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Can you come up with a clever or humorous way to respond to a telemarketer?

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Posted - January 19, 2017
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  • No english, me speak Pekingese
      January 19, 2017 4:03 PM MST
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  • 1128
    Lol Skunky!!  
      January 19, 2017 4:04 PM MST
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  •  LOL i found that funny for some reason. 
      January 19, 2017 4:08 PM MST
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  • Oh, yeah. Nobody does it better than Tom Mabe. I wonder if the telemarketer on the other end of this phone call had a nervous breakdown. 
      January 19, 2017 4:06 PM MST
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  • 44620
    God love Bob and Tom.
      January 19, 2017 4:33 PM MST
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  • 34297
    My husband asks them "If they know Jesus?" Most times they hang up. But sometimes they have a really nice conversation.
      January 19, 2017 4:11 PM MST
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  • They're fun to play with ... One game is tell them you're interested but have something on the stove and you'll be right back... See how long they last
      January 19, 2017 4:11 PM MST
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  • I've tried variations on that theme. Put down the phone and come back once in a while to ask, "Are you still there?" 

    In 2015 we switched our phone to TPG in 2015 (our Internet provider) and Teltra removesd us from their phone book. since then we get only calls from those companies that have old lists..
      January 19, 2017 4:48 PM MST
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  • "Tell them you are unemployed."  Most of them aren't allowed to sell you anything if you don't have a job.
      January 19, 2017 4:12 PM MST
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  • 44620
    I told one I was screwing my wife's sister and didn't have time to talk.
      January 19, 2017 4:34 PM MST
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  • Whatever works!
      January 19, 2017 5:44 PM MST
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  • "I'm not interested, thank you.  Have a good day."  Or simply don't answer.
      January 19, 2017 4:33 PM MST
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  • With a seductive tone, "Wow, you sound like you have a pretty mouth. Why don't you come over here and use it." They get speechless everytime. ;)
      January 19, 2017 4:44 PM MST
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  • Lol!
      January 19, 2017 4:54 PM MST
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  • :D
      January 19, 2017 4:57 PM MST
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  • 46117
    Do they still have them?
      January 19, 2017 5:02 PM MST
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  • 5808
    most are computers
    making prerecorded 
    Robo calls...Click
    some are pretty sophisticated
    making you think they are live
    for some seconds...haha
      January 19, 2017 5:04 PM MST
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  • I think Seinfeld nailed this one.


      January 19, 2017 5:20 PM MST
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  • 44620
    I did that once or twice.
      January 19, 2017 5:37 PM MST
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  • 10052
    Say "I'm sorry. Every bit of my disposable income goes to prostitutes".
      January 19, 2017 7:38 PM MST
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  • 1713
    I just hang up. I remember one time my brother asked them if they were a robot and they said "no" and he's like "oh" and just hangs up.
      January 19, 2017 9:44 PM MST
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