mjoven1975: LET BILLY MAYS REST IN PEACE!

Why? He needs payback for not giving us any peace over the years.

Barnacles!: submitter: Billy May's wife: "Nah, forget it. He's freakin dead."

this was never said, according to the transcript.

way to sensationalize/lie, NATIONAL ENQUIRERMITTER


-1 subby

mjoven1975: -1 for a completely misleading headline.


LET BILLY MAYS REST IN PEACE!

Benevolent Misanthrope: -1. Bad, bad subby for making crap like that up.

[epic facepalm]

You realize the quote was a joke, correct?

/not submitter

Dancin_In_Anson: ACEllis: Broke two of his ribs in the process. :)

If you don't break a rib, you ain't doing it right. First time I did CPR was on an 80 year old man. First compression I got 2. His Son in Law (my chief) was there too...didn't bat an eye.

The was it was explained to me when I learned CPR was "go ahead and break their ribs, if it might get their heart beating again. They're already DEAD, they aren't getting any more injured."

dispatch: NEW NAME FOR CAPS LOCK:

Inspiring.

dispatch: NEW NAME FOR CAPS LOCK:

yes. awesome.

cryinoutloud: The was it was explained to me when I learned CPR was "go ahead and break their ribs, if it might get their heart beating again. They're already DEAD, they aren't getting any more injured."

Pretty much the way it was put to me. And with the new protocols being put in place it's more likely to happen.

Once I was with a friend and her child and Billy Mays came on the TV, and the kid (4 or 5) says, "Mom, why is that man shouting? It's rude to shout."

"Because he sells more cleaners if he shouts, dear."

"But he doesn't have to shout to sell cleaners - he's just being rude to everyone who has to listen to him."

Had to agree, the kid was probably right.

ACEllis: I'm a 911 operator so I'm getting a kick outta these replies... no really... I am.

I've spent 10 minutes doing CPR over the phone on a 72-year-old man who was found by his wife. Without the magic utterance of "COLD AND STIFF" we are to automatically presume the cardiac arrest just occurred and usher the caller to start the process.

If you are curious... the 911 operator was following the NAEMD protocol.(Not quite verbatim like the academy insists, but the operator got their point across.) They did everything in their power to keep that salesman alive. Notice how after cold and stiff was established and the insistence that it was too late did the operator cease ushering CPR?

/We have to try to get you to start it...
//I made a family give CPR to their father who was still alive after a seizure...
///The family was too damn panicky to correctly identify someone NOT breathing...
////Broke two of his ribs in the process. :)
\\Backwards slashies for not feeling the slightest bit guilty

I was under the impression if you do not break ribs you are doing it wrong. Seriously. Is that not right?

Operator: Ma'am. Ma'am. Listen, we're going to help him until they get there. Can you hear me?

...

Female Caller: We can't get him up, Ma'am. He's gone.

Was the caller being snarky there?

WhileAmericaBurns: Operator: Ma'am. Ma'am. Listen, we're going to help him until they get there. Can you hear me?

...

Female Caller: We can't get him up, Ma'am. He's gone.

Was the caller being snarky there?

The caller was in the American south. The use of "Ma'am" and "Sir" are beaten into us down here, but when we travel north everyone thinks were either suckups or wiseasses.

Richard M Nixon: WhileAmericaBurns: Operator: Ma'am. Ma'am. Listen, we're going to help him until they get there. Can you hear me?

...

Female Caller: We can't get him up, Ma'am. He's gone.

Was the caller being snarky there?

The caller was in the American south. The use of "Ma'am" and "Sir" are beaten into us down here, but when we travel north everyone thinks were either suckups or wiseasses.

OK. It just sounded odd, especially after the operator called her "Ma'am" repeatedly (which is not unique to the South when it comes operators of any kind). I thought maybe the caller was being sarcastic. I've never called any operator or customer service representative "Ma'am" or "Sir", though several times I've had to refrain from using more colorful names.

or Sully... on a side note.

who the fark is Frank?

deadapostle: Operator - "He's only been dead for 4 hours! If you give him CPR really quickly, he can be saved!"

Billy Mays' wife - "Are you on crack?"

http://i40.tinypic.com/2alo9h.jpg (new window)

(can't believe I get to use this again today!)

WhileAmericaBurns: Richard M Nixon: WhileAmericaBurns: Operator: Ma'am. Ma'am. Listen, we're going to help him until they get there. Can you hear me?

...

Female Caller: We can't get him up, Ma'am. He's gone.

Was the caller being snarky there?

The caller was in the American south. The use of "Ma'am" and "Sir" are beaten into us down here, but when we travel north everyone thinks were either suckups or wiseasses.

OK. It just sounded odd, especially after the operator called her "Ma'am" repeatedly (which is not unique to the South when it comes operators of any kind). I thought maybe the caller was being sarcastic. I've never called any operator or customer service representative "Ma'am" or "Sir", though several times I've had to refrain from using more colorful names.

I gotcha, but we call EVERYONE sir. Kids, customer service reps, cops, criminals, whatever.

WhileAmericaBurns: Operator: Ma'am. Ma'am. Listen, we're going to help him until they get there. Can you hear me?

...

Female Caller: We can't get him up, Ma'am. He's gone.

Was the caller being snarky there?

Manners?!?! In my society?!?!?!

"Epic Facepalm"

You sir are retarded.

E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This pitchman is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e
rests in peace! If you hadn't mighty-puttied him to the floor 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the
bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-PITCHMAN!!

911 Dispatcher:

"If you give chest compressions in the NEXT 15 SECONDS, we'll throw-in mouth-to-mouth and airway clearing ABSOLUTELY FREE!"

"It's the EASY WAY to get his heart started, and get him breathing again."

"BUT THAT'S NOT ALL! If you keep up CPR for the next 5 minutes, we'll send TWO PARAMEDICS with shock paddles, RIGHT TO YOUR DOOR."

"Any emergency, big or small, 9-1-1 cures it all!"

CBS News is saying she's resigning and handing power over to the Lt. Governor: Link (new window)

FARKING wrong thread $@#$@#$ 432 palin !E@ a@!!11!1!

What's the use of havin' muscles
If your life hangs by a thread
If you ain't got no red corpuscles
Jack, you're dead

You been always kickin'
But you stubbed your toes
When you ups and kicks the bucket
Just like ole man Mose'

When you get no kicks from lovin'
And the news begins to spread
All the cats will holler "murder"
Jack, you're dead

All the breath has leaked out of you
If your friends gather round the bed
And look at you and say
"Mm mm, don't he look natural?"
When that happens to you, daddy
Jack, you're dead


RIP BILLY CAPSLOCK ALWAYS ON MAYS


/you were louder
//but i lived longer

Since nobody else has:

Hey, can we get her the hero tag?

I had the exact same conversation when my dad died 2 years ago (at 48 no less). Same circumstances too. Woke up and found dad hadn't, as soon as I saw him I knew he was dead. Can't forget that vacant stare in the eyes... I was about to do the monty python dead bird routine but figured it wasn't a good time.

/miss you daddy!

shower_in_my_socks: CBS News is saying she's resigning and handing power over to the Lt. Governor: Link (new window)

I Lawl'd.

dispatch: NEW NAME FOR CAPS LOCK:

god yes

GBmanNC: I had the exact same conversation when my dad died 2 years ago (at 48 no less). Same circumstances too. Woke up and found dad hadn't, as soon as I saw him I knew he was dead. Can't forget that vacant stare in the eyes... I was about to do the monty python dead bird routine but figured it wasn't a good time.

/miss you daddy!

Ugh. So sorry you had to go through that. My mom was also 48 (to the day). Too young to go. She died in front of my brother who was 14 at the time. I don't know how he copes.

/miss her every day
//10 years gone

My dad came home from work sick and found my mom ridged and cold (no pun), mouth open, staring at the ceiling. He called 911 and they sent a cop instead of an ambulance. The cop stayed at the house until I got there. They didn't want my dad to be alone. This was in '88. Rules change. I'm now a First Responder. Had to use it for car crash.

shower_in_my_socks - CBS News is saying she's resigning and handing power over to the Lt. Governor

If she can't get him out of bed, she should resign as his wife and hand power over to Lt. Governor... er, something.