Originally Posted by lettie (Post 601390)

It's really quite simple (but a bit unethical). :D When they ask for Mrs Farren, tell them that you are Mrs Taylor from the Coroner's office and you are there with the police investigating the suspicious death of Mrs Farren. Say that all Mrs Farren's contacts have to come in for questioning and ask for the caller's name and address.

I'll bet money that they don't ring again.........;):D

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 601395)

I think thats the best one yet Lettie mademe smile:D

Originally Posted by flashytart (Post 601268)

just scream very loudly down the phone and tell them to pi$$ off

Originally Posted by lettie (Post 601390)

It's really quite simple (but a bit unethical). :D When they ask for Mrs Farren, tell them that you are Mrs Taylor from the Coroner's office and you are there with the police investigating the suspicious death of Mrs Farren. Say that all Mrs Farren's contacts have to come in for questioning and ask for the caller's name and address.

I'll bet money that they don't ring again.........;):D

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 601437)

You are such a sweetheart:D

Originally Posted by lettie (Post 601390)

It's really quite simple (but a bit unethical). :D When they ask for Mrs Farren, tell them that you are Mrs Taylor from the Coroner's office and you are there with the police investigating the suspicious death of Mrs Farren. Say that all Mrs Farren's contacts have to come in for questioning and ask for the caller's name and address...

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 601608)

I had a faze of people (from the same firm I my add) trying to sell me a satellite repair plan, I put up with this for weeks, they tried every trick in the book, trying to make me think they were Sky themselves,who I have always dealt with. In the end just snapped one day and I let this bloke have it both barrels, the full gamut of four letter word profanities, it worked as I haven't been contacted since:mosher:

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp (Post 602414)

I've had that one - several times. They try to tell me that my husband originally took out an insurance cover plan and now we need to renew it. They must have some access to records of the Sky subscription because they called me Mrs. Whisp*. (It is now Whisp-Busman but the Sky subscription is still in my late husband's name.) I got tired of telling them we had no such insurance and even if we did have I don't want to renew it. The last one was good though because they asked if they could speak to my husband - now I could have just put them on to Busman but I felt wicked and asked them if they meant Mr Whisp whose name the Sky subscription was in. They replied "yes" so I told them I woukd check if they had a phone line installed at the cemetary. They asked me if that was where he worked and I replied "No, that's where he's buried!" (He was actually cremated but they don't know that.) - They hung up - I wonder why?

*well not actually Mrs. Whisp - they used the name I had when married to my late husband.

Originally Posted by Studio25 (Post 602403)

25 years ago (back when digital watches were still a pretty neat idea) the Jehovah's Witnesses called at stupid-o-clock on a Saturday morning. I'd never seen them before, & didn't know this was how they worked, so instead of hiding I answered the door. When they started talking I didn't immediately recognise the sales patter, so I made the mistake of engaging them in conversation.

They were itching to get away before long. If you've seen that episode of Father Ted where Dougal manages to convert a bishop to Atheism, you'll know what I mean.

One of them said "I see you're wearing a digital watch- don't you think that's a testament to the glory of God, that he gives mankind the creativity an intellect to dream up things like that. It's not as if you could put all the bits in a jar, shake it up and out comes a digital watch."
"Yes you could."
"Wha...?"
"There's a statistical probability that you could shake up all the bits and it would make a watch. Sure, it's low, but it's possible."

I can't remember what excuses they made to leave, but that was the one that did it.