"Dear mugger/murderer/rapist, would thee please be so kind to delay your desired actions by a mere 20 minutes, while I try to communicate with 911? Certainly, y

"Dear mugger/murderer/rapist, would thee please be so kind to delay your desired actions by a mere 20 minutes, while I try to communicate with 911? Certainly, you would agree that it is not a gentlemans way to abuse this misbehaviour of the emergency call. May I offer you a cup of tea while we wait for the call to go through?" In all seriousness, if there is an emergency hotline and you need around 5 - 10 minutes to get the call actually through there, that is just not acceptable in several situations. and I am not even talking about 20 minutes or half an hour. Half an hour is an eternity with regard to emergencies.