Ring…Ring…Can You Give Us Some Money…

 

With the Democratic convention in full swing, we’re at the start of the last leg in the race for the presidency…

 

And in the last week or so—we’ve gotten more than our share of calls from both Republican and Democratic fundraisers looking for money that’ll no doubt buy lots of ad time in the remaining weeks of the campaigns…

I don’t care WHO you’re representing— I don’t like telemarketers….

 

So, I give ‘em the special Sbraccia treatment..

 

In case you’d like to try it too— here’s a re-post of my telemarketer solution from last year …

* ORIGINALLY POSTED OCTOBER 19, 2007 *

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FUN WITH TELEMARKETERS….

Having an odd name sometimes comes in handy when those ‘ole telemarketers start calling…

That tell-tale pause after I answer the phone when they try and figure out how to pronounce my name is my signal to let the fun begin on my end…

 

Annoying Telemarketer: Ah.. Mr. Saa–bee-trah… er– Sah-boog-ah-tar…Sbreee-caah-caka?…

ME: Yes?

Annoying Telemarketer: I’ve got a great offer I want to tell you about—-

ME: Oh.. I’m so glad you called.. It gets so lonely here… Just me and the cats.. I have 72 of them, you know…. They sometimes ignore me…That’s why it’s so nice you called… Let me tell you all their names….

Annoying Telemarketer: …But sir..

ME: Would you like to talk to one of them? C’mere Gizmo!..He’s my favorite….

Annoying Telemarketer: No.. I want to tell you about—

ME: Say “hello” to the nice man Gizmo.. No time to be shy, sweetie.. Speak up !!!… C’mon Gizmo… Hey mister—can you hear him??

….(CLICK)….

ME: Oh dear. they’re gone!

Or, sometimes I try this…..

Annoying Telemarketer: ….Is this…ah.. Mr. Soow-Brah-roo-cha?

ME: Yes….

Annoying Telemarketer: I’m calling from Fred’s Credit Cards with a special offer…

ME: OH.. This is SO perfect….

Annoying Telemarketer: Good—because we want to—

ME: I’m having trouble with my Calculus homework—and I need some help figuring out the co-sign of 3 over V deducted from the inverse of 120 to the 4th power…

Annoying Telemarketer: But sir—I’m with Fred’s credit cards..

ME: Yes..I know.. So you MUST be good with numbers…Now, do I need to do an algebraic logarithm first before I calculate or do I—

…(Click)…

I may not stop the guys who’ve figure out the loopholes in the “DO NOT CALL” list— but, at least it gives me a chance to annoy THEM before they annoy me!

—Steve

Link to the video and the story Steve covered today on NBC-17

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