You are to Funny, lol. Cookie :o

Some of those telemarketers talk so fast!

I personally like the Jerry Seinfeld approach:

"Oh, sorry I am busy at the moment, can I have your home phone and I will call you back later?"

"Oh, you can't give out your home phone.. You probably don't want people calling you all the time huh?...uh huh.. Now you know how I feel.." CLICK..

If you can hear this message press#1 when you hear this press #2 please. Did you hear that OK: confused : Press #3 now OK hold on for a moment :rolleyes:
the operator will be with you. Cookie

This kinda reminds me of another funny Seinfeld episode... (wait- they're ALL funny- Ha!)

It was the one where Kramer is still miffed that the year prior his cable company promised to be at his apartment to install cable either between 8:00AM and noon- OR between 2:00PM and 6:00PM on a Thursday... and Kramer stayed home waiting all those hours and then no one ever showed-up... nor did they call. So a whole year later, he's contacted the cable co. for a service call... and he hides out across the hall at Jerry's place looking thru the key-hole, cracking up everytime he sees the cable guy return to his door and knock- just to find no one at home. He's really finding it hilarious that he's able to get back at the cable dude this way! Of course he handles it all in complete non-gracious, yet HILARIOUS style, and it's such a ticklish episode to watch!

go whistle shopping and buy the loudest dang whistle, truck horn or foghorn you can - try for decibels that will deafen them for life - and let them have it (use earplugs)

just be careful if they call back - they may have one for you - so check your caller ID and answer with a louder whistle