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From: mark@hp-kirk.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Re: A serious flame against telephon - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 1-Sep-83 03:28:49 EDT
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#R:mit-eddi:-65800:hp-kirk:7100023:000:882
hp-kirk!mark    Aug 30 07:45:00 1983

While I don't have any really effective way to deal with
telephone solicitors, one technique that you might like goes
something like this:

(1) Answer "hello" (preferably in high squeaky voice)
(2) If you recognize call as desirable proceed normally; otherwise,
(3) "My mommy (daddy) 's outside, just a minute I'll get 'er ('im)."
(4) Set receiver down (giving the mike a good thump)
(5) Go open and close a door
(6) Proceed with whatever it was that you were doing
(7) After about 3 to 5 minutes come back and quietly hang up phone

This scheme will irritate but not abuse the solicitor (who is a
minor accomplice and not the real villian anyway), and will
hopefully cause them to lose some time, which though nonabusive
is much more damaging to a solicitor's job than any well chosen
verbage is likely to be.

                                        Mark Rowe (hplabs!hp-cvd!mark)