'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe

as far as i know, if an alarm goes off after midnight, the emergency services are automatically called after a couple of minutes unless someone calls the all night porters lodge in york house.
it's crazy that so many alarms keep going off all over campus - last year the one in our flat didn't even go off when someone set fire to the oven.
one of my flat mates (at about 11:30 pm) decided he was hungry so put some burgers under the grill. he realised that he wanted some chips with his burger so he closed the grill (please note he didnt turn off the grill) and went to the pit shop (by the laundry) to get some!
when i went through the kitchen to the bathroom to brush my teeth (it being 11:30 at night) and noticed the flames coming out of the grill!
so i turned off the grill and phoned the night porter who came and yelled at my flat mate for being a total pillock.