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   Dorothy J Heydt to spcoltri@omcl.org   
   Re: The government shutdown   
   23 Oct 25 16:50:23   
   
   From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article ,   
   Steve Coltrin   wrote:   
   >begin  fnord   
   >Crryptoengineer  writes:   
   >   
   >> I'll say 'hello', but if a human answers, and I suspect a scam, my next   
   >> line, regardless of what they ask, may well be a blunt "What do you   
   >want?". This   
   >> throws them off their script.   
   >   
   >Harlan Ellison(tm) answered the phone with a curt "YEAH?".  I find that   
   >a good example to follow.   
      
   [Hal Heydt]   
   I kind of growl, "Hello."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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