It probably won't do any good, but...

[UnderseaLcpl]

You probably should have told them what you think about Carthage. If nothing else, to demonstrate how serious a person you can be. I would have.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

You probably should have told them what you think about Carthage. If nothing else, to demonstrate how serious a person you can be. I would have.

You, sir, are on a horse.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

You probably should have told them what you think about Carthage. If nothing else, to demonstrate how serious a person you can be. I would have.

Actually this would sort of be in keeping with the "pretend you're crazy and they'll go away" theory of dealing with telemarketers. My dad was really good at that. Of course for a while there he actually was crazy a good deal of the time, so that probably helped.

My favorite though was when I was home once and the phone rang and he answered it. I was sitting right there at the kitchen table near the phone so I got to overhear his end of the conversation. It went something like this:

*ring ring*
"Hello?"
"Who's calling, please?"
"I'm sorry, I can barely hear you."
"Eh? I can hardly hear you, could you speak up a little?"
"And who were you asking for again?"
"Oh. Speaking!"
"Uh huh. Uh huh. Uh huh. Wait, what was that again? I can hardly hear you, must be a bad connection."
"Well, that's very thoughtful of you. Could you speak up a little, though?"
"Uh huh. Uh huh. I'm sorry, could you repeat that?"
"Eh?"
"Eh?"
"Eh?"

By the time he got to where he was just repeating "Eh?" over and over again, I could actually hear the person on the other end, he was talking so loud, but I couldn't make out what he saying. So I'm looking at my dad like, WTF, and he finally puts the phone down and looks at me and says, "That guy just hung up me."

"Well, who was it?" I asked.

"Oh, just some guy selling hearing aids, trying to schedule me for a free screening..."