[LCorbett]

Ah Lori, should we hear your R rated way?

Uhhh...prolly not. Don't wanna get kicked off the board.
It's wicked...bad wicked. Hehehe

[Thor]

I have always had big dogs, so salesmen aren't a problem, but I think if you got one of those really big dog bowls and put it on the front porch, then had a chain with a really huge dog collar at the end of it looking like the dog pulled it off, maybe with a "beware of dog" sign, it might be just as effective.
I think if you barked at a telemarketer over the phone they would go away too.
Thor

[wade clark]

I had a phone solicitor call the other day... she said, "Hi! My name ees Mar-gar-et wil-lie-umms..." I said, "What is your name?" long pause...then she tried to read the name again, "...Mar...gar...et Wwwwillll- ee- ums". I said, "that's not really your name, is it?"
She said, "No'. I said, "what's your real name?" She said "I'm not allowed to give that out". I said, "Well, if I can't believe you when you say your name, I can't believe anything else you say either. Bye!" She sheepishly said "Goodbye". Her accent sounded Pakistani or Indian. Don't know what she was selling!
Wade

[whitecree]

Heh. That's as bad as all those e-mail scams. Worse, 'cause an e-mail you just click on the spam button and it goes away.

Hey, maybe we should all pressure the phone company into adding a spam option on the phone. Press a button, and an automated rude message plays...

[Kenny_S]

Kind of like pulling the triger on a door to door salesman eh?
The little bride and I are lucky on the spam as our ISP has spam filters and once in a great while we will recieve one.

[carver6]

I have heard one way to get rid of telemarketers is to blow a police whistle into the mouth piece of the phone. Have also heard of it being used on obscene phone calls. One person said it would break an ear drum but I don't know that for sure. I really wouldn't care what it did to an obscene caller.
Garon

[Paul_Guraedy]

I live in a very rural area (road ends in my front yard) so we don't get a lot of salesmen; but, do get the occasional religious group. We used to have Rottweilers and I have left the "Rottweiler Crossing" sign on the mailbox that they have to pass on the way to the house.

Now, I answer the door looking around past them saying, "I'm surprised the dogs let you get out of your car". Keep looking nervously past them as they try to convert me. Right shortly they are also looking over their shoulder with some concern and become interested in a short visit with no return plans. Have not seen any of them for several months, come to think about it.

A friend told me that a surefire cure for telemarketers is to say, "Martha, is that you? We got us a bad connection. If that's you park the car over on Elm Street when you come home. The guy that repossessed my truck is hunting it."

[Tom H]

Paul, They just don't get much better than those two! TOM H

[squbrigg]

I've had no trouble with door to door salesmen ever since I got my Husky. She's as friendly as heck and wants to hug everybody....but they don't know that!!! I just stand there holding on to her collar while she lunges for them, and tries to get at them........ funny how easy they spook then! Soon as I mention I can't hold her long.......!

Works like a charm.

With phone tele-marketers.....my bosun's pipe takes care of them. Pipe "Wakey Wakey" and they suddenly hang up!

Bob

[Hugh]

Read the posts, particularly like the one that your fighting with your wife right now. I've tried being polite lately, (dosent work) I have relatives making their slice by being phone telemarketers, and they fill me in on the things that are said to them. Its a hard way to make a living. Not for me. A girl on the phone the other day, said she was calling for MNBC, or what ever, and started her speal, stopped her and asked what the abbreviation stood for, she just didn't know. I told her she should find out. She hung up. But they do get people to call back and try to be smart and get back at you. Had three calls in 20 mins from the same outfit. Just wouldn't take no for an answer. but they did.
Bob, my neighbour has a Husky, absolutely a beautiful dog, and they are so friendly. The size of them is intimidating though. When my neighbours dog sees me, the dog always comes on the run and wants a hug. Like hugging a bear.