.
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true. UGH.
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ps…it is definitely not 0818….what time zone do you write in, paula???
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The time zone of the WordPress world headquarters, is all I can figure.
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