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Posted: 6/28/2010 1:28:24 PM EDT
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Because people from foreign countries have brains and ears that operate at different frequencies. Their sirens are more effective to their ears, same with ours.
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Posted: 6/28/2010 1:28:31 PM EDT
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derp derp derp.
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Posted: 6/28/2010 1:28:38 PM EDT
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Cause we are better than the rest of the world.
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Posted: 6/28/2010 1:29:30 PM EDT
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Because people from foreign countries have brains and ears that operate at different frequencies. Their sirens are more effective to their ears, same with ours. Metric system |
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Posted: 6/28/2010 1:30:52 PM EDT
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I don't know the exact why but they are mimicking two different noises. The classic British hi-low sounds like a pair of alternating air horns, while the American wail sounds like a mechanical siren.
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Posted: 6/28/2010 1:33:12 PM EDT
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derp derp derp. This is the correct answer. Technically, it's herp-derp in series, but since it's translated into commie-French-Farsi-Nazi for the Euroweenie crowd, it sounds different. |
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Posted: 6/28/2010 1:34:20 PM EDT
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because you touch yourself at night.
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Posted: 6/28/2010 1:34:57 PM EDT
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In before Bubb Rubb....
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Posted: 6/28/2010 1:39:30 PM EDT
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ask Mott the Hoople. I think it has something to do with less vowels in foreign languages.
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Posted: 6/28/2010 1:39:51 PM EDT
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In before Bubb Rubb.... whistle tips yo. eta its like WOOH WOOH Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 6/28/2010 1:39:54 PM EDT
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87
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Posted: 6/28/2010 1:45:51 PM EDT
[#12]
fits right in with their thinking?
'03 |
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Posted: 6/28/2010 1:46:15 PM EDT
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The real question is do they put beans in their chili?
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Posted: 6/28/2010 1:46:29 PM EDT
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Quoted: When we saved Europe from the Teutonic Horde it was written in the surrender documents that we got the cool air raid sirens and they had to play the fail horn as a permanant reminder of their shortcomings. Cause we are better than the rest of the world. |
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Posted: 6/28/2010 1:47:35 PM EDT
[#15]
The Woooo-wooo gets lost in translation.
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Posted: 6/28/2010 1:49:11 PM EDT
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The control box for the marked units I have driven allowed me to swtich from woooooooey woooooooooo to dee-dur, dee-dur or back depending on what noise I wanted to make.
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Posted: 6/28/2010 1:53:02 PM EDT
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Metric system This. |
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Posted: 6/28/2010 1:55:00 PM EDT
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Probably because the British had such an expansive 'span of control' in the 1900s when the Automobile was invented, that everywhere 'else' besides the USA, ended up doing it the British way....
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Posted: 6/28/2010 1:55:56 PM EDT
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Fascinating.
Don't we have a sirens & bells forum? |
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Posted: 6/28/2010 1:57:29 PM EDT
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I like to say foreign sirens go "BEEEEE booooo BEEEEE booooo BEEEE boooo"
ETA: The reason? Because they are all gay. |
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Posted: 6/28/2010 1:58:23 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/28/2010 1:59:16 PM EDT
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I like to say foreign sirens go "BEEEEE booooo BEEEEE booooo BEEEE boooo"
ETA: The reason? Because they are all gay. You know how I know you're gay? They actually sound like this: "booooo BEEEEE booooo BEEEEE."
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Posted: 6/28/2010 2:00:33 PM EDT
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When we saved Europe from the Teutonic Horde it was written in the surrender documents that we got the cool air raid sirens and they had to play the fail horn as a permanant reminder of their shortcomings.
Cause we are better than the rest of the world. That was supposed to stay secret, man. Thousands of people are going to die now. Blood will run in the streets. |
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Posted: 6/28/2010 2:01:12 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/28/2010 2:03:04 PM EDT
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I like to say foreign sirens go "BEEEEE booooo BEEEEE booooo BEEEE boooo"
ETA: The reason? Because they are all gay. You know how I know you're gay? They actually sound like this: "booooo BEEEEE booooo BEEEEE."  
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Posted: 6/28/2010 2:05:40 PM EDT
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I like to say foreign sirens go "BEEEEE booooo BEEEEE booooo BEEEE boooo"
ETA: The reason? Because they are all gay. You know how I know you're gay? They actually sound like this: "booooo BEEEEE booooo BEEEEE." I normally refrain from such humor, but I couldn't help it.
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Posted: 6/28/2010 2:06:38 PM EDT
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Booob beeee..
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Posted: 6/28/2010 2:06:38 PM EDT
[#28]
The English translation for "dee-dur, dee-dur" is "wooooey wooooooooooo".
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Posted: 6/28/2010 2:09:03 PM EDT
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I hate the electric Q |
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Posted: 6/28/2010 2:15:53 PM EDT
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Topics like this are why I love arfcom general discussion.
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Posted: 6/28/2010 2:20:18 PM EDT
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I hate the electric Q I agree......give me an old school mechanical Q. But an E-Q is better than a Beeeeee-booooooo 
Mechanical Q |
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Posted: 6/28/2010 2:22:43 PM EDT
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7-8 years ago, there would've been at least one or two "Durkha durkha" posts on this thread.
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Posted: 6/28/2010 2:29:09 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: In before Bubb Rubb.... whistle tips yo. eta its like WOOH WOOH Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile  |
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Posted: 6/28/2010 2:32:21 PM EDT
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Does it sound like this?
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Posted: 6/28/2010 2:32:44 PM EDT
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In reality, Italian siren and French siren sound different.
I know I have a Vid of a French one. I'll have to see if I caught an Italian one on vid. |
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Posted: 6/28/2010 2:37:22 PM EDT
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I kinda like the way my siren sounds....
It's very audible!
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Posted: 6/28/2010 2:38:27 PM EDT
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LOL, the sound description is awesome!
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Posted: 6/28/2010 2:41:25 PM EDT
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It all has something to do with the rotational axis of the Earth.
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Posted: 6/28/2010 2:43:38 PM EDT
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There sirens are a more modern design and perform better. They warn and startle less.
Our sirens follow tradition and sound like the old school "federal" mechanical sirens. |
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Posted: 6/28/2010 2:47:00 PM EDT
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Why do we still even use sirens?
They unfairly profile the criminal being chased. Not very tolerant if you ask me...
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Posted: 6/28/2010 2:54:02 PM EDT
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and domestic emergency vehicle sirens go wooooey wooooooooooo? They can't figure out how to make them go derp, duuurp, derp, duuuurp. |
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Posted: 6/28/2010 2:55:10 PM EDT
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derp derp derp. This is the correct answer. Technically, it's herp-derp in series, but since it's translated into commie-French-Farsi-Nazi for the Euroweenie crowd, it sounds different. The french don't need sirens, they are always in a state of surrender. |
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Posted: 6/28/2010 3:03:17 PM EDT
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When we saved Europe from the Teutonic Horde it was written in the surrender documents that we got the cool air raid sirens and they had to play the fail horn as a permanant reminder of their shortcomings.
Cause we are better than the rest of the world. winner! their animals make different sounds too though... maybe that was part of it too. |
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