Trapped Girls Call For Help On Facebook

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  1. Dav

    Dav Well-Known Member

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    The Metropolitan Fire Service (MFS) in Adelaide says it is worrying that two girls lost in a stormwater drain raised the alert on a social networking site rather than ringing triple-0.

    The 10- and 12-year-old girls updated a Facebook status to say they were lost in a drain on Honeypot Road at Hackham in Adelaide's southern suburbs on Sunday night.

    Glenn Benham from the MFS says it was fortunate a young friend was online at the time and was able to call for help for them.

    "It is a worry for us because it causes a delay on us being able to rescue the girls," he said.

    "If they were able to access Facebook from their mobile phones, they could have called 000, so the point being they could have called us directly and we could have got there quicker than relying on someone being online and replying to them and eventually having to call us via 000 anyway."

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  2. pose

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    That's just ridiculous. Facebook is becoming an addiction. If marijuana is banned, then facebook should definitely be banned.
     
  3. person

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    So instead of 911 or in their case 000, they updated their facebook.

    Why the hell do 10 and 12 year olds have facebook???
     
  4. AC0110

    AC0110 Let the Fun Begin

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    I don't know... I give them props totheir friends
     
  5. Flames

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    :facepalm:
    Great...if I tried this, 5 bucks that all my friends would think it as a joke...
    Anyways...10 and 12...could have been smarter, but at least they're smart enough to call for help...VIA FACEBOOK
     
  6. mingbill

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    this is what happens when facebook decides to open it to all instead of only college/university =p
     
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  8. setshiro

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    each generation has their idiots..000 is an easier number to remember than 911 and it takes less time than updating facebook..:facepalm:xinfinity
     
  9. mr_evolution

    mr_evolution ( • )( •ԅ(ˆ⌣ˆԅ)

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    And there lies the problem
     
  10. Flames

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    Place is just as bad as Melbourne
     
  11. MissCheekS

    MissCheekS Reconnaîssant ❤

    Hahahaha... I thought there was no connection when i read the title... damn those chicks are dumb... I am hoping that they would have called 000 if there was a real urgent life threatening matter
     
  12. Knoctur_nal

    Knoctur_nal |Force 10 from Navarone|

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    well aint that something.
     
  13. dragong87

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    they're not the brightest of children.. going into a stormwater drain in the first place... lol
     
  14. KaY_xD

    KaY_xD 但願人長久,千里共嬋娟

    im already surprised how an 8 yr old kid's chatting w/ me on gtalk, now 10 yr old facebook user!!!??? & this dumb!

    whenever my status is about drinking drunk, no one's there to help me rather they like it o____O''
     
  15. [mJ9]

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    if my friend updated this status,i wouldn't have taken it seriously..thanks god they're not that stupid...
     
  16. WeakNiZ

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    The younger generations of kids just get dumber.
     
  17. Flames

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    Theres one LOL
     
  18. Shini_D

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    unbelievveably stupid.....facebook addicts ¬_¬
     
  19. Phoenix

    Phoenix *~Though she be but little, she is fierce~*

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    thats crazy man...but still lucky for them, their friend believed them an didnt take it as a joke..
     
  20. kawaiigirl

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    Usually, when i see something like ''SOS Help me !! !! '' in the statue of fb, i would mostlikely think that's just a joke lool