[datahound]

The phone rang just as I was sitting down to my evening meal, and as I
answered it I was greeted with "Is this Karl Brummer?"

Not sounding anything like my name, I asked who was calling.

The telemarketer said he was with The Rubber Band Powered Freezer
Company or something like that.

Then I asked him if he knew Karl personally and why was he calling this
number.

I then said off to the side, "get some pictures of the body at
various angles and the blood smears",

I then turned back to the phone and advised the caller that he had entered
a murder scene and must stay on the line because we had already traced
this call and he would be receiving a summons to testify in this murder
case.

I questioned the caller at great length as to his name, address, phone
number at home, at work, who he worked for, how he knew the dead guy
and could he prove where he had been about one hour before he made this
call.

The telemarketer was getting very concerned and his answers were
given in a shaky voice.

I then told him we had located his position and the police were entering
the building to take him into custody as a material witness. At that
point I heard the phone fall and the scurrying of his running away.

My wife asked me as I returned to our table why I had tears streaming
down my face and so help me, I couldn't tell her for about fifteen minutes.

My meal was cold, but it was the best meal in a long, long time.

[funkyprem]

Genius!

[sub]

haha quality

Last cold call I received at home I had apparently won a holiday to the Maldives.
I said that this was great timing as I was due to appear in court and could do with a flight out of the country.

Cold call sales people are total retards. I've had several similar calls where the piece of paper that they read from doesn't cover any further conversation and I end up being told that "a helecopter has just flown past the office window!". Apparently this shit is a standard sales training technique when a sales call dives.

[lyndon]

nice response. http://www.xs4all.nl/~egbg/counterscript.html looks good but havent had a chance to use it

[sub]

Which toothpaste would you recommend?

Sounds like a means to collect info on behalf of a toothpaste company.

[Scott]

either that or he has a tooth fetish...:~/