Several years ago, when I got my first phone (this classic model: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_3310), my dad put his number into it with the name ICE. I asked him why? He told me it stood for In Case of Emergency and to keep it like that.
For many years, I struggled to understand what the reasoning behind this was. Surely, even if it was an emergency situation and I was freaking out, I would be able to find him under the name "Dad" in my phonebook rather than ICE.
I have only just realized that ICE is not for me but in case other people find me whilst I am pinned to a tree or buried under a pile of rocks or knocked unconscious or having a seizure or am found strangled in bushland. So they can easily identify who to call In Case of Emergency and figure out who is next of kin and all that business.
Smart thinking. I like it.
J
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5 comments:
but wouldn't people also realise that if your dad was called 'dad' in your phone to ring him anyway because the term already sort of implies next of kin/guardianship/person who would know you...?
GOD. I KNEW THERE WAS A FLAW IN THE PLAN.
nah but what if they rang my mum who never even answers her phone?
its a good thing your dad's number is in there under 'dad' then..
what if we didn't know what ICE meant
there's a train company called ICE, that's all..
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