[from occupied ga]

The guy said "I'll be brief".

Similar to what happened to me. I answered "Briefer than you suspect." and then hung up.

[ClearCase_guy]

I got a call -- the guy said he had only 3 questions. I said, "Fine".

Five questions later, I said, "This is taking too long."
He said, "I only have 2 more questions."

I said, "You're a dirty liar" and hung up.