All UK'ers please read this

**Enforcer** · 07-13-2005, 09:43 AM

What if you have dealing with Ice Cube or Vanilla ICE, not sure I'd want them to be contacted in emergency.

**stevieg** · 07-13-2005, 09:45 AM

Originally Posted by elmo

Thats fine in east anglia where its being launched as ambulance services will be told to look in mobiles for an ICE entry, elsewhere it will probably mean nothing

Just like everything else done in the UK this is being done in a little area and the rest of the country is in the dark

Well I'm not in east anglia and at least 5 seperate real-life people I know have been emailed by their employers about it or heard of friends.
I think it was also in the metro newspaper this morning which I read on the train, it's definately not a little thing that's just started up.

From what I gather it's been around a while but it's became popular this last week cos of recent events.

A quick search on google reveals it's all over the news at the mo:

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ne...jsp%3Fid%3D338

**elmo** · 07-13-2005, 09:48 AM

well im going to stick with EMERGANCY CONTACT.... it does what it says on tin, cant be confused with a supplier for frozen water, in-car audio suppliers or crap 80s rappers

**Enforcer** · 07-13-2005, 10:06 AM

Originally Posted by elmo

or crap 80s rappers

Just coz you ain't got them as your phone a friend.

**Scouse Monkey** · 07-13-2005, 10:13 AM

Originally Posted by Enforcer

What if you have dealing with Ice Cube or Vanilla ICE, not sure I'd want them to be contacted in emergency.

i was thinking the very same thing yesterday but i thought it was in bad taste to say!

oh and not very cool!

**Enforcer** · 07-13-2005, 10:37 AM

Originally Posted by Scouse Monkey

i was thinking the very same thing yesterday but i thought it was in bad taste to say!

oh and not very cool!

Did you see this weeks Top Gear, Clarkson and the cool wall

**Gobby** · 07-13-2005, 03:01 PM

Originally Posted by stevieg

Well I'm not in east anglia and at least 5 seperate real-life people I know have been emailed by their employers about it or heard of friends.
I think it was also in the metro newspaper this morning which I read on the train, it's definately not a little thing that's just started up.

From what I gather it's been around a while but it's became popular this last week cos of recent events.

A quick search on google reveals it's all over the news at the mo:

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ne...jsp%3Fid%3D338

I got an e-mail from my employer saying to do exactly this.

**GRUNT** · 07-13-2005, 09:25 PM

Was thinking most contact lists on the phones I have had, default too, listing contacts, numbers first then a,b,c... would it not be better to use 111a,111b etc. for fast display of the "ICE" contact??

Just a thought.

**xBrady** · 07-13-2005, 09:46 PM

Interesting idea but why not just put this type of information in your wallet where you have your ID. Not everyone has a cell phone either. That way you could just have a card in your wallet that says: IN CASE OF EMERGANCY CALL:
Then there is no need for secret acronyms.

**Scouse Monkey** · 07-14-2005, 05:21 AM

Originally Posted by xBrady

Interesting idea but why not just put this type of information in your wallet where you have your ID. Not everyone has a cell phone either. That way you could just have a card in your wallet that says: IN CASE OF EMERGANCY CALL:
Then there is no need for secret acronyms.

good point. ahhh i just had an idea...i was gonna post it but i think i will market it.