> From: Ronn!Blankenship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > OTOH, with different names, when someone calls and asks for > the father's > name when everyone who knows him knows he has moved, it's a > dead giveaway > it's a telemarketer, and you can either have some fun with > them or tell > them exactly what you think of telemarketers (which itself > may be your idea > of fun) . . .
Having your wife keep her name also works for that. There's nothing like being addressed as "Mr. Cleaver" to tip off that it is a sales call.
Of course, most telemarketers these days don't say "Mr. Cleaver" at all: they say, "Hello, may I speak to Ward?"
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