From: apwBLAH@dolio.lh.net   
      
   In article , goobs wrote:   
   > or you could just do what i do...  answer the phone with something silly   
   > like... "city morgue, you stab 'em we slab 'em"   
      
   Ha ha! you're my hero!  I'd try this one if I still had a land line.   
      
   >   
   > only people who know me stay on the line.   
   >   
   > i have many other opening lines for when i don't recognise the caller id.   
   > often i answer with something like, "Thank you for calling british gas, this   
   > is debbie, how can i help you?"   
   >   
   > this often makes the telemarketers log me as a no go.  the number then gets   
   > taken off their system.  it's helped me to reduce the number of fucking   
   > surveys they phone about.   
      
   When the telemarketers asked for me, I'd them them "oh, I'm afraid he's dead."   
   It seemed to reduce the frequency of the calls.   
      
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