Cold Calling.

[alf corbyn]

mr strange. in answer to your #19. i don't like pizza.

[Richard Quartermaine]

I've enjoyed the 21 posts I've just opened - a good belly laugh and a lot of sound info.

My father (born 1896) used to sing
"Queen Victoria very good man,
On the throne him long time sitit.
Oi, Oi hubble bubble,
kuchinay garum pani sahib." (no hot water, sahib)

And the station master on the East African Railway writing to his his superior asking for a raise "And there I was on front porch doing necessary with wife, when suddenly I think to write to Sahib." (ending) "I am asking you for this special favour in the name of ..... ......, whom you so resemble.
Your most humble and obedient servant ........"

Richard Q

[Keith at Tregenna]

Did have the Jehovah people knocking on the door, possibly cold calling ? Every Sunday without fail. I got fed up with the continual bombardment and the next Sunday "Her Indoors" faced them:

Eventually I asked her what in the world did you say ?

As I have never seen them since.

She told me that at the door, the people commenced with we are Jehova Witness's and prior to closing the door on them, just said: She was not aware that there had been an accident !

Priceless:


K.

[Rodney Mills]

Keith,

I took this photo in Tully Heads, Queensland, Oz.. The ozzies, bless em. sure have a way with words.

Cheers, Lt. Col. Rodney, Alabama Militia ret'd.


Tully Heads 001.jpg

[Charlie Hannah]

Does anybody know a way to stop these nuisance calls?

Cheers,
Pat Baker.

Peter, in Australia we have a number we call and it puts you on the do not call register.The number is 1800260270.Maybe you have a simuler thing going were you are.

[happy daze john in oz]

mr strange. in answer to your #19. i don't like pizza.

Sorry about that one Alf.
i do like them and often have a family size one by my self. Problem is I have to ask them to cut it into six pieces not eight as is normal. I find eight pieces far too much at one sitting.

[Ron Kendall]

The telephone preference service, only stops UK sales calls, it does not stop calls from Spain, India etc. I have had numerous calls from 03939393939, this number apparently does not exist, but it registers on the phone!

[Keith at Tregenna]

Sorry about that one Alf.
i do like them and often have a family size one by my self. Problem is I have to ask them to cut it into six pieces not eight as is normal. I find eight pieces far too much at one sitting.

And so ended the old pirate term: Pieces of eight ?

K.

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi All.
When we lived in Sydney we used to get a lot of nusiance calls from kids wierdos etc, so I always answered the phone "Hello Blacktown police station here" never had one for years after. But when we came back to Aus had a few of those calls about the computer, "Hello sir this is microsoft you have a virus," "OH! okay I'll go straight up to the Drs,"
Or; we used to put the phone down and let them talk to the table top. even I don't have Microsoft I have Apple. Now of course I have the Govt halting them all for me.
Cheers Des

[Keith Tindell]

I have just tried a new angle on these calls. I have used Kong method, ie i,m the security officer, you need an appointment. But twice now have used a new approach, which seems to have confused them if only fro a short time, i tell them i am the Janitor, and when they talk about the internet line, i then tell them that this is the Mortuary they are calling, and the people here have no use for an internet line any longer. Gives me a little satisfaction to p*** them about a bit, kt