Posted on 01/17/2007 7:31:55 AM PST by RileyD, nwJ
Mark Gibbs is one the best commentators on Network World via "Gearhead" and "Backspin", plus he answers my emails from time to time.
From his Blogg on NW is a link to one of the funniest audio recordings I have ever heard.
I thought I had some great replies to telemarketeers, but this wins outright. Listen and enjoy.
I haven't had a telemarketing call since the DO NOT CALL list went into effect, except for some politcal calls during election time (they are apparently exempt from DO NOT CALL)
Last night, though, I got a call from a little girl selling cookies. I ordered a box of cookies and made her day.
Fine, now I've laughed myself into an asthma attack! I have wrecked my makeup because I laughed so hard I'm crying. This is absolutely the funniest thing I've heard in years.
""Our junk mail has gone WAY down.""
Why would you want to do that?
We heat our entire home with it.
Not one penny for heat last Winter.
I tell them (accurately) that I am a consultant and my time/my opinion is money. Then I ask what compensation they are offering me.
A gasp usually follows and then after a pause, a click.
Our new old house didn't come with a wood stove like our old old house had. :((
That could work is you could get lots of people to do it.
Sadly, we've traded credit card applications with college brochures. My son forgot to check a box or something when he took his SAT or ACT test.....
I just give the phone to my 3 year old they hang up eventualy
DANG!!! Do you mean to tell me that I HAVEN'T won a digital satellite system???
mmmmmmm, thin mints.......
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