True or not, this story is funny!
The phone rang as I was sitting down to my evening meal, and as I
answered it I was greeted with "Is this Karl Brummer". Not sounding
anything like my name, I asked, "Who is calling?"
The telemarketer said he was with The Rubber Band Powered Freezer
Company or something like that. Then I asked him if he knew Karl
personally and why was he calling this number. I then said off to the
side, "Get some pictures of the body at various angles and concentrate
on the blood smears and bloody footprints."
I then turned back to the phone and advised the caller that he had
entered a murder scene and must stay on the line because we had already
traced this call and he would be receiving a summons to testify in this
murder case.
He protested that he was just a telemarketer and knew nothing about any
murder.
Ignoring his protestations, I questioned the caller at great length as
to his name, address, phone number at home, at work, cell phone number,
who he worked for, Social Security number, driver's license number, had
he ever been arrested, how he knew the dead guy, how long had he known
Mr. Brummer; where he had been, and could he prove where he had been,
about one hour before he made this phone call.
The telemarketer was getting very concerned, confused, and his answers
were given in a shaky voice, but he continued to answer my questions.
He sounded like it was not the first time he had answered a police
officer's questions. I then told him we had located his position and
police officers were entering the building where he was to take him into
custody.
At that point I heard the phone fall to the floor and the scurrying of
his feet running away.
As I returned to our dinner table, my wife asked me why I had tears
streaming down my face. So help me, I couldn't tell her for about
15 minutes. My meal was now cold, but it was the best meal I had eaten
in a long, long time.
Doc :D
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Like you said Doc, true or not, it's funny as ****. Thanks for the laugh.
Use to have a friend who had several very "interesting" tapes he would play after putting a telemarketer on hold. One was about half and hour long "fire and brimstone" televangilist's sermon. Another was an equally enthustiastic group of satanists invoking all manner of evil beings. The last, and the only one a saleman EVER stayed on the line all the was through - then apologized and hung up, was soft music, but with the voices of what were obviously two gays have a "lover's quarrel", over credit card bills no less, audible over it. He claimed the audio for that one came from his next door neighbors via a shotgun mike he was testing. Knowing his neighbors, I tend to believe him. :D
Don't know about you but the National Do Not Call registry has worked 100% for me.
Use to have a friend who had several very "interesting" tapes he would play after putting a telemarketer on hold. One was about half and hour long "fire and brimstone" televangilist's sermon. Another was an equally enthustiastic group of satanists invoking all manner of evil beings. The last, and the only one a saleman EVER stayed on the line all the was through - then apologized and hung up, was soft music, but with the voices of what were obviously two gays have a "lover's quarrel", over credit card bills no less, audible over it. He claimed the audio for that one came from his next door neighbors via a shotgun mike he was testing. Knowing his neighbors, I tend to believe him. :D
Don't know about you but the National Do Not Call registry has worked 100% for me.
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But if you're having that much fun, do you actually want to be on that register?The Deacon wrote:Don't know about you but the National Do Not Call registry has worked 100% for me.
Will
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I've had success with...
Doing this:
While in my 20s and living with several roomates, we were getting these relentless carpet cleaner sales pitches over the phone. One time, while playing poker with some buds, I got another such call. I sounded VERY excited to get the call and mentioned how my roomate was really interested in having all the floors cleaned. I told the telemarker that my roomate was in the bathroom and would be out in like 5 minutes (and he'd surely get a sale). The telemarketer agreed to wait. Well, I set the phone down and continued our card game. About 20 minutes later the phone started beeping as if off the hook (because the guy hung up a minute prior). Well, we never had another call from them :)
While in my 20s and living with several roomates, we were getting these relentless carpet cleaner sales pitches over the phone. One time, while playing poker with some buds, I got another such call. I sounded VERY excited to get the call and mentioned how my roomate was really interested in having all the floors cleaned. I told the telemarker that my roomate was in the bathroom and would be out in like 5 minutes (and he'd surely get a sale). The telemarketer agreed to wait. Well, I set the phone down and continued our card game. About 20 minutes later the phone started beeping as if off the hook (because the guy hung up a minute prior). Well, we never had another call from them :)
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