Ridiculous emergency calls

“Is that the police? Help! I’m trapped in my duvet”

Two days ago Greater Manchester Police revealed that one of the many 999 calls they’d had which weren’t real emergencies came from a woman, possibly drunk, who called because her cat was playing with a ball of string and it was “doing her head in”.

Now Devon and Cornwall Police have released details of some of the silliest, least life-threatening calls received in 2009. this is its top ten list of time-wasting emergency calls.

“My power has gone off. Will my Sara Lee gateau defrost in the freezer if I keep the door shut and how long it would take?”
“The Chinese takeaway I ordered is 45 minutes late. I want you to prosecute the takeaway for ripping me off.”
“Can one of your officers come around to my house to tell my sons to calm down?”
One night in the summer 15 999 calls were made reporting UFOs in the sky. It turned out to be lights and lasers from a concert at the Eden Project.
“I can see a really rare bird sitting on top of a telegraph pole – who shall I ring?”
“I bought a pair of jeans at a shop last week and took them back but the shop won’t give me a refund.”
“There’s been a pigeon in my back garden for the past three days – it’s got a tag on.”
“I have lost my shop-lifting ticket I was given when I was arrested last week.”
“Can you put me in touch with whoever deals with noise pollution as there is a builder using an angle grinder outside?”
One woman dialled 999 after waking up with her duvet covering her head and panicking.