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It did, but the numbers never changed.
I've lived in England for all of my 36 years and it's always been 999.
How do you know? When is the last time you checked?
You're right. I'd best give them a call to be on the safe side. Sure they won't mind if I explain why.
I'm not British, so I don't know the history of this. The article I took my info specifically said:
So the joke in the show was basically, "what if we did to emergency services what we did to directory enquiries".
Lol yea, I forgot that happened.
Don't think I've ever used directory enquiries in my life. I was 16 in 2003 and we already had the internet at home by then.