Dial:
101 for Police (Non-emergency)
111 for NHS (Non-emergency)
112 for Emergency (EU-wide)
113 for Emergency Biscuits (Sponsored by Richard Osman)
123 for the Speaking Clock
203 if dissatisfied with the status quo
256 for the Speaking Clock’s disappointed mother
277 to purchase a book on starting an MLM
326 for feedback on your CV (Spoiler: it’s not good)
333 to foment insurrection in the workplace
360 for an accurate count of the number of breaths you’ve taken since midnight
431 to speak with someone who can tell you why you dream of owls so often
434 to overhear people in your office talking about you (Sponsored by Ginsters)
496 to overthrow the system
540 to learn what your manager really thinks about you
559 for a count of the total number of steps you’ve taken since you were born
599 for feedback on your Poetry (Spoiler: it’s not good)
615 to be informed about where all the hidden microphones are in your house
647 to become a departmental informant (Prizes to be won)
668 to install an interim government
701 for a new invasive thought to replace the one you’re currently having about how everyone you know is a spy and secretly hates you
729 for when you regret overthrowing the system
779 to learn how many hours you’ve spent looking at porn
800 to electrocute yourself
819 for when your regret metastases into a deeper malaise
858 to erase that memory, you know the one
965 to have someone explain why your feelings of guilt are both valid and selfish
967 to flee the country
998 for a therapy appointment to deal with the unplaceable guilt that manifests in its most insidious and unmatchable forms after the clocks go back and the nights draw in like a vampire with its teeth inches from your neck
999 for Emergency Services
000 to apologize, profusely, forever, for everything
Ross McCleary is from Edinburgh, Scotland. His work has appeared in Structo, Litro, and Extra Teeth. He believes in repetition and Carly Rae Jepsen.
This is funny and brilliant, and I wish these numbers all existed. Hell, I wish I’d written this.
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