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[funnybone]

I had to post this news item. Some people!


Wife Won't Cook Dinner, Husband Calls Police

LONDON (Reuters) - An angry British husband made an emergency call to police -- because his wife refused to cook him his dinner.
The man dialed "999" in a fury, demanding help from officers because his wife was busy decorating, Avon and Somerset police in western England said on Thursday.

The plea was one of a number of genuine calls made by the public to police which the force published on its Web Site to highlight abuse of the emergency number.

"My wife's left me with two salmon sandwiches which was left over from last night, and I'm sat in the chair here and she's out there decorating," the man told the police operator.

"She won't put any food on or anything for anybody."

The operator is then heard interrupting him saying: "I'm sorry but I really can't take this. It's not an emergency because your wife won't give you anything to eat."

[Peggy]

:eek: :eek: Unbelieveable!!!

Peggy

[Shirley Panek]

Do you think they edited out the last of the operator's remarks, which were, "So get off your bum and fix something yourself, you lazy wanker!" ;) :D

[BarbaraL]

What's even worse, I'm sure that man is not alone in his attitude that his wife exists to serve him, even if she works outside the home. I hear all sorts of comments from friends/coworkers about how they do 90% of the cooking, cleaning, ect after working all day, while their husbands relax. And, a week or so ago, there was a letter to Dear Abby -- the prospective groom wanted it written in the prenup that his wife would have sex with him 3 times a week, guaranteed. No mention on what he would do for her. Women still have a ways to go . . .

[funnybone]

Originally posted by Shirley Panek
Do you think they edited out the last of the operator's remarks, which were, "So get off your bum and fix something yourself, you lazy wanker!" ;) :D

Being in London, they may have even been a little more harsh - along the lines of Simon Cowell, perhaps!