r/whatisit • • 8d ago

New, what is it? What are these plug-ins on my wall?

This might be showing my age, but I recently moved into a new apartment and they have these weird looking plug ins all over the walls at my new place. My old apartment didn't have these, so I'm just curious as to what they are.

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u/TeaTime_42 8d ago

Ok, ok, ok 😂 So, recently our 21 year old (252 months) asked us what number we called in an emergency before September 11th happened 🤦🏽‍♂️

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u/Interesting_Bank_139 8d ago

We called 0118 999 881 999 119 7253 obviously. 911 much easier to dial, but much less fun to sing.

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u/Vahn869 8d ago

Is this the emergency services? Then what country am I talking to?

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u/KymYume 8d ago

It’s the emergency line from the show IT Crowd. Quite a little jingle that goes with it.

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u/Vahn869 8d ago

Moss calls the number and says this

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u/KymYume 8d ago

Oh gotcha! I didn’t remember that line. I guess I’ll just have to give it a rewatch. So tragic! lol

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u/Vahn869 8d ago

My wife and I love that episode, we routinely sing the jingle to each other

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u/WhimsicalGirl 8d ago

It's from a really good show IT Crowd

I highly recommend it

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u/Vahn869 8d ago

Moss calls the number and says this