[Sylvanfan]

So if you have a land line and a house, chances are you get more than a few calls from telemarketers. The ones I particularly hate are the ones looking for the male or female head of the household. Those get the old What is the name of the person you're looking for? When they have no answer they get hung up on. Usually charitable ones are good for identifying who they are first, so for the most part I try to treat those people with respect.

But I still get a few where they ask for me or my wife but don't identify who's calling. I caught a net clip where a guy claimed to be a police detective investigating a homicide in which the person being called for was the victim. With a series of questions the TM couldn't get off the phone fast enough. I finally remembered to give that one a go the other night. I must admit that the response was quite amusing as the person had no idea how to deal with it, and wanted off the phone in the worst way. Highlight would be when she said she'd call back, and I asked, Well what the hell is the point of calling back a dead man do you think he's going to miraculously reappear? I could tell that one had her nervous and scrambling because she said who she was representing and that she wanted nothing to do with the call anymore.

Certainly theres got to be a few other scenarios that you can play on people to get the telemarketer to hang up on you, lets hear em.