Re: First major snowfall this year

Merlyne <[email protected]> Sun, 31 Mar 2024 20:39:10 -0000 (UTC)
Newsgroups alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 12.03.2024 14.30, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:[email protected]: 
>> 
>>> 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.
> 
> I hope you remember to take notes so you can report your findings
> accurately. Scientific.
> 

Sure. No telemarketers yet.