Re: First major snowfall this year

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 24.02.2024 21.56, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:[email protected]: 
>> 
>>> On 11.02.2024 15.49, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>
>>>>> On 14.01.2024 16.02, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It can do that. So far, the spam texts have been properly
>>>>>>>>>> triaged. 
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Once in a while I get a call about some fabulous investment
>>>>>>>>> opportunities - usually presented in hard-to-understand
>>>>>>>>> accented english. Some days I don't speak english at all,
>>>>>>>>> which seems to be a difficult concept to understand...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I should pretend not to speak English when I get phone calls.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Might be harder for you to get away with, unless you speak a
>>>>>>> language the callers are unlikely to master. Or if the callers
>>>>>>> already know you. 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No habla english
>>>>>
>>>>> That's the ticket. Choose the second most spoken language in the
>>>>> world for your subterfuge. That'll work...
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I bet few telemarketers here speak Spanish. Most of the ones I pcik
>>>> up for are East Indian.
>>>> Thank you, come again!
>>>
>>> Well, you never know - they may be doing telemarketing in South
>>> America too. 
>>>
>> 
>> Maybe.
>> It's a calculated risk.
> Please let me know how it goes. For science.
> 

I usually tell them they have a sexy voice and they don't know what to 
say and hang up.
I'm willing to try 'no habla English'. For science.