One time my sister listened to a telemarketer trying to pitch some satatllite service or another... and she let him get all the way through it and then told him she wasn't allowed to watch tv because it made the voices in her head too loud and hung up the phone.
Another time, one called for something and she just set the phone down and kept reading her magazine. Eventually, he stopped talking and eventually hung up, but she told me she got through half a Cosmo before he finally realized no one was listening to him and gave up.
Another time, one called for something and she just set the phone down and kept reading her magazine. Eventually, he stopped talking and eventually hung up, but she told me she got through half a Cosmo before he finally realized no one was listening to him and gave up.
That reminds me of a telemarketing call I received a few years ago, when I lived in Michigan. They wanted to sell me vinyl siding, so I listened all the way through, enthusiastically agreeing that it would be a great idea, and would really add to the value and attractiveness of my home.
I then had the pleasure of explaining to him which building, and which floor I lived on in the apartment complex.
QUOTE(Amarysse @ Feb 6 2007, 04:29 PM) 381051
Buy a large quantity of orange traffic cones and reroute whole streets.
Guilty as charged. Literally.
QUOTE(Othero @ Jun 27 2007, 06:10 PM) 421133
I always pick up the phone for my father.
Only annoying story I can add was the time a telemarketer who wanted to sell me windows whouldn't just agree with me that I didn't need windows. I then told him I'd buy some because the plastic wrap over my windows wern't cutting it.
Only annoying story I can add was the time a telemarketer who wanted to sell me windows whouldn't just agree with me that I didn't need windows. I then told him I'd buy some because the plastic wrap over my windows wern't cutting it.
Whenever I answer the phone, everyone always asks if I'm my dad, even when it's someone I know.LMFAO!!! *forwards this to her ex instructor* 
As a side note, when I was a TA (Teaching Assistant) for undergrads, I would purposely wait for one of my students to fall asleep. I would put my finger to my lips to make sure no one said anything, and slowly sneak up on the student (serves the lil' *BEEP* right for falling asleep in my class) and get as close as I could to their ear and scream, "OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! HE'S GOT A GUN!!!!"
One student actually wet himself once. I felt bad, but at the time, I almost died laughing. Then again, they were college students and they all liked my class...(that or I would put vagisil on their hands. Ever put vagisil on someone's hands on a hot day? Try it. See how they squirm.)
One student actually wet himself once. I felt bad, but at the time, I almost died laughing. Then again, they were college students and they all liked my class...(that or I would put vagisil on their hands. Ever put vagisil on someone's hands on a hot day? Try it. See how they squirm.)
A friend of mine and I would (and bring them up on occasion) create false scientific or technical jabber for conversations and see if people would either a) pick up that we're full of nonsense, or 
be confused and or amazed by our great knowledge of things.
One of our classics (that was the most fun, although took some practice to say it without messing up and revealing our 'game') was: atrioventricularsemilunardiatomaceous-paradichlorobenzene earth.
Now, for the breakdown of the word: atrioventricular and semilunar are heart valve references, diotamaceous earth is pool-filter whatnots, and paradichlorobenzene is one of the components of moth balls. It made for some nice pseudo-fancy talk though.
It's also sad how many people actually bought that we knew what we were talking about.
be confused and or amazed by our great knowledge of things.One of our classics (that was the most fun, although took some practice to say it without messing up and revealing our 'game') was: atrioventricularsemilunardiatomaceous-paradichlorobenzene
Now, for the breakdown of the word: atrioventricular and semilunar are heart valve references, diotamaceous earth is pool-filter whatnots, and paradichlorobenzene is one of the components of moth balls. It made for some nice pseudo-fancy talk though.
It's also sad how many people actually bought that we knew what we were talking about.
