[bluebug32]

I just got a call back from an organic farmer to double check some information about his products for an upcoming article. I answer the phone to hear...
"Sorry I just missed you. I'm busy castrating a cow right now, so I don't know how well I can hear you [mooing in background]. And I'm having some trouble holding the phone"

 

[RenegadeRick]

...I'm busy castrating a cow...

I thought cows were girls. Castrating them would be kinda tricky...

 

[bluebug32]

I thought cows were girls. Castrating them would be kinda tricky...

We just had that debate here in the office too....maybe cow is a catch-all term

 

[robdamanii]

Rocky mountain oysters anyone?

 

[jacksonpt]

Cow = female, also a general term for the animal regardless of sex
Bull = male
Steer = castrated bull

 

[Bicyclist]

Rocky mountain oysters anyone?

Nastiest......food......ever.......

 

[stosh]

Actually I remember Loco using that line at one point.

 

[Konabumm]

Our bike club has a group of cows (Chicks On Wheels)

 

[bluebug32]

Cow = female, also a general term for the animal regardless of sex
Bull = male
Steer = castrated bull

thanks, Bill Nye

 

[Potroast88]

I had a buddy that told one "if you ever call me again, I'll kill you and your entire family." Then he hung up.

 

[robdamanii]

Our bike club has a group of cows (Chicks On Wheels)

And how many of the club are Steers?

 

[Heath Sherratt]

I like to just ask for their home number so I can call them back. or let my kids talk to them.

 

[Silver]

I ask them to guess what size buttplug I'm wearing. That's worked every time...so far.

 

[robdamanii]

I like to just ask for their home number so I can call them back. or let my kids talk to them.

I tried that once. I got into a 5 minue argument why they wouldn't give me their home number.

 

[splat]

Lately I have been having some fun with them, tell them to stop . and ask them what type of bike they ride. ( this really confusses them. ) and I have told them it is really important that I know this. most of them say they dont have a Bike , at which point I get on there case that they need one and that is the problem with america today . but I had one girl who told me she had a Bike she got from Sears back in Middle school that she road around the college campus and even rode it to this job. I Told her to go down to her local bike shop and get a Trek 4500 , then call me back and I'd arrange a Bike tour for her. She said Ok and Thanks and that she'd call me back and hung up!! She sounded very confussed. That was about 3 months ago, she still hasn't called back.


I think I will ask them if they know who won the Tour de France. that shoulkd add some confussion I wonder if they will know ?

 

[jacksonpt]

thanks, Bill Nye

what can I say... cows are the family business.

 

[Austin Bike]

So, if you want to f&^k with a telemarketer, there is a good way to do it.

They can always hang up on you EXCEPT when you are asking for information from them that they are required by law to provide.

Start by askings "what is the name of your business"? Then ask them to spell it out.

Ask for the mailing address, ask them to spell it out.

Ask for the phone number that customers can call to resolve issues (not their extension, which they don't have to give you).

Just do it real slow and ask them to repeat it a lot.

Drives them nuts and by law they can't hang up on you - they have to provide it.

Somewhere online there is a list of questions they have to answer, it can eat up 5-10 minutes of their life, which is WAY more torture for them than you.

If you pretend to be drunk while you are asking questions it's even more fun.