This came in the mail yesterday. In an important-looking On Government Service envelope so at first I thought we were going to be given some GST credits or something. Until the husband opened it up and it was basically a warrant for our arrest for making nuisance calls to the police hotline.
Whoever said that having kids was boring clearly didn’t have my kids. With my kids, I have to be prepared to be hauled off to jail at anytime for something that’s not even my fault. Well technically, it is possibly my fault because I should be vigilant and preempt all the mischief they get up to but there’s no way I would have expected my 18-month & 30-month-old kids to dial 999 and then breathe heavily at the police officer.
As the responsible, law-abiding citizens that we are, this is not something we find in the mail everyday. Or ever. Worst part was that we didn’t even get to feel all badass about prank-calling the police just for fun (yeah, don’t tell me you’ve never wanted to do that). Now I have to be extra careful to make sure they don’t prank call the police again or get hauled off to jail.
Also, Mr. Police Officer, there’s really no use putting the phone on a high ledge somewhere because there’s no place to high for the kids to reach. Especially since they learnt that dragging a stool around the house gives them a height-boost. One time I came into the room to find them scaling the window grilles in their room (which were securely locked but it didn’t stop me from going psycho-mom on them for dangerous behavior).
The way I see it, the only probable option was rehabilitation, where I made them realize the severity of the issue. So I gathered the kids and told them that they weren’t supposed to play with the phone and particularly not to dial 999 under any circumstances.
Tru looked very serious during the talk and after I was done, he grabbed his chest, gave a fake cough and said “Truett never play with the phone. I need to call the ambulance because I’m very sick.”
I’m pretty sure that’s a sign my kid is way too smart for his own good. That’s also a sign we are probably going to be arrested.
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Lol! I got this too! It was when Bean was about 7 or 8 months old I think. My house only have mobile phones after that. Heh.
hahah they’re perfectly capable of doing it on my mobile phone as well, I think it’s a matter of time.
Oh man, poor guy. He is actually the OC of nuisance calls?! What a grand job…. =X
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maybe he gets to make the arrests as well, that’s probably the fun part.
Daph,
Sadly to say but on another side, that is probably the most hilarious I have read so far !!
hahha it won’t be so hilarious when I get charged in court. or fined. that’s possibly worse
ya… Jo and us laughed a lot after reading this though we do not wish at all to visit you in j.a.i.l.
Hilarious! Can’t believe the police sends out letters like that.
By the way, your new layout makes the font look so tiny … Is it meant to be like that?
oh really? i need to have a word with my IT guy (otherwise known as the husband) and make sure he sorts that out.
I got that letter too back in 2006 when my elder girl was about three. That was the last… I hope.
I rec’d that before too!!!!! Ethan was 2plus3. Think it could be some kind of initiation rite from toddlerhood to childhood??!! LOL!
i haven’t got that letter yet! she’s already 4.5yo so should i 1. start hiding the phone, 2. terminate the landline, 3. sit tight?!
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angie jo, andrea and strawberrymilkmama, glad to know that I’m not the only one getting this sort of letters. I was starting to get a bit concerned but it seems like a very common occurrence. Yayyy!!
This reminds me of an incident when I was young, my mum threatened to “call the police and catch me” if I got naughty, and I actually dialled 999, got through, and screamed into the phone “我没有!!” and hung up.
We do solemnly promise to continue to be your loyal blog readers, post-arrest or otherwise.
But think you should check on the free wifi facilities in Changi? ;)
My house phone is SO underused, Jay probably thinks it is a prop, so he doesn’t really touch it much :) Haha!
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Oh my! Now I’m worried and my girl’s only 6 months.. Haha. Once she can start to walk I’m gonna have to warn everyone in the house. Thanks for the heads up!
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Haha…this post is FUNNY!
Wats next?
A letter from the OC of nuisnace calls from the FIRE Department! :)
This is absolutely ROTF hilarious!!! For us future parents, it’s also a wake-up call. No pun intended!
Oh dear! I’m trying to sympathize but I did giggle a little reading this! Have you tried getting one of those phones with a key-lock? We use one of those as the boy keeps running off with the phone. Thankfully the only call he made that got through was a speed-dial to his papa at work! They’ll probably figure out how to unlock it, but hopefully by then they’ll be old enough for you to threaten them to send them to jail or something. :p
PS: Hope your head’s ok now?
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give them my phone number. next time ask them to call me.
Teach him to call 995 for ambulance la
Reading the comments, I should not be surprised if I received a letter like that sometime too! And your Truett is just HILARIOUS. Ambulance?! ROFL
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I also received one recently. Probably all parents who has toddler at home will get one. Ha ha. My girl not just called 999, she also called my boss n many of my friends. One of my friend told me she heard all our conversations at the background bcos my girl accidentally called her and left the phone aside. Ha ha
And you wonder why they like to press ‘9’ of all the numbers!
Tru’s retort is really clever! ;)
This is so funny…Can’t help but laugh. Must be exasperating for you.LOL…
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