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{{a| | {{a|work|[[File:2319.jpg|450px|thumb|center|A full-scale [[CDA]] call-out, yesterday.]]}}First featured in that fabulous motion picture ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'', “[[2319]]” is the call-sign for the [[Child Detection Agency]], a mythical [[Sw-æp|swat team]] which gets called in when the chips are really down. Older campers — and, actually, ''younger'' folk, for ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'' was a staple only for parents of toddlers in a narrow window around 2001 — may know this as a “[[fire drill]]”. | ||
They are the only people you need, or who can help, if there is a “[[twenty-three nineteen]]” alert — if, for example, a [[salesperson]] receives a communication longer than a paragraph, that he intuits someone — being, unless he does something quickly, ''him'' — will have to ''read''.<ref>Deep spoddy point: The original “[[2319]]” contamination was a white sock - “W” being the 23rd and “S” the 19th letters of the alphabet. That may come in handy on a quiz night some day, amirite?</ref> | They are the only people you need, or who can help, if there is a “[[twenty-three nineteen]]” alert — if, for example, a [[salesperson]] receives a communication longer than a paragraph, that he intuits someone — being, unless he does something quickly, ''him'' — will have to ''read''.<ref>Deep spoddy point: The original “[[2319]]” contamination was a white sock - “W” being the 23rd and “S” the 19th letters of the alphabet. That may come in handy on a quiz night some day, amirite?</ref> | ||