In news:Kevin Willoughby <kevin@scispace.org.invalid> typed:
> Mike Speegle said:
> >     One *great* trick I learned is to say "Wait, uh, can you excuse
> > me, there's someone at the door.  Hold on."  And set the phone
> > down.  IQ's are then inversely proportional to the amount of time
> > before the phone starts squealing at you.  I've gone 5 minutes on 2
> > occasions.  <tee hee>
>
> I learned how to read by reading MAD magazine. One of the first issues
> I read had exactly this technique. The graphic showed a phone off the
> hook and a kitchen blackboard listing the length of time before
> various telemarketers (did that word exist back then?) would finally
> hang up.

    Then that's probably where the guy I heard it from got it.  Nice to
know that good ideas have staying power, regardless of the source.  ;-)
-- 
Mike
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