On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 at 10:06:42, wrote:
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>Another very cruel trick is to answer a question they haven't asked.
>I'm not quick witted enough to do this, but the boss put one such call
>on speakerphone one day having winked at us to say "this is how you get
>rid of them." The poor guy on the other end of the phone asked him to
>confirm his name. My boss replied "26" or something like that. He was
>asked if we had company mobiles. The reply was something like "I have a
>dog and a cat". This went on for a little while until the poor guy at
>the other end decided to give up and go for the Valium tablets I think.
This sounds just like the Monty Python quiz - you know, the one where
the questioner has the answers one out.
Q What is the capital of China
R Peking
Q No "three"
Q How many letters are there in 'dog'
R Three
Q No - Australia
... and so on.
Tony
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