You're All Incompetant!!! - A Rant (or is it a meltdown?) (long)

[Jester]

Jester, you could also try "double three, double three"? Or be silly and say "three thousand, three hundred, and thirty three." Although I wouldn't be surprised if most people's brains short-circuit with a number that long

I COULD, but I like to keep things simple for the knuckle draggers of the world. And after much experimenting, I have found that "thirty three thirty three" works the best. I can only imagine the brain freeze I would cause in some people were I to try one of the above.

[roadside]

It seems the phoenetic alphabet concept loses most people. Take these lovely real-life examples:

"Z as in Xylophone"

"S as in Bobby"

"K as in Cake"

"Z as in Xerox"

[Jack7957]

One place I used to live, the street address was 911. So when I'd be giving my address to someone, and I'd say nine one one, more often than not, they'd make some comment about calling me in an emergency. So instead I started say nine eleven. It cut down on the comments, until that one day in September several years ago....